El PUNTO de Arrival es que los Heptapodos vinieron a la Tierra a enseñarnos SU lenguaje, todo el punto de la película es descubrir un lenguaje ajeno para conocer nuevas formas de percibir el mundo, el tiempo y la existencia.
En PHM les convenía resolverlo rápido (e ilógicamente porque es casi imposible que la estructura gramatical del inglés y el idioma de Rocky sea tan similar) para avanzar con la trama, en Arrival el proceso de aprendizaje de Louise ES la trama.
In Arrival the aliens - who are the far more advanced species - are not trying to learn our language at all. They explicitly want to force the humans to learn Heptapod, that’s the whole reason why they came. Rocky, on the other hand, has a fantastic memory and superior auditory processing capabilities, and basically learns English by memorizing Grace’s words. Then, to speak to Grace, he uses a babytalk version of Eridian with pseudo-English grammar. The two characters meet in the middle, leveraging the strengths of their own species. Of the two, Rocky is doing more work.
“Snow White” flopped so badly that Disney almost canceled the live action “Rapunzel” immediately after.
“The Rings of Power” isn’t anywhere close to covering its production costs as the “most expensive tv show ever.” I know many diehard LOTR fans. None made it past 3 episodes of season 1.
“Star Wars” was literally bought by Disney to have a more male fandom IP, which they bastardized with Mary Sue Rey and made Han Solo a loser and now even fans don’t care about “Star Wars” anymore.
So… not sure what point this article is trying to make?
I loved “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” and think they should be required reading for everyone. Actually, probably everyone I know has read them. They’ve influenced many stories we’ve grown up on. Fans just want to see accurate adaptions.
The writer uses the movie “Troy” as a comparison to be like “why are people upset that “The Odyssey” isn’t accurate because they liked “Troy.”
Uh… because we know “Troy” is an inaccurate Trojan War movie and it’s not trying to be “The Iliad?” Obviously. It removes the gods, which were central in Homer. The Trojan Horse isn’t even IN “The Iliad.” So it’s not even an adaption.
The problem is that “The Odyssey” is trying to be “The Odyssey” and not staying true to the character descriptions in the book. The audience wants to get lost into the film, not taken out of it.