227 - Clash of the Titans

When I was in the second grade, we moved to Mississippi to be closer to mom's side of the family. At school, the playground was full of pine trees and pine needles and the boys would chase after us with weird looking bugs. *shaking it off*

During that time, Clash of the Titans came out. It was the first big movie premiere I can remember, there was so much hype... trading cards, sheets of pictures with each of the characters... it was a big deal. We talked about it on the playground for days. We each picked a character and pretended to be a god or goddess. I honestly can't remember if I saw CotT in the theater or not... I kind of doubt it, it was a little adult for a second grader. Then again, I do remember seeing it, and VHS didn't happen along until a few years later... so maybe I did.

All I know is that Medusa scared the crap out of me. Not only did she have snakes for hair... not only was she ugly as sin... but she rattled... sort of a half rattle, half cicada hum. I knew she could turn people to stone, so I was almost afraid to look at her. *shaking that off too*

Now they've remade it. Quietly. I didn't even hear about it until a couple of weeks ago... definitely didn't get the hype the first one got... I'm not at all sure about this... I see Liam Neeson in it and I'm still not sure. As hokey as the original was, it's part of a fond memory and just because this is newer doesn't mean it's going to be better. Sometimes I wish Hollywood would leave well enough alone...

Kinda looks good though.





Before you get all bedazzled by that fancy hocus pocus... remember how cutting edge this was at the time...




Good times...


P.S. I didn't know Krakens looked like giant turtle headed creatures with sharp pointy teeth... I thought they were a giant octopus that mated with dragons, and made more dragons.


P.P.S. I love dragons. They always get a bad rap...