Monday, January 16, 2023

Musings!


Hercules, Helena and Newton in THE MIGHTY HERCULES (1963 - 1966) 

I was a late fan of the PEPLUM genre, having seen my first PEPLUM movies after buying the 50 Warriors DVD set in 2007. When I watched THE MIGHTY HERCULES as a kid, little did I know that the series was inspired by HERCULES (1958) and Steve Reeves. I still like this cartoon. I like the simplicity of it and how it's more PEPLUM-like than most things from Hollywood. Does anyone else like it? What's your memory of it? Made in Canada!


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Hercules, only the evil fear him, with the strength of (some number) ordinary men" What was the kingdom he hung out in?

Anonymous said...

I always loved the theme song. Every Sunday morning this cartoon would come on WTBS in Atlanta. It had a unique visual style for the time and when Hercules raised that ring, you knew it was time for an explosion of colors.

Anonymous said...

The show had a great theme song! Saw it in black & white on the family TV.

Anonymous said...

Never knew of it before so thanks.
I like that costume on Hercules's. The thigh slit!
Going to check it out on YouTube now <3

Ivan said...

Great! Most of all I remember the song in Spanish.