The people from the sea
Jul. 17th, 2026 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveSo the past days have been a bit like the past weeks have in general, a sense of feeling ‘tuned out’ especially at night. It’s a weird feeling that I can’t fully articulate, but I wish I could, because it’s so annoying.
But I digress, onto the post (and I just saw the Friday five which looks interesting this week so I might do that late or tomorrow.
I saw that Netflix have a new show coming called Below which is about a sea monster terrorising a coastal town so I’m really interested already. It’s also got Josh Hartnett and Charlie Heaton in it. Maybe there’ll be a trailer at comic con.
Also speaking of comic con, Hasbro have a panel… and let slip they have the license for the Zelda film and will be showing some off next week. That’s gotta mean a trailer is due too surely?
Being tuned out in the night has meant I’ve not been able to do much. But I did have better nights Wednesday and last night. On Wednesday I watched the Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover ep, which was so fun and funny. I loved it so many, it’s made me wanna watch the rest of the show. I just have to remember where I left off (I think it was season 3 I fully watched?). Then I watched the next Widow’s Bay and damn, I feel so bad for Patricia.
Then last night I watched one of the films from my arrow delivery! The first Sana film, which has a band called Generations (also known as Generations from Exile Tribe). Thoughts ahoy!
Sana felt very much like if you tossed three films in a blender. It had a cursed tape like Ring (albeit a cassette instead of vhs), a haunted house like Ju-on (appropriate cause it’s the same director) and as it follows a band it’s similar to Smile 2. Plus it’s got a detective, a ghost girl and countdown (that’s not a supernatural one this time). Plus the band guys are hot.
The plot is that one of the band members goes missing and their manager gets in a detective to find him, giving a time limit of three days. The investigation discovers a mysterious tape, sent by a girl called Sana…
I’m not gonna touch too much on the plot beyond that, but it has some really nice visual scenes and the whole thing is just… executed so well. They probably could have gotten actors to play the band, but I think actually using a band (and their music) works so much better. And they’re actually pretty good actors! The whole thing just reminds me how much I love Japanese horror and it’s made me glad I’ve got a bunch of others to watch (as well as the sequel).
All in all though I really loved it! But then I was sure I would (the only thing I didn’t love was one obvious scene involving a poor kitty)
This morning I was gonna go see The Odyssey, intending to go to the first showing. So I came down and had the bright idea to do pop tarts, since I’d seen the boxset the other day… and I managed to fuck it up, scalding my hand getting one out and the other broke apart in the toaster. So now my hand had three blisters which wasn’t fun at all.
I still managed to go, albeit an hour later.
(I also had mail come, In The Mouth Of Madness to add to the Sam Neill things to watch. I need to find Jurassic Park cause it seems to be awol)
When I got to the cinema I got the minions cup thay they did (with a minion in an explore outfit with a lil flaming torch).
Trailers before The Odyssey were: the uprising, digger, heart of the beast, pressure, the dog stars, Spiderman. I’m not gonna talk much on them this time as most were done before (Digger was new though, and it’s funny it has Eva Stratt from Project Hail Mary in it. And The Uprising was something I’d not seen before and doubt I will).
This is where I usually put in a warning or note about mid/post credits stuff but instead I’ll just say DO NOT TAKE IN A DRINK YOU WILL REGRET DRINKING IT.
Anyway…
I didn’t too much about The Odyssey going in. I knew about the Trojan horse and about Circe turning people into pigs and I knew about the sirens and cyclops. So yeah I can’t say if this is a good adaption of the mythology or the actual tale (and I’m sure, even though it’s almost three hours, it’s left stuff out) so like Evil Dead Burn I’m just putting my thoughts on what it is.
The tale follows Odysseus, hero of the Trojan war (because he came up with the horse) and his attempt to get home to his wife and son, but in doing so he gets lost along the way. Meanwhile back home his wife, Penelope, has to deal with suitors who want to take his place.
To my surprise it actually took awhile to get to Odysseus, it starting with his wife and son, before finally coming back to him. Once it does it alternates between the two, with Odysseus journey told mostly via flashbacks to various parts of the journey, while his son Telemachus tries to find out what happened to him.
Splitting it like that did work to provide contrast, much like how Project Hail Mary had contrast between Grace on the ship and the flashbacks to Earth. I did like the journey parts though, probably my two fav parts were the islands they stopped on. First the cyclops one, which was terrifying but honestly? I felt bad for him. Like he comes home shepherding his sheep and there’s these strange creatures in his home. Likewise on Circe’s island, she’s just wanting to live alone and gets these men coming to bother her. (The transformation scene was honestly completely different to what I’d expected but it works.)
