Clash of the Titans

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• cult classic
• clay-mation
• big
• catch on

• myth
• blockbuster
• 3D
• timeless

• old school
• original

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If you think about it, it’s pretty crazy that stories that were first told around 900 B.C., or close to 3,000 years ago, are still a part of our culture. Greek myths have influenced western art and literature for centuries. And now the myth of Perseus, a Greek hero who killed monsters, has been made into a blockbuster 3D movie. Find out if Amy and Devan think the new film Clash of the Titans will be as timeless as the story that inspired it.

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Amy

Devan

Amy:  Did you see that they’re remaking Clash of the Titans?

Devan:  I saw the previews for it, and the original is sort of like a cult classic, right?

Amy:  Yeah, I guess so. It’s that weird sort of claymation, you know, monsters, and I remember seeing it on TV as a kid and I never understood it at the time and I don’t really understand now why they would want to remake it, but it’s pretty big, it’s a pretty popular movie.

Devan:  Well, I guess, you know, the Greek myths are so timeless that you can keep remaking movies about these like Greek myths over and over because they’re so interesting to people and they probably always will be. But I personally…I know this movie’s being released in 3D, and I haven’t caught on to the whole 3D thing yet. It’s not really appealing to me. What about you?

Amy:  My feeling is that if they could find a way to make 3D movies where you didn’t have to wear the 3D glasses, that would be pretty awesome. But I don’t know, there’s something about putting on the glasses that’s just…I don’t see that as like the future of movies.

Devan:  Yeah, it does seem weird, it still seems old school to put on the 3D glasses to me, which is weird, ‘cause this is supposed to be this new, innovative technology, but something about putting on those like just reminds me of being like a kid in the 80s or something, you know?

Amy:  Yeah.

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