Odisia's Journey

To modernize the Odyssey, I believe that we should have a new, creative movie with a whole different setting and time period. My modern movie proposal is one that includes minorities and a new main character to give the viewers a new adventure to experience that still ties in with the book. The title of this movie is The Underwater Voyage because my movie is focused on the main character’s journey back to her home. This new character is named Odisia, which I hope closely resembles the original main character’s name, Odysseus. Odisia fought in a war and lost one arm and one leg, gaining new advanced mechanical parts to make up for them. Unlike Odysseus, she doesn’t have her crew with her which will hopefully bring a new experience to the viewers. …show more content…
The world has become a lot more modernized and humans have begun to focus more on technology and robots to advance their future. World War X was fought with different cyborgs on both sides of the war, and it was mainly a fight that was focused on the water or under the water. Odisia would have been kept captive by cyborgs who gave her her mechanical arm and leg replacements. This was supposed to resemble the dilemma between Odysseus and Calypso. Odisia’s voyage would begin when she finds a submarine to travel in. Here, she would meet one of her companions, a mechanical dog who fought with her during the water who helped her escape Calypso’s island. The purpose of this movie would be to tell the story of the Odyssey in a new, modernized way while trying to appeal to minorities. The target audience would be for people who love sci-fi and those who would enjoy a retelling of the