The original Medusa scene scared the crap out of me as a kid. First Medusa was ugly as hell, then the dark and dimlit red scenery giving you that danger feeling, and that tense orchestrated music added to the suspense.
As a kid I remember libico maraja's illustration of Medusa in the Greek series of stratikis "Greek mythology", which was so convincing that almost caused me nightmares! Alternate name of Medusa was 'gorgo'...
Agree, in mythology she was beautiful until being changed into a monster. They got that right in 1981. In the remake they kept the beautiful face, rather than the monstrous one of lore
@@richardrodriguez3004 I agree 100%, my friend. Especially since I am a fan of Greek Mythology and it was one of the first movies I saw as a kid when we first got HBO back in the 80's.
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@@arthurmartine6410 I was about your age when the original came out,me and my cousin,2 years younger than myself would watch this movie over and over,ohhhh I miss them days.My grandparents had HBO and PRISM and we couldn't get enough of the original 👍👍👍👍👍
@@mariogiresi6792 yeah, they just can't help it 😅 I don't know why they're constantly remaking things that doesn't need to be remade. Or making pointless prequels, sequels, live adaptations. It's like a plague, especially now days.
@@mariogiresi6792 all they can do now is pumpin superhero movies/shows like there's no tomorrow and rehashing stuff that's already been made, good job. 🤑🥱
Rest in Peace RAY HARRYHAUSEN - you were a MASTER...and yes, the original scene had a darkness and a creepiness in her movements that the CGI version lacked, they totally missed the 'MOOD'.
I think Medusa does look pretty cool in the remake (despite my love for Harryhausen's stop-motion), but the overall scene in the original is better. The dark, flickering lights and Perseus having to listen for Medusa make it really tense and suspenseful. The remake is well-lit and fast-paced/action-oriented. Not bad, but the atmosphere in the '81 version is better.
Agreed. It's a shame, because CGI *can* be used to make some beautiful thrilling scenes! But instead, most directors opt for flashy and fast-paced and action. No one really tries to create the same _atmosphere_ of suspense and fear and dread that Ray Harryhausen created in some of his best scenes. Medusa is a near unbeatable monster. Simply looking at her can cause your death. That's terrifying! How can the hero even begin to fight something like that?! The Remake discards that fear almost completely. The fast paced action relaxes our brain into "they'll figure something out" automatically. *Execution.* The Remake's issue when compared to the original was "execution", that very key word. At least, in regards to Medusa's moment.
How do people not realize how much better CGI is. The first one is literally a joke, the new one is so so so much better. And you can't even say that stop motion is better because the people put more work into it because CGI is incredibly difficult to work out perfectly, especially on a scale as grand as the remake.
@Biraj. The original is the BEST!! HANDS DOWN!! THE REMAKE IS A FARCE!! THOSE THAT DID THE REMAKE SHOULD BE UNDER HOUSE ARREST!!! So these remake artist with these jive time computers think they can compete with MR.HARYHAUSEN, BETTER GET A CHECKUP, FROM THE NECK UP!! Earl k.jr. 3:30pm 9/6/22
@@theuglyduckling2068 CGI is cartoonish and the lighting never looks right. 😆 Harryhausen's Medusa is beautifully lit, and the fact that it's a physical object immediately gives it a sense of weight that CGI is incapable of attaining. Videogame kids probably get excited over CGI, though. 🤭
The original is the winner hands down people can of course have different opinions but the remake just doesn’t have the suspense it’s more about the action every 2 seconds when you build suspense as masterfully as the original you can rewatch it over and over again and still get excited
This video is a good demonstration of cinematic craftsmanship versus special effects. One bead of sweat on old Perseus is more emotionally evocative than new Perseus's entire scene.
Harry Hamlin the one good thing about that movie not only got to be a brand new actor he also got a chance of breed a 44-year-old woman and put a baby in her ass You got to get a guy props like that man I don't know how the hell they met because really they never interacted on the set so how he met her I don't know it just goes the show a young a younger man sperm is more potent than you realize cuz he pumped a baby in her ass and she was old as f*** she was 44 years old when she gave birth to their only child they didn't get married cuz well I guess she didn't want to but I know one thing she was still on her cycle when she was in her forties but don't feel bad Ruth Porter was 57 when she gave birth to twins at the point of sister man that's pushing it well lots of older women they still got their cycles either in their 50s or 60s once they got they cycles man s*** you can go and put some cock in them in my lifetime I done had sex with three older women none of them I couldn't knock up I haven't one time I left This woman's house and she told her kids to go to bed and they know what that meant and Mama finna get some dick one time we did it in the living room and her daughter open up her door peek take a look and she was masturbating watching me f*** her mother she came to my house I told her she don't get the f*** out of here LOL trying to get me buried because she was still on the age that has she been a little bit older we would have been f****** but I got to admit I like the way she was watching me f*** her mother her mother didn't see that but I did. Because of the way her mother was positioned on the couch so she didn't get to see her daughter cracked the door open a little bit and was masturbating watching me bang f***
@@jeffreyriley8742 that's because the 81 version was downright creepy man I mean the scenes with her became a f****** horror film that made it better thank you Ray harryhauser for the gift that you have given us and inspired people like George Lucas Steven Spielberg Richard Donna and a few others
Old Medusa Scene = creepy stop-motion, horrifying monster, tension-filled music and moments. New Medusa Scene = Hot bitch with a tail after some douche in a video game.
The special effects of today may be bigger and brighter, but it doesn't matter how dazzling they are, you still need a talented filmmaker to make them work in the context of a film. The more recent Clash of the Titans may be glossy and slick, but I couldn't detect a single moment of tension in the entire film. The original had it's flaws, the Medusa scene goes to illustrate that you don't need hundreds of millions of dollars to create a good movie- just a good imagination
Bailey Chasteen Agreed. You can really get into the suspense of the moment in the 1981 version, especially since you can hear all the creepy breathing noises she makes.
I think the original has more atmosphere, even though the FX have dated a bit. I'm a fan of Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion FX work and always will be. To design, create, animate and superimpose a character like that on the screen alongside real actors takes the work of a skilled artist. RIP Ray.
There's actually one really late version of the Medusa myths from the time of the Roman Empire that implied that Minerva didn't mess with Medusa's face. Minerva was such an asshat, she left Medusa's beautiful face intact since it was her beauty that got her raped by Neptune in the first place. Also, kind of messed up for the victim. You hear all these stories about how Medusa's repulsiveness killed people only to find in your dying moments that she really is beautiful. But no one will ever know about that because no one lives to tell the tale.
Eu aprecio a tentativa do remake de fazer algo diferente do original, mas mesmo com uma movimentação mais realista e melhores efeitos, a tensão e suspense da cena original capturam muito melhor a sensação de estar junto a uma criatura como Medusa
It's seriously laughable how instantly forgettable the new one is compared to the old one. What a treasure it was to watch that as a kid, and still today it's one of the greatest movies ever.
Arklay Facility agreed, and even better the animator for that movie is my all time favorite person in the movie industry, that animator being ray harryhausen.
I agree for the most part, the bit where guy allows himself to be turned to stone, and smiles as it happens is pritty cool. But yep the original is far better.
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Clash of the Titans in ‘81 was and always will be one of my favorite movies. Harry Hamlin with the greats Burgess Meredith, Ursula Andreas, & Laurence Olivier along with the rest of a wonderful cast will always be the best. I’m not bashing CGI or how technology has brought so much to the movies, it’s just you gotta love the way they did things back then. The witches with the Eye, or how Madusa’s snake hair moved, or how Poseidon looked like he was glued on the screen when he went down into the sea to let out the Kraken, lol, I don’t know, maybe I’m being nostalgic. I just love the look of the fantasy movies from the 80s. 😍😁
Great comparison! CGI and action definitively added something, but at a cost. The old movie wasn't perfect but it had more depth, better dialogue, and atmosphere. In the end two very different movies.
