u/Actual-Anywhere-7036

Hello everyone

I'd like to share my (horrible) experience watching Odyssey by Christopher Nolan.

I want to see how different people are thinking compared to me. I'm always open to other opinions. What was Nolan's vision?

1.a Travis Scott appears and disappears. If he's in the banquet room, then he is not shown dead neither kneeling to the king.

1.b They could have made a goated movie by playing FE!N (by Travis Scott) during Agamemnon's entrance in Troy (just kidding but imagine the TikTok edits)

2.a Characters are not properly introduced.

2.b You only understand that Elliot Page's character (Sinon) is the kid that swapped his place in Ithaca, when the crew is in Hell.

2.b No one remembers the name of Robert Pattinson's character

2.c Only at the end of the movie, you learn that the name of Telemachus mentor is... Mentor...

3.a Too many cuts, some scenes or shots seem to be cut short. The scenes seem to be packed and condensed one after another. It's hard to think a guy rewatched multiple times the whole movie and said "perfect! We can send it to movie theaters"

3.b Those numerous cuts lead to temporal ellipsis, where no hints are given about what happened in between two scenes.

3.c The story is going forth and back, so the first scene is in fact one of the scenes that belongs to the end.

3.d the short scene where we see a guy saying something like "you won't like what you'll see next" just feels off and out of context

4. Ulysse shooting an arrow to the cyclopes after escaping the cave is pure rage bait. They could have found a better way than this to kill extra people.

5. Laestrygonians are depicted as heavy armored warriors. The entire scene from the encounter with the kid to the return to the boat feels just unnecessary. Literally they arrive on the island and run back immediately. Could be skipped or more developed.

6. Odysseus threatening to break the crow's neck if Circe slits his throat seems far fetched and she gives up on killing him quite quickly. It just feels rushed.

7. The scene of the guy taking off his wax ear buds and jumping in the water is unnecessary. The passage with the sirens seems to be 2 mins long and not really developed. Just show some sirens to see how they are interpreted in the movie.

8. Charybdis and Scylla scene feels so rushed. You see the guys being taken by the monster just in 0.5 sec each. It's difficult to properly identify its shape.

9. Helen has a scar on her face but it's not explained how she got it. So why having this detail shown?

10. The scene in Hell was pretty interesting and cool tho

11. The role of Athena in all of this? Just seems to be screen time for Zendaya

12. Eating lotus 🪷 with Calypso but the island seems to be dry and hot, whereas lotus might grow in tropical environments. How lotuses are collected in this dry environment is not shown.

13. No big works for the colorimetry

14. Dialogues could be deeper or more poetical to reflect the metric and the lyricism used in the source material.

15. The utility of the scene of the guy who got hit by a sword inside the horse? We never see him afterwards and there's no blood on the sword of the Trojan soldier?

16. The idea of the cyclopes having only one eye because of some sort of malformation is really interesting.

Seems like Yasuo's can counter any projectiles, including ults and Mel's diamond shield does as well. But with Poppy's W you have a CD of around 20 sec and you cannot even counter ults like malphite, vex or briar. It totally seems unfair.

How the hell you get a CD that is that long without possiblity to stop those ults??? When other champs can counter ults easily and walk around unnoticed

It seems to be an unfair treatment from riot. Either the CD and mana usage should be lower or the ability to block unstoppable dash should be possible. What's your vision?

Hi guys,

This is not a question but a post that can be used as reference for others.

I did not have sex for nearly 10 years (from 18 to 28 - my current age btw).

When I met a girl and we started dating, I was really stressed to spill the juice at insertion (happened a lot before), or lasting just 30sec.

Especially I was psychologically not used to put on condoms and it happened a lot in the past that the condom was also killing the erection. So I had what I believed was the total bed-looser package not being able to get hard with a condom and even if I'd managed to I'd last no more than 30sec (with or without).

But here me out, in the meantime I was doing the following physical exercises per week or some every 2weeks:

Swimming 1km

Running 5km

Interval running 30-30 seconds training 3x6minutes, 5 minutes break.

Weightlifting 2 times a week 30-40mins.

The first time we decided to "sleep together", I lacked experience honestly so the anxiety killed the erection. But we talked about it and we found the way to ease penetration with condom.

