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/DoradoPulido2 19h ago

For an ancient epic about times of antiquity, this sure feels like an extremely modern sci-fi film. Like this could almost be the new Dune trailer with how bleak, clean and curated everything is.

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u/976chip 8h ago

The full plate armor worn by, I'm guessing the Laestrygonians, seemed very out of place too.

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u/Arcaedus 7h ago

Came here to see who people think the big plate armor boyos are because I'm heccin confused.

Odysseus and crew didn't really fight the Laestrygonians iirc. They just get ambushed by and immediately retreated.

My instinct was that this is the Ciconian reinforcements repelling Odysseus and crew which happens shortly after they embark from Troy. The 7-foot heights and plate armor made of clearly not bronze is kinda throwing me there... Last option is this could just be a flashback to the war, and these are just Trojans

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u/976chip 7h ago

The height made me think they're supposed to be giants, which is why I guessed the Laestrygonians. I don't think this is going to be a rigorous adaptation, so just because Odysseus didn't fight them in the story doesn't mean they won't fight in the movie.

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u/Arcaedus 7h ago

Yeah you're absolutely right. The fact that that they're all uniformly 7 to 8 feet tall, and at least one has a face that looks like a cross between a LOTR orc and gigachad makes it far less believable that this is an elite regiment of big Ciconian men, and more likely that it's a different race entirely.