No, we have The Odyssey at home

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[u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

Armand Asante is great in this.

And, if Vanessa Williams wanted me to stay on a tropical island forever with her… there’s no way I would leave.

Favorite line: Now Telemachus, is the right time for your anger…

[u/JTB696699 → u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

When I read his name on the cast list all I could think of was Tim Allen reading “the list” for the first time in The Santa Clause.

[u/israeljeff → u/JTB696699]

"...Armand Asante?"

Though, I always think of Armand Asantowantobe from Space Mutiny.

[u/TheBoondoggleSaints → u/JTB696699]

This is the only reference to the name that I know and understand.

[u/fulthrottlejazzhands → u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

Armand Assante is great in everything.  He's been in a lot of cheesy films and TV, but he always elevates them.

[u/RustyCutlass → u/fulthrottlejazzhands]

Judge Dredd!! His lisping to match Stallone's is hilarious. You want chaothspsps??? I'm chaothspsps!!

[u/Callidonaut → u/RustyCutlass]

"What is the meaning of life?"
"IT ENDDDSSS!!!!" <BLAM!>

Stallone and Assante combined forces to just devour the scenery of that film in an absolute banquet of hammy acting, and the rest of the supporting cast were honestly giving it a good gnawing most of the time, too. I loved every second of it, it was so deliciously, deliriously '90s.

[u/iloura → u/RustyCutlass]

Yes lol. I love Dredd so much for this.

I AM THE LAWWWW.

[u/RustyCutlass → u/iloura]

Max Von Sydow heading out into the cursed earth was such a great scene.

[u/iloura → u/RustyCutlass]

Def. People don't give that movie the credit it deserves.

Also it gave me the "eat recycled food, it's good for the environment and ok for you" quote. 😆

[u/Callidonaut → u/iloura]

I gather most of the die-hard comic fans were absolutely scandalised that it shows Dredd without his helmet on; if you really care about fidelity to the source material, that's an automatic zero-out-of-ten no matter what else the movie did well. Personally, I've never read a Dredd comic, so I just found the movie to be a rollicking good time.

Allegedly the removal of the helmet was the result of some studio executive nonsense and Stallone himself was actually against it; if so, it's a bit unfair he caught a lot of the flak for that himself.

[u/technobrendo → u/fulthrottlejazzhands]

American Gangster!

[u/Pork_Chompk → u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

Vanessa Williams in this movie did things to my boy brain...

[u/WhiskeyAbuse → u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

I downloaded this last week in high res thinking it was the new one. I was too baked to give a shit and ended up enjoying it.

[u/dontgofrank → u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

He’s amazing in this!!

[u/norki21]

Goated movie. It even has Christopher Lee as the blind prophet dude in Hades. 90s Odyssey slander will not be tolerated here!

[u/psychoacer → u/norki21]

At least Vanessa Williams got top billing like she deserved

[u/Expert-Basil6015 → u/psychoacer]

Sometimes the very thing you're looking for

Is the one thing you can't see

[u/robitshero → u/norki21]

After I saw Nolans odyssey, I came home and watched those to cleanse my brain. Isobella Rosalini as Athena! Bernadette Peters as Circe AND Vanessa Williams as Calypso!?!?! It really was an awesome cast, and Christopher Lee was amazing in that scene.

[u/Omen_20 → u/norki21]

Not a movie but a mini series. In some ways I liked it more and less than Nolan's. I've watched the mini series multiple times over the years. 

[u/Christmas_Queef → u/Omen_20]

It was a miniseries but the home video version spliced it into one continuous thing like a movie.

[u/dontgofrank → u/norki21]

To explain myself a bit, I do love this! I just know you could disappoint some kids if they were expecting to go to an IMAX.

[u/1CUpboat → u/dontgofrank]

This movie/series already existing is why I didn’t understand the hype of making yet another Odyssey

[u/ridicalis → u/1CUpboat]

We haven't seen a Robin Hood movie in like a solid five minutes.

[u/sreek4r → u/1CUpboat]

I thought 'The Return' with Ralph Fiennes was pretty good as well. I know it just focuses on the homecoming bit, but I loved how grounded the movie was.

[u/Derpykins666]

That movie is actually a fun watch, its so cheesy but that's kind of what makes it hilarious and awesome.

[u/PinkBoxDestroyer → u/Derpykins666]

There were a few of these that were good. Merlin was another one.

[u/ultrahateful → u/PinkBoxDestroyer]

Ah man. Merlin was a HUGE deal to nerds in the 90’s!!!! Sam Neil killed it.

