Андрей C. Иванов @
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Андрей C. Иванов @
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Открываю скрытое... Поэт, переводчик, блогер, создатель контента.


"Why do you have a problem with Lupita playing Helen of Troy, but you don't care that Jason Momoa played blonde-haired blue-eyed Aquaman?" Helen of Troy is a character (assumed to be fictional) that is fundamental to the Greek culture. Aquaman is a make-believe character loosely-tied to Greek culture only in that he hails from the mystical civilization of Atlantis. Atlantis is at best a place-holder that Greek historians used when they didn't know who actually attacked a city. Even at the time Atlantis was first mentioned it was fictional. These days, only a few people theorize it was real because they like the idea and it makes them feel intelligent. On the other hand, Troy was believed to be entirely fictional for generations. The stories in the Iliad and Odyssey were believed to be fiction as well. After all, you might be able to lose people to history, but you wouldn't lose an entire city, right?... Turns out, Troy actually existed. Someone found it and now it's a major part of the Greek and Turkish historical record. Turns out the city was nearly wiped from the historical record and buried, except for Homer's stories. The people and the places survived thanks to Homer writing them down. Without a doubt it's full of exaggerations and embellishments, but it's not crazy to assume that if the place actually existed (and like in the story it was besieged and destroyed, wiped from the Earth) that perhaps the people in the story are real too. Not their fantastical hyperbolic versions, but a more grounded and historically significant version of them. Hollywood deciding that Aquaman should be of Polynesian ancestry and culture doesn't bother me because Aquaman is just a silly character that's not relevant to anyone's culture. Polynesian cultures have an immense love and reverence for the ocean, and it makes sense that Aquaman might be connected to them. Also Jason just did a good job in general, and regardless of what anyone says about the films, Jason's portrayal rose far above the silly character.




@trayhardplay @_justjoined @sguriev А насчет людей - мы видим, что люди ведомы. Они примыкают к одному из "течений" и топят за него. Путинская пропаганда так ловит себе искренних сторонников, так и все другие Ежевика читал документы, но сознательно перевирает их. А остальные - никто и не читал. Просто лайкают. 2/2


Lupita Nyong’o addresses the racist backlash to her casting as Helen of Troy in “The Odyssey,” after some critics called Christopher Nolan a “coward” for not casting a white actress: “This is a mythological story,” Nyong’o said in an interview. "I’m very supportive of Chris’ intention with it and with the version of this story that he is telling. Our cast is representative of the world. I’m not spending my time thinking of a defense. The criticism will exist whether I engage with it or not.” Nyong’o said her interpretation of the character goes deeper than her beauty. “You can’t perform beauty,” she said. “I want to know who a character is. What is beyond beauty? What is beyond looks? That’s the thing about doing such a well-known text, which has been studied and interpreted and derived from. The research could be endless. The good thing about working with a writer like Chris is that it’s on the page. The investigation starts with the pages you’re given. That’s what I based it on.” variety.com/2026/film/news…


Mel Gibson has unveiled the first look at “The Resurrection of the Christ,” the director’s long-delayed follow-up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ.” “Part One” has been postponed just a few months, with plans to debut on May 6, 2027. “Part Two” was bumped a year, from May 6, 2027, to May 25, 2028. variety.com/2026/film/news…












Mel Gibson has unveiled the first look at “The Resurrection of the Christ,” the director’s long-delayed follow-up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ.” “Part One” has been postponed just a few months, with plans to debut on May 6, 2027. “Part Two” was bumped a year, from May 6, 2027, to May 25, 2028. variety.com/2026/film/news…





Christopher Nolan admits he’s never used email or owned a smartphone.













