Hercules | Voice Actors | Live vs Animation | Side By Side Comparison

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  • @Thomas_H._Smith
    @Thomas_H._Smith  ปีที่แล้ว +650

    Okay, so I'm getting a lot of comments asking about these two things, so I'd figure I'll just say it here. One. Yes. That is Renee Elise Goldsberry at 6:49. Satisfied? And Two. Susan Egan's performance of I Won't Say I'm in Love is from the premiere of the film. Link Here: th-cam.com/video/LNROE-H-m30/w-d-xo.html

    • @barbarad3079
      @barbarad3079 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Came here for the Renee Elise Goldsberry confirmation only haha

    • @jhonellamaceren1280
      @jhonellamaceren1280 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Saw what you did there with the "Satisfied?" part haha

    • @fabulousskittles130
      @fabulousskittles130 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The 'I Wont Say Im in Love" begins at 37:18 for those wanting the perfomance!

    • @sandrajoulin4151
      @sandrajoulin4151 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@barbarad3079 😊

    • @leahanderson30
      @leahanderson30 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup

  • @elgenetiamzon1062
    @elgenetiamzon1062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6117

    James Woods absolutely slayed it as Hades. His performance totally stole every scene Hades was in.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      So true!!!

    • @booboodavila
      @booboodavila 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      In a nutshell why Hades is my favorite Disney villain

    • @austinperry1671
      @austinperry1671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Glad they used him in the animated series too. If he were younger I’d love to see him in hades in once upon a time.

    • @Harrowing999
      @Harrowing999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@austinperry1671 I think read somewhere that James Woods said he would come back to play this Hades at any time. Movie, show, video game, he is the only voice for Hades

    • @ilonagogu
      @ilonagogu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Iconic 😌!

  • @enriqueangulo2695
    @enriqueangulo2695 ปีที่แล้ว +3160

    Meg's song is CRIMINALLY underrated as being amongst the best Disney songs from the late 80s & 90s. It's a top 5 for me.

    • @iwanttokms96
      @iwanttokms96 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      it's my fave disney song along with I see the light, almost there and once upon a dream

    • @mqsiti8849
      @mqsiti8849 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      also my top 5 disney songs i must say

    • @Bentbrokentheory
      @Bentbrokentheory ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agreed I have it on my show tunes playlist lol

    • @The_G_89
      @The_G_89 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Tbh the whole movie was criminally underrated. Had a lot of fun moving parts, fun actors that worked on this to even people loving the villain.

    • @ALunarLight
      @ALunarLight ปีที่แล้ว +3

      On my top five along with part of your world, a whole new world, hellfire

  • @transmanj9443
    @transmanj9443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3914

    The Muses, Meg and Hades are the best Disney characters in my opinion. They have so much personality!

  • @mngentry
    @mngentry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3193

    Whoever came up with the idea of making the muses Gospel singers to tell the story of Greek mythology deserved a raise because it worked unexpectedly well.
    Like designing Aladdin as Tom Cruise in M. C. Hammers clothes...it shouldn't work but it does.

    • @thicicarvalho
      @thicicarvalho ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Exactly what I thought. SO CLEVER AND FUNNY! I do miss those Disney days.

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  ปีที่แล้ว +87

      That would be John Musker.

    • @AuthorZaraHoffman
      @AuthorZaraHoffman ปีที่แล้ว +44

      When John Musker told Alan Menken he was surprised but totally game

    • @xynthar4432
      @xynthar4432 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Yeah this was how most stories were told in Ancient Greek so I’m so happy they included that

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@xynthar4432 LOL

  • @frankvaneck1
    @frankvaneck1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1797

    It is such a golden move to combine gospel to a story of ancient gods and myths. The musical input in these Disney movies is what turned them into classics.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Not only that its kind of genius
      Women played a major role in Greek Myth and Religion as Holy Women, the Muses themselves are representations of the Arts,
      While Gospel music seems odd in this context, Greece was actually a Hot bed for Early Christianity along with Anatolia, Anatolia had a very huge impact on the development of Christianity to the point most of Modern Christianity trace their origin to Nicean Christianity a denomination in Anatolia, Greece later developed then spread Orthadox Christianity, most notably into Eastern Europe, as the Byzantine Empire, the Eastern Romans.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      P.S The Bible was also 1st translated into Greek.

