2 posts tagged “300”

Maybe I'm beating a dead horse here, but I rather enjoyed reading this post over at Independent Sources regarding the Iranians and their distaste for the film '300':

In related news, France announced a plan to freeze-dry a corps of attorneys, who will awaken 2,500 years from now to file defamation suits against anyone describing that country as insufferable or self-important.

Experts say the likely reaction in 4500 will be surprise that western Switzerland was once an independent nation.

No word on whether the cryo-lawyers will be equipped with French-Mandarin dictionaries.

I'd like to thank Tim for pointing out this article over at Salon.  Having gone to see '300' over the weekend, I think it's safe to say that some people are taking themselves way too seriously (Dana Stevens over at Salon, I'm looking at you).

Yes, the film was horribly inaccurate about the historical facts surrounding the battle on which it is based.  Yes, the production chooses to ignore a myriad of negative realities that governed life as a citizen of the Spartan state.  Yes, this movie glorifies war.
No, there is no political agenda.  This isn't 'V for Vendetta.'

But, seriously, when you have people out there, such as Dana Stevens, elaborating on a film and echoing the sentiments of the Art Advisor for Iran, then you're probably safe to assume that dear Dana might be stretching it a bit.  All things considered, wasn't that same Art Advisor involved in the WeDon'tBelieveInTheHolocaust-a-thon over there recently?

And that's about as political as I'm going to get today.  Hope you don't mind.