HERCULES (1997) Group Movie Reaction
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Fun fact:
When Hades says "It's only half-time" during the hydra fight it literally is. The moment he says that is exactly halfway through the movie.
That's an amazing little fact!
Shaka, his mind blown!
Like it or hate it, Disney's Hercules did do something right. they managed to summarize about 90% of Greek mythology with 5 simple words.
And then along came ZEUS
@@epictoe7179 locked those suckers in a vault
Wich ones?
@@moe3343yup that exactly it
@@omarvazquez4075"and then along came zeus" I presume
"I know there's a good song here somewhere."
Me: "Yes."
Please, this is one of the movies that goes the hardest in songs.
Something else strange about that Zeus can't be your dad scene is that I'm pretty sure in a time in Greece it was more common to be zeus's son than being left handed.
I joke about my friend about how half of Greece is Zeus kids
@@painvillegaming41191/2 are Zeus' kids, 1/4 are Poseidon's, and the other 1/4 are just desperately trying to avoid dating Apollo
@@CoRLex-jh5vxAnd many are multiple.
@@LiMe251 fr. Most of the 'normal' people in myths are royalty who are probably descended from nymphs or something anyway. Literally no one is just a plain old human lmao
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Fun fact: Megara was a character from the original Heracles story. Meg was Heracles's wife, and, unfortunately, Hera decided to curse Heracles with madness, causing Heracles to kill Megara
And all their children 🙃
I like the way Hades is always described as a bad, mean villain. But actually he’s the only one who does what he’s supposed to do and doesn’t get every living being he comes across pregnant.
The one bad thing Hades does is kidnap a girl, Persephone... with Zeus' permission because the guy was head over heels for her, but knew her mother, Demeter, would not allow her to go with Hades. Her mother threw a tantrum and caused nothing to grow, causing Winter, so Zeus had to have Hades release her so people could grow food again.
He does trick her into eating some fruit of the underworld, requiring her to remain there for a third of the year, and her mother would throw more tantrums, resulting in Winter. Even then, Persephone and Hades absolutely love one another, so it would not surprise me if she knew exactly what he was pulling, but did it anyway to give herself an excuse to be with her husband that her mother could not contest.
The game "Hades" besides being fantastic, is a more accurate telling of the Hades mythos (perhaps with a bit of fudging on the Persephone kidnapping depending on what source you draw from). It's basically an opposite telling of the myth to this movie. I enjoy them both, of course. If you're a fan of mythology, you really have to get used to different tellings of the same stories, ha ha.
@@KingofStrawberriesactually the fruit was a lie by Zeus so she stay for like a third of the years eith hades and to calm demeter
@@painvillegaming4119 Or, there are many, many, MANY different versions of different myths, and some are not more correct than others.
@@squidyminegaming3314 I mean yeah that is also true
What’s funny about this is out of all the stories about these gods, Hades is actually the "nicest god". Good god the stories of all these gods are crazy. Zeus is crazy and “sleeps with” everything. Everything. I'm convinced that Zeus himself wrote that movie script.
The only reason he kidnapped Persephone was because he got relationship advice from Zeus.
@@nopressure6986 "Nah, just kidnapp her. Works for me."
@@nopressure6986in some versions of the story, Persephone went willingly, and in many others, Zeus did all the kidnapping and Hades was made to clean up the mess.
@@nopressure6986to be fair to Zeus he knew Demeter won’t let her daughter go
@@painvillegaming4119He would know -- he was her father, making Hades her uncle.
Some fun facts about the movie:
- Disney wanted it to have it's premiere on the Pnyx hill, but the Greek government rejected it. This because the Greek press watched the movie in advanced for their reviews and they absolutly destroyed it.
- Hades was originally going to be darker, more serious and menacing, but when James Woods was casted, they changed his character to be more like him.
- When Tate Donovan was casted as Hercules, he told his family, but they thought he was casted in the live action Hercules show of 1995.
- If in the film's universe only "True heros" have access to Olympus, then Narcisus did something to be one cause he's not a god. (Which makes it sad for Megara cause she saved Hercules, and she should be considered a true heroin and go to Olympus at the end along with Hercules).
- The Muses (like half the gods in Olympus) are also Zeuz's daughters. Therefore, the muse Thalia actually has a crush on her half-brother Hercules.
