A. The graphic designer didn't do enough subject research
or more likely
B. The big important person in charge insisted it be this way.
"We always use this date formatting, it focus tests the best...but still use Roman Numerals."
Itβs about contempt for the audience, not the designers not knowing what to do. They assume the average American is too stupid to interpret Greek letters, and tbh theyβre probably right.
I was under the impression that most modern day usage of Roman numerals have their origin in US, but this may be debatable (I still think is very wide spread there) ->
Is this not the sound that Homer made when he wanted to attract the attention of a cat from across the road to come to him for a stroke. (Maybe that is the actual plot line that theyβre going with hereβ¦?)
The odyssey of trying to find a cat you've let out but doesn't want to come home yet. Is it out of earshot? Has it been accidentally locked in next door's shed? Has it figured out catflaps & is getting dinner from its second & third families?
I want to see this movie. A quiet, warm comedy, with a kind but a bit peculiar main character absorbed in their own thoughts and slightly oblivious to the adventures they're going through when looking for their cat.
Yeah but this poster isn't following and grammatical, linguistic laws just placing Greek letters that look like English ones wherever to spell a word in English.
Iβm also not a Greek helmet expert but is that the right helmet? Odesseus was supposed to be from Ithaca so I think that means that should be a steamed ham on the helmet instead.
literally none of his best films were adaptations besides debatably the dark knight and technically memento but the thing it was adapting released after the damn movie and i dont even like it all that much lol
not that i dont expect this to be pretty great that is just a ludicrous assertion imo lol
its bombastic for sure so i could understand finding it too much for your taste but id still argue its undoubtedly in the top three nolan films (though in my opinion its probably top five films like, of all time, and nolan is my favorite director so im obviously obscenely biased lmfao)
I am an interior
designer/button/jewelry designer with no Classic languages and even *I* laughed out loud. π
I was in a sorority, maybe thatβs it? π€
Taking a moment to promote what will almost certainly be a better piece of Odyssey inspired art, Epic:The Musical. Itβs the Odyssey but given the Hamilton treatment as a concept album. Some liberties taken with the storytelling but seriously, itβs β¦
Love all of these but I have to push back on the word 'ancient'. These aren't ancient greek letters, they're just greek letters. Modern greek uses the same alphabet.
Iβm not talking about who made the poster. Iβm talking about the fact that they need to make it this way at all, because American audiences are too stupid to understand if the poster used actual Greek, and too lazy to look it up.
Nobody would know what this was for, if the letters were correct.
I stand by my statement. If they actually made a movie poster like this, with the correct lettering, the average American would think it was Arabic or something, and not see it because of that.
Funny how hostile the reaction is to some fan-made mock-up when people think it's coming from a studio. Had the initial comment honestly identified it as fan-made, it wouldn't have received a fraction of the mockery and attention it's gotten.
It's called Grssk (GRΣΣK). What you get when you write with Greek letters replacing look-a-like letters in the Latin script, that end up being meaningless gibberish to people who know the actual pronunciation.
There's also a Russian version called Yatssiai (Π―ΡssiΠ°ΠΈ), that does the same thing.
Also, I may be wrong, but wouldnβt an expensive helmet like that have the nose guard fitted to the wearer? It looks very uncomfortable to have it touching the tip of his nose like that.
Yeah, this is like when people used to write Cyrillic script as if you just pronounced it like the nearest looking latin letter.
Also, I heard that people were criticising it for "historical inaccuracy" I guess they mean anachronistic period details, but who is calling the story history?
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Before getting into correct use of foreign alphabets, how about starting with those who insist on saying they speak American - which isn't a language but a collection of English dialects. Then, move on to overcoming the pride in being monolingual and seeing other languages as threat. Baby steps.
I wouldβve been more inclined to watch this if it had unknown actors. Particularly if they had found some that looked Greek. Iβm tired of seeing the same five actors for these epic movies.
I remember an ad featuring a statue of someone that looked a bit like Lenin, but it can't have been him because it was labelled "ΠΠ΅ΠΈΠ³ΠΈ" or "Leigi".
meh canβt we start with helen in her egg this in media res shit has to be confusing to the same ywm target audience that worships joseph estrogen rogan
So I started cracking up at the original post and couldn't even kind of get it together until past cat armor. Tears. The funniest thread I've seen in a good while. Thank you, all.
Tell me about a complicated cat.
Muse, tell me how she wandered and was lost
when she had searched the holy town of Troy
for treats, and where she went, and what she ate
the pain she suffered till she was called pssspss
This is actually a serious question, given that the first evidence of domestic cats in Greece, is about 500 BC.
The Odyssey was written... Composed... About 8th century bc, about an event that happened call it 12th century. They literally may not have had domestic cats.
There's evidence of cats living with people around 12,000 years ago, so I'll go out on a limb and claim that they probably had cats in Greece at the time.
The humble domesticated pigeon/dove was domesticated at least 10,000 years ago, and would've been present.
