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re: Elon Musk chimes in on Helen of Troy being black in Nolan’s Odyssey; now confirmed by Time

Posted on 2/4/26 at 7:02 pm to
Posted by blueboy
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Posted by Mikes My Tiger
Louisiana
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 8:31 pm to
Did yall have the same energy when Jim Cavezial played Jesus? Cause I hate to break it to yall, but that ain't exactly accurate either. This is like when everyone complained about a black mermaid. Everyone knows in real life mermaids are white!
Posted by Jay Are
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 8:52 pm to
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You wokies don't want to discuss the blackwashing or can't defend the casting so you cry about irrelevant shite


Defending uniformed speculation feels pretty stupid, so it would be weird to do it.


You idiots obfuscate the point that there is currently no reason to take this as accurate casting information by defending a fake photo as actual evidence. This whole conversation is "irrelevant shite" because it's based on conjecture rather than actual reality. You desire anger, so you attack reality as irrelevant in order to protect that feeling.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 9:26 pm to
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Did yall have the same energy when Jim Cavezial played Jesus?


Why would we? He didn't look obscenely different from how Jesus might have looked.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 9:26 pm to
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Did yall have the same energy when Jim Cavezial played Jesus?
First century people from his specific region were a lot less brown than you might think. JC's look is actually pretty close.
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Everyone knows in real life mermaids are white!
It's a Danish fairy tale.
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 9:39 pm to
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To be fair, the still shot in the OP is from 12 Years A Slave, not this movie.


Yeah, because Lupita Nyong’o is a very attractive woman. I still don’t see her as Helen of Troy, but it’s not a huge deal.
Posted by Sam Quint
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Posted on 2/5/26 at 5:57 am to
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You idiots obfuscate the point that there is currently no reason to take this as accurate casting information by defending a fake photo as actual evidence. This whole conversation is "irrelevant shite" because it's based on conjecture rather than actual reality. You desire anger, so you attack reality as irrelevant in order to protect that feeling.

Yet here you are on page 10
Posted by Proximo
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 7:39 am to
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based on conjecture rather than actual reality.
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 7:57 am to
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Lupita Nyong’o is a very attractive woman


Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:01 am to
I am looking forward to Jay Are’s pivot.

Posted by Saint Alfonzo
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:48 am to
Well, now that it's confirmed that Lupita is Helen, I guess we'll get Ellen/Elliott Achilles confirmation soon enough. Lupita isn't attractive enough to launch a thousand ships. Maybe a rowboat or a dinghy, something like a fishing kayak.
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:48 am to
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Well, now that it's confirmed that Lupita is Helen, I guess we'll get Ellen/Elliott Achilles confirmation soon enough. Lupita isn't attractive enough to launch a thousand ships. Maybe a rowboat or a dinghy, something like a fishing kayak.


In this one she's referred to as "The face that sunk a thousand jon boats".
Posted by BeepBopBoop
Northshore
Member since Dec 2023
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:55 am to
Another movie I won't have to bother seeing.

I thought Nolan may be immune to the BS "modern audiences" casting but nope.
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:01 am to
Not that big a deal, considering Helen is unimportant to this story

Shame they couldn't get a more attractive "face that launched a thousand ships"

Lupita is very mid
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:02 am to
A new Sinbad the Sailor movie would have been cooler. This is gonna be over 4 hours I just know it.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
77270 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:04 am to
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Not that big a deal, considering Helen is unimportant to this story
You should read the Time article.

Nolan apparently made significant changes, including Helen’s involvement in the story.
Posted by boogiewoogie1978
Little Rock
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:30 am to
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Nolan apparently made significant changes, including Helen’s involvement in the story.

Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
20028 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:41 am to
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A new Sinbad the Sailor movie would have been cooler. 


Maybe but I have a feeling it would have gone this way:

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