- When Pain and Panic are "trapped" under the rocks, one shouts "Call IXII". This is 911 in Roman numbers, but it can also be 112, the current Greek emergency number.
- It took 18 months to animate the Hydra scene.
- Director Ron Clements said the reason they used Gospel music was because this genre touches the themes of hope, idealism, and larger-than-life destinies, and that was perfect for Greek mythology.
- Just like many other films, Disney wanted it to have a straight-to-DVD sequel. This would have been called "Hercules II: The Trojan War". Hebe was going to be the daughter of Hercules and Megara. Helen would have a been a friend of Hercules, and was going to be kidnap by Paris, the villan in this sequel. And that was going to make Hercules join the Greek side. I ignore if they ended up using ideas for this cancelled sequel in the TV show.
some of these "facts" was already brought up. No need to rewrite them
It’s Ancient Greece Zeus is married to his sister, Thalia having a crush on her brother was not uncommon
I will always laugh at Hades getting mad at pain and panic for wearing herc’s merch
Fun fact Megara’s voice actress, Susan Egan, also voices Rose Quartz in Steven Universe
This was the comment I was looking for.
Was hoping someone would mention this
They said that in the video... Or one of them seemed surprised that none of the others had brought up that it was Rose Quartz... Or something like that... Or is this some kind of running/inside joke that I wasn't aware of? Oh well, no biggie.
She also originated the role of Belle in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast.
I have no idea who Rose Quartz is lol
"Zeus' life could be written as a Law and Order: SVU episode."
I've never heard such a succinct summary of Greek mythology
Episode? A WHOLE FUCNING SEASON
Zazu: " he would make a very handsome throw rug"
28:38 Little fun fact: Hercules and Scar were both animated by the same guy, Disney animator Andreas Deja. That scene is a little "hidden Mickey" referencing him. He also animated Jafar, Gaston, Lilo, Mama Odie and a LOT of Mickey Mouse.
People love to repeat thousands of times that this movie isn't accurate to greek mythology, and while that's true, it's still a very entertaining movie.
Wait until they see Bambi and realize animals don't talk
I still don't understand the complain, oh gee the disney movie doesn't show the horrible acts that happened in greek mythology like what did they expect?
@@reakefit7304 Well on one side I agree that making Hades the vilain is a lazy death=hell=evil christian value that they shoehorned on a character who is a lot more complex and interesting normally.
But like, that's a short movie mostly here for fun where the muses sing jazz right at the start of the movie. So really, who cares ?
Now if a whole book series supposedly trying to do a "modern take" on greek mythology like percy jackson did the lazy Hades=hell=demon christian values shoehorn, now that would be a shame...oh wait
@@naproupiI hope your not saying he is looked at that way in percy jackson. It was like that in the first book, but demigod opinion on hades changes throughout the books, from him being the way you said to him being just another God, also in the books percy says as his reward for saving olympus, he wants Hades and Hestia to have their own thrones on Olympus, so that they are honored the way they should be.
@@bendysbrother7447 well I saw movie one where he is 100% that and that was one of the reason I never checked the books
The other to be honest was probably that I was already too old to appreciate it the same way I appreciated other books targeted at teenagers.
If you say it gets better on that side then that's great I guess
There was a tv series of Hercules growing up and going to school. They were able to explore more mythology including Zues and Prometheus.
There was even a crossover of Hercules and Aladdin
Once I saw this comment that said "the biggest historical inaccuracy that Disney has ever committed is portraying Zeus as a happy family man" and that gets me every time. And making Hades a bad guy sucks!
Hades has a loving wife that he doesnt cheat on, the trials he gives are fair, he isn't a serial rapist and kidnapping his wife was technically an arranged marriage since zeus said he could and even brought up the kidnapping in the first place
You've only seen the comment once?
I love Greek mythology but I also love this movie. I think watching it as a kid is what made me interested, just saw it for the first time in 20 years or so the other day..
Even Disney can only stretch the truth so far- they didn't actually managed to turn him into a good dad. The best they managed to do was a kind of clueless, enthusiastic arm-chair quarterback guy who doesn't offer actual guidance or support. You'll note that there is not one line of actually good advice given by Zeus- it all comes from either Hercules's adoptive father, or Phil.
Love the bit when the Titans show up and Hades like Bois... that way lol
The Fates knew Hades was going to fail, they said "indoor plumbing. It's going to be big".
When Hades disappeared, there's a toilet flush sound effect.