All these new heads don't have appreciation for anything that didn't occur in their timeline. That's why they think this bullshit, bad Cg that dismisses the laws of physics is awesome. So close-minded and unknowledgable about the world in general.
One of the reasons the original Medusa surpasses the one in the remake it's because there was a real feeling of suspense. In the original, Perseus and his friends are in a room with very little light and very little room to run around in. In the remake there's a lot of lights and a lot of room to run around in. And besides, Perseus ended up fighting Medusa all by himself. And the closer Medusa got to him you could really feel that he was scared. I know because I was scared
You guys only like it Bec you grew up with it, in my openion it's trash in thr original because she wasn't ugly in Greek mythology in fact she was still beautiful, only thing is no one could gaze upon her, you all day the first one was better but the acting was trash and I could predict every movement before it happened and I've only seen it once , there was no suspense, I was not scared, and I was not interested,
@@Bunnybunny5656 It's obvious that you were never raised with an appreciation for the aesthetics of Classical Art, of which the original The Clash Of The Titans is rife. 😂 Just look at your lack of punctuation, etc. 🤭
@@Bunnybunny5656 It really depends on the source whether Medusa is ugly or beautiful. The older the source, the uglier Medusa is. It was largely due to poets like Ovid and later artists' depictions that we think of Medusa today as beautiful or "sexy." You just didn't like it because your generation doesn't even understand what film craftsmanship is. Your movies have no dialog (costs too much to translate into other languages), no aesthetics, no beauty, no meaning; they're just crass, meaningless, plotless hours-long action sequences crowded with bad CGI effects. Your entire generation needs to take a film class that starts with The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) because you have no idea what film is supposed to be. When filmmakers had less to work with, they understood that the story was everything. Now filmmakers have everything and stories have suffered significantly- are there even stories?
No comparison here IMO. The original is my favourite film of all time.. seen it hundreds of times and the Medusa sequence still gets the adrenaline pumping because of the anticipation it brings. I was so upset at the remake - the CGI spoiled it for me, not a patch on Harryhausen’s genius stop motion. Medusa is supposed to be a terrifying Gorgon, which is shown in the original, and that upped the scare factor even more. I know it’s mythology, but the remake is just too unbelievable and fake. At least with the original, the way it was made, the film locations, the costumes and casting made it look and feel so much more realistic and authentic. Exactly the same situation with the Kraken.. I laughed in the cinema as I just thought it looked ridiculous! And the fact Bubo was in it for less than 2 seconds made me soooooo mad 😂
It's funny that you think the new Kraken is laughable when looking back at how poor the old one looks in comparison. I'm sorry but the old one literally looks like a toy getting propped up on something while the new one looks realistic and scary af
Blame Sam Worthington for that; he thought the mechanical owl was stupid and out of date, and refused to do any scenes with the owl; even threatening to quit if they didn’t cut out the scenes with Bubo. While I agree the old Bubo DID look a bit dated, with some minor updates and improvements to his body he would have KILLED it as an enchanted construct, as he did in the original film, while still retaining enough of his trademark look to be recognizable. Sam only needed to give the concept a chance, and it would have worked perfectly. Heck, Bubo was just as iconic as Medusa in this movie; when this film is mentioned, the first things people think of are Medusa and Bubo! But Sam remained stubborn, and thus the remake lost one of its most memorable characters, along with Pegasus. I also agree that the remake’s scene lacked the suspense, tension, and terror of the original. The original may seem dated by today’s standards, but the cinematic elements of that scene more than make up for it. That’s the problem with movies nowadays; they rely too much on fancy CGI, while having weak plots and hardly any substance or thematic elements to them.
the whole point of medusa, was that her beauty was taken away after she was punished, Harryhausen's medusa wins. plus the remake didn't appeal to me, too many CGI special effects, terrible acting and above all, no bubo the owl.
Actually their are many versions of medusa. One of the versions they only kept the beauty of her face because that's what got her raped in the first place. Pretty tragic but you are in fact incorrect. Both depictions are accurate.
I remember the classic one from my childhood, and as an adult, it's far more effective. The special effects were good for the day, and Ray Harryhausen was a master (I think this was the last film he worked on.) I didn't see the remake, but found this comparison clip video, and I'm glad I didn't waste money or time on it. But now I want to see the original again.
The old version of Medusa looked like she came out of a ancient Greek mythology thus making it thought provoking. The new version seemed comic bookish and a bit silly looking. Not to mention, in the original the smoke trail from Medusa's arrows were super cool looking.
Hands down the original is the best. What I thought was cool about the remake Medusa is that they merged conflicting details of the myth. One myth says she was ugly, had green skin, and bulging eyes. Another says she retained her original beauty (besides the snake hair and body) and why it was so difficult/mesmerizing not to look at her. The remake kind of married both descriptions of her to allow both descriptions. She was beautiful until she locked into you and turned into a serpent monster face. Creatures were definitely scarier before the days of CGI, of course.
Exactly. And the suspense and animation was amazing, but you are correct, Medusa is supposed to be ugly. I was very disappointed by the new "Clash of the Titans" all across the board, but the fact that they tried to make Medusa a snake with sex appeal when she is being punished for her previous beauty etc..., that really bothered me.
Lisa Loynd she was curse with snakes as hair and the snake body but she wasnt ugly it was only assumed by man because u couldn't see her without being turned into stone
Well, back then, they used stop motion (for Medusa, Talos, Godzilla, King Kong etc), wich is much more realistic and feels alive instead of this cgi who is lifeless. Only if they used stop motion today... THAT will be awesome!
The original scene seems genuinely threatening and menacing. The remake felt like a scene from a badly-paced video game, complete with pointless drama to make the hero look more skilled and allow him to win.
Yes the original one did feel more menacing, and more suspenseful. And maybe that is because they didn't have the capability of CGI, but that was not a bad thing. The Medusa from the original looked frightening and did seem intimidating once you looked it in the eyes. The new one looks...adorable lol and not that scary when you see her snake like face. I think they did the best with the material in the original, a scene like this needed to be suspenseful, not action packed with slow motion jumps and screaming, as well as intense music. I think they were too busy making it look pretty in the remake rather than making it work well.
+EverythingFan02 The new medusa looks too human,a female with a conscience. Try too hard to be evil and vicious. Which is pretty human. The original medusa looks like non human, monster without a consience like animals. The new medusa fight scene is too imaginary, the older version is realistic, you can't run far, and you need to act quickly because that thing is coming.
+EverythingFan02 I agree. While the old clay one wasn't as polished as the new creature, it looked more frightening. Also the scene was more darker and intense and had a better build up of suspense. Medusa is one of the all time most frightening monsters; how could the director f*cked that up.
A menacing female beast with hideous looks and blood that can even melt a shield sent by the gods, or a "hot" snake chick who's whipping around all over the place and hissing at everybody? A cunning warrior who understood and respected his enemy enough to fear her power, but fought through that fear to become a true hero, or a typical Gladiator looking character without much personality performing impossible stunts and doesn't fear anything? A dark and eerie scene with chilling sound effects and cryptic music, or another fast-paced fight scene that has so much nonstop action that there isn't enough time to get any real sense of a build-up? Special effects have clearly come a long way since 1981, but great movie making is obviously about so much more than just that.
Not to mention there's nothing realistic about the way Medusa moves. Snakes don't move like that crawl along ceilings. Medusa moves so fast in the new version there's no way you could outrun her. She moves like liquid instead of something solid that has weight. This is always one of the main problems of bad cg.
