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quote from the prelude to "sleep" performed during my chemical romance's "long live the black parade" tour

It's an ancient Greek traditional poem written down by Homer set in Mycenaean Greece about Troy, Ithica, the Hellenistic pantheon, and one of the first major works to popularize the Hero's Journey. I say that Greek people or Greek scholars should have been involved at every step of the way, because it's not just a story, it's a foundational piece of GREECIAN cultural heritage.

But, I have been asked to talk about it and that I shall do.

What is important to understand is that the film industry hates working with existing historical references, with scolars who have dedicated their lives to understand said time period or culture. Did you truly believe that they were going to read a good translation of the Odyssey (not all are "accurate") Making a film based off of vibes alone is ten times simpler, don't you agree?

Another thing is the fact that we can make speculations about the how, when and where, the story would have taken place if the Odyssey (the book) was ripped out of the realm of fiction. The timeline matters as it shapes everything else. Greek culture is vast, and if you think that what you were taught in school is enough to explain it, you'd be wrong, as was proven to me.

If the film is what I imagine it to be, it hides behind the thick veil of "Oh it's just fiction." Which it is to us, but let's remind ourselves that people in the those times fully believed that their misfortunes and successes truly were brought on because of divine intervention. Those same Acheans had a culture behind everything, a well recorded culture at that, their religion was and still is practiced. I don't know nor do I want to know how they handled the aspect of the gods and the mythological creatures encountered in the Odyssey; that is the biggest reason I don't want to watch the film.

Once again, these are nothing more than the ramblings and speculations of someone who hadn't watched the Odyssey. I might be completely wrong about everything, so this is open to criticism and debate.

Super tiny Mycena Roseoflava.