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28-409: "In an age of light and darkness, Zeus, king of the gods, ruled the universe. He had a son: Young Hercules. Half-god, Half-man, Young Hercules longs to find his place in the world, the father he's never known, and what it means to be a hero. Before the man became legend, before the legend became myth came the greatest adventure of all!" - opening narration. The show features the efforts of Ares ,

56-550: A digital world for live stage. For The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , realistic looking chainmail was made for the lead actors and for the hundreds of extras that appeared throughout the films. PVC pipe was cut into rings, assembled by hand into a semblance of armour, and then electroplated . A total of 82.9 million links were manufactured from 7 miles of PVC pipe. Wētā Workshop makes chainmail for film and creative industries using new techniques developed in-house. PVC injection

84-575: A queen, whose position may be either inherited, or passed on as a right of caste to any named successor. A queen's authority may also be openly challenged by another royal Amazon and her title relinquished if she is defeated in single combat. Although several tribes are known in different countries, Xena deals prominently with the Greek Amazons and the Northern Amazons of Siberia . With her fighting skills and advocacy for women's rights, Xena bears

112-482: A striking resemblance to the Amazons. But she is careful to emphasize that she is not an Amazon, nor does she deserve the honor of becoming one. She turns down offers to join the tribes, preferring an independent, nomadic lifestyle to the membership of a collective. The series reveals that some of the Amazons do not trust Xena because of atrocities she committed against them in her past, although most respect her abilities as

140-558: A variety of stories, some of which contain anachronisms. The series was filmed entirely in New Zealand, at Studio West in West Auckland . The series was aired out of order. The episodes are listed below, as presented on DVD, in the order of their production codes. Despite this, the episodes list is not completely correct chronologically. For example, in "The Head That Wears the Crown" Jason

168-456: A warrior. Gabrielle , on the other hand, during her first encounter with the Greek Amazon tribe throws herself over an Amazon named Terreis to protect her from falling arrows. Although Terreis is already dying, she is impressed by Gabrielle's bravery and gives her right of caste . Terreis was the next in line to rule, and by giving Gabrielle the right, Gabrielle becomes an Amazon Princess of

196-424: Is an American television series based on the tales of the classical Greek hero, produced from January 16, 1995, to November 22, 1999. It had two spin-off series: Xena: Warrior Princess , which ran from 1995 to 2001, and the prequel Young Hercules , which ran in 1998 and 1999. This list includes significant characters from all three series. The Amazons are an all-female tribe who make frequent appearances in

224-512: Is crowned king, yet in several following episodes, such as "Winner Take All", he is still a prince. Similarly, even though Lilith visits Hercules' mother in "Mommy Dearests", they later appear to meet for the first time in "Home for the Holidays". The series aired on the Fox Kids Network at first on Monday through Friday at 4:30 p.m. PST and Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. PST. Later in

252-478: The Greek tribe. This chance encounter leads to Gabrielle's acceptance into the Amazons, and with it she carries her title's duties and expectations. Although Gabrielle decides to continue to follow Xena on her adventures, she is occasionally called by her Amazon sisters in times of need or to fulfill her duties as royalty. The tribes also value Xena as an experienced warrior, and occasionally request her assistance. Among

280-496: The TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess and effects for films such as Meet the Feebles and Heavenly Creatures . A digital version, Weta Digital (now Wētā FX ), was formed in 1993 and operates independently as a separate company. The company is named after the New Zealand wētā , one of the world's largest insects. Wētā Workshop's output

308-575: The bigature photography with live actors and scenes. Bigatures used in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy included models of: Beginning in June 2020, an investigative project by New Zealand public TV broadcaster 1News into Wētā's workplace culture resulted in over 11 current and former Wētā Workshop employees anonymously sharing accounts of bullying and harassment. Another former employee, Layna Lazar, came public with her own allegation by social media posting

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336-503: The god of war, played by Kevin Tod Smith , who attempts often to destroy his younger half-brother to win over Zeus ' good graces. Among his group is his nephew Strife ( Joel Tobeck ), who is the rather weaker member of the team. Strife's mother is Discord , goddess of retribution ( Meighan Desmond ), who acts more level-headed and power hungry than her counterpart on more than one occasion. The series has two other villains: Hera , queen of

364-500: The gods and Hercules' stepmother; and Apollo , god of the sun and Hercules' half-brother. The series follows Hercules ( Ryan Gosling ) as he attends Cheiron 's Academy to train in the arts of the warrior under the wise headmaster Cheiron the Centaur ( Nathaniel Lees ). He makes friends with the future king of Corinth , Prince Jason ( Chris Conrad ) and a thieving former member of a bandit group named Iolaus ( Dean O'Gorman ), who

392-657: The known Amazons are: The inhabitants of the Strange World are the opposites of the normal reality: The following Titans appear in both shows: Weta Workshop Wētā Workshop is a special effects and prop company as well as a board game and miniatures company and video game developer based in Miramar , Wellington , New Zealand . It mainly produces effects for television and film . Founded in 1987 by Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger as RT Effects , Wētā Workshop has produced creatures and makeup effects for

