Well, it could be ancient Roman sword and sandals in old Hollywood instead. …Or it could have been ancienter Greek sword and sandals, like from the Bronze Age Collapse, which most literary and historical evidence suggests was when the actual sacking of Troy took place, in which case Odysseus would be rocking a boar-tusk helmet as in the poem, and where if we saw Menelaus, Agamemnon, or Achilles, they’re helmets would have some surprisingly cinematic but historically accurate horns and massive bronze pauldrons, like some Dark Souls bosses.
I know this was not your point at all, but now I am thinking about the challenge of Death Note in a world with extremely low literacy and even more limited access to paper.
I kinda hope not. Tired of the trope that historical films must use English accents. Given them neutral Stentorian accents. Or even try strange twists on Greek accents. I don’t know. But I just don’t accept RP modem English for historical films anymore. It’s just a weird relic of imperialism or of Shakespearean tradition, and I’m over it (whereas I used to think it was the best of many not great options). Yeah, I’m not a fan of the hoplite armor for a Bronze Age Mycenaean. Was hoping Nolan would try for something different by actually trying to skew towards historical accuracy. Shrug. I just think it would be awesomely weird and memorable if they went with Mycenaean armor like the panoply of Dendra: https://www.realmofhistory.com/wp-c...7/10-incredible-facts-mycanaean-armies_11.jpg The hoplite look’s been done to death, and it’s historically inaccurate. Why not distinguish your film with something different, and more historically accurate?
Homer was also writing about Bronze Age heroes, though, so it would be cool if they tried to hew to those styles (the movie Troy did actually do this pretty well with Agamemnon and the Trojans, but then went full hoplite with Achilles and the Myrmidons and Menelaus). But I don’t need it to be accurate, as we don’t know what these specific heroes actually would have worn, if they even existed. I just don’t love the anachronism of using actual classical Greek styles from a much later time period. Not a big deal, but it’s also a safe and boring choice I’m lamenting, more than historical inaccuracy. As the Bronze Age styles are weirder, and I’d like to see something a little different.
Would totally pay to see this in imax: https://www.sci.news/archaeology/dendra-armor-12959.html https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology...is-finds/00000190-4fa7-d429-abfc-7ff7d9710000
I mean I understand people do that. But titling it Homer’s Odyssey pretty much precludes that option. You can’t call out one specific person’s take on a story and then not do that person’s take. If they make a movie called Joel Schumacher’s Batman you better believe I’m expecting terrible plots, neo-gothic architecture and Bat nipples.
