Comments on: Greek Gods Come to Television http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shiva http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-2226 Shiva Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:33:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html#comment-2226 Been there, done that.<br/><br/>Check out:<br/><br/>And DOWNSIZING OF THE GODS (a sardonic comedy that's incredibly<br/>topical at the moment but alas, far too cerebral for nearly all<br/>audiences and every festival that we submitted to except for two, one<br/>which subsequently went defunct before the film screened):<br/><br/>http://www.downsizingfilm.com/<br/><br/>or<br/><br/>http://www.downsizingofthegods.com/<br/><br/>Watchable online:<br/><br/>http://www.undergroundfilm.com/films/detail.tcl?wid=1033096 Been there, done that.

Check out:

And DOWNSIZING OF THE GODS (a sardonic comedy that’s incredibly
topical at the moment but alas, far too cerebral for nearly all
audiences and every festival that we submitted to except for two, one
which subsequently went defunct before the film screened):

http://www.downsizingfilm.com/

or

http://www.downsizingofthegods.com/

Watchable online:

http://www.undergroundfilm.com/films/detail.tcl?wid=1033096

]]> By: Cameron http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-1320 Cameron Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:05:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html#comment-1320 Your description of the characters leaves me wondering how this show can be a success. It sounds rediculous. Your description of the characters leaves me wondering how this show can be a success. It sounds rediculous.

]]> By: Erik http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-1286 Erik Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:53:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html#comment-1286 Heck, Thorne Smith did this 75 years ago in <a HREF="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375753060" REL="nofollow">The Night Life of the Gods</a> - and gloriously funny it is, too. Heck, Thorne Smith did this 75 years ago in The Night Life of the Gods – and gloriously funny it is, too.

]]> By: Brock http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html/comment-page-1#comment-1285 Brock Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:40:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/12/greek-gods-come-to-television.html#comment-1285 This isn't the first time someone has used this particular theme. Tanya Huff's novel <i>Summon the Keeper</i> has an episode where the heroine (who is running a Toronto B&B with a portal to Hell in the basement, a haunted elevator, and a comatose demigoddess in one of the bedrooms,) is asked if she can accommodate "five retired Olympians.) Who turn out to be Zeus, Hera, Ares, Aphrodite, and Hermes, who is driving the minivan they arrive in.<br/><br/>The Huff book wasn't a bad light read. Perhaps this won't be either. This isn’t the first time someone has used this particular theme. Tanya Huff’s novel Summon the Keeper has an episode where the heroine (who is running a Toronto B&B with a portal to Hell in the basement, a haunted elevator, and a comatose demigoddess in one of the bedrooms,) is asked if she can accommodate “five retired Olympians.) Who turn out to be Zeus, Hera, Ares, Aphrodite, and Hermes, who is driving the minivan they arrive in.

The Huff book wasn’t a bad light read. Perhaps this won’t be either.

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