420-495: The same month that she was sexually harassed repeatedly and after seeking recourse, was fired, this prompted an independent review by Hive Consulting in December of that year. Their reviewer Ashley Benefield cleared the company of the allegations stating that "the majority of allegations in the post including the most serious allegations, have either not been substantiated or were reasonable in the context of circumstances not described in

448-435: The series to be shot on a shoestring budget, but with maximum on-screen dollars. The 50 episodes had a budget of roughly $ 20 million which includes above and below the line costs. Shooting in New Zealand also allowed the series to circumvent considerable Guild regulations for further savings. Additional money was saved shooting the series on 16 mm film. Early research was done to see if digital cameras could be used, but it

476-464: The series would shoot principal photography. Early on in the series, special visual effects were conceived by Richard Taylor's Weta Workshop , the then little known visual effects company that went on to win several Academy Awards for their work on The Lord of the Rings . Weta and Richard Taylor stepped off Young Hercules early on to work on Lord of the Rings . In fact, the early production days of Young Hercules saw many of its crew leave to work on

504-681: The series, Simon Rabbi shot principal photography for the 50th episode, "Valley of the Shadow." The series has been used in case studies of how to shoot television series efficiently. Traditional television series are shot one episode at a time. Young Hercules was shot in blocks of four episodes at a time. The three main directors of the series were on a rotation, one director for each four episode block. The four would be written with this in mind, keeping sets, locations, and actors similar in all four episodes even if story and plot lines might not interrelate. This saved tremendous amounts of money and time allowing

532-410: The series. They are first depicted as a large nation that spreads throughout the land and then later as a number of tribes scattered throughout the world, segregated by an unknown cataclysm from their distant past. The Amazons trace their creation to the goddess Artemis , and value an all-female society that strives to uphold the same rights and freedoms for women as those of men. Each tribe is headed by

560-484: The then little known Peter Jackson sensation, Lord of the Rings . Ryan Gosling was only 17 when he was cast in the lead role. To train for the role, Ryan took intense martial arts classes by the same trainer who taught Lucy Lawless and Kevin Sorbo . He was so tall and thin that his costume had to be reworked to minimize the look of how thin he was. Original costume sketches showed a darker upper body costume. When Gosling

588-481: The year, the series aired Monday through Friday only at 3:30 p.m. PST. Although ratings on Fox Kids were strong for the season (2nd top-rated live-action series below Power Rangers ), Young Hercules was not renewed. On June 23, 2015, Shout! Factory released Young Hercules- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. Ares (Hercules and Xena) Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

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616-409: Was cast, the costume designers made the upper body of his costume lighter in color and broader in the chest to help create a more bulky look. Makeup was used on Gosling's arms to help add muscle contours. Similar tricks were used for both Sorbo and Lawless for their characters. It was known to be only superficially faithful to Greek mythology , as was its predecessor; it uses similar characters, but in

644-456: Was determined that technology was not adequate at the time to make digital filming economically viable. Principal photography took place in New Zealand while post-production elements including visual effects and music were all edited and integrated together in Los Angeles. Ian Bohen played Young Hercules in the pilot movie and was offered the part, but opted not to move to New Zealand where

672-529: Was founded in 2014 and has produced multiple games including the augmented reality project Dr. Grordbort's Invaders for Magic Leap , which was apparently was never released, and the upcoming video game Tales of the Shire: A "The Lord of the Rings" Game . Wētā Workshop made its American musical theatre debut in 2022 with Workshop designer Rebekah Tisch serving as the art director for the musical stage production of Other World at Delaware Theatre Company, creating

700-441: Was producer of the series. Eric Lewald and Julia Lewald were head writers. In New Zealand , where principal photography was shot, Janine Dickins held down the fort as the New Zealand producer while three series directors took turns shooting the episodes in blocks of four along with a fourth director for second unit. Chris Graves, Charlie Haskell and Andrew Merrifield shot principal photography and Simon Rabbi shot second unit. Later in

728-743: Was sentenced to train at the academy as an alternative to prison for his crimes. Hercules also meets the academy's first female cadet, Lilith ( Jodie Rimmer ). Other characters of interest include Kora, the innkeeper who (unknown to Hercules and his friends) is a devotee of Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. As the series develops, Kora is revealed to have special powers which allow her to do Artemis' bidding. There are hints of romance between Hercules and Kora, although their friendship keeps it all innocent. Young Hercules' executive producers were Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi . Liz Friedman and Eric Gruendemann were co-executive producers, and former MTV producer Cynthia Hsiung

756-577: Was used for the armour in Kingdom of Heaven , giving better results than the process for The Lord of the Rings . It produces aluminium or steel mail for high-impact stuntwork. The term bigature is Wētā Workshop's nickname for a very large miniature model . They are used in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , with the largest of them measuring some 9 metres high. Extensive computer graphics techniques and computer-controlled cameras were used to seamlessly mesh

784-477: Was used in director Peter Jackson 's film trilogies The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit , producing sets, costumes, armour, weapons, creatures and miniatures. It also aided in the making of Jackson's 2005 version of King Kong . It supported the creation of Reclaiming the Blade (2009), a documentary film on stage combat , historical European and Asian swordsmanship. Weta Workshop's video games division

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