Hercules | Voice Actors | Live vs Animation | Side By Side Comparison

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  • @Thomas_H._Smith
    @Thomas_H._Smith  2 роки тому +664

    Okay, so I'm getting a lot of comments asking about these two things, so I'd figure I'll just say it here. One. Yes. That is Renee Elise Goldsberry at 6:49. Satisfied? And Two. Susan Egan's performance of I Won't Say I'm in Love is from the premiere of the film. Link Here: ua-cam.com/video/LNROE-H-m30/v-deo.html

  • @elgenetiamzon1062
    @elgenetiamzon1062 2 роки тому +6185

    James Woods absolutely slayed it as Hades. His performance totally stole every scene Hades was in.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 роки тому +34

      So true!!!

    • @booboodavila
      @booboodavila 2 роки тому +81

      In a nutshell why Hades is my favorite Disney villain

    • @austinperry1671
      @austinperry1671 2 роки тому +43

      Glad they used him in the animated series too. If he were younger I’d love to see him in hades in once upon a time.

    • @Harrowing999
      @Harrowing999 2 роки тому +88

      @@austinperry1671 I think read somewhere that James Woods said he would come back to play this Hades at any time. Movie, show, video game, he is the only voice for Hades

    • @ilonagogu
      @ilonagogu 2 роки тому +3

      Iconic 😌!

  • @transmanj9443
    @transmanj9443 2 роки тому +3949

    The Muses, Meg and Hades are the best Disney characters in my opinion. They have so much personality!

  • @enriqueangulo2695
    @enriqueangulo2695 2 роки тому +3219

    Meg's song is CRIMINALLY underrated as being amongst the best Disney songs from the late 80s & 90s. It's a top 5 for me.

    • @iwanttokms96
      @iwanttokms96 2 роки тому +64

      it's my fave disney song along with I see the light, almost there and once upon a dream

    • @mqsiti8849
      @mqsiti8849 2 роки тому +12

      also my top 5 disney songs i must say

    • @Bentbrokentheory
      @Bentbrokentheory Рік тому +6

      Agreed I have it on my show tunes playlist lol

    • @The_G_89
      @The_G_89 Рік тому +42

      Tbh the whole movie was criminally underrated. Had a lot of fun moving parts, fun actors that worked on this to even people loving the villain.

    • @ALunarLight
      @ALunarLight Рік тому +3

      On my top five along with part of your world, a whole new world, hellfire

  • @mngentry
    @mngentry 2 роки тому +3235

    Whoever came up with the idea of making the muses Gospel singers to tell the story of Greek mythology deserved a raise because it worked unexpectedly well.
    Like designing Aladdin as Tom Cruise in M. C. Hammers clothes...it shouldn't work but it does.

    • @thicicarvalho
      @thicicarvalho 2 роки тому +82

      Exactly what I thought. SO CLEVER AND FUNNY! I do miss those Disney days.

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  2 роки тому +90

      That would be John Musker.

    • @AuthorZaraHoffman
      @AuthorZaraHoffman Рік тому +45

      When John Musker told Alan Menken he was surprised but totally game

    • @xynthar4432
      @xynthar4432 Рік тому +32

      Yeah this was how most stories were told in Ancient Greek so I’m so happy they included that

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  Рік тому +3

      @@xynthar4432 LOL

  • @phoebegilliland8897
    @phoebegilliland8897 2 роки тому +1217

    I wish the first clip was a bit longer. I want to see Charlton Heston say "You go, girls."

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  2 роки тому +268

      He actually only recorded it that way once, the rest of the time he said "Go ahead young lady" because he felt "You go, girls" wasn't proper. But eventually they managed to talk him into "You go girl" and that was the take they used in the movie.

    • @phoebegilliland8897
      @phoebegilliland8897 2 роки тому +74

      @@Thomas_H._Smith wow, I had no idea! Thank you for the background!

    • @mKierstenk
      @mKierstenk Рік тому +22

      I love Charlton Heston! I cannot believe I didn't know he was in this till today! What a great voice though; of course he was the choice for opening the serious majestic narration before turning it over to the muses.

