Thermopylae Film!

[Robert Vermaat]

Hi Tom,

Outside of here, how many people in the general audience are going to have a favorite Greek City-state? Many school kids today don't even know where Greece is.

. OK, I misunderstood your point. You were speaking about the general public. In that case, I agree, it's more a case of popular subjects and indeed, Sparta is favourite no. 1.

Even if it was less than a million, it still was not some raid to rob the 7-11 and go home, Xerxes was there to conquer.[/quote} We agree there as well.

[quote="Tom Gervasi" post=306830]As for WW2, there are just a whole list of reasons why the death of the Third Reich is irrelevant to what happened at Thermopylae.

I know. I was just answering your generalistic reply (Everybody likes the underdog) with a case of where that clearly doesn't apply! But there are others. I really wonder for instance how the general (US?) public today sees the struggle between Native Indian and US cowboys. And there are other examples. But in the case of Thermopylae you're correct - the Spartans will always be seen a the 'good' side.

As an experiment, I'd really like to see a movie in which the director manages to shoot the battle from a Persian point of view, AND still manages to paint a positive picture of both, or indeed of the Persian side. It would be a masterpiece.