jptoddultra

Chapters: ¼ Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV) Rating: General Audiences

He´d been honest with Daeron, he did not care to die today. Maybe it had been something in the prince’s eyes, a much lighter violet than Eggs, almost ice blue, that had looked straight into his skull, bored tiny holes in it and had left his brain winded and dry. He had lost himself a little in them, remembered to breathe when Daeron had leaned in. His plume had hit Dunks nostrils and yet he hadn´t pulled away. Hadn´t wanted to. Instead, he´d found he could trust these alien eyes, found that the prince had had a sort of calming presence in the way he´d seemed to trust Dunk. In the way he´d admitted his fears which had made it easy for Dunk to admit his.

like. we can defy the christian god, in a way, because we can choose to not do what he says we ought to. sure. but we cannot defy greek gods in the same way, because the god is not just an entity that commands you but the very thing you are doing. apollo does not just send plagues, he is plague. you know apollo is real because there is plague. plague is not apollo acting in the world, it is an instance of apollo, in the same way that insight is athena, love is aphrodite, harvest is demeter, storms are zeus. gods are not commanding nature and sending signs and acting upon the world, because signs and nature and human nature are themselves the gods. the gods cannot be absent, because we still get ideas, and harvest, and go to war, and feel desire, and hunt. the gods cannot be defied because you cannot defy "getting ideas" or "harvesting" or "having sex" or "dying." to attempt to is entirely futile. like you cannot defy poseidon because you cannot defy the sea. you cannot defy aphrodite because you cannot defy love and reproduction. nature and human nature are unbeatable, and so the gods are unbeatable, because they are nature and human nature.

zendaya is using a 3 thousand years old Iranian earrings, clearly sourced from the archeological black market, to promote nolan's "odyssey" right after having a private jet fly out to get one (1), singular, dress and only that. . .

i'll repeat: zendaya, an AMERICAN actress, promoting NOLAN'S odyssey, IS WEARING A 3 THOUSAND YEARS OLD IRANIAN EARRINGS to a red carpet

i don't even know how to properly convey how fucking insane and disappointing that is

like i knew to not expect much from the movie, given nolan's blatant disrespect and disregard towards Greece and it's history and traditions, and also the disrespect and disregard towards the tradition of the Odyssey and it's adaptations in itself, the architecture, the clothing, the battle armour, even the ships all either sourced from another culture or just downright being something he callously made up to satisfy his own weird needs

and now this??? specially given the whole political aspect and climate between Iran and United States??? you have THE star of the modern generation, arguably the biggest name in your crew for your younger audience, attending an hours long event with an illegally sourced, housed in ENGLAND even, millennia old artifact that has nothing to do with the story that you are telling and is also from the country hers country is constantly attacking and breaking ceasefire agreement, it's just tone death and crass, and just as bad as when margot robbie wore the Taj Mahal Necklace to promote "WUNTERING HEIGHTS".

had to comment on this wild fucking red carpet stunt, here's an archeologist that is more eloquent with the criticism

the odyssey was not a moral punishment on odysseus for war crimes, it’s a punishment by the gods for him being a prick. i find the story of a guy who by all accounts should be beat down by the gods constantly get out of it and try to get around them. and of course finally capitulating and being rewarded, but before that being a really badass cunning guy.

the odyssey (2026) strips away everything to tell a pretty standard war story where we have a very honorable stand up guy who regrets his war crimes and is being punished for them.

That being said…

There was certainly a few things that I had qualms with, some serious concerns and some smaller things I was personally just not crazy about

But the main thing

This movie wasn’t about Odysseus

It was a very good movie about a man having a very long journey home, but that man wasn’t Odysseus

At no point in the whole three hour run time did I think “wow he’s clever”. The movie said he was clever but it never proved it. Every choice he made seemed built on spite, sorrow, or even just pure stupidity

... is a muddy dragon.

I have risked much and more to raise you up. Surely, you do not wish to disappoint me.