Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 3
by Adam Nimoy, Anson Williams, Charles Braverman, Charles Siebert, Charlie Haskell
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Actor: Cynthia Rothrock, Karen Sheperd, Kevin Sorbo, Liddy Holloway, Michael HurstDirector: Adam Nimoy, Anson Williams, Charles Braverman, Charles Siebert, Charlie Haskell
Brand: Hercules
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1080 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MCA Television
DVD Reviews of Hercules The Legendary Journeys - Season 3
DVD Review: Hole-y heroism!
Summary: 3 Stars
I wanted to like Hercules series because it seems, fun, campy, heroic and seemingly has diversity in it. As a fantasy for adults who already have a moral core, it's great and it gave us Xena one of the first and best female heroic warriors, so that alone is worth watching. Herc has a good, cheerful vibe, and reminds me of the old shows they used to have on TV - Lone Ranger, Zorro and other heroic saviors. Both series had problems though and, on closer inspection some of the mythology in Hercules is kind of repellent. I watched the movie not too long ago and was interested how unbelievably sexist some of the myths and themes are. Which is typical of rewritten Greco/Roman myth, which I like to study about.
For instance, in the Herc show I saw recently (one of the movie spin-offs from the series), Zeus was portrayed as a sad-eyed noble, and his wife a jealous, vindictive harpy out to kill poor, heroic Hercules. In Greek mythology, however, Zeus was a rapist and a vile monster who originally wasn't a god, but was apparently eventually deified. Kids watching this show and reading the myths in further study might be very confused as to the true nature of Heroism. Further confusion results when there is a close father/son relationship in some of the story-lines. If Herc thinks his rapist father is kindly and nobly is he just ignorant? Or is he evil and accepts a brotherhood of rape, as anyone who lives in a fascist patriarchal system has an uneasy feeling is the case of some of our pretend heroes. Our own culture trends this way. Our religion, like Greek religion, talks about love and goodness, yet practices child sacrifice and torture, animal sacrifice in the old testament and takes away liberty and dignity from women - as well as commands women to have no authority and to be subject in all things. Women suffer greatly often in secret since they are threatened and also commanded "women be silent" as per the bible. It also worships the creators which means you'd have to worship those who created predators - an inherently evil act. To question those who claim to be gods is a good practice. Usually they are corrupt men who are unjust and greedy for power and dominance over others.
So yeah, kids would be better off learning to think critically about myths and learning to be true heroes - by defying corrupt power, trying to be kind and gentle to animals, the poor and enslaved, women who have no authority in a culture where religion, the military, police and government is created and entirely ruled over by corrupt men and secret brotherhoods like religious sects, Catholicism, Christianity, Freemasonry etc.... If I seem to be thinking too much about was is apparently just a fun myth, I don't really think so. In large part, I think children learn about truth and morality from our stories and especially our "heroic" ones. Teaching your kids to really think about what is truly heroism, or not, is giving them a great gift. I believe that we are losing our heart muscle by not being aware of the myths and religions that are actually monstrous. Is Hercules a hero? Maybe he doesn't know what his father has done, perhaps he is unaware that the mother is demonized while the monster of a father is deified. Another notable thing is when Herc is captured by Amazons who are quite angry (understandably since the people are worshipping a rapist) and resisting a cruel, corrupt, patriarchal world, Herc gives them a little sermon about how bad they are etc... and the upshot is they are easily brought around to his way of thinking. The irony is the way the Amazons treated the men is probably a type of justice and not unlike how women are treated in any patriarchal culture. Zeus makes a horrible appearance as well and it's uh... disturbing to say the least, he's quite old at this point and has some sort of sexual liaison with an Amazon - symbolic of their defeat to a vile monstrous "god" and his easy excuses and propaganda. Ugh. Amazons should never be defeated if they oppose an evil culture, it is the triumph of evil not goodness. They are effectively de-moralized and defeated somehow, because they let Herc tell them they were bad girls for seeking justice for the same things Herc's culture and "god father" regularly does to women. So.... again, it would be confusing to people who fall in love with Greek mythology that the myths are so, well...un-heroic sometimes.
On a bright note, taken as just a fantasy or story, it's fun and you can make it good by making it your own. For instance when I imagine the story of Hercules, I imagine Zeus is not there or not joined by Hercules, I make up my own myths as I watch - it's a strange thing, but I love joining in the stories this way. Because I love Greek and Roman mythology, I'd rewrite all the myths myself, if I could, and would have great fun doing it. When I was a kid, me and my brother would just play these games out - we played Greek myths even then, and they were whatever we wanted them to be. Kids have no problem with this and if we had their flexibility could easily transform all the ugly religions into new things. Adults are so inflexible and always think of a thousand reasons why you can't do that, it's frustrating and boring. I'd like to have a round table of Gods and Goddesses with Zeus notably absent and Apollo and Artemas (my own spelling) taking his place, their archery a symbol of reaching goals instead of the traditional killing and hunting. Today, reason, civilization and healing (Apollo and Athene) and love (Aphrodite), the warmth of home and hearth (Hestia) and protection (Artemas) would combine and we would protect animals, children, good men and women without needing the traditional hunting motifs. I like playing with these ideas as I watch. if you wanted to, you could create these stories with your kids and try to make them a reality by engaging in human and women's rights, animal rights, children's rights as part of the process. Make your kids real heroes (but not sacrifices - protect them, do not kill your heroes like some people demand.) Another thing I liked about Herc was the costumes and cheesy special effects. I wish they would capture the suffering animals with ingenuity instead of destroy them as in the movie, though. True heroism would be more fun and creative - as well as more victorious.
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