"turned into a plant"? "accidentally cannibalized?"

I think the overall idea of the movie is that he IS really Hercules, it's just that some of his deeds have been exaggerated. He was still married to a Megara, working for a King Eurystheus etc.

I mean ... you have seen Snowpiercer already, right?

The movie does not adhere to THE CLASSICS in any way, shape, or form. Which seemed to be Lindy's prime objection, nothing to do with feminism at all, really. The mythological stuff was all taken to be grifter-nonsense. (Which was not how the movie was advertised.)

Dead wife'n'kids is, in fact, featured.

True. I think this movie is saved (for me anyways) by just going full B-movie cheesefest. Also Rufus Sewell is attractive & The Rock is there.

Ian McShane don't give a fuck - he's been paid, spent the dough on ouzo, and drunk all of that ouzo.

Yes. He is king oldguy and he talks quite a lot.

Except of course that 9/10 times they use Hercules' Roman name, while keeping everyone else's Greek. As they did in this film. And Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. And the Disney movie. So I'm not sure who didn't do their research here.

Nothing about this movie resembled 'gritty realism'. Everything resembled cheesiness. EVERYTHING.

OK, but Ian McShane and Rufus Sewell were having SO MUCH FUN and I like a cliched mercenary-makes-good story with weird ancient-world touches, so I left this movie satisfied.

Well he claimed to be making shit up but he could also throw horses and pummel 12 people to death with one punch so the movie seemed a little confused on that point.

Anyone else have a soft spot for that Liquid Gold blacksmith dude and his skillet?

THE WINGS OF MY DREAMS THANK YOU.

Yeah, because we can't afford the MD visit so "ignore it till it goes away" always seems like a great option ... until it doesn't.

There might be a way to make a non-sexist, modernized version of My Fair Lady/Pygmalion. This ... isn't it.

I'm sorry ... "let your arches atrophy"? I've had flat feet since childhood. They remain flat regardless of the type of shoe I wear.

131 out of 10,000 isn't really that many, not even 1%!

I didn't think it looked very good to begin with.

I took Accutane for a year, and while on it my hair thinned a bit (in addition to the very dry skin that is expected.) There were no lingering side effects after going off of it. It cleared up the worst of my acne, but some came crawling back after I hit a new hormonal phase around age 28.