BW’s Daily Video> The Contradictions Of Nolan’s Odyssey

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1. Ben Kellogg says:

   June 12, 2026 at 10:48 am

   I’m still trying to fathom how Nolan never considered an “Iliad” adaptation before jumping to this one. I’d think today’s audiences would be interested in a moral quagmire war where principles are constantly being questioned and compromised in irrevocable ways.

   Also, I bought a translation of Iliad/Odyssey recently, and leafing through the somewhat scholarly introduction, the point is repeatedly made that the versions of these stories we read are interpretations of long-standing oral traditions that were themselves fundamentally altered every time they were told by oracles of old. Little surprise that Nolan would feel compelled to support his own vision.

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   • ShadowWing Tronix says:

     June 12, 2026 at 12:24 pm

     I think someone already did the Iliad without the goddesses forcing a dude to judge their beauty contest and then bribe him to be declared the winner.

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