# Clash of the Titans

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clash-of-the-titans/521338>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 15, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clash-of-the-titans/521338 "2009-12-15T09:16:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clash-of-the-titans/521338/41 "2010-03-31T16:36:06Z")

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> [@Equipoise](#):
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> If you want to know what happens in the movie:
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> Perseus uses Medusa’s head to turn the Kraken into stone.

Some things never change, I guess.

**Meatros** , don’t look to Hollywood for accurate representations of mythology (which is too bad, as the stories should translate well to the big screen with little modification).

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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clash-of-the-titans/521338/42 "2010-03-31T17:22:29Z")

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> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> Some things never change, I guess.
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> **Meatros** , don’t look to Hollywood for accurate representations of mythology (which is too bad, as the stories should translate well to the big screen with little modification).

True, but I do have to admit that I like the change from the original myth in regards to Perseus and him borrowing Nike’s flying shoes (IIRC). Getting Pegasus was much better and I think it translates better on film.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clash-of-the-titans/521338/43 "2010-03-31T17:56:24Z")

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> [@Larry\_Borgia](#):
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> Actually, there wasn’t any titan clashing activity in the first movie. It should have been called “Perseus fights some monsters.”

See post #33.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clash-of-the-titans/521338/44 "2010-03-31T18:12:33Z")

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Actually, the original title of the 1981 film was supposed to be **Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head**. “Clash of the Titans” was the later, punchier title.  
It _IS_ punchier, but, on a technical note, there really aren’t any of the Greek mythology Titans in either version.

By the way, the reviews are starting to be posted on Rotten Tomatoes. Only 18% rating (but only 13 reviews so far):

[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clash\_of\_the\_titans\_2010/](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clash_of_the_titans_2010/)

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clash-of-the-titans/521338/45 "2010-03-31T18:29:47Z")

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> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> Meanwhile, why can’t someone make a decent effort at adapting _The Epic of Gilgamesh_?
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> Stranger

Fear that the “Enkidu tamed by six days and nights of sex with a temple harlot” scene would practically guarantee an R-rating? 😃

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