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Something that saddened me was that there wasn't anyone geeking about the (sometimes subtle) hints they gave about how myths were inspired or seeded by the eternals.
My favourite, which is definitely a bit niche, is the fight Gilgamesh has in Babylon with the horned deviant outside of the city ... which is a direct reference to the actual myth of Gilgamesh who fights a celestial half-bull half human creature outside of the city walls. The film doesn't stress this at all ... it's just there ... and instead of getting geeky about things other than the comics (maybe this is also part of the comics I'm not sure), that side of things was just kinda ignored..
I liked that those references weren’t explored. I think just mentioning them was enough. Explaining why they’re cool would have detracted from them.
Oh for sure. I'm talking about how people didn't seem to register these moments or be interested in talking and geeking out about them.
Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah, they were definitely under appreciated.