Assisti esse filme quando tinha 7 anos e agora, aos 41 vendo essas cenas ainda acho a primeira versão muito melhor, mais realista e angustiante que a atual versão, mais cheia de ação e fantasia demais
Computers have ruined movies. 1981 > 2010 When I was a kid I asked my mom to fast forward past the Medusa part because she scared the shit out of me....New one can't hold a candle to the old one. (New Medusa is hawt tho :P)
Ironically I think the exact opposite, maybe because you grew up with that kind of movie making makes you less open to change but dude the kraken and medusa in the old one looks so stupid
The original; a cult classic and Ray Harryhausen's crowning achievement. A cult classic and a work of art. The remake, modern CGI reliant filmmaking at it's worst and Hollywood in a nutshell. A total piece of crap.
All the excessive flying camerawork, falling masonry, leaping about and explosions totally sapped the scariness from the new Medusa. The older one is a masterclass on how you don't need any of that crap in order to have an audience on the edge of their seat. Even with stop motion effects (though some of the best ever) the older Medusa is just more believable. Now if they'd only replicated the camerawork, lighting and performances from the old one but featuring the new Medusa moving the same way, THEN the remake would be worthy.
I was bored watching the older one TBH, I think only people who like it is the people who grew up without CGI , I mean your more likely to like what you grew up with
Nah, I like both, the CGI one for being bold and pretty much making Medusa hot in the face, and her movement frantic, like Don Bluth’s princess Daphne in the second Dragon’s Lair game where she fluxes from a beauty into a monster. Plus she still crawls about like classic Medusa, which to be honest was one of the more frightening aspects of the original. She’s introduced by crawling around as though she has no legs, yet stands vertically upon the body and tail of a serpent. Even the new ones’s beheading looks cute and cartoonish, like a “whoops” moment in one of Don Bluth’s video games.
@@LandersWorkshop : Old Medusa: Stealthy killing machine. New Medusa: Invite for a coffee and a counselling session, and before you know it you'll be best buddies!
As someone who is comlpetely unbiased because I've never seen any of these two movies and have no idea about their quality: Original sequence goes for suspense, remake sequence goes for action. Original Medusa is freaky, remake Medusa is hot. Original Medusa has a more imaginative design, remake Medusa is not stop-motion and moves a lot smoother. New Medusa is a better special effect, but the new actor looks less believable as a mythical hero. I'd probably watch both films, original first. Ray Harryhausen is a legend but CGI is not to be undervalued.
excellent assessment, and i agree completely. but i add the following which perhaps confirms the fact that the original stands as a better work: the remake ( either the film entire or this scene ) did not have the impact in the young millenials that the original had in my generation.
vanishy0urself Good analysis but don't you think CGI is overused? I mean I can tell the new Medusa is CGI. Feels like I'm watching a cartoon. Obviously the original Medusa looks fake but my point is that in 34 years we went from a fake looking Medusa to a fake looking Medusa. When CGI is used across the board in a movie it doesn't provide verisimilitude at least for me anyway.
mpags I find complaints about fake-looking CGI a bit of a misblame, actually. The CGI itself has evolved to such a point that you can intercut reality and CG without most people noticing. Consider the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its squirrel scene. Some squirrel shots were real, some were CGI. Can you honestly tell without looking it up which is which? I can't. Maybe it's more apparent on the big screen, I usually watch movies on my computer, so maybe the screen size makes it harder to spot, but still... The whole "feels like I'm watching a cartoon" thing can arise even in movies that _don't have_ CGI due to a far more invasive and intrusive process: digital color grading. Every movie that's coming out now has color grading, but some films go for this extreme, hyper-graded look. Bay-orange and Matrix-green are two really good examples of that. And yes, some movies do it wrong. Granted, sometimes CGI can look _really_ awkward, but any special effect can look awkward. CGI is just a tool, like miniatures. Saying "CGI is overused" is akin to saying "miniatures are overused". In the case of this medusa, she does look a bit fake, but in a way that kind of suits her. The most CGI-like thing is that there's no physical weight to her movements, but that fits the idea of an unnatural mythical monster... although in terms of unnatural movement, no one will ever outshine Ringu's Sadako. Ever.
It makes me angry that they made the remake Medusa "beautiful" which in a way, she sort of is. Medusa is NOT supposed to be beautiful. She is supposed to be terrifying and repulsive. So 1981 Medusa gets points for that because she is both repulsive and terrifying.
It'd be a really sad one if they sticked to the original story, but chances are they would just change bits here bits there and make a whole new happy ending.
+DJ Kingzy Not sure if that's a good idea. The original story of Medusa was that she was once a beautiful woman but got badly treated by the Gods. She ended up as hideous creature with the sole task to convert visiting humans to concrete statues. We all know about her end. This is ofc a very intriguing and morally twisted story, but no doubt that Hollywood will flatten it and make a one dimensional happy story about it.
would rather see a real movie. based on her not just an animated one. I think they could get her story in but pit a little extra in. persus in some way was her saviour to me saved her from a curse.to live her days out alone ugly forgotten and cursed with no one to really interact with.isolated this poor woman.
The craftsmanship of the stop motion medusa is amazing and scared the bejeezus out of me when I was little. Ray Harryhausen conceived of her and built her in his own workshop. The fact he had to use dolls eyes adjusted each frame with the end of a pencil eraser... Dolls eyes? Shudder... Creep factor ten and cinema magic.
To me there is no comparison- the original is much better. The suspense is awesome! This is my favorite Harryhausen sequence second only to the Skeleton fight in Jason and the Argonauts.
the original one was more suspenseful, so I prefer that one in this scene. plus, the late great Mr. Harryhausen's creative work. I remember watching the movie in my sixth grade social studies class when we were learning about ancient Greece.
That's not weird at all mate cos you're absolutely right - what you've done is you've pointed out that the original stayed true to the myth more than the remake did cos Medusa is supposed to be ugly, not hot! Before she was punished, she was very beautiful but when Athena punished her and turned her into a Gorgon, she became ugly - that's why every time someone looked her in the face, they were turned to stone. Her face was so ugly to behold, so any onlooker was turned to stone.
Ray Harryhausen's Medusa set the standard for the snake body look. He invented it. Up until then, she was a regular bi-ped except in a couple of weird European sword and scandal flics.. His idea, in my opinion, really captured the horror of her curse. The contempt in her expression in the original movie as she stalked the intruders was electric. You were actually worried about Perseus and his men. The new movie, while mildly entertaining, had an assembly line, forced feel to it. I was just waiting for each scene to end (which really disappointed me).
With all the CGI, with all it's "action packed" choreography, with all the music, the new one doesn't hold a candle to the old one. The old music, the old medusa, the old look was MUCH, much creepier and sinister. Sometimes you have to know when less is more, and this proves that very point. Medusa is a thousand times scarier, the whole scene provokes more anticipation and anxiety in you. The old one is far superior in every way. Hands down.
Yeah but the whole point of the new one was that it humanised Medusa more and made her a much more relatable and tragic figure rather than just a scary monster. But both are close to different versions of the old myth. Also I liked the bit of tension and fear before the fight began in the new one, that was quite well done.
The original Medusa was my favourite part of the original movie, the remake my favourite part was those eyeless Witches/Kraken. It was so lovely to see (again) that little golden Owl, Bubo (I think that was his name (my only complaint though, is that it's just a small cameo. Wanted to see more of him).
I love all of you commenters! You all know what's up! The original movie was genius. Great storytelling and acting, and the effects were cool. CGI may be more advanced, but then the story telling often suffers. Harryhausen all day.
Original is supreme with tension and involved stealth and intellignece. Remake CGI bullshit, model looking medusa, and foolish approach to action no tension.
