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Hercules (1997) · Verbal Diorama

• 1:37
  Hi
• 1:38
  everyone,
• 1:38
  I'm
• 1:38
  Em
• 1:39
  and
• 1:39
  welcome
• 1:39
  to
• 1:39
  verbal
• 1:39
  diorama,
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  episode
• 1:40
  288,
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  Hercules.
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  This
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  is
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  the
• 1:44
  podcast
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  that's
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  all
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  about
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  the
• 1:45
  history
• 1:46
  and
• 1:46
  legacy
• 1:46
  of
• 1:47
  movies
• 1:47
  you
• 1:47
  know
• 1:48
  and
• 1:48
  movies
• 1:48
  you
• 1:48
  don't
• 1:49
  that
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  can
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  go
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  the
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  distance.
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  As
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  always,
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  welcome
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  to
• 1:52
  Verbal
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  Diorama.
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  Whether
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  you're
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  a
• 1:53
  brand
• 1:54
  new
• 1:54
  listener,
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  whether
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  you're
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  a
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  regular
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  returning
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  listener,
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  welcome
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  back
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  regular
• 1:58
  returning
• 1:58
  listeners.
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  Thank
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  you
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  for
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  being
• 2:00
  here.
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  Thank
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  you
• 2:01
  for
• 2:01
  choosing
• 2:01
  to
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  listen
• 2:02
  to
• 2:02
  this
• 2:02
  podcast.
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  I
• 2:03
  am
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  so
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  happy
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  to
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  have
• 2:04
  you
• 2:04
  here
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  for
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  the
• 2:05
  history
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  and
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  legacy
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  of
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  Hercules.
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  And
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  this
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  is
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  the
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  second
• 2:10
  episode
• 2:11
  celebrating
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  the
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  sixth
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  birthday
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  of
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  this
• 2:14
  podcast.
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  Happy
• 2:14
  birthday
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  to
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  Verbal
• 2:15
  Diorama.
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  This
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  podcast
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  started
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  in
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  February
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  2019
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  with
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  an
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  animated
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  movie,
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  Titan
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  Ae.
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  And
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  every
• 2:23
  year
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  I
• 2:24
  celebrate
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  the
• 2:24
  birthday
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  of
• 2:25
  this
• 2:25
  podcast
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  during
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  the
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  annual
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  animation
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  season.
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  And
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  so
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  every
• 2:29
  year
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  I
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  get
• 2:30
  to
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  do
• 2:30
  a
• 2:30
  mini
• 2:31
  series
• 2:31
  on
• 2:31
  animated
• 2:32
  movies.
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  And
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  it's
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  brilliant
• 2:34
  fun
• 2:35
  for
• 2:35
  me
• 2:35
  because
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  animated
• 2:36
  movies
• 2:36
  are
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  one
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  of
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  my
• 2:37
  favorite
• 2:37
  things
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  on
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  this
• 2:38
  podcast.
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  This
• 2:39
  time
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  around
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  I
• 2:40
  wanted
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  to
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  look
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  at
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  some
• 2:41
  of
• 2:41
  the
• 2:42
  more
• 2:42
  underrated
• 2:43
  Disney
• 2:43
  movies.
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  And
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  last
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  episode
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  I
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  looked
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  at
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  the
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  pre
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  Renaissance
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  with
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  the
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  Great
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  Mouse
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  Detective.
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  This
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  episode
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  I
• 2:51
  wanted
• 2:51
  to
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  look
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  specifically
• 2:52
  at
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  the
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  Renaissance
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  period.
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  Next
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  episode
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  looking
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  post
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  Renaissance.
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  But
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  this
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  episode
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  is
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  very
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  Renaissance
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  focused.
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  And
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  it's
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  very
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  important
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  to
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  note
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  when
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  this
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  movie
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  came
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  out
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  and
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  the
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  success
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  that
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  had
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  happened
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  before
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  this
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  movie
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  came
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  out
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  is
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  kind
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  of
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  pinnacle
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  to
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  the
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  story
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  of
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  Hercules
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  and
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  why
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  Hercules
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  was
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  considered
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  by
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  Disney
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  to
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  be
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  a
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  bit
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  of
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  a
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  disappointment.
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  But
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  if
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  you
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  don't
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  know,
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  we
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  are
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  currently
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  in
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  the
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  midst
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  of
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  animation
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  season
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  2025.
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  This
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  is
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  the
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  fifth
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  annual
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  animation
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  season
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  and
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  it's
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  just
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  a
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  celebration
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  of
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  all
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  types
• 3:29
  of
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  animation,
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  whether
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  that's
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  stop
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  motion,
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  CGI,
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  traditional
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  2D,
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  hand
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  drawn,
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  a
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  bit
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  of
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  both
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  as
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  what
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  we
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  get
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  in
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  Hercules.
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  And
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  I've
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  featured
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  some
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  of
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  the
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  greatest
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  animation
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  studios
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  of
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  all
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  time
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  on
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  this
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  podcast,
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  including
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  but
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  not
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  limited
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  to
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  Leica,
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  Aardman,
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  Disney,
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  DreamWorks,
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  Sony
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  Animation,
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  Pixar
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  Studio,
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  Ghibli,
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  Cartoon
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  Saloon,
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  even
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  the
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  ones
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  that
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  are
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  no
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  longer
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  with
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  us,
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  like
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  Fox
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  Animation,
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  Blue
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  sky
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  and
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  Don
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  Bluth
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  Studios.
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  Animation
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  is
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  not
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  just
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  for
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  children.
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  Animation
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  is
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  not
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  a
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  genre.
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  Animation
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  is
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  capable
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  of
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  depicting
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  anyone
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  anything.
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  It
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  doesn't
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  have
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  the
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  limitations
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  of
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  live
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  action
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  cinema.
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  And
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  this
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  is
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  reasons
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  why
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  Animation
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  Season
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  is
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  so
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  important
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  and
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  remains
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  such
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  a
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  pivotal
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  point
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  of
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  this
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  podcast.
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  I
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  didn't
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  mean
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  to
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  use
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  all
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  the
• 4:19
  P's
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  and
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  I
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  hope
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  my
• 4:20
  pop
• 4:20
  filter
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  picks
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  all
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  that
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  up.
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  But
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  I
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  think
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  the
• 4:23
  point
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  is,
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  is
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  that
• 4:24
  so
• 4:24
  many
• 4:24
  people
• 4:25
  discount
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  animated
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  movies
• 4:27
  just
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  because
• 4:28
  they're
• 4:28
  animated.
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  And
• 4:30
  there's
• 4:30
  some
• 4:31
  wonderful
• 4:31
  movies
• 4:32
  that
• 4:32
  just
• 4:32
  happen
• 4:32
  to
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  be
• 4:33
  animated
• 4:34
  that
• 4:34
  are
• 4:34
  also
• 4:35
  just
• 4:35
  excellent
• 4:36
  movies.
• 4:36
  And
• 4:36
  that
• 4:36
  is
• 4:37
  what
• 4:37
  Animation
• 4:37
  Season
• 4:38
  is
• 4:38
  here
• 4:38
  to
• 4:39
  highlight.
• 4:40
  Before
• 4:40
  we
• 4:41
  jump
• 4:41
  into
• 4:42
  Hercules,
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  I
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  just
• 4:44
  want
• 4:44
  to
• 4:44
  say
• 4:44
  a
• 4:45
  huge
• 4:45
  thank
• 4:45
  you
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  everyone
• 4:46
  who's
• 4:47
  listened
• 4:47
  and
• 4:47
  supported
• 4:48
  this
• 4:48
  podcast
• 4:48
  over
• 4:49
  the
• 4:49
  last
• 4:49
  six
• 4:49
  years.
• 4:50
  It
• 4:51
  is
• 4:51
  a
• 4:51
  truly
• 4:51
  wonderful
• 4:52
  thing
• 4:52
  to
• 4:52
  be
• 4:53
  able
• 4:53
  to
• 4:54
  do
• 4:54
  this
• 4:54
  podcast
• 4:54
  and
• 4:55
  to
• 4:55
  have
• 4:55
  people
• 4:56
  supporting
• 4:56
  this
• 4:56
  podcast
• 4:57
  pretty
• 4:57
  much
• 4:58
  continuously
• 4:59
  for
• 4:59
  the
• 4:59
  last
• 4:59
  six
• 4:59
  years.
• 5:00
  I
• 5:01
  love
• 5:01
  doing
• 5:01
  this
• 5:01
  podcast.
• 5:02
  I
• 5:02
  love
• 5:02
  telling
• 5:03
  these
• 5:03
  stories,
• 5:04
  and
• 5:04
  it
• 5:05
  is
• 5:05
  not
• 5:05
  something
• 5:05
  that
• 5:05
  I'm
• 5:06
  planning
• 5:06
  to
• 5:06
  stop
• 5:07
  anytime
• 5:07
  soon.
• 5:08
  But
• 5:08
  genuinely,
• 5:09
  whether
• 5:10
  you've
• 5:10
  been
• 5:10
  here
• 5:11
  for
• 5:11
  one
• 5:11
  episode
• 5:11
  or
• 5:12
  whether
• 5:12
  you've
• 5:12
  been
• 5:12
  here
• 5:12
  for
• 5:13
  100
• 5:13
  episodes,
• 5:14
  I'm
• 5:14
  so
• 5:15
  grateful
• 5:15
  to
• 5:16
  you
• 5:16
  for
• 5:17
  allowing
• 5:18
  me
• 5:18
  to
• 5:18
  tell
• 5:18
  these
• 5:19
  stories
• 5:19
  and
• 5:20
  for
• 5:20
  being
• 5:20
  here
• 5:20
  while
• 5:21
  I
• 5:22
  talk
• 5:22
  so
• 5:23
  incessantly
• 5:23
  into
• 5:24
  a
• 5:24
  microphone.
• 5:25
  It
• 5:25
  genuinely
• 5:26
  is
• 5:26
  one
• 5:26
  of
• 5:26
  the
• 5:26
  greatest
• 5:27
  joys
• 5:27
  of
• 5:27
  my
• 5:27
  life
• 5:27
  to
• 5:28
  have
• 5:28
  this
• 5:28
  podcast.
• 5:29
  And
• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
  fact
• 5:29
  that
• 5:29
  it's
• 5:30
  six
• 5:30
  years
• 5:30
  old
• 5:30
  and
• 5:31
  that
• 5:31
  I've
• 5:31
  been
• 5:31
  doing
• 5:31
  this
• 5:31
  for
• 5:32
  six
• 5:32
  years
• 5:33
  kind
• 5:33
  of
• 5:33
  blows
• 5:33
  my
• 5:34
  tiny
• 5:34
  little
• 5:34
  mind.
• 5:35
  But
• 5:35
  birthday
• 5:36
  episodes
• 5:36
  are
• 5:37
  always
• 5:37
  special
• 5:38
  and
• 5:39
  this
• 5:39
  one
• 5:39
  is
• 5:40
  no
• 5:40
  different.
• 5:41
  After
• 5:41
  the
• 5:42
  heavy
• 5:42
  heights
• 5:42
  of
• 5:43
  Beauty
• 5:43
  and
• 5:43
  the
• 5:43
  Beast,
• 5:44
  Aladdin
• 5:44
  and
• 5:44
  the
• 5:45
  Lion
• 5:45
  King,
• 5:46
  and
• 5:46
  the
• 5:46
  serious
• 5:47
  drama
• 5:47
  of
• 5:48
  Pocahontas
• 5:49
  and
• 5:49
  the
• 5:49
  Hunchback
• 5:49
  of
• 5:49
  Notre
• 5:50
  Dame,
• 5:51
  Disney
• 5:51
  wanted
• 5:52
  to
• 5:52
  emulate
• 5:52
  the
• 5:53
  comedic
• 5:53
  success
• 5:54
  of
• 5:54
  Aladdin.
• 5:55
  And
• 5:55
  so
• 5:55
  of
• 5:56
  course
• 5:56
  they
• 5:56
  brought
• 5:56
  in
• 5:56
  John
• 5:57
  Lusker
• 5:57
  and
• 5:57
  Ron
• 5:57
  Clements,
• 5:58
  who
• 5:59
  wanted
• 6:00
  to
• 6:00
  make
• 6:00
  their
• 6:00
  beloved
• 6:01
  Treasure
• 6:01
  Planet.
• 6:02
  So
• 6:02
  a
• 6:02
  deal
• 6:03
  was
• 6:03
  made
• 6:03
  to
• 6:04
  make
• 6:04
  a
• 6:04
  Gerald
• 6:04
  Scarfe
• 6:05
  inspired
• 6:06
  screwball
• 6:06
  comedy
• 6:07
  based
• 6:08
  very,
• 6:08
  very,
• 6:09
  very,
• 6:09
  very
• 6:10
  loosely
• 6:11
  on
• 6:11
  the
• 6:11
  Greek
• 6:12
  myth
• 6:12
  of
• 6:12
  Heracles.
• 6:14
  It's
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  gospel
• 6:15
  truth.
• 6:16
  Sort
• 6:16
  of.
• 6:17
  Here's
• 6:18
  the
• 6:18
  trailer
• 6:18
  for
• 6:19
  Hercules.
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  Who
• 7:45
  put
• 7:45
  the
• 7:45
  glad
• 7:45
  and
• 7:46
  glady
• 7:46
  enter
• 7:47
  Hercules.
• 7:48
  Whose?
• 7:49
  Derek
• 7:49
  Deeds
• 7:49
  are
• 7:50
  great
• 7:50
  theater.
• 7:51
  I
• 7:51
  know
• 7:51
  they
• 7:52
  say
• 7:52
  theater
• 7:52
  in
• 7:52
  the
• 7:52
  song.
• 7:53
  Hercules
• 7:54
  Is
• 7:55
  he
• 7:55
  bold
• 7:55
  no
• 7:56
  one
• 7:56
  braver
• 7:57
  Is
• 7:57
  he
• 7:57
  sweet
• 7:58
  Our
• 7:58
  favorite
• 7:58
  flavor.
• 7:59
  Hercules.
• 8:01
  I
• 8:02
  really
• 8:02
  want
• 8:02
  to
• 8:02
  sing
• 8:02
  the
• 8:03
  song,
• 8:03
  but
• 8:03
  I'm
• 8:04
  not
• 8:04
  going
• 8:04
  to.
• 8:04
  Bless
• 8:05
  my
• 8:05
  soul.
• 8:06
  Herc
• 8:06
  was
• 8:06
  on
• 8:06
  a
• 8:06
  roll
• 8:07
  Undefeated
• 8:09
  Riding
• 8:10
  high
• 8:10
  and
• 8:10
  the
• 8:11
  nicest
• 8:11
  guy
• 8:12
  not
• 8:12
  conceited
• 8:13
  he
• 8:14
  was
• 8:14
  a
• 8:14
  nothing,
• 8:15
  a
• 8:15
  zero,
• 8:16
  zero
• 8:16
  now
• 8:17
  he's
• 8:17
  a
• 8:17
  honcho
• 8:18
  He's
• 8:18
  a
• 8:18
  hero
• 8:19
  he
• 8:19
  hit
• 8:20
  the
• 8:20
  heights
• 8:20
  at
• 8:20
  breakneck
• 8:21
  speed
• 8:22
  from
• 8:23
  zero
• 8:23
  to
• 8:24
  hero
• 8:24
  Herc
• 8:25
  is
• 8:25
  a
• 8:25
  hero
• 8:26
  now
• 8:27
  he's
• 8:27
  a
• 8:27
  hero
• 8:29
  yes,
• 8:29
  indeed.
• 8:30
  I
• 8:31
  think
• 8:31
  that's
• 8:31
  my
• 8:31
  favorite
• 8:32
  synopsis.
• 8:33
  Let's
• 8:34
  run
• 8:34
  through
• 8:34
  the
• 8:34
  cast
• 8:35
  of
• 8:35
  this
• 8:35
  movie.
• 8:36
  We
• 8:36
  have
• 8:36
  Tate
• 8:37
  Donovan
• 8:37
  as
• 8:37
  Hercules,
• 8:38
  Danny
• 8:39
  DeVito
• 8:39
  as
• 8:40
  Phil,
• 8:41
  James
• 8:41
  woods
• 8:42
  as
• 8:42
  Hades,
• 8:43
  Susan
• 8:43
  Egan
• 8:44
  as
• 8:44
  Meg
• 8:45
  Ripton
• 8:46
  as
• 8:46
  Zeus,
• 8:47
  Samantha
• 8:48
  Heggar
• 8:48
  as
• 8:48
  Hera,
• 8:49
  Lilias
• 8:50
  White,
• 8:50
  Cheryl
• 8:51
  Freeman
• 8:51
  Lachanze,
• 8:52
  Russ
• 8:52
  Ryan
• 8:53
  and
• 8:53
  Venice
• 8:54
  Y.
• 8:54
  Thomas
• 8:54
  as
• 8:55
  the
• 8:55
  Muses,
• 8:56
  Calliope,
• 8:57
  Melpomene,
• 8:57
  Terpsichore,
• 8:58
  Talia
• 8:59
  and
• 8:59
  Cleo,
• 8:59
  respectively.
• 9:00
  Bobcat
• 9:01
  Goldthwaite
• 9:02
  as
• 9:02
  Payne,
• 9:03
  Matt
• 9:03
  Frewer
• 9:04
  as
• 9:04
  Panic
• 9:05
  and
• 9:05
  Charlton
• 9:06
  Heston
• 9:06
  as
• 9:07
  the
• 9:07
  narrator.
• 9:08
  Hercules
• 9:09
  has
• 9:09
  a
• 9:09
  screenplay
• 9:10
  by
• 9:10
  Ron
• 9:10
  Clements,
• 9:11
  John
• 9:11
  Lusker,
• 9:12
  Donald
• 9:12
  McHenry,
• 9:13
  Bob
• 9:13
  Shaw
• 9:13
  and
• 9:14
  Irene
• 9:14
  Meche.
• 9:15
  A
• 9:15
  story
• 9:16
  by
• 9:16
  Khan
• 9:16
  Katyan,
• 9:17
  Kelly
• 9:17
  Whiteman,
• 9:18
  Randy
• 9:18
  Cartwright,
• 9:19
  John
• 9:20
  Ramirez,
• 9:20
  Jeff
• 9:21
  Snow
• 9:21
  Vance,
• 9:21
  Gerry
• 9:22
  Kirk,
• 9:22
  Hanson,
• 9:23
  Francis
• 9:23
  Leibis,
• 9:24
  Mark
• 9:24
  Kennedy,
• 9:25
  Bruce
• 9:25
  M.
• 9:26
  Morris,
• 9:26
  Don
• 9:26
  Doherty
• 9:27
  and
• 9:27
  Tom
• 9:27
  Enriquez,
• 9:28
  and
• 9:29
  was
• 9:29
  directed
• 9:30
  by
• 9:30
  John
• 9:30
  Musker
• 9:31
  and
• 9:31
  Ron
• 9:31
  Clements.
• 9:33
  So
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  story
• 9:33
  of
• 9:33
  Hercules
• 9:34
  actually
• 9:34
  starts
• 9:35
  with
• 9:35
  the
• 9:35
  story
• 9:35
  of
• 9:36
  Treasure
• 9:36
  Planet,
• 9:37
  which
• 9:37
  John
• 9:37
  Muskett
• 9:38
  and
• 9:38
  Ron
• 9:38
  Clements
• 9:39
  had
• 9:39
  wanted
• 9:40
  to
• 9:40
  do
• 9:40
  since
• 9:40
  1985
• 9:42
  as
• 9:42
  Treasure
• 9:43
  island
• 9:43
  in
• 9:44
  Space.
• 9:44
  Michael
• 9:45
  Eisner
• 9:46
  didn't
• 9:46
  care
• 9:46
  for
• 9:46
  Treasure
• 9:47
  island
• 9:47
  in
• 9:47
  Space,
• 9:47
  and
• 9:48
  that
• 9:48
  got
• 9:48
  shot
• 9:49
  down.
• 9:49
  But
• 9:50
  the
• 9:51
  pair
• 9:51
  had
• 9:51
  done
• 9:51
  a
• 9:51
  good
• 9:52
  job
• 9:52
  on
• 9:52
  the
• 9:52
  Great
• 9:53
  Mouse
• 9:53
  Detective.
• 9:54
  Check
• 9:54
  out
• 9:54
  Last
• 9:54
  episode
• 9:55
  for
• 9:55
  more
• 9:55
  on
• 9:55
  that.
• 9:56
  And
• 9:56
  he
• 9:57
  loved
• 9:57
  Muska
• 9:57
  and
• 9:58
  Clement's
• 9:58
  other
• 9:58
  idea
• 9:59
  for
• 9:59
  an
• 9:59
  adaptation,
• 10:00
  which
• 10:00
  was
• 10:00
  The
• 10:00
  Little
• 10:01
  Mermaid.
