Olympus

Hero is an interesting character in the Olympus story because he is the one who is in charge of saving the world in a sense. What I really liked about Olympus is that each character had a different motive, and the quest for immortality was great. And the fight between two kingdoms for it seemed like a fascinating plot to me. I cannot wait to watch the whole series. The only thing that is wrong with Olympus is that it places too much emphasis on the fight scenes and not enough on developing some of the characters. The characters that could have been developed more were King Aegeus. Now what is most important is the Oracle character and she served her full purpose in the story as far as I'm concerned. What I also didn't like is that a few scenes were kind of boring. But Olympus made up for all that by creating a great plot and good ideas. Don't miss this brilliant episode.

The production value on this is low, not gonna lie. I wish the creators had had more money to work with, because there are some interesting ideas. They collapse time in order to deal with multiple issues - the ruins reflect us looking back from today, the Magi reflect a time when Christians would destroy the earlier polytheism - and the concept of how we experience time eventually comes into the plot. I'm a couple of episodes from the end and our Hero is in a downward spiral towards anti-Hero status which is painful and real feeling.

My one hugh issue is that once again Anglo writers felt the need to make the bad guys in a fantasy story vaguely Arabic. That really needs to stop.

It started off a little rough but the series is more and more engaging. It feels more like a play then a TV show. Ignore the sometimes poor special affects and focus on the story. I think the acting is very good and the writing is improving. Try not to judge this with other shows that have million dollar budgets. It does as well as it can with the small budget it has. Listen to the words and concentrate on the acting. It's better then most people are saying.

I think the story will wind up being about a Jewish/Christian figure (the character of Hero) who is destined to be the beginning of a new faith (one God) that will eventually replace the pagan gods.

It's a good show and I hope it gets renewed.

The analytics on this are fascinating. This pathetic clunker of an immediately cancelled series is perhaps the most shilled up on IMDB

I'm something of a fan of Greek mythology so I was enthusiastic about a new series cast in the classical genre.

Sadly Olympus is amateurish in every regard. The acting feels forced and awkward, the story line is more or less missing, whilst the sets and special effects look like they were designed by a group of bored college students.

Are there any plus's here? I'd really like to be generous but I'm struggling to find anything positive to say. Nothing I have seen so far looks like it could in any way be redeemed.

I rarely give a series, especially a new one, a rating of one out of ten but Olympus is truly a Greek tragedy in every sense.