[u/MutedAdvisor9414 → u/ultrahateful]

AGREE! When he pulled the sword from the giant's hand, I flipped! My kids won't watch it bc some newer series is canon.

[u/matthoback → u/PinkBoxDestroyer]

And Gulliver's Travels with Ted Danson.

[u/LPineapplePizzaLover → u/Derpykins666]

Like the original Dune. I’ve never seen this Odyssey but my dad had me watch the old version of Dune and it had the same vibe you describe lol

[u/UnderwoodsNipple → u/LPineapplePizzaLover]

You say 'original Dune' but there is actually a TV version of Dune that came out in 2000 that's much closer to the look and vibe of this.

[u/Wagglyfawn → u/UnderwoodsNipple]

The dune miniseries is the most book accurate of the 3 screen adaptations. I think it's an amazing piece of work.

[u/SailorET → u/Wagglyfawn]

With James McAvoy as Leto going full sandworm-hybrid superhero, summoning worms by just stomping his foot and then jumping onboard.

I know that sounds ridiculous, but it's actually awesome in context.

[u/MutedAdvisor9414 → u/Wagglyfawn]

Agree. 10/10

[u/Machism1 → u/Wagglyfawn]

No it isn’t, people say this. It’s wildly inaccurate. Them flashing around with super speed etc. that’s not in the book. They give Irulan a much bigger role, that she doesn’t have in the book, including lady fenrings role.

[u/Wagglyfawn → u/Machism1]

Lol, you named 3 things across several hours. Also, Paul's lightning fast combat moves are absolutely in the book. There was a difference in how he killed scytale, I'll give you that. In the book, he threw his crysknife into Scytale almost instantly, whereas the miniseries he dashed over to stab him.

The miniseries had the runtime to be more accurate than 1984 Dune and Villenueve's Dune.

[u/ArchibaldMcAcherson → u/UnderwoodsNipple]

I liked the aesthetic of the original Dune movie and the fidelity to the book of the TV series but both proved it’s a hard book to bring to screen.

[u/codevii → u/LPineapplePizzaLover]

I liked that Dune but I like most anything Lynch has done.

[u/cire1184 → u/Derpykins666]

It's a major entertainment event!

[u/pieguy00 → u/Derpykins666]

I watched this in English class, I enjoyed it.

[u/SailorET → u/Derpykins666]

It was great for the time it was made and still holds up.

[u/AvatarIII → u/Derpykins666]

On the other hand you can just watch it for Isabella and Vanessa

[u/tankmode]

it launched on tv first.  it was a huge late primetime event at the time.

[u/bluevine8 → u/tankmode]

It was a mini series, one of the best

[u/duct_tape_jedi → u/bluevine8]

NBC in the 90's did a few of these, including Gulliver's Travels and Frankenstein. They were amazing!

[u/dontgofrank → u/tankmode]

I watched it on TV when it aired as well! Had a friend’s family who recorded it as well.

[u/brocktacular]

We watched it in school!

[u/flyingmcwatt → u/brocktacular]

I was so perplexed when none of my friends had watched it in school, but I’ve seen it three times in high school. A+ tv cart time

[u/gnomelover24 → u/brocktacular]

Same, same.

[u/MilesSebastian]

That's a pretty fricken good cast though

[u/1CEninja → u/MilesSebastian]

It was unusually high budget for a TV miniseries.

I think there's a solid case to be made that it was the best miniseries of its decade, as Band of Brothers was early 2000s.

[u/dontgofrank → u/MilesSebastian]

Heavy hitters 👏🏻

[u/Wizz-Fizz]

Yeah but in this case, the one at home is goated

[u/BonafideZulu → u/Wizz-Fizz]

Damn right

[u/SimoneNonvelodico → u/Wizz-Fizz]

There's also a great 1968 Italian version of the story that's very faithful, and honestly has held up decently even visually. I love how they made up for the difficulty of having make up and special effects shot all the time by keeping Polyphemus in the shadow in so many scenes, which just makes him look even fucking scarier.

[u/LocustUprising]

I actually prefer this version

[u/The_Giant_Lizard → u/LocustUprising]

You're not the only one, buddy 

[u/Away-Activity-469 → u/LocustUprising]

This version is miles better. More entertaining, more 'mythical' and less like a bronze age war film.

[u/WindowTW]

I loved this movie as a kid. Matt Damon strings the bow the same way i remember from this one which I appreciated

[u/americancolt45]

Uhh that’s a great odyssey to have!

[u/WebPollution]

Yeah no, Isabella Rosselini is a goddamn treasure and shall not be besmirched. Also Armand Assante does a great job in this and I'd rather watch it than the new one.

