Gods of Egypt Review - The Mythology Guy

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

What should I review in the future?

[@bigloopsie]

The Percy Jackson tv show pilot when it comes

[@six8583]

What about the ragnarok netflix series?

[@jackwriter1908]

One of those really trashy _Thor_ movies, those cheap ones not the Marvel ones.

[@abdulbast2411]

age of mythology

[@kahel_frigida]

Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans

[@ThexAngryxPharoah]

"in a thousand years of peace, what have you accomplished?" "aah a thousand years of peace?"

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

For real tho

[@Alternative_Alba]

@@TheMythologyGuy1 You are absolutely right. That girl should have aimed for the ribs or heart. Had she stabbed Set right there, the movie ends & all are happy. But noooooo! She had to continue holding the knife aimlessly. Set: “All women love me.” 😏

[@who-ny5oe]

I think he wants a thousand years of war

[@biology9810]

"AND THEN ALONG CAME ZEUS"

[@DanialTarki]

“WHAT WILL YOU HAVE IN 1000 YEARS?!?!”

[@FelisImpurrator]

>Gods of Egypt >Everyone is British Ah yes, British Museum Simulator 2016

[@davidkoudelka10]

"Fear not! We have come to educate you in our ways and take your cultural artifacts! Pleade fo not resist!😃" -Some British archeologist

[@TupocalypseShakur]

Geoffrey Rush, despite his British accent, is actually Australian

[@JamesSmith-ny2gb]

And white

[@darryljack6612]

Dude, if they cant take care of their own Myths and make them into "blockbuster" movies. Then of course the British will have to do it for them.

[@FelisImpurrator]

@@darryljack6612 not sure if /s but it better be /s

[@santawithaflamethrower2758]

why didn't they add a line like Bek "Hothor why don't you use your powers on set?" Hothor "Because his heart belongs only to himself"

[@Belarovis]

That is good

[@JellyGeneral47]

That’d make sense.

[@PixelHeroViish]

Such an easy fix too, honestly I'm shocked that ISN'T in the actual movie

[@sodiumvalproate3936]

​@@PixelHeroViish I wonder what would have happened if they said his heart belonged to Horus or something.

[@PixelHeroViish]

@@sodiumvalproate3936 Now THAT would've been interesting 🥴

[@cosmicmelodies3734]

Yes.. the goddess of love betrayed her lover and the goddess of protection can't even protect herself and the god of wisdom can't even answer a riddle!

[@godnyx117]

And now these people get paid...

[@cartooncritique6625]

It's like they didn't even care! 😅

[@xavavra]

Wow that is, like the movie banner, a bunch of oxymorons

[@panthersamurai4880]

@@godnyx117Directors: Now we play the waiting game.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGayGuy]

@@godnyx117 The only people who should be getting paid is the people who actually act well in this film

[@dusksentry5836]

i like the idea that Toth is actually a terrible choise for facing the sphynx because he's the god of booksmarts and struggles at the abstract thinking of riddles

[@cammykins5813]

It’s a matter of creativity vs. trivia.

[@Aria_Dragonneel]

I like this idea. It’s most likely true, and as a booksmart/nerd person I definitely cant do riddles and face a sphinx.

[@beltheo2030]

It’s Spelled Thoth

[@gravediggertheherowolf9478]

Choice* Sorry don't know why but it bothers me.

[@Mishinori]

The difference between Inteligence and Wisdom

[@milochellecastre6865]

Worst part of it is that the ORIGINAL SCRIPT had SOOOO MUCH MORE than what this movie had, so imma make a list: -More gods where shown. -Isis appeared and delivered. -Hathor fought, albeit a little but still she fought and wasn't the queen of the west. -The underworld always had its own system where riches would get you into the afterlife, with Osiris giving a lot and Seth giving nothing to those who didn't worship him. But horus changed it by placing Thoth inside the underworld. He was actually the whole narrator too. -Anat and Astarte fought a lot more, with Anat vs Hathor and Horus(+bek/Aladin) vs Astarte. -Zaya didn't die in the end, INSTEAD all of Egypt had curses placed of them that didn't let them get out of Egypt, Bek/Aladin didn't have it (got lucky or smth?) But instead choose for Horus to help him deal with the curse or else she would be killed. -AYO HORUS NEVER HAD HIS WINGS TORN OFF. -NEPHTYS FOUGHT. -The events started with a monologue yes as seen before, BUT the movie began when Horus was already deserted (his father killed at a young age) and was coming back to take revenge on Seth, but since he was only focused on that and his own anger he managed to be influenced by Seth. -Horus also had a long time friend and teacher + some allies that where killed when trying to enter the piramid, having battled off the attackers and (spoilers) dying. So Bek was able to pass through the safes, WITH HIS OWN SKILLS omg he was actually smart why the heck did they take this out. THEY EYE THEY EYE OH MY GOD THAT SCENE WAS SO MUCH BETTER because Horus always had his ability to fly with only one eye, but he was not as strong as before with the other. In the last fight Seth is attacked by both horus and Bek, and while he tries to kill Bek, Horus goes on to grab him, moment of friendship happens and then it is revealed that Bek had stolen the eye from Seth as we see Horus with both eyes on the next scene. OHHH BOY THE PIRAMID SCENE TOO, The water I think it actually didn't work or something because Seth had been at that time and planned for Horus to come to his piramid the moment he was informed of Bek stealing the eyes of horus. What was eventually changed was that Bek had stolen a very important piece of the armor and was threatening Seth with it, but Seth promised to give him all the riches so that he could meet Zaya in the afterlife [because Zaya died in a stupid attempt of Bek stealing Hathor's bracelet which actually cured Hathor.] So they could be together. Bek was very suicidal after loosing zaya so he didn't care for anything else and after some angst that is when horus finally realized that this war didn't only affect him but others too. UGHGG WHY IS THE ORIGINAL SOOOO MUCH BETTER GO READ IT PLEASE ITS FREE ON GOOGLE

[@tvifjtb4880]

Omg chill dude no one reading all that, maybe

[@LunaBianca1805]

That sounds like it would have been a way cooler movie, pair that with actual Northern African/ Mediterranean/Semitic/Arab actors and would have had the potential 😊 Guess, I'm gonna stick with the Papyrus cartoon, I loved that as a kid ❤❤❤

[@_se3_thru9h_9]

@@tvifjtb4880 I read it all, I don’t regret it, but now I wish that the producers had went along with that script. But you’re right, most people would not read that entire thing.

[@fatherlouiswilliamssugaada5023]

​@@tvifjtb4880i read

[@davigraciotto7893]

How do I find this on Google? What should I type?

[@Cs-cp6vo]

This movie always gave vibes that it was an attempt at an Egyptian Clash of the Titans

[@FelisImpurrator]

If they had actually given it some solid... acting and choreography, it might have at least been a bit more than Some Guys of Egypt.

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

Yeah that seems about right

[@davidkoudelka10]

@@FelisImpurrator For a second I thought you wrote "Amongus of Egypt"!😂

[@FelisImpurrator]

@@davidkoudelka10 They are all imposters...

