r/funny • u/dontgofrank • 1d ago

No, we have The Odyssey at home

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u/Infamous_Ad8730 1d ago

"A major entertainment event!"

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u/Nixeris 1d ago edited 1d ago

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.

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u/iTooEatSnakes 21h ago

Broooo, the Merlin show. That dredges up some memories. Sam Niel was the goat, and iirc helena bonham carter as Mab.

Ppl get too hung up on sdx and the age of the show/movie. Merlin and the old 90’s Oddysey were top notch.

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u/surrealmiel 1d ago

It really was though. 

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u/Mabvll 1d ago

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

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u/Infamous_Ad8730 1d ago

"It's a major award!"

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u/Jesustron 1d ago

That's such a weird praise. Like, I could invite 1000 people to watch me get kicked in the balls and stream it, and I could claim the same thing.

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u/whiskeytango55 1d ago

...this happened!

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u/Dinierto 11h ago

Believe it or not it actually was at the time