  • @frankvaneck1
    @frankvaneck1 2 роки тому +1830

    It is such a golden move to combine gospel to a story of ancient gods and myths. The musical input in these Disney movies is what turned them into classics.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 2 роки тому +23

      Not only that its kind of genius
      Women played a major role in Greek Myth and Religion as Holy Women, the Muses themselves are representations of the Arts,
      While Gospel music seems odd in this context, Greece was actually a Hot bed for Early Christianity along with Anatolia, Anatolia had a very huge impact on the development of Christianity to the point most of Modern Christianity trace their origin to Nicean Christianity a denomination in Anatolia, Greece later developed then spread Orthadox Christianity, most notably into Eastern Europe, as the Byzantine Empire, the Eastern Romans.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 2 роки тому +6

      P.S The Bible was also 1st translated into Greek.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 Рік тому +3

      I could see that in a Pelleponesian minute

    • @ToutCQJM
      @ToutCQJM Рік тому +1

      Well the gospels are mythology so it’s the same essentially.

    • @baibiebaibea9740
      @baibiebaibea9740 Рік тому +2

      @@ToutCQJM they specifically meant black gospel church music

  • @limitedbom2206
    @limitedbom2206 Рік тому +853

    Robin Williams and James Woods performances as Genie and Hades are two of my favorite performances of all time. Absolute GEMS of characters.

    • @mevb
      @mevb Рік тому +8

      Funny you should mention both characters as the swedish dub of Aladdin and Hercules have the same guy voicing both Genie and Hades, actor and comedian Dan Ekborg. Also in both films, actress Myra Malmberg voices the female lead, Jasmine and Meg respectively (she did Wendy in Peter Pan and later did Andy's mom in Toy Story 3, Ariel in The Little Mermaid 2 and 3 and in an episode of Sophia the First and Osono in Kiki's Delivery Service).

    • @zzulm
      @zzulm Рік тому +3

      Natural talents in another level

    • @caseydominick7806
      @caseydominick7806 Рік тому +9

      Don't forget Jeremy Iron as Scar

    • @tonillewalsh7796
      @tonillewalsh7796 Рік тому +1

      Man, I agree!!!!

    • @chrisfern4699
      @chrisfern4699 8 місяців тому +1

      I also like Gaston

  • @ArtemisMoon12
    @ArtemisMoon12 2 роки тому +1191

    The Muses are absolutely everything. Calliope’s VA has such a prescence! I can see why they picked her for the lead muse.

    • @_o_-I-_o_
      @_o_-I-_o_ 2 роки тому +58

      Lillias White, a legend.

    • @davidolivera984
      @davidolivera984 Рік тому +8

      Lillias White.

    • @Lexiz2902
      @Lexiz2902 Рік тому +20

      She’s on Broadway now playing Hermes in the best show on Broadway- Hadestown! See her if you can!

    • @ericasherrod3537
      @ericasherrod3537 Рік тому +10

      I'm literally obsessed with her voice. It's so complex

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese Рік тому +9

      Her performance of "Don't Rain On My Parade" is one of the best performances of ANY Broadway hit EVER, I'd argue. It's special on so many levels especially if you know the context of the role. I encourage you all to look it up, it's here on yt, I play it all the time

  • @nathanforester5993
    @nathanforester5993 2 роки тому +1359

    Every part of Danny is brilliantly put into the character of Philoctetes.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 роки тому +7

      So true

    • @samadhoosen6014
      @samadhoosen6014 2 роки тому +10

      I read this as every part of Frank

    • @tabora_
      @tabora_ 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@@samadhoosen6014 would you like an egg?

    • @samadhoosen6014
      @samadhoosen6014 6 місяців тому +2

      @@tabora_ thank you for offering me a nice egg in this trying time

  • @medusagorgon9
    @medusagorgon9 2 роки тому +721

    I would have died to see all the ladies singing live!

  • @workittworkit
    @workittworkit 2 роки тому +819

    I was today years old when I realized the narrator for Hercules was THE Charlton Heston!

    • @smolkaye1237
      @smolkaye1237 2 роки тому +12

      omg same. wow

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 роки тому +2

      @100samanthamarie lol so true

    • @AtheAetheling
      @AtheAetheling 2 роки тому +14

      @100samanthamarie of course they are. He’s one of the most famous actors to have ever existed. He’ll be famous forever 😊

    • @TrueCarthaginian
      @TrueCarthaginian 2 роки тому +2

      ​@100samanthamarie
      Very classy.

