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What has been shown visually is not that different from the bog standard "hollwood greek myth" look. It is de-saturated and devoid of color. It plays on what the audience expects a greek myth movie to look like, not caring enough, despite claims of accuracy to the source material, of looking into and representing what garments and armor during either the Bronze age (when the Odyssey is supposed to take place) or the Archaic age (when it was written down) look like.

The thematic elements (what we have of them so far) also seem to play into this hollywood ideal. "Defy the gods" is a theme that is in no way under-represented in hollywood greek myth adaptations, and yet this is the tag line that Nolan has decided to attach to his adaptation. It is not a fresh take on the story, it is not transgressive. It, at best, is trying to clumsily modernize the story of Odysseus, and at worst is blatantly misunderstanding the main themes of the text.