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I had to go look up the labors of Hercules because I was pretty sure the mythological origin of Ursa major and minor was different (it was--it involves a lady Zeus wants to bang and Hera turning her into a bear). Anyway, per wikipedai: 1. Slay the Nemean Lion. 2. Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra. 3. Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis. 4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar. 5 Clean the Augean stables in a single day. (I guess he killed and captured so many animals now he's gotta clean up after them?) 6. Slay the Stymphalian Birds. 7. Capture the Cretan Bull. 8. Steal the Mares of Diomedes. 9. Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. 10. Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon. 11. Steal the apples of the Hesperides. 12. Capture and bring back Cerberus.

The thing with Pandora's could've turned into an Abbott and Costello routine: "OK, so we have Pandora's Box." "Actually, it's a jar." "Well, not yet, it starts closed, but eventually it's ajar: That's how the evil escapes."

C'mon, Jason: The Von Erichs?!? Could you have picked a more tragic reference than a family of wrestlers who mostly died way too young?

So in this version of the Hercules story I feel like they cut out the fact he is a demigod! Instead they have Zeus imbue a fully mortal baby who has 2 mortal parents with the powers of a god. Ademigod has one godly parent, usually Zeus because he can't keep his dick in his toga. Christ of the 12 Olympians 7 are his kids and 5 of THEM are the result of infidelity.

In Greek mythology Iris is the personification of the rainbow and is a messenger of the gods . She acts as the go between for the gods and humanity in several cases . She's not a literal bridge though. That looked like the Bifrost like you mentioned.

Lou Ferrigno fights a bear in this movie AND on the Incredible Hulk. It would be funny if at one point in time it was in his contract that you had to let him fight a fucking bear if you wanted him in your project.

This is a case where the terrible film was actually right and the podcast was wrong. It actually is "Pandora's jar". The wikipedia page has a section on why we say box: Also, regarding the movie getting myths confused, there is a precedent for rainbow bridges, but not in Greek myth. Norse mythology has a rainbow bridge connecting Earth and where the gods live.

joker's wild

Didn't he do that in jerry Maguire? I am again puzzled by his bad dancing afterward!

Was this actually Cuba?

I am also one of those people who registered only to recommend this awful movie. It's hard to find a better example of '90s schlock "comedy" with weirdly bigoted caricatures, and includes some people who don't usually get racially stereotyped in mainstream American movies - Eskimos and the Amish. My mother had the brilliant idea to have my family watch this movie back when it came out, and I'm not sure in retrospect if this was a "this is a kids' movie, let's watch it" moment, or a "let's show the little fucker how good he has it" moment. Plus it has Bruce Willis in, I believe, an inexplicable pink bunny outfit.

Still can't believe this one hasn't been done yet. And Rob Reiner seems like an incredibly kind person, maybe just maybe he'd be a good sport about this mess and agree to be the guest.

Come to think it, yeah, there isn't one redeemable thing about NORTH. But it's a crazy watch now.

Maybe you have a higher tolerance for dreck, mrrichardson. I saw this movie as a kid when it came out on VHS and was simply amazed at it horribleness. I remember this film distinctly as being the first worst movie I'd ever seen up to that point. This mild comedy (and that's being generous, as North's "jokes" are mostly tone-deaf and veer into ugly racist stereotypes) made a young, movie-loving me realize that not all films have the potential to be good. Add to this, that if it weren't for the chutzpah to give voice to those horrible jokes, this movie would be dreadfully - painfully - dull. I don't think this movie is underrated or under-appreciated at all; in the court of cinema-going public opinion, this move is rated as a failure quite perfectly. Even mindless drones who bow to the opinions their mighty and powerful movie reviewing overlords can honestly and freely agree that this movie roundly sucks One last thing: I can usually find one moment - one nugget of cinematic gold - in even the worst of movies ever made. Those moments when one scene, one actor, one line, or one little moment adds a much-needed sparkle to an otherwise turd of a movie. It could be a simple moment, or something tossed-off and random. Every bad movie has at least one redeemable moment. To my mind, North does not. Sorry, bro.

I watched this as a kid, remembered quite a bit. Then they roasted Rob Reiner on CC and everybody was talking about how NORTH was the biggest price of shit EVER. I remember thinking, "it can't be that bad", and never thought about it again. Then a year ago I saw it was on tv, so I watched it. The rest is just a blur, but based off the police report, this was my reaction after watching NORTH, grown up, after all these years... ME: THIS MOVIE! *thunder claps outside* ME: THIS MOVIE!! *i throw my tv out the window, smashing it to bits raining glass and... rain everywhere* ME: THIS MOOOVIE!!! *i rip my clothes off and jump out my one story window* ME: THIS MOVIE! *i cover my whole buddy in mud* ME: THIS FUCKING MOVIE!!! *i burn my house down* ME: GIBBERISHNESS MAH MAH AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! *i start pooping in the middle of the street* So yeah, it drove me insane. And that's why I think the HDTGM crew should do NORTH, it inducing insanity on its unsuspecting viewer.

This is such a bad movie it's hard to even put into words everything wrong this movie does. From the opening which is weird and jarring, to the racist depictions of various races and nationalities. Not too mention the ending which is such a fuck you to the audience. I think the biggest crime is that such a good cast was put together to be in this horrid thing

First off, you guys have to do this movie. Addressing the Ebert review; Reiner didn't bounce back from this. After the American President, every movie Reiner has done since has been a critical and commercial failure. This is the movie that broke the back of one of the best directors of his generation. Lastly, I'd like to see a caption contest to fill in the ellipses in this promotional poster:

Seriously. This movie has to be done. Roger Ebert said it best. Or you can read the review here http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/north-1994

I couldn't agree more. As a tribute to Roger Ebert, and as an absolutely horrid movie in and of itself, North deserves every bit of scathing critique, biting sarcasm and confused rage June, Jason, Paul and (please, please, please!) guest host Pete Holmes can dish-out on it. Also, having actually watched North when I was a misguided kid, I need closure on this movie (it still haunts me to this day). Avenge me, HDTGM! AVENGE ME!!!

Yes! This needs to be a thing, pronto.

Why hasn't this movie been done yet??! And congrats to June and Paul on their baby! I'm so excited for both of you, even though it means only two HDTGM each month.

Nah. The turkey puppet still looks better than screen saver birds, it doesn't have a sound break after every cut, and lacks Birdemic's SUBTLE social commentary.

Amazing movie, but it was made to be bad on purpose. It's ridiculously self-aware. I think it's amazing, but every horrible thing in it seems super deliberate.

I don't think this is going to happen. Direct to DVD is generally not going to get touched.

I think that's what most people did think, which is why they in turn became so enraged after seeing this movie (Roger Ebert included). It should have been at least goofily enjoyable given the people involved, but instead it's kind of oppressively unentertaining.