[@thejesus8750]

Yea they even try to imitate the ‘epic climax with the big monster’ but it fails badly on that front

[@marialyar6097]

Petition to bring mythology guy on to movies either as a mythological expert, a screenwriter or a director because that would be awesome to see your visions for some of this stuff go through

[@sawkman2092]

His job would just be to follow the directors, producers and writers around with a stick. And whenever one of them would go: "Wouldn't it be cool if-", he hits them on the head.

[@MuskyMan137]

I'm pretty sure they did something like this for shows like The Big Bang Theory, where they have a specialist within a certain topic come on set to make sure all that is said or done is accurate.

[@yusheitslv100]

@@MuskyMan137 would it hurt the people behind mythology movies to do this?

[@MuskyMan137]

@@yusheitslv100 Nope.

[@j_crump6300]

Idk why but your comment reminded me of Peter Griffin’s version of The Passion of the Christ😂😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGSZhYh9r7uLpc0 Just going “No, no…stop it” when he’s being flailed, just like Mythology Guy feels seeing bad adaptations of myths😂😂😂

[@starbrand3726]

I broke down laughing 😂 when he said..."Oh my God an actual Black guy!"

[@jeffreygao3956]

But...most modern Egyptians aren't.

[@playfulpanthress]

@@jeffreygao3956 I love how you wrote "modern Egyptians" without the slightest irony.

[@edb36mar]

I swear some might think we black people would get offended at that joke because a white guy made it, but like thise people don't understand us at all, that shit made me bust out laughing. Especially since it's so true XD.

[@starbrand3726]

@@playfulpanthress I honestly think he meant the people currently living in Egypt. Only 17 percent of Egyptians are Arabs, while 68 percent of the indigenous population is from North Africa, four percent are from Jewish ancestry, three percent are of East African origins, another three percent from Asia Minor and three percent are South European. But, centuries ago they were more Black.

[@jeffreymodesitt3345]

@@jeffreygao3956 Neither were ancient Egyptians, point being?

[@Alternative_Alba]

Anubis: *”None can stop me from being who I really am.”* The Director: “Good. We won’t change anything about our favorite Doggo.”

[@HomellAlcautor]

Anubis. The only God they spent time researching.

[@abobakrhassan2731]

the Anubis fans are so silly

[@cartooncritique6625]

@@HomellAlcautor Probably the only Egyptian god they knew about prior to this movie.

[@estaextrana8486]

@@abobakrhassan2731 Dude. We are crazy enought to love a dog-man so being called silly it's a compliment.

[@littleaqua32]

Director: “who’s a good boy?” Anubis: “I am?” 🥹

[@gregorywager5064]

Bek is the definition of “I asked god for a bike, but I knew that’s not how god works, so I stole a bike and asked gods for forgiveness.”

[@lorddarthkairos01]

Now that's a good Motto

[@mr.mcnerdo]

​​@@lorddarthkairos01Better to ask for forgiveness than be denied permission?

[@wolftaro950]

the worst part is that it could have been a actually fun personality trait if they had handled it correctly

[@swordbrethrenmordred1230]

I forgot his name, but as far as I remember, the guy who played Tutanchamun in "Nights at the museum" (who is egyptian) offered to play a role in the movie, but he got declined by the studio.

[@somerando999]

Rami malek doesn’t play Tutankhamen he plays ahkmenrah

[@nathanial8587]

as a guy who loved Night of the Museum, I'd love if that were to happen

[@samiamtheman7379]

Funnily enough, Night at the Museum got accused of whitewashing with his casting, but as you said, he's an actual Egyptian.

[@marveler8994]

wait so the protagonist goes on a journey to save his people, then meets a god that had something stolen from him, then they both hate eachother until they come to respect one another (also the god gets his powers back). I think Disney ripped off gods of egypt to make a better movie to make moana

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

Oh dear

[@mobiusfrost]

@@TheMythologyGuy1 if anything it proves even a basic plot lives and dies on the quality behind it, right?

[@bthsr7113]

@@mobiusfrost Oh for sure. Execution can make all the difference.

[@bthsr7113]

@Raymond Kenney That's the point. They have the same general narrative structure, but Moana was done quite well.

[@Blackout_]

Moana came out 8 months after Gods of Egypt. Pretty sure the whole plot for Moana would have already been decided before Gods of Egypt was released.

[@wolfbane7497]

Give this man an award he suffered so we don't have to

[@geekymetalhead5112]

The people who okayed this movie should be sentenced to fight apophis forever with RA, let them do all the work

[@vinseiya02]

@Vishal where did this comparison even come from

[@beowolf83]

And his award is: to suffer even more reviewing even worse mythology movies.

[@chimpo961]

And give this man more likes

[@declanziolkowski]

He showed us scenes from the movie we still suffer

[@peachypet808]

The only reason I could see why Hathor's powers wouldn't work on Seth is because he is so self-absorbed that the only thing he would be capable of loving is himself. Of course, that's just fixing a stupid plothole but still, I like that idea.

[@sceptechlabs2381]

I would like to say that Anubis being probably being one of the more popular/famous of the Egyptian gods is the most accurate

[@muhamaddanial5376]

The only justice they did, is by making Anubis *doing his job*

[@ernesielta]

@@muhamaddanial5376 yes

[@muhamaddanial5376]

@@ernesielta i mean, atleast they got that right🤌

[@muhamaddanial5376]

@BruceTheFuckinfGoose Yes

[@jaypeadieL611]

​​@BruceTheFuckinfGoose they did the undead judge puppy right

[@Clutchjigsaw]

"You go stand in the corner with Sea of Monsters and think about what you've done" You're my fucking hero Mythology Guy

[@jeffreygao3956]

Truly, Andrew is the calmest man in the world!

[@Alpi14]

This was the best part of the video!!

[@godzillakingofthemonsters54]

F-word aside, I kind of agree.

[@Plumpus3545]

@@godzillakingofthemonsters54 Can’t handle a swear word?

[@godzillakingofthemonsters54]

@@Plumpus3545 That's beside the point

[@yosefzanerva806]

I broke down with the words "HOLY CRAP, AN ACTUAL BLACK GUY!" It was just...so out of place, and yet perfect.

[@anubis8586]

Except we were never black. So he’s just as ignorant.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Most Egyptians aren't.

[@yosefzanerva806]

@@jeffreygao3956 It actually depends on which era you look at, but even when there weren't any white people, I'm pretty sure that they weren't black, more brown.

[@franzhewitt1396]

​@@yosefzanerva806Um most black people are actually the color brown are you blind? even darkskin black people are actually brown. Look up Queen Tiye who is clearly black or akenaten who is also clearly black. There are black egyptians today. The nubians around abu simbel they are true indigenous egyptians. The southwen part of egypt is filled wifh black egyptians and southern egypt is where egyptian civilization actually started

[@immeasurablyme3698]

In defense of Gerard he actually is scottish so hes not even doing an accent. Though an Animal headed egyptian god movie with actual egyptians like Rami Malek would be amazing

[@TupocalypseShakur]

We can't make a movie where Rami Malek plays every character

[@TwoCatsInLondon]

@@TupocalypseShakur why not? I’d watch the shit out of that!

