Did you know that the 1980 movie set from ”Popeye” is a very real place that you can actually still visit?⁠ ⁠ When you stop to think about it, the magic of the movies often stems from the world it creates. And in reality, an entire alternative universe is built, filmed for posterity, then promptly disassembled. The sets are taken down, the actors and crew members go home, and life goes on.⁠ ⁠ That is not the case all the time, however. One example of a movie set that was allowed to remain is the village constructed in Mellieha, Malta to accommodate the filming of the 1980 live-action adaptation of “Popeye”⁠ ⁠ The film, which starred Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall, performed modestly at the box office but gained traction with audiences over the years via home video. As the r/todayilearned sub-Reddit discovered this week, the film and its fictional setting of Sweethaven are still immortalized to this day by Popeye Village, a functioning mini-theme park and resort that repurposed the f...