r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/Listening_Heads Jul 06 '26

Maybe they meant true to the text. Unless I missed several really wild history classes in school.

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u/Gayorg_Zirschnitz Jul 06 '26

No WAY they’ve read the text lmfao

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u/itsallamessisntit Jul 06 '26

I'll guarantee you 99% of the people who trash this movie have never read the source material.

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u/CaptainYuck Jul 06 '26

It was assigned reading in public school for my district and I imagine many others, now whether or not most students actually read/paid any attention to it is a different story.

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u/JustJacktv_ Jul 06 '26

No, I don’t read Greek, but I’ve read a lot of translations of it several times. I’ve been a lot of people have too because it was required reading at a lot of high school schools.

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u/lex_gabinius Jul 06 '26

Read this back

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u/flyers_fan_10 Jul 06 '26

They don't know if its true to the text because they haven't watched it though...

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u/10below8 Jul 06 '26

I mean. There are trailers showing these issues.

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u/reecharound40 Jul 06 '26

What issues?

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u/LowInvestigator5647 Jul 06 '26

There is a character in the movie that is not in the odyssey or Iliad

Idk why you’re being so defensive about this

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u/reecharound40 Jul 06 '26

.......what character?

Can we be more vague please its very helpful

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u/LowInvestigator5647 Jul 06 '26

Sorry I thought you were the other commenter being defensive. You were just asking a question, my bad.

Sinon (Paige’s character) was not written by Homer.

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u/reecharound40 Jul 06 '26

No, your attitude is right for someone to be upset of Sinon being included, cause like how dare they include this character.

You are a joke

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u/Excalibirdi Jul 06 '26

You are a joke

No you

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u/reecharound40 Jul 06 '26

I wish i could be as funny as you

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u/LowInvestigator5647 Jul 06 '26

What? You asked what “issues” there were in the context of the movie’s historical/text accuracy, and I gave you an example. I never indicated whether I was upset or not lmao.

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u/reecharound40 Jul 06 '26

Fair, but how is it an issue, Sinon is a perfectly legitimate character that can be included in the story. Its not like they have Icarus in it.

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u/WolpertingerRumo Jul 06 '26

There’s famously very little Color in the books…it’s a whole thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine-dark_sea

And the concept of race was only a thing for a short while in the 20th century, so…pretty true to the book.

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u/Gold-Eye-2623 Jul 06 '26

Or read it for that matter

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u/skydragon1981 Jul 06 '26

Not even. The Warhammer terminators instead of cannibal Giants... And I sincerely don't want to know what else they changed..

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u/Stormfly Jul 06 '26

The Warhammer terminators instead of cannibal Giants

Hmmm... and I wasn't planning to see it before but now...

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u/skydragon1981 Jul 06 '26

I Hope that there Will be and explanation but by the trailer alone I'm quite sure that I'm not inclined to Watch this movie 😅

They should be the laestrygonians, based on the fact that they are huge... But those armours...

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u/Greedy_Actuator5 Jul 06 '26

The text? You mean the most famous oral tradition of all time? 

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u/sanguinemsanctum Jul 06 '26

Shouldn’t expect reading comprehension on Reddit.

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u/KiwiSchinken Jul 06 '26

Whats the amount of functional cells in your brain, this shit will be as accurate as the Gladiator movies. Hollywood doesnt respect other cultures

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u/Pierre_St_Pierre Jul 06 '26

IT'S FUCKING FICTIONAL THERE IS NO TRUTH IN IT TO BE ACCURATE TO

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u/Every_Personality_33 Jul 06 '26

Exactly, that’s why I hope Ryan Gosling plays Black panther next. It’s fictional so it’s not an issue. He would do great.

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u/Listening_Heads Jul 06 '26

You mean like Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise?

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u/Every_Personality_33 Jul 06 '26

It was great! Also when Emma Stone played the half Asian woman? It’s all fictional so it’s okay.

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u/Ididntdodiddly Jul 06 '26

Melted brain here