The Odyssey - Books 1-8 (Predicting Christopher Nolan's movie and an adaptation grab bag)

Tell me about a complicated story Muse, tell me how its how its adaptations wandered and were lost   Just ahead of Christopher Nolan's huge IMAX interpretation of The Odyssey, we are starting Hot Greek Summer off with Books 1 through 8 of the ancient epic. We dive into our thoughts on the first third of this tale before getting into how a variety of movies, TV shows and novels have taken on the challenge of adapting it for modern audiences. Also, we break the story on Nolan's version featuring Hamilton-style rap breakdowns.   Works discussed: The Odyssey translations by Emily Wilson and Stanley Lombardo, the TV miniseries by Andrei Konchalovsky, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Ulysses 31, Ulysses by James Joyce, Star Wars   Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adaptivediff...   Find us on YouTube:    / @adaptivedifficulty   Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/benjamin-botkin/...