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by **Bad Bob** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:09 pm

woof woof ! wrote:I went to Themopylae (not just the one near Bidston hill but the real one in Greece ) .It's right next to the sea , never understood why those Persians didn't just take the ferry around the Spartans .

Something to do with being pinned in by the Greek Navy, mate (though that little tidbit's not in the film).

by **woof woof !** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:36 pm

Ever heard the expression "tongue in cheek" Bob ?

additional titbits .
The 1200 persian vessels where in fact engaged in a naval battle with the greeks (200-250 vessels) at Artemisium,the Greeks eventually withdrew ,the persians then sailed on unimpeded to Salamis (nr Athens) a few weeks later where they were destroyed by the greeks.

by **Bad Bob** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:50 pm

woof woof ! wrote: Ever heard the expression "tongue in cheek" Bob ?

Come on, now...isn't there a smiley for that?

by **shanks72** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:30 pm

anti-hero wrote:Anyone seen 300?

FREAKIN' KICK ASS OF A MOVIE.

LITERALLY.

KICK ASS

MOVIE.

the best I've seen all year.

anyone agree?

And where have you been??.....

Oh yes, studying hard of course!!.. :;):

Never heard of this movie, but it also sounds a bit too gorey for me..anyways hope everyone enjoys it!

by **bigxchris** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:16 am

There is a pretty good Wiki article on the battle for anyone thats intrested:

Wiki Battle of Thermopylae

by **supersub** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:17 pm

by **woof woof !** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:23 pm

Themopylae Pass , Upton .circa 1950 .

Never saw those guys when i used to play there .

by **Redman in wales** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:23 pm

having heard so much about this film, seen the trailers then reading the comments on here... i really really REALLY gonna go see this film!

it looks awesome, whens it out?

by **Bad Bob** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:25 pm

bigxchris wrote:There is a pretty good Wiki article on the battle for anyone thats intrested:

Wiki Battle of Thermopylae

Yeah, I read that one a few days after seeing the movie. I was surprised how close the film was to historical accounts. And I was well impressed that some of the lines that I thought were straight out of Hollywood were part of Herodotus's account of the battle. For example: Persian: "our arrows will blot out the sun"; Stelios (

): "then we will fight in the shade."

Class! :cool:

by **grayghost** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:03 pm

I love those kind of movies gonna wait till its out on the pictures though takes away half of the fun

by **supersub** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:19 pm

woof woof ! wrote:
Themopylae Pass , Upton .circa 1950 .

Never saw those guys when i used to play there .

I remember watching the 300 Spartans march through Upton on their way to Woodchurch Spa and Baths for their pre battle orgy.I was only a kid at the time but I picked up a fallen twig from a tree and pleaded to let me do battle with them; they said no but my time would come.Still waiting for the pre battle orgy that they promised.......This monogamy lark is not the stuff for warriors.

by **supersub** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:23 pm

grayghost wrote:I love those kind of movies gonna wait till its out on the pictures though takes away half of the fun

You'll be pleased to know that "300 Spartans" is due for a worldwide release in 1962 in glorious Technicolor.

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