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I could see that in a Pelleponesian minute

    • @ToutCQJM
      @ToutCQJM ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well the gospels are mythology so it’s the same essentially.

    • @baibiebaibea9740
      @baibiebaibea9740 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ToutCQJM they specifically meant black gospel church music

  • @phoebegilliland8897
    @phoebegilliland8897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1200

    I wish the first clip was a bit longer. I want to see Charlton Heston say "You go, girls."

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  2 ปีที่แล้ว +263

      He actually only recorded it that way once, the rest of the time he said "Go ahead young lady" because he felt "You go, girls" wasn't proper. But eventually they managed to talk him into "You go girl" and that was the take they used in the movie.

    • @phoebegilliland8897
      @phoebegilliland8897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@Thomas_H._Smith wow, I had no idea! Thank you for the background!

    • @mKierstenk
      @mKierstenk ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I love Charlton Heston! I cannot believe I didn't know he was in this till today! What a great voice though; of course he was the choice for opening the serious majestic narration before turning it over to the muses.

  • @ArtemisMoon12
    @ArtemisMoon12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1177

    The Muses are absolutely everything. Calliope’s VA has such a prescence! I can see why they picked her for the lead muse.

    • @_o_-I-_o_
      @_o_-I-_o_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Lillias White, a legend.

    • @davidolivera984
      @davidolivera984 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lillias White.

    • @Lexiz2902
      @Lexiz2902 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      She’s on Broadway now playing Hermes in the best show on Broadway- Hadestown! See her if you can!

    • @ericasherrod3537
      @ericasherrod3537 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm literally obsessed with her voice. It's so complex

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Her performance of "Don't Rain On My Parade" is one of the best performances of ANY Broadway hit EVER, I'd argue. It's special on so many levels especially if you know the context of the role. I encourage you all to look it up, it's here on yt, I play it all the time

  • @limitedbom2206
    @limitedbom2206 ปีที่แล้ว +833

    Robin Williams and James Woods performances as Genie and Hades are two of my favorite performances of all time. Absolute GEMS of characters.

    • @mevb
      @mevb ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Funny you should mention both characters as the swedish dub of Aladdin and Hercules have the same guy voicing both Genie and Hades, actor and comedian Dan Ekborg. Also in both films, actress Myra Malmberg voices the female lead, Jasmine and Meg respectively (she did Wendy in Peter Pan and later did Andy's mom in Toy Story 3, Ariel in The Little Mermaid 2 and 3 and in an episode of Sophia the First and Osono in Kiki's Delivery Service).

    • @zzulm
      @zzulm ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Natural talents in another level

    • @caseydominick7806
      @caseydominick7806 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Don't forget Jeremy Iron as Scar

    • @tonillewalsh7796
      @tonillewalsh7796 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man, I agree!!!!

    • @chrisfern4699
      @chrisfern4699 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I also like Gaston

  • @nathanforester5993
    @nathanforester5993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1349

    Every part of Danny is brilliantly put into the character of Philoctetes.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So true

    • @samadhoosen6014
      @samadhoosen6014 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I read this as every part of Frank

    • @tabora_
      @tabora_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@samadhoosen6014 would you like an egg?

    • @samadhoosen6014
      @samadhoosen6014 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@tabora_ thank you for offering me a nice egg in this trying time

  • @miaomiaochan
    @miaomiaochan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2122

    Meg's voice actress is just as beautiful as the character she voices. Meg is the most mature and relatable of the Disney princess pantheon, and she'll remain my favorite because of this.

    • @ryomagaaracielfai
      @ryomagaaracielfai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Love her voice too!

    • @rosevining2867
      @rosevining2867 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      She's also Lin in the English dub of Spirited Away

    • @redngreen922
      @redngreen922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She is not even in the final line up😢

    • @SuperBoy-ps9dz
      @SuperBoy-ps9dz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Susan Egan should do more acting like Jennifer Aniston.

