Wednesday, November 29, 2017

The Making of Troy: 1200 BC

My story Troy: 1200 BC is almost done except for a few revisions. I'm looking for a producer who loves historical fiction. As much as possible I delve on written history and make sensible guesses on what is not written. My main influence undoubtedly is the movie Troy which starred Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean and Diane Kruger. I would definitely cast them again but they were unavailable. So i gave them a list of my second choices.

I began to write Troy: 1200 BC when i came upon the Iliad book written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald at an exchange store. The previous owner was a girl who wrote notes about Brad Pitt. She also had a soundtrack while reading the book as i have described in my IG story. I read a chapter then i add my own soundtrack to it. As the movie Troy suggests, the cut scenes when the Gods of Olympus appear, they happen in your mind. Zeus the all mighty, son of the wicked Kronos so whenever they said his name, it is an evil curse. I also noticed the same in the movie Inside Out and as a big theater fan it was definitive. There are voice actors and play actors performing simultaneously.

The highlights for me are the Iliad Books 3 and 4, that is Dueling for a Haunted Lady and A Bowshot Bringing War. I did not know whether i was satisfied with the ending or not but it was curious that The Iliad ended with Akhilleus killing Hektor. I have always believed that Alexandros killed Akhilleus since my father has Edith Hamilton's book Mythology. I was delighted when i got the Odyssey book from the same store. I write my way forward and backward. My work is to write and the work of the editor is to edit. My girlfriend volunteers as editor so goodluck.

I can't explain how i have written okay. It has become a role playing game that i write about social media. Say Demi Lovato's Body Say, i just described what she did in the music video. I guess this story is theirs as much as mine. I know i have blind spots so that is when they remind me. They also inspire me. When a nameless folk on twitter said the Avatar combined earth, water, wind and fire, i took it as mine and run away with it. But you must have heart to be Captain Planet. Take the case of Haiden Hazard. I met her on the Asia Pop Comicon and promised her I would cast her. But until a deal is finalized, i can't press her as i might look like a poser. I love Haiden's role in the story. Khalkas was looking for a driver and Haiden was looking for a job. The vision came to me in Sting's music video Desert Rose.

Alexandros was defeated by Menelaos in the trial by combat but his wounds were treated at the palace. His father lets him remember the Trojan style of swordfight. One time i saw Khloe Kardashian wearing a golden metallic dress. She looks like Bo Derek. That was when it occurred to me that they would have masturbated on nude sculpture. I'm no big man okay. I do not know personally the mayors and vice mayors i have mentioned. I love to make up stories. The reason i was not able to go to Batangas City to make a courtesy call to the officials there is am pre occupied looking for publishers. I miss watching the games with my good friends Ariel Rivera and Gelli de Belen who support their niece Sta. Lucia's Rebecca Rivera. On other ocassions i have met up with senators Tito Sotto and Nancy Villar. You know politics and stuff. Actor Edu Manzano once challenged me to a fistfight but i declined.

I saw the model Brenda Hassan on the colour pop cosmetic IG. She has a sexy body that i felt like Agamemnon. I casted her as the captive Briseis. Now Conan The Destroyer has Wilt Chamberlain and Grace Jones as allies in the movie. However i cannot cast them as Trojan allies because i have established that blacks from Africa were forbidden. They had the exodus from Egypt. The blacks go to Mediterranean and become Greek citizens. Akhilleus, whose father is white and mother black, would go to Troy to visit Laodike, the priestess guru of Troy, daughter of King Priam. Their theme song is the Color of the Night version of Aida Nikolaychuk the Paris Hilton of Ukraine. Odysseus bumps into Circe, his exgirlfriend. Her face says Odysseus has to talk to her. Why did you disappear? His answer was ready for a long time. I know that you get married and i saw that you are very happy. You are very thoughtful Odyssey.

