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The furies have no power over those who have not committed grievous crimes.

Must...resist...full...geekout.

But the short geekout:

Monsters in the books can sort of tell when a demigod's nearby but can't be certain until they see a demigod actually use its powers.

The Furies actually went easy in the Lightning Thief because if they killed Percy, they wouldn't be able to find out where Percy had evidently hidden the junk--because he didn't have it on him (they could tell that, too).

So, dunno what the movie's done (Wanna see Avatar and Sherlock first), but the book covers it bases well.

It was like a pilot for a Xena-level tv show.

Alas. It could've been a bit better. It had dozens of extras for no apparent reason.

Percy was the movie Sammi took me to this week ^-^

I lost my FF CC Ring of Fates, though ;-;

-Crissa

Maxus wrote:You don't know your greek mythology much, do you?

The greek gods weren't all-powerful. They weren't even all-aware. Sure, if they're paying attention they can do a lot, but they can be caught unawares.

I don't know how much the movie went into it, but the books do sort of imply that Kronos was egging his sons on--subtly, but still doing it.

Pardon my lack of knowledge then. I've only read enough of Hercules to know that the Greek Gods are dicks.

Omnipotent isn't Omniscient.

-Crissa

Nicklance wrote:

Maxus wrote:You don't know your greek mythology much, do you?

The greek gods weren't all-powerful. They weren't even all-aware. Sure, if they're paying attention they can do a lot, but they can be caught unawares.

I don't know how much the movie went into it, but the books do sort of imply that Kronos was egging his sons on--subtly, but still doing it.

Pardon my lack of knowledge then. I've only read enough of Hercules to know that the Greek Gods are dicks.

They're essentially people.

Ordinary, normal, run-of-the-mill people.

With superpowers and got their upbringing from their kindly father, who swallowed them whole rather than raise them, rather than a pair of loser farmers who stuck them with a bunch of 'morals'.

When you can turn people into animals or just flatten cities, you really don't need to be a compassionate, gentle person who sees the point of view of others.

angelfromanotherpin wrote:The furies have no power over those who have not committed grievous crimes.

Ah, right. Though that still means the Fury couldn't have done shit to Percy...

Prak_Anima wrote:

angelfromanotherpin wrote:The furies have no power over those who have not committed grievous crimes.

Ah, right. Though that still means the Fury couldn't have done shit to Percy...

Doubt it.

The Furies work for Hades, and I think he told them to go hang someone's guts on a fence, they'd do just that and Hades could apologize later for bending the rules.

Do they? Granted I haven't read many myths with the furies in them, but the modern stuff I've read generally does mythology pretty right and I never heard that...

Prak_Anima wrote:Do they? Granted I haven't read many myths with the furies in them, but the modern stuff I've read generally does mythology pretty right and I never heard that...

In the Percy Jackson books (which is fairly accurate as far I know. The guy who wrote it used to teach the stuff and sometimes the mythology contradicts itself), there are only three Furies, and they're the chief torturers in the Underworld and they're therefore subject to Hades' rule--and they're also his chief Henchmen.

They aren't super-powerful for monsters, but they're nasty enough that when all three of them showed up at once, the satyr started freaking out about how it's all three of the 'Kindly Ones' showing up--the first hint they got about just how much attention was focused on them and how important it was to not screw up.

Huh, ok then.

I just have to say it.... Venture Brothers.

The first two seasons were so funny that sometimes I laughed so hard sound stopped coming out.

Now I just watch out of the hope that they might get their heads out of their asses. So far, it's been endless pedophilia jokes and episodes dedicated to explaining one-liners from Season 1.

It makes me wonder if all cartoon comedy writers burn out after two years (like Family Guy).

K wrote:I just have to say it.... Venture Brothers.

The first two seasons were so funny that sometimes I laughed so hard sound stopped coming out.

Now I just watch out of the hope that they might get their heads out of their asses. So far, it's been endless pedophilia jokes and episodes dedicated to explaining one-liners from Season 1.

It makes me wonder if all cartoon comedy writers burn out after two years (like Family Guy).

God, yes. Glad I'm not the only one.

I've read this entire thread, waded through all of your nerd rage and I have become stronger for it.

Jilocasin wrote:

K wrote:I just have to say it.... Venture Brothers.

The first two seasons were so funny that sometimes I laughed so hard sound stopped coming out.

Now I just watch out of the hope that they might get their heads out of their asses. So far, it's been endless pedophilia jokes and episodes dedicated to explaining one-liners from Season 1.

It makes me wonder if all cartoon comedy writers burn out after two years (like Family Guy).

God, yes. Glad I'm not the only one.

If you gave up half way through season 4, episodes 4x07 and 4x08 are actually good and worth checking out.

Frankly, if you didn't laugh your ass off through Handsome Ransom (Venture Brothers 4x02), I don't know what to say to you. They had the voice of Animated Batman as Captain Sunshine. Comedy fucking gold.

-Username17

There was a scene near the end of that episode, where the Monarch is advancing on Captain Sunshine, dressed as the Boy Wonder, salaciously telling him that he needs to fuck his archenemy dressed as his sidekick to exorcise his personal demons. My girlfriend absolutely refuses to watch that episode ever again, but has reluctantly admitted that she finds that particular bit to be the funniest scene not just from Venture Bros, but from any TV show ever.

FrankTrollman wrote:Frankly, if you didn't laugh your ass off through Handsome Ransom (Venture Brothers 4x02), I don't know what to say to you. They had the voice of Animated Batman as Captain Sunshine. Comedy fucking gold.

-Username17

I might have chuckled a few times. Didn't actually find it entertaining, though.

[Edit] This is the one with the Waco/clone thing, right? [/Edit]

CatharzGodfoot wrote: [Edit] This is the one with the Waco/clone thing, right? [/Edit]

Captain Sunshine is the one with the superpowered pedophile called Captain Sunshine. If you saw the episode, you pretty much have to remember this.

I still like the Venture Bros, though I thought the earlier seasons were better. Why the hell aren't any new ones coming out?

I've been keeping up and have watched them all. Not that I haven't laughed my ass off a couple of times in the newer seasons, I just recall laughing my ass off more during 1 and 2.

shau wrote:

CatharzGodfoot wrote: [Edit] This is the one with the Waco/clone thing, right? [/Edit]

Captain Sunshine is the one with the superpowered pedophile called Captain Sunshine. If you saw the episode, you pretty much have to remember this.

I still like the Venture Bros, though I thought the earlier seasons were better. Why the hell aren't any new ones coming out?

My bad, then. I'll download the real one.

FrankTrollman wrote:Frankly, if you didn't laugh your ass off through Handsome Ransom (Venture Brothers 4x02), I don't know what to say to you. They had the voice of Animated Batman as Captain Sunshine. Comedy fucking gold.

-Username17

So Venture Brothers has managed to extract itself from the comedic wasteland that was Season 3 and has gotten back down to business, eh? That's some welcome news!

CatharzGodfoot wrote:[Edit] This is the one with the Waco/clone thing, right? [/Edit]

There was an episode riffing off of 'The Shining' that had a wise old black dude turn the local small-town sheriff + SWAT on the Venture Compound, and a bunch of popup cardboard Ventures got the sheriff decrying the place as a religious compound.

The radio was playing a song by David Guetta that features Akon musing about "tryin' to find the words to describe this girl without bein' disrespectful". Sadly, the best he could do was "sexy bitch". It's a shame, because the way he sang right before the chorus was very pretty, enough to prompt me to look up the lyrics.

edit: oops, wrong thread