Sparta, Spandex and Disturbing Distortions of '300'

[TehBorken]

From [a href="http://www.livescience.com/history/070312_300_movie.html"]livescience.com[/a]. The author, Ephraim Lytle, makes me laugh- you mean Hollywood shot a movie and made shit up?? I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU!! OMG, OMG!!!
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The battle of Thermopylae was real, but how real is the movie "300"? Ephraim Lytle, assistant professor of hellenistic history at the University of Toronto, has seen it and offers his view. This article first appeared in the [a href="http://www.thestar.com/article/190493"]Toronto Star[/a] and is republished here with permission.[/em] [/span] [p class="style1"]History is altered all the time. What matters is how and why. Thus I see no reason to quibble over the absence in 300 of breastplates or modest thigh-length tunics. I can see the graphic necessity of sculpted stomachs and three hundred Spartan-sized packages bulging in spandex thongs. On the other hand, the ways in which 300 selectively idealizes Spartan society are problematic, even disturbing.[/p][p class="style1"]Full stupid story: [a href="http://www.livescience.com/history/070312_300_movie.html"]http://www.livescience.com/history/070312_300_movie.html[/a]
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[tenkani]

 Woah! Great article!!
I haven't seen the film yet, but most of the info from this article rings true with what I recently saw on the History channel in their special on the events surrounding the battle of Thermoplyae.
 
EDIT: So now I can't quite decide whether to see the film.
Does it matter that it rewrites history?

[kingy]

i would go see the movie. most movies dont portait an accurate account of history anyways unless it is a documentary. in a similiar type of movie, troy wasnt exactly accurate either.

[Lise]

Dudes,

  It's based on a Frank Miller's graphic comic. How realistic do you wanna get? Can you name me one movie that stayed true to form without alteration, without interpretation....? You get a very, very boring movie.

  Of course it's not going to be real, show for show. You have to go in there and expect to be entertained. If you want a history lesson, you best watch Discovery Channel.

  Go watch the movie, 300. It's fantastic. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

  If you wish to see a more 'realistic' adaptation, there's a movie out there called The 300 Spartans. It's not too bad, a bit boring but there are more character development than the newer version.

  [img style="WIDTH: 171px; HEIGHT: 198px" height=248 src="http://i10.tinypic.com/4bplkq0.jpg" width=218]

[tenkani]

I don't trust your opinion.
You just got seduced by teh bare breasted spartans.

 

[Lise]

I wasn't looking at breasts. Aim a little lower, tenkani-san.

  And oh.... who says that only the men got to be bare breasted? There were some eye catching scenes that will make any little general rise to the occassion.

[tenkani]

Disgusting!!
Oh, the depravity of hollywood makes me want to HEAVE MY GUTS OUT!!!
*buying teh tickets online*