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But can anyone explain to me why Hydra had an octopus as its symbol? An octopus is like the opposite of a hydra!
That's actually from the comics, where part of their rah-rah chant is "Cut off a limb, and two more shall take its place!"
No, it doesn't really make much sense why they picked a hydra as their symbol instead of, say, a starfish.
That's actually from the comics, where part of their rah-rah chant is "Cut off a limb, and two more shall take its place!"
According to Wikipedia, the chant is "Cut off a head", hence the reference. (The Lernaean hydra, faced by Heracles, grew two new heads if one was severed.)
Incidentally, hydra is also the name of a genus of tentacled freshwater animals, which are also able to regenerate body parts, and like sponges, if pushed through a sieve, the individual cells will reform into a hydra. (Disambiguation: I don't mean that a sieved sponge would then also form a hydra.)
Also on the Captain America tip, is it weird how excited I was to see Amanda Righetti at the end there? I'm not sure why I like her so much, but I do!
According to Wikipedia, the chant is "Cut off a head", hence the reference.
Nope, that's a reference to the hydra of mythology. If you'll check the blue sidebar with the quote from its initial 1965 appearance, the actual chant used by the terrorist organization refers to limb rather than head. Not accurate to the source, but I suppose green-masked former Nazis aren't too picky about such things.
Plus, I'm not sure the Red Skull would go for a logo that featured multiple red skulls.
Plus, I'm not sure the Red Skull would go for a logo that featured multiple red skulls.
Personally, I think that logo would be cool. But then, I am not Red Skull.
ION, I remember Ed Wood
Ask any film buff to name the worst directors of all-time, and you can be sure Ed Wood’s name will come up. He’s become a legend for films like Plan 9 From Outer Space -a movie so bad it needs to be seen just to be believed. This piece was written by someone who knew him -in fact, the reluctant star of Plan 9, Gregory Walcott.
Jesse, me too! With the liking and the not sure why!! And according to imdb, she'll be in The Avengers.
Of course she will be! Why else put someone recognizable in the last few minutes? I kind of love that all of these movies are one big preview.
Probably too late for most of you, but the most legendary of lost horror films, Lon Chaney Sr.'s 1927 silent London After Midnight is showing tonight on TCM. It's a restoration and only an hour long so I doubt they have the whole film, but it's still a hugely significant bit of film history.
Basil Gogos' iconic painting of London After Midnight for Famous Monsters of Filmland made this movie the horror cinematic parallel to the Beach Boys Smile as an unavailable masterpiece.
Lon Chaney Sr.'s 1927 silent London After Midnight is showing tonight on TCM. It's a restoration and only an hour long so I doubt they have the whole film, but it's still a hugely significant bit of film history.
Really too late to affect anyone's decision, but I've seen the TCM re-creation. It's largely a collection of still photos used to give a flavor of the film itself.
I wouldn't recommend it as an introduction to Chaney's work, but worth seeing once if you're already familiar with him.