    • @ChibiProwl
      @ChibiProwl Рік тому

      Ditto. 😮I thought the narrator was Frank Welker.🤔

  • @cormaccullinane7930
    @cormaccullinane7930 Рік тому +374

    Had the pleasure to work with Lillias White on an off broadway show for a few months...she was absolutely killer, the sweetest and most professional person, with one of the GREATEST voices imaginable.

    • @AnnaKaterina919
      @AnnaKaterina919 Рік тому +1

      Yeah but once I hear james woods voice, it distracts me from fully getting into a movie because all I imagine is his face lol

  • @Tacos135
    @Tacos135 Рік тому +144

    Honestly, a lot of people are talking about the muses, and Meg, and hades, and that's valid because they all did amazing, but I feel like hercules is severely underrated. His voice sounds young, but not in an anoying grating way. He just sounds great!

  • @austinperry1671
    @austinperry1671 2 роки тому +314

    I’ve always been impressed with the muses. Love to see the actresses sing if there are a group

    • @noorbohamad5796
      @noorbohamad5796 Рік тому +3

      @Haile Guilherme do Nascimento yeah so so very
      awesome indeed😊

    • @kanyewest2.066
      @kanyewest2.066 Рік тому

      ​@haileguilhermedonascimento2111 let's not make it a race thing, but yea they are.

  • @lh9591
    @lh9591 2 роки тому +499

    I love how much the animators put the voice actor into the animations. Meg and her swinging hips, Herc and his innocent nervous energy, Danny Devito’s Danny Devito. It’s almost like motion capture in a way.
    Like, I look at Elsa, and I see none of Indina Menzel. I’m not talking about because of hair color, but facial expressions and body language. That’s part of acting. And it affects how your voice sounds.

    • @corenarichards
      @corenarichards Рік тому +8

      I feel like Elsa and Idina move their mouths the same way but that's about it

    • @Samew0001
      @Samew0001 Рік тому +14

      Well Elsa as well as most of the characters in frozen are pretty one dimensional as far as personality goes. I mean the king and queen were pretty awful to lock away and isolate Elsa, and she remains pretty emotionally unscathed, albeit a bit reserved. But they really didn't get the torment of someone locked away and isolated for 15ish years. For what she was put through she was relatively okay. But I'm just saying they could've gone way deeper with the story and their personalities.

    • @acbennett7
      @acbennett7 Рік тому

      Great point!

    • @Honey-ec6lr
      @Honey-ec6lr 6 місяців тому +1

      My daughter always tells me I have the "Meg" walk!😄 I absolutely LOVE her!! She IS the most mature, & just the sarcasm she throws out there @ times!😄 It's just the WAY it's done! I LOVVVE this movie! EVERYTHING about it! They couldn't have done it any better w/any better voice actors either! The gospel feel w/the mythology is just...PERFECTION!!❤️❤️❤️

  • @morganhalliwell7180
    @morganhalliwell7180 Рік тому +219

    Roger Bart is incredible, not only did he provide the singing voice for a Disney hero, but he’s also on the West End as an original actor in a new musical ❤️

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  Рік тому +6

      GREAT SCOTT!

    • @ciiiel08
      @ciiiel08 Рік тому +8

      I did not know he did the singing voice! This is probably an insult to his fans, but I only knew him for the small part he played in How I Met Your Mother. New found respect for him when I think of that looooong high note at the end of the Go The Distance reprise

    • @babyangelchii
      @babyangelchii 11 місяців тому +3

      He also did The Producers

  • @jarlairess
    @jarlairess Рік тому +54

    I've always loved the voices behind the Muses, especially when they were singing

  • @andreiliver9295
    @andreiliver9295 2 роки тому +450

    James Woods is always on spot in his acting roles, especially as Hades with only his voice.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 роки тому +2

      I know right?!!’

    • @jade_ottsel
      @jade_ottsel 2 роки тому +16

      If only he wasn't a complete jerk. :/

    • @Ziggopotamus
      @Ziggopotamus 2 роки тому +20

      @@jade_ottsel Aw, did fwee speech huwt your feewings?

    • @Krispe
      @Krispe 2 роки тому +15

      @@jade_ottsel Found the liberal

    • @patrx_
      @patrx_ 2 роки тому +5

      @@jade_ottsel context?

