Week 10 CLASH OF THE TITANS

Question 1

Perseus locations

Answer 1

• argos (homeland)
• seriphos (where they end up after being cast out and home of evil king)
• joppa (where Andromeda was found, left halfway bottom)
• home of legendary gorgons in bottom left most
• snakes at the very bottom middle-ish

Question 2

Clash of titans (1981)

Answer 2

• sophisticated retelling of the perseus myth, which is embellished by additions from other myths of ancient Greek heroes
• begins with the birth episode of acrisius setting his daughter and grandson in a wooden chest
• as punishment, Zeus sends the kraken (not greek origin, Scandinavian. Meant to be typhon monster) to destroy argos
• Prince calibos, son of thetis, engaged to Andromeda, gets turned into a satyr by Zeus for killing his winged horses (didn’t exist..)

Question 3

Continuation of clash of titan lore

Answer 3

• as revenge for Zeus hurting his son, she brings perseus to joppa and makes him face off as well as face him (oedipus..)
• calibos refused to let anyone marry Andromeda and whoever dares must answer an impossible riddle correctly
• he gets help from the gods, Athena, and tames pegasos, the winged horse
• bellerophon, ancient hero, was the one who actually used it in myth
• allusions to other Greek myths and heroes make him seem more heroic

Question 4

Bellerophon

Answer 4

• born in corinth
• kills a relative and flees
• rejects advances from a queen and was accused of rape
• he set out to do an impossible task and helped by the gods, Athena
• tames Pegasus, child of Medusa
• fights chimera
• fights Solomoi
• fights amazons

Question 5

Perseus wedding and journey

Answer 5

• at Andromedas wedding, her mother says she’s more beautiful than thetis
• she sends kraken and must be punished
• then he had to get medusa’s head in order to save her
• during it, he gets a mechanical owl, bubo, sent by Athena (as she’s reluctant to help)
• fights a lot, Medusa, 2 headed cerberus, lots of giant scorpions from Medusas bloody hsad

Question 6

Visual effects in clash of the titans

Answer 6

• stop motion made
• cult classics
• very 1960s core but by 1980, it was dated
• gods looked very very powerful, dressed in white, on clouds, etc
• humans represented as Clay figures in the world to them, thetis is the only one who appears to people, etc
• Medusa is seen as terrifying even if she really isn’t

Question 7

Clash of the titans (2010 rendition)

Answer 7

• a basic conscious acknowledge the 1981 film, but was also rejected (owl left behind) and claimed to do some things differently
• voice over, the 1981 film ended with perseus and Andromeda turning into star constellations which is the beginning of the 2010 film
• addition of hades as the father of the kraken
• calibos from previous film is now the father acrisius for killing his wife by Zeus, he is a monster and enemy of perseus
• new myths and friends, rationalization, reference to heracles
• rejects as many godly powers as possible, to do it as a man, guided by ancestor and lover IO

Question 8

Message of the film

Answer 8

• the gods may be rejected, but they are very much existent
• visually similar to the 1981 film
• gods aren’t all-powerful, needs humans to believe in them
• evil is stronger when men are weak. Gods are irrelevant and men are the new gods
• explicit rejection of religion, especially organized religion. Instead, the relationships are personal

Question 9

Setting in film, class of the titans

Answer 9

• vague Greek world, opulant sets, epic in scale, but a mix of a lot of greek-looking items
• setting of the court of argos, furniture, etc
• literally ancient Greek
• Persian palaces and deserts for scenes that resemble many other films
• set in a fantastical place, not a true place on the map