02-09-2012, 02:58 AM
Okay, had to go to work, home now and glad to see you lads have behaved yourselves! 
Lots of excellent points made from all who have contributed to what has become a really interesting thread! I thought it would simply be fun to talk about what we would all like to see in a film on this subject, had no ideal that it would stir such lively debate! :-D
One thing concerning 1962s T300S that none of us have pointed out is the fact that the film was a cold war era, west vs east, democracy vs communism propaganda film, I am sure at least some of you will remember the not so subliminal messages that would pop up in the films original version, such as FREEDOM etc. Those pop ups do not appear in the DVD version that I have, unless they happen so quick as to be unnoticeable. 300 was arguably of the same ilk. As I stated at the beginning of the thread, I feel that the story should be told from BOTH Persian and Greek perspectives, otherwise it is simply one sided and therefore accuracy becomes impossible, I mean it doesn't matter if the names, dates, places and armour are correct, if the context of the time (as viewed from both sides) isn't portrayed, then the film/series is not a fully historically accurate account...simple as that.
Now, I am not inviting a political discussion as that would violate forum rules and would only serve to have an otherwise awesome thread locked down, just thought that the ramifications (that should be avoided in a proper production) of the aforementioned films should be acknowledged. :-)
Lots of excellent points made from all who have contributed to what has become a really interesting thread! I thought it would simply be fun to talk about what we would all like to see in a film on this subject, had no ideal that it would stir such lively debate! :-D
One thing concerning 1962s T300S that none of us have pointed out is the fact that the film was a cold war era, west vs east, democracy vs communism propaganda film, I am sure at least some of you will remember the not so subliminal messages that would pop up in the films original version, such as FREEDOM etc. Those pop ups do not appear in the DVD version that I have, unless they happen so quick as to be unnoticeable. 300 was arguably of the same ilk. As I stated at the beginning of the thread, I feel that the story should be told from BOTH Persian and Greek perspectives, otherwise it is simply one sided and therefore accuracy becomes impossible, I mean it doesn't matter if the names, dates, places and armour are correct, if the context of the time (as viewed from both sides) isn't portrayed, then the film/series is not a fully historically accurate account...simple as that.
Now, I am not inviting a political discussion as that would violate forum rules and would only serve to have an otherwise awesome thread locked down, just thought that the ramifications (that should be avoided in a proper production) of the aforementioned films should be acknowledged. :-)
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Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
Mark Hayes
"The men who once dwelled beneath the crags of Mt Helicon, the broad land of Thespiae now boasts of their courage"
Philiades
"So now I meet my doom. Let me at least sell my life dearly and have a not inglorius end, after some feat of arms that shall come to the ears of generations still unborn"
Hektor, the Iliad
