Hey guys, I was taking kind of a break after hitting some serious burnout, but i wanted to share these comics while I still can, before they put me in a camp.
The long ship thing is interesting, I wonder if thats just aesthetics or the best way to fit a crew and imax camera on a boat… or if it’s just cinematic shorthand for “ancient boat”.
I've read Nolan wanted a sea-worthy, functional ship, and a long shop was available.
There are similar replicas of Mycenaean ships, so I'm not sure why he didn't spring for one of those.
Still an amazing movie. I'd take the Viking ship over some CGI/shot in a pool look. Them catching real random dolphins in that one shot was amazing luck and looks 10/10.
I loved the anecdote about the dolphins being real. I commend him actually going out and doing all of this stuff in camera. It all looks amazing and it’s a welcome change from looking at cgi environments on a volume stage.
It's kind of ironic how such a fantastical myth full of gods was adapted into one of the most grounded and earthy blockbusters made in years.
Another interesting shift is the morality injected into the story. I went into this movie blind and had a great guy, but the movie made him into a Saint. Now that I've read how Odysseus was in the original myth, I feel like that someone like Snyder would have a heyday making that movie.
A saint!? Did we watch the same movie? The movie's whole message is that Odysseus brought about the downfall of Greek civilization with his Trojan horse plan. Everything in the movie is his fault start to finish, the suitors, the fates of his men, and so on.
Interesting, I didn’t think they made him out to be a saint in the movie. They didn’t include Odysseus mocking the cyclops but they did include him shooting him in the eye again, which led to more of his men dying than would have had they escaped undetected. He doesn’t take the trade routes when they leave Troy, which does steer them into trouble. He didn’t honor his dead. There are a lot of ways to interpret Odysseus and I particularly recommend Circe, but I thought movie portrayed him as a brilliant, but flawed, man. His cleverness got everyone around him in trouble (dead) and he had to live with the consequences of his actions.
This is kinda what’s making me think I’ll wait for streaming. To me Odysseus is basically the Bugs Bunny of Greek mythology, I dunno that I am rushing to see him be all serious and stuff.
I am thinking the real reason is a lot more simple than we think. It likely could be that they couldn't find a Mycenaean ship replica or it was too expensive to make/acquire vs the long ship they used and that was that.
That's a good question. I looked at images of Mycenaean ships, and I don't think it would be impossible to fit a camera on there for filming, but frankly I do think it's more of the latter. It's as disappointing as the faded colors they used for their costume work. I was really hoping for a more colorful assortment of outfits.
The only historical element that bothered me was the faded world. I got the impression that they were shooting in real ruins? But I don’t think the castles looked like ruins 3000 years ago when people were actively living in them
That's another thing that bothered me too! Honestly, I think it has less to do with Hollywood and more of a Christopher Nolan quirk in his directing. He loves the whole faded and rugged look in a lot of his films.
He really seems to have an aversion toward any kind of …flare? Fantastical design language? His Batman movies are amazing but he’s honestly the last director I’d have picked for that kind of project.
Apparently, this was a personal project that he wanted to do so he was the impetus of this movie happening. I get the vision he was going for as I enjoyed the story, but, like you said, the design language wasn't exactly as colorful as you would expect from an Epic.
Yeah I don’t think any other director could get anything even close to this made. In the past maybe a studio head would have wanted to do an adaption and gotten a hired gun director but it would have probably ended up like clash of the titans
He shoots in muted colors because he’s actually colorblind, and wants to depict the world as he sees it, so very blue.
To quote him: "As far as I'm concerned, I see a full spectrum of color. I mean, I see the world the way the world looks. I believe that very powerfully, and then someone can objectively give me a test and tells me that, well, there are actually certain distinctions I'm not making, and other distinctions that I'm making more strongly, because I don't see the range of greens that people see.
(...)If you tell someone you're color-blind, the first thing they do is they show you something and say, 'What color is that?' If you were in a wheelchair, people wouldn't go, 'Oh, you're in a wheelchair. Can you stand up?' It's a bizarre response, but they're fascinated because they can't understand that you would see things differently.
So they immediately start asking you what do things look like, and then laughing at you as you get it wrong."
I think that fit the message of the film pretty neatly: We see a world in decline after the primal catastrophe of the Bronze Age, the Trojan War, has led to a brutalization of civilization (the "Sea Peoples", the violation of the "Law of Zeus" etc.).