The old one is more dramatic. However, I agree with the newer version because Medusa was initially the prettiest lady in her city and she was a priestess in Athena's temple. She was raped by the rapist Poseidon because he was angry with Athena being chosen as a patroness of the city by its citizens instead of him. Athena bribed the people with olives and Poseidon tried with horses. Unfortunately for Medusa and her sisters Stheno and Euryale, instead of dueling with Poseidon, she actually punished Medusa, the rape victim who kept her virginity and chastity and dedicated her life as a priestess, who was obviously a mortal incapable of fighting a Poseidon; into the gorgon that she was along with her innocent sisters. Her sisters were made immortal whilst Medusa remained mortal. That's why she could be killed. I think it's fair that the newer version shows her prettier face as she was a pretty innocent lady who became a victim to the pagan deities' rivalries - twice. One time it turned her and her innocent sisters into monsters - they didn't deserve such treatment. Second time, it rendered her dead because some pagan gods and warriors wanted to use her head without getting into casualty although without her consent and resignation.
You can tell in the original they pay special attention to statues making each of them in a scared and reflective position but in the new one is all just copy and past with the them
Perseus was kind of smart he used his shield Instead not looking at her because he looked at it, closes his eyes and swings his sword and cut off her head
In the remake, I found myself focusing on Medusa's Maidenform Bra and not on the action, which had too many high-speed chase scenes. In Harryhausen's version, Perseus's fear is very palpable as the sweat pours down his face while she comes nearer and nearer. The head comes off, and Perseus collapses like, "Thank the gods it was her and not me!" The grand finale is when the ketchup gushes out, and his shield is dissolved in it--absolutely OVER THE TOP! The students I was teaching when the remake came out said they preferred the computer graphics. Oh, and they liked "Toy Story" as well.
Hahaha, the Toy Story bit sums up everything perfectly. 😂 Thank goodness my Dad raised me with a sense of appreciation for Classical Art in all its forms.
I’ve watched the original so many times… Every once in awhile I find myself wanting to immerse back into that world… it’s well done. One of my favorite movies…
Original version without a doubt . I was 14 when I watched it... I was supposed to be scared and in total awe and disbelief ...and that is the exact feeling I got.. The new version in 2010 I was 43 and by then nothing scared me or made me jump any more
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The original medusa scene scared the heck out of me when I was a kid.
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No matter how much more realistic the remake is. The atmosphere of tension and suspense of the original is unsurpassed.
100 percent agree
Agreed
I feel same
More realistic? The cgi of the remake is a mess - the original is better in every way.
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The original Medusa scene scared the crap out of me as a kid. First Medusa was ugly as hell, then the dark and dimlit red scenery giving you that danger feeling, and that tense orchestrated music added to the suspense.
As a kid I remember libico maraja's illustration of Medusa in the Greek series of stratikis "Greek mythology", which was so convincing that almost caused me nightmares! Alternate name of Medusa was 'gorgo'...
@@w7class Wow, thanks for sharing. I'll go research Stratikis, it sounds interesting.
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
Yes! When you first hear her hissing and then finally see her emerging from the shadows it’s chilling.
New Medusa is too hot to be scary. Literally a model
Well... later in Greek mythology she was described as being a beautiful lady until she was raped by Poseidon in Athenas temple and she turned Medusa.
And many tellings of the story. Medusa was referred to as fairfaced Medusa. Unlike her sisters who were hideous she was beautiful.
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She was beautiful until her sisters became jealous. Then she was cursed with the face and body so hideous that no man could ever lover her
Agree, in mythology she was beautiful until being changed into a monster. They got that right in 1981. In the remake they kept the beautiful face, rather than the monstrous one of lore
100% times more frightening than the remake. Ray Harryhausen was a genius. Laurence Rosenthal's film score was epic!
It was Ray Hsrryhausen at his best.
@@richardrodriguez3004 I agree 100%, my friend. Especially since I am a fan of Greek Mythology and it was one of the first movies I saw as a kid when we first got HBO back in the 80's.
@@TANKTREAD I was literally obsessed with this film when I first saw it. Such a classic. The Medusa scene is epic.
When I was about 12 years old there was a guy in school who got picked on by another for no apparent reason. He would tell teachers and the principal but they would say, "there has to be a reason. What did you do to him?" And they just let it continue, day after day, believing that he was antagonizing him. He finally got fed up and went to teachers and the principal as well as every classmate he could find and said, "Well there is a reason he picks fights with me everyday. It's because I walked in on him giving another student a blowjob in the bathroom. Suddenly they cared. They didn't care about him getting picked on and assaulted, but for some reason they came alive when they thought he was sucking down cock. The bully eventually checked out of school and had to repeat the grade.
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a perfect illustration of how so many current movies lack suspense.
The original wins hands down simply because it is more scary.
YES IT WAS THE BEST ONE I WAS 13 WHEN IT CAME OUT RHE ORIGINAL ONE THAT IS
@@arthurmartine6410 I was about your age when the original came out,me and my cousin,2 years younger than myself would watch this movie over and over,ohhhh I miss them days.My grandparents had HBO and PRISM and we couldn't get enough of the original 👍👍👍👍👍
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
Yes the origin watch more thrill and scary. He looks more handsome..
@@JoRdi-ul4xg Completely agree. I like the 2010 version but I love the 1981 one.
The old one is creepier and the atmosphere is more tense
Exactly. I'm total fan of Ray HarryHausen.
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The original Clash was and still is absolutely amazing..!! one of my most favorite movies ever..!
Yes...it was fantastic 👏👏👏👏 the best
I couldn’t wait for the remake to end. A total waste of time. And then they made a sequel! I wish Hollywood would just leave these classics alone.
@@mariogiresi6792 yeah, they just can't help it 😅 I don't know why they're constantly remaking things that doesn't need to be remade. Or making pointless prequels, sequels, live adaptations. It's like a plague, especially now days.
@@Neala01 The suits have become lazy. If it’s a proven franchise or a recent classic they just want to cash in on it. It’s all too easy.
@@mariogiresi6792 all they can do now is pumpin superhero movies/shows like there's no tomorrow and rehashing stuff that's already been made, good job. 🤑🥱
Rest in Peace RAY HARRYHAUSEN - you were a MASTER...and yes, the original scene had a darkness and a creepiness in her movements that the CGI version lacked, they totally missed the 'MOOD'.
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
When I was a kid, I'd stay up all night watching his film's at my grandparents during the early 90's. Those were the greatest days of my life.
Yes Ray Harryhausens monsters were just so surreal!!!
@@nocturnalrecluse1216 Did your Grandparents own his films, or did you watch them on TV? TNT and some other channels would air them occasionally. 😈
the original medusa with its jerky movement and rattling tail is indeed the thing of nightmares - the CGI version is slick but not creepy
Man the original had so much more tension and atmosphere.
I think Medusa does look pretty cool in the remake (despite my love for Harryhausen's stop-motion), but the overall scene in the original is better. The dark, flickering lights and Perseus having to listen for Medusa make it really tense and suspenseful. The remake is well-lit and fast-paced/action-oriented. Not bad, but the atmosphere in the '81 version is better.
Agreed. It's a shame, because CGI *can* be used to make some beautiful thrilling scenes!
But instead, most directors opt for flashy and fast-paced and action. No one really tries to create the same _atmosphere_ of suspense and fear and dread that Ray Harryhausen created in some of his best scenes.
Medusa is a near unbeatable monster. Simply looking at her can cause your death. That's terrifying! How can the hero even begin to fight something like that?!
The Remake discards that fear almost completely. The fast paced action relaxes our brain into "they'll figure something out" automatically.
*Execution.* The Remake's issue when compared to the original was "execution", that very key word. At least, in regards to Medusa's moment.
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Just look at the craftsmanship of the stop-motion, it's beyond beautiful 😍
Remake is just a CGI feast, nothing else.