    • @AnimeLover930
      @AnimeLover930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Also the voice of Ross Quartz in Steven Universe :3

  • @workittworkit
    @workittworkit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +807

    I was today years old when I realized the narrator for Hercules was THE Charlton Heston!

    • @100samanthamarie
      @100samanthamarie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Charlton Heston movies are no longer in demand 🎶 🙌🏽 lol

    • @smolkaye1237
      @smolkaye1237 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      omg same. wow

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@100samanthamarie lol so true

    • @AtheAetheling
      @AtheAetheling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@100samanthamarie of course they are. He’s one of the most famous actors to have ever existed. He’ll be famous forever 😊

    • @TrueCarthaginian
      @TrueCarthaginian ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@100samanthamarie
      Very classy.

  • @medusagorgon9
    @medusagorgon9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +712

    I would have died to see all the ladies singing live!

  • @Tacos135
    @Tacos135 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Honestly, a lot of people are talking about the muses, and Meg, and hades, and that's valid because they all did amazing, but I feel like hercules is severely underrated. His voice sounds young, but not in an anoying grating way. He just sounds great!

  • @cormaccullinane7930
    @cormaccullinane7930 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    Had the pleasure to work with Lillias White on an off broadway show for a few months...she was absolutely killer, the sweetest and most professional person, with one of the GREATEST voices imaginable.

    • @AnnaKaterina919
      @AnnaKaterina919 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah but once I hear james woods voice, it distracts me from fully getting into a movie because all I imagine is his face lol

  • @andreiliver9295
    @andreiliver9295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    James Woods is always on spot in his acting roles, especially as Hades with only his voice.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know right?!!’

    • @jade_ottsel
      @jade_ottsel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      If only he wasn't a complete jerk. :/

    • @Ziggopotamus
      @Ziggopotamus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@jade_ottsel Aw, did fwee speech huwt your feewings?

    • @Krispe
      @Krispe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@jade_ottsel Found the liberal

    • @patrx_
      @patrx_ ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jade_ottsel context?

  • @morganhalliwell7180
    @morganhalliwell7180 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    Roger Bart is incredible, not only did he provide the singing voice for a Disney hero, but he’s also on the West End as an original actor in a new musical ❤️

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      GREAT SCOTT!

    • @ciiiel08
      @ciiiel08 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I did not know he did the singing voice! This is probably an insult to his fans, but I only knew him for the small part he played in How I Met Your Mother. New found respect for him when I think of that looooong high note at the end of the Go The Distance reprise

    • @babyangelchii
      @babyangelchii 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He also did The Producers

  • @lh9591
    @lh9591 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    I love how much the animators put the voice actor into the animations. Meg and her swinging hips, Herc and his innocent nervous energy, Danny Devito’s Danny Devito. It’s almost like motion capture in a way.
    Like, I look at Elsa, and I see none of Indina Menzel. I’m not talking about because of hair color, but facial expressions and body language. That’s part of acting. And it affects how your voice sounds.

    • @corenarichards
      @corenarichards ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel like Elsa and Idina move their mouths the same way but that's about it

    • @Samew0001
      @Samew0001 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Well Elsa as well as most of the characters in frozen are pretty one dimensional as far as personality goes. I mean the king and queen were pretty awful to lock away and isolate Elsa, and she remains pretty emotionally unscathed, albeit a bit reserved. But they really didn't get the torment of someone locked away and isolated for 15ish years. For what she was put through she was relatively okay. But I'm just saying they could've gone way deeper with the story and their personalities.

    • @acbennett7
      @acbennett7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great point!

    • @Honey-ec6lr
      @Honey-ec6lr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My daughter always tells me I have the "Meg" walk!😄 I absolutely LOVE her!! She IS the most mature, & just the sarcasm she throws out there @ times!😄 It's just the WAY it's done! I LOVVVE this movie! EVERYTHING about it! They couldn't have done it any better w/any better voice actors either! The gospel feel w/the mythology is just...PERFECTION!!❤️❤️❤️

  • @KindredEmotions
    @KindredEmotions ปีที่แล้ว +164

    The Muses are the absolute best vocals in the entire movie.