25:18 Not seeing anyone else touching on this, but to explain the Lion: It was the Nemean Lion, whose fur and skin were supposedly unbreakable. It was wreaking havok in Nemea until Hercules killed it via strangulation after he realized his weapons couldn't do anything to it.
I love how you guy's appreciate the older 2-d animation movies.
Fun Fact: in the movie The adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, during the chase scene near the end the background is actually painted Paine Glass so during filming the stage hands had to seamlessly change the glass panels as the scene progressed. Time, effort, and love like that is hardly seen today in newer animations.
The concept art for this movie was done by artist Gerald Scarfe, who also made the animations for the Pink Floyd movie "The Wall", great artist with a unique style, and it shows, that's why these characters are completely different from other classic Disneyesque style movies we see over and over.
“Feelthosetitties”. What a perfect name for a satyr. 😆 Unintentionally perfect too, since he didn’t know yet what Phil was gonna be.
28:16 Titbit: Scar being put in this movie was building on a joke Zazu made about Scar in The Lionking, stating:
"He'd make a very handsome throw rug"
Hercules is one of my mom's top favorite disney movies! Glad this movie got most votes for the next movie reaction 😄
Also yes... Disney (like always) are planning to make a live action remake of hercules 🙄
And fun fact! Meg's voice actress is Rose Quartz's voice in Steven Universe! 😄
Whoever decided to mix a Greco-Roman myth with Gospel Music deserves a bigger raise then they probably got. I also kinda like the subtle undertone of Hercules being a Rocky-esque character, Phil is his Mickey and he coaches him like a boxing match.
Yes a lot of the movie covers elements of the Hercules/Heracles mythos, with a mix of some others, though of course they are also very liberal with the canon given how problematic all the key characters are and a lot of grisly fate, including Meg who was murdered by Hercules with their children in a house fire after Hera drove him mad, thus begetting the 12 Labors.
Also yeah the Olympians are Hades' siblings, nephews and nieces (and because inbreeding also cousins and in-laws) but the titans - and cyclops - are also his uncles given how they were children of Gaia, plus Aphrodite since in some cases she is born from the severed testicle of Cronus.
'Go the Distance' is sang by Michael Bolton btw
Also Zazu did say that Scar'd make a handsome throw rug
In the movie, it's sung by Roger Bart. I have no doubt Michael Bolton made a cover though.
Hades is one of the few Disney villains to survive falling of a cliff and unlike Scar nothing killed him afterwards.
Uhm he's literally immortal.
@@MsAngelique Yep, and he will probably regret that fact since he will be stuck in there for centuries if he doesn't get out of there.
Fun fact. Josh Keaton who voiced Spectacular Spider-Man also voiced Hercules. Also Meg is 38 while Herc is 18
"My man is collumn blocking!" 😂 Hilarious underrated joke here, how did the other guys not catch or laugh at that!?!
I'm guessing Meg is a stand in for Megara a Theban princess and Hercules first wife that he killed when Hera drove him mad, depending on the source material.
In the actress's IMDB they list the character, for various appearances, as Megara... Either they are assuming or it actually was meant to be Megara... Although her story is pretty different in this version, it seems.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking "Get up on the Hydra's back!"
35:52 What if Meg got a paper cut and Hercules got his strength back and beat the cyclops? 😂
She literally could've immediately slapped herself hard enough that it hurt, and he gets his strength back.
@@PaulW_ftPAULKdidnt say self harm doesn’t count. That’d work!
@@ThatNerdKM and if self harm doesn't count, then Phil slaps her.
Such a great classic Disney movie and one of my favorites cause I'm a huge mythology nerd and I will always find it hilarious that they made the snakes be sent by hades
I definitely recommend checking out the Hercules animated series. It was pretty good it takes place somewhere in between Hercules training. It's not canon giving that Hades knows Hercules is alive in the series despite the movie showing that he thought he was dead at first than finding out he wasn't. But all in all really good series to do a reaction to there's even a crossover episode or episodes where Hercules teams up with Aladdin from the Aladdin movie.
(At 4:54) And I *definitely* like Typhon and Echidnes second born child, and everyone's favorite… "Cerberus"
Though, I am a little annoyed that all of his siblings were murdered by demigods… for entertainment, Three of them were killed by Hercules or "Heracles" as it was pronounced.
