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haele

(12,581 posts)
4. From a remake of Clash of the Titans, where Liam Neason plays Zeus.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:11 PM
Nov 2020

In the trailer (and the movie) he dramatically raises his arms and thunders "Release the Kraken" - the writers of the screenplay apparently missing the fact that the Kraken is a Norse sea monster of legend, not Greek.
Anyway, the movie was horribly bad except for the occasional moments of pure Cheese like that one.

And thus, that was the birth of that particular meme.

On edit, - sorry, wrong legendary Greek myth movie remake.

Haele

Chili

(1,725 posts)
6. The Kraken
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:13 PM
Nov 2020

"The Kraken is a Scandinavian Mythological Seamonster of tremendous size of strength said to exist off the coasts of Norway and Greenland. Its tentacles are large enough to be able to pull entire Ships under the Water and destroy cities with relative ease. The Creature possessed endurance to match its strength."

It may be of Norse origin, but it is a part of the story of Perseus.

In this scene from "Clash of the Titans," Perseus, riding his winged horse Pegasus, flies to save his love Andromeda from the Kraken by taking out the severed head of Medusa the Gorgon and turning it to stone.

Got it?

I grew up loving Greek mythology!



magicarpet

(13,935 posts)
7. KRAKEN..... not a Norseman I see....
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:15 PM
Nov 2020

The kraken (/ˈkrɑːkən/) is a legendary cephalopod-like sea monster of gigantic size in Scandinavian folklore. According to the Norse sagas, the kraken dwells off the coasts of Norway and Greenland and terrorizes nearby sailors.

More at link below,....

Don't go deep sea fishing....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

panader0

(25,816 posts)
12. Good to know. I don't follow hockey, not sure why, it's a great sport.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:47 PM
Nov 2020

I'd claim it's because I live in Az, but there's a team here too right? I still don't know the rules
like blue line violation, etc. Great name for a team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Kraken

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