    • @shantira7068
      @shantira7068 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ABSOLUTELY...gives me goosebumps

  • @austinperry1671
    @austinperry1671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    I’ve always been impressed with the muses. Love to see the actresses sing if there are a group

    • @noorbohamad5796
      @noorbohamad5796 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Haile Guilherme do Nascimento yeah so so very
      awesome indeed😊

    • @kanyewest2.066
      @kanyewest2.066 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@haileguilhermedonascimento2111 let's not make it a race thing, but yea they are.

  • @johngrasso2124
    @johngrasso2124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    If they decide to do a Live Action they NEED TO KEEP ALL SONGS. Divito needs to reprise Phil.

    • @candycover
      @candycover 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      and woods as hadies

    • @RampageRich
      @RampageRich ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@candycover Too bad Woods has been black listed in Hollywood for being a conservative-

    • @Bowiiihowdy
      @Bowiiihowdy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's the toll troll

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@RampageRich I don't remember him being blacklisted and the word you're looking for is regressive.

    • @Gayredheadbitch94
      @Gayredheadbitch94 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’d rather Disney tried to create original ideas than milking the PC cash cow for remakes

  • @DanielleStJohn
    @DanielleStJohn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    This is such a great example of an ensemble cast. Cuz yeah, the leads are amazing, but the supporting characters are an absolute joy.

  • @ghostface9652
    @ghostface9652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    For a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength

    • @riverdalednn
      @riverdalednn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      but by the strength of his heart

    • @CinemaSongscovers
      @CinemaSongscovers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@riverdalednn you beat me to the punch, lol

    • @talonvizsla
      @talonvizsla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But he didn’t beat you to punch line did he? 😂

  • @honinakecheta601
    @honinakecheta601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +609

    I not only miss these 2d animations, I miss when Disney didn’t treat their audience like stupid kids. Kids back then didn’t need bright colors, exaggerated facial expressions and corny storylines… movies back then arguably had “adult” themes like romance, life and death, responsibilities piling up as you grew older etc. those are themes kids should see,

    • @TheRisingIcarus
      @TheRisingIcarus ปีที่แล้ว +53

      And they were (and are still) actually fun to watch for adults.

    • @urekmazino6800
      @urekmazino6800 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@TheRisingIcarus but that 2d hits different

    • @jalapeno1119
      @jalapeno1119 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I think the last Disney movie I saw was Moana, but I still thought it was fabulous. Tangled is about abuse, gaslighting (real gaslighting, not what the internet says it is), and realizing that you can't judge people based on their appearance. Princess and the Frog delicately addresses the racism and sexism of the 1920s, and is about how even though hard work is important, you shouldn't sacrifice the people you love for working your whole life away. Pretty relevant to some adults!

    • @CesarRavenclaw
      @CesarRavenclaw ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah, but the plot and the type of animation are not related. Wall-E is a 3d animated movie and it's great, among many others.
      When people starting getting older they start getting too attached to the past. New don't necessarily means bad.

    • @honinakecheta601
      @honinakecheta601 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CesarRavenclaw that’s your opinion lol

  • @jaytekk7631
    @jaytekk7631 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    James Woods was the best actor ever to be cast as Hades. He made Hades funny and loveae at the same time. He's still my favourite character.

  • @jarlairess
    @jarlairess ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I've always loved the voices behind the Muses, especially when they were singing

  • @maddym4808
    @maddym4808 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Hercules is UNDEFEATED. The story, the songs, the casting, just a beautiful Disney masterpiece ❤️.

  • @hamburgerdog25
    @hamburgerdog25 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I flipped out when I saw Lillias White as the lead Muse because I recognize her from her current role as Hermes in Hadestown. I never knew she brought us one Greek myth so long before another

  • @Mell_0
    @Mell_0 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The Hercules soundtrack is on another level. Those ladies - just WOW!