His brother opeaus " not sure thats how its spelled" survived. He had 2 heads and a mane made of snakes.
@@matthewchristian9591 No, he didn't. I know for a fact "Orthus" was DEFINITELY among the three of Cerberus's siblings that were killed by Hercules. Along with is three-headed master "Greyon", before having his cattle stolen.
So, during his 1st, 2nd, and 10th (The one where centered on) labors, Hercules killed three of Cerberus's brothers.
Alan Menken is just the GOAT for Disney movies. All his movie scores just bang.
I think Phil is the goat
There’s a little detail I like at 6:52 which is it’s beginning it’s storm, which tells us just how angry and worried Zeus is over his son’s disappearance.
One of my favorite Disney movies. Hercules is still a blast! Love the Muses
I remember watching this once with my cousin, back when my family used to have us visit them. I later watched this a lot at home.
The songs still slap till this day. 😌👌
I LOVE this movie, It's maybe the movie I've seen the most times cause I used to watch it every time I went to my moms work as a kid.
"This is really victim blaming when you get down to the core of it" well, that's nothing new for Hercules. He got those 12 labors for under shady circumstances.
i love how Hercules bought his parents a mansion 😭 such a good son.
(At 33:30) well I can say one thing about Hades he does keep his promises, even if they do backfire on him and if he's manipulating from the sidelines.
Fun Fact: The whole dramatic reveal of Hercules' thread becoming un-cuttable because he achieved godly status wouldn't have worked in actual mythology AT ALL.
One of the most important aspects of the thread being cut is that it is possible for every living being INCLUDING deities (and of course inevitable for mortals) however their destinies generally don't forsee them dying so it doesn't happen. The point is that they totally COULD kill a deity by cutting their thread.
Fun fact: The story is partially straight up based on Superman’s origin story
That makes sense
Well you can’t show actual Greek Mythology in a Disney movie. It’d get cancelled sooner than you can say the name of your favorite myth
Hercules did have a TV series, which also used From Zero To Hero as its theme song btw
Also the series had a crossover episode with Aladdin called Hercules and the Arabian Night
If you guys haven't checked it out yet, Akira is probably the best example of cell shading animation.
In Lion King Zazu exclaims that Scar “would make a very handsome throw rug”
The soundtrack for this movie is amazing
Somehow, Go The Distance by Ricky Martin was my favorite over Michael Bolton.
@@Samgreen90 I like both
A little fun fact in regards to Cerberus, Hercules actually tamed him to gain entrance into the Underworld. To do this you have to give a honey cake to each head of the demonic canine.
Also about the snakes and Hercules...yeah, in the original mythology Hera sent them. She did not care for the fact that Zeus was sleeping with another woman(even though he slept around with other women, men and anything thay breathed by this time) and sought revenge against his son. Ironically enough Hades was considered the most benevolent Greek deity among the pantheon.
But Greek mythology is very confusing and pretty adult rated. So Disney had to take a lot of creative liberties out of necessity. I can't even say the rest without getting my comment removed so take that for what you will...😅
Hades is the best character
One great moment I remember from the German version of this movie was when Hades called Megara his 'Chicken Meg Nugget'.
Funny😂😅
Lola was deffo a childhood crush. Growing up in the 90s-00s meant there were quite a few. Roxanne from the Goofy Troop movie was definitely also on the anthropomorphic side.
In the original story When Hercules finally died, his mortal form was burned away. And all that was left was his godly form. And it was then that he ascended to mount olympus. I would assume that once this Hercules lives out his mortal life. The same thing will happen. His mortal self will be burned away and he will be elevated to the ranks of the gods. Also, it was originally 12 labors, but he accidentally cheated on 2 of them. So he had to do another too so technically it was fourteen labors But nobody counts the fact that he had helped on 2 of them. I believe the both of them are when he accidentally ended up deposing his own Cousin's dad and then put the cousin on the throne Because he was angry about the way the cousin's dad treated the trial and said that he cheated just because he did something smart by diverting a river to clean out the stable. And then when he went to haphestus To have a magical device that was essentially a bell. Clapper made to get the herpes to fly up so he could kill them With his bow. But because he had to get secondary help that one did not count towards the actual trial ether
"I know there's a good song in here"
Yeah, it's the entire movie.
Fun Fact: The voice actress for Meg is the same one who plays Rose Quartz in Steven Universe!!!