[@aspengechel3723]

@@TwoCatsInLondon I agree I wouldn’t mind seeing Rami Malek falling in love with Rami Malek Rami then dies and Rami gets revenge on Rami for killing Rami

[@Naptosis]

@@TupocalypseShakur I bet making a movie where Rami plays every character would be super easy, barely an inconvenience!

[@adelyahiamrain1626]

@@TupocalypseShakur that's exactly my problem with the whitewashing claims , there arn't enough hollywood big name actors to cast , egyptian cinema is pretty decent but i doubt that casting egyptian actors would bring in enough people to the cinemas

[@madisonseyfried9298]

I think the reason they decided on the metal beast forms for the gods was because, ultimately, the gods of Egypt were idols of gold, silver, and stone. Maybe that was the same logic for Thoth not immediately guessing the riddle correctly--as an idol, he's not living or breathing. (Also, I guessed the answer when I saw this in theaters almost immediately, like you, not to brag) I'm also annoyed the the one reason Thoth was there was the guess the riddle in the first place, and he didn't get it. He was the epitome of "YOU HAD ONE JOB!" Thoth deserved better treatment. Boseman deserved better treatment.

[@corruptangel6793]

I feel like the riddle could have been used as a nod to the God's immortality and how the passage of time is something they never think about. Even Thoth, especially since hes always cooped up in his library, needs to take a couple moments to be like "oh, of course, how foolish of me. Obviously it's tomorrow." They'd of course have to establish that was their intent of course. Maybe have Aladin tease him about struggling with the answer afterwards and Thoth explaining why it didn't instantly come to mind.

[@bye1551]

I really wish we had gotten a more obvious nod to how God's can't conceptualise time. To a God "tomorrow" isn't an accurate assessment of the passage of time, it's not measured in days or even years. But just having him be confused was lazy

[@timschulerii57]

You know what they should had done? Go to the Sphinx first, then after trying and escape out alive, they go to Thoth and he should say, "Have you tried tomorrow?" And make the characters think that he's saying "Try the Riddle tomorrow" But what he meant was to try that as the answer to the Riddle. Then Bek or Aladdin or whatever you spell it would feel comfortable and think that's a good idea amd reply "ok, we'll answer it tomorrow," than Thoth would say "No, have you tried tomorrow as your answer?" Then Bek would say, "oh,...tomorrow." and we either let Thoth or Bek go back to the Sphinx, repeat the Riddle and say "You are tomorrow" and the Sphinx would let them pass and do the whole plan. It might sound inaccurate for the Sphinx but hey, one inaccuracy wouldn' hurt. Why the hell was I not part of the cast? That would make rhe movie even better!

[@spearsage]

But Bek did mention something along that line. That the riddle was meant for mortal, so Thoth should try thinking like mortal, in which Thoth at first responded with 'that will be the day I stopped thinking', owing to his own established characteristic in this movie. It was only by the end of that section that Thoth took that advice and gave the right answer. That said, the section of the movie was so busy and fast paced that the intent might not be as obvious.

[@madisonseyfried9298]

@@spearsage my thoughts exactly

[@Vaelor.B]

Well as far as I know there's a pretty good reason why Seth is so willing to kill his brother and nephew. (In the myth not in the movie) In the myth Seth is born as the exact opposite of Osiris and for that disliked him. Then Seth was the fighter of Ra, his right hand in the daily fight against Apophis, but then Isis came and tricked Ra. She made a snake from dust and Ras spittle so he can't destroy it. the snake bit Ra and only Isis could heal it. He gave her his true name which she used to make her husband Osiris king. But Seth expected to be the next king. Another point is that even Seth's wife nepthys didn't really loved him and betrayed him with Osiris (and gave birth to Anubis after that) So I think I the myth he has a pretty good reason to hate his brother

[@abelavich7914]

lol in what part of the video did he say he didn’t? He speaks about why and how Set did it in the actual myth. His problem was the presentation. We never see any of the hatred he has. The first scene we see him starts with him showing like he’s in good standing with his family and then immediately turns it around. That would be fine if we actually got to see that hate before that scene. Like no one is questioning why Set wanted to kill his brother like the video literally says he wanted to do it.

[@willvale5918]

From what I read is technically it wasn't osiris's fault for the affair with set's wife which resulted in anubis cause osiris didn't know that she turned herself into isis to do the deed all because she had a romantic thing for him or something like that but that's what I read about it.

[@SaintLemonZest]

The reason Anubis has a proper jackal head is because he is the most well known of all the other Egyptian Gods and is more popular than Set or Osiris (To Western Audiences)

[@samreddig8819]

Stargate SG1 exists. It had better imagery for a show where it was just aliens depicting themselves as gods.

[@HomellAlcautor]

They could have at least executed Ra to the same level of perfection. Ra is pretty well-known, especially after Yu-Gi-Oh, with the Egyptian God Cards.

[@purpledragon1945]

I feel like the real reason is because Anubis is the only god the director actually liked.

[@moonwatcher99]

Depends on how big of a Stargate SG-1 fan you are, lol.

[@garrettjackson1451]

12:03 I would love to see that in a god of war game

[@h.l.i.ovideoarchive7345]

Theory on why Anubis and Thoth were done well. They might have been the writers favorite ones.

[@Kanamo4781]

Ironic how someone who doesn't do their research's favorite god was Thoth

[@monsterayotte9166]

Imagine how awesome it would have been to see Set turn into a dinosaur or giant extinct alligators and Osiris has to out smart him and pretty much fly away from a flying lizard

[@thatwaffleguy4958]

A deinosuchus with the head of a cobra and the wings of a bird? That sounds like Lagriacrus from Monster Hunter, and... To be honest, I'd love to see that. That'd be awesome.

[@postvizsla7509]

You’re my hero. I’m autistic and super awkward and have loved mythology my whole life. Seeing you talk about it so passionately brings me actual joy. Thank you

[@dakotamartinez8310]

I am autistic too!

[@wolfonthezoon]

Me too

[@Husky478]

@@wolfonthezoon Same as well, I've always had a soft spot for mythology my whole life, I've just not been able to express it well.

[@sirwaylonthe1st239]

Hello me.

[@Crazytown03]

Me too I am Autistic.

[@Billious]

This is the reason I think remakes and reboots should be reserved mainly for bad movies. If you remake a good or even great movie the chance of failure is exponentially higher than if you’re remaking a bad movie. Because you make it BETTER. There is more of a reason to do a remake of Gods of Egypt instead of fucking beauty and the beast

[@andrewd1131]

So I agree though there is a reason I imagine you know. It’s because they are trying to remake that success and bring in money. If they remake failures higher likelihood no one will want to actually look at it.

[@bthsr7113]

I fully agree that remakes of bad movies need to happen more often. I remember thinking about a Second Chance Studios to specialize on fixing them, and I had a focus on botched book adaptations.

[@chibill467]

I don't ever wanna see another Dragon Ball revolution...

[@daegnaxqelil2733]

why the hell a remake of Gods of Egypt? that movie is relatively recent it wasn't that bad, and you 're just too negative guys. plus go watch videos with list of good remakes

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@daegnaxqelil2733 ...who'd seriously defend Gods of Egypt?

[@David-Starwarsfan]

Aladdin saying “ impressed” has the same energy as Hercules yelling “ disappointed!”