  • @IsaidwhatIsaid10
    @IsaidwhatIsaid10 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Every single person they cast for this movie knew the assignment and delivered!

  • @atypicallyliz
    @atypicallyliz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    The first thing I saw Roger Bart in was the movie adaptation of The Producers. It literally blew my mind when I found out he's the voice behind I Can Go the Distance!

  • @lh9591
    @lh9591 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The way she just belted that note. Wow.
    Also Tate Donovan is severely underrated. Such a great voice actor, and amazing in the OC.
    Honestly this whole movie is a master class of underrated actors

  • @redfire126
    @redfire126 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Okay, am I the only one who LOVES Adult Herc's voice? Tate Donavan NAILED it. Whenever I watch that movie, I'm ALWAYS surprised that Hercules sounds SO CALM unless he's mad or in battle. Heck, Tate Donovan even NAILED it as the voice of Hercules in the HILARIOUS animated show, and also the video games. I REALLY wish adult Hercules did a musical number, or that the love song in the film, "I Won't Say I'm In Love" was done the same way the love songs in "Lion King 1 and 2" were done. On top of all that, I LOVE how they had Danny Devito voicing Phil. Not only did he NAIL it as Phil, but Danny's HILARIOUS, as was his character, even though Phil starts off in the movie as kind of a jerk. There's one thing I'm wondering, though: Who did the voices of Pegasus and the Titans? That's never been revealed.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Frank Welker did the flying horse.

  • @evanderzufarsetiawan2511
    @evanderzufarsetiawan2511 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Hercules should stay as animation not live action because they cannot replace the magic, the beauty, the music from the animation. The voice actor, the emotion everything

    • @MisterE180
      @MisterE180 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hasn’t stopped them from making the other live action abominations 😂

    • @evanderzufarsetiawan2511
      @evanderzufarsetiawan2511 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MisterE180 true so i'm gonna watch it

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MisterE180 There were plans for a Hunch Back Remake, but it stoped for some reason????

    • @brimstoneclub
      @brimstoneclub หลายเดือนก่อน

      The OUAT adaptation with Jonathan Goodsell wasn't too bad, but I will always choose this version over all others.

  • @MrTbk1701
    @MrTbk1701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Go the distance sometimes gets me through my hardest days.

  • @jaytaggert2335
    @jaytaggert2335 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Despite the inaccuracies of this movie from greek mythology, it's still one of my all time favorites and the cast is 🔥

  • @howaboutnooooo
    @howaboutnooooo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Holy crap the Muses were absolutely incredible they made my childhood :D

  • @winklenator
    @winklenator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    What an amazing cast. I completely forgot Charlton Heston did the narration. What a legend

    • @cargo71
      @cargo71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never knew! Always saw the latino version...

    • @katiegriffin7597
      @katiegriffin7597 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same! My mom totally said it when I was watching as a kid but seeing him voicing it was like “oh, Charleston Heston!”

  • @alaskawashington
    @alaskawashington 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    WAIT in the background of the “I Won’t Say I’m in Love” live performance, the pink muse is Renée Elise Goldsberry!! that’s so wild

  • @ItsAsparageese
    @ItsAsparageese ปีที่แล้ว +35

    OMG I HAD NO IDEA LILLIAS WHITE SANG THAT ROLE! Her performance of "Don't Rain On My Parade" is one of the best performances of ANY Broadway hit EVER, on so many special levels. No wonder something about her voice in that performance stirred something familiar from my childhood! I knew she was an icon but the Muses are a particular variety of iconic that I didn't realize she overlapped with 😍

  • @MrXiaoqiao
    @MrXiaoqiao ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I don't know why but this video made me so emotional and nostalgic! I love seeing how expressive the voice actors are and putting flesh and blood faces to the animated ones is really awesome.

  • @Princess_Cheese
    @Princess_Cheese ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Fun fact: the voice of Meg played Belle in the broadway version of beauty and the beast

  • @callumfriend2523
    @callumfriend2523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    They really did know how to nail the Disney films back in the day didn't they!

