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Gilgamesh
2014 · Film · 103 min
Directed by Richard Chandler
A military expedition in Siberia gone wrong. The existence of humanity is in peril as Inanna, Sumerian goddess of lust and war has summoned a giant meteor to destroy the planet, after being accidentally set free from her ancient prison. The government has been overturned in a Communist take-over and the citizens of the world; brainwashed. In humanity's darkest hour, the ancient entity of Gilgamesh, older than the cosmos themselves, must decide whether or not to serve of mankind's final hope. Meanwhile, Inanna has hand selected the one man; married man and archaeologist, David Murphy, to live out the rest of eternity with her. Gilgamesh and Inanna are quickly targeted by the new government as potential weapons of mass destruction, and soon the apocalypse has begun.
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It is still the oldest surviving Epic, a blockbuster if you like, even though it had several remakes by Akkadians and others.
edit: btw, I wish even a fraction of the current high-budget superhero movies had as good of a plot as Gilgamesh
I think there's something to be said about our modern, ultra-connected existences, the omnipresence of entertainment and its influence on society.
Super hero movies and Funko Pops though? That doesn't seem particularly new to me. The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of "Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu, a wild man created by the gods to stop Gilgamesh from oppressing the people of Uruk". Most of Greek mythology is about Gods behaving very much like modern super heroes. Actually many modern super heroes are molded more or less loosely on those. "Panem et circenses" is not a novel concept.
Let's not pretend that the average human being a century ago spent their days reading avant-guarde literature and complex political essays.