Today December 3 i gonna edit and write new chapters. The Odysseus and Circe love team needs closure. The map of the known world has to be explained as well. Greece and Europe, the Near East, the Middle East, the Far East, Africa and the Lands down Under which is considered unliveable due to the heat wave. Some philosophers contend there is a new world beyond the Atlantic. The Exodus from Egypt has to be documented too. The construction of the pyramids was the big thing. Egypt's design methodology was implemented everywhere. The Pharaoh has laid the plans. His builders utilize the cut and fill method by leveling the earth and laying of cut stones at the base. Then they raise the ground level to that of the laid stones by earth fill and compaction of the site. When the last stone is laid they excavate the earth to reveal the pyramid.

Magic 899 is a big part of my life because i stalk Gianna Llanes there. She's not my girlfriend okay. I wish. I saw her more than ten times at the station and at the gyms where she reports for volleyball and basketball. The last time i saw her was at the elevator last year. I could have cornered her there but she might panic. My plan was just to wave at her. Which i did?

The Pharaoh has hired engineers from the Near East or the Fertile Crescent where they build pyramids at Sumer. The workers go home quarterly, semi annually or annually through ships. The exodus happened when there were no more major construction projects. Do you know that there is a European patent for the Balisong the Butterfly Knife? It does not matter as the blades they forge in Batangas are world class slashers from as big as a sword to a small souvenir item. There is also no evidence of bronze age civilization in the Philippines but we read from wikipedia that Southeast Asia was a mining site for East Asians and Westerners.

Women are in a limited capacity in the story so i can imagine women fighting women in limited capacity. Firstly we have Amazon fighters and when the Greek have breached the parameters of the old town civilians including women and children armed themselves with pitchforks and knives. Haiden and Greek women were also not enlisted except for the non military personnel who are either entertainers, nurses, doctors or wives. The other deputy Patroklos should be another mulatto. We call this cinematic license the right of the writer to morph stories. Grace Jones versus the Amazon leader would be a dandy. Of course Cher is my inspiration for Penthesilea.

Odysseus and the campus jocks i named after my playstation buddies that we get together every week in our homes to host each other - Armand and his brother Raymond who mixes at Myx Music Television he plays loud, Gilbert (+) whom i didn't get to beat at NBA Live and Rommel my good friend. Helen cut her hair short due to depression. Here was the man she divorced and the man she newly married. Btw why is the video of I Wasn't The One Who Said Goodbye sung by Peter Cetera and Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA fame is not available. In the meantime let us watch the flip and asian duet.

A day in the life of a Magic 899 fan starts early. Good Times with DJ Mo Twister loud mouth professional heckler, trust me all DJs are, is joined by Sam Oh and Mikey Bustos from 6 to 9am. The Toilet Mix follows with Boom Gonzalez and whoever is his leading lady that time it was Joyce Pring and Debbie Then now Bea Fabregas where they play live versions. The Big Meal at 12 noon heavyweights CJ and Suzy talk about sports. At 3pm is a snooze fest with Nikko Ramos and Riki. Junior Jocks Takeshi and Debbie completes the show. An hour of DJ mixes follow before the bad boys of Boys Night Out take over hosted by Tony, Rick and Sam YG. DJ Josh Strike caps off the night. They mix the shows on Fridays. They convene on Wednesdays right? The weekend you get to see the Junior Jocks they are amateur DJs so to speak while they are still studying. They will be absorbed eventually or released to other radio stations. Times like this i look forward to seeing Gianna.

My jam is actually is EZ Rock 96.3 easy listening music where i get to know Anne Murray, Player, Peter Cetera, those guys. But i usually flip the dials to get the mood i want. NU107 is alternative music as Wave 883 is for locals and Monster 931. You can log in at radiorepublic.ph okay to know all the stations.

Gladiators originated at Troy. King Priam hosts the most exotic beauties and fiercest fighters ever assembled. They asked me why i did not highlighted the wedding of Menelaos and Helen. The story starts on a friday, two years since that wedding. It was a fire starter i suppose. Odysseus and Penelope got hitched then Mentor and Circe said their I Do's, the odd nerd couple. Meanwhile at Troy Kassandra was presented to the world in her 18th birthday. They danced the gavotte. Wait we'll make it two years earlier Year 75 of Mykenai Rule. Helen was there still single. Her and Alexandros they did not meet at Troy. We love Serendipity.