  • @DanielleStJohn
    @DanielleStJohn 2 роки тому +131

    This is such a great example of an ensemble cast. Cuz yeah, the leads are amazing, but the supporting characters are an absolute joy.

  • @IsaidwhatIsaid10
    @IsaidwhatIsaid10 2 роки тому +44

    Every single person they cast for this movie knew the assignment and delivered!

  • @MrXiaoqiao
    @MrXiaoqiao Рік тому +39

    I don't know why but this video made me so emotional and nostalgic! I love seeing how expressive the voice actors are and putting flesh and blood faces to the animated ones is really awesome.

  • @lh9591
    @lh9591 Рік тому +13

    The way she just belted that note. Wow.
    Also Tate Donovan is severely underrated. Such a great voice actor, and amazing in the OC.
    Honestly this whole movie is a master class of underrated actors

  • @KindredEmotions
    @KindredEmotions 2 роки тому +169

    The Muses are the absolute best vocals in the entire movie.

    • @shantira7068
      @shantira7068 Рік тому +1

      ABSOLUTELY...gives me goosebumps

  • @stephanierey2683
    @stephanierey2683 Рік тому +8

    Literally teared up at your transition from the older Roger Bart to younger. Such an amazing song.

  • @Mell_0
    @Mell_0 Рік тому +38

    The Hercules soundtrack is on another level. Those ladies - just WOW!

  • @howaboutnooooo
    @howaboutnooooo 2 роки тому +63

    Holy crap the Muses were absolutely incredible they made my childhood :D

  • @atypicallyliz
    @atypicallyliz 2 роки тому +128

    The first thing I saw Roger Bart in was the movie adaptation of The Producers. It literally blew my mind when I found out he's the voice behind I Can Go the Distance!

  • @maddym4808
    @maddym4808 Рік тому +68

    Hercules is UNDEFEATED. The story, the songs, the casting, just a beautiful Disney masterpiece ❤️.

  • @jaytaggert2335
    @jaytaggert2335 8 місяців тому +7

    Despite the inaccuracies of this movie from greek mythology, it's still one of my all time favorites and the cast is 🔥

  • @MrTbk1701
    @MrTbk1701 2 роки тому +66

    Go the distance sometimes gets me through my hardest days.

  • @alaskawashington
    @alaskawashington 2 роки тому +26

    WAIT in the background of the “I Won’t Say I’m in Love” live performance, the pink muse is Renée Elise Goldsberry!! that’s so wild

  • @winklenator
    @winklenator 2 роки тому +95

    What an amazing cast. I completely forgot Charlton Heston did the narration. What a legend

    • @cargo71
      @cargo71 2 роки тому +1

      I never knew! Always saw the latino version...

    • @katiegriffin7597
      @katiegriffin7597 Рік тому +3

      Same! My mom totally said it when I was watching as a kid but seeing him voicing it was like “oh, Charleston Heston!”

  • @jaytekk7631
    @jaytekk7631 2 роки тому +91

    James Woods was the best actor ever to be cast as Hades. He made Hades funny and loveae at the same time. He's still my favourite character.

  • @colorblue7018
    @colorblue7018 2 роки тому +23

    This was a really well made video for something that could've been as basic as cli0 versus clip. I really liked how you capped it off with the thoughts and the clips seemed pretty well chosen.

  • @thebeatricehorseman
    @thebeatricehorseman 2 роки тому +33

    I recently saw Roger Bart as Doc Brown in the Back to the Future musical. He's still phenomenal, I was gobsmacked!

  • @vitodereine
    @vitodereine Рік тому +12

    Everyone on this movie was on point.. and the voices from the ladies as the Muses, wow. This is one of my top movies from my childhood.

  • @ghostface9652
    @ghostface9652 2 роки тому +268

    For a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength

    • @riverdalednn
      @riverdalednn 2 роки тому +56

      but by the strength of his heart

    • @CinemaSongscovers
      @CinemaSongscovers 2 роки тому +12

      @@riverdalednn you beat me to the punch, lol

    • @talonvizsla
      @talonvizsla 2 роки тому +3

      But he didn’t beat you to punch line did he? 😂

  • @Ilovechickpeas24
    @Ilovechickpeas24 2 роки тому +26

    The muses are my favorite. Chills every time I hear them sing

  • @johngrasso2124
    @johngrasso2124 2 роки тому +318

    If they decide to do a Live Action they NEED TO KEEP ALL SONGS. Divito needs to reprise Phil.

