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• You kidding? This is the gayest film ever. - TAFKA Steve 18:35:18 03/11/07 (6)
  In Reply to: The "queen in Sparta?" I'll bet they weren't faithful to the Spartan posted by tinear on March 11, 2007 at 17:26:36:

  There is more exposed male flesh in this film than in any bathhouse. Spartan chest armor has been eschewed in favor of fully exposed, massively muscled, hairless torsos. It is incomprehensible that the 300 do not end up being human shish-ke-bobs during the first two days of battle.

  The reality was that the Spartans wore body armor and the Persians wore none and had poor wicker shields.

  I enjoyed the look of the film. But make no mistake, this ain't no "Gladiator."

  If I were a cynical liberal, I would regard this film as poorly disguised propaganda for an American war with Iran.
  
  

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  • propoganda but for whom - tunenut 13:07:06 03/12/07 (1)
    In Reply to: You kidding? This is the gayest film ever. posted by TAFKA Steve on March 11, 2007 at 18:35:18:

    The idea of the "beautiful death" may appeal to suicide bombers, who will probably embrace this movie, but it is unlikely to resonate among the American audience in general. I don't think the Spartan lifestyle is going to be hugely popular among the normal movie-going audience.
    
    

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    • See Outside Asylum for willing acolytes. - TAFKA Steve 13:55:22 03/12/07 (0)
      In Reply to: propoganda but for whom posted by tunenut on March 12, 2007 at 13:07:06:

      John EH, HiFi Guy, etc.
      
      

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  • We are now at war with Iran?? - DavidLD 11:11:46 03/12/07 (1)
    In Reply to: You kidding? This is the gayest film ever. posted by TAFKA Steve on March 11, 2007 at 18:35:18:

    News to me for sure..but if we are why are our troops in Iraq?
    
    

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    • Persians = Iranians. - TAFKA Steve 11:51:26 03/12/07 (0)
      In Reply to: We are now at war with Iran?? posted by DavidLD on March 12, 2007 at 11:11:46:

      I was referring to propaganda for a possible future war with Iran.
      
      

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  • Re: You kidding? This is the gayest film ever. - Tom Brennan 07:34:45 03/12/07 (0)
    In Reply to: You kidding? This is the gayest film ever. posted by TAFKA Steve on March 11, 2007 at 18:35:18:

    A generation or so after The Persian War the Spartans discarded all body armor except a small pot helmet; evidently they figured the large shield was sufficient protection and that lightening the soldier's load gave more stamina for the push, also more flexibility in fighting light infantry armed with missle weapons.

    The other Greeks seem to have followed suit. Then about a generation later armor made a comeback.

    
    
    

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  • Yeah, but we're the Persians, right? Hararararar... - tinear 04:44:52 03/12/07 (0)
    In Reply to: You kidding? This is the gayest film ever. posted by TAFKA Steve on March 11, 2007 at 18:35:18:

    hjg
    
    

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