Helen's coat of arms is the lion. It was customary in those days especially at Troy to register their coat of arms so that the smith have it emblazoned on their helmets, cuirass, shields, gauntlets and weapons so the families and clan can enter the city to buy, trade and socialize. My source is wikipedia okay that Alexandros (Paris) was asked to choose among Athena, Hera and Aphrodite to give the proverbial golden apple. This impied friendship. Athena offered wisdom, skill in battle and abilities of the greatest warriors. Hera political power and control of Asia. Aphrodite love of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Sparta. So Helen is Aphrodite personified while we can say that Athena is Menelaos and Hera Odysseus. We men have our feminine side. The Prince of Troy Alexandros would show indifference to Menelaos and Odysseus. Due to Serendipity Alexandros and Helen did not cross paths at the ball. The lion is the symbol of Athens which through cinematic license I dub King Theseus as the King of Athens and his daughters Princess Klytaimnestra and Princess Helen. Penelope is also popular and has fan clubs but for the Greeks its not what you keep but who you lost. That is why the taking of Helen by Alexandros is a big deal.

The horse is the symbol of Troy. Circe discourses. I read this CNN article on Schadenfreude the pleasure caused by the misfortune of others. Circe the psychologist explains. That is when you are hurt. Misery loves company. When you are happy you will feel miserable on the misfortune of others. Circe reminisces how happy she was when Odysseus and his team lost a game. But those days were gone now. She is happy that Odysseus is happy.

Odysseus plays Episkyros the ancient game of Rugby which is the origin of American Football. A vast field of 100 yards long marked every 5 yards. The begins at the center line. The goal is the quarterback has to throw the ball forward to a 5 yard territory. Then you have 4 chances to advance the ball or you can kick it when you have the range. I guess Episkyros would be more like Rugby wherein you pass the ball whichever way you can past a phalanx of defenders. Why is there no black romcoms are mainstream? Try man. Who cares if it wouldn't sell. In my movie there would be main characters, support, bit and cameos. Troy is all about white people okay. They are the mainstream. The black would be represented in Akhilleus army and Egypt so they are support and bit players. Same for the Orientals and Java. The rest of Southeast Asia are bit players and cameos.

Alexandros went outside to breathe. He was not fond of parties. He walked towards the shipyard and took out his hammer. He was working on his baby a medium sized ship in which two workers have helped. But now for the finishing touches he can do it on his own. He began hammering away at the loose ends. The beat has drawn the attention of Agamemnon he was not a party person himself. Kassandra is in ecstasy. She had just met Helen and she can't stop talking about her. Brother you have to meet Helen. She is so gorgeous. I'd take her home if i were you. Is there anyone more beautiful than you? Probably none.

I have dreamed of founding an Astronomy Club so the Queen Klytaimnestra is pretty much me. Can we cast Emma Watson as the Queen? She looks too young for me. I dunno i'm not the casting director. But they say the British get old faster. Caucasians in general.

Egypt is the biggest manufacturer of gold that is why the Pharaoh built the pyramids. At the base mercury liquid silver flows at the container pools. Mercury binds gold nuggets into lumps. I casted Zac Efron as Polites today, son of Priam and leader of the lookout squad. Penelope loves the dolphins and the sea. Helen is a dork when drunk.

