Here we go folks, I am jumping on the Odyssey bandwagon! There is a ton of movies about the Odyssey. I just decided to go with the most famous one out there: Ulysses with Kirk Douglas. It was written and directed by Italian/Americans, and overall it is pretty darn good. This is it, folks. the movie that launched a thousand sword and sandal films!
Did critics think it was great? No, of course not. It was still the biggest grossing film in Italy at the time, which shows you what critics know about making a popular film. The audience loved it. As much as possible Ulysses was filmed in Italy, and local museums contributed weapons and armor. Doesn’t get more realistic that that. For bonus points It was shot in Italian, and then dubbed into English (trivia: Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn dubbed their own voices — IMDB).
Does Ulysses closely match Homer’s Odyssey? Within reason. It’s a book, you adapt it for a screenplay and then have to compromise to get it to fit in a ridiculously short time frame. You gotta get that good stuff in there, like the Cyclops and lonely Circe, so they did that. I like the scene with the Sirens as well. Gotta get that in there.
I did not go back and refer to my copy of The Odyssey to see what was missing (see picture) due to a lack of time*. I am going to leave it to you fine people to discuss any details you thought should have been included.
Trivia! This was shot in 3D alongside the normal film process we are watching tonight. That explains some of those camera angles you will notice as the movie rolls on. It’s not as obvious as the Three Stooges 3-D shorts, but it’s there. I have never seen Ulysses in the 3-D process. I am not sure that version was ever released. Does anyone here know?
It is time for me to stop rambling. So relax, put down your tridents and torches, and enjoy this epic! It’s a good one. Is it better than the latest version? Do you have a favorite version? Let me know in the comments!
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! Next week, it’s time for the GlibFlick Anniversary show! Holy cow, did that sneak up on me! Five years of shows! Over 250 posts! I will see if there is some way to embed the Excel GlibFlick Master List now that we are bereft of the Forum. It’s a heck of a list of movies.
*Yes, I actually own books. I do not exclusively watch movies. Although it feels that way sometimes.
I think I got the number of posts wrong. I think I just went over 200. I’ll check later when I don’t have a cat on my lap.
The alien knows who’s in charge on this planet! 😸🙄
OK. it is over 250. I will be over 300 next year!
Firsting on your own post never goes out of style, either.
“which shows you what critics know about making a popular film”
Holy ratio, Batman!
It’s my favorite ratio on Rotten Tomatoes.
This version is in the original Italian, with subtitles. Which I think is actually cooler than the dubbed version.
Diving in!
Douglas gets second billing.
At the time, that was appropriate.
Either Quinn or Douglas would have been reasonable top billing in 1954. I think Douglas had already been nominated twice for an Oscar and Quinn had won his first.
If there was a dispute among the actors as to who should get top billing, they could always do like Irwin Allen on The Towering Inferno, and use diagonal billing from lower left to upper right 😉
Another one of OJ’s gems from another time.
They should have dubbed each other’s roles instead.
Or dubbed the women’s voices in falsetto.
Another Odyssey
“Free” and even no data submission with a temporary/disposable email address. I’ll probably send them a few $ anyway since I’m going to go through several of the lectures.
Hmm….
There is a British movie on The Odyssey out there on Tubi. I enjoyed it, but it had BBC pacing. You folks would have fallen asleep. There is an animated version too. Did not have time to scan it.
I think I remember one (English with Spanish subs?) that had stop motion special effects for the monsters.
I did not get far enough to see if it did. It had too much of a Masterpiece Theatre vibe.
Here it is:
https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/682058
That one doesn’t look old enough.
Odd, it doesn’t list a year.
Maybe it was this?
https://tubitv.com/movies/674726/jason-and-the-argonauts
Oh yes! That is the Ray Harryhausen classic! Fantastic film. Have you not seen it all the way through?
Maybe it was this?
I remember watching that a long, long time ago, back when I was only mildly decayed.
Vaguely recall claymation, scantily clad lasses, thinking it was the coolest thing ever.
I wonder if 5 year olds today experience the much more lifelike effects with the same sense of wonder? Or if they would still be captivated by the primitive rendering? I would imagine/hope so on both counts, so long as the story captures the imagination.
I just shot Kirk Douglas in the forehead with my new rubber band gun. Behold, my birthday present to me:
https://www.glibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_5721.jpeg
Someday soon I will do a Sean parody photo with buffalo steak and the 1911.
More reliable than a hi point!
