Clash Of The Titans 2010

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Permalink Reply by superkavi on November 15, 2009 at 1:22pm

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Permalink Reply by supermanx1 on November 15, 2009 at 1:25pm

its not a history piece you know. its not historically correct, where the fuck is the skeleton of that giant spider, thats what i wanna know

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Permalink Reply by T.R. on November 15, 2009 at 2:08pm

I know it's not a history piece, but at least if they want to create the atmosphere of ancient Greek mythology they at least should make it believable. And anyway, even though it's not a history piece, the action is still set in ancient Greece, was it that hard to stray away from the monotonous "rugged " un-shaven-face-shaved-scalp action hero syndrome and was it that hard to add a little color?

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Permalink Reply by Samuel L. Blackson on November 17, 2009 at 8:58am

I'm not sure what you mean by "believable" and "shaving machine."
The technology wasn't beyond them.
It doesn't require a "machine" at all.
In fact, we have found copper blades for shaving as old as 3,000 bc.
Before that, we know that some men shaved using sharpened seashells.

Barbarian warriors in Gaul shaved their faces (except for the mustaches).
Some other cultures shaved their heads as well.

In fact, Alexander the Great promoted shaved faces to avoid beard grabbing during combat.
So, although Perseus (coming from a time much earlier than Alexander) would probably have had a beard, it isn't unimaginable that he would shave.

Besides, who cares about something so small?
This trailer looks kick ass. :)

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Permalink Reply by Samuel L. Blackson on November 17, 2009 at 9:43am

Oh yeah, if your talking about his head (rather than his face) the Spartans were famous for having long hair. So obviously this meant that other Greek warriors had short hair.

Short hair doesn't necessarily mean shaved head, but it isn't unimaginable for a Greek warrior to shave his head.

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Permalink Reply by T.R. on November 17, 2009 at 10:12am

I just find it revolting that every single action star in the past few years has the same inexpressive look. Do they actually think giving Perseus longer hair would make him look like less of a "though guy", I mean he's a character of myth, why does he have to look like Dieasel or Statham?

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Permalink Reply by Samuel L. Blackson on November 17, 2009 at 10:11pm

Fair enough, I suppose.
I agree, I don't like the shaved military head look either, but I guess I don't feel as strongly about it as you do.

Nevertheless, I think the movie will be a fun two hours of mindless action.
A solid matinee is my prediction.

I do have one more quick piece of ancient shaving trivia for you though.
We know from ancient Greek writings (such as plays from Aristophanes) that ancient Greek women were accustom to not only shave their legs, but that they also trimmed... down there. ;)

Ancient Greek girls were kinky!

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