    • @candycover
      @candycover 2 роки тому +17

      and woods as hadies

    • @RampageRich
      @RampageRich 2 роки тому +8

      @@candycover Too bad Woods has been black listed in Hollywood for being a conservative-

    • @Bowiiihowdy
      @Bowiiihowdy 2 роки тому +5

      He's the toll troll

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 Рік тому +8

      @@RampageRich I don't remember him being blacklisted and the word you're looking for is regressive.

    • @Gayredheadbitch94
      @Gayredheadbitch94 Рік тому +4

      I’d rather Disney tried to create original ideas than milking the PC cash cow for remakes

  • @NaturalCurlz1583
    @NaturalCurlz1583 2 роки тому +10

    My kids and I watched this movie so many times we can literally sing every song and recite every line. Def one of our favorite Disney movies.

  • @hamburgerdog25
    @hamburgerdog25 Рік тому +28

    I flipped out when I saw Lillias White as the lead Muse because I recognize her from her current role as Hermes in Hadestown. I never knew she brought us one Greek myth so long before another

  • @livkhammonds
    @livkhammonds 2 роки тому +12

    The way the voice actors for Hercules, Hades, Phil, Meg, & Thalia look exactly how I pictured them

    • @julianakarasawa315
      @julianakarasawa315 Рік тому +2

      I mean, they record the voices first and the animators use the videos and pictures from the VAs to create the characters

  • @Jimmersaunt
    @Jimmersaunt 2 роки тому +134

    Roger Bart has such a beautiful voice!

  • @pierresauce8307
    @pierresauce8307 2 роки тому +81

    Danny DeVito is a national treasure

  • @ryomagaaracielfai
    @ryomagaaracielfai 2 роки тому +110

    I absolutely love Hades and his voice 💖

  • @redfire126
    @redfire126 Рік тому +61

    Okay, am I the only one who LOVES Adult Herc's voice? Tate Donavan NAILED it. Whenever I watch that movie, I'm ALWAYS surprised that Hercules sounds SO CALM unless he's mad or in battle. Heck, Tate Donovan even NAILED it as the voice of Hercules in the HILARIOUS animated show, and also the video games. I REALLY wish adult Hercules did a musical number, or that the love song in the film, "I Won't Say I'm In Love" was done the same way the love songs in "Lion King 1 and 2" were done. On top of all that, I LOVE how they had Danny Devito voicing Phil. Not only did he NAIL it as Phil, but Danny's HILARIOUS, as was his character, even though Phil starts off in the movie as kind of a jerk. There's one thing I'm wondering, though: Who did the voices of Pegasus and the Titans? That's never been revealed.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 6 місяців тому +2

      Frank Welker did the flying horse.

  • @callumfriend2523
    @callumfriend2523 2 роки тому +62

    They really did know how to nail the Disney films back in the day didn't they!

  • @ATVOffroadFurry
    @ATVOffroadFurry 2 роки тому +27

    THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED to just cast MOST of them for the live action adaptation. ITS A MUST

  • @RandomManIncorperated
    @RandomManIncorperated 2 роки тому +7

    This Must Have Been a Fun Recording Session

  • @honinakecheta601
    @honinakecheta601 2 роки тому +610

    I not only miss these 2d animations, I miss when Disney didn’t treat their audience like stupid kids. Kids back then didn’t need bright colors, exaggerated facial expressions and corny storylines… movies back then arguably had “adult” themes like romance, life and death, responsibilities piling up as you grew older etc. those are themes kids should see,

    • @TheRisingIcarus
      @TheRisingIcarus 2 роки тому +53

      And they were (and are still) actually fun to watch for adults.

    • @urekmazino6800
      @urekmazino6800 2 роки тому +18

      @@TheRisingIcarus but that 2d hits different

    • @jalapeno1119
      @jalapeno1119 2 роки тому +51

      I think the last Disney movie I saw was Moana, but I still thought it was fabulous. Tangled is about abuse, gaslighting (real gaslighting, not what the internet says it is), and realizing that you can't judge people based on their appearance. Princess and the Frog delicately addresses the racism and sexism of the 1920s, and is about how even though hard work is important, you shouldn't sacrifice the people you love for working your whole life away. Pretty relevant to some adults!

