Future Past Survivor: A Strategy Podcast
Aug 19, 2026 · 1 hr 53 min · 13 segments
Josh and Bryan discuss Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and what hidden lessons for the game of Survivor might be found in a story about one of the great tacticians of the literary canon —but also we…
Josh KennelsHost
Brian TeresiHost
so did you like d- like, was this, like, one of your favorite Nolan movies? You know, like, for me, okay, I'll just, I'll tell you transparently.
For me, like, this was, like, I, you know, Tenet is probably the only one [laughs] where I watched it, I was like, "What the F is going on here?" I have no i- you know.
Just, I also, I, my experience was in a drive-in theater with the sound mixing was so horrible.
I would not put it as, you know, even as much of, like, again, Greek, you know, background, all that stuff explained.
Like, and, and the anticipation for the movie might have been its own, you know, issue in my h- in, i- with me fully.
But, like, I, I think that this is, like, a tier two Nolan movie, which is still better than, like, you know, 99% of, of movies that I watch.
But that, Dunkirk also had such low expectations that, like, I went, I was like, "I don't really know, like, how he's gonna do this as a movie," and it was, like, w- very creative the way he got into it with the three different storylines synced up, um, with that clock ticking soundtrack.
Tho- those are some of the first ones that come to mind as, like, what are, like, my favorite Nolan movies.
It probably is my favorite Nolan movie, though m- maybe you want to give it a rewatch first before...
so did you like d- like, was this, like, one of your favorite Nolan movies? You know, like, for me, okay, I'll just, I'll tell you transparently.
For me, like, this was, like, I, you know, Tenet is probably the only one [laughs] where I watched it, I was like, "What the F is going on here?" I have no i- you know.
Just, I also, I, my experience was in a drive-in theater with the sound mixing was so horrible.
I would not put it as, you know, even as much of, like, again, Greek, you know, background, all that stuff explained.
Like, and, and the anticipation for the movie might have been its own, you know, issue in my h- in, i- with me fully.
But, like, I, I think that this is, like, a tier two Nolan movie, which is still better than, like, you know, 99% of, of movies that I watch.
But that, Dunkirk also had such low expectations that, like, I went, I was like, "I don't really know, like, how he's gonna do this as a movie," and it was, like, w- very creative the way he got into it with the three different storylines synced up, um, with that clock ticking soundtrack.
Tho- those are some of the first ones that come to mind as, like, what are, like, my favorite Nolan movies.
It probably is my favorite Nolan movie, though m- maybe you want to give it a rewatch first before...
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