It actually is! It has a basic accuracy too, unlike the Elastic Precision PPK I have owned for about ten years.
I decided to pop the cat. She was twelve feet away the rubber band landed gently on her back. She looked around, thought ‘WHAT THE WHAAAA?!?!?” and then resumed loafing. I still feel guilty.
🤭
BTW, it was not uncommon in Italian movies of that era for all the actors to redo their dialog in post, even if it was their native language. I believe Burt Lancaster dubbed himself in both the Italian and English-language versions of The Leopard.
There’s a great scene in the Truffaut film Day for Night where Valentina Cortese is playing an actress having trouble remembering her lines and hitting her marks. After a bunch of takes she finally asking the director of the film-within-a-film (played by Truffaut himself) whether they can dub the dialog in post. After all Fellini let them do that and just say numbers instead of delivering their lines, at which point she goes around the set giving “dialog” of numbers.
The dubbed version of this showed periodically on channel 11 in Dallas. I have seen this a few times. UHF TV showed Steve Reeves films, which really cemented my love of sword and sandal films.
I figured out how to embed files in a post. So the latest movie list is now a download on the Anniversary show next week.
Burritos for the win
Fucks sake, giving up paying attention to the news and politics was probably the best decision I’ve ever made.
But what do you read?
Right now a compilation of short stories by Dashiell Hammett.
Even Fox.
Burrito debate rips open GOP civil war on affordability: ‘We will lose, and deserve it’
Good news is thanks to Kennedy no lettuce or jalapeños. Pay no mind to the fact the produce comes from Mexico, right?
Funny, I never knew one either when I was that age.
This whole brouhaha is peak stupidity. Kids think they have it hard these days Volume MCMLXIX.
Plus Chipotle is $10 plus tax according Google AI.
If it isn’t delivered with guacamole and a generous tip I guess it doesn’t count.
I have a nephew smart enough to buy the house he then rented to his buddies and they all lived there for several years. When he got a good enough job, he politely kicked them out.
The small-town Mexican grill sells a variety of burritos with rice and beans for 12 to 15 bucks. Sit down restaurant. Who the fuck is paying 20 bucks for a burrito.
I moved out at 18 and never went back home. Got married and had a kid a year later. Working poor for the first decade.
LXIX. Hehus. Hehehus.
When I was a kid my mom made her four sons custom sweatshirts with 2-digit stencils applied to each side.
I told her I wanted “69” because that is my birth year. She mysteriously refused so I went with “88” instead.
Nazi
I don’t eat burritos, tacos, wraps, so I am completely indifferent to the furor.
I like how the U gets replaced with a V in the opening credits. Archaic style font sets the mood. i hope there are wenches. Many wenches.
Circe is a babe.
As is Penelope.
Ulysses, I’ll grant.
Heh. And the Cyclops parties in Eyebiza.
That’s just like Ulysses.
In an alternate time line they did a remake around 2000 and the news broke that Hugh Grant got the lead. Headlines read: Ulysses is Grant
Shpip would be so proud!
Nice harp.
“STAG LINES: The Anthology of Virile Verse”
Ya whip that out to arouse the poor deer you invite in, do ya?
That is quite the book of blue verses.
Bright colors, beautiful costumes, sweaty men wrestling. That Nolan guy could learn a thing or two from this.
Notice the guys are perpetually sweaty and dirty, and the women look like Martin Denny album covers.
How has this not been posted?
Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses
It was waiting for you!
That crazy British professor from the last few posts has just resigned. Good.
https://notthebee.com/article/cambridge-professor-accused-of-plagiarism-now-charged-with-using-ai-to-write-resignation-letter
LOL because of course. That guy (? – not entirely sure) is the gift that keeps on giving.
A cultural sticking (unsticking?) point we agree on: Shame just needs to come back. He should be fluttering away, tail between his legs. ‘Offending’ someones honor used to be fighting words, cuz honor was kinda still a thing.
Said before: Were I God-emperor, I’d have 24/7 video on politicians and other figures I’d like to publicly shame. Fucking Zohar in NYC would be the most fun. Satisfying. Take all his money, and have him reach out for donations. All donations must rigidly adhere to regs, and everything over $10k (and I wouldn’t tell folk I was doing this) would be investigated. When inevitable political corruption shows its tentacles, the Follow the Money trail would burn through and reveal everyone in Power’s nasty secrets. I’d like everyone to know just how sad-sacky pathetic and empty his Islamo-proggier -than-thou schtick really is. (Other than his hatred of America. That’s pretty solid.)
