Clem Fandango
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@amazingatheist Actually it’s really is woke … not close to original story Homer wrote
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This movie bombed at the box office, btw.
heduarda feodorovna snezhnaya@hyeduji
se os chupa-rola do Nolan vissem um épico de verdade iam sair mijados do cinema
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@TweetCat666 @jakeshieldsajj Imagine thinking this would ever happen
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Should I see The Odyssey?
I loved the book as a kid, so will this ruin it or bring back great memories?
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@AaronSeeingGood @extradeadjcb Why hasn’t the US? Do you think you’re above that?
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@extradeadjcb The real question is why hasn't China or North Korea developed a successful Super Genius or Super Soldier breeding system.
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Because somewhere between 1861 and 1945 we discovered that it would be really complicated & uncomfortable so we just decided not to have any
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@C13MFanang0 @waltermasterson @Noghtit Not really. And yeah, for those casting choices, the kind of had to be an agenda.
But you go ahead, your “ I know you are, but what am I” reply is something you’re welcome to resort to I suppose.
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The Odyssey is a fictional story. It never happened.
Helen of Troy was the daughter of Zeus and Queen Theda. Zeus came to Theda as a swan and Helen of Troy was hatched from an egg.
Homer never used the word XANTHIS (fair haired) to describe Helen.
Sappho used Xanthis to describe Helen 300 years later.
And again, this entire story is made up. Homer never even refers to the Trojan Horse as a horse.
Read a book.
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@Morfedel2069 @waltermasterson @Noghtit I think you’re the only one trying to get involved in social politics. Everyone outside your echo chamber doesn’t even register it. It’s not a big deal, it’s a movie about monsters and gods. There’s no agenda.
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@C13MFanang0 @waltermasterson @Noghtit It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with my hating their making just to make a social statement. Stop getting involved in social politics and just make a good story and everything will be fine.
And maybe you stop making assumptions of other people?
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"The face that launched a thousand ships."
People are saying, "Don't blame Lupita Nyong'o. The casting decision wasn't hers."
But she chose to accept the role, right?
Imagine if a white actor decided to play Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, or T'Challa.
They're saying The Odyssey is fiction. So, Black Panther is a comic book.
Can a white person play Black Panther?
Helen is one of the most important characters in The Odyssey. Her beauty plays a huge role in the story. She was Greek.
Casting a Black actress ruins everything.
She's a good actress, and people may find her beautiful. But that's not what Helen of Troy was like.
Woke Hollywood is destroying thousand-year-old history.
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Enough! Make it stop! Yes, a stadium adjacent to the nation’s largest city and financial capital that can seat 82,500 people has a big parking lot! What’s your fucking POINT? What’s so “bleak”??? It’s a parking lot! Why do you care????
Arif Hasan, but NFL 🏈@ArifHasanNFL
this shot is so bleak lmao
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@beauhightowerdn @iamrobothead Helen of Troy was white!!! Homer wrote it…
Stop trying to destroy cultures you clown
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Remember when everyone enjoyed Djimon Hounsou in Gladiator because they didn't try and make him Roman or Greek? Good times.
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@ginamilan_ It was objectively a flawed and corrupt tournament haha.. stadiums were great. But behind the scenes it was a mess. And worst final ever
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@aboutrachel @ohhnostorm @nikipoodeluxe @penaltyk1ll Neither of those explanations are even remotely correct
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@damngooodcoffee @waltermasterson @Noghtit A white American wouldn’t be representing a Greek either.
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@C13MFanang0 @waltermasterson @Noghtit So representation only matters whenever you want to.. Gotcha gotcha
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@Morfedel2069 @waltermasterson @Noghtit “Driven by woke” you people need to listen to yourself, if you can’t get over someone’s looks in a movie , maybe you’re the asshole. Does not change the story in the slightest, you just don’t want to see a black person.
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@C13MFanang0 @waltermasterson @Noghtit Yeah, but this wasn’t a story told by the Greeks, this was a story told by Christopher Nolan.
I’m actually OK if this was strictly an artistic decision, but I don’t think that was the case. I think this was a decision driven by woke and that I find distasteful.
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@Morfedel2069 @waltermasterson @Noghtit Well the fictional Greeks in this fictional story had a different idea.
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@waltermasterson @Noghtit So just for the heck of it, I used AI to ask what the ancient Greek ideal of beauty was. I wasn’t specific so it gave me female, male, and for some weird reason mathematical beauty.
I just took a screenshot of their female response though.
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@damngooodcoffee @waltermasterson @Noghtit Being black is integral to the character of Black Panther. Surely you have enough brain power to comprehend this.
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@waltermasterson @Noghtit So you have no problem with a white person playing Black Panther? Interesting
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@CarrieCnh12 Millions of people around the world work 14+ hour shifts without sitting, and they don’t get paid millions. It’s a test of character and resolve, in a movie about character and resolve.
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I don't find a director not letting his cast and crew have chairs to sit on during takes and rest, to be an amusing anecdote at all.
It's legitimately ableist and bullish. Filming lasts 14+ hours for crew, and standing that entire time can and will cause chronic pain and injury.
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Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway say Christopher Nolan has no chairs on set. Brittany Broski: Are there any rules everyone abides by? Matt Damon: Thou shalt work hard. Anne Hathaway: Wow. Thou shalt not wear Uggs. Matt Damon: Oh yeah, that’s a good one. He hates Uggs. I think they just symbolize leisure in a way that he’s not comfortable with. Anne Hathaway: That’s not why. Matt Damon: Um… Thou shalt not sit down. Brittany Broski: Okay. Matt Damon: There are no chairs on set. Brittany Broski: Copy that. Matt Damon: Yeah. Uh… Anne Hathaway: Thou wilt be fed. However, lunch shall not linger. Matt Damon: Thou shalt not watch playback, because there shall be none. (Laughter) Anne Hathaway: Thou shalt feel tremendous gratitude. That’s not a commandment, it’s just something that happens. Brittany Broski: It’s a byproduct. Anne Hathaway: That thou art there. (Laughs) Thou art there. Brittany Broski: I appreciate abiding by the structure of the question. I really do appreciate that.
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@georgemillo Why the long, thought out tweet about it then?
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At Cornell University they have an incredible piece of scientific equipment known as the tunneling electron microscope. Now, this microscope is so powerful that by firing electrons you can actually see images of the atom, the infinitesimally minute building blocks of our universe. And if I were using that microscope right now, I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in what Irish people think about the Falkland Islands.
Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸@IrishUnity
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@superTV247 Covering up the disgusting sex crimes of Jimmy Saville is my favourite thing the BBC has done
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@WHHotCoffee @youngpoultry @DiscussingFilm This just isnt true hahaha, most of the main cast are European, the director is European, why wouldn’t we be interested? Its sold out everywhere where I am 😂 you’re just saying things you want to be true
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@youngpoultry @DiscussingFilm Who worldwide is interested in this movie with its current cast? What audience does it cater to? Greece hates it and most of Europe does as well. Who's left? The Chinese? The russians? The indians? Who is this movie made for?
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