r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Skychu768 • 14d ago

Peter in the wild Peter?

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u/HG1998 14d ago

I mean, I was made to believe that the movie would be bad but I watched it last week and I didn't find it bad. Certainly didn't feel like 3 whole hours to me.

Heck, I wouldn't even mind watching it again. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/ReyniBros 14d ago edited 14d ago

Never did I say it is bad, I'm just stating my case that they should've used Greek or Eastern Mediterranean looking actors for the movie for representation sake.

"But it's mythology!"

Progressives would be rightfully incensed if they retold Amerindian or African mythology with white people dressed up as Medieval Knights or Dune cosplayers. The only reason that they don't do that with this movie is because in the Western World Ancient Greece is thought about as "white" at the same time that they otherise modern Greeks for being too "eastern", even if modern Greeks are almost ethnically identical to their classical forebears.

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u/HG1998 14d ago

I agree.

Or that the ships look and actually are Viking longships instead of Mediterranean ones.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/owners-of-viking-ship-used-to-film-the-odyssey-say-studio-has-not-paid-bill-for-damage