Fantasy Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

[CaptainWagner]

I hope he has an awesome hairdo under that helmet.

I will always respect The Last Duel for giving its men appropriately hideous haircuts for the period

 

[Deck Rickard]

I hope he has an awesome hairdo under that helmet.

Ugh, that mullet/facial hair combo.

Damon looks like a guy who attacked the capital on January 6, got away, and then hid from the cops at a renaissance faire.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Punisher_MAX]

I personally liked Troy with Brad Pitt, so I'm looking forward to this lol

 

[Drizzle]

I personally liked Troy with Brad Pitt, so I'm looking forward to this lol

Is it perfect? Nope, but I still really like it to this day. I did always want a sequel/spinoff based on The Odyssey starring Sean Bean with more of the fantasy elements from the poem but I don't even think that was ever even a discussion, even with Troy performing fairly well at the box office for an R-rated blockbuster in 2004. As it is, I'm at least looking forward to pairing Troy with Nolan's Odyssey as a double feature.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

Is it perfect? Nope, but I still really like it to this day. I did always want a sequel/spinoff based on The Odyssey starring Sean Bean with more of the fantasy elements from the poem but I don't even think that was ever even a discussion, even with Troy performing fairly well at the box office for an R-rated blockbuster in 2004. As it is, I'm at least looking forward to pairing Troy with Nolan's Odyssey as a double feature.

I too wanted an Odyssey spinoff with Sean Bean lol the movie came out my freshman year of High School and I was so into greek myths and history, so the movie held a special place in my heart. I also loved big historical war epics. Shame that it never materialized.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Damon looks like a guy who attacked the capital on January 6, got away, and then hid from the cops at a renaissance faire.

That’s pretty much his character in The Last Duel so mission accomplished.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Is it perfect? Nope, but I still really like it to this day. I did always want a sequel/spinoff based on The Odyssey starring Sean Bean with more of the fantasy elements from the poem but I don't even think that was ever even a discussion, even with Troy performing fairly well at the box office for an R-rated blockbuster in 2004. As it is, I'm at least looking forward to pairing Troy with Nolan's Odyssey as a double feature.

Yeah, Troy had its moments. I love that opening sequence where Achilles kills Rictus Erectus with one swipe of his sword. And the Achilles/Hector fight is sick. The film just felt like it was missing something, you know? And not just the gods; I was fine with them doing a more realistic take on the Trojan War. It just didn’t feel epic enough on the whole. The war supposedly lasted over a decade but in the movie, you had like… 3 short battles, an epic one-on-one fight, and then the Trojan Horse sequence. And the score sucked. I only bring that up because they scrapped the original score entirely and brought in James Horner to write a new one in a weekend and it showed.

 

[Drizzle]

Yeah, Troy had its moments. I love that opening sequence where Achilles kills Rictus Erectus with one swipe of his sword. And the Achilles/Hector fight is sick. The film just felt like it was missing something, you know? And not just the gods; I was fine with them doing a more realistic take on the Trojan War. It just didn’t feel epic enough on the whole. The war supposedly lasted over a decade but in the movie, you had like… 3 short battles, an epic one-on-one fight, and then the Trojan Horse sequence. And the score sucked. I only bring that up because they scrapped the original score entirely and brought in James Horner to write a new one in a weekend and it showed.

Speaking of the score, did you ever watch the Director's Cut? The score for that is even more baffling because they straight up use Danny Elfman's Planet of the Apes score over the Hector vs. Achilles fight, which I assume was originally just supposed to be temp music that they kept in there.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

Yeah, Troy had its moments. I love that opening sequence where Achilles kills Rictus Erectus with one swipe of his sword. And the Achilles/Hector fight is sick. The film just felt like it was missing something, you know? And not just the gods; I was fine with them doing a more realistic take on the Trojan War. It just didn’t feel epic enough on the whole. The war supposedly lasted over a decade but in the movie, you had like… 3 short battles, an epic one-on-one fight, and then the Trojan Horse sequence. And the score sucked. I only bring that up because they scrapped the original score entirely and brought in James Horner to write a new one in a weekend and it showed.

...I like that Josh Groban song though...

