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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 71 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

To be fair, despite its horrendous inaccuracies, Hercules was a GREAT movie. That gospel soundtrack? Danny DeVito? James Woods? My god, Meg... I still blame her for my weakness for sarcastic women.

That one gets a pass.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think this post is a dig against the movie as a piece of entertainment, just as a source for ancient mythology.

[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago

But at the end of the day, be it a 2D animated Disney movie or the mythical canon of ancient Greece, it's all just stuff from a long time ago, right? Who's to say which of them actually came first? It's all he said / she said / Homer said at this point. I guess we just have to come to terms with the fact that we'll never really know.