6:20 Unfortunately, this will probably never happen as Disney has completely dismantled their 2D animation studio, and everyone who knew how to do 2D animation is either retired or dead. It took them considerable effort and several favors to make The Princess and the Frog as a last hurrah to the medium. It would be even harder now. They'd basically have to start from square one.
If you want 2D animation, watch anime. That's all you're getting.
Love this movie!! Disney renaissance (90’s) is definitely my fav era! Pls do the hunchback of Notre Dame!
It’s Notre french is hard
Disney made this movie because they got such backlash from people on the way they did “Pocahontas” and “Hunchback of Notre Dame” saying they were too dark. James Woods is such a great actor for Hades. After he was cast as Hades they had to rewrite the character cause he was written as a slow menacing character. Woods told Disney anytime they need this character voiced in a video or a game to call him and he will do it. When he found out that Disney was going over budget on this film he offered to refund his salary to make sure the film was completed. Disney declined his offer and found another way to complete it. When he’s slurping his drink Woods is eating a watermelon to make the slurping sound. 22:53 the Hydra is the only CGI in the film. Everything else is hand drawn. It would’ve taken too many hours for the artists to draw and animate all the heads. 25:28 yeah because later you see him with Scar’s pelt posing for a picture.
Thanks guys for reacting to this. This is one of my favorite Disney movies of the time. Interesting tidbit, this is pretty much similar to Superman and Rocky.
I mean think about this:
*Hercules's parents Zeus and Hera (Disney wise) - Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van (DC): Superman's Kryptonian Parents*
*Hercules's adoptive parents Amphitryon and Alcmene (Disney wise) - Martha and Jonathan Kent (DC): Superman's Adoptive Parents*
*Hercules's strength and Pegasus (Disney) - Embodiment of Superman's powers (Strength and Flight, along with his other powers)*
*Hercules's trainer Phil (Disney) - Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC) and Rocky's trainer Mickey Goldmill/Duke/Apollo Creed (Rocky)*
*Hercules's love Meg (Disney) - Superman's love Lois Lane (DC)*
*Hercules's foe, Hades (Disney) - Superman's foes, Darkseid/General Zod/Lex Luthor/Brainiac/Metallo etc.(DC)*
The Song Go the Distance and the quote from this movie was also similar:
*Go the Distance (Hercules) - Going the Distance (Rocky)*
*"For a True Hero is never measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart/But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part, for a hero's strength is measured by his heart" (Hercules) - Back on the beat, back to the start, trust in your heart, That's the measure of a Man." (Rocky)*
This film might be completely different from the myths it's based on, but it is without a doubt adored by my family.
I quote "You are correct sir" on a regular basis.
Have you guys seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit? That's a good movie for a reaction and it's _really_ impressive. You can tell it was a labor of love.
Since Meg getting hurt broke the contract, and returned Hercules' strength, couldn't a lot of what happened been avoided by Meg waiting until Hades had left the scene, and then convinced some random passerby to give her a black eye?
No cuz then Hercules would beat the heck out of him
@@dragonsvideos6737 There would be no need for that kind of reaction if she explained it to him.
@@gurvmlk but he already knew hades deal beforehand he just didn’t think of Meg getting hurt afterwards
@@dragonsvideos6737 True, but I feel like Meg is a lot more clever than Herc.
Either way, neither of them thought of it, so it's kind of a moot point. Nevertheless, I feel like if they had, then a lot of trouble could've been easily avoided. Perhaps they assumed that some sort of magic would've prevented her from being injured, which proved to not be the case in the end.
@@gurvmlk he was also upset at what happened so maybe he wasn’t in a talking mood
There actually IS a thing at the end of the movie credits, but it's just audio of Hades ranting if I remember correctly.
For One Piece fans. The 3 Ancient Weapons are named after Greek Gods:
* Pluton - Hades's planet is Pluto. He's also a son of Kronos, The Greek God of Time.
* Posiden - The Greek God of the Sea and Hades's brother.
* Uranus - The God of the Sky. The Son and Husband of Gaia (Earth), and the father of Kronos.
I think that Imu -Sama is based of Kronos:
* His symbol animal is a snake and there are a lot of snakes referenced throughout the story.
* He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age. This could be referring to how Imu took over the world of One Piece.