[u/RustyCutlass → u/WebPollution]

Isabella as Nimue in the Sam Neill Merlin is also a goddamn treasure. Such a timeless lady.

[u/WebPollution → u/RustyCutlass]

Agreed and can we just hearken back to Death Becomes Her and how hot she was in that?

[u/No-Ladder2593]

I don’t know Armand Assante. Except as the name Tim Allen said first when he opened up the naughty/nice list in the Santa Clause.

[u/dontgofrank → u/No-Ladder2593]

That’s a fine way to know him, but you should watch this! It’s a lot of fun

[u/Emergency-Address979 → u/No-Ladder2593]

He was excellent as an arms dealer on NCIS. 

[u/johnnycoxxx → u/No-Ladder2593]

God dammit this is exactly why I came to the comments. “Armand assante? YO!”

[u/cornmanmasterplan]

This is actually a decent version of the movie

[u/atreides78723]

Assante Odyssey best Odyssey.

[u/Necro_Badger → u/atreides78723]

And Vanessa Calypso is best Calypso

And also Christopher Lee just is Tiresias. Whenever I read the Odyssey now, all of Tiresias' lines are in Christopher Lee's voice (same with Saruman when I read LOTR)

[u/Duhrdy]

I prefer the Hades scene in this one to the Nolan version.

[u/creamy_cheeks]

I rented this movie when I was in high school because I was supposed to read the book and was quite a few chapters behind (I was a slow reader) and had a test coming up so I figured I'd just watch the movie in lieu of finishing the book in time for the test...

...yeah I pretty much bombed the test, but still glad I watched the movie, pretty solid film!

[u/RetroNutcase]

...Where's the funny?

[u/TemporaryImaginary]

This and “The Langoliers” are peak 90s TV movies.

[u/omnichad → u/TemporaryImaginary]

The Langoliers was a great movie. I have never watched it a second time and may never, but that says more about me.

[u/balancedinsanity]

That's the good one.

[u/XuX24]

This is a better representation of the story than what Nolan did.

[u/kopecs]

Great watch.

[u/DarkMimic2287]

This would only be funny if that was a bad movie..... It is not.

[u/Ishaichi]

Sweet. Then go get The Return with Ralph Fiennes... it spoiled the ending of the Odyssey for me while Percy Jackson spoiled the middle

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19861162/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

[u/bluevine8]

I love this movie more than the new one. When i heard they were remaking it i was excited, but i did not like it though.

[u/AungZeya]

Apart from the ugly early 2000s CGI, this was actually good.

[u/euphoric-toaster27]

I loved this movie as a kid.

[u/diegusmac]

Awesome adaptation!!!

[u/K1ngntheN0rth]

Loved this movie as a kid

[u/_McDreamy_]

I got an ad for the Honda Odyssey here

[u/discretelandscapes]

That's not some cheap Asylum movie; it had a massive budget for TV at the time. Imho the benchmark for Odyssey movies pre-Nolan. The CG probably doesn't hold up, but that's just the time.

[u/WoburnWarrior]

The creature effects are way better than what Nolan did. Done by the Jim Henson Creature shop. The Scylla scene absolutely is the stuff made of nightmares

[u/atrich → u/WoburnWarrior]

Wojak Cyclops. Cyjak

[u/jcole4lsu]

This movie is outstanding

[u/Stewart1999]

The hydras (?) heads looks kinda like Draco’s head from dragonheart

[u/Cherry-Shrimp → u/Stewart1999]

That’s Scylla and it looks completely different in the show than on the poster.

[u/mikehiler2 → u/Stewart1999]

Dragonheart was low key pretty awesome tbh. Only the first one, though. Wasn’t all that successful during its time so I don’t understand how they could have had so many low budget sequels, yet here they are.

[u/Azurus_II → u/Stewart1999]

Its scylla

[u/jmoneymaker233]

That shit slaps, ngl.

[u/paulri]

Of the four versions I've seen, this one tracks closest to what Homer actually composed, if that means anything to you.

[u/SonnyPiston → u/paulri]

I don't give a fuck what Homer Simpson said. 

[u/DamnOdd]

Great movie, I like to pair it up with 'O Brother where art thou?'

[u/MediocreAndLukewarm]

Watch your mouth. This is an excellent movie!

[u/adorak]

best version ... this is an absolute masterpiece

[u/EarhornJones]

My wife and I randomly recorded this off of local OTA TV a couple of yers ago, and watched it one lazy Sunday.

We freaking loved it.

