Greek Theater Used Gods To Tell Human Stories, As Marvel Does With Superheroes - Oscar Isaac 

it's me, I'm fanfic writers.

Oh we fanfiction writers already been knew. We’ve been writing it that way for YEARS.

already read a fanfic about it

I am willing to bet his idea of that came from the fanfics the man read _himself_

Haha, I'm not even in the Star Wars Fandom and I thought the same thing.

You just be like 90 years old 😂 no one really talks like that any more

They do with accent- if you're talking about sayings, I do but out of irony

Cheers bruv, I agree.

Not perfect, but bloody good.

@@Hoganply Steven is not real British in Moon Knight, so it can totally be not perfect.

I totally agree! Just need to jump in here to say it's not analogy, that is actually how the brain works sometimes, with early trauma before your disparate brain functions come together into 1 personality, they each grow into many full people within 1 body.

@@JainaSoloB312 thanks for clearing that up. 😉

@@JainaSoloB312 did ya really? did you need to jump in with your input?

@@JainaSoloB312 so true, just went to a psychiatrist yesterday. Confirmed what my therapist said, and gave me mood stabilizers for bipolar and meds for other stuff. I was told I had sever Depersonalization, Derealization, and Dissassociation. I can't remember most of my day when I'm someone else. Unless we're both kind of there, but I have to be in the back seat. Old therapist said I have DID, but the psychiatrist is in observance currently I'd say. Recommended us therapy. One of us did relive trauma at work yesterday, according to our journal. The mind just drifts to our near death experience as a kid. idk the details, but that part of me does. The lingo is that it's my alter.

@@JainaSoloB312 was gonna say the same! There’s a bunch of youtube vids on DID, I agree with Oscar that this disorder is most definitely an incredible example of how resilient the human brain is.

Stephen really didn't want to let him Have that, but Oscar insisted. Awwww 😍

Well Finn knows that doesn't he😌...still sticking to that old ship

I especially loved Steven's reply to Harrow's goading after being kidnapped in episode 2: Harrow: Do you think Konshu made you his avatar because your mind would be so easy to break, or because you were already broken? Steven with a V: I'm not broken... I just need some help, maybe... Like, Steven barely knows what's happening with his health, and yet he knows he isn't broken like abeliest society says he is. He knows he's strong and worthy, even in a terrifying life and death situation with an angry Egyptian god and a cult leader threatening him with death. I just loved this show so much, and I adored Steven. A+ representation

@@foofieviolet I completely agree. It was quite the journey to fall in love with all the broken and perfect parts of Steven and Marc. It's beautiful, really

you’re not a freak

@@ABC-sz7rd ty

@@IncredibleGoliath I'll watch it then, thanks

me too girl, me too.

Me too, since Dune. 🔥

Me also, since SNL.

What's the other one?

@@luckyjasonfan He was also Apocalypse in X-Men Apocalypse.

@@kaizanmehta2003 ohhhh. Wow. Cool. I didn't know that. Thank you!!

@@kaizanmehta2003 I'm sure he'd rather we forget about it as much as I want to forget watching it 😂

@@mnomadvfx Thats so true🤣🤣. It had so much potential but it was an utter waste🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

...and Disco Dancing chops.

The dude is just FANTASTIC! ♥

Everything about Ex-Machina was magnificent, including all the actors. One of my all-time favorite movies!

Drive

I guess the first movie I saw him in was Drive, but his singing role in Inside Llewyn Davis was the one that firmly put him in the American pop culture consciousness. A Most Violent Year was also very good. Ex-Machina showed his talents in a different way, showing his range. Since then, he's been hired by Star Wars and Marvel, so he's hardly just getting more recognition now... He's truly made it, as a performer. I just hope that he doesn't get lazy-- like another incredible talent, Robert Downey Jr. did-- and just cash in on comic book movies that don't challenge him to show off his real talent. I want to keep seeing him do weird and wild roles like the creep in Ex-Machina.

Totally agree, I think it’s one of the main reasons they’re so appealing to such a wide audience, it’s definitely more than “formulaic hollywood popcorn movies/shows” as people claim.

AGREED. People talk about superhero movie fatigue, but what I love is the character-driven stories and the important issues tackled, while also being hella fun to watch. The fact that it's a superhero story is secondary for me (though it's always fun to discover each character's powers).

