With a helmet like that, may as well cast GWAR and call it a day.
If they went all out like that I’d respect it a lot more. Give me the Odyssey but make everyone look straight outta Warhammer or something crazy like that.
Best I can do is Lou Ferrigno as Hercules. Just watch the whole trailer. The monster designs and other set pieces are pretty far out there for the time.
How did I never hear about this? I definitely need Hercules with lightsabers in my life now!
On a side note it’s crazy how many times the trailer guy said the name of the movie. Every sentence gotta involve Hercules at least once.
You’re welcome.
I’m not sure if this is c/bmoviebonanza material, but it’s up there. Anyway, that’s a solid community if you enjoy shlocky “how did this happen?!” movies.
Also, just dig through the Cannon Group movie list for more “throw crazy shit at the wall” gems like this. Some are hits, most are misses, and a few are really incredible misses.
Those are such nice resources that I didn’t know of! Thanks a lot, gonna dig into both in the next weeks.
“WHERE IS SHE?!!!” - Achilles, talking about Helen of Troy
That helmet looks like my man is carrying one of these knives to battle:
One? He has all of them.
Man’s a mall ninja before malls even existed.
Achilles is gonna load up on monster energy before he naruto-runs to vanquish his enemies.
And by vanquish I mean getting stabbed in the heel and fucking dying.
It’s just so obviously a vacuformed plastic shell that doesn’t fit the actor that’s wearing it. Has no visual relation to any of the other armor styles in the film, despite supposedly being from the same culture, time period, and status level.
He looks like a futurized, Coppola’s Megalopolis interpretation of classical armor.
Meme reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfuiB52K7X8
Heel Man
I GOT I GOT ACHILLES BATMAN
Y’all realize that the Odyssey is fiction, right? Are you going to be upset if the Charybdis isn’t period accurate? What about the 6headed dragon? Look too much like Tiamat?
This is reddit level media criticism. Mindless contrarianism over focused on trivial details. At least we’re not arguing over the race/gender of the cast.
I don’t care about historical accuracy. For all I care they could be fighting in pink miniskirts if it looks good and makes sense with the setting of the story. I just think this is disappointing because he looks like a mall ninjas idea of a badass.
Every creatively dead Netflix/Prime fantasy franchise has the same shein-ass looking costume design nowadays.
It’s called “immersion” and is kind of slightly important for story telling.
It’s just fucking ugly. It stands out, does not sit right with the rest of the costumes, breaks immersion. Some stuff is just dumb. Like a medieval knight with a visor that only covers half the face.
This looks like a spray painted plastic prop for a Power Rangers movie. I want it to look like real armor that won’t crumble in one sword strike.
