slaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHas anobody seen Odyssey?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down123
arrow-up1623arrow-down1imageHas anobody seen Odyssey?lemmy.worldslaacaa@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-squareHerr_S_aus_H@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·17 hours agoYou are aware that the Odyssey is a work of fiction, right?
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 hours agoWhen Odysseus pulls out his light saber it really puts me in the story againt the one eyed Megatron.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoStarscream: Who are you? Odysseus: I am nobody! Starscream: Megatron, help me! I am being attacked by nobody! Freddy Faz Bear: Hor hor hor hor hor
minus-squareWeirdfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·10 hours agoBut it is in and of itself a piece of history. Changing a story that is thousands of years old is wrong. Go ahead and make the movie, but be faithful to the original work.
minus-squareBilb!@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoThe original is still there, though, unchanged. If you need to be completely faithful to the original version, why bother making one at all?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoEvery retold story is slightly different. Readapting works in the public domain is a tale as old as time.
minus-squarelordbritishbusiness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoBonus points for the Odessy as a tale told in song until history began. Other works were lost, and the Odessy itself is likely just “the best parts” of the original.
You are aware that the Odyssey is a work of fiction, right?
When Odysseus pulls out his light saber it really puts me in the story againt the one eyed Megatron.
Starscream: Who are you?
Odysseus: I am nobody!
Starscream: Megatron, help me! I am being attacked by nobody!
Freddy Faz Bear: Hor hor hor hor hor
But it is in and of itself a piece of history.
Changing a story that is thousands of years old is wrong.
Go ahead and make the movie, but be faithful to the original work.
The original is still there, though, unchanged. If you need to be completely faithful to the original version, why bother making one at all?
Every retold story is slightly different. Readapting works in the public domain is a tale as old as time.
Bonus points for the Odessy as a tale told in song until history began. Other works were lost, and the Odessy itself is likely just “the best parts” of the original.