[@bradreed4414]

“How much research did these people do” my man….we all know the answer to that is none

[@lowkeyarki7091]

About the as much to make the conclusion that Hades is Satan and Zeus is the best god ever.

[@ernesielta]

@@lowkeyarki7091 when in reality it's somewhat reversed where Hades is the most reasonable God and Zeus is just a dick

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

@@lowkeyarki7091 Seriously making Zeus a good person is straight fucked up

[@dylantennant6594]

I'm a little surprised you didn't mention the wierd detail that Set's hunters are Astarte and Amet? For those who don't know, those are two phoencian goddesses who are cannocially marriad to Set, and are an example of early syncretism between cultures.

[@-Joshua_locked]

Huh the more you know

[@AzureRoxe]

That sure explains the "have we ever not satisfied you?" line.

[@raj_a_jaiswal]

@@AzureRoxe ok that *quote* changed the meaning completely

[@CelestialxTrash]

I had an idea on how to make the god's designs a bit more acccurate. Take Thoth, for example (Rest In Peace, Chadwick Boseman). In the mythos, his head is a bird. Why not have golden crowns with the respective animal as the focal point? So when they transform, the centerpiece of the crown becomes their head? They could be styled like Egyptian pharoah crowns, but more gilded.

[@zinkheroofyoutube8004]

That's a cool and creative idea No wonder it wasn't in this movie

[@woodlandzfox]

the webtoon ennead does a good example of this, their headpieces represent the animal they represent, like horus, seth, and anubis

[@kreolado5880]

I actually dont mind the decision to portray the gods in their human form. The ancient egyptians DEPICTED their gods with animal heads sometimes, but they could appear in any form (including fully human)In one of Horus childhood stories, Set pulls out a strand of Horus hair (and a fucking chunck of his head) And Shu was sneezed out of Ra's nostril. Also, the Book of the Heavenly Cow mentions that Ra has hair like lapis lazuli and golden skin. So even though he was almost always depicted with a falcon's head, the ancient Egyptians still didn't imagine Ra always that way Edit: Hair. Not eye. Set pulled out a strand of Horus' hair. I mean, he also plucked his eyes out later on but not in the myth I was referring to.

[@krankarvolund7771]

Yeah, like all Gods, but it's not a question of can they do it, it's a question of how do we remember them.All greek gods can also transorm in animals, or take different forms, but we always represent them the same way, because that's how we remember them. Ra without a falcon head is just a regular dude, we have no way to see it's Ra. And the movie knows it, as they decided to represent all gods as taller than humans with that ridiculous effect, to differenciate them ^^' Also, I don't really understand your example, you can pulls a strand out of the eye of Horus and a chunnk of his head, even though he has a falcon head, falcons still have eyes ^^'

[@kreolado5880]

@@krankarvolund7771 There is a distinction between the representation of the gods in art and how the Egyptians really imagined the gods. The egyptian gods can be shown in art as different animals, humans and objects. And as various hybrids between man, objects and animals. In the art Ra is mostly represented with a falcon head, but that does not mean that the Egyptians believed Ra IS a god with falcon head. He has the falcon head to embody his position as a sky god. Min is depicted in art with an erected penis because he was a fertility god and not because the Egyptians believed that his member was permanently erect. The goddess Mesechenet is depicted in art as a brick with a head, but the Egyptians did not believe that Mesechenet was a actuall brick with a head. In my example Horus is in a human form and wears the lock of youth (a human hair cut), which gets torn out by Set. Gods were depicted anthropomorphically to embody their characteristics. But the pictorial representation of the gods has nothing to do with how the Egyptians imagined their gods World appear in myths and their real life. If you look at the texts and hymns, the gods are never described with having actuall animal heads. They are described with human body parts and they perform human activities and are able to transform into different animals and objects. And yes in the movie looks like crap, but the gods were described as beeing very tall.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@kreolado5880 Yeah, but I didn't say that the human-heads was an actual representation of egyptian beliefs, I said that was what modern humans recognize and imagine when we talk about egyptian gods. Mythology evolves all the time, it's normal to adapt it to a modern public, and to a modern public, it would be more interesting to see human-head gods, that's what we expect. Ancient egyptians may believe what they want, it's been two millenias since thier religion is dead ^^

[@kreolado5880]

@@krankarvolund7771 But that's one of the main reasons why the movie sucks. You can tell that the film has zero interest in mythology and has not done any in-depth research. They just used stuff that people already know from main stream media without looking at actual source material. If you make a book/film/comic about Egyptian mythology, you should also do research on the mythology and treat it with respect. Egyptian mythology is what the ancient Egyptians believed in, not what foreign people found interesting a thousand years later.

[@kreolado5880]

@@krankarvolund7771 "who cares what ancient egyptians believed in." is not the mindset you should have, if you plan on making a movie about the beliefs of ancient egyptians

[@genera1013]

I've always been an Egyptian mythology lover, so I went to see this in the theater. Needless to say I was holding in my rage the entire time.

[@thomasvangompel7211]

Yea

[@thomasvangompel7211]

I’m a egyptian mythology lover too

[@daegnaxqelil2733]

cmon , the movie wasn't that bad, he's just like that lady in misery

[@unnamedvisitor1649]

It's one of the only movies that got complete silence during the ride home with my family.

[@thomasvangompel7211]

@@unnamedvisitor1649 god of egypt is the worst movie ever

[@ingloriousbaxter]

This seems like the kind of movie I would’ve loved as a kid. Then rewatching 20 years later and realizing how terrible it actually was

[@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od]

Happened With Cinemasins

[@CorvidWings]

lol fr 😂

[@SirsasthNigam.]

I loved BvS as teen and hate it post puberty

[@milicadiy]

This happened to me 💀

[@nathanielclaw2841]

Honestly, the story of Isis coup against Ra down to the civil war among Horus and Set would make for some Game of thrones level series in the hands of a competent writer team

[@Honeybee9630]

And a even good executive/producers team that understands the writers and provides the funds instead of wanting to making some quick buck.

[@abobakrhassan2731]

How is one or two events supposed to make an epic story!? And there was no Civil war , there were stupid competitions between Horus and Set, such as boat racing and the struggle of hippos

[@alphariusomegon7374]

@@abobakrhassan2731 so the Olympics but with magic

[@heyitsrickyboy]

i think the reason that gods in movies are normally presented with an english accent is because England is normally thought of as higher-class, which is why i love the fact that Zeus had an actual Italian accent in Thor: Love in Thunder

[@aquabluerose7734]

I read it was supposed to be a Greek accent which is even more perfect for Zeus. Regardless, it makes a lot more sense than a British accent lol.

[@Flipitmixit]

Ah yes, white elitism

[@ygotsvlog3762]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah Who tHe fk cARes abouT aCTUAL VoIces Of the Gods WHEN YoU Can haVe AnoTher enGLish VoiCe about EgyPtian GODS EnGland IS FANcier AnyWay

[@KonohazFinest]

@@aquabluerose7734 🤣

[@cheese_vviz]

He what?

[@Pizza-Bagel184]

The real god of Egypt was the friends we made along the way.