One thing that it did do is make me rethink the horse as a whole. It’s usually thought of as a clever trick to get them inside… but really it’s totally underhanded, especially pretending it’s a gift for Athena too. (It’s a wonder she wasn’t pissed by the offence)
Also whenever Agamemnon was on screen I couldn’t help but be reminded of the senate guards from the Prequels. His armour is really cool though his fate was totally deserved.
I’m sure I had other thoughts but my brain is too fried to work oh no.
But at the end of the day it’s remarkable that a story, that’s thousands of years old is still being told. Like that’s amazing right?
Next cinema trip shall be to see Spiderman. But I also saw the cinema is getting Kiki’s Delivery Service next month which makes me wonder if there’ll be other Ghibli stuff.
Afterwards I had food, wandered around town (including getting from Tesco some new haribo, the Mandalorian’s N1 and the Fantastic 4 comic). There was a vinyl market/event thing but it seems to be wrapping up when I got there and I didn’t see anything of interest in my quick look.
When I got to the station the train was delayed and when I saw it was delayed 25 minutes I went to Smiths and got a Doctor Who bookazine, some Star Wars Unlimited packs (I opened the ones I got the other night, I got some good cards though damnit I got Luthen again as a leader) and they had the Stranger Things sticker starter packs. That’s the first time I’ve seen them since I got my own one.
I read some SFX reviews while waiting, then the train got delayed again on the way back. Apparently there’s been signal issues for weeks. Ugh.
Home I’ve listened to the proms and watching Magnum PI since Dave is starting the series again and, well, Magnum’s hot.
And damn this took too long cause I got sidetracked.
But I digress, onto the post (and I just saw the Friday five which looks interesting this week so I might do that late or tomorrow.
I saw that Netflix have a new show coming called Below which is about a sea monster terrorising a coastal town so I’m really interested already. It’s also got Josh Hartnett and Charlie Heaton in it. Maybe there’ll be a trailer at comic con.
Also speaking of comic con, Hasbro have a panel… and let slip they have the license for the Zelda film and will be showing some off next week. That’s gotta mean a trailer is due too surely?
Being tuned out in the night has meant I’ve not been able to do much. But I did have better nights Wednesday and last night. On Wednesday I watched the Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover ep, which was so fun and funny. I loved it so many, it’s made me wanna watch the rest of the show. I just have to remember where I left off (I think it was season 3 I fully watched?). Then I watched the next Widow’s Bay and damn, I feel so bad for Patricia.
Then last night I watched one of the films from my arrow delivery! The first Sana film, which has a band called Generations (also known as Generations from Exile Tribe). Thoughts ahoy!
Sana felt very much like if you tossed three films in a blender. It had a cursed tape like Ring (albeit a cassette instead of vhs), a haunted house like Ju-on (appropriate cause it’s the same director) and as it follows a band it’s similar to Smile 2. Plus it’s got a detective, a ghost girl and countdown (that’s not a supernatural one this time). Plus the band guys are hot.
The plot is that one of the band members goes missing and their manager gets in a detective to find him, giving a time limit of three days. The investigation discovers a mysterious tape, sent by a girl called Sana…
I’m not gonna touch too much on the plot beyond that, but it has some really nice visual scenes and the whole thing is just… executed so well. They probably could have gotten actors to play the band, but I think actually using a band (and their music) works so much better. And they’re actually pretty good actors! The whole thing just reminds me how much I love Japanese horror and it’s made me glad I’ve got a bunch of others to watch (as well as the sequel).
All in all though I really loved it! But then I was sure I would (the only thing I didn’t love was one obvious scene involving a poor kitty)
This morning I was gonna go see The Odyssey, intending to go to the first showing. So I came down and had the bright idea to do pop tarts, since I’d seen the boxset the other day… and I managed to fuck it up, scalding my hand getting one out and the other broke apart in the toaster. So now my hand had three blisters which wasn’t fun at all.
I still managed to go, albeit an hour later.
(I also had mail come, In The Mouth Of Madness to add to the Sam Neill things to watch. I need to find Jurassic Park cause it seems to be awol)
When I got to the cinema I got the minions cup thay they did (with a minion in an explore outfit with a lil flaming torch).