• 10:02
  And
• 10:02
  we
• 10:02
  all
• 10:02
  know
• 10:02
  what
• 10:03
  happened
• 10:03
  with
• 10:03
  that.
• 10:04
  The
• 10:04
  Little
• 10:04
  Mermaid
• 10:05
  cemented
• 10:05
  the
• 10:05
  Disney
• 10:06
  renaissance,
• 10:06
  became
• 10:06
  a
• 10:06
  box
• 10:07
  office
• 10:07
  sensation,
• 10:08
  and
• 10:08
  the
• 10:08
  directors
• 10:09
  just
• 10:09
  really,
• 10:10
  really
• 10:10
  wanted
• 10:10
  to
• 10:11
  do
• 10:11
  their
• 10:11
  passion
• 10:11
  project.
• 10:12
  So
• 10:12
  again
• 10:13
  they
• 10:13
  pitched
• 10:13
  Treasure
• 10:14
  Planet,
• 10:15
  but
• 10:15
  Aladdin
• 10:16
  was
• 10:16
  chosen
• 10:16
  by
• 10:16
  Disney
• 10:17
  instead.
• 10:18
  And
• 10:18
  again,
• 10:19
  their
• 10:19
  diamond
• 10:19
  in
• 10:20
  the
• 10:20
  rough
• 10:20
  was
• 10:20
  a
• 10:20
  huge
• 10:21
  hit
• 10:21
  for
• 10:21
  the
• 10:21
  studio.
• 10:22
  And
• 10:22
  yet
• 10:22
  again,
• 10:23
  Clements
• 10:23
  and
• 10:24
  Musker
• 10:24
  delivered.
• 10:26
  Following
• 10:26
  the
• 10:26
  release
• 10:26
  of
• 10:27
  Aladdin,
• 10:27
  they
• 10:27
  pitched
• 10:28
  Treasure
• 10:29
  Planet
• 10:29
  for
• 10:29
  a
• 10:29
  third
• 10:29
  time,
• 10:30
  this
• 10:30
  time
• 10:31
  to
• 10:31
  Jeffrey
• 10:31
  Katzenberg,
• 10:32
  who
• 10:32
  again,
• 10:32
  just
• 10:33
  wasn't
• 10:33
  interested
• 10:34
  at
• 10:34
  this
• 10:35
  point.
• 10:35
  Clemence
• 10:36
  and
• 10:36
  Musker
• 10:36
  had
• 10:36
  directed
• 10:37
  some
• 10:37
  of
• 10:37
  Disney's
• 10:37
  biggest
• 10:38
  hits,
• 10:38
  and
• 10:39
  they
• 10:39
  felt
• 10:39
  the
• 10:39
  constant
• 10:40
  rejection
• 10:40
  was
• 10:40
  unjust,
• 10:41
  so
• 10:41
  they
• 10:42
  took
• 10:42
  it
• 10:42
  to
• 10:42
  chairman
• 10:43
  Roy
• 10:43
  E.
• 10:43
  Disney.
• 10:44
  Roy
• 10:45
  Disney
• 10:45
  backed
• 10:46
  them
• 10:46
  and
• 10:46
  made
• 10:46
  his
• 10:46
  feelings
• 10:47
  known
• 10:47
  to
• 10:47
  Eisner.
• 10:48
  And
• 10:48
  obviously
• 10:49
  Disney
• 10:49
  didn't
• 10:50
  want
• 10:50
  a
• 10:50
  pair
• 10:50
  of
• 10:50
  their
• 10:51
  most
• 10:51
  successful
• 10:51
  directors
• 10:52
  to
• 10:52
  leave.
• 10:53
  And
• 10:53
  so
• 10:53
  when
• 10:53
  their
• 10:54
  contracts
• 10:54
  were
• 10:54
  renewed
• 10:55
  in
• 10:55
  1995,
• 10:56
  it
• 10:57
  was
• 10:57
  agreed
• 10:58
  do
• 10:58
  one
• 10:58
  more
• 10:58
  movie
• 10:58
  for
• 10:59
  them,
• 10:59
  and
• 11:00
  they
• 11:00
  would
• 11:00
  then
• 11:00
  let
• 11:01
  them
• 11:01
  do
• 11:01
  Treasure
• 11:02
  island
• 11:02
  in
• 11:02
  space.
• 11:03
  Jeffrey
• 11:04
  Katzenberg,
• 11:05
  it
• 11:05
  had
• 11:05
  to
• 11:05
  be
• 11:05
  said,
• 11:06
  wasn't
• 11:06
  too
• 11:06
  happy
• 11:07
  about
• 11:07
  the
• 11:07
  whole
• 11:07
  situation
• 11:08
  and
• 11:08
  developed
• 11:08
  bad
• 11:09
  blood
• 11:09
  with
• 11:09
  Eisner
• 11:10
  before
• 11:10
  being
• 11:10
  fired.
• 11:11
  And
• 11:11
  this
• 11:11
  led
• 11:12
  to
• 11:12
  the
• 11:12
  formation
• 11:12
  of
• 11:12
  rival
• 11:13
  animation
• 11:13
  studio
• 11:14
  DreamWorks.
• 11:14
  But
• 11:15
  that
• 11:15
  is
• 11:15
  another
• 11:16
  story.
• 11:17
  Now
• 11:17
  it's
• 11:17
  worth
• 11:18
  adding
• 11:18
  that
• 11:18
  Muskerman
• 11:19
  Clements
• 11:19
  would
• 11:19
  go
• 11:20
  on
• 11:20
  to
• 11:20
  make
• 11:20
  Treasure
• 11:20
  Planet
• 11:21
  in
• 11:21
  2002.
• 11:22
  That's
• 11:23
  episode
• 11:23
  36
• 11:24
  of
• 11:24
  this
• 11:24
  podcast.
• 11:25
  Long
• 11:25
  time
• 11:25
  ago,
• 11:25
  that
• 11:26
  one.
• 11:26
  But
• 11:27
  in
• 11:27
  early
• 11:28
  1992,
• 11:29
  Disney
• 11:29
  was
• 11:29
  running
• 11:30
  the
• 11:30
  infamous
• 11:30
  gong
• 11:31
  shows,
• 11:32
  and
• 11:32
  they
• 11:32
  were
• 11:32
  meetings
• 11:32
  where
• 11:33
  anyone
• 11:33
  could
• 11:33
  just
• 11:34
  pitch
• 11:34
  anything
• 11:34
  for
• 11:35
  consideration.
• 11:36
  Artists,
• 11:37
  writers,
• 11:37
  animators,
• 11:38
  they
• 11:38
  all
• 11:39
  pitched
• 11:39
  all
• 11:40
  sorts
• 11:40
  of
• 11:40
  ideas.
• 11:41
  And
• 11:41
  one
• 11:42
  was
• 11:42
  for
• 11:42
  an
• 11:42
  adaptation
• 11:43
  of
• 11:43
  the
• 11:43
  Odyssey,
• 11:44
  one
• 11:44
  of
• 11:44
  the
• 11:45
  two
• 11:45
  major
• 11:45
  ancient
• 11:46
  Greek
• 11:46
  poems
• 11:47
  following
• 11:47
  the
• 11:47
  Greek
• 11:48
  hero
• 11:48
  Odysseus,
• 11:49
  King
• 11:49
  of
• 11:49
  Ithaca,
• 11:50
  and
• 11:50
  his
• 11:50
  journey
• 11:51
  home
• 11:51
  after
• 11:51
  the
• 11:52
  Trojan
• 11:52
  War.
• 11:53
  It
• 11:53
  was
• 11:53
  attributed
• 11:54
  to
• 11:54
  Homer,
• 11:55
  not
• 11:55
  Simpson.
• 11:56
  Production
• 11:57
  on
• 11:57
  the
• 11:57
  Odyssey
• 11:58
  was
• 11:58
  abandoned
• 11:58
  when
• 11:59
  it
• 11:59
  couldn't
• 11:59
  translate
• 12:00
  into
• 12:00
  a
• 12:00
  typical
• 12:01
  Disney
• 12:01
  animated
• 12:02
  comedy.
• 12:02
  And
• 12:03
  who'd
• 12:03
  have
• 12:03
  thunk
• 12:04
  that
• 12:04
  the
• 12:04
  Greek
• 12:04
  gods
• 12:05
  wouldn't
• 12:05
  exactly
• 12:06
  be
• 12:06
  family
• 12:07
  friendly
• 12:07
  material?
• 12:08
  Just
• 12:09
  after
• 12:09
  this,
• 12:09
  animator
• 12:10
  Joe
• 12:10
  Hader
• 12:11
  pitched
• 12:11
  a
• 12:11
  version
• 12:12
  of
• 12:12
  Hercules
• 12:13
  during
• 12:13
  the
• 12:13
  Trojan
• 12:14
  War,
• 12:15
  with
• 12:15
  him
• 12:15
  having
• 12:16
  to
• 12:16
  choose
• 12:16
  a
• 12:16
  side,
• 12:17
  ultimately
• 12:17
  learning
• 12:18
  that
• 12:18
  strength
• 12:18
  isn't
• 12:18
  the
• 12:19
  answer,
• 12:19
  and
• 12:19
  the
• 12:20
  demigod
• 12:20
  learning
• 12:21
  humility
• 12:21
  through
• 12:21
  the
• 12:22
  consequences
• 12:22
  of
• 12:23
  his
• 12:23
  actions.
• 12:23
  It
• 12:24
  was
• 12:24
  very
• 12:24
  similar
• 12:25
  to
• 12:25
  the
• 12:25
  Odyssey,
• 12:25
  though,
• 12:26
  and
• 12:26
  Hader
• 12:27
  wasn't
• 12:27
  convinced
• 12:27
  it
• 12:27
  would
• 12:28
  be
• 12:28
  approved.
• 12:29
  But
• 12:29
  studio
• 12:30
  chairman
• 12:30
  Jeffrey
• 12:30
  Katzenberg
• 12:31
  did
• 12:31
  approve
• 12:32
  the
• 12:32
  project,
• 12:33
  with
• 12:33
  Heder
• 12:33
  crafting
• 12:34
  a
• 12:34
  page
• 12:34
  and
• 12:34
  a
• 12:35
  half
• 12:35
  outline
• 12:35
  before
• 12:36
  handing
• 12:36
  the
• 12:36
  project
• 12:37
  over
• 12:37
  to
• 12:37
  the
• 12:37
  story
• 12:38
  development
• 12:38
  team.
• 12:39
  Hader
• 12:39
  would
• 12:39
  have
• 12:40
  no
• 12:40
  further
• 12:40
  involvement
• 12:41
  in
• 12:41
  the
• 12:41
  project
• 12:43
  after
• 12:43
  being
• 12:43
  presented
• 12:44
  with
• 12:44
  pitch
• 12:44
  proposals
• 12:45
  for
• 12:45
  animated
• 12:46
  adaptations
• 12:46
  of
• 12:47
  Miguel
• 12:47
  de
• 12:47
  Cevantes
• 12:48
  Spanish
• 12:48
  novel
• 12:49
  Don
• 12:49
  Quixote
• 12:50
  and
• 12:50
  Jules
• 12:50
  Verne's
• 12:51
  adventure
• 12:51
  epic
• 12:52
  around
• 12:52
  The
• 12:52
  World
• 12:52
  in
• 12:53
  80
• 12:53
  Days.
• 12:54
  John
• 12:54
  Musket
• 12:54
  and
• 12:55
  Ron
• 12:55
  Clements
• 12:56
  learned
• 12:56
  of
• 12:56
  Hadar's
• 12:57
  Hercules
• 12:57
  concept
• 12:58
  and
• 12:59
  somewhat
• 12:59
  begrudgingly
• 13:00
  agreed
• 13:01
  that
• 13:01
  this
• 13:01
  would
• 13:01
  be
• 13:02
  their
• 13:02
  next
• 13:02
  project.
• 13:03
  Basically
• 13:03
  after
• 13:04
  being
• 13:04
  told
• 13:04
  Treasure
• 13:04
  Planet
• 13:05
  would
• 13:05
  not
• 13:05
  be
• 13:05
  happening
• 13:06
  for
• 13:06
  the
• 13:06
  fourth
• 13:06
  time.
• 13:07
  But
• 13:08
  with
• 13:08
  that
• 13:08
  Treasure
• 13:08
  Planet
• 13:09
  project
• 13:09
  riding
• 13:10
  on
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  success
• 13:10
  of
• 13:11
  Hercules,
• 13:11
  Musket
• 13:12
  and
• 13:12
  Clemens
• 13:13
  took
• 13:13
  on
• 13:13
  the
• 13:13
  task
• 13:13
  of
• 13:14
  writing
• 13:14
  the
• 13:14
  screenplay
• 13:15
  personally,
• 13:16
  with
• 13:16
  the
• 13:16
  pair
• 13:16
  determined
• 13:17
  to
• 13:17
  craft
• 13:17
  the
• 13:17
  most
• 13:17
  commercially
• 13:18
  viable
• 13:19
  project
• 13:19
  as
• 13:19
  possible.
• 13:20
  And
• 13:20
  Hercules
• 13:21
  being
• 13:21
  presented
• 13:22
  as
• 13:22
  a
• 13:22
  superhero
• 13:23
  was
• 13:23
  very
• 13:23
  intentional
• 13:24
  from
• 13:24
  the
• 13:24
  beginning.
• 13:25
  Ron
• 13:25
  Clements
• 13:26
  and
• 13:26
  John
• 13:26
  Muesker
• 13:27
  were
• 13:27
  huge
• 13:27
  comic
• 13:27
  book
• 13:28
  fans.
• 13:28
  And
• 13:28
  Hercules
• 13:29
  would
• 13:29
  be
• 13:30
  that
• 13:30
  superhero
• 13:31
  with
• 13:31
  some
• 13:32
  tweaks
• 13:32
  to
• 13:32
  his
• 13:32
  classic
• 13:33
  Greek
• 13:33
  mythological
• 13:34
  origins.
• 13:34
  Of
• 13:34
  course,
• 13:35
  because
• 13:35
  it
• 13:36
  had
• 13:36
  to
• 13:36
  be
• 13:37
  family
• 13:37
  friendly.
• 13:38
  Hercules
• 13:39
  is
• 13:39
  actually
• 13:39
  the
• 13:39
  Roman
• 13:40
  version
• 13:40
  of
• 13:40
  the
• 13:41
  name,
• 13:41
  which
• 13:42
  is
• 13:42
  originally
• 13:42
  Heracles.
• 13:44
  Heracles
• 13:45
  story
• 13:45
  is
• 13:45
  basically
• 13:46
  nothing
• 13:46
  like
• 13:46
  the
• 13:46
  Disney
• 13:47
  version.
• 13:47
  In
• 13:47
  a
• 13:48
  shock
• 13:48
  horror,
• 13:48
  it's
• 13:49
  not
• 13:49
  authentic.
• 13:49
  To
• 13:50
  the
• 13:50
  Greek
• 13:50
  mythology.
• 13:51
  Zeus
• 13:52
  was
• 13:52
  his
• 13:52
  father,
• 13:52
  but
• 13:53
  Hera
• 13:53
  was
• 13:53
  not
• 13:54
  his
• 13:54
  mother.
• 13:55
  His
• 13:55
  mother
• 13:55
  was
• 13:56
  the
• 13:56
  human
• 13:56
  Alcmene,
• 13:57
  whom
• 13:57
  Zeus
• 13:58
  desired.
• 13:58
  And
• 13:59
  because
• 13:59
  he
• 13:59
  was
• 13:59
  Zeus,
• 14:00
  because
• 14:00
  ancient
• 14:01
  Greek
• 14:01
  mythology
• 14:02
  is
• 14:02
  full
• 14:02
  of
• 14:02
  sexual
• 14:03
  assaults
• 14:03
  and
• 14:03
  rapes,
• 14:04
  Zeus
• 14:05
  transforms
• 14:05
  himself
• 14:06
  into
• 14:06
  Alcmenes
• 14:07
  husband,
• 14:07
  Amphitryon,
• 14:08
  who
• 14:09
  was
• 14:09
  away
• 14:09
  at
• 14:09
  war,
• 14:10
  and
• 14:10
  impregnates
• 14:11
  Alcmene.
• 14:12
  Later
• 14:12
  that
• 14:12
  night,
• 14:13
  the
• 14:13
  real
• 14:13
  Amphitryon
• 14:14
  returns
• 14:14
  and
• 14:15
  also
• 14:15
  impregnates
• 14:16
  Alcmene.
• 14:17
  A
• 14:17
  case
• 14:17
  of
• 14:17
  heteropaternal
• 14:18
  supercondition,
• 14:20
  where
• 14:20
  a
• 14:20
  woman
• 14:20
  carries
• 14:21
  twins
• 14:21
  sired
• 14:22
  by
• 14:22
  different
• 14:22
  fathers,
• 14:23
  which
• 14:23
  is
• 14:24
  common
• 14:24
  for
• 14:24
  dogs
• 14:25
  and
• 14:25
  cats,
• 14:25
  but
• 14:25
  extremely
• 14:26
  rare
• 14:26
  in
• 14:26
  humans.
• 14:27
  Heracles
• 14:28
  was
• 14:28
  born
• 14:29
  Alcides,
• 14:29
  and
• 14:30
  his
• 14:30
  twin
• 14:30
  brother
• 14:30
  was
• 14:31
  Iphicles.
• 14:32
  And
• 14:32
  the
• 14:32
  infant
• 14:33
  Heracles
• 14:33
  was
• 14:34
  taken
• 14:34
  by
• 14:34
  Athena,
• 14:35
  the
• 14:35
  protector
• 14:35
  of
• 14:35
  heroes,
• 14:36
  to
• 14:36
  Hera,
• 14:37
  who
• 14:37
  didn't
• 14:37
  recognize
• 14:38
  Heracles
• 14:39
  and
• 14:39
  let
• 14:39
  him
• 14:39
  breastfeed
• 14:40
  from
• 14:40
  her,
• 14:41
  which
• 14:41
  would
• 14:41
  give
• 14:41
  him
• 14:42
  his
• 14:42
  super
• 14:42
  strength.
• 14:43
  This
• 14:43
  led
• 14:43
  to
• 14:44
  Hera
• 14:44
  experiencing
• 14:45
  the
• 14:45
  pain
• 14:45
  of
• 14:45
  him
• 14:46
  feeding.
• 14:46
  And
• 14:47
  her
• 14:47
  milk
• 14:47
  would
• 14:47
  end
• 14:47
  up
• 14:48
  spraying
• 14:48
  the
• 14:48
  heavens,
• 14:49
  creating
• 14:49
  the
• 14:49
  Milky
• 14:50
  Way.
• 14:50
  No,
• 14:51
  I
• 14:51
  am
• 14:51
  not
• 14:51
  making
• 14:52
  this
• 14:52
  up.
• 14:52
  This
• 14:52
  is
• 14:52
  genuinely
• 14:53
  the
• 14:53
  myth.
• 14:54
  To
• 14:54
  placate
• 14:55
  Hera,
• 14:55
  the
• 14:56
  child
• 14:56
  was
• 14:56
  renamed
• 14:57
  Heracles,
• 14:58
  meaning
• 14:58
  Hera's
• 14:59
  pride
• 14:59
  or
• 14:59
  glory.
• 15:00
  But
• 15:00
  that
• 15:00
  didn't
• 15:01
  mean
• 15:01
  Hera
• 15:01
  changed
• 15:02
  her
• 15:02
  mind.
• 15:03
  When
• 15:03
  Heracles
• 15:03
  and
• 15:04
  Iphicles
• 15:04
  were
• 15:04
  just
• 15:05
  eight
• 15:05
  months
• 15:05
  old,
• 15:06
  Hera
• 15:06
  sent
• 15:07
  two
• 15:07
  giant
• 15:07
  snakes
• 15:08
  into
• 15:08
  the
• 15:08
  children's
• 15:09
  chamber.
• 15:09
  Iphicles
• 15:10
  cried
• 15:11
  from
• 15:11
  fear,
• 15:11
  but
• 15:11
  Heracles
• 15:12
  grabbed
• 15:12
  a
• 15:13
  snake
• 15:13
  in
• 15:13
  each
• 15:13
  hand
• 15:14
  and
• 15:14
  strangled
• 15:14
  them.
• 15:15
  He
• 15:15
  was
• 15:15
  found
• 15:16
  by
• 15:16
  his
• 15:16
  nurse
• 15:16
  playing
• 15:17
  with
• 15:17
  them
• 15:17
  in
• 15:17
  his
• 15:17
  cot
• 15:18
  as
• 15:18
  if
• 15:18
  they
• 15:18
  were
• 15:18
  toys.
