<![CDATA[The Odyssey]]>I was really looking forward to going to an IMAX to see Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey."

Then I saw this...

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Rumor is that Elliot Page is portraying Achilles.

Elliot Page. Achilles.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/39617/the-odysseyRSS for NodeWed, 20 May 2026 22:36:44 GMTThu, 14 May 2026 14:07:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:07:07 GMT]]>Someone called this “the movie that launched 1000 grifters’. lol

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362640https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362640Fri, 15 May 2026 16:07:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 23:43:03 GMT]]>Bada BING! 👍 😁

or,

I always ran to my mother's call,
And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
(He never thought of thinking for himself at all.)
I thought so little, they rewarded me
By making me the Ruler of my Mom's Navee!
(He thought so little, they rewarded him
By making him the Ruler of his Mom's Navee!)

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362611https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362611Thu, 14 May 2026 23:43:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 22:41:48 GMT]]>

@Tom-K said:

The face that launched 63 ships.

He presented a bit of one of them to your fearless leader. It was a bell-end with 'TRUMP' engraved on it.

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]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362610https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362610Thu, 14 May 2026 22:41:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 22:11:36 GMT]]>The face that launched 63 ships.

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]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362608https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362608Thu, 14 May 2026 22:11:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:37:34 GMT]]>The face that actually launched a thousand ships...

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]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362605https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362605Thu, 14 May 2026 17:37:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:30:22 GMT]]>I don't have any objection to a black woman being Helen, just that particular black woman is a bit rough around the edges. There are some pretty good looking ones that could have done the job.

Here's a poem by Asclepiades of Samos (around 320 BC):

Didyme waved her wand at me
I am utterly enchanted.
The sight of her beauty makes me
Melt like wax before the fire. What
Is the difference if she is black?
So is coal, but alight, it shines like roses.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362604https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362604Thu, 14 May 2026 17:30:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:09:54 GMT]]>

@Tom-K said:

Actually the ancient Greeks had three different races: White, Black and Blonde.

Not for the descendants of Gods such as Helen. Like Jesus and Donald Trump, they were always white.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362602https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362602Thu, 14 May 2026 17:09:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:06:52 GMT]]>Always thought Diane Kruger was an all time hottie.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362601https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362601Thu, 14 May 2026 17:06:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:06:04 GMT]]>Actually the ancient Greeks had three different races: White, Black and Blonde.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362600https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362600Thu, 14 May 2026 17:06:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:23:48 GMT]]>Elliot Page aside, the chick on the left doesn't look any more Turkish than the chick on the right.

As for gender fluidity in ancient Greece - whatever next?

Still, I'm sure this is all great news for people who love complaining about shit.

I thought this was going to be about what a friend of mine referred to as the Honda Loser-Cruiser, and I'm actually quite disappointed.

Here's some more Helens....a bevy of Turks....or is it Greeks? Whichever.

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]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362591https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/362591Thu, 14 May 2026 15:23:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The Odyssey on Thu, 14 May 2026 14:45:38 GMT]]>What’s the opposite of troon?

I’m guessing that casting decision was made in 2024.

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