![]() ![]() And Starring: After becoming a regular, Michael Hurst had a "Also Starring" credit.And I Must Scream: In "Descent," Hercules discovers Dumuzi (gatekeeper to the Sumerian Underworld) is using human souls as nourishment.Except Cupid who also goes by his more well-known Roman name rather than the actual Greek Name Eros.Possibly because his Greek name, Heracles, has the ironic meaning "Hera's Glory." Even if people do not know the meaning, it would sound odd to have his name sound so similar to hers.Ancient Grome: Hercules goes by his Roman name all the other gods go by their Greek names.Apparently, the big rule in the writers room was "Anything B.C." Of course, by the end of the series, even that was up for debate. probably that it was done intentionally for Rule of Funny. Played by Real Life Amazonian Beauty Cory Everson to boot. All the Myriad Ways: Subverted Iolaus's alternate-universe twin gets developed into a main character in his own right for about a season.And Kevin Sorbo in the episodes containing Herc's Evil Counterpart from a Mirror Universe "The Sovereign".In one episode he played his look-alike distant cousin. Acting for Two: In two episodes, Iolaus' actor Michael Hurst plays an unrelated female character based on a pantomime character.Seriously, if a trope mentions "amazons" in its title, it probably showed up in this series.Animated Adaptation: A Crossover with Xena: Warrior Princess called Battle for Mount Olmypus.Tropes used in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys include: As an interesting note, the writing duo Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci got their start on this show, and have continued to complete a nerd trifecta of scripting movies for Mission Impossible, Transformers and Star Trek. Speaking of Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell directed a few episodes (Including the series finale), and played Autolycus. It was created by Sam Raimi of Evil Dead fame, who would later go on to direct the Spider-Man movies. It was also one of the first television series to make extensive use of CG creatures. It was delightfully tongue-in-cheek (including a hearty serving of Anachronism Stew and lots of awful Puns) and impressively epic in its scope, using a lot of Wire Fu action sequences. It put a new spin on Greek Mythology, deliberately avoiding the white togas normally associated with this time period. The show began life as a series of TV movies which proved successful enough to go on to a series (which had a good deal of cosmetic and thematic differences, the events of the movies were not refered to in the show proper), and being filmed in New Zealand gave it an unprecidented level of Scenery Porn that other shows couldn't manage. It also spawned another spinoff, Young Hercules, starring a young Ryan Gosling, which didn't fare quite as well. Hercules was closely tied to its spinoff Xena: Warrior Princess, which soon overshadowed it in popularity. It never took itself too seriously, it started out cheesy and got campier and campier as it went on, but it retained a good sense of humor throughout its run (And it had a kickass theme song). Hercules: The Legendary Journeys followed the life of the legendary hero throughout ancient Greece as he fought tyrants, monsters, and the machinations of the Olympian gods with the help of his trusty sidekick Iolaus. ![]()
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