Greek Mythology

[Midvillian1322]

They are some of my favroite movies but surprised we dont have more films based on Greek myths. Though to be fair there is alot and I'm probaky just greedy.

Watching Ad Astra makes me ask wtf happened to the Jason and the Argonauts in space film that Brad Pitt was attached to a few years back.? Honestly though there was a game I played as a kid on my Xbox about Jason and the Argonauts but It was a version where Instead of Achillies Dad , Achillies joins the argonauts as well as Pan. But I can see that working Rise of the Argonauts and you have a bunch of famous Greek heroes in one movie. Most people dont even know Dinseys hercules isnt accurate so I doubt they would have issue with throwing the likes of Perseus , Odyessues, Leonidas or whoever in one movie. I dont remember the plot of the game so I wouldnt go based off that except the idea of adding people like Achilles and Pan to the movie to make it more fantastical.

Anyone got any twist on a Greek myth they think could make a good movie?

[Panic]

Not a twist of my own, but I think an adaptation of Roger Zelazny's This Immortal could work. I mean, this is the novel that tied (in its abridged form, entitled "...And Call Me Conrad") with Dune for the Hugo Award. It's not as epic as Dune, but it is a lot more fun, imo. It doesn't correspond directly to Greek myth - it's set in an apocalyptic future where the aftermath of nuclear war has turned mainland Greece (and everywhere but islands) into a radioactive wasteland populated by centaurs and fauns and the like.

[MyriVerse]

Was there supposed to be a Jason & the Argonauts in space? I thought it was supposed to be The Odyssey in Space. Pitt wanted George Miller to direct.

[Midvillian1322]

Was there supposed to be a Jason & the Argonauts in space? I thought it was supposed to be The Odyssey in Space. Pitt wanted George Miller to direct.

You are right, after googling it I was conflating two stories. Brad Pitt's Odyssey In Space and a Jason and the argonauts film by Paramount. Neither if which seem to be happening now.

Watched the immortals again and God do I hate that movie. Makes me appreciate 300 so much more. Canvill was good in it thought but the artistic choices in that movie were weird af. I'd love a movie about the Gods vs the Titans but it would have to be epic into scale not golden clothes wearing British dudes fighting dudes covered in ash like Immortals. You could make Prometheus the POV character.

[Jim Kelly]

I'd like to see a treatment of Greek mythology that's faithful to the actual ancient stories. I don't think there's ever been a modern usage that sticks to what the actual stories tell. They are always taking short cuts, conflating things, making up stuff out of whole cloth and simply cheating the myth.

[GozertheGozarian]

Theseus and the Minotaur is perfect for a virtual world.

[C_Miller]

I'd like to see a treatment of Greek mythology that's faithful to the actual ancient stories. I don't think there's ever been a modern usage that sticks to what the actual stories tell. They are always taking short cuts, conflating things, making up stuff out of whole cloth and simply cheating the myth.

That's a relatively tall order because Greek mythology is not a static thing. The stories were passed down for generations and there's very little evidence that the stories that we know as Greek mythology today bares any resemblance to how they were originally told. They too likely evolved by taking short cuts, conflating things and making stuff out of whole cloth when details were either forgotten or misremembered.