John Hughes wrote:
> Bronze is back. And its big.
>
> http://troymovie.warnerbros.com/
>
> Its big budget, features all the usual suspects, and though its a risk
> judging **anything** by the trailer, this one looks pretty darn promising.
> We have Bloom, Bean, Banna, Pitt as (an older) Archilles, Peter O'Toole as
> Priam, and strangely, no sign of Connery. The script apparently dispenses
> with bright-eyed Athena and the deitific dozen to concentrate on manly men
> and boodifull women - and of course, being all-about-Archilles, the odd
> boodifull boy. And at least one cowardly man who gets the girl in the first
> scene but...aw heck, you all know the story. Plus a hollow horse. And
> ships. Lots of ships.
It is a shame that they have dumped the gods and goddesses et all.
The treatment of the Achaean deities in the movies have been poor. 'Jason and the Argonauts' and 'Clash of the Titans' never quite hit the nail on the head.
It would of been good to see the all the gods in their full glory. The whole cycle of myths from Eris' apple and the Judgement of Paris through to Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid would have been fantastic to see on the on the silver screen.
It would have been good inspiration for Gloranthan gaming me thinks [and better set up for the sequel 'The Odyssey']. ;-)
Cheers,
DARRAN SIMS
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