* He lived on Mount Othrys. Which is a mountain range of central Greece, in the northeastern part of Phthiotis and southern part of Magnesia. Its highest summit, Gerakovouni, situated on the border of Phthiotis and Magnesia, is 1,726 m (5,663 ft) above sea level. This could be a referring to Mary Geoise.
Wikipedia link to Kronos: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus
This was my absolute favorite Disney movie growing up (mostly because of Pegasus), and I will always enjoy this movie
Originally Disney wanted Hades to sound similar to Jafar or Scar. So James Wood auditioned doing a car salesman voice as a joke and Disney liked it and gave him the part.
Image this:
Zeus, Hades, Posiden are all brothers that defeated their father, Kronos, God of Time, and leader of the 20 titans. Sounds like the plot of a good Shounen anime. Love that.
No, the primordial god of time was Chronos, Kronos/Cronos was the Titan of The Harvest.
@@LiMe251 Spelling mistake
@@tommcburney301 No.
7:15 "Should Hercules fight, you will fail"
21:10 There's another notch in the scissors, does that imply something like this has happened before?
Hearing you yelling, "GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK!" just made my day. I do agree that Kingdom Hearts 1 is rough, but Kingdom Hearts 2 is a masterpiece!
"This movie is 26 years old."
I didn't come here to be personally attacked.
1:06 YESSSS TELL HIM, nobody slanders Kingdom Hearts like that
(At 22:55) Cerberus's little brother, The Lermian Hydra.
Fun fact: in the latin american dub, Hercules was voiced by Ricky Martin.
And megara by tatiana
If you ever watched Hercules the Legendary Journey with Kevin Sorbo growing up, that Hades (and Ares) were pretty badass too
Classic show! That and Xena Warrior Princess need major reactions on youtube!
Kingdom Hearts 1 may have rough gameplay and level design, but it had the best story. Back when everything was still a mystery and all we had was a boy traveling through Disney worlds, searching for his friends. Not the convoluted lore mess that we have today. (I still like most of the other KH games, the lore is still a mess)
Fun nerdy fact about one of the jokes in this movie. When Phil says "I got two words for ya" gets zapped and goes "Okay." The greek equivalent of Okay is actually 2 words.
Actually, there's a "follow up to the movie" kinda special but it's pretty much just a filler ( after their marriage, meg want to know more about him so Phill then Herc start telling her about some of Hercules teen stories) if I remember correctly it's the 47th episode of the animated serie.
(At 25:05) Cerberus's baby brother, the Nemian Lion.
(At 3:55) Bullshit! Pegasus was born with Medusa got decapitated by Perseus, after Poseidon knocked her up before his niece, Athena, cursed her.
(At 24:47) the Aramantian Boar. I don't remember Hercules killing this pig.
If you notice the little detail. At the start he walks sorta pigeon toed. A sign he lacks confidence and is a very timid awkward kid. But by the end he's brimming with confidence in himself and has stopped pigeon toeing
Michael Bolton’s performance of “I can go the distance” is THE best Disney performance ever, hands down!
i mean majority of the greek gods are jerks
the least jerk of the main gods is hades
and he kinda kidnaps(depending on the source material) his wife (which is his neice)
I noticed a few years ago that Megara is 10 years older than Hercules in the movie. She's 28, he's 18, which TOTALLY explains how she was acting towards the guy.
oh you guys are gonna love this, especially the narrators 😁
This movie came out when I was 4. I can still smell the carpet in that old Pennsylvania barn house. The living room was slightly lower than ground level so it was musty. I was right up against the CRT watching this and playing with the static on the screen when my grandmother suggested I may need glasses. Everytime I see this movie my mind goes back to that rainy evening. I wouldn't go to sleep after the movie so grandmom made me lemon tea with honey and rubbed my head in her lap until sleep took me.
The hydra in this movie is supposed to be the thesel hydra. It was locked away by the gods out of pure fear. Its venom could kill even a titan herc even dipped some of his arrows in its venom to use later. Its claws and teeth could actually tear them apart. It was one of the most dangerous monsters in greek mythology.
Hercules greek mythology inaccuracies corrections:
0:49 Yeah, they got that right except the fact there's supposed to be 9 muses
0:53 HERACLES! Hercules is the roman name of Heracles, not the Greek... And it's obvious this is the Greek story!
1:45 There were still a few gods even before the titans, such as the primordials. Gaea was even the mother of most titans!
2:01 Zeus did not single-handedly defeat the titans. He had help from alot of creatures, the cyclops, his siblings, etc.
