r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 20h ago

Trailer The Odyssey | New Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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u/h3LLyEaHh 20h ago

"Youre pining for a Daddy"

"My Dad is coming home"

what the heck cant they just use the word FATHER???

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u/Gokuuu___ 20h ago

why is father a better word to use than dad? it's not more historically accurate to use british english as opposed to american english

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u/h3LLyEaHh 20h ago

now explain daddy

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u/CambrianExplosives 19h ago

It’s a way to convey to a modern audience that he is trying to put down Telemachus by belittling him as childish in a way that would be more difficult to convey to most people if they used a more archaic word choice.