Deep Thought #322

[oloriel]

"...Wolfgang Petersen lets the battle of Troy last two weeks instead of ten years..." (heard on the radio)

Ooook. Why exactly? I mean, I fully well understand that he can't do it in real time; but whether you pretend that the two hours last ten years or two weeks shouldn't make so much difference. Oh, it's the age of the heroes, right? You wouldn't want to have to show them aging?
Still, I'm not sure I like it. "Look, guys, we've been here only two weeks, but we realized we don't like the climate, and the food, and the Return of the King DVD is coming out the next day, and anyways, so you get this nice little gift box horse to make up for the strain, or as a wedding gift, or whatever. Bye!"
Sure.

Oh well.

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"... Regisseur Wolfgang Petersen lässt die Schlacht um Troja statt zehn Jahren nur zwei Wochen dauern..." (hieß es im Radio)

Ooook. Wieso jetz? Ich meine, ich versteh ja, dass man das nicht in Real Time machen kann (das wär ein bissel viel Überlänge); aber ob man nun so tut, als ob die zwei Stunden zehn Jahre oder zwei Wochen dauern, ist doch eigentlich wurscht. Ach, es geht um die Helden, richtig? Man will sie doch nicht altern sehen?
Trotzdem, irgendwie mag ich das nicht so. "Schaut, Jungs, wir sind zwar erst zwei Wochen hier, aber irgendwie mögen wir das Klima nicht, und die Panzerkekse sind uns ausgegangen, und außerdem kommt morgen die Rückkehr des Königs-DVD raus, und überhaupt, also nehmt doch einfach dieses nette Schaukelpferdchen, als Entschädigung für den Stress, oder als Hochzeitsgeschenk, oder was auch immer. Tschö!"
Na klar.

Naja.


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Comments

[etoilepb.livejournal.com]

The Iliad itself only covers the last stage of the war. At least, I'm halfway through rereading it and that's what I've got so far. They've been at it for ages by the time it all picks up.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

That may be (I must admit that my reading the Iliad was years ago, and that was an abridged edition for children), but since the film is supposed to begin before Paris knew Helen (or so I've heard), if two weeks is what we get, I suppose two weeks is the total time of the war, in terms of the movie.
(But of course, by now we all know that movies and their books may differ from each other and yet be good movies and better books ;))

[etoilepb.livejournal.com]

Good points, all around. I'm thinking cinematically it might be rather dull to have, "So, we've been sitting here outside Ilium for, oh, nine and a half years now, and we Argives are bored out of our skulls... I know, let's throw some more spears and recite some more geneaologies," which is in fact at least half of what Homer wrote. :-P

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Yes, I suppose there are reasons to shorten it a bit... I mean, I can understand why he'd leave the gods out of it altogether. Beside the fact that I wouldn't know how to get actors that can convincingly play gods, we just don't believe in them anymore, so we don't want them as an explanation for the events...