The Odyssey made $652 million in two weekends, and Christopher Nolan still found time to build a real Trojan horse, cast Travis Scott, and turn a Cyclops into a genuinely tragic figure.
In this episode of So Many Sequels, Josh Gammon, Garrett Powders, and David Prock close out Mythology Month with Nolan's IMAX epic — the practical effects, the sprawling cast (Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Lupita Nyong'o, Elliot Page, and a very committed Benny Safdie), and a debate about what the Trojan horse actually costs Odysseus.
In this episode:
-Why The Odyssey landed five stars from all three hosts
-How Nolan shot giants, a Cyclops, and a full ship's crew almost entirely practically
-Matt Damon's months of real archery training — no CGI arrows
-Anne Hathaway's "I want Odysseus" scene, and the case for more Penelope
-David's theory on what the Trojan horse really represents in this version
-The Letterboxd guessing game (David wins with a direct hit at 4.4)
-Black Panther 3 and Ryan Gosling's Ghost Rider news, straight from Comic-Con
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