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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Clash Of The Titans

Clash Of The Titans were first released was on June 12 1981 and it was remake and the expect date to be release on the movie screen will on March 26 2010 in USA. (can't waiting for) But for the gamers, (should posses your self into this game) by now the gamers can play it in full version even online or others else.
I bet the followers not even know much about this. Let me introduce about Clash Of The Titans :
Clash of the Titans is a1981 fantasy and mythology movie based on the myth of Perseus. Stephen R. Wilk wrote in 2000 that "most people today who are aware of the story of Perseus and Medusa owe their knowledge to the 1981 film Clash of the Titans.
The plot of the story :

King Arcrisius of Argos casts his daughter Danae and her infant son Perseus (who was prophecied to bring about Acrisius' destruction) out to sea in a wooden coffin. The god Zeus (for the historian familiar with this god), Perseus' father, orders the god of the sea Poseidon to release the Kraken to destroy Argos, thereby fulfilling the prophecy about Perseus. Danae and Perseus are safely brought to the island of Seriphos.

Calibos — the spoiled son of Thetis, the goddess of the sea — is a handsome young man destined to marry Princess Andromeda, the daughter of Queen Cassiopea (nice name, tag it for my next baby girl..hehehe) and heir to the rich city of Joppa and eventually all of Phoenicia. As punishment for killing all of Zeus' sacred herd of flying horses - except for the stallion Pegasus (Pegasus is a tale creature; cuty horsy with horn on its heads, got wings, erm..if you ever seen Barbie and her Pegasus) - and other severe transgressions, Zeus transforms Calibos into a monster who is subsequently shunned and forced to live as an outcast in the swamps and marshes. Thetis, furious at her son's fate, vows that if Calibos cannot marry Andromeda, no other man will either.

Equally infuriated by Zeus' total devotion for his own son, Thetis transports Perseus from Seriphos to Joppa. Befriended by the scholar and playwright Ammon, Perseus learns of Andromeda and her plight: she cannot marry unless her suitor successfully answers a riddle, which is given to her by Calibos. Any suitor that fails to answer the riddle correctly is burned at the stake. Using a sword, shield, and a helmet thatrenders its wearer invisible given to him by the gods, Perseus captures Pegasus and discovers the answer to the riddle - the ring worn by Calibos. Calibos nearly kills him, but Perseus cuts off his hand with his sword, though he loses his helmet in the fight.

At the next ceremony for a new suitor, Perseus enters, answers the riddle correctly and presents Calibos' severed hand with the ring, winning Andromeda's hand in marriage. At the temple to Thetis, Calibos prays to his mother Thetis to take vengeance on Perseus. Thetis tells Calibos that she cannot do that because Perseus is protected by Zeus, but she can take vengeance on Joppa. At the wedding, Queen Cassiopeia compares Andromeda's beauty to that of Thetis herself, which angers the goddess. The statue of Thetis collapses and its head comes to life, demanding Andromeda as a virgin sacrifice to the Kraken in 30 days, else Joppa be destroyed.

The Gorgon Medusa from the film

Perseus seeks a way to defeat the Kraken. When Zeus commands Athena to give Perseus her owl, she instead orders Hephaetus to build the mechanical owl Bubo as an aid for Perseus. Bubo leads Perseus to the Stygian Witches, three blind women who disclose that the only hope of survival in combat against the Kraken is by using the head of another monster, Medusa the Gorgon. Once a beautiful woman, Medusa had dared to make love with Poseidon in Aphrodite's temple, and so had been transformed by the goddess into a horrible monster. Meeting Medusa's gaze will turn any living creature to stone, including the Kraken. She makes her home on the Isle of the Dead, which lies across the River Styx, at the very edge of the Underworld. Perseus travels there and kills her, removing her head, though he must contend with Calibos, whom he finally kills with Aphrodite's sword.

Just as Andromeda is about to be sacrificed to the Kraken, Perseus appears astride Pegasus, turns the Kraken to stone with Medusa's head, and frees Andromeda. The hero and heroine become constellation at the decree of Zeus, who does the same for Pegasus and Cassiopea.

(source from wikipedia)

Pergh..for the Greco Roman mythology lover (I'm one of them, because I was studied about this stuff in theatre and drama) .

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