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That Athenian triumph deserves a movie! And believe me, it weighed heavily on the real life Leonidas, ten years later. 300 author Frank Miller portrays the Spartans' preening arrogance in the best possible light, as a kind of endearing tribal machismo. Miller never hints at the underlying reason for Leonidas's rant, a deep current of smoldering shame over how Sparta sat out Marathon, leaving it to Athenian amateurs, like the playwright Aeschylus, to save all of Greece. The "shopkeepers" whom Leonidas outrageously and ungratefully despises in the film. [6] In the end, the invading Persians (who offer to enrich Sparta in exchange for her vassalship) sound a lot more like today's America. And the Spartans look a lot more like today's Iran, proud and smart enough to develop nuclear capability and cunning enough to abuse a few British sailors for the sake of political advantage. Yes. At least that's what 300 Spartans history tells us. The catchphrases that fill the movie were taken from the writings of the Greek historians Herodotus, Plutarch, and other sources. True to history quotes from the movie include Leonidas' response on the first day of battle when Xerxes demands that the Greeks surrender their arms. Leonidas replies, "Come and get them." Generals and politicians throughout history have recycled this phrase. It is also the emblem of the Greek 1st Army Corps. The "we shall fight in the shade" line from the movie is based on a phrase that a Spartan soldier named Dienekes uttered, after he was informed that the Persian arrows would be so numerous as "to blot out the sun". Who is who and who is doing what in this comic? The storytelling here makes the storytelling in "300: Rise of an Empire" seem like Citizen Kane. I was half-expecting a story similar to "Rise of an Empire" but noooope. Dear Frank went and made another Dark Knight Strikes Again! What's wrong with that man? Is he set on destroying his own bibliography? Imagine my surprise when I saw that Xerxes was published 4 years after the movie it was supposed to be adapted into. 4 years for what, Frank? ヽ(‵﹏´)ノ

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Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and the GFDL; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Frank Miller`s Sin city & 300 & Spirit – Database articles, images and other files about Frank Miller and his comics. And yet Frank Miller would have us believe they're better than the cultured Athenians (who're habitually described as boy-lovers, in spite of the Spartans being big macho maries themselves), that they can rationally reject their religion (the priests are painted as corrupt) and that what they're fighting for in their battle against the Persians is WESTERN CIVILISATION ITSELF. So: the first three issues are a prequel/sequel to 300, in that they’re set before, during and immediately after 300 - except 300 is never referenced. Why not??? This book is a companion piece to 300 - why not add some context to help the reader understand what’s going on?! Persians gasp and groan and gurgle and scream and stumble and tumble and fall. Brains splattering across briny stone . . . We Spartans laugh like fools - and keep pushing. No prisoners. No mercy. We're off to one hell of a good start." -- King Leonides commenting on 'The First Day'Hot Gates, indeed! Devotees of the pectoral, deltoid and other fine muscle groups will find much to savor as King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) leads 300 prime Spartan porterhouses into battle against Persian forces commanded by Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), a decadent self-proclaimed deity who wants, as all good movie villains do, to rule the world. is adapted from a graphic novel by Frank Miller. Miller had been fascinated with the Battle of Thermopylae ever since he saw Rudolph Maté’s movie The 300 Spartans when he was six years old. As with many comics and graphic novels, I've seen the movie before I read the book. But despite the extreme pathos, the floods of blood / body parts and the ridiculous make-up/CGI abs, I liked it. Thus I wanted to read the graphic novel. The Spartans were not as 'good' as the movie portrays them to be. Greeks, including the Spartans, conquered neighboring areas to acquire more land and to build their slave labor force. Many of the Greek soldiers, who fought with the Spartan elite at the Battle of Thermopylae, were forced to fight because they were slaves. Frank Miller, author of the graphic novel 300, talked about the nature of the Spartans in an interview, "The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy. ... I didn't want to render Sparta in overly accurate terms, because ultimately I do want you to root for the Spartans. I couldn't show them being quite as cruel as they were. I made them as cruel as I thought a modern audience could stand." When asked by a woman from Attica, 'Why are you Spartan women the only ones who can rule men?', she said: 'Because we are also the only ones who give birth to men.'"

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Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close Xerxes" opens promisingly enough, focusing on some Athenian soldiers and sailors taking on the Persians. There is some jarring playing with history as the playwright Aeschylus fights at the battle of Marathon - we know from his epitaph that Aeschylus claims to have fought there, but the surprise is that he's been trained by ninja. This opening tale is very similar to "300" in that we meet some key characters, gain insight into how they think and what their motivations are, and there is some solid history amongst the ultra-violence Miller loves to draw. This limited graphic series is considered as one of the most acclaimed works of Frank Miller. You'd know why that particular opinion persists when you read this book. The story is so well written and you could actually feel the energy flowing through the words when you read the story.Now with all that being said, it should be no surprise that “300” on its 4K UHD Blu-ray debut, with its Dolby Atmos upgrade, earns itself a perfect 5 rating for audio quality. This one is the definition of a demo disc (as mentioned), in terms of sound, and should be one of the first titles you use to sample your Atmos sound system or use it to impress your friends. I thought this was gonna be the sequel to 300 but it's a prequel, a companion novel and a sequel all in one.

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This time, it’s a succession of figures, several of them Persian, until we reach Alexander the Great, the most famous conqueror of the ancient world. One almost wishes Miller had given us his vision of Alexander alone, but as a whole, Xerxes concludes the narrative of the Persian Empire’s wars against the Greek states, and as such that’s its primary purpose, to round out what happened after Thermopylae, which was a doomed heroic act but hardly the end of the story. Adapting what? I just read it and I don't even remember what happened, I was just confused and bored out of my mind. There's no "300 trilogy" here, just one movie. Forget about the rest. Watch/read the first 300 movie/novel and don't bother with this one. Over-the-top battle-scene violence, including graphic decapitations, severed limbs, mutilated bodies piled high, arrow-filled torsos, etc. Young Spartan boys are forced to furiously fight each other. The Spartan mottos are "No retreat, no surrender" and "No prisoners, no mercy." Battle of Artemisium • Battle of Chaeronea • Battle of Corinth • Battle of Leuctra • Battle of Marathon • Battle of Plataea • Battle of Salamis • Battle of Samothrace • Battle of Thermopylae • Now, I have to admit that upon my closer inspection of the film, while doing all these screenshot comparisons, and while viewing the film multiple times, that I have come to the conclusion that this is using the very same 2K DI (digital intermediate) master found on that 2007 Blu-ray (and HD-DVD). That’s just my opinion though, as no definitive info has been made by the studio regarding this.

Next, in terms of sound quality on this 4K release of 300. Here you get an improvement over the previously available lossless 5.1 surround mixes and get this time around a Dolby Atmos sound mix. This also contains a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 core for those on equipment not capable of decoding the sound format. It’s simply put, one hell of a Dolby Atmos mix that is sure to leave you blown away, as it’s what I’d call downright “demo material”. Don't go here for history. the Spartans were a militaristic austere culture. But....there are big differences. The most glaring I suppose would be that the actual 300 (there were other Greeks there by the way the 300 were more like the special forces or Delta Force. They were the last along with a small force of Thespians to stand and fight when the rest had retreated),fought in armor. they wore groin and thigh protection, bronze breastplates and grieves. They didn't fight naked. it was a big reason that they could stand against the lighter armed and armored Persians for so long. Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century.