Trailers before The Odyssey were: the uprising, digger, heart of the beast, pressure, the dog stars, Spiderman. I’m not gonna talk much on them this time as most were done before (Digger was new though, and it’s funny it has Eva Stratt from Project Hail Mary in it. And The Uprising was something I’d not seen before and doubt I will).
This is where I usually put in a warning or note about mid/post credits stuff but instead I’ll just say DO NOT TAKE IN A DRINK YOU WILL REGRET DRINKING IT.
Anyway…
I didn’t too much about The Odyssey going in. I knew about the Trojan horse and about Circe turning people into pigs and I knew about the sirens and cyclops. So yeah I can’t say if this is a good adaption of the mythology or the actual tale (and I’m sure, even though it’s almost three hours, it’s left stuff out) so like Evil Dead Burn I’m just putting my thoughts on what it is.
The tale follows Odysseus, hero of the Trojan war (because he came up with the horse) and his attempt to get home to his wife and son, but in doing so he gets lost along the way. Meanwhile back home his wife, Penelope, has to deal with suitors who want to take his place.
To my surprise it actually took awhile to get to Odysseus, it starting with his wife and son, before finally coming back to him. Once it does it alternates between the two, with Odysseus journey told mostly via flashbacks to various parts of the journey, while his son Telemachus tries to find out what happened to him.
Splitting it like that did work to provide contrast, much like how Project Hail Mary had contrast between Grace on the ship and the flashbacks to Earth. I did like the journey parts though, probably my two fav parts were the islands they stopped on. First the cyclops one, which was terrifying but honestly? I felt bad for him. Like he comes home shepherding his sheep and there’s these strange creatures in his home. Likewise on Circe’s island, she’s just wanting to live alone and gets these men coming to bother her. (The transformation scene was honestly completely different to what I’d expected but it works.)
One thing that it did do is make me rethink the horse as a whole. It’s usually thought of as a clever trick to get them inside… but really it’s totally underhanded, especially pretending it’s a gift for Athena too. (It’s a wonder she wasn’t pissed by the offence)
Also whenever Agamemnon was on screen I couldn’t help but be reminded of the senate guards from the Prequels. His armour is really cool though his fate was totally deserved.
I’m sure I had other thoughts but my brain is too fried to work oh no.
But at the end of the day it’s remarkable that a story, that’s thousands of years old is still being told. Like that’s amazing right?
Next cinema trip shall be to see Spiderman. But I also saw the cinema is getting Kiki’s Delivery Service next month which makes me wonder if there’ll be other Ghibli stuff.
Afterwards I had food, wandered around town (including getting from Tesco some new haribo, the Mandalorian’s N1 and the Fantastic 4 comic). There was a vinyl market/event thing but it seems to be wrapping up when I got there and I didn’t see anything of interest in my quick look.
When I got to the station the train was delayed and when I saw it was delayed 25 minutes I went to Smiths and got a Doctor Who bookazine, some Star Wars Unlimited packs (I opened the ones I got the other night, I got some good cards though damnit I got Luthen again as a leader) and they had the Stranger Things sticker starter packs. That’s the first time I’ve seen them since I got my own one.
I read some SFX reviews while waiting, then the train got delayed again on the way back. Apparently there’s been signal issues for weeks. Ugh.
Home I’ve listened to the proms and watching Magnum PI since Dave is starting the series again and, well, Magnum’s hot.
And damn this took too long cause I got sidetracked.
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Date: 2026-07-18 06:02 am (UTC)Odysseus is basically Athena's pet bastard. Whenever he has clever ideas, the understanding is that the wisdom in that case is granted him by Athena. So, in a way, it was her idea.
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Date: 2026-07-21 04:25 pm (UTC)It has been interesting though cause I went down a rabbit hole of reading about the odyssey and Trojan war stuff (it’s so sad the other epics about it are lost)
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Date: 2026-07-21 04:38 pm (UTC)If you're looking for additions to the Trojan War reading list, might I recommend:
The Silence of the Women Pat Barker
The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller
Circe Madeline Miller
Emily Wilson's translations of Homer
I don't have a particular translation to recommend but The Women of Troy by Euripides (eta: James recommends the Lattimore translation)
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Date: 2026-07-21 04:11 pm (UTC)I enjoyed the film a lot, though, the dog broke my heart.
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Date: 2026-07-21 04:27 pm (UTC)Yeah me too that really got me 😭the way he lived just to see him come back and then went as soon as he saw him🥺