re: Elon says he’d fund an Odyssey adaptation by Mel Gibson

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But compared to The Dark Knight it is straight up trash

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tDK was not even the best movie in that trilogy.

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While they are at it make an accurate story and casting of William Wallace

That was an inaccurate piece of shite directed and produced by Gibson. Mel being this new hero of 100% accurate films is so damn funny

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Was that intended to be a response to me? I haven't mentioned Gibson.

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It’s in response to this thread and the overall idea Gibson is this protector of historical accuracies

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Gotcha. Sometimes people just respond to the last post in a topic and aren't replying to a person.

I personally don't care about historical accuracy in something like this unless it takes me out of the story.

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I want Elon Musk to give Mel Gibson $100 million to film an Odyssey adaptation with painstakingly historically accurate ships, armour, weapons, and casting, with all dialogue taken straight from the original poem and delivered in Homeric Greek.

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Hats off to the good old boys who sit through this with their arms folded and chins up in defiance, watching 5' actors in armor resembling Pringles cans, speaking a Greek that Greeks can't understand.

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I want Elon Musk to give Mel Gibson $100 million to film an Odyssey adaptation with painstakingly historically accurate ships, armour, weapons, and casting, with all dialogue taken straight from the original poem and delivered in Homeric Greek.

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Each LOTR movie, which is the closest to this vision in regards to things like armor, weapons, casting, practical effects, etc. had a budget each of approximately $93-94 million dollars ($281 million for all 3) in 2001; that would be $175 million in today's dollars.

So $100 million would give us a pretty shitty Odyssey. Double it at least, and presume external costs are absorbed by the studio; if Elon is footing the entirety of the cost then you're talking over half a billion dollars.

Could Elon afford it? Absolutely. Easily, in fact.

Would he actually go through with doing it? Highly unlikely.

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Its better movie than tDK.

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One of the dumbest things ever typed.

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It'll be a billion after the 2nd weekend numbers come in

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Smart marketing. People are flocking to see Travis Scott, a disgusting tranny and black Helen of Troy who otherwise wouldn’t see the film

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Now if they had Kevin Hart play Commodus that might have taken me out of the story a bit.

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they had little man Mel Gibson play Wallace who stood at 6’5” in the 1300s

There are a lot of HUGE positives for Elon taking over twitter

The one big negative is the outrage grift machine has rapidly gone completely out of control.

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The one big negative is the outrage grift machine has rapidly gone completely out of control.

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It’s just shifted directions.