David French

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1,367 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 28 Aug

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The SkyePod · French Friday: Nerdfest 2026 · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

So the actual ending for Agamemnon was altered in a way that really reflects the divine law and the effect of consequences for its violation. matched

And so it is very interesting to me that once you see this pattern in the movie, it's very difficult to unsee it. matched

And time and time again, you will see a choice made for expedience and ends justify the means choice, but there's always a price to be paid. matched

Even at the very end where he's talking about how he's asking people who are going to Hades to tell his men, like to try to reconcile Odysseus with the men that he was not able to bury, again, a violation of the law, right? matched

That he still felt a consequence. matched

He still felt that there was something left undone. matched

And so the whole movie to me was just a really fascinating exploration and sort of the cost and consequence of pride and willfulness. matched

And just beautifully, I thought that confession, and I hadn't even thought of the screen between him and Penelope. matched

until you said it, but it makes it an even more sort of beautiful image and moment, is that moment of confession is actually one of the most powerful and unexpected parts of the entire film. matched

He does in the whole Batman trilogy too. matched

Exactly. matched

And Ra's al Ghul is about the ends justify the means from Batman Begins. matched

Once Gotham has reached sort of the culmination of its sin, it needs to be purged and matched

Batman stands against this sort of ends justify the means. matched

But at the same time, as we go through the trilogy, the fraught moral complexity of the entire Batman character is explored as well. matched

So this is a theme, like this theme of accountability, the ends justify the means, the great burden of power. matched

All of these things are – matched

you know, replete throughout the Nolan, you know, throughout Nolan's work. matched

It's fascinating. matched

Well, on the left, I've seen very little about the Odyssey, either in defense or more taking it on its own terms. matched

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