Current Events > Hollywood should make more Greek mythology movies

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I know there's a few, mostly older ones, but I feel like there's a lot of untapped potential. A multi-part adaptation of The Odyssey would be cool, too. There was a TV miniseries of that in the 90s that I liked as a kid, but something with a bigger budget would be nice.

I really liked the way Troy was handled. Had all the characters but they stayed away from any god like powers and just showed them as humans. I thought it was done really well and was a great movie. Im a Greek mythology junkie. Had 2 dogs named Achilles and Athena.

Im all for it but too often the movies end up too cheesy and delve too far into the unbelievable aspect of it.

I would say yes, but with modern day society, they would try way too hard to make political statements in the movie which would turn me off.

Has anyone seen Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut? Would you recommend it?

Age of Mythology: The Movie

Thats what the marvel movies are maybe?

The new Percy Jackson series comes out December 20th on Disney+

Greek mythology is overdone. I want a god damn Gilgamesh movie

FolkenRawr posted...

The new Percy Jackson series comes out December 20th on Disney+

Thought they were pushing that to 2024? It's coming out this early?

They should make a superior Hercules movie/series, so the nut job won't be remembered for the role of Hercules.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Greek mythology is overdone. I want a god damn Gilgamesh movie

And now we fight like ladies! And men! And ladies that dress like men! For gilgamesh, it's morphin' time!

Shotgunnova posted...

Age of Mythology: The Movie

I'd love a movie about a war between Asgard and Olympus

Zikten posted...

I'd love a movie about a war between Asgard and Olympus

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Greek mythology is overdone. I want a god damn Gilgamesh movie

We need some Australian Aboriginal mythology. Now that is an untapped well. But maybe its too obscure for popular culture. Even people who dont know anything else about classical mythology at least know Thor and Zeus by name.

NittanyLions23 posted...

I would say yes, but with modern day society, they would try way too hard to make political statements in the movie which would turn me off.

Tell me don't know about Greek literature without telling me you don't know anything about Greek literature.

Revisited posted...

Thought they were pushing that to 2024? It's coming out this early?

As of right now, Episodes 1 and 2 are officially coming out Dec 20, 2023

NittanyLions23 posted...

I would say yes, but with modern day society, they would try way too hard to make political statements in the movie which would turn me off.

Greek mythology is pretty much all political statements. It can even be argued that religion itself was born out of politics.

Shotgunnova posted...

Age of Mythology: The Movie

Used to play that game all the time. Zeus was my go to pick most of the time, very satisfying to watch the Hoplites stomp up to a building and begin razing it.

Make a movie about the anabasis by Xenophon.

Meh, its all Greek to me

brestugo posted...

Tell me don't know about Greek literature without telling me you don't know anything about Greek literature.

So call it a Modern American Mythology movie instead of Ancient Greek.

HannibalBarca3 posted...

Make a movie about the anabasis by Xenophon.

The great movie The Warriors (1979) was based on The Anabasis.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Greek mythology is overdone. I want a god damn Gilgamesh movie

Good luck with that. The king being a rapist piece of shit is essential to the plot. The whole reason the gods send a wild man to fight him is because he uses right of kings to sleep with brides -- willing or not -- before the husband gets a chance to.

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It's only a matter of time before we get a 300 style adaptation of the mahabharata. Once Western society collectively discovers that Indian mythology is basically Dragon Ball Z I think we'll get to see a whole new era of mythology movies.

brestugo posted...

Tell me don't know about Greek literature without telling me you don't know anything about Greek literature.

A lot of people criticized the miniseries, Troy: Fall of a City because they made Achilles and ZeusMediterranean. Fantastic watch by the way.

Norse Mythology too, though I wonder if Marvel sort of makes that tougher.

"Where does Zeus drop a deuce?"

brestugo posted...

The great movie The Warriors (1979) was based on The Anabasis.

