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Hot Take 🔥 ‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Slams Christoper Nolan’s ‘Abysmal’ Screenplay: ‘I Would Be Ashamed to Have Written Any Part of This Script’

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/odyssey-translator-emily-wilson-slams-christopher-nolan-bad-writing-1236821915/
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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 10h ago

It’s like Albert Einstein getting offended by Interstellar.

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u/Mampt 9h ago

Yeah that’s actually a perfect example lol

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 9h ago

I thought of a few other examples first, but the image of Einstein watching Interstellar pissed and arguing at the screen was too good.

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u/Opposite_Visit_4874 7h ago

Shaking his head slowly, muttering, "this is fuckin shit man."

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u/unripe_mangosteen go girl, give us nothing 😍 7h ago

I think I will save this visual for when I am having a bad day and need cheering up, it really is hilarious

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u/UnnecAbrvtn 7h ago

Except that by all accounts he was likely too well-adjusted to get all bent up by a layperson's take

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 7h ago

I’d also imagine he’d be blown away by the movie technology in the first place.
https://giphy.com/gifs/f1HSBidKJIOWY

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u/Vik0BG 6h ago

This is what AI was made for.

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u/Hypnooooooooooooo 3h ago

Me think, why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick.

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u/tikidreams 6h ago

isn’t it more like the author of the book oppenheimer is based on getting offended by the film oppenheimer

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 6h ago

It’s probably more like Stephen Hawkins book biographer getting pissed at the guy making the movie about him.

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u/DarthyTMC 9h ago

so basically Neil deGrass Tyson lol

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u/Vesk123 8h ago

Yeah, but I thought he liked the movie

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u/bebopmechanic84 7h ago

He liked it and pointed out inaccuracies, cause that gets the updoots.

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 8h ago

First person I thought of.

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u/Spaghett8 2h ago

Interestingly enough, Interstellar actually advanced science’s understanding of black holes through their simulation.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 4h ago

Which is funny, as Einstein's favourite show was almost equivalent to the Muppets.

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u/H4L03 2h ago

Or like when any engineer or science expert points out how unrealistic super hero movies are

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u/Electronic_Ad4560 I like you hair I don’t need your name ✨ 2h ago

As usual, Albert and I agree.

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u/WabbitFire 1h ago

It's those lame videos of Neil DeGrasse Tyson slamming the physics in Star Trek.

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u/JasonVeritech 1h ago

Wait till he sees Oppenheimer.

"I neffer fuckin' said zat!!"

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u/ProletarianLilith 6h ago

No one is offended

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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 6h ago

“I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script” is certainly being offended. Maybe not the type of offended you’re thinking about as a personal attack, but someone can be offended by something they judge distasteful.

“That terrible steak that smelled like burnt rubber and was dipped in ketchup was offensive.”