Posted on 03/14/2007 8:28:21 AM PDT by meg88
What have you done for me lately, other than hack off the heads of innocent people?
Take a hike, jerk.
Nobody was keeping the Persians from writing things down.
Apparently this habit of producing nothing of lasting value and criticizing those who do is nothing new...
Excellent point!!
...didn't the Iranians claim that the Persians were the first to create freedom of speech?
That's ironic on so many levels.
This is quite possibly the worst piece I've encountered on FR.
If the writer knows so much more about Persian history, why wouldn't he share it instead of whining like a crybaby that Zack Snyder isn't factual? There are no specifics in his rant to prove his point.
Moron.
For Pete's sake it's a movie. Have you ever seen a movie that was 100% historically correct? All this writing is trying to do is make everyone feel guilty about how they feel about Islam. That king, by the way...if you look at history, was an animal.
I agree. I will not see it four more times on the big screen. I will not buy the dvd so I can not watch it on my tv. I will not popcorn and watch it over and over.
"I heard this movie wasn't very good and not worth watching, but after reading this I'm going!"
They lied. It's real good. I want to see it again.
So true!
I think it's time for a prequel...about how the Persians got their clocks cleaned at Marathon by another smaller Greek army.
Then, we need to put out another movie about Alexander the Great and how he conquered Persia with a relatively small force.
Come to think of it, the Persians must have been real wussies on the battlefield. Did they ever have any notable wins against the west?
LOL...get in line...this is Hollyweird's trademark modus operandi. Where, exactly, was his outrage at the attack on Jesus by James Cameron? Would he care to revisit the definition of hypocrisy along with a mirror in hand?
I think it's time for a prequel...about how the Persians got their clocks cleaned at Marathon by another smaller Greek army.
Then, we need to put out another movie about Alexander the Great and how he conquered Persia with a relatively small force.
Come to think of it, the Persians must have been real wussies on the battlefield. Did they ever have any notable wins against the west?
Abolfazl Moghadam (or however the hell you pronounce that) geez dude. Get yourself a drink and relaxe. You're just way too uptight.
Dang. Get some fresh air...drink a couple beers...do something. You gotta loosen up, man.
Kind of funny actually.
If a Zoarastrian or neo-pagan devotee of ancient Persian paganism takes offense at the 300, I have a little sympathy: from what I've heard (I have yet to see it) the portrayal of Persian decadence as reimagined complete with effective magic is a bit over the top.
Carping about it from the moral and spiritual descendants of the Mohammedans who destroyed ancient Persian culture is, well, amusing.
He didn't.
Molon Labe, goat-effing sons of pigs
What?!
No Fatwa?!
This is ridiculous. While Herodotus is not exactly an unimpeachable source, his favorable treatment of and even occasional open admiration for the Persians in his Histories puts lie to the silly notion that he was somehow biased against them.
Saw it last night - SPECTACULAR movie!!!
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