When relaxed or upbeat, his flaming hair and skin retain a calming blue color. Hades is hot-headed, both figuratively and literally. ![]() Despite their constant colossal failures and lies, Hades seems to have a surprising amount of faith in these imps as he continuously sends them out with various missions and tasks, most of which are rather major. ![]() The two fear Hades immensely and are used as punching-bags during his outbursts, typically as punishment for their incompetence being a recurring hindrance in Hades' schemes. In the Underworld, Hades is aided by his two shapeshifting lackeys, Pain and Panic. As such, he often allies himself with various beasts and creatures lurking through Greece, hiring them to do his bidding the most notable example being the Titans, who were imprisoned by Zeus eons ago. Though powerful in his own right, Hades is considerably weaker than Zeus and cannot overthrow him alone. Because of this, Hades secretly plots to overthrow Zeus and rule Mount Olympus as the King of Deities, himself. Unbeknownst to Zeus and the other deities, however, Hades despises the Underworld, as well as his job, finding them both gloomy, depressing, and overbearing. Starring Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods.Hades was granted ownership of the Underworld by Zeus, unwillingly. With the studio’s preoccupation with needless violence and sultry females, and with other companies producing animated features (such as Toy Storyfrom Pixar, An American Tail from Universal, and Sinbad from Dreamworks), Hercules’s fall from godhood may be ironic foreshadowing of Disney’s fate as the god of animation. See Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Pocahontas(1995) and Jasmine from Aladdin (1992).Īlthough Zeus tries to teach Herc what a true hero is, all young viewers are likely to learn is that (quoting Herc’s own words):“A hero is only as good as his weapon.” But as a parent, I expect more from Disney. She’s a curvy vixen who seems to be the next link in Disney’s evolving depictions of increasingly scantily clad women. Meg tries to seduce Herc and keep him from doing anything heroic, while Hades completes his plan of world domination. Sex plays a prominent role in this movie, too. These villains are in keeping with b-grade Saturday morning cartoons and present plenty of scenes that will be frightening to young children. Hercules is continually confronted with computer-animated beasts, like a huge lizard that grows three heads for every one he cuts off, and some giant mutant Transformer-style monsters. Starring a hero who must resolve every conflict through aggression, the film is a fight to the finish. But his greatest challenge is Meg (voice of Susan Egan), a bombshell of a babe, who is a secret agent of Hades. ![]() With Philoctetes (voice of Danny DeVito) as a coach, Herc learns how to fight an assortment of evil beasts. But one day he discovers that his real father is the super god Zeus (voice of Rip Torn), and that he can become a god again if he does something truly heroic. All Herc can do now is be a big help on the farm of his foster parents. ![]() A poisonous potion is fed to the little lad, but alas, he misses the last drop, thereby becoming mortal but maintaining his super strength. The story begins when baby Hercules (voice of Tate Donovan) is kidnapped by the evil Hades (voice of James Woods), the god of death. Hercules represents the classic recipe of 1990s’ Disney animations: A hero, a sexy girl, a seemingly unbeatable wicked enemy, and the world’s fate hanging in the balance.
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