  • @pierresauce8307
    @pierresauce8307 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Danny DeVito is a national treasure

  • @thebeatricehorseman
    @thebeatricehorseman ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I recently saw Roger Bart as Doc Brown in the Back to the Future musical. He's still phenomenal, I was gobsmacked!

  • @ryomagaaracielfai
    @ryomagaaracielfai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    I absolutely love Hades and his voice 💖

  • @casckettfriki
    @casckettfriki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Hercules was my favourite movie when I was a kid and still is one of my favourites, and Megara has always been my favourite character. She's funny (her sarcasm is the best😂), she's smart, she's so strong. Unlike most of disney princesses, she has a personality. I hope they don't spoil her charcter in the live action by picking an actress without enough carisma to perform her.

    • @minnie9140
      @minnie9140 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They’ll pick Kristen Stewart for all we know 🙂 with their track record ......

  • @Jimmersaunt
    @Jimmersaunt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Roger Bart has such a beautiful voice!

  • @ATVOffroadFurry
    @ATVOffroadFurry ปีที่แล้ว +27

    THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED to just cast MOST of them for the live action adaptation. ITS A MUST

  • @hannahskeldon7944
    @hannahskeldon7944 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hercules is one of the biggest underrated movies of the Disney Renaissance the other is The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

  • @Ilovechickpeas24
    @Ilovechickpeas24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The muses are my favorite. Chills every time I hear them sing

  • @Chriselda89
    @Chriselda89 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This movies is criminally underrated just the soundtrack alone is amazing That Gospel especially those ladies killed it. Obviously the characters of greek mythology isn’t accurate but what we got in story telling was great and it made me want to do research on everyone all the way down to Icarus. Hercules is one of my top 5 Disney classics. I hope Disney doesn’t remake and leave it as is.

  • @elmotheplatypus44
    @elmotheplatypus44 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Best music of all the Disney movies in my opinion. What is this movie be without the songs????
    The muses are life and set the stage for the comedy and musical themes. I won’t say I’m in love is SO underrated. Go the distance??? Amazing. Legendary. The whole movie.

  • @stephanierey2683
    @stephanierey2683 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Literally teared up at your transition from the older Roger Bart to younger. Such an amazing song.

  • @vitodereine
    @vitodereine ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Everyone on this movie was on point.. and the voices from the ladies as the Muses, wow. This is one of my top movies from my childhood.

  • @djcrazy8578
    @djcrazy8578 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    i like the black ladies singing, they remind me of a choir n sing very good!!

    • @GGA007Gaming
      @GGA007Gaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Be careful according to the radicals there was no representation in the 90's so your about to get attacked. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @brianamills6440
      @brianamills6440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Boy bye, you tried it. 🙄 50 years of Disney… 12 princesses… and just ONE of them are black. You do the math and tell me if we’re represented.

    • @lt.2992
      @lt.2992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brianamills6440 cause all the tales Disney took & reinvented where european folk tales. Not African tales!

    • @brianamills6440
      @brianamills6440 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lt.2992 No they aren’t 😒 he included different races of princes and their tales/culture. He just CHOSE to only do 1 per racial group and make the rest all white. So what exactly is stopping him from doing an African tale?

    • @thesmileyeffect
      @thesmileyeffect 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lt.2992 I encourage you to research just how the Grimm brothers rewrote stories from all over. A lot of the stories commonly know to be "European" didn't start that way.

  • @904TallerTim
    @904TallerTim ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The Muses and Hades voice acting was too notch

  • @josepatrickrostrocarmona6378
    @josepatrickrostrocarmona6378 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Charlton Heston (as narrator), Woods and DeVito were THE GREATEST of the movie...with all my bows and respect for the Muses

  • @livkhammonds
    @livkhammonds ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The way the voice actors for Hercules, Hades, Phil, Meg, & Thalia look exactly how I pictured them

    • @julianakarasawa315
      @julianakarasawa315 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean, they record the voices first and the animators use the videos and pictures from the VAs to create the characters

  • @NaturalCurlz1583
    @NaturalCurlz1583 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My kids and I watched this movie so many times we can literally sing every song and recite every line. Def one of our favorite Disney movies.