• 15:19
  At
• 15:20
  least
• 15:20
  that's
• 15:20
  depicted
• 15:21
  fairly
• 15:21
  correctly
• 15:22
  in
• 15:22
  the
• 15:22
  movie
• 15:23
  Megara.
• 15:24
  Also
• 15:24
  exists
• 15:25
  in
• 15:25
  the
• 15:25
  story
• 15:25
  of
• 15:25
  Heracles,
• 15:26
  except
• 15:27
  it
• 15:27
  ends
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  head
• 15:27
  of
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  lot.
• 15:28
  More
• 15:28
  tragically
• 15:28
  and
• 15:28
  darkly,
• 15:29
  Megara
• 15:30
  is
• 15:30
  the
• 15:30
  king
• 15:31
  of
• 15:31
  Thebes
• 15:31
  daughter,
• 15:32
  and
• 15:32
  Heracles
• 15:32
  marries
• 15:33
  her
• 15:33
  and
• 15:33
  they
• 15:33
  have
• 15:34
  children.
• 15:34
  But
• 15:35
  Hera
• 15:35
  induces
• 15:36
  within
• 15:36
  Heracles
• 15:36
  a
• 15:37
  fit
• 15:37
  of
• 15:37
  insanity
• 15:38
  and
• 15:38
  Heracles
• 15:39
  murders
• 15:39
  his
• 15:40
  wife
• 15:40
  and
• 15:40
  children.
• 15:41
  To
• 15:41
  absolve
• 15:41
  him
• 15:42
  of
• 15:42
  his
• 15:42
  sin
• 15:43
  and
• 15:43
  become
• 15:43
  a
• 15:43
  God,
• 15:44
  he
• 15:44
  must
• 15:44
  perform
• 15:45
  12
• 15:45
  labors
• 15:45
  of
• 15:46
  Heracles,
• 15:46
  including
• 15:47
  slaying
• 15:48
  a
• 15:48
  Hydra.
• 15:48
  The
• 15:49
  12
• 15:49
  labors
• 15:50
  are
• 15:50
  featured
• 15:50
  in
• 15:51
  the
• 15:51
  movie
• 15:51
  in
• 15:51
  montage
• 15:52
  form.
• 15:53
  So
• 15:53
  yeah,
• 15:54
  illegitimate
• 15:54
  children,
• 15:55
  adultery,
• 15:56
  sexual
• 15:56
  assault,
• 15:56
  vengeful
• 15:57
  stepmothers,
• 15:58
  murder.
• 15:59
  Not
• 15:59
  your
• 16:00
  typical
• 16:00
  Disney
• 16:00
  fare.
• 16:01
  Well,
• 16:02
  maybe
• 16:02
  except
• 16:03
  vengeful
• 16:03
  stepmothers.
• 16:04
  Throughout
• 16:04
  the
• 16:05
  script's
• 16:05
  development,
• 16:06
  Clements
• 16:06
  and
• 16:07
  Musker
• 16:07
  consulted
• 16:07
  the
• 16:08
  writings
• 16:08
  of
• 16:08
  Thomas
• 16:09
  Bulfinch,
• 16:09
  Edith
• 16:10
  Hamilton,
• 16:10
  Robert
• 16:11
  Graves
• 16:11
  and
• 16:11
  other
• 16:12
  Greek
• 16:12
  mythological
• 16:13
  interpreters
• 16:14
  before
• 16:14
  deciding
• 16:15
  against
• 16:15
  using
• 16:16
  the
• 16:16
  classic
• 16:16
  Hercules
• 16:17
  narrative.
• 16:18
  Zeus
• 16:19
  conceiving
• 16:19
  Hercules
• 16:20
  outside
• 16:20
  of
• 16:20
  his
• 16:21
  marriage
• 16:21
  to
• 16:21
  Hera
• 16:22
  would
• 16:22
  become
• 16:22
  them,
• 16:23
  becoming
• 16:23
  Hercules
• 16:24
  loving
• 16:24
  birth
• 16:24
  parents,
• 16:25
  creating
• 16:26
  another
• 16:26
  way
• 16:26
  he
• 16:27
  could
• 16:27
  be
• 16:27
  half
• 16:27
  God
• 16:28
  and
• 16:28
  half
• 16:28
  man
• 16:29
  by
• 16:29
  having
• 16:29
  Hades
• 16:30
  be
• 16:30
  afraid
• 16:30
  of
• 16:30
  his
• 16:31
  power
• 16:31
  and
• 16:31
  using
• 16:32
  his
• 16:32
  power
• 16:32
  to
• 16:32
  make
• 16:33
  Hercules
• 16:34
  mortal.
• 16:34
  With
• 16:35
  that,
• 16:35
  they
• 16:35
  shifted
• 16:36
  the
• 16:36
  antagonistic
• 16:36
  focus
• 16:37
  of
• 16:37
  the
• 16:37
  story
• 16:37
  from
• 16:38
  Hera
• 16:38
  to
• 16:39
  Hades,
• 16:39
  canonically
• 16:40
  the
• 16:40
  brother
• 16:40
  of
• 16:41
  Zeus
• 16:41
  and
• 16:41
  Poseidon
• 16:42
  and
• 16:42
  the
• 16:42
  God
• 16:43
  of
• 16:43
  the
• 16:43
  dead
• 16:43
  and
• 16:43
  the
• 16:43
  king
• 16:44
  of
• 16:44
  the
• 16:44
  underworld.
• 16:45
  Hades
• 16:46
  has
• 16:46
  kind
• 16:46
  of
• 16:46
  been
• 16:46
  done
• 16:47
  dirty
• 16:47
  by
• 16:47
  film,
• 16:48
  with
• 16:48
  depictions
• 16:49
  of
• 16:49
  him
• 16:49
  being
• 16:49
  evil
• 16:50
  and
• 16:50
  duplicitous.
• 16:51
  Hades
• 16:52
  was
• 16:52
  cold
• 16:53
  and
• 16:53
  stern
• 16:53
  according
• 16:54
  to
• 16:54
  the
• 16:54
  myth,
• 16:55
  but
• 16:55
  he
• 16:55
  was
• 16:55
  also
• 16:55
  passive
• 16:56
  and
• 16:56
  altruistic.
• 16:57
  But
• 16:57
  being
• 16:58
  a
• 16:58
  Greek
• 16:58
  God,
• 16:58
  he
• 16:59
  was
• 16:59
  also
• 16:59
  into
• 17:00
  abducting
• 17:00
  Persephone
• 17:01
  to
• 17:01
  the
• 17:01
  underworld
• 17:01
  to
• 17:02
  become
• 17:02
  his
• 17:02
  bride.
• 17:02
  So,
• 17:03
  you
• 17:03
  know,
• 17:03
  there
• 17:03
  were
• 17:04
  no
• 17:04
  good
• 17:04
  dudes
• 17:05
  in
• 17:05
  ancient
• 17:05
  Greece.
• 17:06
  But
• 17:07
  the
• 17:07
  whole
• 17:07
  principle
• 17:07
  of
• 17:08
  this
• 17:08
  movie
• 17:08
  is
• 17:09
  zero
• 17:09
  to
• 17:09
  hero
• 17:10
  Hercules
• 17:11
  journey
• 17:11
  to
• 17:11
  become
• 17:12
  a
• 17:12
  true
• 17:12
  hero.
• 17:13
  The
• 17:13
  parallels
• 17:14
  between
• 17:14
  this
• 17:14
  story
• 17:15
  and
• 17:15
  the
• 17:15
  story
• 17:15
  of
• 17:16
  Superman
• 17:16
  are
• 17:17
  pretty
• 17:17
  obvious.
• 17:17
  And
• 17:18
  to
• 17:18
  be
• 17:18
  honest,
• 17:18
  if
• 17:18
  you
• 17:18
  are
• 17:19
  going
• 17:19
  to
• 17:19
  steal,
• 17:20
  no
• 17:20
  pun
• 17:20
  intended,
• 17:20
  from
• 17:21
  anything,
• 17:21
  steal
• 17:22
  from
• 17:22
  the
• 17:22
  man
• 17:23
  of
• 17:23
  Steel.
• 17:24
  From
• 17:24
  his
• 17:24
  godlike
• 17:25
  parents,
• 17:25
  to
• 17:25
  him
• 17:26
  having
• 17:26
  to
• 17:26
  leave
• 17:26
  them
• 17:26
  as
• 17:27
  an
• 17:27
  infant,
• 17:27
  to
• 17:27
  being
• 17:28
  adopted
• 17:28
  by
• 17:28
  human
• 17:29
  parents,
• 17:29
  to
• 17:30
  having
• 17:30
  extraordinary
• 17:30
  powers
• 17:31
  on
• 17:31
  Earth,
• 17:31
  to
• 17:32
  him
• 17:32
  leaving
• 17:32
  his
• 17:33
  adoptive
• 17:33
  home,
• 17:34
  finding
• 17:34
  his
• 17:34
  real
• 17:34
  father,
• 17:35
  realizing
• 17:36
  who
• 17:36
  he
• 17:36
  really
• 17:37
  is,
• 17:37
  meeting
• 17:37
  a
• 17:38
  sarcastic
• 17:38
  young
• 17:39
  woman
• 17:39
  and
• 17:39
  having
• 17:39
  a
• 17:40
  primary
• 17:40
  antagonist
• 17:40
  who
• 17:41
  robs
• 17:41
  him
• 17:41
  and
• 17:41
  his
• 17:41
  powers
• 17:42
  temporarily.
• 17:43
  He
• 17:43
  also
• 17:43
  goes
• 17:44
  the
• 17:44
  distance,
• 17:44
  just
• 17:45
  like
• 17:45
  Rocky,
• 17:45
  and
• 17:45
  has
• 17:46
  training
• 17:46
  montages
• 17:47
  just
• 17:47
  like
• 17:48
  Rocky,
• 17:49
  Musker
• 17:49
  and
• 17:50
  Clennance.
• 17:50
  Detailed
• 17:51
  extensive
• 17:52
  notes
• 17:52
  and
• 17:52
  research
• 17:53
  and
• 17:53
  in
• 17:54
  excerpts
• 17:54
  dated
• 17:54
  November
• 17:55
  1993.
• 17:56
  The
• 17:56
  general
• 17:57
  outline
• 17:57
  for
• 17:57
  Hercules
• 17:58
  was
• 17:58
  a
• 17:59
  naive
• 17:59
  main
• 17:59
  character
• 18:00
  stuck
• 18:00
  between
• 18:01
  two
• 18:01
  worlds.
• 18:01
  A
• 18:02
  literal
• 18:02
  Danny
• 18:03
  DeVito
• 18:03
  style
• 18:04
  sidekick,
• 18:05
  a
• 18:05
  worldwide
• 18:06
  heroine
• 18:07
  and
• 18:07
  a
• 18:07
  formidable
• 18:07
  villain
• 18:08
  wrapped
• 18:08
  in
• 18:08
  a
• 18:08
  conflict
• 18:09
  between
• 18:09
  idealism
• 18:10
  and
• 18:10
  cynicism.
• 18:11
  The
• 18:12
  filmmakers
• 18:12
  also
• 18:12
  look
• 18:13
  to
• 18:13
  the
• 18:13
  classic
• 18:13
  screwball
• 18:14
  comedies
• 18:14
  directed
• 18:15
  by
• 18:15
  Frank
• 18:15
  Capra
• 18:16
  and
• 18:16
  Preston
• 18:16
  Sturges
• 18:17
  for
• 18:17
  inspiration
• 18:18
  with
• 18:18
  the
• 18:18
  character
• 18:19
  of
• 18:19
  Meg
• 18:19
  based
• 18:20
  on
• 18:20
  Barbara
• 18:20
  Stanwyck,
• 18:21
  particularly
• 18:22
  the
• 18:22
  roles
• 18:22
  she
• 18:22
  portrayed
• 18:23
  in
• 18:23
  the
• 18:23
  Lady
• 18:24
  Eve
• 18:24
  and
• 18:24
  Meet
• 18:24
  John
• 18:25
  Doe
• 18:25
  and
• 18:25
  Hercules,
• 18:26
  based
• 18:27
  on
• 18:27
  James
• 18:27
  Stewart
• 18:28
  in
• 18:28
  Mr.
• 18:28
  Smith
• 18:28
  Goes
• 18:29
  to
• 18:29
  Washington.
• 18:30
  The
• 18:30
  directors
• 18:31
  also
• 18:31
  partly
• 18:31
  based
• 18:32
  their
• 18:32
  characterization
• 18:32
  of
• 18:33
  Hercules
• 18:33
  on
• 18:34
  the
• 18:34
  concept
• 18:35
  of
• 18:35
  sports
• 18:35
  athletes
• 18:36
  becoming
• 18:36
  major
• 18:37
  celebrities,
• 18:37
  like
• 18:38
  Michael
• 18:38
  Jordan,
• 18:39
  who
• 18:39
  was
• 18:39
  at
• 18:39
  the
• 18:39
  peak
• 18:40
  of
• 18:40
  his
• 18:40
  popularity
• 18:41
  in
• 18:41
  the
• 18:41
  mid-1990s.
• 18:42
  Hercules
• 18:43
  was
• 18:43
  the
• 18:43
  Michael
• 18:44
  Jordan
• 18:44
  of
• 18:45
  ancient
• 18:45
  Greece,
• 18:46
  his
• 18:46
  face
• 18:46
  on
• 18:46
  every
• 18:47
  vase
• 18:48
  and
• 18:48
  vase
• 18:49
  standing
• 18:49
  as
• 18:49
  a
• 18:49
  beloved
• 18:50
  icon
• 18:50
  celebrated
• 18:51
  in
• 18:51
  stories.
• 18:52
  As
• 18:53
  Hercules
• 18:53
  failure
• 18:54
  rises,
• 18:54
  it
• 18:54
  manifests
• 18:55
  into
• 18:55
  merchandise,
• 18:56
  public
• 18:57
  appearances,
• 18:57
  giddy
• 18:58
  fangirls
• 18:58
  and
• 18:58
  an
• 18:59
  endless
• 18:59
  amount
• 18:59
  of
• 18:59
  cash,
• 19:00
  echoing
• 19:01
  the
• 19:01
  life
• 19:01
  of
• 19:01
  modern
• 19:02
  day
• 19:02
  celebrities,
• 19:03
  as
• 19:03
  well
• 19:03
  as
• 19:03
  Disney
• 19:04
  stores
• 19:04
  worldwide
• 19:05
  getting
• 19:05
  ready
• 19:06
  for
• 19:06
  their
• 19:06
  own
• 19:06
  Hercules
• 19:07
  merchandising.
• 19:08
  The
• 19:08
  Honorary
• 19:09
  is
• 19:09
  not
• 19:10
  lost
• 19:10
  on
• 19:10
  anyone.
• 19:11
  After
• 19:12
  nine
• 19:12
  months,
• 19:12
  Musker
• 19:13
  and
• 19:13
  Clements
• 19:13
  had
• 19:13
  completed
• 19:14
  their
• 19:14
  first
• 19:14
  draft
• 19:15
  script,
• 19:15
  but
• 19:15
  realized
• 19:16
  it
• 19:16
  was
• 19:16
  lacking
• 19:17
  the
• 19:17
  humor
• 19:17
  it
• 19:18
  needed
• 19:18
  to
• 19:18
  truly
• 19:18
  mirror
• 19:19
  the
• 19:19
  comedic
• 19:19
  heights
• 19:20
  of
• 19:20
  Aladdin.
• 19:21
  Comedy
• 19:21
  writers
• 19:22
  Donald
• 19:22
  McHenry,
• 19:23
  Bob
• 19:23
  Shaw
• 19:23
  and
• 19:23
  Irene
• 19:24
  Metchie
• 19:24
  were
• 19:25
  enlisted
• 19:25
  to
• 19:25
  bring
• 19:26
  additional
• 19:26
  humor
• 19:26
  to
• 19:26
  the
• 19:27
  script
• 19:27
  and
• 19:28
  rework
• 19:28
  the
• 19:28
  key
• 19:28
  comedic
• 19:29
  characters
• 19:29
  of
• 19:30
  Hades
• 19:30
  and
• 19:31
  Hercules.
• 19:31
  Bolig
• 19:32
  trainer
• 19:32
  Philoctetes.
• 19:34
  Danny
• 19:34
  DeVito
• 19:35
  had
• 19:36
  always
• 19:36
  been
• 19:36
  the
• 19:36
  inspiration
• 19:37
  for
• 19:37
  Phil,
• 19:38
  and
• 19:38
  the
• 19:38
  character
• 19:39
  was
• 19:39
  written
• 19:39
  with
• 19:39
  DeVito
• 19:40
  in
• 19:40
  mind.
• 19:41
  But
• 19:41
  DeVito
• 19:42
  refused
• 19:42
  to
• 19:42
  audition,
• 19:43
  leaving
• 19:43
  the
• 19:43
  production
• 19:44
  to
• 19:44
  test
• 19:44
  other
• 19:45
  actors
• 19:45
  like
• 19:45
  Ed
• 19:46
  Asner,
• 19:46
  Red
• 19:46
  Buttons
• 19:47
  and
• 19:47
  Ernest
• 19:48
  Borgman.
• 19:48
  But
• 19:49
  it
• 19:49
  was
• 19:49
  pretty
• 19:49
  clear
• 19:49
  they
• 19:50
  were
• 19:50
  going
• 19:50
  to
• 19:50
  give
• 19:50
  the
• 19:50
  role
• 19:51
  to
• 19:51
  DeVito.
• 19:52
  Shortly
• 19:52
  after,
• 19:52
  the
• 19:53
  directors
• 19:53
  and
• 19:53
  producer
• 19:54
  Alice
• 19:54
  Dewey
• 19:55
  approached
• 19:55
  DeVito
• 19:56
  at
• 19:56
  a
• 19:56
  pasta
• 19:56
  lunch
• 19:57
  during
• 19:57
  the
• 19:57
  filming
• 19:58
  of
• 19:58
  Matilda,
• 19:59
  where
• 19:59
  DeVito
• 19:59
  signed
• 20:00
  onto
• 20:00
  the
• 20:00
  role
• 20:00
  without
• 20:01
  needing
• 20:01
  to
• 20:02
  audition.
• 20:03
  After
• 20:03
  initially
• 20:04
  considering
• 20:04
  singer
• 20:05
  Donny
• 20:05
  Osmond
• 20:05
  for
• 20:06
  the
• 20:06
  title
• 20:06
  role,
• 20:07
  it
• 20:07
  was
• 20:07
  Tate
• 20:07
  Donovan
• 20:08
  who
• 20:08
  won
• 20:08
  the
• 20:09
  role
• 20:09
  after
• 20:09
  an
• 20:09
  extensive
• 20:10
  audition
• 20:10
  process.
• 20:12
  Susan
• 20:12
  Egan
• 20:13
  had
• 20:13
  auditioned
• 20:13
  for
• 20:14
  every
• 20:14
  female
• 20:14
  part
• 20:15
  in
• 20:15
  a
• 20:15
  Disney
• 20:15
  animated
• 20:16
  feature
• 20:16
  since
• 20:16
  Beauty
• 20:17
  and
• 20:17
  the
• 20:17
  Beast,
• 20:18
  and
• 20:18
  each
• 20:18
  time
• 20:19
  she'd
• 20:19
  been
• 20:19
  overlooked.
• 20:20
  She
• 20:20
  then
• 20:21
  landed
• 20:21
  the
• 20:21
  part
• 20:21
  of
• 20:21
  Belle
• 20:22
  in
• 20:22
  the
• 20:22
  Broadway
• 20:23
  production
• 20:23
  of
• 20:23
  Beauty
• 20:24
  and
• 20:24
  the
• 20:24
  Beast,
• 20:24
  and
• 20:25
  Belle
• 20:25
  is
• 20:25
  sweet
• 20:26
  and
• 20:26
  lovely
• 20:27
  and
• 20:27
  nothing
• 20:27
  like
• 20:28
  Megara.
• 20:29
  Egan
• 20:30
  really
• 20:30
  wanted
• 20:30
  the
• 20:30
  part
• 20:31
  of
• 20:31
  Meg,
• 20:31
  but
• 20:32
  was
• 20:32
  initially
• 20:32
  blocked
• 20:33
  by
• 20:33
  Alan
• 20:33
  Menken,
• 20:34
  who
• 20:34
  didn't
• 20:34
  realize
• 20:34
  that
• 20:35
  Egan
• 20:35
  was
• 20:35
  acting
• 20:36
  sweet
• 20:36
  and
• 20:36
  innocent
• 20:37
  for
• 20:37
  Belle,
• 20:38
  and
• 20:38
  she
• 20:38
  was
• 20:38
  actually
• 20:39
  the
• 20:39
  cynical
• 20:39
  smartass
• 20:40
  in
• 20:40
  real
• 20:40
  life,
• 20:41
  just
• 20:41
  like
• 20:41
  Meg.
