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loregoddess · 2 months ago

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actually trying to explain that my favorite "movie adaptation/retelling" of a classic work is Outlander (aka scifi Beowulf) is weird bc it's like, barely Beowulf, BUT it does have a Christian priest actively trying to convert the Vikings in the movie, and this is the most "yeah, the version of Beowulf we have is probably a Christian AU fanfic retelling of the original story of Beowulf, but that's also the only reason it didn't get burned by the church during that time when the church burned a lot of books, but God was probably inserted in at a later date" Beowulf adaptation that I know of, which is admittedly not that impressive (since I only know of two others, and one was technically Fine even if it was also not Beowulf), but still worth at least one accolade

#the movie is otherwise pretty generic fare for a scifi meets historic fiction #lack of interesting roles for women everyone but the protag and love interest get torched unfortunate implications of ancient aliens etc.#although if you're going to combine Grendel and Grendel's mom and The Dragon into one character #a cool space alien is at least a decent concept for the three-way fusion Grendel #also I know there's like Several scifi series/movies/stories/whatever called Outlander I just don't know the year/director right now #I also have a bad headache so I don't feel like looking it up but trust me it was a fun movie to watch #(I can look up the details if someone really really wants to see it for some reason and can't find which Outlander I'm talking about)#'twas also the only good part of the Hastings Nebraska trip when I was applying for a full-ride scholarship to the college there #very glad I did not get that scholarship and did not go to that college as a result but that's another story #oracle of lore

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