Best Take on a Classic Myth

[viscountradu]

I am a huge fan of Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files because of the way it reimagines the mythology of faeries and magic. I also really like the way Stargate SG-1 plays with Egyptian, Norse, and now Arthurian myth.

So I want to know: What are some good new twists on classic tales? (It could be from movies, TV, comics, or books.) Vampires, werewolves, the Phoenix, Cerberus, Titans, whatever! Any mythology will do.

[megaspam]

Edit: I just got the best idea. Somebody needs to take Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung and turn it into a three and a half hour super-high budget movie. That story just defines epic.

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[blacksymbiote]

If you think about it, Superman seems to be a take on the Hercules myth... a god among men, trying to do what's right... maybe, maybe not...

[losojosdemuerte]

How about Howard the Duck. That's a great story. A Duck amongst men.

[megaspam]

I love Howard the Duck, but I don't see how giant space scorpions being pulled across the galaxy by a telescope fits into any kind of classic mythology.

The transformation is complete. I am now a dark overlord of the universe.

[bcool]

I gotta say harry potter. *puts a dollar in the gay bucket* but, no seriously it's a great reimagining of all those magic stories and stuff.

[masherscf]

Originally Posted by blacksymbiote

If you think about it, Superman seems to be a take on the Hercules myth... a god among men, trying to do what's right... maybe, maybe not...

Maybe. Hercules wasn't a do-gooder like Superman though. Dispite Kevin Sorbo, Hercules was also not very bright.

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Originally Posted by bcool

I gotta say harry potter. *puts a dollar in the gay bucket* but, no seriously it's a great reimagining of all those magic stories and stuff.

harry potter is nothing to be ashamed of friend. i stood in the midnight line for the last book release.

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i am reading PREACHER and it is a great take on a lot of different myths. angels, demon, the hero's journey, vampires and all that good stuff.


it is also a great take on the western genre itself...which is full of myths and tall tales.