[@hayleybartek8643]

I think it's a cool concept that Set tries to turn himself into a literal Set-beast (an unknown animal) using the body parts of the other gods.

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

"In a thousand years of peace what did you accomplish?" A thousand years of peace, you just answered your own question.

[@thegoblin2004]

I nearly had an aneurysm when Set said this

[@everlastingdragon4520]

Well, Set is a god of, among other things, war, so it kind of makes sense that he wouldn't see it as much of an accomplishment.

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

@@everlastingdragon4520 Didn't think of that. Interesting take on it.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

Moon Knight gave Egyptian Gods animal heads that this film couldn't

[@ifeeldead463]

Literally, Gods of Egypt shouldve had Iset, Thoth and Sekhmet (I hate that Hathor never turns into Sekhmet) jumping in to help Horus and beating the living hells out of Set. Like, imagine Iset and Thoth just blasting at Set with Egyptian Magic, Thoth clones trying to surround and overwhelm him, Sekhmet ferociously fighting him but also having little regard for who is ally and enemy. Couldve been so cool! Also, Set using sunlight on Horus shouldve already been a stupid idea cuz Horus is a God of the Sun, that would be like using a taser on Zeus! Also, Im pissed that they killed off Iset and off-screen with an undignified death. She shouldve been leading the rebellion with her sister Nephthys while also trying to get her son to get off his ass and get his throne back Also, personal opinion but I dont mind Set having a Scottish accent, due to him being a God of Foreigners. However, I do imagine the guy looking mixed race (but you can still tell that the guy is African) when his head isnt that of a Set animal rather than straight up white

[@katnisskern828]

Technically Horus is the god of the sky. Ra (or Amun, he has many other names besides that) is the god of the sun. And I agree that it would’ve been awesome to see Hathor turn into Sekhmet!

[@ifeeldead463]

@@katnisskern828 actually hes god of the sky, sun and war (tho, he probably only added sun god to his itinerary once his eyes became the sun and moon). Right? Dont get me wrong, Hathor being tied to the underworld and those scenes of her being dragged to the underworld are cool but it really wouldve been cooler if her charm was keeping her from turning into the bloodthirsty Sekhmet. Hell, imagine Set using Sekhmet as a weapon when Hathor became his hostage/wife, that wouldve been both awesome and tragic

[@BlackLotus30]

It is a travesty that we didn't see Bast/Bastet come one cats were important to ancient Egypt. Also no Sobek :(

[@katnisskern828]

@@BlackLotus30 I would have loved to see Bast and Sobek in this movie! This movie didn't do a good job of how important these deities were. Even if they weren't necessarily important to the telling of the Osiris story, they could still have been put in. And they would've looked so cool if they made them anthropomorphic.

[@TWGuardian]

Petition to taser Zeus.

[@Concavenator128]

"A thousand years of peace, and what have you accomplished?" Uh, a thousand years of peace, I guess? That sounds like a pretty damn fine accomplishment

[@oisinbourke464]

Dude personally I really liked this movie, but your amazing knowledge about history, and your skits make this video so entertaining

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

Thank you! And yeah, there’s nothing wrong with liking the movie. It’s enjoyable in its own way

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Gross

[@anubis8586]

@@TheMythologyGuy1you sound really uneducated & uncultured. You’re just as ignorant as the movie. We were never black and aren’t. Thinking Africa = black is the most smooth brained thing to ever think. So Indians and Syrians aren’t Asians for example? What kind of education system do you guys have? It’s absolutely disgusting that this blackwashing, history/mythology stealing and cultural appropriation continues to this day by Afrocentric African American Nazi-like simpletons and you never call them out just like you call out the whitewashing. Both are trash but you give one a pass. We have scientifically never been black, nor were our ancestors or mythologies.

[@anubis8586]

@@TheMythologyGuy1you need to reply to this now. You’re literally aiding in the erasure of my people. This is a worldwide cancerous epidemic that nobody seems to know or care about and when they do they support racist black supremacist Afrocentrics to seem like they’re “tolerant allies” when in fact they’re doing it at our expense and by supporting the oppression, appropriation, erasure, silence and theft of my people’s history, identity and culture. If it was the other way around all hell would break loose and the world would be in uproar. Absolutely f*ckin disgusting, disgraceful & hypocritical

[@thejesus8750]

If you were to make a chart about how to make a bad movie, Gods of Egypt would ace the entire chart with no sweat.

[@escapistfromhell1543]

And to think I enjoyed this movie the first time I saw it

[@tronroman6312]

Tied with both Percy Jackson movies

[@BlackLotus30]

The Externals would like to have a word.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Social Network: Hey!

[@hamfishtheiii]

The amount of pride in the statement 'Hey I got that right here!' is adorable

[@fashionablechangeling1988]

8:00 A Scottish accent would also be considered an British accent considering that Scotland is also part of Great Britain/UK

[@FelisImpurrator]

Laughs in Scottish independence

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

Let’s pretend that’s not true so I don’t have to face the fact that it’s too late for me to correct that

[@SamDy99]

No it's NOT

[@jmurray1110]

Honestly I do wish we got some random northern Irish accents just chucked in whike not british it is in the UK and can be quite unique in the crowd

[@huwick7993]

@@TheMythologyGuy1 That was an error? I thought it was part of the joke! Hollywood casting not knowing anything about the rest of the world :D

[@archipelagoat8878]

“Holy crap! An actual black guy! Quick, take a picture” Better than any like in this movie by far

[@colleenlongua9752]

It's like Prince of Egypt came out and Hollywood decided they were never allowed to make a good movie about Egypt ever again.

[@Peregrina]

Maybe they should keep making animated movies instead

[@chdest4550]

Maybe the gods didn't help Horus fight because they knew they were in an action movie and that Set, being the main villain, is basically immortal until the end.

[@cyrpxcgamzr735]

Have y'all noticed how the goddess or god of love in different mythologies are so powerful?

[@BlackLotus30]

Because love is universal all being feel it at some point.? Just like Life and Death gods/goddesses are powerful.

[@godnyx117]

@@BlackLotus30 It's a universal lie, lol!

[@peachypet808]

@@godnyx117 Calm down, edgelord. Just because someone recently broke your heart doesn't mean you have to bring down the mood for everyone.

[@KumaoftheForest]

That’s the Power of Love

[@godnyx117]

@@KumaoftheForest Cringe

[@fawkestheplotphoenix964]

"what is this, twitter?" Promptly chokes on soda.

[@erikbihari3625]

Secret Saturdays please, it has everything from sumarian to cherokee mythology!

[@nathangrey6236]

Finally someone remembers this Iconic Cartoon network show

[@vullord666]

Secret Saturdays is one of my favorite shows of all time and CN couldn’t even be bothered to put it on HBO Max. I remember wanting a Secret Saturdays and Wild Thornberry cross over as a kid

[@bthsr7113]

Secret Saturdays is definitely an underrated show, and it was good globe trotting fun that had a lot of different local flavors of adventure.

[@erikbihari3625]

@@nathangrey6236 who doesn't?

[@erikbihari3625]

@@vullord666was there one?

