We know exactly what happened here. Hollywood is a small circle. This project was iced because Nolan's monsterpiece was already swimming around in some producer's nocturnal fantasies.
Nolan was chosen because he has a built in fan base and public trust, rare indeed for modern Hollywood.
The Odyssey was chosen because, aside from the Bible, it is the single most important cultural artifact of Western Civilization.
This cultural destruction is, and always has been, deliberate. They want to destroy the foundational myth of Western Society because it is the only truly free and uplifting society mankind has ever created.
That's why it's endured for thousands of years against seemingly insurmountable odds. It's why God himself has blessed it, and why the demonically aligned strive endlessly to belittle, diminish, undermine, and destroy it.
Mel Gibson would have honored the Odyssey. Nolan, as we see, is determined to profane it. Again, we all know what happened to Gibson's project and why.
Now this version of the Odyssey is going to be the reference source for any discussion about the story, the same way Peter Jackson's LotR, despite being "mostly, sorta accurate", are considered canon by most kids born since 2000.
The books may as well fade to dust. Beowulf or maybe Gilgamesh are next. They tried Beowulf once before and it cratered. But now everyone in Hollywood will be out to remake, and butcher, fundamental classics that built the most successful civilizations on Earth since the the days of the Pharaohs.
Nothing's been destroyed yet. As others have pointed out, The Odyssey has survived worse than a decade and a half of woke, including I might add, two dark ages as civilization itself collapsed.
However, that hasn't stopped certain powers that be from trying. The motive being that Western Man loves his freedom and his God too much to be cattle for those who see themselves as our betters.
The methods of attempted destruction are varied, but two I'll point out that dovetail are adulteration and replacement.
An example of these methods is the newest Snow White remake. That version has been highly adulterated, twisted into a mockery of itself that no longer presents any useful moral lessons, any sense of wonder and imagination, or any semblance of the power of true love (from both the dwarves who sustained her through love and the prince who awakened her through love).
Instead, we got another insufferable girl boss on a power trip and the lead actress who launched a thousand memes. (Funny in their own way, but also, ultimately destructive to what one might call the "Snow White Brand.")
Now, most of us on this site are old enough to have seen the original Disney Snow White first and form a perception on that story based on that. I have also read several far older, classical versions of the Fairy Tale. Despite having read the source material, Snow White, in my mind is the original Disney version because that concept formulated first in early childhood.
What happens to a child who sees "modern" Snow White first? Their perception of that story will always be tainted by that first impression, no matter if they view or read older versions later. Undoubtedly, there will be those who never seek out the older, better versions (and who can blame them after the modern slop?). For those individuals, Snow White, a shared cultural touchstone of almost all Western childhoods, will truly be "destroyed."
None of the other editions of Snow White have been destroyed, just like no other version of the Odyssey have been destroyed.
The surviving texts, the other translations, O Brother Where Art Thou, and others still exist for enjoyment. Not sure how a critical and commercial failure like snow white plays into this, but like you said, the other versions still survive.
Maybe a variety of adaptations in a variety of mediums is part of "god's blessing" or whatever the fuck you were on about.
Just imagine if a more mythologically-inclined screenwriter and director had adapted “The Odyssey” 10-15 years after “Troy,” with Sean Bean returning as Odysseus. Between that and the Mel Gibson version, we were robbed twice.
We know exactly what happened here. Hollywood is a small circle. This project was iced because Nolan's monsterpiece was already swimming around in some producer's nocturnal fantasies.
Nolan was chosen because he has a built in fan base and public trust, rare indeed for modern Hollywood.
The Odyssey was chosen because, aside from the Bible, it is the single most important cultural artifact of Western Civilization.
This cultural destruction is, and always has been, deliberate. They want to destroy the foundational myth of Western Society because it is the only truly free and uplifting society mankind has ever created.
That's why it's endured for thousands of years against seemingly insurmountable odds. It's why God himself has blessed it, and why the demonically aligned strive endlessly to belittle, diminish, undermine, and destroy it.
Mel Gibson would have honored the Odyssey. Nolan, as we see, is determined to profane it. Again, we all know what happened to Gibson's project and why.
Now this version of the Odyssey is going to be the reference source for any discussion about the story, the same way Peter Jackson's LotR, despite being "mostly, sorta accurate", are considered canon by most kids born since 2000.
The books may as well fade to dust. Beowulf or maybe Gilgamesh are next. They tried Beowulf once before and it cratered. But now everyone in Hollywood will be out to remake, and butcher, fundamental classics that built the most successful civilizations on Earth since the the days of the Pharaohs.
How was it destroyed?
Nothing's been destroyed yet. As others have pointed out, The Odyssey has survived worse than a decade and a half of woke, including I might add, two dark ages as civilization itself collapsed.
However, that hasn't stopped certain powers that be from trying. The motive being that Western Man loves his freedom and his God too much to be cattle for those who see themselves as our betters.
The methods of attempted destruction are varied, but two I'll point out that dovetail are adulteration and replacement.
An example of these methods is the newest Snow White remake. That version has been highly adulterated, twisted into a mockery of itself that no longer presents any useful moral lessons, any sense of wonder and imagination, or any semblance of the power of true love (from both the dwarves who sustained her through love and the prince who awakened her through love).
Instead, we got another insufferable girl boss on a power trip and the lead actress who launched a thousand memes. (Funny in their own way, but also, ultimately destructive to what one might call the "Snow White Brand.")
Now, most of us on this site are old enough to have seen the original Disney Snow White first and form a perception on that story based on that. I have also read several far older, classical versions of the Fairy Tale. Despite having read the source material, Snow White, in my mind is the original Disney version because that concept formulated first in early childhood.
What happens to a child who sees "modern" Snow White first? Their perception of that story will always be tainted by that first impression, no matter if they view or read older versions later. Undoubtedly, there will be those who never seek out the older, better versions (and who can blame them after the modern slop?). For those individuals, Snow White, a shared cultural touchstone of almost all Western childhoods, will truly be "destroyed."
That's the sort of crap we're fighting.
None of the other editions of Snow White have been destroyed, just like no other version of the Odyssey have been destroyed.
The surviving texts, the other translations, O Brother Where Art Thou, and others still exist for enjoyment. Not sure how a critical and commercial failure like snow white plays into this, but like you said, the other versions still survive.
Maybe a variety of adaptations in a variety of mediums is part of "god's blessing" or whatever the fuck you were on about.
Way to aggressively not get the point.
Take a hike.
I would have loved Mel Gibson as Odysseus, I am betting that it would also have been very accurate in terms of languages, costumes and settings.
I wouldn't have been surprised at all if he insisted on filming it in Greek. That would have been awesome.
You’re breaking my heart here. We could have had a Gibson Odyssey instead of that corrupt broken movie built only to satisfy Oscar requirements?
Just imagine if a more mythologically-inclined screenwriter and director had adapted “The Odyssey” 10-15 years after “Troy,” with Sean Bean returning as Odysseus. Between that and the Mel Gibson version, we were robbed twice.