Talk:Hercules (film)/@comment-5235902-20130509225258

Feel free to change the article back if you have good reason to, but I'm removing the references to Hercules being an adaptation of Superman: Last Son of Krypton, which is completely and utterly untrue, for a two of reasons:

1. The similarities between Hercules' plot and the general backstory of Superman stem from the fact that Superman was inspired by the Hercules myth, not the other way around.

2. Production notes by Ron Clements and John Musker (which can be seen in The Art of Hercules) show that they were inspired more by sports stars than superheroes when creating Hercules, thus explaining the kind of pop culture references made in the film when Hercules becomes famous (see Zero to Hero).

In addition, the character equivalences listed here are extremely far fetched. Since when did Phil, Hercules' trainer and friend, resemble the editor-in-chief of The Daily Planet? Who had the mind to simply list a bunch of Superman villains as being equivalent to Hades, who resembles none of them? Don't think I'm being shortsighted either - I'm asking these questions on both a physical and personal level.

In addition, the film was negatively received in Greece because critics felt it was an attempt to soften their history for western culture, not because they thought it was too similar to Superman.

Anyway, as I say, feel free to change it back, but only if you can post a legitimate reason here. It's in a wiki's best interest to spread correct information, so it distresses me to see false claims here.