05-24-2006, 01:33 AM
This is not what I saw at E3 last week, but it mirrors what they displayed for us.
Their martial arts expert said we really don't know what tactics the Spartans used so the production felt free to use martial traditions from many countries and many time periods in an attempt (one would assume) to make it look 'exciting' and action packed. Think of Achilles in Troy.
I am no expert on the ancient Greeks though I have read several of the standard texts and also The Gates Of Fire, but I have to wonder...
Do we really not know how they fought?
Did the Spartans fight bare chested?
At least they do have long hair, that is step above that old Hollywood warhorse The 300 Spartans.
I do realize this is based upon a graphic novel and will have a distinctive non-historical look to it, and that this is entertainment not history (The 1st Law of Hollywood) etc. etc. etc.
Even so, I have to wonder....
Will we ever see The Gates Of Fire ? (And that book had its problems too but is certainly closer than this film will be.)
Narukami
Their martial arts expert said we really don't know what tactics the Spartans used so the production felt free to use martial traditions from many countries and many time periods in an attempt (one would assume) to make it look 'exciting' and action packed. Think of Achilles in Troy.
I am no expert on the ancient Greeks though I have read several of the standard texts and also The Gates Of Fire, but I have to wonder...
Do we really not know how they fought?
Did the Spartans fight bare chested?
At least they do have long hair, that is step above that old Hollywood warhorse The 300 Spartans.
I do realize this is based upon a graphic novel and will have a distinctive non-historical look to it, and that this is entertainment not history (The 1st Law of Hollywood) etc. etc. etc.
Even so, I have to wonder....
Will we ever see The Gates Of Fire ? (And that book had its problems too but is certainly closer than this film will be.)
Narukami
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