• nexguy@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      When Odysseus pulls out his light saber it really puts me in the story againt the one eyed Megatron.

      • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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        20 hours ago

        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

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      22 hours ago

      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.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        Nah, it’s in line with myths and traditional stories. Would a faithful adaptation be cool? Sure. But retelling and reimagining ancient stories is tradition.

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        20 hours ago

        Every retold story is slightly different. Readapting works in the public domain is a tale as old as time.

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          16 hours ago

          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.

      • Bilb!@lemmy.ml
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        21 hours ago

        The original is still there, though, unchanged. If you need to be completely faithful to the original version, why bother making one at all?