I'm aware but an actual movie about the march of the Thracian and Greek mercenaries of Kyros the Younger would be kino if done right. You even have interesting characters like Klearkhos, the war loving ousted Spartan harmost of Byzantium who mistreated the citizens of Byzantium so bad that the Spartan army sent to aid him sided with the rebels.

FortuneCookie posted...

Good luck with that. The king being a rapist piece of shit is essential to the plot. The whole reason the gods send a wild man to fight him is because he uses right of kings to sleep with brides -- willing or not -- before the husband gets a chance to.

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Hercules/Heracles murdering his entire family is also critical to the plot but everyone just seems to ignore that, too.

The Odyssey is my favorite.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Hercules/Heracles murdering his entire family is also critical to the plot but everyone just seems to ignore that, too.

That's why they call him Mr. Satan.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Hercules/Heracles murdering his entire family is also critical to the plot but everyone just seems to ignore that, too.

Yeah, but that's different. He was mind-controlled by Hera. Sleeping with an underage boy? That he did of his own free will.

NittanyLions23 posted...

I would say yes, but with modern day society, they would try way too hard to make political statements in the movie which would turn me off.

Oh, boo-hoo.

Solar_Crimson posted...

Oh, boo-hoo.

I mean, it does kind of feel that way sometimes.

Robin Hood redistributing the wealth is a political statement. Batman hating guns because he lost his parents to them is a political statement. The forest people defeating the technologically advanced Empire from Star Wars is a political statement. But it works best when it's in the subtext.

You have audiences ready for cake and ice cream and producers saying, "Get ready to eat your veggies." I don't know that I care to see Hercules defeat the armies of Trumpsicus Maximus even though Trump-like buffoons have been a part of the myth and various film adaptations. Then again, those buffoonish leaders were probably originally digs at someone.

It's not bad to have films with a political message. It is bad for overt politics to be inescapable in entertainment. Sometimes it's important to face facts and deal with the harsh realities of life. Other times, it should be fair to turn off one's brain and enjoy a stupid movie for a couple of hours.

FortuneCookie posted...

I mean, it does kind of feel that way sometimes.

Robin Hood redistributing the wealth is a political statement. Batman hating guns because he lost his parents to them is a political statement. The forest people defeating the technologically advanced Empire from Star Wars is a political statement. But it works best when it's in the subtext.

You have audiences ready for cake and ice cream and producers saying, "Get ready to eat your veggies." I don't know that I care to see Hercules defeat the armies of Trumpsicus Maximus even though Trump-like buffoons have been a part of the myth and various film adaptations. Then again, those buffoonish leaders were probably originally digs at someone.

It's not bad to have films with a political message. It is bad for overt politics to be inescapable in entertainment. Sometimes it's important to face facts and deal with the harsh realities of life. Other times, it should be fair to turn off one's brain and enjoy a stupid movie for a couple of hours.

Which movies are you referring to that were "veggies"?

Ruvan22 posted...

Which movies are you referring to that were "veggies"?

I would say the 2016 remake of Ghostbusters and the 2019 remake of Charlie's Angels might count as examples of veggie movies. Mostly, it's an individual character or scene that amounts to virtue signaling at the expense of the film. Sometimes, a person can roll their eyes at a bad line of dialogue and move on with the story. Other times, it can hinder the movie.

I enjoyed Donald Trump getting eaten in the second Jurassic World movie. But that was a cameo character with two or three scenes. Making Elon Musk the main antagonist of the third film turned meant that the character had significantly more screentime and it turned the film into a bit of a slog whenever he was on screen. If you have an individual that audiences will love to hate, that means they're entertaining even when we despise them. If you have a boring character based on a boring individual, that means the studio is banking entirely on the catharsis we're supposed to feel when that character gets theirs.

In real life, I wouldn't mind seeing Ron DeSantis thrown from a train. If it's coming at the end of a climactic movie fight, I'd rather it happen to the Joker or some Bond villain.