The second or third time we slept together I managed to get things done. I lasted 40 minutes for 2 rounds (80 mins total, around 45-60 mins break - dinner) and the 3rd round ~10mins, but could not finish.

The first round I could have lasted much longer but i got bored honestly, it starts to become more performance than pleasure.

But also the fact to be open, communicating with her and going gradually helped. On the psychological level, talking and saying what to expect, even like what you'd like to be called, or what position you like, what you're struggling to, helped. But I had also supportive male friends and I was talking with them about this, sometimes as a joke or sometimes as serious topics and it helps.

Of course there are some period of months I cannot sustain that much physical activities so my stamina becomes lower, but still I can hold 10-15 minutes. Also, stuff like cigarettes, nicotine pouch and alcohol definitely not play in your favour. Something that also helps a lot is to drink a lot of water when you know/expect some night stuff will happen. In addition you can also get a coffee or an energy drink if it's not late, it may help to relax the blood vessels but it's not recommended, I do not recommend it, it's not a medical advice, but it's something you could try just to "see" if it does something.

Feel free to ask questions

Hi everyone,

I'm clueless in terms of fragrance and I request your help to identify a type of fragrance or certain brands in order to guide my future purchase.

I am looking for a perfume that represents me. It must be mainly earthy, warm, maybe some dark wood notes. It must have tropical/exotic notes, but must not be sweet, and I would prefer to avoid the usual coconut or banana scents. Moreover it has to remind sun ☀️ and some subtle ocean breeze (not sea).

I welcome any suggestions, even if it's not that close. At least it would help 😁

Close your eyes, and you will see the Sun
Whether it rises or slips away at dusk,
Close your eyes when sleep begins to come.

Remember those golden nights,
When the sky's melody reached your soul,
And dressed itself in all its lovely colors.

Close your eyes, and you will see the Sun.
At times it hides beyond our searching gaze,
As though, from us, it had to drift away.
Yet its beauty still enchants, even in the dark;
Its matchless light never truly fades.

With you, these memories remain immortal,
Glittering sparks beyond the reach of time.
Now you know how to make the moment stay:

Close your eyes, and you will see the Sun.

As I wandered through the inevitability of life, I trusted in destiny to find what I had lost. The quiet silence of winter became darker day after day; time had left an invisible, yet painful mark.

But then you arrived in my world, like the first flower that blooms at the touch of spring. You healed what I believed was wounded.

You are that unanswered question which inspires such fascination. Curiosity is beautiful, isn't it? Your light only shines upon me when the melody of your voice meets the melancholy in mine. The glitter in your eyes sparkles like the golden sun in its endless nights, and your smile is brighter than summer

The minutes I spend at your side are limited, and I would give the world for you to stay. I want to dance with you forever; I just wish this beautiful music never would fade Time does not wait, but my memories will endlessly remain filled with your precious face You already belong to a magnificent horizon to which you must return.

Thus, this message is a bottle cast into the sea, holding the final look I dare turning toward... you.

I noticed more and more friends and acquaintances are disabling the blue ticks.

I feel like these people have honesty issues with themselves rather than a so called privacy. To me, it's a coward move to deactivate the blue ticks. Because you're not brave to handle the fact that you want to deny someone's messages or that someone's denying yours.

Some people might say it's to avoid their boss noticing the message has been read. So you're not mature enough to tell him/her/them the day after "I've read it but it was a job-related message outside of my working hours"? There's literally no pressure to reply. It just feels like turning off blue ticks is to avoid accountability and confrontation. I think if you are 22yo or below it's fine to be unsure about those things, but "grown ahh adult" btw shouldn't be doing this. Or am I missing something.

As a blue ticks user, I prefer to know that you read the message rather than wondering if you got the information or not. I simply don't care about you replying. And I don't care if people see that I've read some messages without replying.

I am trying to understand the psychology of my friends who are doing this. Most of them have had clear signs of/diagnosed depression, anxiety, fear of being alone, toxic personality/narcissist behavior, too many guys hitting on her, disorganized behavior.

In my case I don't have any drama in my life, I am socially ~75% fearless, I am friendly, my boss doesn't have my phone number. I mostly video call my family/relatives unless I share a picture.

1. What's your opinion on those people?

2. If you are those people, what's your reasoning? Are you anxious, in fear or is there something else?