i hadn not hear anything about this project until i saw that it be go to be on and so i watch it with a completely open mind . and and gee and the cast be full of strong player . unfortunately . . . it awful . i do not mean it isn not good while i mean it extraordinarily bad sometimes laughably so and but mostly it just bore . it strong appeal come from have attractive people as naked a u network tv will allow and but it all tease and no substance and and have nymphs a backup character can not justify several hour of bad tv . there be two basic problem that the cast can not overcome . first and the script be awful . yes and make change to the hercules myth ( which be certainly not a single monolithic story in the first place ) be traditional and but this version be relentlessly dull and much too frequently dumb ( and sometimes downright head shakingly peculiar ) and with terrible pacing and bit borrow from here and there ( and several part seemingly belong in different film ) and and truly awful dialogue . the dialogue be frequently unbearably bad and in fact and to the point where you feel embarrass for the actor . sean astin and apparently now typecast a second banana and seem especially burden by one awful line after another . there no consistency of tone or atmosphere and little cohesion to the plot . second and most of the special effect be really bad . really bad . there occasionally a decent bit of cgi and but mostly and again and you feel really embarrass on behalf of the cast . i have no idea what the budget for this project be and but it sure look like crap compare to clash of the titan or even hercules represent the legendary journey and doesn not even compare very favorably with the old lou ferrigno and italian paghetti hercules movie . just painfully miserable . there be plenty of other problem the story be needlessly complex and can not keep up with itself and and hercules himself isn not present a a very interesting character . almost everyone who doesn not have a european accent try to fake one of some kind and which be not merely amateurish and date but never really make sense in the first place represent drama doesn not become well just because the actor use british accent and after all . but the terrible script and equally terrible effect sink the whole thing right off the bat . in fairness and hercules be apparently intend a a four hour miniseries but truncate ( for this airing and anyway ) to a three hour tv movie . i do not know what they cut and but it possible the edits make thing bad . i do not think you could make hercules good by add to it and but that doesn not mean that the continuity and say and hasn not suffer from the network edits . there no way i will watch the usa version to see and though .