Just a man Nolan edition
Credit to @eatenwrong on TikTok
Credit to Christopher Nolan, the movie Odyssey
Go see the movie theaters
u/Ahs565451 — 3 days ago
r/EpicTheMusicalSaga
Will Epic save classics? A survey for my MSc dissertation on online classical communities.
Hi everyoneee!!
My dissertation project investigates how online communities engage with classics, and everything started from Epic the Musical. I was already aware of the community around classics; I have been a Percy Jackson fan for years, but the impact that Epic had online is honestly unprecedented. From this observation, I decided the topic of my Master's dissertation.
I'm particularly interested in hearing from creators making Epic-related transformative work, fanfiction, fanart, animatics, cosplay, edits, or anything else. I'm also interested in classical/mythology creators more broadly (Percy Jackson, Greek mythology, etc.), if you know any. BTW, I use the term classic/classical broadly to cover the antiquity period up until the fall of the Roman Empire (a personal decision based on too much research).
I've created an anonymous questionnaire for creators (18+) of classical transformative works to share their work and experience: https://forms.gle/FsTUyeHmPZUQKn4u6 .
I aim to make academia aware of the power that fandoms like this one have in spreading classics and educating people on them, while I also hope to bring a new lens to classical reception by relating it to fandom. Personally, I think fandom will save the humanities. With the humanities crisis we've been experiencing for years, fewer people are entering these fields through traditional routes, but fandom is where people are actually discovering and falling in love with classics right now. Epic is a perfect example of that. If academia doesn't recognise that, it risks missing where the subject is actually staying alive.
I hope you all can help me! Feel free to share the questionnaire with anyone you know who fits the criteria. Do reach out or comment if you have any questions!
u/Alive_One_553 — 3 days ago
I feel like Athen went home and cried after my goodbye or at least the godly equivalent of that
I just rewatched epic again and I can't get over the facial expressions and how ody spoke to Athena, cause yeah they were arguing but dear god did ody cook her. Just looking at her face I just can't get it out of my head
u/GrandBobcat5170 — 3 days ago
"The Odyssey" has made me realize Jorge is a fucking genius
Spoiler Warning for Christipher Nolans "The Odyssey"
Just got back from watching and this movie is ok, but overall a disappointment.
My major problems are:
Zendaya is barley a side character. Why have someone that talented have such a minor role, her existence adds nothing to the movie.
The monster designs are horrible and when their on screen their non existent. I swear to you that they had Polyphemus as this deformed creature, that is intelligent, but for some reason the only thing he can do is eat and sleep.
The Wing bag hello, Aeolus not being in it ok, there not that necessary, but not including jt is crazy.
Arent there not supposed to be 600 men? It barly feel like there 100.
Where's the baby Odyssey has to kill?
Where's the "Nobody" scene?
Not at one point in this movie have I felt Odysseus to be clever or cunning.
The "Odyssey" part is so rushed for no reason. First, fuck the Lotus eaters I guess. Second, Circle for a big character is just so underwhelming, she's reduced to this bitter old women.
My favorite part of this movie was the part where they talk to the dead, it was really creative and I like it. My one grip with it is that the setting sucks, I wasnt expecting "Dantes Infero's" underworld but Jesus, do more then a black floor and gray skys.
It has to much of modern tropes aspect and at many point I feel like Nolan forget this is supposed to be an ancient setting.
Penelope was the saving grace of this movie, I loved Ann Hathaways profomance, I really felt her tiredness of all her responsibilities and her longing to be with Odysseus. Also, the Trojan horse scene was done very well.
5/10 Christipher Nolan really disappointed me, I loved "The Dark Knight Rises"
u/Charming-Pomelo1580 — 6 days ago
Who else wants epic the musical movie to look like the 2000s 2D animation style?
Credit to @veronnieca on TikTok
Who else would want the epic the musical looked like this honestly I would I think the combination of animation styles from this time. Would blend it itself to a fantastical elements of the story as well as being able to sync it up with music. I mean, thinking about how epic you would be able to get with all the reactions the scenery by using the style. Let me know what you think.
Yes, I know that the Prince of Egypt came out in the 90s.
u/Ahs565451 — 11 days ago
Vengeance Saga felt so rushed
I love epic the musical, but the Vegeance Saga just sticks out like a sore thumb.
Im not sorry for loving you:
Pretty good song, but I felt if could have been better if I actually go more of Odysseus and Calypsos relationship, Ive seen Calypso do nothing remotely good for Odysseus for him to say "He loves her." I feel like Calypso should have had her own Saga, especially if 7 years have passed. It didnt feel like that in the slightest. It kind of felt like when they went from the Cersi Saga to the Underworld, a year was supposed to have passed but it definitely didnt feel like that.
Dangerous:
Holy Montage. Im glad Hermes came back, love him, but oh my God was this rushed. He left Calypsos island is is supposed to be doing a mountain of task on his way home, but it doesn't really feel at any point like he's in any danger, Hermes is right escorting him.
Charybdis:
Didn't he make a raft by hand, there is no way a worlpool doesnt destroy that thing, would this not have been the time to use the windbag. They established that Posiden is scared to go in this region of the Ocean, would this not have been the perfect time to get rid of him, like Odysseus tricking him into being eaten by Charybdis and Odysseus gets away while Posiden is busy with him. It would make a million times more sense then Odysseus beating him.
Get in the water/600 strikes:
Ok, did Jorge just not know how to deal with this Posiden plot, this seems so lazy. Odysseus gets a power of friendship powerup and stabs Posiden a few times. Honestly if this was like God Games and Odysseus just had to convince Posiden why he should be pardoned, that would be OK. But, the fact the Posiden, one of the Big 3, can be destroyed by a mortal man(Who's not a demigod(wouldnt make it better, just saying), is wild.
Side Tangent:
WHY THE FUCK WAS HADES NOT IN THIS MUSICAL?!!!
u/Charming-Pomelo1580 — 12 days ago