tangential but this is always how discussions on character design make me feel—like, there's a lot of cool ideas in that space, but often the line between "technique/process" and "prescriptive rules on how to make visual art more marketable" is more of a gradient that takes up most of the scale

the pants matter because ancient greek men irl were like borderline naked a lot of the time!! compare this image of achilles dressing patroclus' wounds. the ancient greeks were enamored with the human form. nolan's odyssey is afraid to show any skin, except for big strong arms that exist for killing

maybe the movie itself will be different. but in the trailer the camera cuts to a guy drawing his sword like four times. the only moment of vulnerability is odysseus' fear that he won't be able to return home to protect his wife. everyone walks like a "How To Walk Like an Alpha Male" video