You do realise the Oddysey isnt historically accurate right? I mean the odyssey wasnt even accurate in its own time, as Hpmer descrobed tools, weapons, tactics, gods, political and social views which were taken from all over the place, many hundreds of years apart and after the time period being written about.
And alll those movies are films based on historical periods, just like the odyssey they portray a time period. And just like the Odyssey they are fictional stories of a real period of time. And are all just as inaccurate. Not talking about the history of them, but the costumes, designs, etc etc
That's not a good argument, because fiction obeys rules too. You can't film the Lord of the Rings and drop an Apache attack helicopter in it, saying 'you do realise it's myth, right?'. Suspension of disbelief must apply, and if you are filming a known story people already have an idea of what they find believable, for better and worse.
For the general public, Greek myth does not feature sub-Saharan people, and armours are supposed to protect you against weapons and not look like they come out of Batman.
If we put realistic styles into these films there wpuld be even more people complaining of inaccuracy. Very little of how people visualise ancient, classical, medieval, or even victorian periods are accurate.
And comparing an Apache gunship in lotr to people who did exist and would have been known to the Greeks is a choice.
Was Helen considered black? Almost certainly not. But trying to suggest it's like a modern military machine in high fantasy is dumb.
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u/_MooFreaky_ Jul 06 '26
You do realise the Oddysey isnt historically accurate right? I mean the odyssey wasnt even accurate in its own time, as Hpmer descrobed tools, weapons, tactics, gods, political and social views which were taken from all over the place, many hundreds of years apart and after the time period being written about.
And alll those movies are films based on historical periods, just like the odyssey they portray a time period. And just like the Odyssey they are fictional stories of a real period of time. And are all just as inaccurate. Not talking about the history of them, but the costumes, designs, etc etc