Plot
Hercules, son of the Greek God, Zeus, is turned into a half-god, half-mortal by evil Hades, God of the Underworld, who plans to overthrow Zeus. Hercules is raised on Earth and retains his god-like strength, but when he discovers his immortal heritage Zeus tells him that to return to Mount Olympus he must become a true hero. Hercules becomes a famous hero with the help of his friend Pegasus and his personal trainer, Phil the satyr. Hercules battles monsters, Hades and the Titans, but it is his self-sacrifice to rescue his love Meg which makes him a true hero.
Keywords: 13th-century-b.c., 2d-animation, afterlife, ancient-greece, animal-attack, baby, based-on-greek-myth, betrayal, blockbuster, boar
A Comedy of Epic Proportions
Happy IV of July!
Zero to Hero!
Who puts the GLAD in GLADIATOR?
You can run but you can't Hydra!
Meg: [after Hercules accidentally breaks the arms off a statue of Venus] It looks better that way. No, it really does.
Phil: I thought you were going to be the all-time champ, not the all-time chump.
Hercules: Meg, when I'm with you, I-I don't feel so alone.::Meg: Sometimes it's better to be alone.::Hercules: What do you mean?::Meg: Nobody can hurt you.
Panic: He's not gonna be happy when he gets outta there.::Pain: You mean, *if* he gets outta there.::Panic: If? If is good.
Hercules: [as she lies dying] Meg, why did you... You didn't have to...::Meg: People do crazy things... when they're in love.
[singing about Hercules's fame and success]::Thalia: They slapped his face on every vase.::[Terpsichore hits her in the head]::Terpsichore: On every *vah*se.
Hercules: You like making deals. Take me in Meg's place.::Hades: Hmm. The son of my hated rival trapped forever in a river of death.::Hercules: Going once...::Hades: Is there a downside to this?::Hercules: Going twice...::Hades: Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. You get her out. She goes, you stay.::[Hercules dives in to save Megara]::Hades: Oh, you know what slipped my mind? You'll be dead before you can get to her. [calls out as Hercules goes deeper] That's not a problem, is it?
Hades: How sentimental. You know, I haven't been this choked up since I got a hunk of moussaka caught in my throat.
Hercules: Wow. What a day. First that restaurant by the bay. And then that, that play, that, that, that Oedipus thing. Man, I thought *I* had problems.
Meg: He comes on with his big, innocent farm boy routine, but I could see through that in a Peloponnesian minute.
Titan most often refers to:
*Titan (Imperial Guard), a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guards in the Marvel Universe
The Greek is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Bill Raymond. The Greek is the head of an international criminal organization involved in narcotics and human trafficking. The Greek is a mysterious figure involved in numerous criminal activities. His given name is never mentioned on the show, and though he is known only as "The Greek", he has stated (in the episode Port in a Storm) that he is not actually Greek. A quiet and unassuming man, the Greek prefers to keep a low profile, operating all of his business through his lieutenant Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos. His smuggling organization operated from a small diner in Baltimore for years, and while Vondas would conduct business the Greek would listen in quietly at the counter. Nick Sobotka, upon seeing the Greek identify himself, was amazed that the shadowy figure had been in plain sight the entire time.
Despite his calm appearance, the Greek is cunning and ruthless, and only interested in facts that make him more money. Series creator David Simon has said that The Greek is an embodiment of raw unencumbered capitalism. Anyone interfering in this process is eliminated immediately, and he prefers to leave victims headless and handless to hinder identification.
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Samuel Henry J. "Sam" Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an Australian-English actor, best known for his starring roles in the feature films Avatar, Terminator Salvation, Clash of the Titans, and its sequel, Wrath of the Titans.
In 2004, Worthington received Australia's highest film award for his lead performance in Somersault. He performed predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low-budget films before transitioning to major studio films, ranging from romantic drama and comedy-drama to science fiction and action. Worthington is also noted for his voicework as Alex Mason in the 2010 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Worthington was born to English parents in Godalming, Surrey, in southeastern England, and moved to Perth, Western Australia when he was six months old. He grew up in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham. His mother, Jeanne J. (née Martyn), a homemaker, raised him and his sister Lucinda, and his father, Ronald W. Worthington, was a power plant employee. He attended John Curtin College of the Arts, a school specialising in the dramatic arts, located in Fremantle, Western Australia, where he studied drama but failed to graduate and dropped out.[citation needed] His father gave him $400 and sent him on a one-way trip to Cairns in Queensland, and told him to "work his way home".[citation needed] He began working on construction and odd jobs, eventually settling in Sydney, New South Wales. At 19, he worked as a bricklayer, when he auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and was accepted with scholarship.
"...And, like a blind man perceives not a colour,
Be it jetblack or bloodred,
So are the weak unable to recognize the virtue...
Of strength!"
Such are the words, ever inscribed
Upon our chests, yet unveiled
Such were the deeds, ever forlorn
Commandments of the firstborn...
History has indeed hasty flight
Yet ours is an unsurpassable might!
Timeless...
Faceless...
Devoid of myth, the Grand Conjuction is here!
(Hear...) The cries of the Monolyths!...
"Thus, heaven-sprung Rebellion chcarges forth,
It's heralds laughing in contempt..."
As our quasi-eternal lethargy
Moves aside to let great wrath ride by!
Timeless...
For we are the sleeping Titans
Still in wait!
We are the sleeping Titans
Stone awake!
We are the sleeping Titans...
Bring the time...
Enslave the material prime
Beyond the translucid dreams of Old...
Confining the one word (Chaos!)...
Solemn, fallen...
Knightly autocracy, subjugate reality!
Into the decadent pride lost in a lone caustic dream
And a newborn universe's hopeful gleam
Ascend...