2:03 If they mean Khaos, no, he would be a toddler, even a baby compared to Khaos! And if you mean chaos the titans made, still no, he got help!
2:29 Yup, he took advantage of LOTS of woman, goddesses and even mortal woman! There's this one story where he even took advantage of a boy because he was handsome!
3:13 IT'S HERACLES, NOT HERCULES!!!!
3:33 If Narcissus discovered himself, he should be flowers right now
3:54 That's not Pegasus was born. He sprang from the neck of medusa when perseus killed her
4:06 Sorry but Hades did not have fire as hair
4:10 That wasn't invented back then
4:46 No he wasn't actually! He was quite charitable at times and the worst thing he'd ever done was kidnap Persephone and then try to cheat on her which he never done again when he failed!
4:54 Hades cared for Cerberus
5:21 Those characters are not in Greek Mythology.
5:51 Hades had no intention of invading Olympus.
6:06 Heracles would never fight Hades as Hades would easily win. Plus, Hades doesn't really hate Heracles anyway!
6:06 The fates do not share one eye. That's the grey sisters.
6:13 Heracles was born a demi-god so he was already technically mortal
6:23 Was that supposed to be Nyx, the Greek Primordial of night? If so, it doesn't look like her.
6:43 Damn. That wasn't in Greek Mythology
6:51 Yes, he was raised with mortals but not like taht!
7:12 The serpents weren't two ShapeShifters sent by Hades. They were normal snakes sent by Hera. Yes, Hera is the villain is Heracles' story!
7:15 Heracles did not throw them away, he straight up snapped their necks!
8:27 He was not feared by his mortals
9:08 Heracles did not destroy any town, accidentally or not.
9:23 He was not hated by his peers. He lived on the outskirts of his town and was actually praised and seen as a hero as he protected the town from predators.
10:28 Did Heracles even sing? I doubt it
12:19 Yes, Heracles always knew who his father was.
12:31 Yes, you can Zeus. A god has the power to turn a mortal into a god.
12:41 Nope. The trainer of heros is Chiron. Not some satyr.
12:54 Heracles wasn't Pegasus's rider. Infact, they never interacted. That was Bellerophon.
14:23 Although Theseus didn't have a happy ending, he did beat the minotaur and Perseus defeated Medusa so what the hell does Phil mean!?
14:33 Infact, there is a perseus constellation!.
14:56 How is that shocking? He's trained Perseus and he's also the son of Zeus!
14:56 Why is Phil so surprised? He trained Perseus
15:06 No one except Hera, possibly Persephone, Hades, Poseidon, the primordials and Khaos would ever dare make fun of Zeus! Not even Kratos. In Greek Mythology, Kratos actually serves Zeus
16:29 Damn, that's a loud scream!
16:44 That was not Heracles's first creatures he's faced, infact, that was his last one.
17:08 Heracles was not dumb or naive!
17:42 That's not how he defeated it. He struck it with a poison arrow
18:22 Yes, Megara was Heracles's first wife but not for the whole story. He accidentally killed her when Hera drove him insane.
20:54 Why didn't Hades know? He knows every soul that enters the underworld so Hades shouldn't have not known!
21:04 Hades does not have fire powers.
23:16 The hydra's toxic breath should've kill Heracles. I guess it's something called ✨Plot armour✨
23:24 Again, Heracles should be d@ed!
23:45 The hydra has 9 heads and does not generate more heard when a head is cut-off it simply regenerates the head that is cut off. Plus, isn't a water creature that Hera bred to kill Heracles?
24:12 The hydra was killed at swamp-like area but still burried in rocks as it was referenced here!
24:52 He did not kill the boar
25:05 That lion-like creature was actually the first beast Heracles faced.
25:14 There were no action figures in Greek Mythology
25:17 Is taht the bird-like creature? If so, why is it so large and not metal?
25:23 He did not face scylla
25:30 IT'S HERACLES, NOT HERCULES FOR NYX SAKE!
26:40 Again, HADES IS NOT EVIL!
Carrying on here...
26:53 Did Hades even strike deals?
27:01 Zeus is not a good person!
27:08 THE TARTURUS YOU MEAN ZEUS!?
27:24 Zeus does have a point.
27:52 Why does that remind me of that one Lion king scene!?
28:17 "He would make a nice throw Rug" said Zazu.