  • @EM2theBee
    @EM2theBee ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is one of Disney's underrated musical epics! The R&B Greek chorus was inspired!

  • @MormonScape2010
    @MormonScape2010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The muses.. MADE.. this movie! This was so much fun to watch.

  • @XSAGA87
    @XSAGA87 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Probably my favorite Disney movie. The music is just incredible. Sing every song proudly

  • @artsyafroqueen
    @artsyafroqueen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Not me spotting Renee Elise Goldsberry as a Muse at 6:49!! That's so amazing. I fancasted her as the Head Muse Calliope lol, full circle for her lol (In my mind lol)

    • @Thomas_H._Smith
      @Thomas_H._Smith  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is actually a pretty good idea.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like that idea

    • @artsyafroqueen
      @artsyafroqueen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ultimatebishoujo29 Thanks! I think my fancast for Hercules was quite good lol

    • @PianoDisneygal10
      @PianoDisneygal10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Holy crap, I’d’ve never noticed. Good eye!

  • @colorblue7018
    @colorblue7018 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This was a really well made video for something that could've been as basic as cli0 versus clip. I really liked how you capped it off with the thoughts and the clips seemed pretty well chosen.

  • @michaelbandada8330
    @michaelbandada8330 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    James Woods made Hades sound less of a diabolical fiend and more of a complete sleazebag!
    My top five Disney villain voices
    1. Jeremy Irons (Scar)
    2. Tony Jay (Frollo)
    3. Eleanor Audley (Maleficent)
    4. James Woods (Hades)
    5. Jonathan Freeman (Jafar)

  • @broadwaybrook2319
    @broadwaybrook2319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I was today years old when I found out that the original Madame Morrible from "Wicked" was the voice of one of the Fates in this movie.

  • @HKMcRooney
    @HKMcRooney 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The muses still give me chills after all this time. Absolutely fantastic voices!

  • @Theescapist_87
    @Theescapist_87 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hercules is my second favorite Disney movie due to Meg, the muses, and Hades. They just make this movie amazing

  • @Sidecontrol1234
    @Sidecontrol1234 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Watching these leaves one thinking "What the hell happened to Disney?" It's most definitely a shadow of its former self. Sad.

  • @johnnytower6169
    @johnnytower6169 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Charlton Heston was such a lad, that voice tempered with cigarettes, gun smoke and whiskey is the kinda voice we all wished our fathers had

  • @ClaraBeack
    @ClaraBeack ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One of my alltime animated favorites. Growing up I was singing these songs all day long! Alan Menken is a genius!

  • @catherinedean3796
    @catherinedean3796 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Honestly the casting and musical directors for Disney deserve every penny

  • @emilyschmitt6162
    @emilyschmitt6162 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I grew up watching some of Charlton Heston’s movies (my favs being the 10 Commandments and Ben-Hur). Tbh I didn’t realize he was the narrator til now, but now I can’t unhear it! RIP Charlton!!! ❤

  • @jenniferhalliwell416
    @jenniferhalliwell416 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Go the distance is one of those songs that makes me cry when I hear it. Everytime!

  • @Icediamondsx
    @Icediamondsx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Ever since I figured out the voice actor for Meg is also Rose from Steven Universe, I cant unsee Rose as Meg and Meg as Rose 😂😂😂

  • @ashleypaquette74
    @ashleypaquette74 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    James woods though , till this day still my favorite Disney villian ❤️❤️❤️🔥

  • @PreciseDullBlade
    @PreciseDullBlade ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This whole movie was great! The songs, singers, actor/actresses just a very well done movie. I love 90s Disney, so nostalgic to me.

  • @catherinedth92
    @catherinedth92 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "I won't say I'm in love" is one of Disneys best, and most underrated, songs. That song is how every girls really feels about being in love 😂

  • @Syren90...Aka9
    @Syren90...Aka9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Give me 5 minutes with the song actresses we call "THE Muses!" And I can die with a smile. True Goddesses.

