Worst films of 2012 - Also Wrath of the Titans discussion
Wrath of the Titans was pathetic. Was on HBO the other day. Fucking awful. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes seem to spend all their scenes looking at each other being like, "How the fuck did we agree to do this?" The only, I repeat ONLY plus about this movie is that it feigns a reprise of the annoying robotic owl, and then wisely pulls back.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The Clash remake was terrible, and yes, I've heard the sequel is even worse.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Traditionally, the only way to take out a Greek god was to eat him. Other than that, you could castrate one and make sure they didn't have anymore children.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Ok.
Welp, they have the in-universe explanation that if peeps don't worship them, they have no powers, an at this point in time so few people are worshiping them that they are "almost mortal." I was trying to figure out where I had heard that concept before, and I just figured out it was from a 1980's Thundercats cartoon in which the felines find an old, forgotten god with no followers, and no powers. So this movie stole that concept, unless it is even older and I just don't know.
But anyway, there is an in-universe explanation for it, and there aren't any Geek gods running around today, so I guess what happened in the movie feels satisfactory, for as much as I am already suspending disbelief, anyway.
I had a harder time accepting Pegasus flying through curtains of lava, and what came right after that.
Welp, they have the in-universe explanation that if peeps don't worship them, they have no powers, an at this point in time so few people are worshiping them that they are "almost mortal." I was trying to figure out where I had heard that concept before, and I just figured out it was from a 1980's Thundercats cartoon in which the felines find an old, forgotten god with no followers, and no powers. So this movie stole that concept, unless it is even older and I just don't know.
But anyway, there is an in-universe explanation for it, and there aren't any Geek gods running around today, so I guess what happened in the movie feels satisfactory, for as much as I am already suspending disbelief, anyway.
I had a harder time accepting Pegasus flying through curtains of lava, and what came right after that.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."