Sadly(?), his biggest debasement is pretty easy. Naked in a public square, he’s drunk and getting fucked by a dog in a vodka-filled kiddie pool. Other popular and Haram acts and objects, added and inserted, as needed. It’d be great for his public endorsements to have to walk it all back like they (kinda) did with Platner. (But far worse.)
(I fantasize about this far too frequently. Oh, I excite myself, so.)
The guy could get fucked by a dog in a vodka-filled swimming pool and have no shame. I don’t understand it. Is it a new genetic mutation to have no shame?
Not when the rewards for seeking power are so great. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
At least he’s consistent.
Here’s a thought:
Maybe academia is such crap these days that Arday’s body of ”work” is actually pretty typical, or even better than most. I don’t think there’s any doubt that if he wasn’t a compulsive liar about being a world-class athlete, philanthropist, etc. he would still be at Cambridge. That’s what tripped him up, not being a semi-literate plagiarist.
These are the worst rowers.
Call-em what they are
Small! Piccolo!
This is how I feel when I’ve played more than a few computer games, especially more than a few Infocom games.
ヨルシカ – あぶく
Boy yes! I have a ton of those on my Pie box. Brutal, they are.
That was great.
So, he wins, yeah? Good.
Down my own nostalgia and thought of you: Death Psycho Bomb (デスサイコボム) is a technique used by Frieza in his final form.
“Do you think I’ll let them go? Not one of you will leave here alive…! I AM STILL MORE OF A MATCH FOR ALL OF YOU!!!!”
I love how over-the-top the dialogue is. How much is direct translation compared to bad writing? (50/50? Yes?)
It’s like the Babel Fish puzzle.
We have an epic ass-whupping coming up. Kirk Douglas returns home.
Kirk Douglas-style ass whupping has been released from the can!
Alright! That was epic. I hope you all enjoyed it. Next week is the anniversary show, 5 years of GlibFlicks!
Time flies when you’re having fun.
Thank you for contributing this long.
I made a promise. I do not break my promises.
That was pretty good.
Thanks RJ!
You are welcome! See you next week for4 the anniversary show!
It should be good. Thanks for putting this series together.
That’s an impressive and consistently entertaining run. Well done, ya greeny weirdo.
(Woah. YOU are the sour, green trash panda. We … w’ere through the looking glass, here…)
I feel like I owe you all something else tonight. So…. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPLYlGlbTAw
New laptop is getting set-up. It’s going to be one hell of a lean, mean, Firstin’ machine!
WOOOOO!
Just keep the pitty away from it.
We have the biggest, cutest, weirdest collection of claw clips (all made with plant-based materials AND they’re such good quality 🌎 💅🏻) — that’s nothing new.
What IS brand new is our selection of THE MOST whimsical hair clips (think alligator clips / barrettes), hair pins, and mini claws!
Whether you have A TON of hair or a pixie cut, we have adorable accessories for you. 🥰💖🌈🧚🏻♀️🍋🟩🦝
…and even better? They’re all designed by women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ folks 🏳️🌈
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Emoji help: Kissy face! Love! Rainbow! Pixie! Uh…. lime wedge raccoon? WTF and why? Sour, green trash pandas?
Because shut up bigot.
Reading that paragraph is like a random walk though something here called “Dewitt Mall” – it’s the old, original downtown high school that has been converted into little hippie shops, vegan restaurants, and co-ops and shit. All the little hippie shops are exactly that person.
I need links man!!!
link, man
It really helps if you imagine it with the constant odor of decades of sweat mixed with an overlay of more recent old-lady patchouli.
What are you going on about?
IIRC that is some chick he knows. Married to some dude but went rainbow and doesn’t shut up about it.
That’s a late-nite update from SiL’s Bestie, whom I should have a better name for. Plus-Size Kenzie’s just-now, fashionably bi. (Not sure there’s another kind, other than ‘stage’ dressing, frankly. I guess I ‘get’ wanting to fuck everything. *shrug*)
She’s tres’ dreamboat. Cute face, big, chubsy wuzby Plus-Size trinket(?) proprietor, very good flautist. Gives great head, hubby told us one night. Half deaf, if that helps. Played hockey with her youngest bro.
And her nonsensical emoji line? 🍋🟩🦝 <– Got me thinkin' of you, snookums!
Oh dear God.
