Bessie Smyth
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Cody
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Scarlet
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Coolerjohn23
I guess I am a minority on this since a lot of the reviews on here praise this show but I would like to give my own thoughts anyway. This show is really dumb Hercules is bland and has no character to him other than being a strong guy. He has a sidekick called newton and trust me you will grow to hate this character. The reason is that he had a whiny voice and he constantly for no reason repeats the same lines over and over again. Hercules also has a girlfriend who I will call princess peach because that's mostly what happens she gets kidnapped all the time and like Hercules she has almost no character to her. The villains are all stock who exist just to do bad things and pretty much you could interchange their personalities and would never tell the difference. One thing that does not make sense is the strength of Hercules. What I mean is that in this version he does not naturally have this strength all the time instead the show says that he has to wear a ring on earth to have that strength even if Olympus is technically on earth already only separated by 1 cloud. Another thing I do not get is Murtis the evil blacksmith. He has an item called the mask of Vulcan which is pretty much able to anyone immune to physical attacks. At first you would think this mask is just 1 since it is referred to as a mask even thought it is quite clearly a helmet. But later on it shows that he makes them himself so why call it the mask of Vulcan if he can just make them himself. The only real good thing about this show to me is that its so laughably bad that it becomes a comedy then again do not take my word for it the entire show is on netflix so you can view it yourself and come to your own opinion about it.
iloveteach
I've read the other reviews and agree with most of them. I remember watching this when I was 4 or 5 years old. It may not have had the best animation, and it certainly had less than thrilling action, but remember the time was completely different. The children of the 60's who watched this were enthralled by a hero who had flaws and sidekicks who were unquestionably loyal. And it had the best theme song ever! Thank you, Johnny Nash for singing a song that to this day I can remember word for word! It was amazing and I wish I could find it here in Houston. Does anyone know where we can get copies of this cartoon for review? Does anyone have tapes or copies?
Sean Morrow
I didn't realize it was a Canadian production, that makes me so damn proud (and explains why it's been rerun on Canadian TV for almost 50 years).You can't really rate or review something like this, you either love it and it's a 10 or you don't and it's a 1. I remember watching it when I was five and it first came out. They interrupted an episode to bring the breaking news that JFK had been assassinated. I watched it with my kids when they we babies. I expect to watch it with my grandkids.As has been pointed out, it was unbelievably cheap and cheesy. The stories were pathetic and the art childish. And they recycled the same 5 stories over and over and over. But when all is said and done, I just love it. I don't know why. I don't know why.
Jeope!
The Greatest Cartoon You'll Never, Ever See Again. On Earth. Period."The Mighty Hercules" is a bygone animated classic, the likes of which are just not made today. With "Rocket Robin Hood" and "The Amazing Spider-Man", "Hercules" created a mighty trifecta of cartoon delights for the Gen-X set.I mean, damn. Come on. You gotta know what I mean here."Hercules" was one of countless shoestring-budget cartoon creations to appear on the Saturday morning scene in the 70s and 80s. And while the show's original run existed in the Mighty Sixties, its true essence revealed itself through rerun after jaw-dropping rerun. And just how cheap was this program?In one episode, Herc's nemesis, the conniving wizard Daedelus, gains control of a deadly flying dragon and instructs it to destroy Hercules. Out of the sky it spirals towards Herc, who runs headlong into battle...behind a giant rock. No fooling. The entire tussle takes place behind this rock. Now that's thrifty cartooning.That aside, "Hercules" did boast some cool and laugh-inducing characters and scenes, like the aforementioned Daedelus, quite possibly one of animation's most heinous individuals. With squinted, shifty eyes, a black cloak, little pointy slippers and a handlebar mustache of handlebar mustaches, Daedelus and his equally shifty feline, Dido, attempt dastardly deeds on what seems a daily basis. Occasionally the Mask Of Vulcan would appear. This hombre was pretty much a Daedelus clone with a janitor's pail on his head who was invincible so long as he wore it -- so when he showed up Herc would somehow have to get it off with a tree branch. Then there was Willimene, who essentially was a chick-Daedelus. She had a parrot and spent much of her time beating on Herc's maiden, Helena.But really, when dissecting "Hercules", one has to go no further than the sidekicks. Herc receives help in the form of Newton, a knock-kneed bumbling centaur with slight homosexual tendencies (and more than an inspiration for "The Simpsons" Waylon Smithers), and also Toot, a spritely sort of two-legged version of Newton who can only express himself through a piccolo. And speaking of cheap and careless cartoon-making, watch out for the one where Newton's voice changes mid-episode. This blatant disregard for quality and continuity may mark this program as, well, amateur...but in the spirit of kitsch and pop-culture, it's probably what puts "The Mighty Hercules" over the top as one of TV's true diamonds in the rough.Oh yeah, and a theme song for the ages. Absolutely kickass.