• 20:42
  The
• 20:42
  production
• 20:43
  team
• 20:43
  auditioned
• 20:43
  dozens
• 20:44
  of
• 20:44
  voice
• 20:44
  actors
• 20:44
  for
• 20:45
  Meg,
• 20:45
  but
• 20:45
  Egan
• 20:46
  blew
• 20:46
  them
• 20:46
  away
• 20:46
  with
• 20:47
  her
• 20:47
  audition
• 20:47
  and
• 20:48
  finally
• 20:48
  landed
• 20:49
  a
• 20:49
  leading
• 20:49
  lady
• 20:50
  role
• 20:51
  for
• 20:51
  Hades.
• 20:52
  Michael
• 20:52
  Eisner,
• 20:53
  who
• 20:53
  was
• 20:53
  now
• 20:54
  leading
• 20:54
  Disney
• 20:54
  animation
• 20:55
  solo
• 20:55
  without
• 20:56
  Jeffrey
• 20:56
  Katzenberg,
• 20:57
  wanted
• 20:57
  to
• 20:58
  emulate
• 20:58
  Katzenberg's
• 20:59
  acquisition
• 20:59
  of
• 21:00
  Robin
• 21:00
  Williams
• 21:00
  as
• 21:01
  the
• 21:01
  genie
• 21:01
  in
• 21:01
  Aladdin
• 21:02
  with
• 21:02
  his
• 21:03
  own
• 21:03
  casting
• 21:03
  decision
• 21:04
  for
• 21:04
  Hades.
• 21:05
  He
• 21:05
  wanted
• 21:06
  Jack
• 21:06
  Nicholson,
• 21:07
  and
• 21:07
  Nicholson
• 21:08
  was
• 21:08
  interested.
• 21:09
  He
• 21:09
  had
• 21:09
  young
• 21:09
  children
• 21:10
  and
• 21:10
  he
• 21:10
  brought
• 21:11
  them
• 21:11
  his
• 21:11
  daughter
• 21:12
  dressed
• 21:12
  as
• 21:12
  Snow
• 21:12
  White,
• 21:13
  alongside
• 21:13
  his
• 21:13
  young
• 21:14
  son
• 21:14
  for
• 21:15
  a
• 21:15
  tour
• 21:15
  of
• 21:15
  the
• 21:15
  Disney
• 21:16
  building
• 21:16
  in
• 21:16
  Glendale.
• 21:17
  He
• 21:18
  was
• 21:18
  shown
• 21:18
  artwork
• 21:18
  for
• 21:19
  Hercules.
• 21:19
  He
• 21:19
  was
• 21:19
  given
• 21:20
  toys
• 21:20
  for
• 21:20
  his
• 21:20
  children,
• 21:21
  and
• 21:22
  he
• 21:22
  was
• 21:22
  impressed.
• 21:23
  He
• 21:23
  was
• 21:23
  the
• 21:23
  Joker.
• 21:24
  So
• 21:24
  of
• 21:24
  course
• 21:25
  Disney
• 21:25
  wanted
• 21:26
  his
• 21:26
  name
• 21:26
  in
• 21:26
  lights
• 21:27
  for
• 21:27
  Hercules,
• 21:28
  but
• 21:29
  he
• 21:29
  was
• 21:29
  the
• 21:29
  Joker.
• 21:30
  And
• 21:30
  for
• 21:31
  Batman,
• 21:32
  Nicholson
• 21:32
  had
• 21:33
  an
• 21:33
  unprecedented
• 21:34
  level
• 21:34
  of
• 21:34
  financial
• 21:35
  reward
• 21:35
  and
• 21:35
  freedom,
• 21:36
  which
• 21:36
  included
• 21:37
  a
• 21:37
  slice
• 21:37
  of
• 21:37
  the
• 21:37
  profits
• 21:38
  and
• 21:38
  merchandising.
• 21:39
  He
• 21:39
  wanted
• 21:40
  the
• 21:40
  same
• 21:40
  for
• 21:40
  Hercules,
• 21:41
  plus
• 21:41
  an
• 21:41
  upfront
• 21:42
  paycheck
• 21:42
  of
• 21:43
  10
• 21:43
  to
• 21:43
  15
• 21:43
  million
• 21:44
  dollars.
• 21:44
  And
• 21:45
  you
• 21:45
  can
• 21:45
  come
• 21:45
  for
• 21:45
  Disney
• 21:46
  on
• 21:46
  most
• 21:46
  things,
• 21:46
  but
• 21:47
  coming
• 21:47
  at
• 21:47
  them
• 21:48
  for
• 21:48
  their
• 21:48
  lucrative
• 21:49
  merchandising
• 21:50
  is
• 21:50
  one
• 21:51
  step
• 21:51
  too
• 21:51
  far,
• 21:52
  even
• 21:52
  if
• 21:52
  you
• 21:52
  are
• 21:52
  Jack
• 21:53
  Nicholson.
• 21:54
  Nicholson
• 21:54
  reportedly
• 21:55
  wanted
• 21:55
  50%
• 21:56
  all
• 21:57
  merchandising
• 21:57
  of
• 21:58
  the
• 21:58
  character
• 21:58
  of
• 21:58
  Hades.
• 21:59
  Bear
• 22:00
  in
• 22:00
  mind,
• 22:00
  too,
• 22:00
  that
• 22:00
  Disney
• 22:01
  was
• 22:01
  willing
• 22:01
  to
• 22:01
  offer
• 22:02
  him
• 22:02
  $500,000
• 22:04
  to
• 22:04
  voice
• 22:04
  the
• 22:04
  character.
• 22:05
  Nicholson
• 22:06
  obviously
• 22:06
  passed
• 22:07
  on
• 22:07
  the
• 22:07
  project,
• 22:08
  and
• 22:08
  the
• 22:08
  search
• 22:08
  was
• 22:09
  on
• 22:09
  to
• 22:09
  find
• 22:09
  Hades
• 22:10
  with
• 22:10
  Kevin
• 22:10
  Spacey,
• 22:11
  Phil
• 22:12
  Hartman
• 22:12
  and
• 22:12
  even
• 22:12
  producer
• 22:13
  Robert
• 22:13
  Evans,
• 22:14
  all
• 22:14
  considered.
• 22:15
  They
• 22:15
  auditioned
• 22:16
  James
• 22:16
  woods,
• 22:17
  who
• 22:17
  was
• 22:17
  great
• 22:17
  at
• 22:18
  improvising
• 22:19
  and
• 22:19
  hadn't
• 22:19
  prepared
• 22:20
  any
• 22:20
  lines
• 22:20
  and
• 22:21
  was
• 22:21
  hilarious.
• 22:22
  But
• 22:22
  instead
• 22:23
  they
• 22:23
  went
• 22:23
  with
• 22:24
  John
• 22:24
  Lithgow,
• 22:25
  who
• 22:25
  didn't
• 22:25
  audition
• 22:26
  for
• 22:26
  the
• 22:26
  part,
• 22:26
  but
• 22:26
  they
• 22:27
  hired
• 22:27
  him
• 22:27
  in
• 22:27
  autumn
• 22:28
  1994.
• 22:29
  They
• 22:30
  brought
• 22:30
  him
• 22:30
  in
• 22:30
  for
• 22:30
  the
• 22:31
  first
• 22:31
  time
• 22:31
  to
• 22:31
  record,
• 22:32
  but
• 22:32
  despite
• 22:32
  a
• 22:32
  number
• 22:33
  of
• 22:33
  attempts,
• 22:34
  the
• 22:34
  lines
• 22:34
  fell
• 22:34
  flat.
• 22:35
  So
• 22:35
  they
• 22:36
  suggested
• 22:36
  some
• 22:36
  improv
• 22:37
  and
• 22:38
  then
• 22:38
  they
• 22:38
  realized
• 22:38
  that
• 22:39
  Lithgow
• 22:39
  didn't
• 22:39
  feel
• 22:40
  comfortable
• 22:40
  improvising,
• 22:41
  so
• 22:42
  they
• 22:42
  went
• 22:42
  back
• 22:42
  to
• 22:43
  James
• 22:43
  woods
• 22:43
  and
• 22:44
  he
• 22:44
  just
• 22:44
  was
• 22:45
  Hades.
• 22:46
  Lithgow
• 22:46
  was
• 22:46
  let
• 22:47
  go
• 22:47
  in
• 22:47
  August
• 22:48
  1995,
• 22:49
  and
• 22:49
  by
• 22:49
  October,
• 22:50
  woods
• 22:50
  had
• 22:51
  the
• 22:51
  part.
• 22:52
  I
• 22:52
  don't
• 22:52
  think
• 22:52
  James
• 22:52
  woods
• 22:53
  is
• 22:53
  a
• 22:53
  particularly
• 22:53
  nice
• 22:54
  guy,
• 22:54
  but
• 22:54
  he's
• 22:54
  a
• 22:55
  great
• 22:55
  Hades
• 22:56
  and
• 22:56
  by
• 22:56
  all
• 22:56
  accounts,
• 22:56
  he
• 22:57
  loves
• 22:57
  the
• 22:57
  character.
• 22:58
  He
• 22:58
  even
• 22:58
  tweeted
• 22:59
  in
• 22:59
  April
• 22:59
  2022
• 23:00
  that
• 23:00
  he
• 23:01
  will
• 23:01
  do
• 23:01
  any
• 23:01
  job
• 23:02
  he's
• 23:02
  asked
• 23:02
  to
• 23:03
  do
• 23:03
  that
• 23:03
  involves
• 23:04
  the
• 23:04
  voice
• 23:04
  of
• 23:04
  Hades.
• 23:05
  He
• 23:06
  returned
• 23:06
  to
• 23:06
  the
• 23:06
  role
• 23:06
  several
• 23:07
  times
• 23:07
  over
• 23:07
  the
• 23:07
  years,
• 23:08
  most
• 23:08
  notably
• 23:09
  in
• 23:09
  the
• 23:09
  TV
• 23:09
  spin
• 23:09
  off
• 23:10
  series
• 23:10
  Hercules
• 23:11
  the
• 23:11
  Animated
• 23:12
  Series,
• 23:12
  where
• 23:12
  he
• 23:13
  would
• 23:13
  win
• 23:13
  a
• 23:13
  Daytime
• 23:14
  Emmy
• 23:14
  award
• 23:14
  for
• 23:14
  his
• 23:15
  voice
• 23:15
  work.
• 23:16
  He
• 23:16
  also
• 23:16
  often
• 23:17
  stars
• 23:17
  as
• 23:17
  Hades
• 23:18
  in
• 23:18
  video
• 23:18
  games
• 23:18
  including
• 23:19
  Kingdom
• 23:19
  Hearts
• 23:20
  and
• 23:20
  most
• 23:21
  recently,
• 23:21
  Disney
• 23:22
  Dreamlight
• 23:22
  Valley
• 23:22
  in
• 23:23
  2024.
• 23:25
  But
• 23:25
  enough
• 23:26
  white
• 23:26
  dudes.
• 23:27
  Let's
• 23:27
  go
• 23:27
  to
• 23:27
  the
• 23:27
  best
• 23:28
  characters
• 23:28
  in
• 23:28
  the
• 23:28
  movie,
• 23:29
  shall
• 23:29
  we?
• 23:30
  Muscar
• 23:30
  and
• 23:30
  Clemens
• 23:31
  wanted
• 23:31
  Hercules
• 23:32
  to
• 23:32
  open
• 23:32
  with
• 23:33
  some
• 23:33
  very
• 23:34
  serious
• 23:34
  narration,
• 23:35
  panning
• 23:35
  through
• 23:36
  a
• 23:36
  museum
• 23:36
  of
• 23:36
  classical
• 23:37
  antiquities,
• 23:38
  but
• 23:38
  then
• 23:39
  be
• 23:39
  interrupted
• 23:40
  by
• 23:40
  the
• 23:40
  Muses.
• 23:41
  Originally,
• 23:42
  the
• 23:42
  Spice
• 23:43
  Girls
• 23:43
  were
• 23:43
  approached
• 23:43
  to
• 23:44
  play
• 23:44
  the
• 23:44
  Muses.
• 23:45
  They
• 23:45
  were
• 23:45
  the
• 23:45
  biggest
• 23:46
  girl
• 23:46
  group
• 23:46
  in
• 23:46
  the
• 23:46
  world
• 23:47
  at
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  time,
• 23:47
  and
• 23:48
  they
• 23:48
  declined
• 23:49
  due
• 23:49
  to
• 23:49
  scheduling
• 23:50
  conflicts.
• 23:50
  Instead,
• 23:51
  we
• 23:51
  get
• 23:52
  the
• 23:52
  first
• 23:52
  named
• 23:53
  black
• 23:53
  women
• 23:53
  in
• 23:54
  a
• 23:54
  Disney
• 23:54
  movie
• 23:55
  when
• 23:55
  they
• 23:55
  want
• 23:55
  to
• 23:56
  take
• 23:56
  over
• 23:56
  narration
• 23:57
  of
• 23:57
  the
• 23:57
  story.
• 23:57
  The
• 23:58
  narrator
• 23:58
  concedes
• 23:59
  with
• 23:59
  a
• 23:59
  you
• 24:00
  go
• 24:00
  girl.
• 24:01
  It
• 24:01
  sets
• 24:02
  the
• 24:02
  tone
• 24:02
  for
• 24:02
  Hercules
• 24:03
  immediately.
• 24:03
  This
• 24:04
  is
• 24:04
  not
• 24:04
  a
• 24:04
  serious
• 24:05
  movie,
• 24:06
  but
• 24:06
  its
• 24:06
  narrator
• 24:07
  is
• 24:07
  the
• 24:08
  late
• 24:08
  Charlton
• 24:09
  Heston
• 24:09
  agreed
• 24:10
  to
• 24:10
  record
• 24:10
  the
• 24:10
  intro
• 24:11
  but
• 24:11
  had
• 24:11
  questions
• 24:12
  about
• 24:12
  the
• 24:12
  grammatical
• 24:13
  correctness
• 24:14
  of
• 24:14
  you
• 24:15
  go
• 24:15
  girl,
• 24:16
  suggesting
• 24:16
  instead
• 24:17
  go
• 24:17
  ahead,
• 24:18
  young
• 24:18
  lady.
• 24:19
  Thankfully,
• 24:20
  he
• 24:20
  said
• 24:20
  the
• 24:20
  line
• 24:21
  introduce
• 24:21
  the
• 24:22
  Muses,
• 24:22
  who
• 24:22
  are
• 24:23
  one
• 24:23
  of
• 24:23
  the
• 24:23
  highlights
• 24:24
  of
• 24:24
  this
• 24:24
  movie.
• 24:24
  I
• 24:25
  adore
• 24:25
  the
• 24:25
  Muses,
• 24:26
  the
• 24:26
  literal
• 24:27
  Greek
• 24:27
  chorus
• 24:28
  singing
• 24:28
  the
• 24:28
  gospel
• 24:29
  truth.
• 24:29
  Linnaeus
• 24:30
  White
• 24:30
  as
• 24:31
  Calliope,
• 24:31
  Venice
• 24:32
  Y
• 24:32
  Thomas
• 24:33
  as
• 24:33
  Cleon,
• 24:34
  Ros
• 24:34
  Ryan
• 24:34
  as
• 24:34
  Talia,
• 24:35
  Lachanze
• 24:36
  as
• 24:36
  Terpsichore
• 24:37
  and
• 24:37
  Cheryl
• 24:38
  Freeman
• 24:38
  as
• 24:39
  Melpomene.
• 24:40
  Calliope
• 24:40
  was
• 24:41
  the
• 24:41
  muse
• 24:41
  of
• 24:41
  epic
• 24:41
  poetry
• 24:42
  and
• 24:42
  eloquence,
• 24:43
  Cleo
• 24:43
  the
• 24:44
  muse
• 24:44
  of
• 24:44
  history,
• 24:45
  Tali
• 24:45
  at
• 24:46
  the
• 24:46
  Muse
• 24:46
  a
• 24:46
  comedy,
• 24:47
  Terpsichore
• 24:48
  the
• 24:48
  muse
• 24:48
  of
• 24:48
  choral
• 24:49
  song
• 24:49
  and
• 24:49
  dancing
• 24:50
  and
• 24:50
  Melpomene
• 24:51
  the
• 24:51
  muse
• 24:51
  of
• 24:52
  tragedy.
• 24:53
  There
• 24:53
  are
• 24:53
  nine
• 24:53
  muses
• 24:54
  in
• 24:54
  Greek
• 24:54
  mythology,
• 24:55
  but
• 24:55
  five
• 24:56
  was
• 24:56
  the
• 24:56
  ideal
• 24:57
  girl
• 24:57
  group
• 24:57
  number
• 24:58
  Roz
• 24:58
  Ryan
• 24:59
  wasn't
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  first
• 25:00
  choice
• 25:00
  for
• 25:00
  Talia.
• 25:01
  They
• 25:01
  originally
• 25:02
  hired
• 25:02
  Nell
• 25:02
  Carter,
• 25:03
  but
• 25:03
  while
• 25:03
  she
• 25:04
  was
• 25:04
  wildly
• 25:04
  talented,
• 25:05
  she
• 25:05
  struggled
• 25:06
  with
• 25:06
  the
• 25:06
  direction
• 25:07
  they
• 25:07
  wanted
• 25:07
  for
• 25:07
  the
• 25:07
  character,
• 25:08
  and
• 25:08
  it
• 25:08
  turned
• 25:09
  out
• 25:09
  she
• 25:09
  was
• 25:09
  having
• 25:10
  some
• 25:10
  personal
• 25:10
  issues
• 25:11
  at
• 25:11
  the
• 25:11
  time.
• 25:12
  So
• 25:12
  Carter
• 25:12
  was
• 25:13
  let
• 25:13
  go.
• 25:13
  And
• 25:14
  Musker
• 25:14
  had
• 25:14
  seen
• 25:14
  Roz
• 25:15
  Ryan
• 25:15
  on
• 25:15
  stage
• 25:16
  at
• 25:16
  the
• 25:16
  Pasadena
• 25:17
  Playhouse,
• 25:17
  and
• 25:18
  they
• 25:18
  signed
• 25:18
  her
• 25:18
  up
• 25:18
  as
• 25:19
  Talia
• 25:19
  straight
• 25:20
  away.
• 25:21
  Sometime
• 25:22
  before
• 25:22
  he
• 25:22
  passed
• 25:22
  away
• 25:23
  in
• 25:23
  1991,
• 25:24
  the
• 25:24
  legendary
• 25:25
  Howard
• 25:25
  Ashman
• 25:26
  recommended
• 25:26
  the
• 25:27
  musical
• 25:27
  the
• 25:28
  Gospel
• 25:28
  at
• 25:28
  Colonus
• 25:29
  to
• 25:29
  John
• 25:29
  Musker
• 25:30
  when
• 25:30
  it
• 25:30
  came
• 25:30
  to
• 25:31
  work
• 25:31
  on
• 25:31
  the
• 25:31
  music
• 25:31
  for
• 25:32
  Hercules.
• 25:33
  Musker
• 25:33
  remembered
• 25:34
  that
• 25:34
  musical
• 25:35
  and
• 25:35
  that
• 25:35
  led
• 25:35
  to
• 25:35
  the
• 25:36
  idea
• 25:36
  to
• 25:36
  have
• 25:36
  a
• 25:37
  gospel
• 25:37
  chorus
• 25:38
  in
• 25:38
  the
• 25:38
  film.
• 25:39
  Howard
• 25:39
  Ashman
• 25:40
  had
• 25:40
  used
• 25:40
  a
• 25:40
  black
• 25:41
  girl
• 25:41
  group
• 25:41
  as
• 25:42
  a
• 25:42
  sort
• 25:42
  of
• 25:42
  Greek
• 25:42
  chorus
• 25:43
  in
• 25:43
  Little
• 25:44
  Shop
• 25:44
  of
• 25:44
  Horrors,
• 25:44
  but
• 25:45
  when
• 25:45
  John
• 25:45
  Musker
• 25:46
  suggested
• 25:46
  the
• 25:46
  idea
• 25:47
  of
• 25:47
  the
• 25:47
  all
• 25:48
  black
• 25:48
  female
• 25:48
  Muses,
• 25:49
  Alan
• 25:49
  Menken
• 25:50
  worried
• 25:50
  it
• 25:51
  might
• 25:51
  be
• 25:51
  too
• 25:51
  derivative,
• 25:52
  but
• 25:52
  ultimately
• 25:53
  relented
• 25:53
  when
• 25:53
  Musker
• 25:54
  suggested
• 25:54
  Hercules
• 25:55
  was
• 25:56
  a
• 25:56
  screwball
• 25:56
  comedy
• 25:57
  slash
• 25:57
  comic
• 25:58
  book
• 25:58
  film
• 25:58
  and
• 25:59
  the
• 25:59
  gospel
• 25:59
  music
• 26:00
  would
• 26:00
  make
• 26:00
  the
• 26:00
  movie
• 26:01
  more
• 26:01
  fun,
• 26:01
  accessible
• 26:02
  and
• 26:03
  stand
• 26:03
  out.
