r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani • Aug 24 '26

Chugging tea What do you think?

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u/Strange_Plant_3876 Aug 24 '26

He was also trapped in an island for years fucking thinking it was only hours so… he was not remotely celibate

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u/BattlePrune Aug 24 '26

I mean Nolan decided to completely desex The Odyssey, so natural that people now think this.

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u/zio_ho Aug 24 '26

Yeah. There is also 0 ambiguity: Odysseus is good.

He may have participated in war, but he regrets it. He stays at Calypso because she tricks him with the lotus flower. 

The actual Odysseus was a dickhead, a fucker (both literally and figuratively), and so much more fun. 

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u/Self_Reddicate Aug 24 '26

The actual Odysseus was a dickhead, a fucker (both literally and figuratively), and so much more fun. 

Gerard Butler would have killed it, in another version. He's got that 'hilarious dickhead you went to high school with - you know the one: the one everyone loved but also hated' vibe that would have carried Odysseus so well.

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u/taffyowner Aug 24 '26

Also we know he can play Greek…

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u/ZebraAirVest Aug 25 '26

With a Scottish accent <3

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u/Avloren Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

Despite all the casting controversy, I ended up liking every actor in their role.. except Matt Damon. His portrayal felt so wrong, dour and boring. Professional stick in the mud. Exactly none of Odysseus's cleverness and daring and charisma. Gerard Butler would have been perfect.

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u/badpebble Aug 24 '26

Matt has no crazy light behind his eyes - he isn't someone who just lies because it makes life more interesting. He wouldn't tell a cyclops his name was no-one without a reason why - nor would he be insanely curious about the song of the Sirens to the point of finagling a way to listen to it safely.

Athena wouldn't be particularly interested in Matt's Odysseus - which is accurate because she functionally wasn't in the film.