Post by Salzmank on Nov 19, 2017 2:08:55 GMT
I'm reminded of another point I neglected to mention in my aforementioned thoughts on Wonder Woman. DC-Fan and I (and several others) were discussing mythology in another thread, and--as an addendum to that--Wonder Woman did make a bit of a mess of Greek mythology there. The biggest caveat is that it tried to view classical mythology through a Christian lens, with Zeus interpreted as God and Ares as Lucifer, falling from grace and becoming the Devil.
Ares was not an evil deity in mythology, and--indeed--though the Greeks interpreted him as rather bloodthirsty (though also cowardly and certainly not villainous), the Romans saw him (under the name of Mars) as one of the greatest gods, the patron of Rome (being that Romulus and Remus, who in mythology founded the city, are his twin sons). And, as mentioned in that earlier discussion, the Amazons were actually villainous, certainly with regard to Heracles.
Just some caveats I should get out of the way--oh, and the gods can't die in Greek mythology (they can in the Norse). Somewhat surprised that they had all the gods dead before the plot even begins, but--ehh--I'm not too worked up about mythological changes, as I accept that there will be changes for storytelling purposes, and it's only based on mythology, not necessarily a loyal adaptation.
Still, I just wanted to set the record straight here after our previous discussion about Norse mythology.
Ares was not an evil deity in mythology, and--indeed--though the Greeks interpreted him as rather bloodthirsty (though also cowardly and certainly not villainous), the Romans saw him (under the name of Mars) as one of the greatest gods, the patron of Rome (being that Romulus and Remus, who in mythology founded the city, are his twin sons). And, as mentioned in that earlier discussion, the Amazons were actually villainous, certainly with regard to Heracles.
Just some caveats I should get out of the way--oh, and the gods can't die in Greek mythology (they can in the Norse). Somewhat surprised that they had all the gods dead before the plot even begins, but--ehh--I'm not too worked up about mythological changes, as I accept that there will be changes for storytelling purposes, and it's only based on mythology, not necessarily a loyal adaptation.
Still, I just wanted to set the record straight here after our previous discussion about Norse mythology.
