Clash of the Titans, your CnC 12th level game. :)

anglefish · Post by **anglefish** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:44 pm

http://clash-of-the-titans.warnerbros.com/

Sound track not included.

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:01 pm

Ha! That's a lot of jumping in that trailer. I guess all movies in this vein need to look like 300...

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moriarty777 · Post by **moriarty777** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:01 am

Well, I will give it a thumbs up for the popcorn-fun factor! I really want to see this new version of "Clash of the Special Effects".

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PeelSeel2 · Post by **PeelSeel2** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:17 am

Wow. Lot better than the version I saw when I was a kid. And I thought that was 'the bomb'!
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anglefish · Post by **anglefish** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:00 am

Well, especially in 3.x or 4e, level advancement can represent the increased divinity of a demi-god.

For some reason, I feel it would run better if I ran a "Get of the Gods" game WITHOUT a cleric class.

AGNKim · Post by **AGNKim** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:47 am

PeelSeel2 wrote:
Wow. Lot better than the version I saw when I was a kid.

Take that back, you Communist.
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anglefish · Post by **anglefish** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:59 am

AGNKim wrote:
Take that back, you Satanic, Heavy Metal, MTV watching Communist.

Edited for historical accuracy.

anglefish · Post by **anglefish** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:18 am

What the doctor ordered, a freebie Greek game that focuses on low magic, but also offers deific bloodlines.
http://www.seankreynolds.com/skrg/products/002TNA/

Though there was also Green Ronin's Trojan Wars. It also includes a "divine race" and a replacing witzards and clerics with new classes
http://www.greenronin.com/store/product/grr1405e.html

There's a Roman version as well.

SS also put out a Olympus book that combined a more traditional d20 fare with a Greek fantasy style world. In other words, DnD in Ancient Greece.
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Taranthyll · Post by **Taranthyll** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:45 am

Meh. The digital effects seem almost a slap in the face to the original Harryhausen classic.
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Relaxo · Post by **Relaxo** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:49 am

WOW!

I think they're hard to compare. I can't recall the script of the Harryhousen, but the effects then, while, mindblowing, are from a different paradigm, so I don't see that as a problem for me.

Sundog · Post by **Sundog** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:57 pm

That actually looks rather fun. And Pete Postlethwaite's in it! The scorpions could come down a little in scale, though. A scorpion about dog- to horse-sized is ideal in the creepy-crawly stakes. Once you get ones the size of a medium sauropod you're into 50s B-movie territory and they loose a little of their menace, strangely.

One thing that does niggle, just a little bit, is what someone alluded to earlier regarding all the jumping around. I blame HK wire-fu movies.

Cinema combat has become a kind of gymnastic dance display, with every movement is so overchoreographed it's just too pretty, and violence ain't pretty. It ends up falling flat.

It's not even like I'm a big fan of screen violence; It's never, by itself, been a selling point for me, but when a combat is taking place the old suspension-of-disbelief flies out the window when everyone starts hopping about like demented disco-frogs.

In fact, what with the festive season around the corner, my collection of Christmas movies growing restive in their box, and the ghost of Danny Kaye possessing my mind, I feel the irresistable urge to burst into inappropriate song.

Cue music!

Thugs, those big lugs, aren't clubbing anymore,

They're doing choreography.

Hoods, look so good, but they're not stabbing anymore,

They're doing choreography.

Action men, hooked on Zen,

Just don't rumble like in days that used to be,

Now on wires they are flying,

CGI means "stop trying",

Instead of grit it's choreography!

Piperdog · Post by **Piperdog** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:21 pm

Checked out the trailer, and it looks good. I am a diehard fan of the original Clash of the Titans, and have watched it way too many times over the years. (huge fan of all the old Sinbad movies as well). After watching the trailer, and then reading the story synopsis, it looks like a radical departure from the original movie (and the mythology as well) and a vary different approach to story-telling. The rock-opera slow mo fight choreography has already been done to death, and while I liked 300, I would really appreciate it if that style of filming stayed with 300.
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