I guess he was right 😂 Damn, poor Scar. Wait, does that mean that the lion king took place when greek mythology was around?
28:26 Well atleast now Heracles is wearing his lion fur!
29:51 Megara should be dead by now....
33:10 That did not happen in Greek Mythology
33:53 Why is Hades releasing the titans? Actually, the titans were Hades's enemies too!
I'm not doing thd rest so yeah. Gosh, Disney got alot of greek mythology wrong. Plus, why is Hades always the villain!? 😂 Poor guy! As you can tell, I know alot about Greek Mythology!
Gosh, you know so much! I hope Sorta Stupid sees this! What's your favourite greek god? Mine's Ares!
@@ZurivostI know I do lol. I've been researching Greek mythology for 2 years now. My favourite greek god is Nyx. Well, she's more of a primordial than a god but she still counts!
@@ScpDrRishaooo lol
It’s truly truly not that serious 😭
Meg was based on a real person of the Heracles myth. In mythology Megara was Heracles wife and they had several children together (varies depending on what source the Myth is told from) Hera, pissed off that Zeus fathered Heracles in the first place, sent him mad and in this course of madness he ended up killing his wife and there children. He had to go to his cousin, King Eurystheus of Mycenae, to get cleansed of the blood crime (the Greeks were a bit iffy on that matter, they didn't care if the blood crime was accidental or not) and in order to this he had to do whatever Eurystheus commanded, which resulted in his 10 labours. During the course of these labours, Heracles (because thats the actual Greek hero, Hercules is the name of his Roman equivalent) was seen to have "cheated" on 2 of them and therefore Eurystheus added 2 more labours into his 10, thus making it the 12. These additional 2 were to fetch the Golden Apple's of the Hesperides (which he tricked Atlas into getting for him by taking the sky off the Titan's shoulders and letting him fetch them for him then tricked him into taking the sky back) and getting Cerberus from the underworld (in which he was told by Hades, if he used no weapons and managed to subdue Cerberus he would allow him to take him to Eurystheus he completed this with ease as you can imagine 😂)
Lola Bunny was my first cartoon crush. The concept of furries doesn't apply when you're under 10 years old, okay? Stop giving him shit for a perfectly valid crush on a hot rabbit 😂
In other news, Hercules is my favorite Disney movie of all time, and I really hope whenever they do the inevitable live action remake, they don't entirely fuck it up.
I FUCKING LOVE THIS MOVIE!~ SO HAPPY YOU GUYS WATCHED IT!~ Q_Q every song is amazing, i met the muses at disneyland one year and they were totally shocked they were recognized, i cried. Love to the Sorta Stupid Squad!~
Hades Color Concept is funny to me.
Blue when he is calm and collected.
Red when he is furious.
In Reality Fire gets paler the higher the Temperatur, so blue flames are actually hotter than red.
When Zazus joke "he would make a handsome throw rug" line hits different when you watch this movie 🤣🤣🤣
Besides the celshaded 2D look, I really loved how old Disney movies were so chill, broke the 4th wall all the time with the narrator(s), and put modern things into the story nonchalantly.
I mean the reason why they don’t do classic animation like this is because it’s INCREDIBLY expensive, a whole minute of hand drawn animation can cost 1,000 to 10,000 dollars, it takes a lot of time because they have to hand draw every frame.
Looking back to this
This is literally just Supermans story in disney form
Iirc, Meg(ara) actually is from the myth. Herc's 2nd(?) wife, and she met her demise when Hera induced insanity on Heracles, forcing him to brutal murder Meg and their children. The 13 (originally 12) Labors were meant be a penance for familicide. Herc died when his third wife was tricked into giving him a shirt coated in Hydra venom, which gave him an agonizing death. After death, he was made God of Strength, and married Hebe,, goddess of youth.
I agree that at least 90% of the people had a crush on THAT lola bunny
Hman, meg is based on megara, heracles first wife. Hera made him go mad and kill her and his 2 sons in the myths, he went to the oracle of delphi after, and she told him to complete 12 labors for his cousin, who was a king.
When top right said “did he make you fight a lion” I lost my shit 😂
One of the things that i liked about the film was that Hercules defeats the cyclops without his powers, proving along with his sacrifice at the end, that his powers were not what made him a hero.
I love the idea that the muscles and hunkiness do nothing for Herculess, since he already has super strength, but Phil trained him to look better for the action figure deal.