More good pics at the site
Posted on 03/16/2007 6:50:33 PM PDT by Muentzer2005
I rhink Rush used to have a supply. Maybe it wasn't a flux-capacitor....what was that gizmo he used to blame all his transmission bloopers on? Anyway...something close.
I couldn't care less about this rant, but wanted to put in a plug for a great book - "Gates of Fire" which is also about the battle of Thermopylae and I assume was at least partially the basis for this movie (which I haven't seen).
I hate pornography. I detest it. This was not that. It is called "heroic nudity." It was glorious! And they weren't nude. They wore loin cloths, and the most magnificent red capes. It was AWESOME. It took my breath away It was the power, the skill, the discipline and courage with which they fought that the was object of the showing the body moving in battle. I can't say enough about how beautiful it was. And it was so because they were fighting for freedom. The blood was digital. Not flowing but scattering like leaves. Hard to explain but it helped you not to focus on gore but on the action which was ....I can't explain it. I loved this movie!!!
In the way the Red Army liberated Berlin. He conquered Babylon and liberated the Jews. But that's not what the author said.
The film characterizes the ancient Persians as anti-woman, racist, and undemocratic... I think the makers of “300” have mistakenly transposed the Mullahs’ mess and the era of the Persian Empire with regard to the role of women in Persian culture.
The Persians were heavily into the whole "bloodline purity" thing, which is why their kings took to marrying their own sisters and daughters, same as the Pharoahs. While the Persians were much less oppressive than the preceding Assyrians and Babylonians, and there is indeed much good that could be said about them, it is just ludicrous to imply that they were democratic feminists.
It is generally agreed that the "purdah" system of seclusion of women is originally Perian in origin, as is the word, and was adopted by Moslem culture after their conquest of Persia. It certainly isn't Arab in origin, as it isn't practical for nomads and the history of Mohammed makes it clear he didn't practice it himself.
BTW, the Athenians and most other Greeks practiced something very similar to purdah themselves, and were generally appalled by the freedom given Spartan women.
Why is it the most disciplined and feared army of the ancient world can't think of a better uniform than a Speedo and a cape?
Actually, "the most feared and disciplined army of the ancient world" show up over a century later - in Italy.
Actually, "the most feared and disciplined army of the ancient world" show up over a century later - in Italy.
And they didn't show up in Speedos and capes!
What amuses me, is that according to my sources 300 is becoming a gay cult hit -- more so than Brokeback Mountain.
No speedos, but the Romans wore red tunics [under their armor], and red wool cloaks [over their armor, but not in combat]. Wore red for the same reasons the Spartans [who they took the idea from] and the British [who took the idea from them] did. So the blood from any wounds wouldn't show.
That's actually informative. Thanks. Learn something new everyday (or try to).
" If what you consider 'pornographic imagery' is too much temptation for you and leads you to sin and pollutes your spirit, then by all means avoid it. The decadence that is portrayed in this movie is not glorified at all. Quite the opposite. It's what the movies heroes fight against. If you are only willing to engage in the fight against evil under the condition that your personal standard of 'purity' is met, then the front lines in the culture wars probably isn't the place for you. It's not for the squeamish. God's role for you must be well behind the lines.
Plutarch's discussion of the reforms of Lycurgus, the lawgiver who was the source of the militarism of Sparta we know from history, makes the case pretty cut-and-dried. It wasn't exactly a classless society, but within classes all were considered equal. The parallels between Sparta of its heyday and the cold-war Soviet state are pretty strong.
It's a MOVIE folks, not a documentary.
IMO, the makers wanted to create a movie that showed good triumphing over evil in a short term losing cause.
It wasn't about ancient Greece, ancient Persia, Xerxes, the Spartans, or anything else associated with Thermopylae any more than Spiderman was about radioactive spiders.
It was made to attract a younger audience to a movie theater to collect money from them.
More good pics at the site
"Yes, it was "excellent," if you love soft-core porn and lots of blood and have hardened your heart to any desire for purity."
Eh purity.
You're very welcome to stay home and not see it and keep your (underage) kids from seeing it if you feel that way, but I want to see a good old bloody ass-kicking. I'm tired of girlie movies passing themselves off as having spines.
Opps! Wrong post. Sorry about that.
I've seen that comment a lot lately. Nothing I personally have read (a lot of late including three books on the subject) suggests that is true.
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