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re: Is it True Ellen Page will be Achilles in the new Odyssey?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 1:31 am to BigNastyTiger417
Posted on 5/29/26 at 1:31 am to BigNastyTiger417
I saw the trailer before Mandolorian and I think I recognized her.
Covered in mud and dirt. Looked like the underworld.
Covered in mud and dirt. Looked like the underworld.
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Posted on 5/29/26 at 5:58 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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The Greeks aren't having it. Much like the Egyptians, and 'black Cleopatra', the natives are up in arms. Wonder if they'll be a lawsuit.
I don't think there is a single Greek in the entire production, so, much ado about nothing.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 7:16 am to PurpleandGold Motown
There not being a Greek in the production IS the problem.
How do you see that being much ado about nothing?
How do you see that being much ado about nothing?
This post was edited on 5/29/26 at 7:17 am
Posted on 5/29/26 at 7:53 am to finchmeister08
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i don't recall Nolan succumbing to the woke movement, yet. don't know why he'd start now.
He is selling out for the AA
Posted on 5/29/26 at 4:21 pm to JakeFromStateFarm
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Achilles is dead and in Hell by the time The Odyssey takes place. Odysseus encounters his spirit while traveling through Hades. Maybe his punishment was to spend eternity reduced to a weak, feminine looking goblin
Posted on 5/29/26 at 5:00 pm to finchmeister08
New diversity rules in the academy
Posted on 5/29/26 at 8:05 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Because it really doesn't matter. It's a myth in celluloid. Most of the actors are scots-irish. There aren't that many top tier greek actors. Who cares? Seems a waste of time for the over privileged.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 8:15 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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Seems a waste of time for the over privileged.
Oh FFS, what are you babbling about now?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 8:36 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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Oh FFS, what are you babbling about now?
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Babbling? I'm pretty direct. Unless the entire cast is Greek or Turkish, shut the frick up. It's an adaptation of a Myth. No one really cares.
We acting like Ancient Greeks looked anglo-white? The likely looked more like Osama Bin Laden than George Washington.
Get the frick over it.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 8:38 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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PurpleandGold Motown
Ignore him. YouTube told him to be outraged over something so here he is
Posted on 5/29/26 at 8:47 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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We acting like Ancient Greeks looked anglo-white? The likely looked more like Osama Bin Laden than George Washington.
We know what Greeks look like. Because they’re still Greeks today. Nobody said they looked like George Washington but they sure didn’t look like sub-Saharan Africans either.
Seriously, what the frick is wrong with you?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:02 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
What is wrong with you? You care so much about base entertainment...why?
You're really asking someone who views films as nothing more than entertainment what is wrong with them? While you sperg out about a black woman being cast in a bit part?
ETA: I'm willing to bet you've never read the Iliad or the Odyssey.
You're really asking someone who views films as nothing more than entertainment what is wrong with them? While you sperg out about a black woman being cast in a bit part?
ETA: I'm willing to bet you've never read the Iliad or the Odyssey.
This post was edited on 5/29/26 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:18 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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base entertainment
What’s that even supposed to mean?
Black woman for a part that isn’t even a black woman? Yeah, every day.
Never read it? Who do you think I am, some random actress who’s playing Helen of Troy in a Nolan film?
Respect the source material or don’t pass it off as authentic.
This post was edited on 5/29/26 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:51 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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Never read it? Who do you think I am, some random actress who’s playing Helen of Troy in a Nolan film?
You've never read them, have you?
There are no Greeks or Turks in the film, so the source material has already been "disrespected". What's the issue? It's a good waste of 3 hours or it isn't. Who cares?
Posted on 5/30/26 at 1:43 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Covered it in HS, so there goes your idiotic take. More than read it, got tested on it. But so what? It’s 2700 yrs old, regardless of whether I read it or not. Your point is moot.
Who cares? Tons of people. Especially Nolan & the studio that hired him. They’re gonna wish HE cared more about sticking to the story.
Who cares? Tons of people. Especially Nolan & the studio that hired him. They’re gonna wish HE cared more about sticking to the story.
This post was edited on 5/30/26 at 2:04 am
Posted on 5/30/26 at 3:32 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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The likely looked more like Osama Bin Laden than George Washington.
Doubtful.
Posted on 5/30/26 at 3:55 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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It's an adaptation of a Myth. No one really cares.
Yeah, this is bullshite. While it's certainly an adaptation of a myth, it takes place in a historical time period (the late Bronze Age). And this isn't just mythical stories Hollywood is race-swapping. Within the past couple of years the BBC gave us a black Anne Boleyn, Netflix gave us a black Queen Charlotte, and Amazon gave us a black King Edward VI.
Posted on 5/30/26 at 5:24 am to RollTide1987
Don’t forget black Cleopatra and Indian Sir Isaac Newton.
Posted on 5/30/26 at 5:24 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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Unless the entire cast is Greek or Turkish
Why are you bringing up Turks? Are you under the impression that the people of Troy were Turks just because it was in Anatolia?
Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:47 am to PurpleandGold Motown
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There are no Greeks or Turks in the film, so the source material has already been "disrespected". What's the issue? It's a good waste of 3 hours or it isn't. Who cares?
All things being equal, I'd agree with you here. But all things are most certainly not equal.
If the incorrect skin color was applied to an African myth story, people like you would lose their ever loving minds. You know it. I know it. We all know it. You can deny it all you want, but we all know it's the absolute truth.
THAT is the point. There is a massive double standard, and has been for years now.
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