300!!!
300 at the IMAX next week fools.... day off style, who's going?
the battle of thermopylae
acording to the herodutus it was 300 spartans and 2000 allies vs. 2,500,000 persians.
and according to frank millers version it's got all the greek gods and ghoulies.
what more could you ask for???
bad ass cinematography! thats what. so if anybody wants to do a siick sleeve from this movie, let me know. im gonna do everything i can to get my hands on an advance copy and get started on that as early as i can.
And just before the battle Xerxes was curious as to why there was such a small Greek force guarding Thermopylae and interrogated some Arcadian prisoners. The answer was that all the other men were participating in the Olympic Games, forbidding them to participate in war. When Xerxes asked what the prize for the winner was, "An olive-wreath" came the answer. Upon hearing this, Tritantaechmes, a Persian general, spontaneously responded by saying to Mardonius: "Good heavens! Mardonius, what kind of men are these against whom you have brought us to fight? Men who do not compete for money, but for honor"
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