Red Mosquito

I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

did you buy a gun yet tho?

got a gunnnn fact i got twooo

That’s okay man cuz shout out to God

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 3:38 pm I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

Because you loved the film so much?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 5:17 pm

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 3:38 pm I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

Because you loved the film so much?

Or maybe it's because I hated it and want to go back to the source after so many years away.

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 6:27 pm

lennytheweedwhacker wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 5:17 pm

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 3:38 pm I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

Because you loved the film so much?

Or maybe it's because I hated it and want to go back to the source after so many years away.

Shrouded af

Loved this. The sound design and score were absolutely insane. I saw it at a pseudo-IMAX with Dolby Atmos and it was ear-splittingly loud but not bothersome at all. It was rad as fuck. Obviously the cyclops, sirens and shipwreck scenes being the biggest showcases of this.

The performances were incredible across the board*, especially Hathaway and Leguizamo. Morton, Pattinson and Page (he surprised the fuck out of me) also absolutely nailed their roles. The list goes on and on.

*Except for Jon Bernthal, who was just okay. He plays Shane from The Walking Dead in everything and I don't know how he keeps landing such killer roles. Sorry, but I just don't see the appeal. Not terrible, just the weakest link IMO.

8.8/10. Mindblowing experience.

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 3:38 pm I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

The Joyce joint?

VinylGuy wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 4:00 pm got a gunnnn fact i got twooo

BurtReynolds wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 6:05 pm

If you're spending $380 at the grocery store I think you can afford one goddamn dollar for starving children.

I think that's the joke.

epilogue wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:31 pm

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 3:38 pm I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

The Joyce joint?

The very same.

Ello Sailor wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:33 pm I think that's the joke.

Full disclosure: I didn't watch the video

But also, there's no way Burt thought "that's the joke." Whatever the joke was.

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:43 pm

epilogue wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:31 pm

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 3:38 pm I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

The Joyce joint?

The very same.

That Odyssey made you want to read that book?

epilogue wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:49 pm

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:43 pm

epilogue wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:31 pm

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 3:38 pm I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

The Joyce joint?

The very same.

That Odyssey made you want to read that book?

Yes, it’s a modern retelling of The Odyssey. Sort of.

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:52 pm

epilogue wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:49 pm

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:43 pm

epilogue wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 9:31 pm

Simple Torture wrote: Thu July 23, 2026 3:38 pm I’ve totally been Odyssey-pilled and read the first book last night. Would love to read the Iliad too and then re-read Ulysses.

The Joyce joint?

The very same.

That Odyssey made you want to read that book?

Yes, it’s a modern retelling of The Odyssey. Sort of.

Look, I've read about 150 pages of Ulysses and I've read Spark Notes summaries of The Odyssey and I don't see it.

Wait until I tell you about Ten Things I Hate About You vis-à-vis Shakespeare.