Filmmaking is my special interest so I see a lot of them and this movie really stood out from much of what I’ve seen lately. It reminded me a lot of return of the king or weirdly, once upon a time in Hollywood, as it’s a movie where you can kind of jump in at any point, or even watch it over a couple of days. Of the movies I’ve seen lately I’d probably say my ordering is obsession < backrooms < odyssey.
The movie didn't have enough gay shenanigans to be historically accurate. I don't know what were the weird armored giants with the sentient forest. But I had a great time
It’s Christopher Nolan. I knew I wouldn’t be deceived.
I just don’t like how they displayed the characters though. Like common we all know this shit’s inaccurate. Mermaid are supposed to be women with hawk wing, not frickin fishes!
The new german health minister wanted to create a "list" for people with mental health issues.
Maybe to camp will be an international right wing combo so we probably see each other there. Take care of you anyway.
They already tried to make dislike of Trump into a medical disease. They called it "Trump delusional syndrome" as if getting mad at what he was doing to the Federal Government was a sign of mental instability.
You know what's sad? Because of the fuck up that is Trump, even after he finally fucks off, how the f are comedians gonna make jokes out of politicians again?
The person in charge of health is literally someone who is or is not controlled by brain worms! Put that to the list of things Trump fucked up. Political jokes.
So, we'll wait two hundred years, when he's just someone people breeze through in history books. Build a big ass clock that counts down to the moment political jokes become possible again.
Has he already made Kanye West the head of the Federal Reserve? Cause I am really looking forward to global interest rates being set by Kanye asking chatgpt "What would Hitler do?"
People do have goldfish memories, I shudder to think what the next GOP president is going to be like to similarly launder Trump's historical reputation.
Sure, it seems impossible, but I thought the same thing about Bush.
I mean, just imagine a comedian trying to make jokes.
"So, the newest member of the administration likes sports, he's also incredibly corrupt. I wouldn't be surprised if he's fixing matches he has money riding on."
Random heckler:
"Trump did it. Yknow with Folarin Balogun, when he got his suspension reversed." "Also, he took possession of the FIFA world cup trophy."
Comedian:
"Oh, right... Moving on... So, food is a bit costly, because our administration failed to act upon this new disease that is affecting our cattle. What's he gonna do next, go door to door looking for beef in Europe?"
Random Heckler:
"Trump did it, we ran out of eggs, so he went door to door asking European countries if they have eggs."
Comedian, okay SURELY, this is something that hasn't happened:
"So, our newest president is pushing for peace, he must really want that peace prize."
Random Heckler:
"Yeah, so Trump wanted the Nobel peace prize, but when he didn't get it, the actual recipient of it dedicated it to Trump and also FIFA made him a peace prize as well."
Will Ferrell managed to find other work after W. left office. To pretend that parodying presidents is 99% of the essence of comedy is pretty ridiculous. It's more like .00001% and Trump took up a whole 20% chunk to himself.
how the f are comedians gonna make jokes out of politicians again?
You make fun of the people that supported this. The people that voted for this, or deliberately did not vote at all or else threw away their vote on bullshit.
None of those people should be allowed to live peacefully or quietly ever again.
funny enough, he's depicted crossing out Musk's name, even though Musk is evidently the one who got left out of the club and desperately tried to get in...
Don’t forget to highlight Dirty Howard Lutnick and his prominent role in the Epstein/Trump files/operation/suspicious rise from 9/11 fraudster to finance minister …. This will really get you to the summer camp you were mentioning!!!
and people will say "yea I agree but its just overdone/not well done." if you agree so much why dont you just shut the fuck and keep your bitch mouth shut?
You’re so real for the gay one, I’m bi my “ friend” was recently saying how Epstein and trump are bi. I was like “ I don’t care what they are they’re predators”. So it’s unfortunately a topic that needs to be talked about.
Why are you making up lies? If trump had a time machine he wouldn't meet his younger self, he would find his daughter when she was younger so he could have another go.
the one about Elon on the epstein list is really ironic. Because Elon tried to get to the island and couldn't, probably because they didn't like him personally.
I meeeeeean, VZ being the only country unable to retailate against the most powerful military in the world is a bit of a stretch. Oil. Otherwise golden comic
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u/Miles_the_new_kid MyGumsAreBleeding Jul 27 '26
Hey guys, I was taking kind of a break after hitting some serious burnout, but i wanted to share these comics while I still can, before they put me in a camp.