I don't understand the need to parse each line so as to find implied slurs against every work he doesn't specifically pay homage to.

And, really, what's the point? He was trying to sell his own show! He needs to be selling it as the best thing since sliced bread (in SPACE!).

Are you joking, or did you not learn that in high school, or did you not study Homer in high school?

No. No Homer in high school for me. No Latin either.

No Homer in high school for me. No Latin either.

Same here. Can't remember when I learned in medias res... prolly law school. Or from TV.

(edit: and how much do I love P-C juxtaposing a Latin correction with an atti-snap? THIS much!)

No Homer in high school for me. No Latin either.

Me neither. I think I learned "in medias res" from a movie review that referenced Homer. I don't remember what movie.

Huh. Wow, I thought The Odyssey and The Iliad had always been high school English standards. Wonder when they came into vogue, then. When they teach you The Odyssey, one of the big things they always mention is the in medias res bit. It was kind of funny, though, that we did The Odyssey in ninth grade and The Iliad in tenth grade, even though the latter is chronologically before the former. I don't remember which one Homer actually wrote first, though.

(edit: and how much do I love P-C juxtaposing a Latin correction with an atti-snap? THIS much!)

Heh. Atti-snap? I'm not familiar with that term.

When they teach you The Odyssey, one of the big things they always mention is the in medias res bit.

When they teach you The Odyssey, you mean. I certainly didn't learn the term from there.

I thought The Iliad was the big in medias res exemplar.

Pretty sure I didn't learn it in school, though.

I thought The Iliad was the big in medias res exemplar.

Wait, I think you're right. Point.

We read snippets from The Odyssey in HS, but we did read all of Medea, if that counts.

I'm sure River read The Iliad and The Odyssey.