[@julianparsons3027]

As a happy coincidence, the CGI was pretty good during Set's Voltron/ultimate form surgery. I love the idea of molten metal dripping and sloughing off of him in the process. That was a nice touch. I love the idea of the endless waters of creation being just beyond the sky -one of the few thing they got accurate to the myths, although admittedly, it would be difficult to depict a traditional "crystal dome" firmament.

[@lewisvivek2283]

"HOLY CRAP ITS AN ACTUAL BLACK GUY" killed me 💀

[@Saffi____]

Would it be strange to say that Anubis was my favorite character in the entire movie while my least favorite was Apophis. Though I was pretty sad that I didn't see Bastet or Sekhmet in this film or if I did I could've never recognized them.

[@khardoos7789]

lol yea sekhmet going insane would be soo cool

[@mikechirinos9817]

Sekhmet, Goddess of War

[@Micah.Lau.navi.]

According to the wiki (Yes, it has a wiki), one of the reasons why Set lost to Horus while he was basically Ultron was supposedly because he foolishly fought Horus in his domain, the sky. This, combined with his lack of flight experience (Making it "sluggish" and "clumsy", according to the wiki), and the wings not cooperating with him (somehow), he apparently stood little chance to Horus... Then again, why didn't he use the Brain of Thoth to at least utilize it better?

[@godnyx117]

LMAO!!! And the director got angry cause they pointed out their BULLSHIT!!!

[@Micah.Lau.navi.]

@@godnyx117 Wait, really?

[@godnyx117]

@@Micah.Lau.navi. I mean, he did talked about it in the beginning of the video.

[@superk9letsplays419]

​@@godnyx117 nice pfp

[@godnyx117]

@@superk9letsplays419 Nice taste brother! ;)

[@mystikalmadness8739]

6:27 best save ever, in all honesty I like your takes on these as it's from an "as accurate as one can possibly get" point of view and as a fan of alot of different mythologies I appreciate the effort put into your videos

[@jackwriter1908]

I do hope that when the Percy Jackson Series is taking of it is not only successfull but ensures that the other Riordan books are being adapted. He did in my opinion really well in combining myths and legends into good stories for children and adults.

[@bthsr7113]

I've only grown in respect for Riordan's mythological adaptions to the modern world as I've learned more of the stories he reworked.

[@cameronfield7313]

The only way how I think Percy Jackson will come back is if they do a TV Series.

[@jackwriter1908]

@@cameronfield7313 and that's what they do.

[@wcapewell3089]

I actually really like this film. Its a guilty pleasure. My favourite character is Anubis. He is good doggy.

[@Tyleregor4588]

It is forbidden for the souls of the dead to speak with the living

[@hope1447]

You and me both. I enjoyed the film 2.

[@BlackLotus30]

he's the one god who was ACTUALLY doing his job.

[@derrickhaggard]

@@BlackLotus30 Still salty over the fact that this movie didn't have Bastet/Bast "The Eye of Ra" The cat goddess of the Sun, the Moon, Motherhood/Fertility, Healing, Perfumes, and Protection of Evil as it's lead heroine to go alongside Horus's lead hero I mean before those comments show up Bastet can fight and kick ass when she feels it's necessary to do so as before becoming "The Eye of Ra" she was his primary bodyguard during his nighttime voyages through the underworld being the one who defeats Apophis/Apep. Plus given that protecting innocent mortals from those that threaten them was one of her primary duties she should've been one of the first deities to take up arms against Set given that him and his minions count as a massive threat mortals, plus given that Bastet and Horus are half-siblings we've could have banter between them showcasing how Bastet is the optimistic one who has hope and faith in that everything will work out for the best, and Horus after losing his eye and getting exiled went from cocky arrogant prince to a bitter person who just gave up and would rather sit and wallow in his self-loathing and watch as Set basically burns Egypt to the ground via his tyrannical reign. Also how cool would've been during the final fight scene where we not only had Horus unleash his full power and fury as the Falcon God of the Sky and Sun, but also had Bastet fighting alongside her half-brother unleashing her full fury and power as a Feline Goddess who commands the Sun, and the Moon and is a potent healer and is the main bodyguard for her father and unsheathe her claws and iconic twin knives, and bare her teeth and use her feline speed and agility for swift melee attacks with her claws and knives in combo with her solar-powered and lunar-powered attacks along with during the fight healing herself and Horus when needed and crafting powerful barriers and wards during the fight to negate Set's attacks.

[@lakdav]

To my knowledge in mythology Set's original motivation was jealousy, for Osiris was the ruler of the fertile lands and loved by his people while Set's were the deserts of Egypt, unbearably hot, barren and feared. Could have been a good angle in this movie too, maybe make Set's quest a futile self-defeating one as he turns the fertile lands into a desert just by his nature as the god of the deserts. Would have been better than simple common daddy-issues and pointless evil unleashing of undeveloped cloud-worm Apophys

[@edwardsjcblues]

Regarding Hathor holding the bracelet and being dragged to the underworld. She still owned the bracelet, it's just that magic item required an attunement slot.

[@miceinattic]

This was such a good video. Can’t wait for the next. But your right a true Egyptian god movie with a war of gods would be amazing.

[@dalethomas6328]

I can take set being British and looking the way he is, Set could have said "Oh yeah in my travels across the desert I found this mortal warrior to the far north of here. He actually gave me a hard time but he unfortunately perished in battle. As a symbol of resect I decided to down his form" and could have set up a "Gods of Greece/Rome" or "The Celtics".

[@nostalgiagamer9452]

Ive got to say that The Prince of Egypt IS The best mythology movie

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

No argument there

[@megapunch8441]

@@TheMythologyGuy1 honestly not a massive achievement

[@legoking6165]

Personally, I don't consider stories from the Bible mythology. I'm one of those people who believes that they all actually happened, whereas a myth is something that we know did not happen.

[@sirnetflix7162]

@@legoking6165 Technically, mythology can also mean a collection of stories. And stories can be true. So, it isn't inherently calling Christian history false or anything like that. People definitely do use it that way at times though.

[@megapunch8441]

@@sirnetflix7162 so by that logic prince of egypt is the abest mythology movie Edit: from my point of view

[@swearfreegamer]

I am personally loving the NOstalgia Critic and JonTron-esque review this time, the skits and commentary style are on point and make the review all that much better!

[@teamcyeborg]

It amazes me that this was made in 2016 and not 2006

[@carlosbaroni1158]

Even if it is a bad movie,is one of those entertaining bad movies you watch to pass the time. I personally really dig the transformations

[@madmanarrivednow]

"Just on a conceptual story level, the Horus and Set story is not dissimilar to that of the Judeo-Christian parable of Michael and Lucifer’s relationship. To me, I was immediately struck by that similarity and excited by the story of Gods of Egypt just purely on that level. But technically and visually, from a filmmaker’s point of view, yes there was a lot of stuff that we developed for Paradise Lost that we kind of carried through, retold to a certain extent, for Gods of Egypt. Paradise Lost was conceived of as an entirely motion capture project. Not entirely, but predominantly motion capture project. So there was a lot of development of the photoreal angels and demons in Paradise Lost that we were focusing on. Gods is much more live action based, but there was quite a lot of crossover between the two projects for sure." Alex Proyas in a Collider interview. So this movie should've been a Paradise lost movie, cancelled by a studio, picked up by another on lower budget and set in Egypt. Figures.

