{"id":151,"date":"2010-04-08T18:50:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/?p=151"},"modified":"2010-05-18T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T12:52:14","slug":"i-never-liked-argos-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/chaotic-tortoise\/2010\/04\/i-never-liked-argos-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"I Never Liked Argos Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"Argos\"<\/a>

The gods are displeased with Argos? I can sympathise. Everything I bought from them has broken too.<\/p><\/div>\n

I saw Clash of the Titans last night. \u00a0 Film wise it was adequate, watch-able, but a bit weak at the same time with action sequences that although quite good, seemed to fizzle out a bit too quickly and the bits joining the action sequences together (sometimes referred to as dialogue, or in rare examples “plot”) were either a bit to drawn out or otherwise dull.<\/p>\n

The major issue I had with it however was entirely my problem.\u00a0 I cracked up every time someone said the word \u201cArgos\u201d.\u00a0 Now, this is highly distressing, because as a student of ancient history and a fan of Greek mythology, I know that Argos was a kingdom in ancient Greece long before it was everybody’s favourite everything-shop, but right from the beginning when the gods of Olympus state that the statue of Zeus was torn down by \u201csoldiers from Argos\u201d, I\u00a0couldn’t\u00a0help imagining that it meant the soldiers had been ordered from a laminated catalogue.<\/p>\n

When one of the characters declares \u201cI Never Liked Argos Anyway\u201d, I\u2019m sad to say I nearly lost it.<\/p>\n

I think what I’ve experienced is something akin to the “Weird Al Effec<\/a>t”, whereby a parody of something becomes more famous and familiar than the original, only with branding taking the place of the parody. \u00a0The worst bit is that I know full well that Argos was a place in Greece and I’ve read enough mythology to know it’s significant, but I still giggled like an idiot any time someone said its name.<\/p>\n

Additional Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

If anyone might be interested in a\u00a0recommendation: \u00a0It’s alright. \u00a0 \u00a0Not great. \u00a0Not awful. \u00a0Some big\u00a0scorpions. \u00a0 Medusa. \u00a0A Kraken. \u00a0Liam Neeson demanding the release of said Kraken. \u00a0You might think from that description that I’m bluffing and I’ve only seen the trailer, but actually, as is often the case, if you’ve seen the trailer you’ve got the gist of it and even the order with which it happens, so watch the trailer for the short version \u00a0(the trailer music is quite good too with extensive use of the suspended cadence).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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