How do people not realize how much better CGI is. The first one is literally a joke, the new one is so so so much better. And you can't even say that stop motion is better because the people put more work into it because CGI is incredibly difficult to work out perfectly, especially on a scale as grand as the remake.
@@theuglyduckling2068 100% agreee
@Biraj. The original is the BEST!! HANDS DOWN!! THE REMAKE IS A FARCE!! THOSE THAT DID THE REMAKE SHOULD BE UNDER HOUSE ARREST!!! So these remake artist with these jive time computers think they can compete with MR.HARYHAUSEN, BETTER GET A CHECKUP, FROM THE NECK UP!! Earl k.jr. 3:30pm 9/6/22
@@theuglyduckling2068 CGI is cartoonish and the lighting never looks right. 😆 Harryhausen's Medusa is beautifully lit, and the fact that it's a physical object immediately gives it a sense of weight that CGI is incapable of attaining. Videogame kids probably get excited over CGI, though. 🤭
The original is the winner hands down people can of course have different opinions but the remake just doesn’t have the suspense it’s more about the action every 2 seconds when you build suspense as masterfully as the original you can rewatch it over and over again and still get excited
This video is a good demonstration of cinematic craftsmanship versus special effects. One bead of sweat on old Perseus is more emotionally evocative than new Perseus's entire scene.
so fucking true brother. when the remake was announced i was like oh no they gonna fuck up my childhood classic
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
Where is there explosions in ancient Greece Roman times literally christ times the explosions in the remake shouldnt be there
Ideally, mixing modern F/X with old filmmaking techniques they used when they didn't have F/X to rely on is what you want to be doing.
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As cool as the remake was, the first edition is absolutely epic and haunting. What a great scene.
I like the 2010 version but I love the 1981 version.
Harry Hamlin the one good thing about that movie not only got to be a brand new actor he also got a chance of breed a 44-year-old woman and put a baby in her ass You got to get a guy props like that man I don't know how the hell they met because really they never interacted on the set so how he met her I don't know it just goes the show a young a younger man sperm is more potent than you realize cuz he pumped a baby in her ass and she was old as f*** she was 44 years old when she gave birth to their only child they didn't get married cuz well I guess she didn't want to but I know one thing she was still on her cycle when she was in her forties but don't feel bad Ruth Porter was 57 when she gave birth to twins at the point of sister man that's pushing it well lots of older women they still got their cycles either in their 50s or 60s once they got they cycles man s*** you can go and put some cock in them in my lifetime I done had sex with three older women none of them I couldn't knock up I haven't one time I left This woman's house and she told her kids to go to bed and they know what that meant and Mama finna get some dick one time we did it in the living room and her daughter open up her door peek take a look and she was masturbating watching me f*** her mother she came to my house I told her she don't get the f*** out of here LOL trying to get me buried because she was still on the age that has she been a little bit older we would have been f****** but I got to admit I like the way she was watching me f*** her mother her mother didn't see that but I did. Because of the way her mother was positioned on the couch so she didn't get to see her daughter cracked the door open a little bit and was masturbating watching me bang f***
@@jeffreyriley8742 that's because the 81 version was downright creepy man I mean the scenes with her became a f****** horror film that made it better thank you Ray harryhauser for the gift that you have given us and inspired people like George Lucas Steven Spielberg Richard Donna and a few others
He grasp those decapitated head in a proud manly way...a move that will annoy and sadden most politician and LGBT alike ....TODAY !!!!
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Old Medusa Scene = creepy stop-motion, horrifying monster, tension-filled music and moments.
New Medusa Scene = Hot bitch with a tail after some douche in a video game.
hahaha that's right!
The special effects of today may be bigger and brighter, but it doesn't matter how dazzling they are, you still need a talented filmmaker to make them work in the context of a film. The more recent Clash of the Titans may be glossy and slick, but I couldn't detect a single moment of tension in the entire film. The original had it's flaws, the Medusa scene goes to illustrate that you don't need hundreds of millions of dollars to create a good movie- just a good imagination
Personally, I like the old ones better. The new ones tend to over do it!
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
O remake é horrível e foge totalmente da mitologia grega .
@@melgonzaga8974 brazil nigga
Exact.
The original 1981 Medusa is the stuff of nightmares!
Ikr? That one (1980's version) is more slow and ominous, it's like it's so cheesy it's scary. Vs the 2010 Medusa, who is less scary.
Bailey Chasteen Agreed. You can really get into the suspense of the moment in the 1981 version, especially since you can hear all the creepy breathing noises she makes.
***** The Medusa (2010) is faster and more intense.
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Something about the rattle in her tail always creeps me out.
The remake was cool, but i like the color and organics of the original by far.
"Find...and fulfill your destiny"
That says it all. 1981 for the win.
Well said buddy. I agree completely.
In the remake Medusa's laughter was what made her even more dangerous.
I think the original has more atmosphere, even though the FX have dated a bit. I'm a fan of Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion FX work and always will be. To design, create, animate and superimpose a character like that on the screen alongside real actors takes the work of a skilled artist. RIP Ray.
Original is actually scary looking and the new one is actually kind of hot. lol
There's actually one really late version of the Medusa myths from the time of the Roman Empire that implied that Minerva didn't mess with Medusa's face. Minerva was such an asshat, she left Medusa's beautiful face intact since it was her beauty that got her raped by Neptune in the first place.
Also, kind of messed up for the victim. You hear all these stories about how Medusa's repulsiveness killed people only to find in your dying moments that she really is beautiful. But no one will ever know about that because no one lives to tell the tale.
newguy90 raped by neptune? Transformed by Minerva?? Wasn’t it that she was raped by Poseidon and transformed by Athena???
He's on about a Roman version of the tale, so it used the Roman versions of those Gods (Neptune was Poseidon, Minerva I think was Athena and so on)
Yeah that 2010 Medusa is kind of sexy for a beast
@@Bragej98 Neptune and Poseiden are the same people but Minerva is different from Athena
Eu aprecio a tentativa do remake de fazer algo diferente do original, mas mesmo com uma movimentação mais realista e melhores efeitos, a tensão e suspense da cena original capturam muito melhor a sensação de estar junto a uma criatura como Medusa
It's seriously laughable how instantly forgettable the new one is compared to the old one. What a treasure it was to watch that as a kid, and still today it's one of the greatest movies ever.
Arklay Facility agreed, and even better the animator for that movie is my all time favorite person in the movie industry, that animator being ray harryhausen.
I agree for the most part, the bit where guy allows himself to be turned to stone, and smiles as it happens is pritty cool. But yep the original is far better.
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
Yeah, I really don't remember the scene all that well from the new version.
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The original is way scarier.
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Clash of the Titans in ‘81 was and always will be one of my favorite movies. Harry Hamlin with the greats Burgess Meredith, Ursula Andreas, & Laurence Olivier along with the rest of a wonderful cast will always be the best. I’m not bashing CGI or how technology has brought so much to the movies, it’s just you gotta love the way they did things back then. The witches with the Eye, or how Madusa’s snake hair moved, or how Poseidon looked like he was glued on the screen when he went down into the sea to let out the Kraken, lol, I don’t know, maybe I’m being nostalgic. I just love the look of the fantasy movies from the 80s. 😍😁
The original scared the bejesus outta me when I watched it as a kid. Looks way better even now. Practical effects are so much better.
All true and the only good thing from remake is that new people will find out about original
Great comparison! CGI and action definitively added something, but at a cost. The old movie wasn't perfect but it had more depth, better dialogue, and atmosphere. In the end two very different movies.
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Flash does not win out over substance. The original gives you time to think about the depth the situation and feel the peril.
Well said.
All these new heads don't have appreciation for anything that didn't occur in their timeline. That's why they think this bullshit, bad Cg that dismisses the laws of physics is awesome. So close-minded and unknowledgable about the world in general.
