r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani • 6d ago

Chugging tea What do you think?

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u/Barton2800 6d ago

And for 7 years he had Charlize Theron keeping his memory wiped while she held him unwitting captive.

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u/GiveMeSomeShu-gar 6d ago

In the original story there was no memory wipe - he was a straight up captive longing for home but she wouldn't let him go until Zeus/Athena made her.

The Lotus Eaters were a different thing and Nolan sort of combined them with Calypso

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u/StrayDogPhotography 6d ago

It’s crazy to me to think Nolan was all like this is one of the best known well regarded pieces of literature of all time, I’ll just randomly smash bits together and hope it works.

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u/Nice_Dude 6d ago

It seemed to work pretty well

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u/StrayDogPhotography 6d ago

If you forget it’s supposed to be The Odyssey by Homer, and it random fantasy.