[@opinionatedfifteenyearold6044]

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[@dasuberkaiser6]

I recommend Supervoid Cinema's video on the subject if you want to learn more about the cancelled Paradise Lost movie.

[@madmanarrivednow]

@@dasuberkaiser6 noted. And I will do that again, since I already watched it. But thanks anyway. If anyone comes in and reads this, now has a double recommendation.

[@TheBigFormerlyPurpleT]

I started cackling when I saw the reveal of this in the Sea of Monstrous Writing review. This is my favorite series.

[@josephmaller592]

Finally!! I’ve been waiting for so long for this. Now I get to see why this movie might be bad to Egyptian mythology.

[@Resimaster]

There isn't really much about Egyptian mythology in this video. It's more just a scathing movie review.

[@josephmaller592]

@@Resimaster Well true in some part I still think this is a great review.

[@Resimaster]

@@josephmaller592 yeah, but it's not really meant to be a movie review. People watch this guy to learn about accuracies with the source material, not just to see a critique of the film.

[@josephmaller592]

@@Resimaster either way I do really like this video.

[@demonking86420]

made me remember when twitter kicked up a fit because of rami malek being cast as the pharaoh in night at the museum then they got ratiod upon finding out malek's parents were first-gen egyptian immigrants so yeah, night at the museum got someone of the appropriate geographical lineage, so i wanna tell the director of GoE "how is your cast choice even remotely excusable"

[@Rougarou99]

Wasn’t Night at the Museum released a year before Twitter began?

[@lone.r.livestreams9974]

"In a thousand years of peace, what have you accomplished?" Shit, I don't know dude, maybe A THOUSAND YEARS OF PEACE? YOU KNOW HOW HARD THAT SHIT IS TO KEEP?

[@Nightmareunicorn7384]

I believe Set and his army are using mirroresque shields, and Since Horus’ eyes radiate such bright light that would mean that Horus is possibly getting blinded by his own light. It is still stupid, but slightly better explanation maybe?

[@nathanhingson7048]

"It's not all bad" ... agreed, it's a weird mix. Watching it expecting it to be inaccurate was an enjoyable evening. Just rent worthy at most, the family dynamics they have in the movie is nice, particularly in the fact that the Egyptian gods are expecting to be replaced in time. An Egyptian mythology movie could be fantastic, if done right of course and I'd like to see one.

[@kiadinetheanomalous4175]

Ideas to fix the movie: 1. Make the gods look like regular humans until they unleash their true godly forms, which would look more accurate to the actual myth. 2. Instead of killing Osiris in front of everyone at the ceremony, Set waits until everyone gets drunk and then kills Osiris when he’s alone in his sleep. That way, when Horace tries to fight back, he’s too drunk to do anything. 3. Make the main character dude rich at the beginning of the movie, and have him become poor under Set’s bad economic rule. That way he can despise his own capabilities as a thief, since he knows what it’s like to live more well off, and has something to fight to get back. 4. Let Rah fight an actual big snake, and make him look not like an old man. 5. Don’t kill the girlfriend when they did, if they gonna fridge her, at least make it interesting. Have her die because she got sick and can’t afford medicine, giving the dude nothing to live for except to avenge her. 6. Have the god rebellion be a twist, so it feels more important when they find out someone really has been fighting against Set. 7. Get a better choreographer. 8. Cast black actors because why tf are these dudes white 9. Chadwick Birdsman, please, please, please 10. Get better actors 11. I have no idea how to fix the last third act, starting at the point where the guy doesn’t dump the water into the fire, it’s too dumb to change without just changing the entire ending.

[@derrickhaggard]

I would've added Bastet as one of the lead heroines as Horus's half sister the daughter of Ra the feline goddess of the sun, the moon, fertility/motherhood, perfumes, healing, and protection would've been perfect to be the one who helps Horus and Bek eventually find an understanding since her duties protecting innocent mortals due to protection being one of her aspects has made it to where she genuinely cares about innocent humans meaning after Set took over she has actually been protecting innocent humans from Set's minions with Set getting frustrated at why his minions and monsters can't defeat and kill as he puts it "A pathetic female cat who should be easy to defeat" not realizing due to ego that his niece is one of Ra's chief guardians during his trips to the underworld at night and the one who constantly battles and slays Ra's eternal nemesis Apophis/Apep she and has a scene where she calls Horus out on his selfishness prior to his exile, and his refusal to help protect mortals due to him acting like a pouting brat after being sent to exile basically this scene... Bastet: "And where were you brother when our uncle was harming, and murdering innocent humans, and ruining their lives oh I know doing nothing because you were sulking and pouting like a spoiled brat simply because you're no longer living in the life of luxury and excess getting to act like some vain, glory-seeking prissy chick." Horus: "Calling me a spoiled brat oh that's rich coming from you Bastet since you're the daughter of Ra and here you are lecturing me like you're all high and mighty." Bastet: "Excuse me Horus cause unlike you I wasn't some spoiled, prissy kitten who spent her days with her perfumes focusing only on her looks, and getting a husband day and night I was actually out in the fields healing, and protecting innocent humans from various illnesses, and threats, along with constantly protecting my father from various threats on his life including multiple times Apophis his arch-enemy during his night-time voyages through the underworld." Also Set underestimating Bastet would've been great foreshadowing to how much of a badass fighter she is like if they had Sobek in as a villainous god trying to stop them and we get a scene where Bastet tries to ask Sobek to stand down and let them past and he refuses and does what Set is doing aka underestimating her and proclaiming the water is his turf and as long as he is in the water he's undefeatable Bastet then uses the pyrokinetic half of her power-set to essentially start boiling the water with intent on cooking Sobek alive if he doesn't back down giving him the ultimatum let them pass or become a cooked crocodile his call and he relents knowing what would happen if he didn't let them pass, and during the final fight against Set Bastet does damage to her wicked uncle using her whole arsenal and abilities aka using her feline speed, and agility to do damage to Set rapid rate via her claws, and twin daggers, using smoke bombs made out of various perfume recipes to disorient Set and weaken him with other conditions, and just frying him, and freezing him with her pyrokinetic powers and cryokinetic powers even mixing the two for some fire/ice combinations.

[@dylanadkins-wk6ml]

Wouldn't it make sense to only recast half the Egyptian gods with black actors as only half of the Egyptian gods where Black and native Egyptians where and still are Black and or white and half the Egyptian god where described as being "wheat skinned"

[@reddittron9622]

​@@dylanadkins-wk6mlseems you don't get it,they are in the camp of people who believe "Egypt is in Africa so they wwre black so black people should have been casted not actual north Africans or middle eastern" note:they were actual black Egyptians

[@bye1551]

The editing is killing me, I absolutely loved the comedy! Thank you for making the review so amazing

[@mr.x991]

Honestly this was one of my favourite movies. I especially love the part where Thoth was like "How vain do you think I am" and his clones were just like "Umm... How do I put this lightly...". That was a damn kneeslapper and by far one of my top favourite movie moments of any movie I've ever watched.