• 26:04
  And
• 26:04
  the
• 26:04
  animation
• 26:05
  style
• 26:05
  also
• 26:06
  stands
• 26:06
  out.
• 26:07
  Musker
• 26:07
  and
• 26:07
  Clennance
• 26:08
  were
• 26:08
  particularly
• 26:09
  impressed
• 26:09
  by
• 26:09
  an
• 26:09
  illustration
• 26:10
  of
• 26:10
  the
• 26:10
  Beatles
• 26:11
  by
• 26:11
  English
• 26:12
  artist
• 26:12
  Gerald
• 26:12
  Scarfe,
• 26:13
  as
• 26:13
  well
• 26:13
  as
• 26:13
  Scarfe's
• 26:14
  collaboration
• 26:15
  with
• 26:15
  Pink
• 26:15
  Floyd
• 26:16
  on
• 26:16
  the
• 26:16
  album
• 26:17
  cover
• 26:17
  for
• 26:17
  their
• 26:17
  1979
• 26:18
  album
• 26:19
  The
• 26:19
  Wall
• 26:19
  and
• 26:20
  its
• 26:20
  experimental
• 26:21
  film
• 26:21
  version.
• 26:21
  In
• 26:22
  1982,
• 26:23
  Musker
• 26:23
  and
• 26:24
  Clements
• 26:24
  invited
• 26:25
  Scarfe
• 26:25
  to
• 26:25
  visit
• 26:25
  the
• 26:26
  Disney
• 26:26
  studios,
• 26:27
  where
• 26:27
  they
• 26:27
  pointed
• 26:27
  out
• 26:28
  that
• 26:28
  Scarfe's
• 26:28
  style
• 26:29
  was
• 26:29
  directly
• 26:30
  related
• 26:30
  to
• 26:30
  Greek
• 26:30
  wales
• 26:31
  paintings
• 26:32
  and
• 26:32
  that
• 26:32
  his
• 26:32
  artwork
• 26:33
  would
• 26:33
  be
• 26:33
  ideal
• 26:34
  for
• 26:34
  the
• 26:34
  Hercules
• 26:35
  project.
• 26:36
  Scarfe
• 26:37
  quickly
• 26:37
  got
• 26:37
  the
• 26:37
  job
• 26:38
  as
• 26:38
  the
• 26:38
  movie's
• 26:38
  production
• 26:39
  designer
• 26:39
  and
• 26:39
  produced
• 26:40
  more
• 26:40
  than
• 26:40
  700
• 26:41
  sketches
• 26:41
  that
• 26:42
  served
• 26:42
  as
• 26:42
  the
• 26:42
  basis
• 26:43
  for
• 26:43
  the
• 26:43
  unique
• 26:43
  style
• 26:44
  of
• 26:44
  the
• 26:44
  movie's
• 26:44
  design.
• 26:45
  Scarfe
• 26:46
  collaborated
• 26:46
  with
• 26:47
  a
• 26:47
  group
• 26:47
  of
• 26:47
  15
• 26:47
  animators
• 26:48
  and
• 26:48
  designers
• 26:49
  in
• 26:49
  July
• 26:50
  1995
• 26:50
  to
• 26:51
  create
• 26:51
  finished
• 26:52
  prototypes
• 26:52
  for
• 26:52
  all
• 26:53
  the
• 26:53
  movie's
• 26:53
  main
• 26:53
  characters.
• 26:54
  That
• 26:55
  same
• 26:55
  year,
• 26:55
  the
• 26:55
  filmmakers
• 26:56
  embarked
• 26:56
  on
• 26:57
  a
• 26:57
  research
• 26:57
  trip
• 26:58
  to
• 26:58
  Greece
• 26:58
  and
• 26:58
  Turkey
• 26:59
  to
• 26:59
  research
• 27:00
  classic
• 27:00
  Greek
• 27:01
  mythology.
• 27:02
  Scarfe's
• 27:02
  work
• 27:03
  was
• 27:03
  fluid
• 27:03
  and
• 27:03
  chaotic,
• 27:04
  so
• 27:04
  production
• 27:05
  stylist
• 27:05
  Sue
• 27:06
  Nichols
• 27:06
  made
• 27:06
  reference
• 27:07
  charts
• 27:07
  for
• 27:07
  the
• 27:07
  animators
• 27:08
  to
• 27:08
  utilise.
• 27:09
  These
• 27:10
  charts
• 27:10
  included
• 27:10
  aspects
• 27:11
  of
• 27:11
  Scarfe's
• 27:12
  original
• 27:12
  work
• 27:12
  that
• 27:13
  were
• 27:13
  combined
• 27:13
  with
• 27:13
  a
• 27:14
  Disney
• 27:14
  animation
• 27:14
  like
• 27:15
  style.
• 27:16
  In
• 27:16
  total,
• 27:16
  a
• 27:17
  team
• 27:17
  of
• 27:17
  nearly
• 27:17
  700
• 27:18
  artists,
• 27:19
  animators
• 27:19
  and
• 27:20
  technicians
• 27:20
  would
• 27:20
  work
• 27:21
  on
• 27:21
  Hercules
• 27:22
  in
• 27:22
  both
• 27:22
  the
• 27:22
  Burbank,
• 27:23
  California
• 27:23
  studio
• 27:24
  and
• 27:24
  a
• 27:24
  satellite
• 27:25
  office
• 27:25
  in
• 27:26
  France,
• 27:26
  which
• 27:27
  contributed
• 27:27
  nearly
• 27:28
  10
• 27:28
  minutes
• 27:28
  of
• 27:28
  animation,
• 27:29
  including
• 27:29
  the
• 27:30
  finale
• 27:30
  with
• 27:30
  the
• 27:30
  Titans
• 27:31
  and
• 27:31
  Hercules
• 27:32
  descent
• 27:33
  into
• 27:33
  the
• 27:33
  underworld.
• 27:34
  And
• 27:34
  the
• 27:35
  design
• 27:35
  of
• 27:35
  Hercules
• 27:36
  himself
• 27:36
  was
• 27:36
  distinctive
• 27:37
  and
• 27:38
  at
• 27:38
  the
• 27:38
  time
• 27:38
  a
• 27:38
  little
• 27:39
  bit
• 27:39
  controversial.
• 27:40
  Neither
• 27:40
  the
• 27:40
  character
• 27:41
  designs
• 27:41
  of
• 27:41
  Hercules
• 27:42
  or
• 27:42
  Meg
• 27:43
  offered
• 27:43
  a
• 27:43
  lot
• 27:44
  for
• 27:44
  caricature,
• 27:45
  according
• 27:45
  to
• 27:45
  Scarfe,
• 27:46
  and
• 27:46
  so
• 27:46
  they
• 27:46
  were
• 27:47
  drawn
• 27:47
  as
• 27:47
  hunky
• 27:48
  and
• 27:48
  pretty.
• 27:49
  Meg's
• 27:49
  supervising
• 27:50
  animator,
• 27:50
  Ken
• 27:50
  Duncan,
• 27:51
  originally
• 27:51
  attempted
• 27:52
  to
• 27:52
  draw
• 27:52
  Meg
• 27:53
  as
• 27:53
  a
• 27:53
  realistic
• 27:54
  looking
• 27:54
  heroine.
• 27:55
  But
• 27:55
  upon
• 27:56
  deciding
• 27:56
  to
• 27:56
  incorporate
• 27:57
  elements
• 27:57
  of
• 27:57
  Greek
• 27:58
  pottery
• 27:58
  into
• 27:58
  the
• 27:58
  character's
• 27:59
  hair,
• 27:59
  Duncan
• 28:00
  ultimately
• 28:01
  decided
• 28:01
  to
• 28:01
  base
• 28:01
  the
• 28:02
  character's
• 28:02
  entire
• 28:02
  body
• 28:03
  on
• 28:03
  pottery
• 28:04
  as
• 28:04
  well,
• 28:04
  which
• 28:04
  is
• 28:05
  why
• 28:05
  Meg's
• 28:05
  body
• 28:06
  style
• 28:06
  is
• 28:06
  so
• 28:06
  different
• 28:07
  to
• 28:07
  any
• 28:07
  other
• 28:08
  Disney
• 28:08
  heroine.
• 28:09
  Meg
• 28:10
  was
• 28:10
  also
• 28:10
  the
• 28:10
  first
• 28:10
  Disney
• 28:11
  heroine
• 28:11
  to
• 28:11
  have
• 28:12
  a
• 28:12
  romantic
• 28:12
  past.
• 28:13
  She's
• 28:13
  clearly
• 28:14
  more
• 28:14
  sexual
• 28:14
  than
• 28:15
  any
• 28:15
  other
• 28:15
  female
• 28:16
  character
• 28:16
  and
• 28:17
  she
• 28:17
  has
• 28:17
  an
• 28:17
  ambiguity
• 28:18
  around
• 28:18
  her
• 28:18
  intentions.
• 28:20
  Some
• 28:20
  critics
• 28:20
  and
• 28:21
  fans
• 28:21
  revere
• 28:21
  Meg
• 28:22
  as
• 28:22
  a
• 28:22
  feminist
• 28:22
  icon,
• 28:23
  and
• 28:23
  she's
• 28:23
  clearly
• 28:24
  one
• 28:24
  of
• 28:24
  the
• 28:24
  most
• 28:24
  beloved
• 28:25
  characters
• 28:25
  from
• 28:25
  the
• 28:26
  movie.
• 28:26
  Alongside
• 28:27
  Hades,
• 28:28
  Andrea
• 28:28
  Stasia
• 28:29
  was
• 28:29
  supervising
• 28:30
  animator
• 28:30
  for
• 28:30
  the
• 28:30
  adult
• 28:31
  version
• 28:31
  of
• 28:31
  Hercules.
• 28:32
  After
• 28:32
  a
• 28:33
  career
• 28:33
  of
• 28:33
  mostly
• 28:34
  animating
• 28:34
  famous
• 28:35
  villains,
• 28:36
  he
• 28:36
  studied
• 28:36
  photographs
• 28:37
  of
• 28:37
  Olympic
• 28:38
  athletes,
• 28:38
  specifically
• 28:39
  swimmers
• 28:39
  who
• 28:40
  have
• 28:40
  long
• 28:40
  necks
• 28:40
  and
• 28:41
  natural
• 28:41
  musculature.
• 28:42
  He
• 28:42
  wanted
• 28:43
  to
• 28:43
  emulate
• 28:43
  the
• 28:44
  Greek
• 28:44
  tradition
• 28:44
  of
• 28:44
  character
• 28:45
  drawing,
• 28:45
  which
• 28:46
  means
• 28:46
  straight
• 28:47
  nose,
• 28:47
  pursed
• 28:48
  lips,
• 28:48
  almost
• 28:48
  cherubic,
• 28:49
  large
• 28:49
  eyes,
• 28:50
  the
• 28:50
  classic
• 28:51
  style
• 28:51
  you
• 28:51
  find
• 28:52
  on
• 28:52
  Greek
• 28:52
  vases
• 28:52
  or
• 28:53
  drawings.
• 28:54
  For
• 28:54
  Hades,
• 28:55
  animator
• 28:55
  Nick
• 28:55
  Ranieri
• 28:56
  took
• 28:56
  inspiration
• 28:57
  from
• 28:57
  Scarfe's
• 28:58
  concept
• 28:58
  drawings
• 28:59
  and
• 28:59
  James
• 29:00
  Wood's
• 29:00
  mannerisms.
• 29:01
  During
• 29:01
  the
• 29:01
  recording
• 29:02
  sessions,
• 29:02
  while
• 29:03
  Hades
• 29:03
  body
• 29:04
  was
• 29:04
  drawn
• 29:04
  by
• 29:04
  hand,
• 29:05
  the
• 29:05
  animation
• 29:05
  of
• 29:06
  the
• 29:06
  hair
• 29:06
  was
• 29:06
  handled
• 29:06
  by
• 29:07
  the
• 29:07
  effects
• 29:07
  animators,
• 29:08
  with
• 29:08
  input
• 29:09
  from
• 29:09
  Ranieri
• 29:10
  as
• 29:10
  to
• 29:10
  how
• 29:10
  it
• 29:10
  should
• 29:11
  move.
• 29:12
  Musker
• 29:12
  and
• 29:12
  Clements
• 29:13
  decided
• 29:13
  to
• 29:13
  portray
• 29:14
  Greek
• 29:14
  Society
• 29:15
  as
• 29:15
  a
• 29:15
  kind
• 29:15
  of
• 29:16
  parallel
• 29:16
  of
• 29:16
  modern
• 29:17
  day
• 29:17
  society.
• 29:18
  The
• 29:18
  bustling
• 29:19
  town
• 29:19
  of
• 29:19
  Thebes
• 29:19
  took
• 29:20
  on
• 29:20
  the
• 29:20
  nickname
• 29:20
  of
• 29:21
  the
• 29:21
  Big
• 29:21
  Olive
• 29:22
  and
• 29:22
  drew
• 29:22
  inspiration
• 29:23
  from
• 29:23
  modern
• 29:23
  day
• 29:24
  Manhattan
• 29:24
  and
• 29:24
  Los
• 29:25
  Angeles.
• 29:26
  Tom
• 29:26
  Cardone,
• 29:27
  the
• 29:27
  film's
• 29:27
  artistic
• 29:27
  supervisor
• 29:28
  for
• 29:28
  backgrounds,
• 29:29
  was
• 29:29
  a
• 29:29
  key
• 29:30
  player
• 29:30
  in
• 29:30
  determining
• 29:31
  the
• 29:31
  color
• 29:31
  palette.
• 29:32
  For
• 29:32
  the
• 29:32
  opening
• 29:33
  party
• 29:33
  on
• 29:33
  Mount
• 29:33
  Olympus.
• 29:34
  They
• 29:35
  used
• 29:35
  colors
• 29:35
  that
• 29:35
  were
• 29:36
  happy
• 29:36
  and
• 29:36
  light,
• 29:37
  lots
• 29:37
  of
• 29:37
  violets
• 29:38
  and
• 29:38
  pinks
• 29:38
  with
• 29:39
  a
• 29:39
  deep
• 29:39
  blue
• 29:39
  sky.
• 29:40
  The
• 29:40
  Big
• 29:40
  Olive,
• 29:41
  on
• 29:41
  the
• 29:41
  other
• 29:41
  hand
• 29:41
  is
• 29:42
  a
• 29:42
  gray
• 29:42
  place
• 29:43
  that's
• 29:43
  supposed
• 29:43
  to
• 29:43
  be
• 29:43
  dirty
• 29:44
  and
• 29:44
  weathered
• 29:44
  after
• 29:45
  all
• 29:45
  the
• 29:45
  catastrophes.
• 29:46
  Hades
• 29:47
  underworld
• 29:47
  headquarters
• 29:48
  is
• 29:48
  primarily
• 29:49
  a
• 29:49
  built
• 29:49
  for
• 29:49
  white
• 29:49
  environment
• 29:50
  where
• 29:50
  the
• 29:51
  only
• 29:51
  real
• 29:51
  colour
• 29:52
  you
• 29:52
  see
• 29:52
  is
• 29:52
  the
• 29:52
  flame
• 29:53
  of
• 29:53
  his
• 29:53
  hand.
• 29:54
  The
• 29:54
  Armageddon
• 29:55
  sequence
• 29:55
  starts
• 29:56
  with
• 29:56
  a
• 29:56
  warm
• 29:56
  green
• 29:57
  sky
• 29:57
  lit
• 29:57
  by
• 29:57
  a
• 29:58
  fire
• 29:58
  and
• 29:58
  transforms
• 29:59
  to
• 29:59
  deep
• 30:00
  violets
• 30:00
  and
• 30:00
  reds
• 30:01
  as
• 30:01
  the
• 30:01
  action
• 30:02
  intensifies.
• 30:03
  The
• 30:03
  Hydra
• 30:04
  sequence
• 30:04
  in
• 30:04
  Hercules
• 30:05
  represents
• 30:05
  one
• 30:06
  of
• 30:06
  Disney's
• 30:06
  most
• 30:06
  complex
• 30:07
  early
• 30:07
  iterations
• 30:08
  of
• 30:08
  CGI
• 30:09
  and
• 30:09
  traditional
• 30:09
  animations
• 30:10
  for
• 30:10
  the
• 30:10
  Hydra
• 30:10
  scarf
• 30:11
  provided
• 30:11
  preliminary
• 30:12
  drawings
• 30:12
  to
• 30:12
  give
• 30:13
  the
• 30:13
  mythical
• 30:13
  beast
• 30:14
  its
• 30:14
  requisite
• 30:14
  fangs
• 30:15
  and
• 30:15
  serpentine
• 30:16
  necks
• 30:16
  before
• 30:17
  work
• 30:17
  was
• 30:17
  transferred
• 30:18
  over
• 30:18
  to
• 30:18
  the
• 30:18
  computer
• 30:19
  animation
• 30:19
  team
• 30:20
  headed
• 30:20
  by
• 30:20
  Roger
• 30:20
  Gould.
• 30:21
  Disney
• 30:22
  used
• 30:22
  combination
• 30:23
  of
• 30:23
  hand
• 30:23
  drawn
• 30:23
  animation
• 30:24
  for
• 30:24
  Hercules
• 30:25
  and
• 30:25
  the
• 30:25
  basic
• 30:26
  Hydra
• 30:26
  body
• 30:26
  while
• 30:27
  using
• 30:27
  CGI
• 30:28
  for
• 30:28
  the
• 30:28
  multiple
• 30:28
  heads
• 30:29
  and
• 30:29
  complex
• 30:30
  movements.
• 30:30
  The
• 30:31
  scene
• 30:31
  required
• 30:31
  extensive
• 30:32
  planning
• 30:32
  and
• 30:33
  storyboarding
• 30:33
  to
• 30:33
  ensure
• 30:34
  the
• 30:34
  CGI
• 30:34
  elements
• 30:35
  would
• 30:35
  blend
• 30:36
  seamlessly
• 30:36
  with
• 30:36
  the
• 30:37
  traditional
• 30:37
  animation.
• 30:38
  The
• 30:38
  Hydra
• 30:39
  was
• 30:39
  sculpted
• 30:40
  into
• 30:40
  a
• 30:40
  clay
• 30:40
  model
• 30:41
  where
• 30:41
  the
• 30:41
  dimensions
• 30:42
  were
• 30:42
  digitized
• 30:43
  into
• 30:43
  the
• 30:43
  computers
• 30:44
  as
• 30:44
  a
• 30:44
  wireframe
• 30:45
  model
• 30:45
  by
• 30:45
  which
• 30:46
  the
• 30:46
  monster
• 30:46
  was
• 30:46
  animated.
• 30:47
  Early
• 30:48
  into
• 30:48
  production,
• 30:48
  the
• 30:49
  filmmakers
• 30:49
  decided
• 30:49
  the
• 30:50
  Hydra
• 30:50
  would
• 30:50
  ultimately
• 30:51
  have
• 30:51
  30
• 30:52
  heads.
• 30:52
  The
• 30:53
  animators
• 30:53
  created
• 30:54
  one
• 30:54
  master
• 30:55
  head
• 30:55
  and
• 30:55
  the
• 30:55
  computer
• 30:56
  could
• 30:56
  multiply
• 30:57
  the
• 30:57
  heads
• 30:57
  to
• 30:57
  the
• 30:57
  desired
• 30:58
  scale.
• 30:59
  The
• 30:59
  CGI
• 30:59
  team
• 31:00
  also
• 31:00
  constructed
• 31:01
  a
• 31:01
  computerized
• 31:02
  model
• 31:02
  of
• 31:02
  the
• 31:02
  Hydra
• 31:03
  that
• 31:03
  allowed
• 31:03
  the
• 31:04
  animators
• 31:04
  to
• 31:04
  stretch
• 31:05
  the
• 31:05
  eyes,
• 31:05
  twist
• 31:06
  the
• 31:06
  jaw
• 31:06
  and
• 31:07
  essentially
• 31:07
  make
• 31:07
  the
• 31:08
  character
• 31:08
  as
• 31:08
  loose
• 31:09
  as
• 31:09
  if
• 31:09
  it
• 31:09
  were
• 31:09
  hand
• 31:09
  drawn.