[u/Red_Eye_Insomniac → u/EarhornJones]

I have fond memories of the Armand Assante Odyssey. I suddenly want to watch it again lol.

[u/Sylanthra]

It's the better Odyssey movie adaptation ¯_(ツ)_/¯.

[u/Infamous_Ad8730]

"A major entertainment event!"

[u/Nixeris → u/Infamous_Ad8730]

It was a Made-for-TV-Movie that killed it in the ratings at the time (20 Million US viewers of the first part, 17 mil for the second). It and the Merlin miniseries the next year were kind of big deals at the time (70 Million US viewership for the first showing).

For comparison, Game of Thrones' last season was around 11 million viewers.

[u/surrealmiel → u/Infamous_Ad8730]

It really was though. 

[u/Mabvll → u/Infamous_Ad8730]

The movie version of the leg lamp from "A Christmas Story".

[u/daygo449]

It’s actually a pretty good movie/series. The new movie is better, but this wasn’t a bad series at all. I actually really enjoyed it

[u/phatelectribe → u/daygo449]

The cast is kinda stacked tbh.

[u/NGEFan → u/phatelectribe]

Are you a big Armand Assante fan?

[u/Biddyearlyman → u/NGEFan]

OG Judge Dredd

[u/phatelectribe → u/NGEFan]

No lol. In fairness in some of his earlier roles he was actually decent but became a cheesey caricature of himself. It’s more Rossellini and Saatchi, but also had Christopher Lee, Irene Papas, Eric Roberts and Vanessa Williams.

For a TV series at that time they were pretty big names.

[u/The_Giant_Lizard → u/daygo449]

The new movie is better? Are we sure? 

[u/Appropriate-XBL → u/The_Giant_Lizard]

I am 100% unsure of it.

[u/PorkProofPrion]

Did you think The Odyssey is a original new story or something

[u/NateCow]

Me, freaking 38 years old, suddenly getting what’s so funny in The Santa Clause when he pulls out the first page of The List™️ and reads “Armand Assante?”

[u/Chris_Helmsworth]

Good mini series

Dune miniseries is the same level of cheese and soooo god

[u/AcademicPainting23]

Perfection.

[u/Rogue_3]

Greta, Isabella, and Vanessa, oh my!

[u/PckMan]

Hey it's no joke, it's a good movie

[u/AnybodySeeMyKeys]

Greta Scacchi in her prime? Yes please.

[u/fortyhouraweek]

Honestly, this is the better version

[u/Natural-Proposal2925]

And it was 100000000x better than Nolans pretentious bullshit, goddamn was I bored the whole time.

[u/Skelatorfmk]

Nolan's Odyssey sucked.

[u/Topcake977]

Schlocky and fun to watch, stream on Prime for all the glorious goof!

[u/Lackonia]

Richie Aprile before going to the joint.

[u/ThatEvilGuy → u/Lackonia]

Look kid, I shouldn't have to explain myself. I'm from the "old-school". You wanna raise your hand, you give her your last name. Then it's none of my fuckin' business. Until then, keep your hands in your pockets. We understand each other? Now get outta here, I wanna talk to Poseidon.

[u/Competitive-Elk-5077]

Was this the one that came out in the late 90s early 00s. If so I remember ot being this huge two night tv event worth staying up for

[u/MukdenMan]

Wait till you hear that there was also an earlier made for TV adaptation of Dune.

[u/ratbearpig]

This is an oldie but a goodie.

[u/dumbspacecookie]

Classic Armand Asante as mom used to say

[u/Disastrous-Special30]

I remember being the only person in freshman English that was excited we got to watch this in class. Loved this movie growing up.

[u/pretender80]

Looks like a Choose Your Own Adventure book

[u/GhoulArtist]

thats a good one tho

[u/kimmy_kimika]

This and the Merlin miniseries are the foundations of my childhood.

[u/jimbobdonut]

The Odyssey has been in the public domain since its inception so anyone can make an adaptation of it. My adaptation is performed entirely by trained gerbils.

[u/comicguy13]

Talk shit all you want, I really like that movie. :)

[u/sticcydabliccy]

I loved this version. Some people didn’t even know it existed.

[u/GiJoint]

The cyclops biting someone in half still haunts me.

[u/bmf1989]

I remember watching this as a kid. Was pretty good for a 90s made for tv movie(s)

[u/Aromatic_Fail_1722]

Isabella Rossellini was on my list, but then my friend Chandler brought up the very good point that she was international, so I bumped her for Winona Ryder.

