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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - "The 300" Movie based on the Frank Miller graphic novel of the battle of Thermopylae! (Page 2 of 2)

Posted: 1/19/2006 4:32:38 PM EDT

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Yep, and if I recall correctly, the other Greeks with the Spartans were Thebans..........who later surrendered to the Persians after they were captured

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In addition to the 300, there were between 4-7,000 Greeks at the battle.

I was a little disappointed to see bare chested Greeks sans breastplates and greaves in the stills. More comic book than historic garb....oh well, I'll see it anyway, I'm sure.

4,000 Greeks from various cities were with the 300 Spartans as they marched to Thermopylae. Leonidas sent most of them away when the secret pass was revealed. He allowed 700 Thespians to remain with the Spartans.

Posted: 1/19/2006 4:50:50 PM EDT

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Any idea when it's scheduled to be released ?
Gates of Fire and the graphic novel were excellent !!

Posted: 1/19/2006 5:00:56 PM EDT

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They could have held out longer if they hadn't been flanked by the persians.

IIRC, a traitor showed the Persians a way around the defenders and they were flanked.

They had democrats back then too?

Posted: 1/19/2006 7:56:50 PM EDT

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They could have held out longer if they hadn't been flanked by the persians.

IIRC, a traitor showed the Persians a way around the defenders and they were flanked.

They had democrats back then too?

I was thinking Geraldo, but hey -- whatever works.

Posted: 1/19/2006 7:59:25 PM EDT

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Yep, and if I recall correctly, the other Greeks with the Spartans were Thebans..........who later surrendered to the Persians after they were captured

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In addition to the 300, there were between 4-7,000 Greeks at the battle.

I was a little disappointed to see bare chested Greeks sans breastplates and greaves in the stills. More comic book than historic garb....oh well, I'll see it anyway, I'm sure.

4,000 Greeks from various cities were with the 300 Spartans as they marched to Thermopylae. Leonidas sent most of them away when the secret pass was revealed. He allowed 700 Thespians to remain with the Spartans.

IIRC, there were also Thracians with them. I may be confounding things here, but I thought he sort of "made" the Thespians stay with him (damn, actors must've always been cowards

), and the Thracians got to stay because, well, there wasn't going to be any talking them out of a fight.

Posted: 1/19/2006 8:17:16 PM EDT

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CooL !

Posted: 1/19/2006 8:20:04 PM EDT

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The rest of the Greek world didn't really liked the Spartans, and considered them a bit "queer".

All Greeks were a bit queer back then. The Spartans weren't liked because they could bitch-slap anyone they wanted to.

They were also queer because, well, they had sex with boys.

At least they weren't ghey cowboys.

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