Otherwise, possibly some semi-domesticated quail, pheasant, grouse, ducks, geese, possibly even the "original turkey", the helmeted guineafowl.
Yes, pigeons for sure although I wasn't sure if they go back to ancient Greece either. The modern pigeon breeds are quite recent I think? @rosemarymosco.com ?
Yep, I appreciate that there's a joke here, but no clue what it is. Something to do with Greek, maybe I'll ask the Greek folks I know and see if they will explain it :-)
This is the funniest thing Iβve seen in a long time πππ not to mention the lowercase sigma they use is only meant to be the last letter of a word π
I was really hoping that Nolan would have approached "THE ODDYSSEY" with a more modern take. Like has been done with various Shakespeare works over the decades.
What's especially crazy about this one is that "all the marketing material has to be in authentic Ancient Greek" is the kind of flex Nolan could actually pull off if he wanted to.
They've used greek letters which are equivalent to 'Thdpssssps' instead of 'Odyssey'. If you break down the individual letters, they actually make the following sounds: 'th', 'd', 'ps', 's' x4, 'ps'
Listen, sometimes, as a graphic designer, you just gotta do what the client wants. Yes, you know itβs stupid, but standing up for authenticity doesnβt pay the electric bill
Oh yeah, costuming is wildly wrong! Iβm an artist who has a secondary love of fashion and I get irrationally irate at stuff like this (looking at you live-action Snow White and your complete disregard for wtf a Tudor hairstyle would actually look like and instead give her that hideous hair cut)
Is it actually fake? I honestly have no idea lol but I do think there are far more deserving people of the French Cut than an alleged idiot producer making inauthentic aesthetic choices π€£π€£π€£ Iβm going to google to see if this is fake or not outta curiosity now
Wait a second, I thought this brown face abomination was laughed out of existence years ago! I canβt believe theyβre really releasing this nonsense!
I dunno, I was married to a Greek woman for 25 years and Gal Gadot is much browner than some of the Macedonian Greeks Iβve met. But this feels like a weird thing to talk about. Googling someone to try find out what βraceβ they are is a bit too 2025 for my tastes.
Ironically, when I googled it, she has more roots in the region than I had known. I enjoy watching classic movies where often times people are playing very different ethnic groups from themselves, but from todayβs viewpoint, those are embarrassments. I wonder how future audiences will view today.
This was a fan poster, but what's the excuse for him wearing a brushy crested helmets? Weren't those 1- ceremonial and 2 - Roman?
Pardon my ignorance if I got that one wrong.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals
A. The graphic designer didn't do enough subject research
or more likely
B. The big important person in charge insisted it be this way.
"We always use this date formatting, it focus tests the best...but still use Roman Numerals."
Someone tell them about Greek numerals for the love of God
Either way, i'd just block em
That's how
They could have written it like: Ξ€ΞΞ ΞΞΞ₯ΟΟΞΞ₯. Doesn't look as cool I guess.
not that i dont expect this to be pretty great that is just a ludicrous assertion imo lol
I am not a crank."
=> how the Roman alphabet was invented
designer/button/jewelry designer with no Classic languages and even *I* laughed out loud. π
I was in a sorority, maybe thatβs it? π€
How about RYAFRDGDIDD here?
Mini TV series from '60s.
Nobody would know what this was for, if the letters were correct.
There's also a Russian version called Yatssiai (Π―ΡssiΠ°ΠΈ), that does the same thing.
Also, I heard that people were criticising it for "historical inaccuracy" I guess they mean anachronistic period details, but who is calling the story history?
Let people laugh.
https://youtu.be/5b2LqTSJ32A?si=QbfVO6jE4O7no5ey
Chat:"B-b-but what about our salt".
Cause my non-greek knowing self just looks at that and thinks "the Odyssey" NBD.
I absolutely abhor the misuse of Greek letters this way. ARGH!
I am howling.
The upside: this is hilarious!
(I only remember the alphabet and a few words. But this is still hilarious.)
Pspspspspsps.
Muse, tell me how she wandered and was lost
when she had searched the holy town of Troy
for treats, and where she went, and what she ate
the pain she suffered till she was called pssspss
(With apologies to @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social)
The Odyssey was written... Composed... About 8th century bc, about an event that happened call it 12th century. They literally may not have had domestic cats.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-house-cats-158390681/
Like the Egyptians already had, ofcourse.
Also, Greek cats all loved THE PSPSPS. They rated it 5 stars, mega kudos!
Otherwise, possibly some semi-domesticated quail, pheasant, grouse, ducks, geese, possibly even the "original turkey", the helmeted guineafowl.
They love it
Fixed it for you.
Best wishes
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https://bsky.app/profile/depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social/post/3lij74gnba22z
We are not blaming the graphic designer
But if it were to be true. We need to pull out the guillotine.
Pardon my ignorance if I got that one wrong.
https://bsky.app/profile/junlper.beer/post/3liilew73w226
In any case that image is from the lost epic, The Brushheadiad.