 

[Deck Rickard]

Speaking of the score, did you ever watch the Director's Cut? The score for that is even more baffling because they straight up use Danny Elfman's Planet of the Apes score over the Hector vs. Achilles fight, which I assume was originally just supposed to be temp music that they kept in there.

LOL WUT

I never knew about this. What a movie to steal a score from, lol.

 

[DarkKnight88]

To be fair, it’s a really great score lol

What’s even odder is that they had a whole rejected score before James Horner came in. So it’s funny he didn’t use that for his directors cut.

 

[Drizzle]

To be fair, it’s a really great score lol

Oh for sure, Elfman's score and Rick Baker's makeup are some of the best things about Burton's Planet of the Apes. But it was very jarring hearing that after being so familiar with it. Usually whenever someone borrows a score from another movie like Tarantino often does it's from something more obscure. Hearing Elfman's POTA score in the Troy Director's Cut kinda felt like a more lowkey version of that part in Ferris Bueller where the two guys go for a joyride in Cameron's dad's car and the Star Wars theme is playing, only that one was meant to be for laughs.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Really excited to see Nolan tackle this. Anyone else thinks announcement teaser in July like usual for Nolan?

 

[Sawyer]

So if I wanted to pick up a copy of this, which translation should I shoot for? Is Emily Wilson’s actually lacking, or is the criticism for her translation mostly just a bunch of whining about woke?

 

[Drizzle]

Really excited to see Nolan tackle this. Anyone else things announcement teaser in July like usual for Nolan?

I could see them attaching a teaser to Jurassic World Rebirth. It's Universal's biggest movie of the summer so it's a prime spot for it.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

I could see them attaching a teaser to Jurassic World Rebirth. It's Universal's biggest movie of the summer so it's a prime spot for it.

That, Superman or F4.

On a side note, I miss viral marketing/ARG campaigns like TDK and Tron Legacy got, where both people online and on the ground got rewards and free stuff.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

So if I wanted to pick up a copy of this, which translation should I shoot for? Is Emily Wilson’s actually lacking, or is the criticism for her translation mostly just a bunch of whining about woke?

The latter. It’s gorgeous and very accessible. If you like audiobooks there’s a great performance of it by Claire Danes.

 

[BatLobster]

Speaking of the score, did you ever watch the Director's Cut? The score for that is even more baffling because they straight up use Danny Elfman's Planet of the Apes score over the Hector vs. Achilles fight, which I assume was originally just supposed to be temp music that they kept in there.

I did not open this thread expecting to see Elfman Planet of the Apes score appreciation, but I'm here for it! Totally underrated score.

 

[Pennywise]

https://**************.com/fantasy/...ney-jr-courted-for-poseidon-a216319#gs.khsz4i

According to Daniel Richtman, Nolan was courting Oppenheimer Oscar-winner Robert Downey Jr. for the role of Poseidon, the Greek God of the Sea, but the actor was going to be too busy filming Avengers: Doomsdayto make it work. The scooper has also heard that Nolan is staying "super faithful to the original story, and is "determined to use as many practical effects, real sets, and as much makeup work as possible."

 

[DarkKnight88]

Ah, come on Downey! Flee that sinking ship. Go to the man who got you the Oscar. Who cares if Marvel offered you a trillion dollars,

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Ah, come on Downey! Flee that sinking ship. Go to the man who got you the Oscar. Who cares if Marvel offered you a trillion dollars,

Dude, let’s not start fights. Rob will work with Nolan again, just not right now. Patience.

 

[Drizzle]

Also, how much of a scheduling conflict can there really be? I'm assuming he's just showing up to act in front of a green screen for at least 80% of the time for Avengers. They could have let Nolan borrow him for a few weeks, especially since both productions are filming in Europe so it's not like he'd have to cross the Atlantic.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Also, how much of a scheduling conflict can there really be? I'm assuming he's just showing up to act in front of a green screen for at least 80% of the time for Avengers. They could have let Nolan borrow him for a few weeks, especially since both productions are filming in Europe so it's not like he'd have to cross the Atlantic.

We don’t know anything about what Doomsday will be about or how Rob’s doing Doom. People keep assuming he’s a Tony variant but I doubt he’d return if it were that simple. Marvel and the Russo’s are keeping quiet about a lot.

 

[Kane52630]