• 31:10
  To
• 31:11
  achieve
• 31:11
  this
• 31:11
  level
• 31:11
  of
• 31:12
  flexibility
• 31:12
  for
• 31:12
  a
• 31:13
  single
• 31:13
  headed
• 31:13
  hydraulic
• 31:14
  required
• 31:15
  1244
• 31:17
  individual
• 31:18
  animation
• 31:18
  controls
• 31:19
  where
• 31:19
  each
• 31:19
  control
• 31:20
  represents
• 31:21
  one
• 31:21
  degree
• 31:21
  of
• 31:21
  movement.
• 31:22
  So
• 31:23
  bringing
• 31:23
  the
• 31:23
  30
• 31:24
  headed
• 31:24
  creature
• 31:24
  to
• 31:24
  life
• 31:25
  necessitated
• 31:26
  23,392
• 31:29
  custom
• 31:30
  design
• 31:30
  animation
• 31:31
  controls.
• 31:32
  Overall,
• 31:33
  13
• 31:33
  animators
• 31:34
  and
• 31:34
  technical
• 31:34
  directors
• 31:35
  spent
• 31:35
  nearly
• 31:36
  a
• 31:36
  year
• 31:36
  and
• 31:36
  a
• 31:36
  half
• 31:37
  creating
• 31:37
  the
• 31:38
  four
• 31:38
  minute
• 31:38
  Hydra
• 31:39
  battle
• 31:39
  sequence.
• 31:40
  In
• 31:41
  total,
• 31:41
  1601
• 31:43
  hand
• 31:43
  painted
• 31:43
  backgrounds
• 31:44
  were
• 31:44
  created
• 31:44
  for
• 31:45
  the
• 31:45
  film
• 31:45
  by
• 31:45
  A
• 31:46
  team
• 31:46
  of
• 31:46
  41
• 31:47
  background
• 31:47
  artists.
• 31:48
  A
• 31:48
  team
• 31:48
  of
• 31:48
  108
• 31:49
  visual
• 31:49
  effects
• 31:50
  animators
• 31:50
  were
• 31:50
  responsible
• 31:51
  for
• 31:51
  putting
• 31:51
  the
• 31:52
  glow
• 31:52
  into
• 31:52
  the
• 31:52
  gods
• 31:53
  and
• 31:53
  the
• 31:53
  fire
• 31:54
  into
• 31:54
  Hades
• 31:54
  hair
• 31:55
  as
• 31:55
  well
• 31:55
  as
• 31:55
  creating
• 31:56
  the
• 31:56
  whirlwind
• 31:57
  of
• 31:57
  elements
• 31:57
  surrounding
• 31:57
  the
• 31:58
  various
• 31:58
  titans,
• 31:59
  Zeus's
• 32:00
  lightning
• 32:00
  bolts,
• 32:00
  rain,
• 32:01
  wind,
• 32:02
  flames
• 32:02
  and
• 32:03
  the
• 32:03
  trails
• 32:03
  of
• 32:03
  pixie
• 32:04
  dust
• 32:04
  left
• 32:04
  by
• 32:04
  Hermes
• 32:06
  and
• 32:06
  speaking
• 32:06
  of
• 32:07
  whirlwind
• 32:07
  developments.
• 32:08
  It's
• 32:08
  not
• 32:09
  a
• 32:09
  very
• 32:09
  good
• 32:09
  segue,
• 32:09
  but
• 32:09
  it's
• 32:10
  what
• 32:10
  I'm
• 32:10
  going
• 32:10
  to
• 32:10
  use.
• 32:11
  It's
• 32:11
  time
• 32:11
  to
• 32:12
  segue
• 32:12
  into
• 32:12
  the
• 32:12
  obligature
• 32:13
  Keanu
• 32:13
  reference
• 32:13
  for
• 32:14
  this
• 32:14
  episode,
• 32:15
  and
• 32:15
  this
• 32:15
  is
• 32:15
  a
• 32:15
  part
• 32:15
  of
• 32:15
  the
• 32:15
  podcast
• 32:16
  where
• 32:16
  I've
• 32:16
  tried
• 32:17
  to
• 32:17
  link
• 32:17
  the
• 32:17
  movie
• 32:17
  that
• 32:17
  I'm
• 32:17
  featuring
• 32:18
  with
• 32:18
  Keanu
• 32:19
  Reeves
• 32:19
  and
• 32:19
  it's
• 32:19
  always
• 32:20
  really
• 32:20
  difficult
• 32:20
  with
• 32:20
  Keanu
• 32:21
  and
• 32:21
  animation
• 32:22
  and
• 32:22
  the
• 32:22
  links
• 32:23
  tend
• 32:23
  to
• 32:23
  be
• 32:23
  quite
• 32:23
  tenuous.
• 32:24
  So
• 32:25
  Keanu
• 32:25
  starred
• 32:26
  uncredited
• 32:27
  in
• 32:27
  his
• 32:27
  friend
• 32:28
  Alex
• 32:28
  Winter's
• 32:29
  first
• 32:29
  full
• 32:29
  length
• 32:30
  directorial
• 32:31
  attempt,
• 32:31
  Freaked,
• 32:32
  in
• 32:33
  1993,
• 32:34
  which
• 32:34
  also
• 32:34
  starred
• 32:35
  Bobcat
• 32:36
  Goldthwaite,
• 32:37
  who
• 32:37
  would
• 32:37
  star
• 32:38
  in
• 32:38
  Hercules
• 32:39
  as
• 32:39
  Pain,
• 32:40
  and
• 32:40
  Freaked
• 32:41
  has
• 32:41
  gone
• 32:41
  on
• 32:41
  to
• 32:41
  become
• 32:42
  somewhat
• 32:42
  of
• 32:42
  a
• 32:42
  cult
• 32:43
  classic.
• 32:44
  I
• 32:44
  can't
• 32:44
  say
• 32:44
  that
• 32:45
  I've
• 32:45
  seen
• 32:45
  it,
• 32:45
  but
• 32:46
  that
• 32:46
  was
• 32:46
  really
• 32:46
  the
• 32:46
  only
• 32:47
  way
• 32:47
  I
• 32:47
  could
• 32:47
  think
• 32:47
  of
• 32:48
  linking
• 32:48
  Keanu
• 32:48
  to
• 32:49
  the
• 32:49
  movie
• 32:49
  via
• 32:49
  Bobcat
• 32:50
  Golden.
• 32:52
  Now
• 32:52
  this
• 32:52
  is
• 32:52
  a
• 32:52
  Disney
• 32:53
  movie,
• 32:53
  so
• 32:54
  of
• 32:54
  course
• 32:54
  the
• 32:54
  protagonist
• 32:55
  needs
• 32:55
  an
• 32:56
  I
• 32:56
  want
• 32:56
  song
• 32:57
  to
• 32:57
  communicate
• 32:58
  to
• 32:58
  the
• 32:58
  audience
• 32:59
  his
• 32:59
  want
• 33:00
  to
• 33:00
  become
• 33:00
  a
• 33:00
  renowned
• 33:01
  hero.
• 33:02
  Go
• 33:02
  the
• 33:02
  Distance,
• 33:03
  a
• 33:03
  song
• 33:03
  by
• 33:03
  Alan
• 33:04
  Menken
• 33:04
  and
• 33:04
  Tony
• 33:05
  Award
• 33:05
  winning
• 33:05
  lyricist
• 33:06
  David
• 33:06
  Zipple
• 33:07
  describes
• 33:07
  Hercules
• 33:08
  sincere
• 33:08
  desire
• 33:09
  and
• 33:09
  will
• 33:09
  to
• 33:10
  find
• 33:10
  his
• 33:10
  place
• 33:10
  in
• 33:11
  life,
• 33:11
  to
• 33:11
  find
• 33:12
  his
• 33:12
  birth
• 33:12
  family
• 33:13
  and
• 33:13
  become
• 33:13
  the
• 33:13
  hero
• 33:14
  he
• 33:14
  believes
• 33:14
  he
• 33:14
  needs
• 33:15
  to
• 33:15
  be.
• 33:15
  The
• 33:16
  song's
• 33:16
  instrumental
• 33:17
  was
• 33:17
  a
• 33:17
  major
• 33:17
  component
• 33:18
  of
• 33:18
  Menken's
• 33:19
  overall
• 33:19
  score.
• 33:20
  It
• 33:20
  became
• 33:20
  the
• 33:20
  unofficial
• 33:21
  anthem
• 33:21
  of
• 33:22
  the
• 33:22
  movie
• 33:22
  and
• 33:23
  also
• 33:23
  a
• 33:23
  hit
• 33:23
  for
• 33:23
  Michael
• 33:24
  Bolton,
• 33:24
  who
• 33:24
  produced
• 33:25
  a
• 33:25
  pop
• 33:25
  version
• 33:26
  for
• 33:26
  the
• 33:26
  toy.
• 33:26
  In
• 33:26
  album
• 33:27
  and
• 33:27
  credits,
• 33:28
  Menken
• 33:28
  and
• 33:28
  Zipple
• 33:29
  had
• 33:29
  another
• 33:29
  song
• 33:30
  in
• 33:30
  Mindful
• 33:30
  Meg
• 33:31
  called
• 33:32
  I
• 33:32
  Can't
• 33:32
  Believe
• 33:32
  My
• 33:33
  Heart.
• 33:33
  It
• 33:33
  was
• 33:34
  only
• 33:34
  after
• 33:34
  Ken
• 33:35
  Duncan,
• 33:35
  Meg's
• 33:36
  supervising
• 33:36
  animator,
• 33:37
  pointed
• 33:37
  out
• 33:38
  that
• 33:38
  the
• 33:38
  song
• 33:38
  didn't
• 33:38
  fit
• 33:39
  with
• 33:39
  the
• 33:39
  character
• 33:39
  or
• 33:39
  her
• 33:40
  sharp
• 33:40
  edged
• 33:40
  personality.
• 33:41
  Did
• 33:42
  the
• 33:42
  composer
• 33:42
  and
• 33:42
  lyricist
• 33:43
  come
• 33:43
  up
• 33:43
  with
• 33:44
  I
• 33:44
  Won't
• 33:44
  say
• 33:44
  I'm
• 33:45
  in
• 33:45
  Love,
• 33:45
  which
• 33:45
  is
• 33:46
  again
• 33:46
  one
• 33:46
  of
• 33:47
  the
• 33:47
  best
• 33:47
  songs
• 33:47
  on
• 33:47
  the
• 33:47
  soundtrack.
• 33:48
  The
• 33:49
  gospel
• 33:49
  soundtrack
• 33:50
  in
• 33:50
  its
• 33:51
  entirety
• 33:51
  is
• 33:51
  a
• 33:51
  breath
• 33:52
  of
• 33:52
  fresh
• 33:52
  air
• 33:52
  within
• 33:52
  the
• 33:53
  Disney
• 33:53
  animated
• 33:53
  musical
• 33:54
  canon
• 33:55
  and
• 33:55
  the
• 33:55
  muses
• 33:56
  have
• 33:56
  never
• 33:56
  seemed
• 33:57
  to
• 33:57
  quite
• 33:57
  get
• 33:57
  the
• 33:57
  adulation
• 33:58
  they
• 33:58
  deserve.
• 33:59
  So
• 33:59
  this
• 33:59
  podcast
• 33:59
  is
• 34:00
  here
• 34:00
  to
• 34:00
  do
• 34:00
  that.
• 34:01
  Hercules
• 34:02
  lives
• 34:02
  and
• 34:02
  breathes
• 34:03
  with
• 34:03
  this
• 34:03
  gospel
• 34:03
  infused
• 34:04
  soundtrack
• 34:05
  and
• 34:05
  I
• 34:05
  will
• 34:06
  die
• 34:06
  on
• 34:06
  that
• 34:06
  hill.
• 34:07
  This
• 34:07
  was
• 34:08
  also
• 34:08
  the
• 34:08
  last
• 34:08
  Disney
• 34:09
  Renaissance
• 34:09
  film
• 34:10
  for
• 34:10
  which
• 34:10
  Alan
• 34:10
  Menken
• 34:11
  composed
• 34:12
  music.
• 34:13
  So
• 34:13
  unlike
• 34:13
  the
• 34:14
  previous
• 34:14
  episode
• 34:14
  on
• 34:15
  the
• 34:15
  Great
• 34:15
  Mouse
• 34:15
  Detective
• 34:16
  where
• 34:16
  they
• 34:16
  basically
• 34:17
  pulled
• 34:17
  any
• 34:18
  and
• 34:18
  all
• 34:18
  marketing
• 34:18
  for
• 34:19
  the
• 34:19
  movie,
• 34:19
  the
• 34:20
  marketing
• 34:20
  for
• 34:20
  Hercules
• 34:21
  was
• 34:22
  astonishing.
• 34:23
  So
• 34:23
  the
• 34:23
  first
• 34:24
  thing
• 34:24
  they
• 34:24
  did
• 34:24
  was
• 34:25
  they
• 34:25
  did
• 34:25
  the
• 34:25
  Disney's
• 34:26
  Hercules
• 34:26
  Mega
• 34:27
  Mall
• 34:27
  tour
• 34:27
  which
• 34:28
  was
• 34:28
  a
• 34:28
  five
• 34:28
  month
• 34:29
  promotional
• 34:29
  traveling
• 34:30
  tour
• 34:31
  which
• 34:31
  kicked
• 34:31
  off
• 34:31
  the
• 34:32
  company's
• 34:32
  marketing
• 34:33
  campaign
• 34:33
  on
• 34:33
  4th
• 34:34
  February
• 34:35
  1997.
• 34:36
  The
• 34:36
  tour
• 34:37
  which
• 34:37
  was
• 34:37
  Sponsored
• 34:38
  by
• 34:38
  the
• 34:38
  Chevy
• 34:39
  Venture,
• 34:39
  obviously
• 34:40
  Herc's
• 34:41
  car
• 34:41
  of
• 34:41
  choice.
• 34:42
  Surely
• 34:42
  it
• 34:42
  should
• 34:43
  have
• 34:43
  been
• 34:43
  a
• 34:43
  Merc
• 34:43
  for
• 34:44
  Herc,
• 34:44
  but
• 34:45
  anyway,
• 34:45
  the
• 34:45
  tour
• 34:46
  began
• 34:46
  in
• 34:46
  Atlanta,
• 34:47
  Georgia
• 34:47
  and
• 34:47
  went
• 34:48
  on
• 34:48
  to
• 34:48
  20
• 34:48
  cities.
• 34:49
  The
• 34:49
  tour
• 34:50
  included
• 34:50
  11
• 34:50
  attractions,
• 34:51
  including
• 34:52
  a
• 34:52
  multimedia
• 34:53
  stage
• 34:53
  show,
• 34:54
  a
• 34:54
  miniature
• 34:54
  carousel
• 34:55
  with
• 34:55
  a
• 34:55
  baby
• 34:55
  Pegasus
• 34:56
  theme,
• 34:57
  a
• 34:57
  fun
• 34:57
  fair
• 34:57
  with
• 34:58
  game
• 34:58
  booths
• 34:58
  with
• 34:59
  a
• 34:59
  Hercules
• 34:59
  theme,
• 35:00
  and
• 35:00
  a
• 35:00
  10
• 35:01
  minute
• 35:01
  animation
• 35:02
  workshop
• 35:02
  led
• 35:02
  by
• 35:03
  animator
• 35:03
  Andrea
• 35:04
  Stasia,
• 35:05
  where
• 35:05
  guests
• 35:05
  could
• 35:06
  try
• 35:06
  their
• 35:06
  hand
• 35:06
  at
• 35:06
  drawing
• 35:07
  Hercules.
• 35:08
  The
• 35:09
  same
• 35:09
  tool
• 35:09
  had
• 35:09
  previously
• 35:10
  been
• 35:10
  used
• 35:10
  for
• 35:10
  the
• 35:11
  marketing
• 35:11
  campaigns
• 35:12
  for
• 35:12
  Pocahontas
• 35:13
  and
• 35:13
  Hunchback
• 35:13
  of
• 35:13
  Notre
• 35:14
  Dame.
• 35:15
  Four
• 35:15
  months
• 35:16
  later,
• 35:16
  on
• 35:16
  14
• 35:17
  June
• 35:18
  1997,
• 35:19
  Hercules
• 35:20
  had
• 35:20
  its
• 35:20
  world
• 35:20
  premiere
• 35:21
  in
• 35:21
  New
• 35:21
  York
• 35:21
  City.
• 35:22
  The
• 35:22
  Disney
• 35:23
  Channel
• 35:23
  aired
• 35:24
  a
• 35:24
  live
• 35:24
  broadcast
• 35:25
  of
• 35:25
  the
• 35:25
  performance
• 35:25
  of
• 35:26
  Disneyland's
• 35:26
  Main
• 35:27
  Street
• 35:27
  Electrical
• 35:28
  Parade
• 35:28
  in
• 35:28
  Times
• 35:28
  Square.
• 35:29
  Several
• 35:30
  roads
• 35:30
  had
• 35:30
  to
• 35:30
  be
• 35:30
  closed
• 35:31
  for
• 35:31
  the
• 35:31
  parade,
• 35:31
  which
• 35:32
  included
• 35:32
  more
• 35:32
  than
• 35:33
  30
• 35:33
  electrified
• 35:34
  floats
• 35:34
  that
• 35:35
  traveled
• 35:35
  from
• 35:35
  42nd
• 35:36
  street
• 35:36
  to
• 35:36
  5th
• 35:37
  Avenue
• 35:37
  and
• 35:37
  66th
• 35:38
  street,
• 35:39
  much
• 35:39
  to
• 35:39
  the
• 35:40
  annoyance
• 35:40
  of
• 35:40
  local
• 35:41
  Manhattan
• 35:41
  residents.
• 35:42
  Local
• 35:43
  businesses
• 35:43
  were
• 35:43
  asked
• 35:44
  to
• 35:44
  either
• 35:44
  turn
• 35:44
  down
• 35:44
  their
• 35:45
  lights
• 35:45
  or
• 35:45
  close
• 35:46
  as
• 35:46
  the
• 35:46
  parade
• 35:47
  passed
• 35:47
  by.
• 35:48
  And
• 35:48
  residents
• 35:48
  of
• 35:48
  New
• 35:49
  York
• 35:49
  City
• 35:49
  strongly
• 35:50
  criticized
• 35:51
  Mayor
• 35:51
  Rudy
• 35:51
  Giuliani
• 35:52
  for
• 35:52
  effectively
• 35:53
  allowing
• 35:53
  Disney
• 35:54
  to
• 35:54
  close
• 35:55
  a
• 35:55
  busy
• 35:55
  part
• 35:56
  of
• 35:56
  the
• 35:56
  city.
• 35:57
  And
• 35:57
  considering
• 35:57
  this
• 35:58
  is
• 35:58
  a
• 35:58
  movie
• 35:58
  focused
• 35:59
  on
• 35:59
  Greek
• 35:59
  mythology,
• 36:00
  Disney
• 36:01
  were
• 36:01
  very
• 36:01
  keen
• 36:02
  to
• 36:02
  get
• 36:02
  the
• 36:02
  Greeks
• 36:03
  involved
• 36:03
  with
• 36:04
  a
• 36:04
  planned
• 36:04
  open
• 36:05
  air
• 36:05
  premiere
• 36:06
  at
• 36:06
  Nick's
• 36:06
  Hill,
• 36:07
  located
• 36:07
  in
• 36:07
  central
• 36:08
  Athens,
• 36:09
  a
• 36:09
  site
• 36:09
  for
• 36:09
  assemblies
• 36:10
  in
• 36:10
  ancient
• 36:10
  Greece
• 36:11
  and
• 36:11
  the
• 36:11
  official
• 36:12
  meeting
• 36:12
  place
• 36:12
  of
• 36:13
  the
• 36:13
  Athenian
• 36:14
  Democratic
• 36:14
  Assembly.
• 36:15
  But
• 36:15
  the
• 36:15
  Greek
• 36:16
  government
• 36:16
  declined
• 36:17
  after
• 36:17
  significant
• 36:18
  media
• 36:18
  and
• 36:18
  public
• 36:19
  outrage
• 36:19
  to
• 36:20
  the
• 36:20
  depiction
• 36:20
  of
• 36:21
  the
• 36:21
  Greek
• 36:21
  legend
• 36:22
  of
• 36:22
  Heracles.
