It also presented a plot hole in that Hades was still trying to get him killed, despite the fact that in the movie he didn't know Herc was still alive until he was an adult, but the writers excused it to have some fun with the setting and characters, hoping that the plot hole wouldn't bother viewers too much.
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It was a Midquel series that presented Herc's life in high school and had him hanging out with fellow Greek characters Icarus and Cassandra. Over a year after its release, the film spawned a cartoon that ran both in syndication and on Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC, from 1998 to 1999. Some mark it as the turning point where Disney no longer confined humour to incompetent sidekicks. Its sense of humour was compared to that which Robin Williams brought to Aladdin, showcasing a villain both competent and hilarious. While it may not have been Disney's most successful movie thanks to competition, it nonetheless made plenty of money and earned its fair share of praise and success when compared to the Disney franchise as a whole. Hercules grows up but later learns he is the son of Gods, and in order to return to Mt. Hades sends his minions Pain and Panic to turn Hercules into a mortal and kill him, but they fail in their attempt and leave him on earth with his divine strength to be raised as a human. The three Fates warn him that his plans would be endangered if Hercules, Zeus and Hera's newborn child, is still around by the time he tries to take over Mount Olympus. Hades is sent to rule the underworld, but he makes plans to throw Zeus out of Mount Olympus with the Titans' help.
Being a mostly lighthearted musical comedy that serves as a change of pace after Disney attempting three epic features, this film is a very loose, family friendly adaptation of the myth of Heracles, being to Greek Mythology what Aladdin was to the Arabian Nights.Īfter Zeus fights and sends the Titans to the Underworld, he becomes the ruler of Mount Olympus, home of all Greek gods. Nonetheless, the long-lasting affection for the film and Woods’ performance proved that he was the right man for the job.Hercules is entry #35 of the Disney Animated Canon, released in 1997. Perhaps, the star power that Jack Nicholson would have brought to Hercules could have bolstered those numbers. It became the first Disney project since 1990’s The Rescuers Down Under to fail to make $100 million at the American box office. Despite this, the film slightly underperformed at the box office. Hades’ enduring popularity was evidenced when he became a member of the Disney villains – a sub-franchise that spanned television specials and video games.Īfter years of production troubles, Hercules was finally released to positive reviews in June 1997 and James Woods garnered universal acclaim for his performance as Hades. Both injected their respected characters and films with a pervasive charm that has endeared audiences even twenty years later. The connection to Robin Williams' Genie was an apt one. (function() ) Įven the legendary Roger Ebert sang Woods' praises in his review of Hercules, claiming Woods voiced Hades with “ with diabolical glee and something of the same verbal inventiveness that Robin Williams brought to Aladdin”.
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