I like it how the original kept it simple. The remake wanted to make Medusa look more than what she is.
One of the reasons the original Medusa surpasses the one in the remake it's because there was a real feeling of suspense. In the original, Perseus and his friends are in a room with very little light and very little room to run around in. In the remake there's a lot of lights and a lot of room to run around in. And besides, Perseus ended up fighting Medusa all by himself. And the closer Medusa got to him you could really feel that he was scared. I know because I was scared
+masteroftheassassins It's not even the lighting. It is realistic thats all. Would you run infront of a lion?
You guys only like it Bec you grew up with it, in my openion it's trash in thr original because she wasn't ugly in Greek mythology in fact she was still beautiful, only thing is no one could gaze upon her, you all day the first one was better but the acting was trash and I could predict every movement before it happened and I've only seen it once , there was no suspense, I was not scared, and I was not interested,
I'm scared of turning into a stone, so I think peeing behind the pillar is much better than Persius in the remake lol
@@Bunnybunny5656 It's obvious that you were never raised with an appreciation for the aesthetics of Classical Art, of which the original The Clash Of The Titans is rife. 😂 Just look at your lack of punctuation, etc. 🤭
@@Bunnybunny5656 It really depends on the source whether Medusa is ugly or beautiful. The older the source, the uglier Medusa is. It was largely due to poets like Ovid and later artists' depictions that we think of Medusa today as beautiful or "sexy."
You just didn't like it because your generation doesn't even understand what film craftsmanship is. Your movies have no dialog (costs too much to translate into other languages), no aesthetics, no beauty, no meaning; they're just crass, meaningless, plotless hours-long action sequences crowded with bad CGI effects.
Your entire generation needs to take a film class that starts with The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) because you have no idea what film is supposed to be. When filmmakers had less to work with, they understood that the story was everything. Now filmmakers have everything and stories have suffered significantly- are there even stories?
No comparison here IMO. The original is my favourite film of all time.. seen it hundreds of times and the Medusa sequence still gets the adrenaline pumping because of the anticipation it brings. I was so upset at the remake - the CGI spoiled it for me, not a patch on Harryhausen’s genius stop motion. Medusa is supposed to be a terrifying Gorgon, which is shown in the original, and that upped the scare factor even more. I know it’s mythology, but the remake is just too unbelievable and fake. At least with the original, the way it was made, the film locations, the costumes and casting made it look and feel so much more realistic and authentic. Exactly the same situation with the Kraken.. I laughed in the cinema as I just thought it looked ridiculous! And the fact Bubo was in it for less than 2 seconds made me soooooo mad 😂
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
It's funny that you think the new Kraken is laughable when looking back at how poor the old one looks in comparison. I'm sorry but the old one literally looks like a toy getting propped up on something while the new one looks realistic and scary af
Blame Sam Worthington for that; he thought the mechanical owl was stupid and out of date, and refused to do any scenes with the owl; even threatening to quit if they didn’t cut out the scenes with Bubo.
While I agree the old Bubo DID look a bit dated, with some minor updates and improvements to his body he would have KILLED it as an enchanted construct, as he did in the original film, while still retaining enough of his trademark look to be recognizable. Sam only needed to give the concept a chance, and it would have worked perfectly.
Heck, Bubo was just as iconic as Medusa in this movie; when this film is mentioned, the first things people think of are Medusa and Bubo!
But Sam remained stubborn, and thus the remake lost one of its most memorable characters, along with Pegasus.
I also agree that the remake’s scene lacked the suspense, tension, and terror of the original. The original may seem dated by today’s standards, but the cinematic elements of that scene more than make up for it. That’s the problem with movies nowadays; they rely too much on fancy CGI, while having weak plots and hardly any substance or thematic elements to them.
the whole point of medusa, was that her beauty was taken away after she was punished, Harryhausen's medusa wins. plus the remake didn't appeal to me, too many CGI special effects, terrible acting and above all, no bubo the owl.
No BuBo it's not clash of the Titans
Bubo did have a cameo, but agreed.
Model played the new medusa and the old was a puppet that moved mechanically
Actually their are many versions of medusa. One of the versions they only kept the beauty of her face because that's what got her raped in the first place. Pretty tragic but you are in fact incorrect. Both depictions are accurate.
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Idk why but Medusa is the most fascinating character I've ever come across in any story.
I remember the classic one from my childhood, and as an adult, it's far more effective. The special effects were good for the day, and Ray Harryhausen was a master (I think this was the last film he worked on.) I didn't see the remake, but found this comparison clip video, and I'm glad I didn't waste money or time on it. But now I want to see the original again.
The old version of Medusa looked like she came out of a ancient Greek mythology thus making it thought provoking. The new version seemed comic bookish and a bit silly looking. Not to mention, in the original the smoke trail from Medusa's arrows were super cool looking.
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
Hands down the original is the best. What I thought was cool about the remake Medusa is that they merged conflicting details of the myth. One myth says she was ugly, had green skin, and bulging eyes. Another says she retained her original beauty (besides the snake hair and body) and why it was so difficult/mesmerizing not to look at her.
The remake kind of married both descriptions of her to allow both descriptions. She was beautiful until she locked into you and turned into a serpent monster face.
Creatures were definitely scarier before the days of CGI, of course.
Clássico é sempre insuperável.
Harryhausen's work still holds up over time and is clearly the best!
The original is the best, no contest there.
Ya becuase she was ugly and scary. Like in the stories
Exactly. And the suspense and animation was amazing, but you are correct, Medusa is supposed to be ugly. I was very disappointed by the new "Clash of the Titans" all across the board, but the fact that they tried to make Medusa a snake with sex appeal when she is being punished for her previous beauty etc..., that really bothered me.
Lisa Loynd she was curse with snakes as hair and the snake body but she wasnt ugly it was only assumed by man because u couldn't see her without being turned into stone
Well, back then, they used stop motion (for Medusa, Talos, Godzilla, King Kong etc), wich is much more realistic and feels alive instead of this cgi who is lifeless. Only if they used stop motion today... THAT will be awesome!
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Very nice montage! I hope even in this day of modern special effects kids can appreciate the mastery of
Ray Harryhausen
Imagine being in bed late at night. Which Medusa would you fear more entering your bedroom? That's your answer.
+Ophelia De Beaufort The 1981 Medusa definitely, the 2010 Medusa is at least attractive-looking in her face
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1981 'coz of the way she moves.
@surfitlive you greatest moment captured in stone instead of Instagram
Well put, metaphorically speaking!
O original foi 1 dos maiores filmes da minha infância. Filmes antigos sobre mitologia era demais, Simbad tbm era top. Tempos bons...
Man the original was just fucking, epic.
Top shelf! The whole vibe of the original was so much more menacing than the remake.
The original scene seems genuinely threatening and menacing. The remake felt like a scene from a badly-paced video game, complete with pointless drama to make the hero look more skilled and allow him to win.
Yes the original one did feel more menacing, and more suspenseful. And maybe that is because they didn't have the capability of CGI, but that was not a bad thing. The Medusa from the original looked frightening and did seem intimidating once you looked it in the eyes. The new one looks...adorable lol and not that scary when you see her snake like face. I think they did the best with the material in the original, a scene like this needed to be suspenseful, not action packed with slow motion jumps and screaming, as well as intense music. I think they were too busy making it look pretty in the remake rather than making it work well.
+EverythingFan02 The new medusa looks too human,a female with a conscience. Try too hard to be evil and vicious. Which is pretty human. The original medusa looks like non human, monster without a consience like animals. The new medusa fight scene is too imaginary, the older version is realistic, you can't run far, and you need to act quickly because that thing is coming.
