Hercules & Xena

[Ayen]

Who watched these shows while they were on? Or did you catch them after the fact?

Hercules and Xena were another pair of shows I grew up on, Young Hercules too. I watched Xena and Young Hercules a bit more than Hercules, not because I didn't like it, just because Xena and Young Hercules stuck out to me more. I love Xena, Gabrielle, Xena and Gabrielle's relationship, Joxer, The King of Thieves (AKA Bruce Campbell), Callisto, and of course, ARES! GOD OF WAR! Who remembers how creepy Hera's eyes were?

They also had the greatest intros ever.

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The Hercules intro is a little lackluster from what I remember... thought I was watching an ad at first. Still think I might have gotten an ad by mistake. Xena's the clear winner here.

Discuss.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Omg yes. I watched the shit out of these with my dad when I was a kid. They were fucking awesome.

Also were on Netflix a while back. I caught them on there to relive the experience. It was great.

[Shorty]

How apt. My sister just posted this on facebook.

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My sisters and I watched this most Sundays growing up as a kid, though I can't for the life of me recall the details. I know some weird, hilarious shit went on. Didn't really watch Hercules. I think Jack of All Trades was on around the same time as these two as well.

[Ayen]

Let us not forget Xena's compelling speech about war.

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[nik0tine]

What about Sinbad?

[Freya]

I played the PS1 game a lot.

I loved Xena. She was still hot even in BSG too.

I also liked Young Hercules, where I first fell in love with Ryan Gosling.

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[escobert]

Greatest show ever.

[Calliope]

I am disappointed, but not surprised, that you've all failed to mention the greatest part of these franchises:

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http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/11200000/Joxer-The-Mighty-xena-warrior-princess-11283524-570-453.jpg

RIP Kevin Smith :(

[Ayen]

I mentioned the King of Thieves and Ares in my first post, n00blet :p

Kevin's death saddens me. No one could play Ares like he could.

[Mirage]

I've actually never seen this show, although I know i wanted to when i was a kid.

[Quindiana Jones]

"They awoke with a jerk."

*cue Xena and Gabrielle pissing themselves laughing*

These shows were the absolute greatest things ever.

[theundeadhero]

I watched them both, but Xena much more than Hercules. I have her on DVD now :)

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

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[Loony BoB]

I'm pretty sure they were recorded around about 5-15 minutes from our high school. A bunch of the students got in as extras if I recall correctly.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

The shows were both great. Not quality or anything. Just great anyway.

[Ayen]

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The movie that launched the titans singing career.

[Forsaken Lover]

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Herc and Xena started a little before Buffy and I believe they even continued on into the first few seasons of Buffy too. At least Xena did.

In hindsight it seems like a lot of people have overlooked Hercules and Xena because of this. There's also Charmed but man that is supposed to be bad. But maybe only later on? I haven't watched Charmed at all. Cole looks hot.

Anyway, I grew up with Hercules and Xena, watching more of the former than the latter because I was a little kid. i liked how silly Hercules was and I had no appreciation for Xena's more mature atmosphere. (or her body)

The tragic thing is that Hercules and Xena are kinda remembered in a bad light by a lot of people in spite of how immensely popular they were at the time. Not a completely bad light - the makers of God of War knew they had to get Kevin Sorbo to voice their version of Hercules so that says something. But it just seems like a lot of people think of Herc and Xena as "those cheesefests I watch if I want to kill an hour." For more serious drama or characters, they're gonna watcH Buffy or Angel.

Is it because of writing quality? Setting? The ridiculously bad CGI? Who knows. But Hercules and Xena remain near and dear to my heart even to this day. And while Willow and Tara were the first blatant lesbian couple, I thinK Xena's fanbase speaks for itself in showing how obvious it was that Xena and Gabrielle were romantically involved. If nothing else, the LBGT crowd still recognizes how legimately great Xena was.

To conclude on 90s Fantasy shows - we cannot forget Highlander the TV Series! Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod would nail Buffy, Faith, Willow, Tara, Vamp Willow, Cordellia, Fred, Illyria, Glory, Harmony, Xena, Gabrielle, Callisto, Aphrodite, the three Charmed girls and any other piece of tail on the shows.

[Ayen]

Xena lasted until 2001 so it co-existed with Buffy for a while there. Hercules ended two years prior to Xena.

Charmed goes through stages of brilliance and utter cheesiness and the acting at times is like "lol."

[Shaibana]

ooooh, yeah i know Xena, ive watched it alot in my childhood eventhough i cant remember anything of it.
after that came Buffy the Vampire slayer.. my sister and i even names our guinea pigs after them (angel & spikey)
But Charmed blew them all away. god how i loved that show.
if i would watch it again now i would hate them all xD
so corny

[Iceglow]

Lucy Lawless looked fantastic in Spartacus Blood and Sand too let alone BSG. She's one of these women whom if anything has gotten hotter as she got older.

Kevin Sorbo was in the equally cheesey Andromeda which I'm somewhat proud to say I managed to sit through every episode of recently. It was the ultimate sci-fi cheese fest and I enjoyed every second of it. I need to do a Xena/Hercules cheese fest soon.

[Quindiana Jones]

90s sci-fi and fantasy on Channel 5. Glory days. Andromeda, Xena, Hercules, that other one, something something 2525... great times were had by meeeee. :D

[Shorty]

CLEOPATRA 2525

oh man what a great show

[supernaps]

holy crap, that takes me back to the sweetest era of my childhood- both were smurfing popular in Greece, with stickers albums and all that.
I watched both, but I had more of a soft spot for Hercules, man that was legendary even before Barney Stinson.

very, very enjoyable shows along with some (well, weren't most of them anyway lol) troll episodes.

oh, i also shipped joxer and gabrielle yeah, one of my first ships

[Ayen]

CLEOPATRA 2525

oh man what a great show

THANK YOU! I've been trying to remember the name of that show forever, but all I could remember were the three women walking towards the screen to "In the year 2525."

[Shorty]

CLEOPATRA 2525

oh man what a great show

THANK YOU! I've been trying to remember the name of that show forever, but all I could remember were the three women walking towards the screen to "In the year 2525."

I know this because a) I used to watch this show more than I would care to admit and b) this was the first role I saw Gina Torres in, and I couldn't stop laughing to myself about it the first time I saw Firefly.

In other news, I get to watch Xena atleast once a week in my weekly Parks and Rec watch. She is looking mighty fine for a suburban American mom.

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[Quindiana Jones]

In the YEEEAAAAAARAR tuh-wenty fahve tuh-wenty fahve, three women keep hope alaaaahve...

[Shorty]

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I'll bet you can't see this in China

[Quindiana Jones]

Nope! What's the title, and I'll watch it on my phone. :)

[Ayen]

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I'm so jealous that Vivi got to meet her.

[Rostum]

Ah I loved these shows as a kid. They seem to be rather hard to find online, I keep getting a Xena porn movie coming up in my searches. Ah well I'm not complaining.