• 36:23
  And
• 36:23
  the
• 36:23
  Greek
• 36:23
  press
• 36:24
  called
• 36:24
  it,
• 36:24
  quote,
• 36:25
  another
• 36:25
  case
• 36:26
  of
• 36:26
  foreigners
• 36:26
  distorting
• 36:27
  our
• 36:27
  history
• 36:27
  and
• 36:28
  culture
• 36:28
  just
• 36:29
  to
• 36:29
  suit
• 36:29
  their
• 36:29
  commercial
• 36:30
  interests,
• 36:31
  unquote.
• 36:31
  The
• 36:32
  idea
• 36:32
  for
• 36:32
  Disney
• 36:33
  to
• 36:33
  use
• 36:33
  such
• 36:33
  a
• 36:33
  revered
• 36:34
  ancient
• 36:34
  site
• 36:35
  just
• 36:35
  for
• 36:35
  the
• 36:35
  premiere
• 36:36
  also
• 36:36
  fueled
• 36:37
  the
• 36:37
  controversy.
• 36:38
  So
• 36:39
  when
• 36:39
  Hercules
• 36:40
  did
• 36:40
  eventually
• 36:40
  release,
• 36:41
  it
• 36:41
  released
• 36:41
  in
• 36:42
  just
• 36:42
  one
• 36:42
  cinema
• 36:42
  in
• 36:43
  the
• 36:43
  US
• 36:43
  on
• 36:43
  15
• 36:44
  June
• 36:45
  1997.
• 36:46
  It
• 36:46
  expanded
• 36:46
  to
• 36:46
  two
• 36:47
  cinemas
• 36:47
  in
• 36:47
  its
• 36:48
  second
• 36:48
  week,
• 36:49
  releasing
• 36:49
  wide
• 36:50
  in
• 36:50
  its
• 36:50
  third
• 36:50
  week,
• 36:51
  where
• 36:51
  it
• 36:52
  jumped
• 36:52
  from
• 36:52
  10th
• 36:52
  place
• 36:53
  to
• 36:53
  8th
• 36:54
  place
• 36:54
  to
• 36:54
  1st
• 36:55
  place.
• 36:56
  And
• 36:56
  in
• 36:56
  that
• 36:56
  third
• 36:57
  week
• 36:57
  was
• 36:57
  the
• 36:57
  same
• 36:58
  week
• 36:58
  as
• 36:58
  Face
• 36:59
  off
• 36:59
  and
• 36:59
  Men
• 36:59
  in
• 36:59
  Black
• 37:00
  came
• 37:00
  out.
• 37:02
  Hercules
• 37:03
  dropped
• 37:03
  to
• 37:03
  third
• 37:03
  in
• 37:04
  its
• 37:04
  fourth
• 37:04
  week
• 37:05
  and
• 37:05
  stayed
• 37:06
  in
• 37:06
  the
• 37:06
  top
• 37:06
  10
• 37:06
  for
• 37:07
  seven
• 37:07
  weeks
• 37:07
  in
• 37:08
  total,
• 37:09
  on
• 37:09
  its
• 37:10
  $85
• 37:10
  million
• 37:11
  budget,
• 37:12
  Hercules
• 37:12
  grossed
• 37:11
  $99.1
• 37:14
  million
• 37:15
  in
• 37:15
  the
• 37:15
  US
• 37:16
  and
• 37:14
  $152
• 37:17
  million
• 37:18
  internationally,
• 37:19
  for
• 37:19
  a
• 37:19
  total
• 37:19
  worldwide
• 37:20
  gross
• 37:20
  of
• 37:17
  $253
• 37:20
  million.
• 37:23
  Which
• 37:23
  doesn't
• 37:23
  sound
• 37:24
  terrible,
• 37:24
  but
• 37:25
  Disney
• 37:25
  considered
• 37:26
  Hercules
• 37:26
  a
• 37:27
  disappointment.
• 37:28
  It
• 37:28
  was
• 37:28
  the
• 37:28
  lowest
• 37:28
  grossing
• 37:29
  Disney
• 37:29
  animated
• 37:30
  feature
• 37:30
  since
• 37:31
  the
• 37:31
  Rescuers
• 37:31
  Down
• 37:32
  Under.
• 37:32
  In
• 37:33
  its
• 37:33
  first
• 37:33
  two
• 37:33
  weeks
• 37:33
  of
• 37:34
  general
• 37:34
  release,
• 37:35
  Hercules
• 37:35
  took
• 37:36
  $58
• 37:36
  million
• 37:37
  in
• 37:37
  box
• 37:37
  office
• 37:38
  grosses
• 37:39
  compared
• 37:39
  to
• 37:39
  Pocahontas,
• 37:40
  which
• 37:40
  took
• 37:40
  in
• 37:41
  $80
• 37:41
  million,
• 37:42
  and
• 37:42
  the
• 37:43
  Lion
• 37:43
  King,
• 37:43
  which
• 37:43
  grossed
• 37:44
  $119
• 37:45
  million
• 37:46
  in
• 37:46
  their
• 37:46
  respective
• 37:47
  two
• 37:47
  weeks
• 37:48
  of
• 37:48
  general
• 37:48
  release.
• 37:49
  Critics
• 37:50
  were
• 37:50
  kind
• 37:50
  to
• 37:51
  Hercules,
• 37:51
  though
• 37:51
  A
• 37:52
  Rotten
• 37:52
  Tomatoes
• 37:53
  has
• 37:53
  it
• 37:53
  at
• 37:53
  83%,
• 37:54
  with
• 37:54
  the
• 37:55
  website's
• 37:55
  critical
• 37:55
  consensus
• 37:56
  reading
• 37:57
  fast
• 37:57
  paced
• 37:57
  and
• 37:58
  packed
• 37:58
  with
• 37:58
  dozens
• 37:58
  of
• 37:59
  pop
• 37:59
  culture
• 37:59
  references,
• 38:00
  Hercules
• 38:01
  might
• 38:01
  not
• 38:01
  measure
• 38:01
  up
• 38:01
  with
• 38:02
  the
• 38:02
  true
• 38:02
  classics
• 38:02
  of
• 38:03
  the
• 38:03
  Disney
• 38:03
  pantheon,
• 38:04
  but
• 38:04
  it's
• 38:04
  still
• 38:05
  plenty
• 38:05
  of
• 38:05
  fun.
• 38:06
  James
• 38:06
  woods
• 38:07
  received
• 38:07
  Universal
• 38:08
  praise
• 38:08
  for
• 38:08
  his
• 38:08
  role
• 38:09
  as
• 38:09
  Hades,
• 38:10
  but
• 38:10
  the
• 38:10
  general
• 38:10
  scarf
• 38:11
  inspired
• 38:11
  animation
• 38:12
  style
• 38:12
  was
• 38:13
  received
• 38:13
  less
• 38:13
  favorably
• 38:14
  with
• 38:14
  the
• 38:15
  designs
• 38:15
  of
• 38:15
  Mount
• 38:15
  Olympus
• 38:16
  and
• 38:16
  Thebes
• 38:17
  being
• 38:17
  singled
• 38:17
  out
• 38:17
  for
• 38:18
  not
• 38:18
  looking
• 38:18
  as
• 38:19
  lavish
• 38:19
  as
• 38:19
  they
• 38:19
  could.
• 38:20
  Her
• 38:21
  Kinneys
• 38:21
  did
• 38:22
  receive
• 38:22
  an
• 38:22
  Academy
• 38:22
  Award
• 38:23
  nomination
• 38:23
  for
• 38:24
  Best
• 38:24
  Original
• 38:24
  Song
• 38:25
  for
• 38:25
  Go
• 38:25
  the
• 38:25
  Distance,
• 38:26
  which
• 38:26
  is
• 38:26
  not
• 38:27
  the
• 38:27
  best
• 38:27
  song
• 38:27
  on
• 38:27
  this
• 38:28
  soundtrack
• 38:28
  by
• 38:28
  the
• 38:28
  way.
• 38:29
  It
• 38:29
  unsurprisingly
• 38:30
  lost
• 38:31
  to
• 38:31
  the
• 38:31
  Oscar
• 38:31
  juggernaut
• 38:32
  that
• 38:32
  was
• 38:32
  Titanic.
• 38:33
  It
• 38:33
  also
• 38:34
  lost
• 38:34
  the
• 38:34
  Best
• 38:34
  Original
• 38:35
  Song
• 38:35
  Golden
• 38:36
  Globe
• 38:36
  to
• 38:36
  Titanic.
• 38:37
  It
• 38:37
  was
• 38:37
  also
• 38:38
  nominated
• 38:38
  for
• 38:38
  six
• 38:39
  Annie
• 38:39
  Awards,
• 38:40
  winning
• 38:40
  four
• 38:41
  when
• 38:42
  it
• 38:42
  comes
• 38:42
  to
• 38:42
  sequels,
• 38:43
  so
• 38:43
  there's
• 38:44
  several
• 38:44
  things
• 38:44
  we
• 38:44
  need
• 38:44
  to
• 38:45
  discuss.
• 38:45
  The
• 38:45
  first
• 38:46
  is
• 38:46
  Disney's
• 38:47
  the
• 38:47
  Animated
• 38:48
  Series,
• 38:48
  which
• 38:49
  is
• 38:49
  an
• 38:49
  animated
• 38:50
  TV
• 38:50
  series
• 38:51
  based
• 38:51
  on
• 38:51
  this
• 38:52
  movie.
• 38:52
  The
• 38:53
  series
• 38:53
  follows
• 38:53
  Hercules
• 38:54
  as
• 38:54
  a
• 38:54
  teenager
• 38:55
  in
• 38:56
  training
• 38:56
  to
• 38:56
  be
• 38:56
  a
• 38:57
  hero
• 38:57
  prior
• 38:58
  to
• 38:58
  the
• 38:58
  events
• 38:58
  of
• 38:59
  the
• 38:59
  film.
• 38:59
  The
• 38:59
  majority
• 39:00
  of
• 39:00
  the
• 39:00
  film's
• 39:01
  voice
• 39:01
  cast
• 39:01
  reprise
• 39:02
  their
• 39:02
  roles
• 39:02
  in
• 39:02
  the
• 39:02
  series.
• 39:03
  The
• 39:03
  direct
• 39:04
  to
• 39:04
  video
• 39:04
  sequel
• 39:05
  Hercules
• 39:06
  Zero
• 39:06
  to
• 39:06
  Hero
• 39:07
  was
• 39:07
  released
• 39:07
  in
• 39:08
  1999
• 39:09
  and
• 39:09
  was
• 39:09
  a
• 39:09
  package
• 39:10
  film
• 39:10
  containing
• 39:11
  four
• 39:11
  episodes
• 39:12
  of
• 39:12
  Hercules
• 39:13
  the
• 39:13
  Animated
• 39:13
  Series.
• 39:15
  A
• 39:15
  theatrical
• 39:16
  sequel
• 39:16
  called
• 39:16
  Hercules
• 39:17
  to
• 39:17
  the
• 39:17
  Trojan
• 39:18
  War
• 39:18
  was
• 39:19
  planned.
• 39:19
  It
• 39:19
  would
• 39:20
  have
• 39:20
  been
• 39:20
  about
• 39:20
  Hercules
• 39:21
  now
• 39:21
  living
• 39:21
  in
• 39:22
  Athens
• 39:22
  with
• 39:22
  Megara
• 39:23
  and
• 39:23
  their
• 39:23
  daughter.
• 39:24
  When
• 39:24
  his
• 39:24
  old
• 39:25
  friend
• 39:25
  Helen
• 39:25
  is
• 39:26
  captured
• 39:26
  by
• 39:26
  the
• 39:26
  evil
• 39:27
  Paris
• 39:27
  Troy,
• 39:28
  Hercules
• 39:29
  joins
• 39:29
  the
• 39:29
  United
• 39:30
  Greek
• 39:30
  army
• 39:31
  as
• 39:31
  they
• 39:31
  head
• 39:31
  out
• 39:31
  to
• 39:31
  war.
• 39:32
  The
• 39:32
  project
• 39:33
  was
• 39:33
  cancelled
• 39:33
  when
• 39:34
  John
• 39:34
  lasseter
• 39:35
  was
• 39:35
  named
• 39:35
  Disney's
• 39:36
  new
• 39:36
  chief
• 39:36
  creative
• 39:37
  officer
• 39:37
  in
• 39:37
  2006.
• 39:39
  Hercules
• 39:40
  has
• 39:40
  also
• 39:40
  been
• 39:40
  an
• 39:41
  Off
• 39:41
  Broadway
• 39:41
  musical
• 39:42
  with
• 39:42
  music
• 39:42
  and
• 39:43
  lyrics
• 39:43
  by
• 39:43
  Alan
• 39:43
  Menken
• 39:44
  and
• 39:44
  David
• 39:44
  Zipple
• 39:45
  and
• 39:45
  book
• 39:46
  by
• 39:46
  Robert
• 39:46
  horn
• 39:46
  and
• 39:47
  Kwame
• 39:47
  Kwe
• 39:48
  Arma,
• 39:48
  which
• 39:49
  debuted
• 39:49
  in
• 39:49
  2019
• 39:50
  at
• 39:50
  the
• 39:50
  Delacourt
• 39:51
  Theatre
• 39:51
  in
• 39:51
  Central
• 39:52
  Park,
• 39:52
  Manhattan.
• 39:53
  A
• 39:53
  revised
• 39:54
  version
• 39:54
  of
• 39:54
  the
• 39:54
  musical
• 39:55
  played
• 39:55
  at
• 39:55
  Papermill
• 39:56
  playhouse
• 39:56
  in
• 39:56
  Milburn,
• 39:57
  New
• 39:57
  Jersey
• 39:57
  in
• 39:58
  2023
• 39:59
  and
• 39:59
  the
• 39:59
  first
• 39:59
  international
• 40:00
  production
• 40:01
  opened
• 40:01
  at
• 40:01
  the
• 40:01
  Nui
• 40:02
  Flora
• 40:02
  in
• 40:02
  hamburg,
• 40:03
  Germany
• 40:04
  in
• 40:04
  2024.
• 40:05
  A
• 40:06
  new
• 40:06
  version
• 40:06
  is
• 40:07
  due
• 40:07
  to
• 40:07
  open
• 40:07
  at
• 40:07
  the
• 40:08
  West
• 40:08
  End
• 40:08
  Theatre
• 40:09
  Royal,
• 40:09
  Drury
• 40:09
  Lane
• 40:10
  in
• 40:10
  London
• 40:11
  in
• 40:11
  the
• 40:11
  summer
• 40:11
  of
• 40:12
  2025.
• 40:12
  So
• 40:13
  that's
• 40:13
  this
• 40:13
  year
• 40:13
  as
• 40:14
  of
• 40:14
  this
• 40:14
  episode,
• 40:15
  with
• 40:15
  Luke
• 40:15
  Brady
• 40:16
  as
• 40:16
  Hercules
• 40:17
  and
• 40:17
  May
• 40:17
  and
• 40:18
  Jerolin
• 40:18
  as
• 40:19
  Meg.
• 40:20
  A
• 40:20
  live
• 40:21
  action
• 40:21
  remake
• 40:21
  was
• 40:22
  also
• 40:22
  announced
• 40:22
  in
• 40:23
  2020
• 40:23
  with
• 40:24
  Joe
• 40:24
  and
• 40:24
  Anthony
• 40:25
  Russo
• 40:25
  producing.
• 40:26
  They
• 40:26
  stated
• 40:27
  it
• 40:27
  wouldn't
• 40:27
  be
• 40:28
  a
• 40:28
  literal
• 40:28
  adaptation,
• 40:29
  but
• 40:29
  instead
• 40:30
  something
• 40:30
  more
• 40:30
  inspired
• 40:31
  by
• 40:31
  the
• 40:31
  original.
• 40:32
  In
• 40:32
  June
• 40:33
  2022,
• 40:34
  Go
• 40:34
  Ritchie
• 40:35
  was
• 40:35
  announced
• 40:35
  as
• 40:35
  director,
• 40:36
  having
• 40:37
  previously
• 40:37
  directed
• 40:37
  the
• 40:38
  live
• 40:38
  action
• 40:38
  remake
• 40:39
  of
• 40:39
  Aladdin.
• 40:40
  I
• 40:40
  am
• 40:40
  never
• 40:41
  a
• 40:41
  fan
• 40:41
  of
• 40:41
  live
• 40:41
  action
• 40:42
  remakes
• 40:42
  anyway,
• 40:43
  but
• 40:44
  I'm
• 40:44
  curious
• 40:45
  to
• 40:45
  see
• 40:45
  how
• 40:45
  they
• 40:45
  could
• 40:45
  adapt
• 40:46
  Hercules
• 40:47
  with
• 40:47
  a
• 40:47
  modern
• 40:48
  twist
• 40:48
  apparently
• 40:49
  inspired
• 40:50
  by
• 40:50
  TikTok.
• 40:51
  Let's
• 40:52
  hope
• 40:52
  Hercules
• 40:53
  doesn't
• 40:53
  also
• 40:53
  get
• 40:54
  shut
• 40:54
  down
• 40:54
  by
• 40:54
  the
• 40:54
  US
• 40:55
  government.
• 40:57
  Now
• 40:57
  if
• 40:57
  there's
• 40:57
  a
• 40:57
  price
• 40:58
  for
• 40:58
  rotten
• 40:58
  judgment,
• 40:59
  I
• 40:59
  guess
• 41:00
  I've
• 41:00
  already
• 41:00
  won
• 41:00
  that.
• 41:01
  No
• 41:02
  man
• 41:02
  is
• 41:02
  worth
• 41:02
  the
• 41:02
  aggravation.
• 41:03
  That's
• 41:04
  ancient
• 41:04
  history.
• 41:05
  Been
• 41:05
  there,
• 41:06
  done
• 41:06
  that.
• 41:06
  But
• 41:07
  enough
• 41:07
  of
• 41:07
  me
• 41:07
  relating
• 41:08
  to
• 41:08
  Meg,
• 41:08
  who's
• 41:08
  genuinely
• 41:09
  one
• 41:09
  of
• 41:09
  the
• 41:09
  best
• 41:09
  female
• 41:10
  characters
• 41:10
  in
• 41:10
  any
• 41:11
  Disney
• 41:11
  movie.
• 41:12
  Hercules
• 41:13
  as
• 41:13
  a
• 41:13
  movie
• 41:14
  is
• 41:14
  just
• 41:14
  really
• 41:15
  fun.
• 41:15
  The
• 41:16
  vastly
• 41:16
  different
• 41:16
  animation
• 41:17
  style
• 41:17
  is
• 41:17
  kind
• 41:18
  of
• 41:18
  jarring,
• 41:18
  but
• 41:18
  you
• 41:19
  get
• 41:19
  used
• 41:19
  to
• 41:19
  it.
• 41:20
  Tonally,
• 41:21
  it's
• 41:21
  a
• 41:21
  bit
• 41:21
  all
• 41:22
  over
• 41:22
  the
• 41:22
  place.
• 41:22
  The
• 41:23
  comedy
• 41:23
  seems
• 41:23
  to
• 41:23
  mostly
• 41:24
  just
• 41:24
  land
• 41:24
  poorly.
• 41:25
  And
• 41:25
  don't
• 41:26
  even
• 41:26
  get
• 41:26
  me
• 41:26
  started
• 41:26
  on
• 41:27
  the
• 41:27
  character
• 41:27
  of
• 41:27
  Phil.
• 41:28
  I
• 41:28
  adore
• 41:28
  Danny
• 41:29
  DeVito
• 41:29
  and
• 41:29
  he's
• 41:30
  well
• 41:30
  cast,
• 41:30
  but
• 41:31
  Phil
• 41:31
  is
• 41:31
  a
• 41:31
  God
• 41:32
  awful
• 41:32
  character.
• 41:33
  Speaking
• 41:33
  of
• 41:33
  characters,
• 41:34
  when
• 41:35
  your
• 41:35
  titular
• 41:35
  lead
• 41:36
  just
• 41:36
  isn't
• 41:36
  as
• 41:36
  interesting
• 41:37
  as
• 41:37
  your
• 41:37
  supporting
• 41:38
  characters,
• 41:39
  you've
• 41:39
  got
• 41:40
  problems.
• 41:40
  But
• 41:41
  luckily
• 41:41
  Hades
• 41:42
  and
• 41:42
  Meg
• 41:42
  are
• 41:43
  so
• 41:43
  great
• 41:43
  in
• 41:43
  this
• 41:43
  movie
• 41:44
  it
• 41:44
  actually
• 41:45
  makes
• 41:45
  Hercules
• 41:46
  the
• 41:46
  character
• 41:47
  better.
• 41:48
  And
• 41:48
  I
• 41:48
  think
• 41:48
  this
• 41:48
  episode
• 41:49
  speaks
• 41:49
  volumes
• 41:50
  because
• 41:50
  I've
• 41:50
  spoken
• 41:51
  more
• 41:51
  about
• 41:52
  Hades
• 41:52
  and
• 41:52
  Meg
• 41:53
  than
• 41:53
  I've
• 41:54
  spoken
• 41:54
  about
• 41:54
  Hercules.
