Thoughts on Hercules and Xena The Battle For Mount Olympus?

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_tailypo@reddit

I love it lol, yeah it’s kinda bad but that’s part of its charm.

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Prior_Recipe_5999@reddit

It was fun something different

Clearly a different canon tho for some reason

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I was in college during my peak Xena obsession when I found this VHS in a Dollar General. I only watched it once, but I remember being really disappointed. It wouldn’t have been a horrible movie, but they really did Gabrielle dirty.

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Enlightenedryan@reddit

I could remember watching this while I went to my mom's work.

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LogConstant1140@reddit

My dream is to have a Xena animation with the same style/quality as Arcane

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Itchy_Initiative6180@reddit

We’re the Titans! We’re the worst

Boom-Chaka-Laka-Laka!

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Automatic-Adeptness4@reddit

"Hear me silver Sister moon
Shinin' in the blue
Had I wings to fly away
I would fly to you
But that's not what warriors do"

best song in the movie

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justwanderingtheblog@reddit

It's pretty awful! I love it very much.

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lenapemerman@reddit

🎶"We're the Titans" 🎶

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frostbittenforeskin@reddit

My friends and I were obsessed with this movie when I was a kid. I don’t care how bad it is, I love it

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DeedleStone@reddit

Loved it as a kid. Pretty damn cringe to an adult lol

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RyuichiSakuma13@reddit

😲 Is this a real movie?

I need to watch this!

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Management_Beginning@reddit

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1N75uh5kOjyUKherLD_5KpPw5mgWPO6S1?usp=sharing

Happy cake day

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slyther1ntobed@reddit

excuse me if I'm very dumb, but is there a way to change the language on this? thanks!

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Management_Beginning@reddit

The first one is in Portuguese and the second in English. I can try to change it. At least the subtitles... If it helps. 😊😊 Full English?

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slyther1ntobed@reddit

thank you! I can download the second one since it's in english. just tried the first because it was mp4. thanks!

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RyuichiSakuma13@reddit

Thank you! 😁

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Agent8699@reddit

Yes, very real. Very … well, not necessarily bad, but perhaps best enjoyed with a bottle or two of vodka : )

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RyuichiSakuma13@reddit

😮 Oh man, that's not very encouraging. 😕

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bertilac-attack@reddit

It has its moments! The animation is trim, and often choppy or awkward, but the stylization is at least interesting. The whole thing looks like a hyper-textural Mike Mignola comic, it’s really cool.

There are a couple decent musical numbers, a few fun campy monster fights, some genuine atmosphere, and cool set-pieces. I don’t think it’s necessarily a good movie, but there was some real artistry at play along the way, it’s not a total write-off.

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RyuichiSakuma13@reddit

Oic, sounds more like a fun movie than a bad one. Maybe one to make jokes. 😅

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SporadicTendancies@reddit

I have it on VHS.

It's... forgettable.

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RyuichiSakuma13@reddit

😥

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badanimal87@reddit

Across the sea of tiiiime…

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Agent8699@reddit

I like that they were so desperate to avoid subtext that they turned Gabrielle into a giant bird and then had Xena sing her a love song!

Xena and Birdrielle forever!

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cestlavie_69@reddit

What??

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bertilac-attack@reddit

The film plays out the conflict between a group of Titans released from Tartarus by Hera, and a small band of mostly familiar Olympians.

After Ares fails to bring Xena into the fold, Artemis intervenes and transforms Gabrielle into a giant bald eagle, blackmailing Xena into fighting for the Olympians to save Gabrielle.

She spends almost the entire rest of the film as a bird, flying Xena around and occasionally screeching. There are three or four musical numbers in the film, some better than others. Lucy obviously nails Xena’s, which is a lament for her failure to protect Gabrielle.

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cestlavie_69@reddit

They did Gabs dirty. What was Ioalus doing?

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10Panoptica@reddit

Her Knight in Shining Armor!

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roxzillaz@reddit

I just hate the animation I think they could have done much better with it. Especially the faces they just look…. Strange and bland.

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KirbbDogg213@reddit

Should have been made into a live movie with a better storyline.Both Hercules and Xena with as popular as the X-Files were during this timeframe.

I heard once before that they could do a Hercules movie with Kevin Sorbo due to Disney owning the movie rights and was making one at the time this came out.

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Eyes_Snakes_Art@reddit

It rented very well at the video store where I worked.

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theseedbeader@reddit

I think it looks kinda ugly, but I always liked it. Like others have said, Gabs spends too much time as a bird, and she keeps changing size which is a bit ridiculous.

I like the songs a lot, though the Titan song is in that so-bad-it’s-good territory. As someone already mentioned, I would be so down for them to revive Xena as an animated series and bring the actors back to voice it.

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Melodic_War327@reddit

Some of them could not come back, like Kevin Smith.

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theseedbeader@reddit

I know. :(

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OrangeClyde@reddit

I have this dvd and it’s terrible 😂😂😂

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Melodic_War327@reddit

Oh, God. You made me remember that. Now that horrible Titan song will be stuck in my head the rest of the day. Thank you very much.

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SmutMasterHero@reddit

One of my favorites as a kid. Honestly anything with Greek mythology was jam as a kid

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Roxxie_Hart3@reddit

An underrated animated treat 🍬

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batgirlsxe@reddit

I love it! Even to this day I'll watch it every once in a while. I have all the songs on a USB in my car to sing along to.

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primal_slayer@reddit

I was obsessed with it as a child.

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JayDuPumpkinBEAST@reddit

I remember it coming out around the time of Disney’s Hercules. It even shared some similar plot beats with the titans taking over Olympus. Unfortunately it holds none of the charm of the series and comes off as a cheap cash grab to capitalize on Disney’s success.

Also once again, Xena is a much better character here than Herc (from what I remember) lol

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