    • @CesarRavenclaw
      @CesarRavenclaw Рік тому +14

      Yeah, but the plot and the type of animation are not related. Wall-E is a 3d animated movie and it's great, among many others.
      When people starting getting older they start getting too attached to the past. New don't necessarily means bad.

    • @honinakecheta601
      @honinakecheta601 Рік тому +1

      @@CesarRavenclaw that’s your opinion lol

  • @ClaraBeack
    @ClaraBeack Рік тому +13

    One of my alltime animated favorites. Growing up I was singing these songs all day long! Alan Menken is a genius!

  • @XSAGA87
    @XSAGA87 2 роки тому +12

    Probably my favorite Disney movie. The music is just incredible. Sing every song proudly

  • @jenniferhalliwell416
    @jenniferhalliwell416 Рік тому +3

    Go the distance is one of those songs that makes me cry when I hear it. Everytime!

  • @evanderzufarsetiawan2511
    @evanderzufarsetiawan2511 Рік тому +60

    Hercules should stay as animation not live action because they cannot replace the magic, the beauty, the music from the animation. The voice actor, the emotion everything

    • @MisterE180
      @MisterE180 7 місяців тому +3

      Hasn’t stopped them from making the other live action abominations 😂

    • @evanderzufarsetiawan2511
      @evanderzufarsetiawan2511 7 місяців тому

      @@MisterE180 true so i'm gonna watch it

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 6 місяців тому

      @@MisterE180 There were plans for a Hunch Back Remake, but it stoped for some reason????

    • @brimstoneclub
      @brimstoneclub 2 місяці тому

      The OUAT adaptation with Jonathan Goodsell wasn't too bad, but I will always choose this version over all others.

  • @HKMcRooney
    @HKMcRooney 4 місяці тому +1

    The muses still give me chills after all this time. Absolutely fantastic voices!

  • @shay_lah
    @shay_lah 2 роки тому +22

    James, The Muses, & Danny killed it 🙌🏾

  • @djcrazy8578
    @djcrazy8578 2 роки тому +37

    they all do a great job!!

  • @alyh3721
    @alyh3721 2 роки тому +16

    Lol I love this so much! I have a Pain and Panic shirt and I wear it all the time, so comfy. 💜I love seeing the Muses, Hades, and Roger Bart as Herc!

  • @904TallerTim
    @904TallerTim 2 роки тому +32

    The Muses and Hades voice acting was too notch

  • @bellerain381
    @bellerain381 Рік тому +3

    Even when I was little, I LOVED watching the actors play their roles in the recording studios!

  • @ItsAsparageese
    @ItsAsparageese Рік тому +35

    OMG I HAD NO IDEA LILLIAS WHITE SANG THAT ROLE! Her performance of "Don't Rain On My Parade" is one of the best performances of ANY Broadway hit EVER, on so many special levels. No wonder something about her voice in that performance stirred something familiar from my childhood! I knew she was an icon but the Muses are a particular variety of iconic that I didn't realize she overlapped with 😍

  • @TheWildWahine
    @TheWildWahine 2 роки тому +14

    The Muses are EVERYTHING!!! 🎉

  • @EM2theBee
    @EM2theBee Рік тому +19

    This is one of Disney's underrated musical epics! The R&B Greek chorus was inspired!

  • @Princess_Cheese
    @Princess_Cheese 2 роки тому +35

    Fun fact: the voice of Meg played Belle in the broadway version of beauty and the beast

  • @Aussie_Stitch
    @Aussie_Stitch Рік тому +3

    This video brought me joy. I just watched the movie yesterday and most of these songs are great. I love love love the direction they went in with the muses. And Megera has probably my favourite song in the movie

  • @emilyschmitt6162
    @emilyschmitt6162 Рік тому +3

    I grew up watching some of Charlton Heston’s movies (my favs being the 10 Commandments and Ben-Hur). Tbh I didn’t realize he was the narrator til now, but now I can’t unhear it! RIP Charlton!!! ❤

  • @hannahskeldon7944
    @hannahskeldon7944 2 роки тому +18

    Hercules is one of the biggest underrated movies of the Disney Renaissance the other is The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

  • @elmotheplatypus44
    @elmotheplatypus44 Рік тому +14

    Best music of all the Disney movies in my opinion. What is this movie be without the songs????
    The muses are life and set the stage for the comedy and musical themes. I won’t say I’m in love is SO underrated. Go the distance??? Amazing. Legendary. The whole movie.