• 41:55
  And
• 41:56
  bless
• 41:56
  him,
• 41:56
  Herc
• 41:57
  isn't
• 41:57
  the
• 41:57
  sharpest
• 41:58
  tool
• 41:58
  in
• 41:58
  the
• 41:58
  shed.
• 41:59
  But
• 41:59
  Musker
• 41:59
  and
• 42:00
  Clements
• 42:00
  never
• 42:01
  wanted
• 42:01
  their
• 42:01
  hero
• 42:02
  to
• 42:02
  be
• 42:02
  a
• 42:02
  stereotypical
• 42:03
  dumb
• 42:03
  jock.
• 42:04
  They
• 42:04
  just
• 42:04
  made
• 42:05
  him
• 42:05
  naive
• 42:05
  and
• 42:06
  idealistic.
• 42:07
  The
• 42:07
  central
• 42:07
  theme
• 42:08
  of
• 42:08
  this
• 42:08
  film
• 42:08
  isn't
• 42:09
  good
• 42:09
  versus
• 42:09
  Evil,
• 42:10
  it's
• 42:10
  idealism
• 42:11
  versus
• 42:11
  Cynicism.
• 42:13
  The
• 42:13
  Disney
• 42:13
  renaissance
• 42:14
  was
• 42:14
  full
• 42:14
  of
• 42:14
  beauty
• 42:15
  with
• 42:15
  hand
• 42:16
  drawn
• 42:16
  and
• 42:16
  CG
• 42:17
  mixing
• 42:17
  to
• 42:17
  create
• 42:18
  often
• 42:18
  works
• 42:19
  of
• 42:19
  art.
• 42:19
  The
• 42:20
  movie
• 42:20
  before
• 42:20
  this,
• 42:21
  the
• 42:21
  Hunchback
• 42:21
  of
• 42:21
  Notre
• 42:22
  Dame,
• 42:22
  was
• 42:23
  especially
• 42:23
  gorgeous.
• 42:24
  So
• 42:24
  going
• 42:25
  from
• 42:25
  that
• 42:25
  to
• 42:25
  something
• 42:26
  a
• 42:26
  lot
• 42:26
  more
• 42:26
  cartoonish
• 42:27
  in
• 42:27
  its
• 42:27
  style
• 42:28
  does
• 42:29
  seem
• 42:29
  like
• 42:29
  a
• 42:29
  step
• 42:30
  back.
• 42:30
  The
• 42:30
  Hutchback
• 42:31
  of
• 42:31
  Notre
• 42:31
  Dame
• 42:32
  was
• 42:32
  also
• 42:32
  super
• 42:33
  serious.
• 42:33
  I
• 42:34
  look
• 42:34
  forward
• 42:34
  to
• 42:34
  delving
• 42:34
  into
• 42:35
  that
• 42:35
  movie
• 42:35
  in
• 42:36
  future
• 42:36
  on
• 42:36
  this
• 42:36
  podcast.
• 42:37
  Hercules
• 42:38
  is
• 42:38
  such
• 42:38
  a
• 42:39
  departure
• 42:39
  from
• 42:39
  those
• 42:39
  serious
• 42:40
  themes.
• 42:41
  It's
• 42:41
  almost
• 42:41
  like
• 42:42
  Disney
• 42:42
  gave
• 42:42
  up
• 42:43
  on
• 42:43
  getting
• 42:43
  another
• 42:44
  Best
• 42:44
  Picture
• 42:45
  Oscar
• 42:45
  nomination.
• 42:46
  Hello
• 42:46
  Pocahontas
• 42:47
  and
• 42:47
  Hunchback
• 42:48
  and
• 42:48
  just
• 42:48
  decided
• 42:49
  to
• 42:49
  go
• 42:49
  with
• 42:49
  general
• 42:50
  crowd
• 42:50
  pleasers.
• 42:52
  And
• 42:52
  Hercules
• 42:53
  is
• 42:53
  a
• 42:53
  crowd
• 42:53
  pleaser.
• 42:54
  He's
• 42:54
  even
• 42:55
  an
• 42:55
  action
• 42:55
  figure.
• 42:56
  This
• 42:56
  is
• 42:57
  a
• 42:57
  lesson
• 42:57
  on
• 42:57
  self
• 42:58
  acceptance.
• 42:59
  Many
• 42:59
  well
• 43:00
  known
• 43:00
  individuals
• 43:00
  with
• 43:01
  platforms
• 43:01
  today
• 43:02
  might
• 43:02
  benefit
• 43:03
  from
• 43:03
  learning
• 43:04
  the
• 43:04
  lesson
• 43:04
  that
• 43:05
  Being
• 43:05
  famous
• 43:05
  isn't
• 43:06
  the
• 43:06
  same
• 43:06
  as
• 43:07
  being
• 43:07
  a
• 43:07
  true
• 43:07
  hero.
• 43:08
  It
• 43:08
  would
• 43:09
  be
• 43:09
  good
• 43:09
  for
• 43:09
  Hercules
• 43:10
  to
• 43:10
  have
• 43:10
  a
• 43:10
  bit
• 43:11
  more
• 43:11
  nuance
• 43:11
  and
• 43:11
  character.
• 43:12
  At
• 43:12
  least
• 43:13
  enough
• 43:13
  to
• 43:13
  match
• 43:14
  his
• 43:14
  nemesis
• 43:15
  and
• 43:15
  his
• 43:15
  love
• 43:15
  interest.
• 43:16
  But
• 43:16
  the
• 43:16
  hero's
• 43:17
  narrative,
• 43:17
  which
• 43:18
  is
• 43:18
  a
• 43:18
  jumble
• 43:18
  of
• 43:19
  sports,
• 43:19
  superhero
• 43:20
  and
• 43:20
  celebrity
• 43:21
  culture
• 43:21
  movie
• 43:22
  cliches,
• 43:22
  does
• 43:23
  work
• 43:23
  in
• 43:23
  broad
• 43:23
  strokes.
• 43:24
  This
• 43:25
  is
• 43:25
  a
• 43:25
  Superman
• 43:26
  story
• 43:26
  in
• 43:26
  all
• 43:26
  but
• 43:27
  name.
• 43:27
  And
• 43:27
  it
• 43:27
  works
• 43:28
  as
• 43:28
  a
• 43:28
  Superman
• 43:29
  story.
• 43:29
  The
• 43:29
  tale
• 43:30
  of
• 43:30
  a
• 43:30
  nearly
• 43:30
  invincible
• 43:31
  God
• 43:31
  who
• 43:32
  is
• 43:32
  cast
• 43:32
  out
• 43:32
  of
• 43:32
  his
• 43:33
  home
• 43:33
  to
• 43:33
  live
• 43:33
  among
• 43:33
  the
• 43:33
  mortals,
• 43:34
  falls
• 43:35
  in
• 43:35
  love
• 43:35
  with
• 43:35
  one
• 43:35
  of
• 43:35
  them,
• 43:36
  finds
• 43:36
  out
• 43:36
  then
• 43:36
  his
• 43:37
  father
• 43:37
  is
• 43:37
  a
• 43:37
  God
• 43:38
  and
• 43:38
  that
• 43:38
  his
• 43:38
  destiny
• 43:39
  is
• 43:39
  to
• 43:39
  be
• 43:39
  the
• 43:39
  savior
• 43:40
  of
• 43:40
  mankind.
• 43:41
  And
• 43:41
  many
• 43:41
  superhero
• 43:42
  narratives
• 43:42
  have
• 43:43
  their
• 43:43
  roots
• 43:43
  in
• 43:43
  mythology.
• 43:44
  Not
• 43:45
  just
• 43:45
  Thor,
• 43:46
  but
• 43:46
  the
• 43:46
  idea
• 43:47
  that
• 43:47
  beings
• 43:47
  with
• 43:47
  godlike
• 43:48
  power
• 43:48
  either
• 43:48
  have
• 43:48
  to
• 43:49
  deal
• 43:49
  with
• 43:49
  the
• 43:49
  whims
• 43:49
  of
• 43:50
  humanity
• 43:50
  or.
• 43:50
  Or
• 43:51
  protect
• 43:51
  humanity.
• 43:52
  The
• 43:53
  problem
• 43:53
  with
• 43:53
  being
• 43:54
  a
• 43:54
  hero,
• 43:54
  especially
• 43:55
  in
• 43:55
  Hercules
• 43:56
  case,
• 43:56
  is
• 43:56
  his
• 43:56
  heroics
• 43:57
  are
• 43:57
  through
• 43:58
  mostly
• 43:58
  selfish
• 43:59
  means.
• 43:59
  Hercules
• 44:00
  only
• 44:00
  loves
• 44:01
  humanity
• 44:01
  when
• 44:01
  they
• 44:01
  start
• 44:02
  to
• 44:02
  idolize
• 44:03
  him.
• 44:03
  He's
• 44:04
  mostly
• 44:04
  arrogant
• 44:05
  and
• 44:05
  learns
• 44:05
  nothing
• 44:06
  other
• 44:06
  than
• 44:06
  gaining
• 44:07
  fame
• 44:07
  and
• 44:07
  fortune.
• 44:08
  And
• 44:08
  this
• 44:08
  is
• 44:09
  the
• 44:09
  ultimate
• 44:09
  problem
• 44:09
  with
• 44:09
  the
• 44:10
  character
• 44:10
  of
• 44:10
  Hercules.
• 44:11
  It
• 44:11
  seems
• 44:12
  like
• 44:12
  Meg
• 44:12
  and
• 44:12
  Hades
• 44:13
  have
• 44:13
  more
• 44:14
  interesting
• 44:14
  arcs
• 44:15
  than
• 44:15
  Hercules
• 44:15
  does.
• 44:16
  And
• 44:16
  don't
• 44:16
  even
• 44:17
  get
• 44:17
  me
• 44:17
  started
• 44:17
  on
• 44:17
  the
• 44:17
  love
• 44:18
  story
• 44:18
  between
• 44:18
  Hercules
• 44:19
  and
• 44:19
  Meg.
• 44:20
  It's
• 44:20
  cute,
• 44:21
  but
• 44:21
  so
• 44:22
  very,
• 44:22
  very
• 44:22
  un
• 44:22
  debate.
• 44:23
  It's
• 44:23
  basically
• 44:24
  just
• 44:24
  cakes.
• 44:26
  The
• 44:26
  other
• 44:26
  issue
• 44:27
  I
• 44:27
  have
• 44:27
  is
• 44:27
  the
• 44:27
  idea
• 44:28
  that
• 44:28
  a
• 44:28
  God
• 44:29
  who
• 44:29
  was
• 44:29
  turned
• 44:29
  mortal
• 44:30
  by
• 44:30
  another
• 44:30
  God,
• 44:31
  then
• 44:31
  has
• 44:31
  to
• 44:31
  prove
• 44:32
  their
• 44:32
  godly
• 44:32
  worth
• 44:33
  when
• 44:33
  they
• 44:33
  didn't
• 44:34
  to
• 44:34
  become
• 44:34
  a
• 44:35
  God
• 44:35
  in
• 44:35
  the
• 44:35
  first
• 44:35
  place.
• 44:36
  If
• 44:36
  Zeus
• 44:37
  is
• 44:37
  the
• 44:37
  leader
• 44:37
  of
• 44:37
  all
• 44:38
  gods,
• 44:38
  where
• 44:39
  does
• 44:39
  this
• 44:39
  rule
• 44:39
  come
• 44:39
  from?
• 44:40
  Who
• 44:40
  is
• 44:40
  higher
• 44:41
  in
• 44:41
  God
• 44:41
  Dom
• 44:42
  than
• 44:42
  Zeus
• 44:42
  himself?
• 44:43
  When
• 44:43
  the
• 44:44
  Fates
• 44:44
  claim
• 44:44
  to
• 44:44
  see
• 44:44
  the
• 44:45
  future,
• 44:45
  but
• 44:45
  none
• 44:45
  of
• 44:45
  them
• 44:46
  see
• 44:46
  that
• 44:46
  Hercules
• 44:47
  will
• 44:47
  regain
• 44:48
  his
• 44:48
  immortality.
• 44:49
  Nor
• 44:49
  do
• 44:49
  they
• 44:49
  know
• 44:50
  baby
• 44:50
  Hercules
• 44:51
  lived.
• 44:51
  Or
• 44:51
  if
• 44:52
  they
• 44:52
  did,
• 44:52
  they
• 44:52
  chose
• 44:52
  not
• 44:53
  to
• 44:53
  let
• 44:53
  Hades
• 44:54
  know,
• 44:54
  which
• 44:54
  is
• 44:54
  a
• 44:55
  plot
• 44:55
  point
• 44:55
  that
• 44:55
  the
• 44:55
  animated
• 44:56
  series
• 44:56
  undoes.
• 44:57
  It
• 44:58
  sounds
• 44:58
  like
• 44:58
  I
• 44:58
  dislike
• 44:59
  this
• 44:59
  movie.
• 44:59
  I
• 45:00
  really
• 45:00
  don't.
• 45:00
  I
• 45:00
  think
• 45:00
  it's
• 45:01
  a
• 45:01
  lot
• 45:01
  of
• 45:01
  fun
• 45:01
  and
• 45:02
  I
• 45:02
  really
• 45:02
  enjoy
• 45:03
  it
• 45:03
  for
• 45:03
  what
• 45:03
  it
• 45:03
  is.
• 45:04
  I
• 45:04
  love
• 45:04
  Meg.
• 45:05
  Take
• 45:05
  away
• 45:05
  the
• 45:05
  James
• 45:06
  woods
• 45:06
  of
• 45:06
  it
• 45:06
  all.
• 45:06
  And
• 45:07
  I
• 45:07
  love
• 45:07
  Hades.
• 45:08
  I
• 45:08
  love
• 45:08
  the
• 45:08
  Muses
• 45:09
  and
• 45:09
  I
• 45:09
  love
• 45:09
  the
• 45:09
  music.
• 45:11
  Hercules
• 45:11
  may
• 45:12
  be
• 45:12
  strong,
• 45:12
  but
• 45:12
  even
• 45:13
  his
• 45:13
  strength
• 45:13
  isn't
• 45:14
  the
• 45:14
  thing
• 45:14
  that
• 45:14
  saves
• 45:15
  this
• 45:15
  movie.
• 45:16
  This
• 45:16
  movie's
• 45:16
  biggest
• 45:17
  strength
• 45:17
  is
• 45:17
  the
• 45:18
  gospel
• 45:18
  soundtrack
• 45:19
  and
• 45:19
  the
• 45:19
  Muses.
• 45:20
  And
• 45:20
  while
• 45:20
  you
• 45:20
  can
• 45:21
  indeed
• 45:21
  argue
• 45:21
  that
• 45:21
  these
• 45:22
  songs
• 45:22
  weren't
• 45:22
  written
• 45:22
  by
• 45:23
  black
• 45:23
  people,
• 45:24
  they
• 45:24
  elevate
• 45:24
  this
• 45:25
  movie
• 45:25
  higher
• 45:25
  than
• 45:26
  what
• 45:26
  it
• 45:26
  would
• 45:26
  have
• 45:26
  been
• 45:26
  without
• 45:27
  them.
• 45:27
  Black
• 45:28
  women
• 45:28
  are
• 45:28
  the
• 45:29
  true
• 45:29
  heroes
• 45:29
  here.
• 45:30
  Hercules
• 45:31
  could
• 45:32
  have
• 45:32
  gone
• 45:32
  the
• 45:32
  distance
• 45:33
  if
• 45:33
  this
• 45:33
  was
• 45:34
  the
• 45:34
  first
• 45:34
  film
• 45:34
  of
• 45:35
  the
• 45:35
  Renaissance
• 45:36
  or
• 45:36
  if
• 45:36
  it
• 45:36
  had
• 45:37
  arrived
• 45:37
  before
• 45:37
  Aladdin.
• 45:38
  In
• 45:39
  both
• 45:39
  of
• 45:39
  those
• 45:39
  cases,
• 45:39
  it
• 45:40
  might
• 45:40
  have
• 45:40
  felt
• 45:40
  fresher
• 45:41
  and
• 45:41
  funnier.
• 45:42
  Hercules
• 45:43
  is
• 45:43
  flawed
• 45:43
  and
• 45:44
  fascinating.
• 45:45
  It's
• 45:45
  timeless
• 45:46
  and
• 45:46
  so
• 45:46
  very
• 45:46
  late
• 45:47
  90s
• 45:48
  and
• 45:48
  only
• 45:48
  existed
• 45:49
  so
• 45:49
  that
• 45:49
  John
• 45:50
  Musker
• 45:50
  and
• 45:50
  Ron
• 45:51
  Clements
• 45:51
  could
• 45:52
  make
• 45:52
  the
• 45:52
  movie
• 45:53
  they
• 45:53
  really
• 45:53
  wanted
• 45:54
  to
• 45:54
  actually
• 45:55
  make.
• 45:55
  And
• 45:56
  if
• 45:56
  you
• 45:56
  haven't
• 45:56
  seen
• 45:57
  Treasure
• 45:57
  Planet,
• 45:58
  please
• 45:58
  go
• 45:58
  and
• 45:59
  watch
• 45:59
  Treasure
• 45:59
  Planet
• 46:00
  because
• 46:00
  it
• 46:00
  is
• 46:00
  also
• 46:01
  similarly
• 46:02
  flawed
• 46:03
  and
• 46:03
  fascinating.
• 46:04
  Well,
• 46:05
  thanks
• 46:05
  for
• 46:06
  everything
• 46:06
  Herc.
• 46:06
  It's
• 46:07
  been
• 46:07
  a
• 46:07
  real
• 46:07
  slice
• 46:09
  and
• 46:09
  thank
• 46:09
  you
• 46:10
  for
• 46:10
  listening.
• 46:10
  As
• 46:10
  always,
• 46:11
  I
• 46:11
  would
• 46:11
  love
• 46:11
  to
• 46:11
  hear
• 46:11
  your
• 46:11
  thoughts
• 46:12
  on
• 46:12
  Hercules
• 46:13
  and
• 46:14
  thank
• 46:14
  you
• 46:14
  for
• 46:14
  your
• 46:15
  continued
• 46:15
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• 46:15
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• 46:15
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• 46:17
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• 46:17
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  is
• 46:47
  we
• 46:47
  are
• 46:47
  going
• 46:48
  post
• 46:48
  Renaissance,
• 46:50
  the
• 46:50
  movie
• 46:50
  that
• 46:50
  actually
• 46:51
  came
• 46:51
  just
• 46:51
  before
• 46:52
  Treasure
• 46:52
  Planet
• 46:53
  came
• 46:53
  out.
• 46:53
  And
• 46:54
  it
• 46:54
  has
• 46:54
  so
• 46:54
  many
• 46:55
  links
• 46:55
  to
• 46:55
  Treasure
• 46:56
  Planet,
• 46:56
  it
• 46:57
  feels
• 46:57
  like
• 46:58
  it
• 46:58
  could
• 46:58
  be
• 46:58
  a
• 46:58
  companion
• 46:59
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• 46:59
  to
• 47:00
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• 47:00
  Planet
• 47:00
  in
• 47:01
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• 47:01
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• 47:01
  ways.
• 47:02
  It
• 47:02
  is
• 47:03
  so
• 47:03
  grandiose,
• 47:04
  it
• 47:05
  has
• 47:05
  so
• 47:06
  many
• 47:06
  wonderful
• 47:06
  visuals
• 47:07
  and
• 47:07
  ideas
• 47:08
  and
• 47:08
  it's
• 47:09
  just
• 47:09
  a
• 47:09
  shame
• 47:09
  that
• 47:09
  the
• 47:10
  story
• 47:10
  just
• 47:11
  kind
• 47:11
  of
• 47:11
  lets
• 47:12
  those
• 47:12
  visuals
• 47:12
  and
• 47:13
  ideas
• 47:13
  down
• 47:13
  a
• 47:14
  little
• 47:14
  bit.
• 47:15
  But
• 47:15
  it
• 47:15
  is
• 47:15
  an
• 47:15
  absolutely
• 47:16
  fascinating
• 47:17
  movie
• 47:17
  and
• 47:18
  the
• 47:18
  next
• 47:18
  episode
• 47:18
  is
• 47:18
  going
• 47:19
  to
• 47:19
  be
• 47:19
  on
• 47:19
  the
• 47:19
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• 47:19
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• 47:20
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• 47:20
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• 47:20
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• 47:21
  the
• 47:21
  Lost
• 47:22
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• 47:22
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• 47:29
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• 47:32
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