+EverythingFan02 I agree. While the old clay one wasn't as polished as the new creature, it looked more frightening. Also the scene was more darker and intense and had a better build up of suspense. Medusa is one of the all time most frightening monsters; how could the director f*cked that up.
Exactly. If its a chore to watch, or it has no impact, then war's the point? The original is eternal.
original was soo much better in every scene.
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I was 6 when I saw this & it's still one of my favorite movies of all time especially this scene.
A menacing female beast with hideous looks and blood that can even melt a shield sent by the gods, or a "hot" snake chick who's whipping around all over the place and hissing at everybody? A cunning warrior who understood and respected his enemy enough to fear her power, but fought through that fear to become a true hero, or a typical Gladiator looking character without much personality performing impossible stunts and doesn't fear anything? A dark and eerie scene with chilling sound effects and cryptic music, or another fast-paced fight scene that has so much nonstop action that there isn't enough time to get any real sense of a build-up? Special effects have clearly come a long way since 1981, but great movie making is obviously about so much more than just that.
Not to mention there's nothing realistic about the way Medusa moves. Snakes don't move like that crawl along ceilings. Medusa moves so fast in the new version there's no way you could outrun her. She moves like liquid instead of something solid that has weight. This is always one of the main problems of bad cg.
Brilliant comments from both of you! 👏🏼
Assisti esse filme quando tinha 7 anos e agora, aos 41 vendo essas cenas ainda acho a primeira versão muito melhor, mais realista e angustiante que a atual versão, mais cheia de ação e fantasia demais
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Agreed.
Alexandre Fabrí eu tbm concordo com você! Muito tecnologia deixa a desejar
Concordo com você, a versão original é muito melhor que o remake cheio de firula.
A Medusa di filme original é assustadora e dá medo até hoje vê la.. A do filme atual parece que tá correndo atrás de macho.😂😂
The original was far superior. It built dread in the scene..whereas the remake made me wonder when Kratos was gonna burst into the scene
Kratos or Perseus? Lol. Are we mixing God of war game with clash of the titans movies? Lol
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Original wins. No contest.
Computers have ruined movies.
1981 > 2010
When I was a kid I asked my mom to fast forward past the Medusa part because she scared the shit out of me....New one can't hold a candle to the old one.
(New Medusa is hawt tho :P)
I'm scared of the first one. It's simple but scary 😱😱😱
Ikr! What would u do if u looked at her?
The old one is a masterclass, the new one is a joke..
The Jaded Wolf couldnt word it better
Ironically I think the exact opposite, maybe because you grew up with that kind of movie making makes you less open to change but dude the kraken and medusa in the old one looks so stupid
The original; a cult classic and Ray Harryhausen's crowning achievement. A cult classic and a work of art. The remake, modern CGI reliant filmmaking at it's worst and Hollywood in a nutshell. A total piece of crap.
Don't worry, they'll probably come out with a Transgender Medusa! Now your'e not sure what or who to kill!
Agreed, original is more accuratly done. Remake is nothing but a over done video game.
The 1981 Medusa scene had a true atmosphere and "creepy" feel. The remake was a soulless CGI crap fest.
All the excessive flying camerawork, falling masonry, leaping about and explosions totally sapped the scariness from the new Medusa. The older one is a masterclass on how you don't need any of that crap in order to have an audience on the edge of their seat. Even with stop motion effects (though some of the best ever) the older Medusa is just more believable. Now if they'd only replicated the camerawork, lighting and performances from the old one but featuring the new Medusa moving the same way, THEN the remake would be worthy.
I was bored watching the older one TBH, I think only people who like it is the people who grew up without CGI , I mean your more likely to like what you grew up with
Nah, I like both, the CGI one for being bold and pretty much making Medusa hot in the face, and her movement frantic, like Don Bluth’s princess Daphne in the second Dragon’s Lair game where she fluxes from a beauty into a monster. Plus she still crawls about like classic Medusa, which to be honest was one of the more frightening aspects of the original. She’s introduced by crawling around as though she has no legs, yet stands vertically upon the body and tail of a serpent.
Even the new ones’s beheading looks cute and cartoonish, like a “whoops” moment in one of Don Bluth’s video games.
@@Bunnybunny5656 Even most CGI generation people aren't keen on the new one TBH.
@@LandersWorkshop : Old Medusa: Stealthy killing machine. New Medusa: Invite for a coffee and a counselling session, and before you know it you'll be best buddies!
i did like the remake, but i can agree that the original has that tension that makes it better
The guy who edit this was a genius...allowed everybody to do this incredible comparison between two different moments in the movie history
As someone who is comlpetely unbiased because I've never seen any of these two movies and have no idea about their quality:
Original sequence goes for suspense, remake sequence goes for action.
Original Medusa is freaky, remake Medusa is hot.
Original Medusa has a more imaginative design, remake Medusa is not stop-motion and moves a lot smoother.
New Medusa is a better special effect, but the new actor looks less believable as a mythical hero.
I'd probably watch both films, original first. Ray Harryhausen is a legend but CGI is not to be undervalued.
excellent assessment, and i agree completely. but i add the following which perhaps confirms the fact that the original stands as a better work: the remake ( either the film entire or this scene ) did not have the impact in the young millenials that the original had in my generation.
dekubaner Well, I haven't seen the films, this is just a scene comparison. :D
Spoke like a true sage. Respect, for both.
vanishy0urself Good analysis but don't you think CGI is overused? I mean I can tell the new Medusa is CGI. Feels like I'm watching a cartoon. Obviously the original Medusa looks fake but my point is that in 34 years we went from a fake looking Medusa to a fake looking Medusa. When CGI is used across the board in a movie it doesn't provide verisimilitude at least for me anyway.
mpags I find complaints about fake-looking CGI a bit of a misblame, actually. The CGI itself has evolved to such a point that you can intercut reality and CG without most people noticing. Consider the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its squirrel scene. Some squirrel shots were real, some were CGI. Can you honestly tell without looking it up which is which? I can't. Maybe it's more apparent on the big screen, I usually watch movies on my computer, so maybe the screen size makes it harder to spot, but still...
The whole "feels like I'm watching a cartoon" thing can arise even in movies that _don't have_ CGI due to a far more invasive and intrusive process: digital color grading. Every movie that's coming out now has color grading, but some films go for this extreme, hyper-graded look. Bay-orange and Matrix-green are two really good examples of that. And yes, some movies do it wrong.
Granted, sometimes CGI can look _really_ awkward, but any special effect can look awkward. CGI is just a tool, like miniatures. Saying "CGI is overused" is akin to saying "miniatures are overused".
In the case of this medusa, she does look a bit fake, but in a way that kind of suits her. The most CGI-like thing is that there's no physical weight to her movements, but that fits the idea of an unnatural mythical monster... although in terms of unnatural movement, no one will ever outshine Ringu's Sadako. Ever.
It makes me angry that they made the remake Medusa "beautiful" which in a way, she sort of is. Medusa is NOT supposed to be beautiful. She is supposed to be terrifying and repulsive. So 1981 Medusa gets points for that because she is both repulsive and terrifying.
They Need to make a movie about Medusa
It'd be a really sad one if they sticked to the original story, but chances are they would just change bits here bits there and make a whole new happy ending.
+DJ Kingzy Not sure if that's a good idea. The original story of Medusa was that she was once a beautiful woman but got badly treated by the Gods. She ended up as hideous creature with the sole task to convert visiting humans to concrete statues. We all know about her end. This is ofc a very intriguing and morally twisted story, but no doubt that Hollywood will flatten it and make a one dimensional happy story about it.
would rather see a real movie. based on her not just an animated one. I think they could get her story in but pit a little extra in. persus in some way was her saviour to me saved her from a curse.to live her days out alone ugly forgotten and cursed with no one to really interact with.isolated this poor woman.
