tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post2074609772414997205..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-7516960939277250512007-03-23T16:48:00.000-04:002007-03-23T16:48:00.000-04:00And incidentally: the Spartans were better than, s...And incidentally: the Spartans were better than, say, the Athenians in some fairly important ways. E.g. their treatment of females.<BR/><BR/>Again: I'm no fan of Sparta.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-45682746846542789102007-03-23T16:39:00.000-04:002007-03-23T16:39:00.000-04:00Matthew's equation wins.Matthew's equation wins.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-48017776824847227222007-03-22T18:56:00.000-04:002007-03-22T18:56:00.000-04:00Also, questions of historical authenticty are kind...Also, questions of historical authenticty are kind of beside the point in a movie featuring ACTUAL MONSTERS.<BR/><BR/>Final note: I don't think the helots would have much cause for throat-lumping when it came to the Spartans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-90625941496125022322007-03-22T18:54:00.000-04:002007-03-22T18:54:00.000-04:00Perhaps a mathematical equation is in order:Triump...Perhaps a mathematical equation is in order:<BR/><BR/>Triumph of the Will + God of War on Playstation 3 * the Tony Curtis and Lawrence Olivier bathtub scene from Spartucus / the messageboards at freerepublic.com = 300<BR/><BR/>It was pretty fun to watch, though, regardless of the transparent reactionary war-mongering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-10739635973484263682007-03-22T12:27:00.000-04:002007-03-22T12:27:00.000-04:00I just don't see what exactly there is to get all ...I just don't see what exactly there is to get all misty about over Thermopylae. If it was just two groups of bastards killing each other..what am I missing? The fact that some dudes would give their lives to stand up for their bastardhood?<BR/><BR/>meh. I mean, regrettable when anyone senselessly dies, but I think a "meh" is all I can muster for that one since they pretty much died doin' what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-64326392487331527022007-03-22T11:36:00.000-04:002007-03-22T11:36:00.000-04:00Yeah, A, as I said, I'm no great fan of the Sparta...Yeah, A, as I said, I'm no great fan of the Spartans...<BR/><BR/>Still, I can't help but get all misty about Thermopylae...<BR/><BR/>But, anyway, don't forget, just for perspective's sake, that the Athenians were bastards, too, much of the time.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-16453826815724338462007-03-21T12:22:00.000-04:002007-03-21T12:22:00.000-04:00Given the choice between history and myth, people ...Given the choice between history and myth, people will choose myth every time - at least if they're looking for entertainment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-36297021451846057702007-03-21T01:24:00.000-04:002007-03-21T01:24:00.000-04:00I really only had two problem with the film.1) '30...I really only had two problem with the film.<BR/><BR/>1) '300' made the Persians a lot darker than they likely were (remember, Iran is where we get the word Aryan, and it borders the Caucasus mountains, origin of the word 'caucasian') and the Greeks a lot paler than they likely were. That wouldn't be so much an issue except that it took a historical story about a group of people of varying skin Mycahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169534197143405966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-5384710411320564122007-03-20T17:46:00.000-04:002007-03-20T17:46:00.000-04:00I dunno man, seems to me that Thermopylae was just...I dunno man, seems to me that Thermopylae was just the bastards vs. the bastasrds. It wasn't really like either culture was better than the other. Certainly a vast comparison between the two cultures isn't even feasible, but from what I've read, which isn't an unnoticably small amount, they both liked to kill a lot of people and were full of their "aggressive tyrants".<BR/><BR/>Xerxes, though, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com