Khloe is the lover of Menelaos. Odysseus met Nausicaa when she was young. He met her again when she was old. The volleybelles Ramdin and Pilepic are deputies of the Akhilleus army. Samo Hung is a chinese from Greece. I would tell you about the love story of Perseus and Medusa, you know the son of Nestor known as The Unicorn for his pointed horns. Medusa is known for her beauty that she charms men and turn them to stones. As a manner of speaking. She keeps tallies of her conquests but no one has tamed the shrew. Until Perseus. Medusa saw her mirror image in Perseus. He keeps a tally of his own. When Medusa first saw Perseus she was afraid and petrified. Okay my publisher is pushing me to meet deadlines which is asap. I know the stories should have no loose ends and congruent. I have identified the MCs namely Helen, Alexandros, Menelaos, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Penelope, Akhilleus and Hektor. Menelaos and Agamemnon are brothers, the sons of Atreus. Helen and Klytaimestra are sisters, daughters of Theseus. Hektor, Alexandros, Polites, Laodike, Kassandra are the children of Priam by Hekabah. Penelope as i mentioned come from a modest family who had their glory days that she promised to reclaim. The rest are support players so i don't feel the urge to develop their characters. The focus should be Troy. However it is convenient for me to complete the Houses. Sarpedon of Lykia is a loving father to a family of four. Pandaros hopes to go back to Lykia. Glaukos runs a martial arts school. Diomedes is Jean Claude Van Damme. He and Glaukos would fight to a draw. Samo Hung is an unmarried greek immigrant like most asians who go abroad.

When Alexandros met Helen she was agog. Here we see Lady Gaga's MV of Alejandro wherein she has two other loves Fernando and Roberto. Thus Helen loves Alexandros but she has loved other men, Odysseus whom she did not love enough and Menelaos who was to become her ex husband. Odysseus did not love Helen enough too. 1200 BC was the time of warrior-kings that is why Agamemnon is the Lord Marshal at the field. We can say that Khryses started the trend of priestly kings as he is the king of Khryse Island. Now we deal with classes of people. There are royals, the elites, those hanging out with them, the middle class, the underworld and Tartarus which is a place lower than the underworld or basement. This i gathered from the dwellers under the New York subway. So hades the underworld and the tartarus is a physical place in Greece. I had outlined in my notes the Houses in my story. The House of Khryse is composed of Khryses the priest, his deceased wife, his daughter Khryseis and the commander of the Khryse army.

I did not include Penina Snuka okay i feel bad when i casted Ramdin and Pilepic. I wish you good luck Penina, i love you and your folks. Is just sad that they do not hire setters. I casted Darlene cause she looks like an african soldier. The only reason i included Katarina os she showed me her boobs. Nope i saw it through the see through dress she was wearing. She got my attention. The Asian Alliance is implied in the Iliad so i took the liberty of portraying Pandaros as ethnic Japanese , Sarpedon Chinese, Glaukos Korean, and the clan of Antenor, Aineas, Arkelokhos and Akamas as Indian migrants. Their ascendancy is not uncommon as evidenced in our times. Ramon Bagatsing former Manila Mayor is descended from Bhagat Singh. Same as London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Of course former Philippine Presidents Corazon Aquino and Noynoy Aquino, and Senator Ninoy Aquino are ethnic Chinese. Same as a lot of Chinese clans in power today the Cojuangcos, the Sys, the Angs and so on. Former Peru President Alberto Fujimori is also Japanese. There is not a migrant Korean i know who done this. So quite fitting they be casted as Sarpedon's deputy Glaukos.



Helen (Cara Delevingne)

Alexandros (Tom Hiddleston)

Penelope (Gal Gadot)

Odysseus (Jake Gyllenhaal)

Agamemnon (Mark Ruffalo)

Khalkas (Conan O'Brien)

Penthesilea (Kim Kardashian)

Kassandra (Gigi Hadid)

Laodike (Paris Hilton)

Andromakhe (Kendall Jenner)

Briseis (Kylie Jenner)

Khryseis (Brenda Hassan)

Haiden (Haiden Hazard)

King Priam (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Queen Rebekah (Alysa Milano)

Nausicaa (Lindsay Lohan)

Circe (Lauren de Stefano)

Peleus (David Beckham)

Thetis (Victoria Beckham)

Akhilleus (Blake Griffin)

Haiden's Mother (Michelle Yeoh)

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