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The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long
Going up against Christopher Nolan with AI slop was ill-advised.

Fireside Friday, July 31, 2026 (On The Odyssey)
Hey folks, Fireside this week, as I am fresh back from a short family trip before the jaws of the Fall semester close upon me. I did get a chance to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and I …

A side-by-side comparison of the new “unrestored” 2001 with a restored Blu-ray version
This summer for the 50th anniversary of the film, Warner Bros. is releasing a 70mm print of 2001: A Space Odyssey made from the original camera negative. Christ

Grand Space Odyssey
A living multiplayer space odyssey where crews, ships, stations, and strange little disasters make the galaxy feel busy before you arrive.

The Odyssey (2026) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
****/****starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theronscreenplay by Christopher Nolan, based on the epic poem by Homerdirected by Christopher Nolan by Walter Chaw The bookshelf of my childhood includes The Chronicles of Narnia, Edward Ormondroyd’s David and the Phoenix, Ray Bradbury’s short stories, Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat series, Robert Lynn Asprin’s MythAdventures, a whole lot of Asimov and Ellison, Piers Anthony’s Xanth and “Incarnations of Immortality” series, William Sleator’s House of Stairs, a Chinese manga of Journey to the West, and Bernard Evslin’s The Adventures of Ulysses. I read each of these volumes multiple times and draw…


For 1,000 years, a cult worshipped the hero of the Odyssey
The Odyssey was far more than entertainment to ancient Greeks. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a cult that revered the Homeric hero on his legendary home island of Ithaca.

The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan film starring Matt Damon and Zendaya receives rave reviews
The film, starring Matt Damon and Zendaya, is director Sir Christopher Nolan's first since Oppenheimer.

‘Office Space’ Turns 20: How Mike Judge Brought Flair, Assclowns and Red Staplers to the World
Mike Judge’s workplace satire “Office Space,” which celebrates its 20th anniversary Feb. 19, was a box office flop when it $10.8 million.

Odyssey Ark: A New Frontier in Gaming | Samsung
Fund the Grand Space Odyssey
Self-owned crowdfunding for a massive multiplayer space game. Every euro lands on a feature. Direct half of yours. Watch the cascade.
Serial fiction app Radish acquired by Kakao Entertainment for $440M | TechCrunch
Serialized fiction app Radish will be acquired by Kakao Entertainment in a transaction valued at $440 million. Kakao Entertainment is owned by Kakao, the

Exclusive | Mind-Blowing Growth Is About to Propel Anthropic Into Its First Profitable Quarter
The startup expects a 130% revenue surge to $10.9 billion in the June quarter and its first operating profit, defying skeptics of the AI boom.
Anthropic has surged to a trillion-dollar valuation on secondary markets, overtaking OpenAI.
Buyers are in a race to secure a dwindling supply of shares in Anthropic, driving the AI company's valuation on some platforms to $1 trillion.
'We Think We Wrote Something That Fans Would Like' — Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Director Says 'Financial Reasons' Might Keep Sequel from Coming Out Even Though It Already Has a Script
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves co-director Jonathan Goldstein says the script for a sequel already exists, but he's not expecting it to see the light of day any time soon.

This is How Weird the ‘Dune’ Sequels Are (Potentially) Going to Get
$200 million blockbusters about warrior nuns, space fascism, worm-human hybrids, and Jason Momoa clones? Here's hoping. A guide to where the millenia-spanning timeline of Frank Herbert's ‘Dune’ saga goes from here.
