“Wrath of the Titans” dropped this past weekend. I haven’t seen it yet, but it looks like the kind of flick I would watch. Especially since I saw “Clash” and “Immortals.” Now, in all honesty, I get those two so mixed up in my mind that I can barely differentiate them (“Immortals” will always be the one with the Hotness drenched in the Exxon Valdez) but, honestly, who cares? No one’s going to this movie to be moved by dramatic and inspired storytelling.
Which brings us to this week’s 3T: demigod.
Demigods are those lucky humans whose rando human parent got freaky with an immortal deity, and therefore have some special extra-human quality. It can be anything from super strength, to mechanical aptitude, to the ability to see the future, to smelling really nice. There really is no standardization according to any source for who gets what in the powers department, so our definition pretty much ends there.
Ignoring ancient religious texts (what? You didn’t realize that what we consider to be mythology WAS the actual religious practice of the day?), we’ll just take a look at some of the, um, more attractive demigods in recent pop culture.
Theseus, son of Aegeus and Poseidon, who in “Immortals” was handy with a bow but got his ass kicked by Mickey Rourke.
Henry Cavill, aka Superman, aka Charles Brandon
Perseus, son of Zeus. Chopped off Medusa’s head.
Sam Worthington, aka Terminator, aka Jake Sully.
Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, with wicked water powers, and the undisputed hero of Camp Half-Blood.
Logan Lerman, aka D’Artagnan, though I don’t know about that hair.
And let’s not forget Achilles, son of Thetis, from the Battle of Troy. Invincible, except for that whole heel thing.
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