[Fluff time] “Release the Kraken!” really, doesn’t that mean it can be caught, so how do you know those you released it on won’t capture it?

Then the current owner must be selective in choosing who is to be confronted by the creature, excluding any capable of a reasonable shot at resistance or defense.

Hopefully the new owner at least recognizes that it’s a tentacled beast, not a giant, scaly bipedal dragon-looking thing, and that it stems from Norse mythology (most likely inspired by viking age encounters with giant or colossal squid), not Greek.

https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=739&q=kraken

Only two things are known about the kraken:
1. It’s big.
2. It has tentacles.

Everything else is made up, so it only depends on your story telling skills.

It has been caught more than once which is why it can never be released again. It is called Mutually Assured Destruction.

It’s a corporation now.

WTH is a Kraken? Never heard of it.

Generally, capturing a kraken, particularly a recently-released confined kraken, is not something one simply does ad hoc. If however you suspect your target can indeed handle and/or redirect a kraken at you, then you might be well-advised not to release said kraken.

@Coloma There are plenty of guesses. Take a look.

@Coloma you’ve never seen Pirates of the Carribean? There’s a Kracken in one of the series. I love those films.

The secret is that you must sneak up on it to catch it, or use a magic spell. When you “release” it you catch your enemy by surprise, therefore they can’t capture it. If you are lucky, or your magic is strong enough, it won’t turn on you.

The Kraken was a titan. Created by the gods, for use only by the gods. It’s purpose was to punish mankind when /if need be. Zues was ,I think, the only one who could ‘release it.’

In theory, if it existed, it would be nearly impossible to capture it. It would be ‘easier’ to kill it. At the time when this beast was of concern, there was little ancient men could do other than seek shelter.

Maybe another god could control it, like Jesus ,or Allah. Then maybe they could turn it on Zues. But I think Zues could easily strike it down with bolts of lighting.

@MrGrimm888

There’s actually no kraken in Greek mythology. It was no Titan, nor was it created or controlled by gods. The kraken is from Norse folklore and was just a sea monster. Probably simply a giant squid.

I call shenanigans! I have never heard of a kraken except in swashbuckling movies!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

Thank you @Darth_Algar. I checked the references before I posted. I did not say no such story exists, I said I never heard of it except in movies.

^ Movies always seem to take “artistic license” on many factual things…...

I was talking about ‘Clash of the Titans. ’
That’s were I get most of my mythology knowledge. Surely they didn’t need artistic license to do what they did. It isn’t factual @Hypocrisy Central. There’s a reason it’s called ‘myth’ology.

^ I was not referring to the leviathan of Clash of The Titans but in most historic things that end up in movies, in this case they sorta did by not making the Kraken what the Kraken truly is.

Artistic license in entertainment is fine (well, up to a certain point). The only real issue I ever had with the Kraken (however they interpret it) being in a movie like Clash of the Titans (ether version) is that Greek mythology is filled to the brim with enough badass monsters without having to delve into other myths. But that’s a trivial complaint.

That said I loved the original Clash of the Titans as a kid. A few years ago I sat down and watched it again and….wished I hadn’t. Kinda wish I had left my fond childhood memories of it in tact.

@Darth Algar, yes, last time I watched the original I was disappointed. It used to be very majical to me when I was younger too.

The new ones were pretty cool I thought.

I’ve never seen the remake or its sequel.

^ It more than likely was no better than the 1st which was awful.