  • @burrelleful
    @burrelleful 7 місяців тому +1

    The TALENT on display here! To be able to catch a glimpse of the hard work the goes on behind the scenes of Disney magic is incredible

  • @shazzali5156
    @shazzali5156 2 роки тому +6

    I'll be turning 40 next year, and this, still is my favourite film to this day ❤️

  • @PreciseDullBlade
    @PreciseDullBlade Рік тому +7

    This whole movie was great! The songs, singers, actor/actresses just a very well done movie. I love 90s Disney, so nostalgic to me.

  • @artsyafroqueen
    @artsyafroqueen 2 роки тому +35

    Not me spotting Renee Elise Goldsberry as a Muse at 6:49!! That's so amazing. I fancasted her as the Head Muse Calliope lol, full circle for her lol (In my mind lol)

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  2 роки тому +3

      That is actually a pretty good idea.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 роки тому +3

      I like that idea

    • @artsyafroqueen
      @artsyafroqueen 2 роки тому +1

      @@ultimatebishoujo29 Thanks! I think my fancast for Hercules was quite good lol

    • @PianoDisneygal10
      @PianoDisneygal10 2 роки тому +2

      Holy crap, I’d’ve never noticed. Good eye!

  • @josepatrickrostrocarmona6378
    @josepatrickrostrocarmona6378 10 місяців тому +3

    Charlton Heston (as narrator), Woods and DeVito were THE GREATEST of the movie...with all my bows and respect for the Muses

  • @catherinedean3796
    @catherinedean3796 2 роки тому +17

    Honestly the casting and musical directors for Disney deserve every penny

  • @casckettfriki
    @casckettfriki 2 роки тому +76

    Hercules was my favourite movie when I was a kid and still is one of my favourites, and Megara has always been my favourite character. She's funny (her sarcasm is the best😂), she's smart, she's so strong. Unlike most of disney princesses, she has a personality. I hope they don't spoil her charcter in the live action by picking an actress without enough carisma to perform her.

    • @minnie9140
      @minnie9140 2 роки тому +4

      They’ll pick Kristen Stewart for all we know 🙂 with their track record ......

  • @JonesDylan874
    @JonesDylan874 Рік тому +5

    This movie is so underrated, man. I loved watching this! Hercules needs more love.

  • @Syren90...Aka9
    @Syren90...Aka9 2 роки тому +8

    Give me 5 minutes with the song actresses we call "THE Muses!" And I can die with a smile. True Goddesses.

  • @midnight3213
    @midnight3213 Рік тому +3

    I love how Alan always gets excited when the muses sing. Literally got excited when he asked James to sing it while he played the piano then as well.

  • @MormonScape2010
    @MormonScape2010 2 роки тому +15

    The muses.. MADE.. this movie! This was so much fun to watch.

  • @acbennett7
    @acbennett7 Рік тому +4

    Such an under rated classic! I miss those days of Disney musicals.

  • @MeryChess
    @MeryChess 4 місяці тому +1

    Goosebumps
    Absolute masterpiece and one of my two favorite disney movies ever

  • @personificat10n
    @personificat10n 2 роки тому +29

    This is such a well-edited video! Amazing. Do you know anywhere I could watch that live performance of I Won’t Say I’m in Love with the original audio? It looks like they’re having a blast on that stage.

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  2 роки тому +6

      It's from the premiere of the film. ua-cam.com/video/LNROE-H-m30/v-deo.html Though frankly, the original audio is pretty janky, and I'm 99% sure they were lip-syncing.

    • @personificat10n
      @personificat10n 2 роки тому +1

      @@Thomas_H._Smith Thank you anyways! I really appreciate that!

  • @martinsz441
    @martinsz441 2 роки тому +6

    Looking back now, the music was just phenomenal

  • @Theescapist_87
    @Theescapist_87 2 роки тому +10

    Hercules is my second favorite Disney movie due to Meg, the muses, and Hades. They just make this movie amazing

  • @carlacastillo3110
    @carlacastillo3110 Рік тому +2

    these kind of videos, i love them, thanks for this.