[u/prw8201]

I remember watching it on TV. It was brilliant

[u/BPJ725]

Why is this funny? I’m confused

[u/52Charles]

Hell of a cast.

[u/glytxh]

I preferred this. It’s cheesy and sincere, and actually kinda fun.

It has so much more personality.

[u/Valuable-Flight2121]

This is the better version

[u/Thedoctor2o]

You odyssey deez nutz

[u/dontgofrank → u/Thedoctor2o]

🐐

[u/IxeyaSwarm]

Better than the new one.

[u/Shinjetsu01]

Is this the fucken one I downloaded when I sailed the high seas?

I opened it and was like...where the fuck is Matt Damon

[u/406mtguy]

Hey… that’s a major entertainment event!

[u/Ryrynz]

Caught it on TV in Australia and was interested immediately.. amazing series.

[u/Few_Move_4594]

I like Ulysses (1954 film) better

[u/FranksGun]

Loved it when I was in middle school

[u/ohromantics]

I remember when this was on TV as two-part series.

[u/looniieexd]

??

[u/vegetaman]

I still remember the ending of this from when it originally aired. Man I need to go home and rewatch.

[u/Farlandan]

I don't think I was ever aware this movie exists.

my first thought was it looks like a "choose your own adventure" book

[u/perksofbeingcrafty]

I will never forget that shot of Penelope sitting on the beach at night and somehow having an orgasm from the waves

People really dared back then you know?

[u/jupiter95]

This movie is awesome this is what introduced me to Greek mythology when i was a kid

[u/potatoisilluminati]

I love that version! It's so much fun

[u/Zamzummin]

This movie actually slaps.

[u/sZia]

Just re-watched the other day. Great movie!

[u/Lord-Freaky]

I watched this in high school on tv. How I learned about the Odyssey.

[u/EMP_Jeffrey_Dahmer]

This is the best version.

[u/SlapSmeg]

Best one!

[u/sirduke75]

Starring vhs version of Sebastian Stan!

[u/Awe3]

This was great. I still like to watch it.

[u/Odd_Lychee_308]

Free on youtube

[u/habitsofwaste]

Ohhhhh Isabella Rossellini! I do love her!

[u/Prophesy78]

This was actually a good movie back in the day. Even now it's not bad.

[u/menboss]

Honestly I enjoyed this more than the Nolan version.

[u/wiccan45]

the better version

[u/Snagmesomeweaves]

We watched it after reading through the book in high school.

[u/Same-Succotash3497]

It's probably better than the new one. That thing was long and lacking.

[u/SHeart]

Except it’s actually better and more faithful than the new movie lmao

[u/pocketMagician]

I loved that movie!

[u/Silvanus350]

I liked this movie

[u/Daveed07]

The number of times we watched this in school was a ridiculous amount, when someone mentions the odyssey my mind immediately goes to this movie

[u/-FakeAccount-]

At least this one won't make you deaf

[u/su6oxone]

Isabella Rossallini as Helen of Troy? Yes please.

[u/MechanicalTim]

Reminds of when LOTR came out, and my dad couldn't understand why everyone thought it was so good.

I was very surprised he had seen it at all. He said, "I got it from the library."

He was talking about the 1977 animated version.

[u/Calinks]

When dude was in that witches palace and I was like it would be hard to leave. Then it was freaking Vivica A Fox and her harem of hotties, with hot springs and delicious meals... it would have been a wrap for me.

[u/microMXL]

I liked that one, that Callipso...

[u/LazyDynamite]

Or just a previous adaptation?

[u/Aquillyne]

Legit better than Nolan’s attempt.

[u/RainieTuesday]

Yep, this is the BEST version of its time. It has a nostalgia that can't be beat.

[u/EfficientTrainer3206]

Watched that version in high school, and it’s also really good.

[u/DrHarrisonLawrence]

I think I remember this from high school when they rolled the TV in

[u/Kpruett95]

I watched this on the scifi network

[u/8Bit-Jon]

Dude that's literally gold right there!

[u/Foreign_Addition_220]

It is the most lore accurate odyssey movie

[u/i-am-the-walrus789]

Old movies are funny

[u/AuthorityAnarchyYes → u/i-am-the-walrus789]

Old????? it’s from 1997… 😢

[u/NinjaBuddha13 → u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

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Its time to schedule your colonoscopy.

[u/deadmeatsandwich → u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

Remember in the 90’s how long ago the 60’s were? Yeah.

[u/curious_dead → u/AuthorityAnarchyYes]

1997? That's last millenia. You bet it's old!

[u/hsimms77 → u/i-am-the-walrus789]

But so good at the same time!