Comments on: Revisiting Xena: Can Mythology survive the wrath of Hollywood?

By: Applebees

Applebees — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:38:29 +0000

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By: Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:27:11 +0000

There definitely were some false facts in your article “The guy on the couch”. As some were stated above, you paint the picture in a way that makes the show seem just plain stupid. In order for you to have a much more valid opinion on this show you would have to see many more episodes than just this. I am a college student who has taken Greek mythology courses and I find that while the show definitely does have some inaccuracies, it is not as far off as you make it appear. Also, whenever they do stray from the “true” greek myths they stray in order to make the show more entertaining. And they never stray so far that the entire greek mythology is made into the “Xena-Greek Mtyhology”. I was hoping your article would also look at other media outlets as well, but I can see that is not the case. I do hope that you look further than Wikipedia in your background research and look forward to your more…enlightening articles.

By: Classical

Classical — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:23:03 +0000

it means you misinterpreted the whole thing. you made the show and their creators looked like they didn’t have any idea about who the amazons where and what that implied. i know it wasn’t on purpose because you probably didn’t see the episodes angela mentioned but…..that’s how it looked.

i’m sure you’ll understand what angela was trying to clear out if you watch the episodes from the beginning. (and I’ll garantee you that you’ll enjoy watching the episodes)

during a period of time Xena: Warrior Princess was the MOST watched show on TV.

#1, the best!

By: Oliver Messiaen

Oliver Messiaen — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:15:11 +0000

What have you not understood Mr. music?

By: music

music — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:50:35 +0000

What do you mean ?

By: angela

angela — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:36:59 +0000

A few things I wanted to correct/say

1. Xena is not an Amazon. Yes she is a warrior woman but that does not necessarily makes her an “amazon”. She does not belong to any Amazonian tribe nation, so she is by definition is not an Amazon.

2. In a early first season episode, Gabrielle was given the right of caste by a dying Amazon named Terreis (whom Gabrielle attempted saving from flying arrows by covering her) who was the sister of Queen Melosa, thus making her an Amazon Princess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terreis#Terreis