Hercules Premier Photograph Club
January 199
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I was putting this month together of photos from "Hercules And The Circle Of Fire" and found this shot of Hercules that had been approved when I did "Hercules In The Underworld," but hadn't used. I couldn't resist -- it seemed perfect to open this month. I love it when the camera shoots from slightly below -- makes Kevin look even taller than his already imposing 6'3". Hearkens back to my youth when all my heroes were 10' tall! In this movie, Hercules meets his future wife, Deianeira, while restoring the Eternal Torch to Prometheus which Hera stole to deprive mankind of fire. Deianeira is a woman ahead of her time. She's gonna take care of this Prometheus herself and Hercules' only usefulness to her is as a guide to the god's house. After that, she can handle things on her own, thank you. The byplay between the two is part of the fun of this series. In the second photo, Hercules and Deianeira have to cross a mountain face on a very, very tiny rope bridge. The ensuing dialog is as follows: Hercules: "You climbed the rocks up to Prometheus'
house." Personally, I found her logic eminently practical. But when the bridge breaks and she finds herself having to climb up Hercules to get to the other side, I thought that seemed like fun. I just wish we had a slide of the point where she was standing on Herc's head! Photo #3 takes place during Hercules' fight with his father, Zeus. Zeus is afraid his son will be killed if he interferes with Hera's plans to wipe out mankind. Hercules always puts the safety of other people ahead of his own and tells his father this is something he has to do -- "The lives of all those people (depend on me)." Zeus responds: "I care about people. It so happens, I care more about you." Kevin does most of his own stunts and I thought photo #4 was a good example of how much he throws himself into the fight scenes. The last shot from this movie is Hercules fighting the giant, Antaeus. He's sort of a walking tree and seems to be getting the best of Hercules when Deianeira figures out the source of his strength and how to defeat him. She tells Hercules: "He get his strength from his mother, the Earth. Don't let him touch the ground." Of course she leaves the "how" of this dilemma to Hercules who hoists Antaeus up and holds him over his head until the giant is nothing more than a bunch of dried leaves! And, in keeping with tradition, when Michael Hurst isn't in a particular episode, I'm closing the month with three photos of Iolaus. They are from "The Enforcer," "War Bride," and "Once a Hero." A beautiful close up, a shot of Iolaus' trademark grin and the last a tribute to Michael Hurst's dedication to his job. He broke his arm during filming, but they worked it into the episode and proved, as the old saying goes, "The show must go on!" |
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