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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 2/3/26 at 7:20 pm to
Posted by deltadummy
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:20 pm to


Rage!!!
Posted by witty alias
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:22 pm to
Are we supposed to care what Elon Musk thinks about movies?
Posted by deltadummy
Member since Mar 2025
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 7:22 pm to
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The rest of you aren't upset about it because you agree with the goal the studios are pushing. Which is to rewrite history to make it more favorable to "minorities" (which is ridiculous considering white people are the worlds real minority by far).

Almost every single tv show and movie are doing this and have been for the last 15-20 years. Every year they get more aggressive with it. Constantly swapping out white characters for POC, male characters change to female, straight to gay, etc.

What is extra disappointing in this case is we thought Nolan was above such nonsense. That he would put the integrity of his story first. Clearly he has changed his mind on that subject or had it changed for him by the studio.


If there's one thing CN likes to do, it's produce a shitty movie.



Where do you clowns come from?
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:23 pm to
The IMDB page for this movie currently doesn't say who is playing Helen, and also doesn't say who Lupita is playing. LINK

Seems like a pretty important casting to be kept under wraps, but there is definitely no confirmation of who is playing Helen at this point. I imagine Elon Musk has better sources than I do though.

The IMDB page also lists Ellen Page as a cast member. If that's true, I really don't care who else is in the movie. I won't be paying money to see it.
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 8:24 pm
Posted by Jay Are
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:29 pm to
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I imagine Elon Musk has better sources than I do though.


He's known for talking out his arse. He posted a doctored photo. There is no reason at all to take his post seriously.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:31 pm to
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There is no reason at all to take his post seriously.


If that were true, you wouldn't be on page 9 of a thread about it.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:31 pm to
A black Snape level disaster for this movie.

In a different time it may have been accepted with less scrutiny but people are tired of this needless crap.

It’s not artsy or daring.

It’s been done to death .

No one is buying it. They never have.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 8:37 pm to
If true, I’ll avoid it for the same reason I avoided the Scarlett Johansson Ghost in the Shell movie.

She shouldn’t have been cast in the role and it ruins the immersion.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:17 pm to
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A black Snape level disaster for this movie.


It’s just insultingly blatant at this point
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 9:33 pm to
Literally zero reason for it.

And DVers are too cowardly to state why they think it’s a good idea.
This post was edited on 2/4/26 at 4:20 am
Posted by Everclear2000
Member since Dec 2025
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 7:24 am to
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He had to find the worst photo possible to make his point. Like her being black wasn't enough to get the point across.


Lol- so you'll bitch about historical accuracy of the armor in this movie, but you're good with woke stuntcasting? Gotcha.

I can't speak for everyone in this thread. But for me, it's not the skin color. Stacey Dash from 25 years ago would be a great Helen. But this chick ain't it. That's not a beauty that launched a thousand ships.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 9:33 am to
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Lol- so you'll bitch about historical accuracy of the armor in this movie, but you're good with woke stuntcasting? Gotcha.

When have I complained about anything in this movie?
Posted by RohanGonzales
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 9:38 am to
You can always count on a crew of swishy whyte boyz defending anything woke Hollywood may do.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 9:40 am to
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You can always count on a crew of swishy whyte boyz defending anything woke Hollywood may do.
And when did I defend this casting?
Posted by Everclear2000
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 9:42 am to
My apologies. For some reason, I had you and the slowflow guy confused.
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 10:29 am to
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He's known for talking out his arse. He posted a doctored photo. There is no reason at all to take his post seriously.


Come back on page 9 and you retards are still talking about the "doctored" photo to try to discredit the content

I'm not creating a collage to put them next to each other. NOWHERE WAS IT IMPLIED IT WAS A REAL PHOTO FROM THE MOVIE.

The "beach" in the background does what to make this an egregious deception? It's quite clear that it's speculation as that is in the fricking title of the thread. You people are just low IQ wokesters.

Cry about Deadline writing an article about it because they think there's enough smoke to publish it
This post was edited on 2/4/26 at 10:30 am
Posted by Sam Quint
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 10:33 am to
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This post was edited on 5/3/26 at 4:27 am
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 2/4/26 at 10:34 am to
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Everclear2000


CP3LSU with the third alter this weeks That might be your personal best. Congrats man.
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10324 posts
Posted on 2/4/26 at 10:44 am to
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black Snape level disaster for this movie.


Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
24215 posts
Posted on 2/4/26 at 10:51 am to
More accurately, attacking the very real photos that shows the prior Helen side by side with the speculated new Helen as a comparison is just obfuscating the point.

You wokies don't want to discuss the blackwashing or can't defend the casting so you cry about irrelevant shite
This post was edited on 2/4/26 at 10:52 am
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