The craftsmanship of the stop motion medusa is amazing and scared the bejeezus out of me when I was little. Ray Harryhausen conceived of her and built her in his own workshop. The fact he had to use dolls eyes adjusted each frame with the end of a pencil eraser... Dolls eyes? Shudder... Creep factor ten and cinema magic.
I like the new one, but I prefer the original. It just has that atmosphere to it that can’t be topped.
To me there is no comparison- the original is much better. The suspense is awesome! This is my favorite Harryhausen sequence second only to the Skeleton fight in Jason and the Argonauts.
YESSSS! The skeleton fights are the best!
the original one was more suspenseful, so I prefer that one in this scene. plus, the late great Mr. Harryhausen's creative work. I remember watching the movie in my sixth grade social studies class when we were learning about ancient Greece.
The original is 1000 times better. The fact that you can hardly see her makes the scene much scarier.
That's not weird at all mate cos you're absolutely right - what you've done is you've pointed out that the original stayed true to the myth more than the remake did cos Medusa is supposed to be ugly, not hot! Before she was punished, she was very beautiful but when Athena punished her and turned her into a Gorgon, she became ugly - that's why every time someone looked her in the face, they were turned to stone. Her face was so ugly to behold, so any onlooker was turned to stone.
Ray Harryhausen's Medusa set the standard for the snake body look. He invented it. Up until then, she was a regular bi-ped except in a couple of weird European sword and scandal flics.. His idea, in my opinion, really captured the horror of her curse. The contempt in her expression in the original movie as she stalked the intruders was electric. You were actually worried about Perseus and his men. The new movie, while mildly entertaining, had an assembly line, forced feel to it. I was just waiting for each scene to end (which really disappointed me).
With all the CGI, with all it's "action packed" choreography, with all the music, the new one doesn't hold a candle to the old one. The old music, the old medusa, the old look was MUCH, much creepier and sinister. Sometimes you have to know when less is more, and this proves that very point. Medusa is a thousand times scarier, the whole scene provokes more anticipation and anxiety in you. The old one is far superior in every way. Hands down.
Yeah but the whole point of the new one was that it humanised Medusa more and made her a much more relatable and tragic figure rather than just a scary monster. But both are close to different versions of the old myth. Also I liked the bit of tension and fear before the fight began in the new one, that was quite well done.
mmmh, I don't know, the new one is actually really good.
I've yet to be impressed or frightened by a CGI monster. Large Marge from PeePee's Big Adventure is 1000X scarier than this Medusa.
Yeah, but the zoom ins are so cheesy
Agreed. Never get bored of the original. The new one is ok, but I was never *scared*. In fact, it was more like a chore to have to watch it.
The new seems cold and soulless. Like a comic book character.The old is more menacing and more "real."
The original Medusa was scarier and Perseus's sword was WAY cooler than the new one. The new sword is a piece of shit and huge down grade.
The 1981 original was much better, and had a more Classical Greek feel to it then the remake
Curt Wakeman I feel the same was, but that's probably because of nostalgic values
Curt Wakeman I agree :)
Curt Wakeman Yes, definitely. The remake looked more like an action flick than a sword-and-sorcery epic.
The new sword is historically accurate. That's what swords looked like in Ancient Greek. I prefer the new sword over the old.
The original Medusa was my favourite part of the original movie, the remake my favourite part was those eyeless Witches/Kraken. It was so lovely to see (again) that little golden Owl, Bubo (I think that was his name (my only complaint though, is that it's just a small cameo. Wanted to see more of him).
Absolutely no contest - the original is far, far superior. The art of suspense is understood, unlike the modern version which is crass in the extreme.
Uma das razões que me tornei professor de história foi por causa deste filme de 1981. Obra prima.
I love all of you commenters! You all know what's up! The original movie was genius. Great storytelling and acting, and the effects were cool. CGI may be more advanced, but then the story telling often suffers. Harryhausen all day.
Yet another movie that did NOT need a remake. I’ve watched the remake only once, and doubt I’ll ever watch it again.
WE NEED THE OLD SPECIAL EFFECTS BACK!!!
Older is WAY WAYYYYYY scarier.
original Medusa gave me diarrea every time I watched the Movie. Great scene and better movie than the new One.
Right? Me too!
Wow you did an Amazing job editing these two movies together , you enhanced the ethereal ambiance of both movies
These scenes never get old. Sweet! ❤🍯
it appears to be more of a real-world scena the original medusa that the remake
You have to love the fact that Perseus had to kill a monster in order to kill another with it the other's head.
Love the original I remember one of the first movies I ever seen was the original takes me back. Thank you for the upload.
in the remake: does Medusa really need a bow if she can physically move almost as fast as an arrow?
Original is supreme with tension and involved stealth and intellignece. Remake CGI bullshit, model looking medusa, and foolish approach to action no tension.
Medusa's laughter in the remake made her even more dangerous than she looks.
The old one is more dramatic. However, I agree with the newer version because Medusa was initially the prettiest lady in her city and she was a priestess in Athena's temple. She was raped by the rapist Poseidon because he was angry with Athena being chosen as a patroness of the city by its citizens instead of him. Athena bribed the people with olives and Poseidon tried with horses. Unfortunately for Medusa and her sisters Stheno and Euryale, instead of dueling with Poseidon, she actually punished Medusa, the rape victim who kept her virginity and chastity and dedicated her life as a priestess, who was obviously a mortal incapable of fighting a Poseidon; into the gorgon that she was along with her innocent sisters. Her sisters were made immortal whilst Medusa remained mortal. That's why she could be killed. I think it's fair that the newer version shows her prettier face as she was a pretty innocent lady who became a victim to the pagan deities' rivalries - twice. One time it turned her and her innocent sisters into monsters - they didn't deserve such treatment. Second time, it rendered her dead because some pagan gods and warriors wanted to use her head without getting into casualty although without her consent and resignation.
Well it's Action versus Tension, Actions a spectacle and Tensions an Emotion.
O.ORIGINAL.E.UM.CLASICO.👏👏👏👏👏👏
i like the original better, i like the stop-motion animation ahah, much more scarier
I both love the old and new version. Wow, this is my favorite part of the Clash of the Titans, the long appearance of Medusa. . .
You can tell in the original they pay special attention to statues making each of them in a scared and reflective position but in the new one is all just copy and past with the them
Nice to see both versions: thank you so much ooxox
new one has so much effects it looks like a video game. just my opinion.
Perseus was kind of smart he used his shield Instead not looking at her because he looked at it, closes his eyes and swings his sword and cut off her head
In the remake, I found myself focusing on Medusa's Maidenform Bra and not on the action, which had too many high-speed chase scenes. In Harryhausen's version, Perseus's fear is very palpable as the sweat pours down his face while she comes nearer and nearer. The head comes off, and Perseus collapses like, "Thank the gods it was her and not me!" The grand finale is when the ketchup gushes out, and his shield is dissolved in it--absolutely OVER THE TOP! The students I was teaching when the remake came out said they preferred the computer graphics. Oh, and they liked "Toy Story" as well.
Hahaha, the Toy Story bit sums up everything perfectly. 😂 Thank goodness my Dad raised me with a sense of appreciation for Classical Art in all its forms.
I’ve watched the original so many times… Every once in awhile I find myself wanting to immerse back into that world… it’s well done. One of my favorite movies…
The old one is far more scarier. I get movies these day.
Original version without a doubt . I was 14 when I watched it... I was supposed to be scared and in total awe and disbelief ...and that is the exact feeling I got.. The new version in 2010 I was 43 and by then nothing scared me or made me jump any more
I just wanna see a hero terrified by the villain, or threatened it makes the victory sweeter when despite the fear you conquer your enemy
the original and the films of that era was just golden