I saw this piece of cr*p last night on TV. My jaw dropped during a scene where Paris and Menelaus basically mend their wounds together after a failed duel while bitching about Agamemnon. This is so far removed from the spirit of Homer's characters, I could have screamed! What is this, I thought? "Days of our Lives"?
I was equally appalled by the numerous uncalled-for scenes of torture, violence, sadism, gore, nudity, soft-core porn and violent sexual content, none of which are even remotely present or suggested in Homer. This is Greek mythology for the troubled, the uninformed, the blighted, the poor in spirit and the ignorant.
This is all the more troubling as this mini-series has the same name as Robert Wise's unqualified masterpiece, which is rarely shown nowadays and probably never will be again, after this one gave it the kiss of death.
I was equally appalled by the numerous uncalled-for scenes of torture, violence, sadism, gore, nudity, soft-core porn and violent sexual content, none of which are even remotely present or suggested in Homer. This is Greek mythology for the troubled, the uninformed, the blighted, the poor in spirit and the ignorant.
This is all the more troubling as this mini-series has the same name as Robert Wise's unqualified masterpiece, which is rarely shown nowadays and probably never will be again, after this one gave it the kiss of death.