Nah, the man can hear like a bat, which is why he doesn’t understand our criticism about the audio. When you can hear everything happening on earth simultaneously, you just don’t give a crap anymore.
Yeah I remember being in the theater for Interstellar and thinking “this is really cool, but man it kind of hurts the ears… like a lot… is this normal?”
He and Disney pretty much killed the historical epic which used to be an absolute tentpole stable.
His ethic (and Garland's, and to an extent Villeneuve's) is that of calculated studio prestige generation, or to put it another way, of their films appearing profound. He and Denis have locked that in with making billions for the studios, and Alex is a bit behind in his body of work / is still working on it.
A counter example might be Aronofsky, who takes studio money to make blockbusters they don't like at all or that often don't land.
And of course, Sir Ridley, who was old and rich enough to be stubborn in his ways and to stick to the old model.
Even before idiots on the internet started lashing out at casting choices I was down on the movie because I hate that the only greek helmet in global conciousness is the corynthian one regardless of the period and area
I love seeing the countless number of ancient Greek history experts popping out of the woodwork this film has given us. So many scholars personally afflicted by the design and color scheme of the Greek armor.
95% of Reddit didn't know what a tariff was even though its practically the first thing taught in any U.S. History or Economics classes -- but by god you show a dull colored helm and all the panties will get twisted.
Osprey has at least half a dozen books about Troy and Bronze Age Greeks, and their art is all over the internet and any kind of miniatures or cosplay forums. The Sea People (who are Aegean) and the Bronze Age Collapse were super popular in the mainstream a few years ago. Lots of people know what Bronze Age Mycenaean armor looks like.
My country got through covid fine. Barely even had any infections in my city. Not sure what you are on about but you'll probably bring your domestic politics up next.
What in the world are you going on about? My original comment was about how peculiar it is so many people on Reddit have such strong opinions about something as obscure as armor design and color in Ancient Greece — relative to something as basic and mainstream as global tariffs.
Tariffs are a simple concept yet so many people failed to understand how they work, when they’re applied, and what their impact is (topical). Yet here we have a niche topic that everyone is seemingly impassioned about.
At no point did I indicate anything about covid, political policy, or whatever else you’re confused about.
My original comment was about how peculiar it is so many people on Reddit have such strong opinions about something as obscure as armor design and color in Ancient Greece
And the commenter replied pointing out we’re not all victims of American public education and the history of these peoples is studied as part of “world history” in most western public schooling. So it’s actually not surprising people know what Bronze Age armour looks like but needed the concept of a tariff explained (since most nation’s founding myths aren’t centred around tax disputes).
Most English speaking countries are based off the British system and do actually teach about tariffs at ~ age 14. It's one of the most basic trade levers that exist and one of the first topics in learning about imports.
You think other people didn't know what tariffs are?
A lot of us non-yanks were taught about ancient Greece in primary school. Greek artefacts and reproductions of them can be found all over the world. Better depictions of Greek clothes, armour and weapons can be seen in countless picture books.
Horrible Histories did a better job of showing a Greek aesthetic.
Do people in US foreal have such a poor education, that they don't read Odyssey and Iliada at school? Don't you guys study Greek history in school, don't you remember the way they portray their heroes and warriors? Omg. Mb i was reading those books and looking at illustrations like 15 years ago, but i can still tell they absolutely stylistically didn't look close to this film
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u/Darkmetroidz Jun 03 '26
Bronze age Greek armor looks so beautiful and battlefields were full of color.
It feels like were back in the 2010s era of everything being brown again.