I'm pretty damn stoked to see this movie. Yeah, this remake, like the original, appears to be a hodge-podge of various myths, but I'm okay with that. If anything, I say toss in more. I want to see as many creatures as possible. Hopefully, there won't be a lot of over-the-top action maneuvers, though (i.e., a ton of wire work). I know the movie itself is going to be popcorn fare, but I hate the modern tendency to make every hero have Flying Tiger, Hidden Dragon-like moves.


Ah well, I am very pleased that they kept medusa as the half-snake, half-woman beastie she was in the first flick. I don't think that is too true to the myth, but, man, is she a damn fine monster. More than that, she is no doubt the inspiration for the 2nd edition D&D "Greater Medusa" (later finding is way into 3rd edition in Necromancer Game's Tome of Horrors
I dug up the original medusa scene on YouTube and, damn, it holds up pretty well. The bit with Perseus tossing the shield onto the statue is a bit hard to swallow, but the rest of the scene is solid.
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