(11-18-2015, 06:25 AM)Mamushi Wrote: Ptolemaic dynasty????????
Romans????????????????
...Were not from Denmark or Scotland, and also looked nothing like the people in this movie from the art we have, historically. They actually hated the guts of those groups and thought they were a bunch of savages.
Not to mention that as I said, these people have little to no connection to the mythology of the film; even if it were set during the rule of the first group or the occupation of the second, it must be noted that these people would not have been present in such large numbers as to entirely supplant the existing population to the point where there are no colored people. So I can't buy this as an explanation.
And that's all without touching the fact that these people are playing the gods of this culture. A culture of colored people.
(11-18-2015, 06:25 AM)Mamushi Wrote: The best you'll get is Egyptian nationals speaking Egyptian Arabic which is no more accurate to the film's setting than white actors speaking English.
Did you hate The Odyssey for having a non-Greek cast that spoke with British accents? If so, I will fight youÂ
The best I'll get is a cast of people that are of the approximate race, visually (they don't even have to be, just at least make them look like it), that existed in that region at that time. What they looked like is not some sort of mystery, as there is plenty of sculpture and artwork that gives us a good idea; they were people of all skin-tones.
There's also like a billion adaptations of the Odyssey so I have no idea which one you mean (though I also haven't seen any, so I guess it doesn't matter). I'd also argue that Greece and its culture doesn't have nearly as much of a problem with cultural supplanting as Egypt does.
