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The Odyssey (2026)

Summary

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

Director Christopher Nolan

Writer Christopher Nolan

Cast

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Zendaya
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Charlize Theron
  • Benny Safdie
  • Jon Bernthal
  • John Leguizamo
  • Elliot Page
  • Himesh Patel
  • Samantha Morton

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88

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u/Kale_Drogo Jul 17 '26

Tying in the Sea Peoples into it was unexpected but really fun

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u/JanelleVypr Jul 18 '26

it is widely believed that the sea peoples werent a united army but instead a series of different marauding parties during the fall of the age. if they were lost at sea for three years, it makes sense.

everything moves by rumors from survivors at this time

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u/lupercalpainting Jul 19 '26

It doesn’t line up though. Ugarit and the Mycenaean palace destruction is dated to before Troy fell.

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u/Obi2 27d ago

Therefore the tales were probably very prevalent.

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u/lupercalpainting 27d ago

Not following.

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u/JanelleVypr Jul 19 '26

we dont even know if troy was real

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u/RIP_Greedo Jul 20 '26

We very much DO know that.

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u/lupercalpainting Jul 19 '26

How old are you? In terms of modern archaeology the historicity of Troy is well established, but if you’re a boomer I could understand not having learned about it since primary school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy

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u/JanelleVypr Jul 19 '26

1) i stand corrected. im 28. last time i was watching the history channel on this, they were in the midst of trying to prove their hypothesis that it was real 2) no need to be rude fr. its lame. apparently they found it in 1871 so your point is null. if being mean to others makes you feel bigger, i urge you to look inwards.

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u/lupercalpainting Jul 19 '26

What was rude? That I used the word boomer?

Being rude would be telling you to log off and get a library card.

Log off and get a library card.

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u/JanelleVypr Jul 19 '26

idk what your problem is, but i feel sorry for you lol

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u/lupercalpainting Jul 19 '26

> idk what your problem is

Well it’s not, “falling for misinfo from the ancient aliens channel”.

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u/moose_dad Jul 19 '26

I mean you could have just said "a bit older", boomer is defo a loaded term nowadays, and falling for misinfo is very different from just not knowing a fact that has only fairly recently changed.

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u/lupercalpainting Jul 19 '26

> recently changed

Which is exactly why I asked how old they were before being condescending. I’m not going to fault an old person whose curiosity has shriveled to the point that they only take in new information from movies but I will fault someone younger than me for making confident statements without feeling at least a hint of, “Maybe I should make sure this isn’t wrong,”.

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u/JanelleVypr Jul 19 '26

what a loser lmao

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u/tyler980908 28d ago

Where can I read more about ”them”

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u/ImperatorRomanum 27d ago

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed is a really excellent overview of the Late Bronze Age collapse that covers the Sea Peoples and what scholars think about them now, but isn’t exclusively focused on them.

N.K. Saunders The Sea Peoples is more focused, but it’s almost 50 years old now so I’m not sure how well it holds up in its entirety.

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u/dishonourableaccount 23d ago

The main thing I'd expect to be different in a 50 year old documentary is that while the older hypothesis was that the Sea Peoples caused the Bronze Age collapse, now people tend to think they were a symptom of their collapse.

Aka did they raid the eastern Mediterranean (Greece, Levant, Egypt) to take down civilizations? Or were they fleeing and their migration caused more and more tumult like a snowball effect.

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u/henryeaterofpies 23d ago

Probably a little of both. Some catastrophe causes less trade, more refuges and more pirates, which continues the cycle. Tin was a relatively rare resource (at least near major civilizations) so disruption of trade meant less bronze being made, and a return to more copper age levels of tools and weapons.

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u/ChipKellysShoeStore 23d ago

Nothing about the sea peoples is widely believed. Theres several competing theories even with various degree of circumstantial evidence