oh crikey...

[winterbadger]

I've been seeing trailers for 300 on TV for a while now, and I have to say it looks as if it is going to reach new levels of Hollywood Abuse of History. The Spartans, fighting for democracy? THE SPARTANS? Apparently giants, rhinocerosessss, and probably giant bat-winged scaly flying monsters feature. Maybe there will be a special cameo for King George, leading the Freedom-Loving Westerners against the Evil Iranians Persians...

Really, do they have to keep making cr@p like this when there is real history to film that's so much better?

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[murdergeisha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and I have similar spots on my personal hell list for Braveheart (well, not Braveheart really, but definitely King Arthur) and its ilk. However, I've not seen any marketing for this movie that seem to be giving even a little bit of a hint that it's meant to be serious history. Rather, I've seen Frank Miller's name prominently displayed, lots of monsters and video game villains, people making impossible leaps, and heavy metal music. All not your thing, that's fine, but it's about a million miles from your standard procedural 'The Real Story' style historical butcherings.

In fact, if it catches on, maybe it will herald a resurgence of overblown pseudohistory, like Charlton Heston Biblical epics, and leave room in the market for more real history.