![]() The recent videogame Hades does its titular god justice by portraying him like he’s Logan Roy from Succession, more focused on his vast empire than caring for his son.īlood of Zeus complicates the portrayal of Zeus and Hera in tribute to the myths, showing them not as infallible deities, but as superpowered yet flawed beings that cheat and make mistakes. Indeed, the best portrayals of Hades adhere to his cold, detached persona, a god that doesn’t care about anything but following the rules and maintaining balance. Instead of imprisoning him, or trying to kill him as a newborn, Hades agrees as long as Heracles doesn’t harm his beloved dog. In the original Hercules myth, the hero descends to the Underworld to ask Hades for permission to bring his dog, Cerberus, to the surface. ![]() By most accounts, including Homer’s Iliad, Hades is not evil, but a stern and passive god that sticks to his job and doesn’t mind other people’s business - probably because he simply doesn’t have time for it due to the constant flow of new souls. The Hades of the Greek pantheon is messier and more nuanced. Take the Hercules animated movie, where the evil Hades is a decrepit man with blue-grey skin, yellow eyes and sharp teeth, contrasting with Zeus’ blue eyes, stocky muscular body that’s constantly surrounded by a bright, golden aura.Īll the ways Blood of Zeus remixes Greek mythology To do that is to give a shallow read to the mythos, and a desire to turn Hades and Zeus into analogues for Satan and God. From trying to kill newborn Hercules, and unleashing the Titans on Zeus in Disney’s Hercules, to betraying the god in order to overthrow him in both the Clash of the Titans movies and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Hades is usually portrayed as an evil and jealous god who wants to take his brother’s throne. Movie about zeus poseidon and hades tv#The twist falls prey to a common trope in films, TV shows and even games based on Greek mythology. The last scene sees Hades greeting the season’s villain, Seraphim, in the Underworld and revealing that it is Hades’ bident that Seraphim has been using all season to kill people and liberate the giants. Then the creators throw it away in the last scene of the season.īlood of Zeus ends with a reveal that the big battle between gods and giants was seemingly orchestrated not by Hera, but by a cunning Hades. The familial twist is an aspect of Greek mythology we don’t really see that much in film or TV adaptations, and makes the show special. Hera is scorned, jealous wife who wants to murder her husband’s lovechild. ![]() Netflix’s latest animated show, Blood of Zeus, brings the Greek pantheon back to its dysfunctional family roots. ![]()
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