Oooh. She’s 𝐁𝐢g Trinket from now on. I can’t always do the bolded-bi thing, so I’ll have to compromise. Bi-Big Trinket doesn’t work, but both bi and big are important. Trinky’s good, too. Fuck, she’s fat. Trinklet. Big Trinky. (<– Got it.)
(Again, Tres: legit, really cute fat. And semi-professional flautist. Simpcicle hubby. Retch forth, I know. But. Yes.)
lol ur so stoned
@rhy: Decade+ ago, I was at some party w them and bro, SiL many friends, me the only younger ‘outsider’ there. We were playing I have never.. or Two Truths a Lie, or something. And he kinda went on about it. Much booze was involved. I’m quite positive I was as lost there then as I am now.
In a better mood than I likely should be, though a really good day. A++ 6yo nephew time, and one of the best Cubs games of the year. Damn. I heard the last few innings on the radio and I got back just in time for the 10th. Damn. Damn. Damn.
I also get my first full paycheck at that $$ tomorrow. That’ll be a happy delight. Gonna write a note of appreciation for last-prez. I’ve got an inkling that’s a really, really good idea. *taps noggin’ knowingly*
I identify as a white BIPOC. Or a WANGHAF.
That last one is for First, ain’t it? Drink your wedding day chardonnay with a spoon, why don’tcha.
I love how ‘naturally’ the Left reverted back to People of Color. They need more Negro Leagues, I suppose.
Compare to the sort of abuse Trump gets day in, day out
The pertinent question, never answered, is whether Mickens and Edwards were, in fact, formerly Republicans.
If you’re not paywalled, read on. It’s insane, and pretty much boils down to “don’t criticize me; I’m black and I’ll play the race card against you”.
Link is borked but I get the flavor. JFC what children.
https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2026/08/06/kingston-lawmaker-blasts-majority-leader-sits-out-common-council-meeting/
Link goes to the top of the page but the gist is comprehended. That being said, all politicians deserve criticism whether fair or unfair and that stands from the orange carnival barker at the top to local racebaiting shitbag smalltimers like these.
Happy Friday campers!
⛺️🌦️🤓
Gonna be a warm one round these parts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFGo5cqcxP4
Stop cursing us with heat.
🥵
Good morning, Sean, U, 3d, and Ted’S.!
Once again I’m on the road working late.
Going to get some sleep and grab coffee then work
Morning GT, Evening 3Door.
Be careful out there, 3d!
How are you today, U?
I had to talk myself into actually showing up to work.
I’m here. Hopefully it’s one of those fridays where I’m the only one in the office.
That’d be nice (and quiet)
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/1kWwAZb1w5
Kitties!
Those are going to be some cute kittens…
Meanwhile, in Thailand…
https://www.mysuncoast.com/2026/08/07/student-killed-least-6-shooting-high-school-thailand-authorities-say/
Indiana guns. I blame Evan.
Nice of them to point out gun ownership rates in Thailand. Gotta keep the outrage properly directed you know.
Hey, McConnell made it home:
https://notthebee.com/article/report-sen-mcconnell-is-back-at-home-after-nearly-two-months-in-hospital-care
The question is does he know he’s at home? Ah who gives a shit, wheel him into the senate.
Intensive regimen that doesn’t include any public appearance. I know there’s always been vegetables propped up but it seems the Congress has increasingly become the houses of Bernie. Hushed up multi week to multi month absences instead of resignations. Same with other senior positions. Like Buttglug’s maternity bullshit. Resign you clowns.
Senate comes from the latin Senex, which means “Old Man”. It’s supposed to be full of geriatrics.
Nursing home not memory care.
presidential material
suh’ fam
yo whats goody
Good morning Glibbernam! Woke up too early after staying up late and can’t go back to sleep in shitty hotel bed.
Mornin’
So the Spokane firebug intentionally waited until the weather was right to start his fires. Fuck him. Charge him with 600k counts of attempted murder and hang him on Saturday.
Are any of these “Ermagerd, global warming wildfires” not arson? It’s to the point where I assume they are, just like I assume “racial incidents” on campus are fraud.
Confiscate and auction the home and property of the judge that dropped his murder charge to manslaughter.
Torch his personal belongings and make him watch.
The Red Sox won in 13 innings last night after coming back to tie the game five different times (once early in the game, then in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th innings.) They’ve won 8 in a row now, after a recent 15 game winning streak was broken. Just crazy. Half a game behind the Yankees now, and only five games out of the division lead.