Headscratchers / Clash of the Titans (1981)

• We're told that Joppa is suffering under a curse. Certainly Princess Andromeda is being put through a terrible ordeal personally, and that alone is probably enough to set the whole city on edge; but the first sight we see of Joppa is a big, bustling marketplace that seems quite prosperous, and it seems like the worst thing the common people are having to deal with themselves is all the marsh flies.
  • They know that "Thetis, our patron goddess, is angry" over what Zeus did Calibos — that's got to be more than enough to throw a city into a constant state of panic. There's also the men who get burned at the stake, as Perseus observes, after failing to solve the riddle that Calibos and Thetis have forced Andromeda to use as an Engagement Challenge.
  • Thetis probably can't hit them with anything too heavy over the Calibos thing, else she risk pissing off Zeus. But she can torment them in myriad different ways, like the flies, possibly other things like drought and misfortune, plus the whole thing with the princess. It's probably a case of "Nothing's gone quite right since the whole Calibos incident."
  • Maybe it's a case of what you DON'T see invoking speculation and true horror. For all we know, there could have been plagues, rampant infanticide and cannibalism going on throughout the city.
  • There was a shot (as Perseus is making his way through the crowds) of a man who seemed to be suffering from some form of leprosy or something...

• Perseus and Thallo each kill a scorpion, and then immediately have to deal with Calibos. However, the third member of their party, after being tripped by Calibos, is killed by the third scorpion. So there should still be 1 scorpion remaining when Perseus kills Calibos and crawls to the stream for a drink and is too exhausted to even reach the wrapped head of Medusa, but it is never seen again.
  • Perhaps the scorpion saw what happened to his fellows and wisely figured discretion was the better part of valor?

• Does the Kraken have legs? The actual stop motion model used does not, but we never get to see its lower torso in the film, so it isn't clear. When it's turned to stone at the end of the film, it certainly appears to be standing on the ocean floor. Of course, it's in shallow water near the shore; it could just be resting on its belly.

• Is there any reason other than Rule of Cool that Medusa's snakes still seem to be alive at the end, gods know how many days after her decapitation?