  • @bellerain381
    @bellerain381 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Even when I was little, I LOVED watching the actors play their roles in the recording studios!

  • @geeebuttersnap2433
    @geeebuttersnap2433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hot fucking damn, Megs voice actress (singing) is fucking gorgeous, maybe more so in the past but shit, I could watch her all day. I feel like Christopher Reeves in that movie with the woman in the painting.

    • @JLuVeeGee
      @JLuVeeGee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Somewhere in Time. Jane Seymour, Christopher Reeves and Christopher Plummer

  • @Snowboardchick31
    @Snowboardchick31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Susan Egan was also the voice of the chick from Spirited Away. The one who befriends the little girl.

    • @AiginSongbird426
      @AiginSongbird426 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yup! She also was the singing voice for Angel in Lady and the Tramp 2, as well as the speaking and singing voice of Rose Quartz in Steven Universe. She also recorded an alternate song for Meg that wasn’t used in the film called “I Can’t Believe My Heart”. It’s absolutely golden!

    • @Chapin-pc2kz
      @Chapin-pc2kz ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Also, Susan Egan was the original 'Belle' in Disney's _Beauty and the Beast_ on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award (i.e., theater Oscars).

  • @Aussie_Stitch
    @Aussie_Stitch ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video brought me joy. I just watched the movie yesterday and most of these songs are great. I love love love the direction they went in with the muses. And Megera has probably my favourite song in the movie

  • @bananaduck567
    @bananaduck567 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The best musical numbers Disney offered in my opinion. Everytime I listen to the Soundtrack or watch the movie I‘m in goosebumps.

    • @briannapage8653
      @briannapage8653 ปีที่แล้ว

      The hunchback of notre dame had some pretty good music too

  • @inegozamora168
    @inegozamora168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Happy 25th Anniversary of Disney's Hercules(1997)🎊🥳🎂🎉🎤🎵🎶🎙🎼🏛🎊🎊🎂🎉🎉🎊🎂🎉🎊🥳🥳🎤🎵🎶🎙🎼🏛

  • @shazzali5156
    @shazzali5156 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'll be turning 40 next year, and this, still is my favourite film to this day ❤️

  • @juliancage
    @juliancage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Susan egan's appearance and voice are so beautiful it gives me goosebumps

  • @evayang1990
    @evayang1990 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    헤라클레스는 디즈니 중에서도 특히 ost가 진짜 다좋음 우리나라 성우진도 개 잘어울림

  • @RandomManIncorperated
    @RandomManIncorperated 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This Must Have Been a Fun Recording Session

  • @ItsEasleyLiving
    @ItsEasleyLiving 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This is one of my favorite Disney movies but I always wished they gave Hades a villain song. I’m kinda hoping they give him one in the musical

  • @joopizdebest
    @joopizdebest ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was today years old that I found out that the creepy pharmacist from Desperate Housewives was the singing voice for Hercules.. LIKE WHAT

  • @shay_lah
    @shay_lah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    James, The Muses, & Danny killed it 🙌🏾

  • @MeryChess
    @MeryChess 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Goosebumps
    Absolute masterpiece and one of my two favorite disney movies ever

  • @esthy09
    @esthy09 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Go the distance is such a beautiful song. The Spanish version is sung by Ricky Martin, also amazing.

    • @danielaguerrero8902
      @danielaguerrero8902 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is beautiful and I'm in love with ricky martin and he did the voice in spanish of hercules and he is my crush ❤

  • @azarelpillay8538
    @azarelpillay8538 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    00:30 what a song, iconic film. Disney needs to step up.

  • @midnight3213
    @midnight3213 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how Alan always gets excited when the muses sing. Literally got excited when he asked James to sing it while he played the piano then as well.

  • @TheWildWahine
    @TheWildWahine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The Muses are EVERYTHING!!! 🎉

  • @Emy-fv5ny
    @Emy-fv5ny ปีที่แล้ว +7

    James Woods made that role his, literally I can't think any other actor can voice Hades but him.

  • @wadecollins6733
    @wadecollins6733 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hercules has a great soundtrack.