Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists
The Sci-Fi Channel + Homer’s Odyssey = a movie!!!!
Yes, the Sci-Fi Channel has tackled one of the richest and most ancient poems in human history, and they didn’t give up until they decided to do a movie based on events that don’t even occur in the aforementioned poem!
Why? Because Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists is a lost chapter that Homer himself has forgotten about.
He starts out as an old man writing about the time when he was a young man…a scrawny young man who has a flair for taking notes to someday write a story with.
The Setting:
A stormy night on the open sea. Monsters fly overhead like vultures circling a potential meal: an ancient sailing ship.
Onboard is King Odysseus (played by the awesome Arnold Vosloo, the mummy-guy from 2001’s Mummy Returns). Odysseus is about to brave the storm by binding himself to the mast of his ship…a technique that really inspires the crew.
Homer is so touched with affection for his king that he says, “May I be bound with you?”
To which the awesome King Odysseus replies, “No, Homer. We need you down below deck, to continue writing stories for our posterity.”
And then they get shipwrecked on a misty island full of winged harpies and a gorgeous woman with magical powers (Stefanie von Pfetten). Danger and survival rule the rest of the movie.
But unfortunately, we don’t get any Cyclops. Instead, we get Homer asking his shipmates about the time they outwitted a Cyclops. Homer wasn’t there, but he’s eager to hear the tale…just as eager as a dime store novelist listening to a bunch of outlaws in the wild, wild west.
As the awesome King Odysseus recounts the tale of the Cyclops, Homer is busy jotting down the greatest and most unforgettable notes of his lifetime.
And he will turn these notes into the story that we know and love today…as soon as he escapes this dreadful Isle of the Mists.
The End.
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