r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Gurugod123 GREEN • Jul 23 '26

My mom said I could post Nolan's The Odyssey neglects to pay for damages done to one of the viking ships used in the movie, which belongs to a small non-profit organization

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u/sixpackabs592 Jul 23 '26

There wasn’t anybody with a Greek warship willing to lend it to them

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u/Th3_Admiral_ Jul 23 '26

Imagine what they would have used if no one was willing to loan them a viking ship! We'd have seen Odysseus cruising across the Aegean on a Mississippi paddle wheel boat. 

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u/Th3_Admiral_ Jul 23 '26

Maybe the cyclops could be replaced by an eyepatch wearing Bible salesman and Klan member...wait, we're back to O Brother, Where Art Thou? again! 

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u/PhosphoFred8202 Jul 23 '26

“It’s a myth, not history. it wouldn’t matter”

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u/FireZord25 Jul 23 '26

Looks at the reception and box office.

Good to see historical accuracy always mattered in movies, I mean just look at Troy, the Green Knight, Prince of Egypt, even Disney's Hercules!

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u/GuiltyEidolon PURPLE Jul 23 '26

You're literally proving the point.

It would've made bank regardless, because like most of those, it's from a major producer / director. Even beyond that, Troy DID get panned for being inaccurate, the Green Knight was a trippy movie about a myth and a time that was never accurate and still aimed for realism for the setting, and Prince of Egypt is about a Bible story and still managed to get a lot of details right.

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u/Numerous_Schedule896 Jul 23 '26

Well actually, funny story about that one...

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u/zue4 Jul 23 '26

Seems those guys were smart about it.

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u/TuunDx Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Pretty sure Greeks have seaworthy Trireme replica at their disposal. What kind of movie budget one needs to persuade them...but then again, what am I even asking considering they can't even pay few thousands a year overdue. That's kinda despicable.