There were no hair trimmers in Greek mythology
Often times, I wish we could see Hollywood producing films with titles that are longer than a couple of words, so that any sane person would never type the .com in their browser.
This would probably lead to less domain squatting of movie titles. Surely, ClashOfTheTitans.com is receiving some insane traffic by now.
But the real point is, most of today’s movies are mish-mashes of other movies, or remakes with the plot being given very little rejuvenation, other than the usual overload of computer generated imagery.
It is not just Hollywood that is guilty of repeating itself ad nauseam – it’s also the writers of books that eventually lead to movies. Who would have imagined that Harry Potter would rip so many elements of Greek mythology, mix them all together in a “sorcery” blender and serve it – double-baked – to millions of unsuspected teenagers?
The latest mish-mash is of course the remake of Clash of the Titans.
As if it weren’t enough to brutalize the memory of a childhood favorite, the question that pops to mind – more often than the pixelized bits of digital nudity – is this:
Which Hollywood genius buzzed the long, wavy hair of Perseus with a trimmer – Quake Arena style?
In all seriousness, I don’t believe that Hollywood will change its ways anytime soon. Clash of the Titans 2010 is not a bad movie – as long as you were born in the 90’s or never read Greek mythology from a book.
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