[@jthablaidd]

I got an idea, if you’d be up to it. Maybe every month or year or something you can make a vid explaining each “common” pantheon(Egyptian, green, etc). You’re one of the few people who can make learning legitimately fun so I think it’d be right up your alley

[@sapientisessevolo4364]

I gotta say on a scale of 0 to Hatshepsut this movie rates a solid akhenaten and deserves to be eaten by ammit Another thing, the gods being bigger than humans reminds me of how ancient egyptians scribes used hieratics where the more important things were bigger

[@katnisskern828]

Oh my gods of Egypt I love that comparison at the beginning!

[@krankarvolund7771]

Personally, I like the motivation that Seth has, I think it's in Rick Riordan's books, where he was basically a loyal servant of Ra, but when Isis decided to overthrow Ra with treachery, he becomes evil, because there's no legitimate power anymore, it's just a fight between two usurpers ^^' It's not really explained that way, but that's how I feel it, Isis and Osiris are not really that much gooder and more legitimate than Set, they're just the winners ^^

[@onetruesavior69]

My personal interpretation is that Seth is evil because he's the God of Outsiders, and generally Egypt was invaded alot by it's neighbors, so people put all the blame for those disasters on him. Mythology is often affected by history, so it's possible that he could've lost all the good inside of him after they shitted on him for too long.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@onetruesavior69 Yeah, that''s totally an expllanation, and it's probably also the explanation for why he still has good myths about him, some Pharaohs may be from the outside, and had chosen him as a protector, it's the case for Seti, the father of Ramessou II, and a lot of the Ramessides lineage. Seti literally means "born from Seth" And at the very origin of Egypt, Seth was probably the Protector of Upper Egypt, while Horus was the Protector of Lower Egypt. And there seems to have been a fight between them, which finish with the victory of Lower Egypt, hence Horus becoming Protector of alll Egypt, and Seth being relegated to deserts and foreign lands ^^

[@nicholasjohnston1970]

Seth’s motivation actually makes since. Ancient Egypt was very stagnant because they didn’t really need anything. It makes since that he would be upset that Egypt hasn’t evolved. It’s also cool that Seth has a giant army because that’s how the new kingdoms pharaohs kept their power

[@animeperson9517]

"How much research did these guys do?" Probably about as much as the Percy Jackson movie producers

[@jeffreygao3956]

PETER JOHNSON!

[@maisonfoley5231]

*The Tiniest Bit of Celtic mythology in the Halloween Franchise* Mythology Guy: Works for me

[@malikmuhleek8834]

The script:....Bek:*impressed* Bek:"IMPRESSED"

[@FortressWolf97]

I remember my dad watching this on HBO and I only just walked in on it halfway through without knowing the name. The first thought that came to my mind is "oh, I'm guessing this is a movie about Greek mythology." XD

[@brucenatelee]

The same way I felt about Troy: Fall of a City, I want mythology to still feel like I'm experiencing something of that culture, not somebody else's interpretation of somebody else's culture. Think about that. "Imma make a movie about my point of view of your culture." There's controversy of what the Egyptians may have been, but looking at the country now and the region in history, anybody between African and Arabic would make sense. Soufia Boutella, Rami Malek, Drake, Peter Mensah, etc.

[@brucenatelee]

23:30 Reminds me of my disappointment in the portrayal of the titans in Immortals: Gods vs Titans, looking like zombies. Still on my God of War high back then.

[@Mr-Clever862]

Me: Got gods of Egypt The filmmakers: Na we got gods of Europe

[@jackyutani4880]

For my understanding of Set and Horus in the actual mythos is this. Set may of been a bit of a tyrant but he's not a lazy one- much. In the manga I'm writing back in ancient Egypt when his people were attacked by tribesmen even if there was so much as a small raid on a tiny village he always would be the first to the scene rather than his army(But it's mostly to pick up the messes of what was left of the raiders).He did this not as much to be selfless but out of boredom and the fact that someone does dare to attack those that can't defend themselves, which also adds to the relationship to his Nephew Horus because Horus is a skilled and strong fighter . Horus on the other hand after defeating Set was pretty bored a bit of being king, not that he didn't take some advantage of using his power or enjoy the luggery of being king. But he actually missed Set, he missed the challenges, the fights, even the rare times Horus did bond with Set as nephew and uncle almost to near brothers more like. I'd also like to think in the mythos that sometimes Set and Horus would of wished for an alternate timeline even if they were stripped of Godhood that they would be the best bond of family. That is something I love about Set and Horus, and what I despise is what some people think Set and Horus have a gross gay incest thing that almost litters the internet.

[@georgeuferov1497]

Wait, is the gay incest thing a pseudomythology?

[@chaty9903]

Yeah. They do have some intimate moment that are canonical, but that was completely unconsensual by the other party. I'd love to hear more about what you have to suggest. Egyptian mythos is too often overlooked.

[@jackyutani4880]

@@chaty9903I've done research on Hades and Persphone and amazing enough Persphone is not excatly the Goddess of Spring, Demeter brings spring when Persphone returns to her. There is even another Goddess Kore that is somewhat like Persphone. And the kicker is from whom I've learned this from she also meantions that there was a cult whom were devouted to a Prime Persphone whose name if spoken of outside of ritual or cult meeting you will know her wrath.

[@DrelvanianGuardOffic]

I feel like questioning the bracelet can be answered with Lord of the Rings.. but at the same time, answering it with Lord of the Rings just brings up another question... Sauron can't directly see and speak to the ringbearer unless they're actually wearing the ring.. but, at the same time, Sauron can still entice the ring bearer to wear it simply by it being on their person. So I guess maybe the bracelet isn't strong enough to actually protect her unless she's actually wearing it and not just holding it in her hand.

[@paramrm]

i love that you get up from ur seat and actually do these skits , its so hilarious , love the effort man

[@behnamjalili4147]

You are the guy the ten year old me dreamed to become in the future but didn't get to do it , I really enjoy watching you be the mythology guy keep up the good work

[@ruairiodonohoe2533]

Well what a film, i mean so accurate to actual mythology is astonishes me. Like im actually experiemcing it

[@eggofshell]

The “in EGYPT” part had me rolling on the ground so hard

[@lyravain6304]

The fact you have that Horrible Histories book in the background makes me inordinately happy.

[@donnyexoduz3356]

Seth was actually described as being very pale so casting a white guy as Seth would be accurate

[@rubynall80]

Maybe, but I wasn't expecting a Scottish accent.

[@donnyexoduz3356]

@@rubynall80 oh absolutely not, but hey it adds some character

[@applecrumble8424]

Pale African doesn't make white

[@donnyexoduz3356]

@@applecrumble8424 He also had red hair

[@jameshailerthepostmaster4389]

I'm neck deep in 40k that whenever i hear Horus, all i can imagine is a giant bald demigod.

[@stevendean6238]

Me and my dad watched it. We laughed so hard 10/10 best comedy of the year

[@zen7RZ]

I loved the movie, honestly. To the point I had to ignore the elephant in the room, painfully. Anubis got me blushing ngl

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

Thoth guessing "order" is even sillier when you remember that Ma'at, the literal embodiment of order and justice, is his WIFE

[@OdinAUT]

You know I really like this kind of content. You make it very entertaining. I know it take an awful lot of time to make, but I really want to see more :)