I don't even like 80% of action movies - they're a very, very visual genre and I am not a very visual person - but Superhero POs are the exception. While they often have simplified narratives, people don't seem to realize that this is often/sometimes the result of them having very character-heavy stories. The Iron Man franchise is a wonderful multimillion dollar example of this: each film is very much about Tony's character growth, and the villains and powers typically serve as fantastical outwards representations of what's going on inside the character. Wandavision was brought up as a TV example, but I would also throw out Jessica Jones, Buffy, and Xena. All of them are, to some degree or another, sold as action shows, but their real focus is on character, with the powers functioning almost metaphorically. Which is why sometimes you will get fans complaining because a character's powers are inconstant, or why do they happen to lose power at this particular point, without acknowledging that what built to that moment is often more mental/emotional than a straight forward action plot. The powers are made to serve the story, instead of being the only point of the story. That might not be for everyone, of course, but some of us really appreciate when the character's own story is at the forefront.

exactly

But… it wasn’t even subtext… it was text.

The fact that Nostalgia Critic didn't get it is... maybe not that surprising? 😬

I'd say the same about Egyptian mythos

They've been done yet they remain a rich source for material. My sophomore year English teacher told my class that if we wanted to understand western culture we needed two things: a dictionary of Greek mythology and a Bible. Everything in western culture is based on these two sources. Everything from Spielberg and Tolkien have biblical roots, for example. Only in recent years have we in the west branched out a bit into Egyptian, Japanese, and Norse cultural material with things like Star Gate, Dragonball, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The vast majority however remains based in either Greek myth or the Bible.

@@DuelScreen I definitely see the inspiration many stories take from The Greeks gods and the Myths and stories from Bible, but I also see many others take inspiration from the Norse and Egyptian religion, and to be honest I always thought literature that took inspiration from those religions as being their own separate thing, especially with someone as detailed as Tolkien. But I absolutely agree with you. You know, I always thought the titan war would be An amazing movie or tv series. For me the humanity of the greek gods and what they had to go through makes them very interesting.

@@anthonyd5563 Most definitely, and you can actually see Egyptian gods pop up in Greek literature and vice versa, it’s pretty awesome. Would be especially cool to see the two on screen together.

@Kilo Mintoni Well it is you can clearly see some Christian influences in his writing prose and some references, but it’s also most certainly influenced by polytheistic religions (namely the Greeks and Norse) however tbh just because an idea takes influence from something doesn’t mean they will look at all similar or even be related. Especially with the level of detail Tolkien put into his myths and gods I would say he made his own thing.

😂🤡

Is that you in the PFP?

@@layton6202 yess it is!

@@CXLVIII ............damn

Am I straight? Yes. Am I also strongly in love with Oscar? Definitely!!

how old are you

I would have such mixed feelings if something that was "mine" from my childhood suddenly got the mega treatment. That said, I've been waiting for years for M.A.S.K. to become a movie or another TV series and it just isn't happening >:(

But......but......Abrams had to live out his 'what if I got to make the original trilogy' fanw*nk so, nope, no time for characters or a plot.

Star Wars has the best fans. 😉

Lol, I guess the billions they are making from the rides at Disney world and Disneyland and Disney parks across the world by having him and rey as characters is also wasted potential from Disney. 🤣🤣🤣 Also you know poe is not done right, we have still chances of him getting more and more shows , series , appearances in the next 2 decades . And remember..starwars..marvel...disney ,is all mouse now ...hail the all mighty mouse!!.

When Oscar was a kid, all his family were huge Star Wars fans who held yearly costume parties to celebrate the movies (I'm not kidding). He was thrilled to be cast in The Force Awakens. But by the time all was said and done, he was so disgusted with the franchise that he told one interviewer he wished Poe had died in that tie fighter crash. He might have said something similar to Colbert if Colbert hadn't kept steering him away from the subject. Still, Oscar got in a few subtle jabs like the "screw Star Wars" line.

@@jlbueno0611 "Lol, I guess...." ....that a particular character can be underused while the overall production makes money. Still doesn't stop the character from being underused.

both from ancient egypt. maybe theyre pals

Curious how they will handle apocalypse… they will def introduce Rama the tut (Egyptian kang) at some point

@@shumayelkhan8154 I don’t think anyone is going to be revisiting Apocalypse again for a while….

I’m sorry you experienced such pain as a child. You didn’t deserve it. You deserve to be happy, healthy & at peace. Sending you a virtual hug. From: fellow childhood & adult survivor.

He said, "Commitment" about *marrying MoonKnight 😉