  • @lakesideparkplace
    @lakesideparkplace 2 роки тому +44

    This is the live action I can’t wait for

    • @MrTbk1701
      @MrTbk1701 2 роки тому +34

      No no. No more live action (which are 80%cg) we don’t need to fix something that’s not broken. ❤❤

    • @lt.2992
      @lt.2992 2 роки тому +3

      They’re going to ruin it for sure

    • @bridgetclement2968
      @bridgetclement2968 2 роки тому

      The LIVE ACTIONS r Not that Bad!!! I can't wait for Little Mermaid and Snow white

  • @uniqueanartist6792
    @uniqueanartist6792 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow!! So iconic man. Just wow!! The talent is out of this world!

  • @juliancage
    @juliancage 2 роки тому +11

    Susan egan's appearance and voice are so beautiful it gives me goosebumps

  • @jennikifm2
    @jennikifm2 Рік тому +1

    Glad you had the KH clips too! I love watching them and other animation and live.

  • @Chriselda89
    @Chriselda89 Рік тому +11

    This movies is criminally underrated just the soundtrack alone is amazing That Gospel especially those ladies killed it. Obviously the characters of greek mythology isn’t accurate but what we got in story telling was great and it made me want to do research on everyone all the way down to Icarus. Hercules is one of my top 5 Disney classics. I hope Disney doesn’t remake and leave it as is.

  • @broadwaybrook2319
    @broadwaybrook2319 2 роки тому +19

    I was today years old when I found out that the original Madame Morrible from "Wicked" was the voice of one of the Fates in this movie.

  • @djcrazy8578
    @djcrazy8578 2 роки тому +62

    i like the black ladies singing, they remind me of a choir n sing very good!!

    • @GGA007Gaming
      @GGA007Gaming 2 роки тому +4

      Be careful according to the radicals there was no representation in the 90's so your about to get attacked. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @brianamills6440
      @brianamills6440 2 роки тому +11

      Boy bye, you tried it. 🙄 50 years of Disney… 12 princesses… and just ONE of them are black. You do the math and tell me if we’re represented.

    • @lt.2992
      @lt.2992 2 роки тому +2

      @@brianamills6440 cause all the tales Disney took & reinvented where european folk tales. Not African tales!

    • @brianamills6440
      @brianamills6440 2 роки тому

      @@lt.2992 No they aren’t 😒 he included different races of princes and their tales/culture. He just CHOSE to only do 1 per racial group and make the rest all white. So what exactly is stopping him from doing an African tale?

    • @thesmileyeffect
      @thesmileyeffect 2 роки тому +1

      @@lt.2992 I encourage you to research just how the Grimm brothers rewrote stories from all over. A lot of the stories commonly know to be "European" didn't start that way.

  • @Sherirose1
    @Sherirose1 2 роки тому +2

    I love behind the scenes. Thank you. 💞💖💕

  • @johnnytower6169
    @johnnytower6169 7 місяців тому +3

    Charlton Heston was such a lad, that voice tempered with cigarettes, gun smoke and whiskey is the kinda voice we all wished our fathers had

  • @juliustan9647
    @juliustan9647 2 роки тому +2

    Rewatched my favorite Disney movie last week. Love this! Thanks

  • @freetoplayaccount3487
    @freetoplayaccount3487 2 роки тому +3

    It’s great seeing this version bc this is my favorite movie

  • @Voidandhopevalkyrie
    @Voidandhopevalkyrie 2 роки тому +12

    For my Hamilton/Rent/Color purple fans, look at time stamp 6:45 for a special treat. ❤ If the creator reads this, can you tell me what performance that is with Renee as back up singing “I won’t say I’m in love/Zero to hero”? Thank you.

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  2 роки тому +4

      It's from the premiere of the film ua-cam.com/video/LNROE-H-m30/v-deo.html

    • @Voidandhopevalkyrie
      @Voidandhopevalkyrie 2 роки тому +2

      @@Thomas_H._Smith Great freaking find, my friend!

  • @shlibbs
    @shlibbs 2 роки тому +13

    Half the reason to watch Hercules is for the Muses. The other half is Hades 🤣

  • @teentitans0
    @teentitans0 2 роки тому +6

    I'm not crying, I'm crying with you. 💯💯💯