StumbleUpon.
Not because the mechanism itself was novel, but because the web was once filled with tons of niche sites, fun experiments, passion projects and things to discover.
We lost that with apps, the corporatization of the web, slop feeds and social monopolies.
There is still some fun corners of the web out there, but orders of magnitude less.
remember when the falcons used the No. 8 overall pick and a 9-figure contract on two different quarterbacks in the same offseason and still didn't have a quarterback two years later?
I think Nolan’s Odyssey was very obviously using the framework of an ancient story to make a point about the modern western world and was never meant to be a straight text to screen adaptation and if you don’t understand that maybe film is just not the medium for you.
I think it’s pretty obvious that two things can be true: it’s highly desirable to see The Odyssey in the full aspect ratio given that it was shot to be experienced that way, and ALSO Chris Nolan is competent enough to compose his images so that they look good even when cropped
Christopher Nolan says The Odyssey is ultimately about the idea that a society can only function through respect for strangers. He believes that, despite 3,000 years passing since Homer, that fundamental truth about human nature hasn’t changed.
Sorry, folks. You can’t fully grasp the Odyssey by seeing a film version! You also can’t comprehend it by reading it in a book. You have to hear it sung by a bard in dactylic hexameter while in such an ecstatic state of drunkenness, you channel the Muse and add your own lines.
The Odyssey isn't historically accurate because it's not historical. It's a work of fiction. I don't understand how people can't grasp this very simple idea.