Ryusuta
Smash Master
You misspelled Kat. 
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The Largest Arms in the World
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300 is an Eisner award winning comic book known for its amazing art and storytelling. The bluescreen work and imax cameras made the film adaptation an amazing work of moving comicbook. If you think you're the only person who has qualms with the historical accuracy of either iteration of the story, you're a dope. If you think that its the epitome of 'American ignorance and bigotry,' and that its all 'Hollywoods fault,' then you prove you know absolutely nothing about Frank Miller.
You're clearly over analyzing everything to a gross hyperbole so that you can be mad at something. Go read the graphic novel, go watch the movie again. Recognize that it is an HISTORICALLY-INSPIRED FICTIONAL RETELLING. This happens ALL THE TIME, in ALL FORMS OF MEDIA.
Xivii
caterpillar feet
Pr0phetic
Dodge the bullets!
Monday is the most boring day of the week =|
Wow, hi Tom =P I was thinking a less... critical version of this, 300 was a good movie, not my favorites but yes good.
It's not the graphic novel itself, it's the whole environment in which the film was released. I find it hard to grasp its intentions when even a toddler could pick up any of the implications this film could bring.
Now then take a look at the ever 100% Wikipedia (lol) article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_film
Check the section named "Controversy".
There were certain little things that you may have missed.
Sure you may call it an artform. Still, the way in which the whole release of the film was gone about just strikes me as not being with the best of intentions.
Don't tell me I know nothing, you can't say that about anyone. I am the other side, just as you are. Such a statement is just a put down you pull out of your *** in obvious contempt for me.
Grey Belnades
The Imperial Aztec
you and your lies, i know who you really are, you cat
yeah, Taken was a great movie
Actually i also haven't seen 300 yet
Pr0phetic
Dodge the bullets!
Yea Wednesday is the make or break day, it can be either or.
And I wanan see Taken, but I recommend you guys don't watch The Uninvited, it's a headache waiting to happen.
I'm on a roll after my blog.
Check it out! (Not about 300 or anything whiny, it's about my final day!
)
Xivii
caterpillar feet
Tuesdays and Thrudays have always been great to me.
Fridays of coarse are fun =D
Pr0phetic
Dodge the bullets!
Fridays are the illest relief ever lol, they always go fast.
Now to think about it Mondays are excellent in the summer.
I need to see what the fuss about this movie is...
Pr0phetic
Dodge the bullets!
I KNOW that get's tiring. My friends are trying to kidnap me to watch New Moon -_-
Grey Belnades
The Imperial Aztec
those *******s if you want matches, you should go to the new new members arena
Xivii
caterpillar feet
Yeah they seriously do.
And that is true(for those that don;t work atleast). For some reason I really like Tuesdays in the spring 0.o
I feel sorry for you bunny.
It's like a Fan Abused Drug.
Thunder Of Zeus
*Rumble Rumble*
this guy is a newb...
Your problem with the movie is the way in which the film was released? What? That is why you consider it "a ********, extended cinema reel of drivel that epitomized American ignorance and bigotry?"
Earlier, you cited the depiction of the Persians as a point of disgust, but its the SAME as in the comic (taking OBVIOUS liberties in the appearance of their army as ogres and all kinds of mythic-looking beastmen, the movie still remains in the realm of historically accurate enough to be praised). Now you say its not about he comic book? The Persians were made more 'hatable' in the comic, not just the movie. What is the problem? The people who attack the movie are all kinds of wrong for all the wrong reasons. I still don't understand your point of contention with the movie.
Yaya
Smash Champion
How have you not killed yourself yet, Bunny?
Ok, final WoT before we move this to PM/VM wherever.
Let me ask you, do you find it fair that Native Americans are always depicted as the bad guys in the old westerns when it was the Americans that drove them out their land?
Bias in movies irks me to no end, especially since Americans are always shown to be the heroes. It disgusts me just as much when Englishmen are portrayed as heroes when they're not.
Now, obviously this is the Greek and Persians. Fine. Now, let's take a look at the lovely white Greeks. Let's take a look at the abominable Perisans. Look at how the Persians are portrayed. In reality, they were one of the most advanced and free thinking societies of their time. That era was a golden era. Perhaps, seeing as how you aren't related to the region, you might not take offence.
Myself, being half Persian, do take offence. You might say I'm getting butthurt, but you know what? Screw that. Americans can get pretty offended by attacks at their integrity and ideals.
The thing is, when I talk about the ignorance and bigotry, I'm referring to the uneducated and those who've been manipulated. You cannot say it doesn't exist. It exists everywhere of course, but being the world superpower, with Hollywood at its disposal, and a massive population increasing the likelihood of said bigots surfacing, there is a potential for the film to spread misinformation.
You call the people who attack the movie all sorts of wrong. Do you think that just one or two crazed Muslims are the only one who attacked it? How about the non Muslims, the Zoroastrians, the Persians, lilke myself.
So yeah, you can call the movie a work of art, and ignore that side of it, because you're educated and free thinking enough to not see it that way, or be affected by such things.
Not everyone is like that, and quite frankly, if I made say a video game about Iraqi civilians fighting back at the American invasion, I'm sure there'd be a massive backlash on that. Would you argue against the principles of that game?
Oh btw, just for the record before you call me a terrorist, I'm no fan of Iraq, since they destroyed my mother's hometown and blow some of my family to smithereens, released chemical agents on my mother's hometown, and chucked white phosporus to name a few.
So yeah Tom, we can agree to disagree about the film, but you calling me a dope and the like is just immature. Personal attacks on me like that are entirely unncessary, it's not like I attacked anyone because they liked 300, I attacked the film itself.
Convoluted train of though is convoluted.
Yeah I see what I did and I'm totally not done LOL. To PMs it goooooeeeessss!
Aryman
Smash Master
I think Teran just has a problem with ANYTHING American.
Thunder Of Zeus
*Rumble Rumble*
x 2
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My cousins and uncle?
Yeah sure dude, nice one.
Grey Belnades
The Imperial Aztec
all this talk about 300 reminds me that i want to watch watchmen again <_<
Xivii
caterpillar feet
I just found my Meta Knight Cp. Diddy is a crazy monkey.
Ugg
Smash Champion
Blargh, Diddy sucks!
Grey Belnades
The Imperial Aztec
Ugg
Smash Champion
Diddy is awesome because of his chimp noises.
Thunder Of Zeus
*Rumble Rumble*
his bananas were annoying to fight against (a conclusion i came to after facing aryman) so i dropped him. i have something against super annoying aspects of characters. except rob (= i can never ever drop rob.
and that marvelous little clapping taunt he does.
Thunder Of Zeus
*Rumble Rumble*
deja Vu, Deja Vu <diddy Is Amazing.