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Putting things together. I'll tell you about some of it soon...
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@RyanT89 my fault b/c i realize now that "get history right" is a very loaded phrase to use in the context of the outrage around this casting
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it is so funny how people are pining for “Troy” era casting
i saw this movie in theaters. it sucked shit! i don’t even care about nolan’s odyssey, just get history right!!
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I watched TROY again and I think the problem is Brad Pitt is the definitive Achilles. Anything below his feral physical perfection comes off like weak ass cosplay. Every man is Elliot Page compared to this guy.
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sorry when i say "get history right" i mean "the history of Troy the movie not being good and everyone being extremely mad at brad pitt's casting at the time"
not "history of a mythical homeric poem, which can be broadly interpreted and has for centuries"
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@9gsonchain @RyanT89 they havent posted exhibits yet and we are not allowed to take photos in court, hopefulyl they later post exhibits
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@MikeIsaac @RyanT89 yo mike do you have the picture of the big ant cat you were talking about yesterday
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@RyanT89 sorry when i say "get history right" i mean "the history of this movie being bad"
read down in the thread for other replies
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@MikeIsaac Define “history” because you have the myth where a Great War is fought over a woman vs the actual one that was focused on trade routes.
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@y_molodtsov it's not history! The odyssey is a POEM
it is worrying how many people do not understand this
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@MikeIsaac >> just get history right
That's kind of what they demand from Nolan
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@MikeIsaac it is funny how all the trads who dont read are stuck on this idea of achilles as a manly bro man when if i went back in time and introduced the word 'twink' to the ancient greeks it would cause mycenaean 9/11
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@jackclarkSF @Lucas_Shaw my favorite way to fly the friendly skies
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@MikeIsaac @Lucas_Shaw also a classic airplane movie. "you know I never did see this. ooh and I can have a tiny wine. fine." and then you intermittently sleep while watching it and a child keeps kicking you in the back
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@Lucas_Shaw lol perfect description
me, two beers in on a sunday at 1:30 pm: "hell, ill watch this"
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@MikeIsaac It is a classic TNT movie, if that means anything to you!
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@jeffcafe_ yeah look, homer has his general descriptions of some of the characters and people can get feathers ruffled over that or whatever. i generally do not mind when interpretations go broad
i agree that this ginned up furor is dumb and we judge the film on its merits
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I agree you can separate them if you choose go full “death of the author,” but many people want it to look like the people that were around then and/or what other movies set in this rough time period look like. Then link a choice not to do so to the current culture war.
I don’t care about literally any of that. If Nolan entertains me for 3 hours I don’t care if Space Marines show up. To each their own.
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@Lucas_Shaw maybe i should watch again. literally only time i saw it was in theaters when i was like 19 or 20 i guess?
i do remember eric bana being good
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@MikeIsaac Holds up better than you think.
But the manufactured outrage over the odyssey is very dumb.
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@jeffcafe_ The Odyssey is an epic mythic poem my brother, "accuracy" isn't exactly something that can be gauged from a reality basis of what they "really" looked like
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@MikeIsaac Wanting an adaptation to be more accurate is a valid complaint, but personally Injust want the movie to be good and don’t care about that. We’ll see. And I liked Troy 🤷♂️
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three weeks of trial coverage and body has adjusted to jolting awake before 6am
now i just want to go hang out at the courthouse....will they let me in....
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@VinceMancini it’s excellent. whatever zoomer they put on abbott’s rapid response account fucked up here
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@MikeIsaac The fuck? Potato egg and cheese is a perfect combo. Especially with a good salsa.
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there should be bipartisan agreement that potato egg and cheese is a perfectly respectable breakfast taco choice, especially when they do the potatoes proper crispy crunchy style
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