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Bogie thats what Im talking about, are you a gamer by any chance?
was it historically accurate for them to be fighting dinosaurs?
Didn't notice the dinosaurs, just some elephants and one rhinoceros
Iran condemns Hollywood war epic
Historical war epic 300 has been criticised as an attack on Iranian culture by government figures.
The Hollywood film, which has broken US box office records, is an effects-laden retelling of a battle in which a small Greek army resisted a Persian invasion.
Javad Shamqadri, a cultural advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said it was "plundering Iran's historic past and insulting this civilization".
He branded the film "psychological warfare" against Tehran and its people.
But Iranian culture was strong enough to withstand the assault, Mr Shamqadri said. [[brings up the question: how many Hollywood films would it take to destroy a mid-sized country? Bet we can take Madagascar out with just two more action films and a romantic comedy -MV]]
"American cultural officials thought they could get mental satisfaction by plundering Iran's historic past and insulting this civilization," he said.
"Following the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Hollywood and cultural authorities in the US initiated studies to figure out how to attack Iranian culture. [italics added by MV]
"Certainly, the recent movie is a product of such studies."
Daily newspaper Ayandeh-No carried the headline "Hollywood declares war on Iranians".
The film achieved the best ever March opening in North America
The paper said: "It seeks to tell people that Iran, which is in the Axis of Evil now, has for long been the source of evil and modern Iranians' ancestors are the ugly murderous dumb savages you see in 300."
Three MPs in the Iranian parliament have also written to the foreign ministry to protest against the production and screening of this "anti-Iranian Hollywood film".
The film has already proved a major box office hit in the US where it earned almost $71m (£36.8m) in its first weekend, making it the best ever March opening in North American cinemas.
This is not the first time Iran has protested over its portrayal in films made in the West.
There was outrage over the 2004 epic Alexander which showed the Macedonian general easily conquering the Persian Empire.
"American cultural officials thought they could get mental satisfaction by plundering Iran's historic past and insulting this civilization," he said.
Right, Frank Miller is part of a psychological operations conspiracy.Iranian reaction to the movie 300
"Following the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Hollywood and cultural
authorities in the US initiated studies to figure out how to attack
Iranian culture. Certainly, the recent movie is a product of
such studies."
"American cultural officials thought they could get mental satisfaction by plundering Iran's historic past and insulting this civilization," he said.
Be careful what things you chose to "ammuse" yourself with ..... the more you seek them out in fantasy the closer you are to pursuing them in reality.
flame away.....I stand where I stand!
To say that Spartans believed in "freedom" is about as laughable as the idea of professional soldiers being heavily muscled, oiled, and hairless.
I'm just annoyed that the U.S. Department of Propaganda gave _my_ tax dollars to Frank Miller to make a movie with CGI wolves and rhinos.
Is this what we pay taxes for?
Didn't the symbolism mean anything to you??!! How about all of the ugly and deformed people?was it historically accurate for them to be fighting dinosaurs?
Whatever their personal motivations, the result of their delaying action at Thermopylae was the survival of the philosophy on which Western Civilization was built--by others. Detritus has already pointed that out in Post #37 of this thread.Speer said:Yep. Haven't seen it yet, but the idea that Spartans fought for freedom is about as silly as the monsters in the film.
A campfire story.Question: Did you throw history out the window?
Snyder: Did Frank throw history out the window - a little bit. I feel like I have shown the movie to historians. But it was funny Bettany Hughes, who's this English historian who has done - a Spartan specialist; I showed the first 20 minutes of the movie to her, and said, 'What do you think? Is it crazy? Am I stupid? Do I hate history? Am I a **** up?' And it was cool, because she said, 'You know what, in a lot of ways, it's more Spartan than anything I could do.' In a sense that it is - 'As historians, I can't be emotional with what I feel about the Spartans because I'm trying to give historical reference. But you, what you've made, feels like it was made by Spartans.'
Question: Like a home movie -
Snyder: Yeah, a home movie, like the essence of how a Spartan thinks.