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"Legendary Pictures has confirmed it is developing a "300" follow-up for Warner Bros. that Frank Miller is writing and Zack Snyder is intending to direct reports Variety.

Word first broke last week during an interview with Snyder by that 'slave to the music' Steve Weintraub over at Collider. The site learned from Snyder that original "300" author Frank Miller was penning a follow-up graphic novel and when its complete he will look at it and see if it's adaptable.

While talk of a "300" sequel had long been running around, this was the first confirmation that anything actually was in development. The trade paper oddly didn't acknowledge the original scooper, only citing 'online sources', but they did contact Legendary Pictures head Thomas Tull who says "We want to be certain that the story originates with Frank and be as compelling as the first.""

hmmmm slightly interested here..... ;D

...is gonna fail.

..But why?

Quote from: severen76 on Jun 30, 2008, 06:08:06 PM
..But why?

Yeah, how can u make a sequel to 300 the battle has ended Sparta won eventhow they didnt show it :-\

If this does well then we will see a Meet the Spartns 2 as well.

300 sucked.......why another?

Quote from: severen76 on Jun 30, 2008, 06:08:06 PM
..But why?

Quote from: Venom on Jun 30, 2008, 06:15:30 PM
300 sucked.......why another?

Money talks, plain and simple.

It makes no sense making a sequel on a movie based on a true event.

It will be called 3000, you watch.

Quote from: Ratchetcomand on Jun 30, 2008, 06:09:54 PM
If this does well then we will see a Meet the Spartns 2 as well.

My nightmares exactly.

Quote from: Private Hudson on Jun 30, 2008, 07:27:14 PM
It will be called 3000, you watch.

LOLZ, it would be called 600 ;D

I would prefer a prequel. Because well *warning spoiler ahead*

they all died at the end of 300 so they would have to get new people.

Quote from: Venom on Jun 30, 2008, 06:15:30 PM
300 sucked.......why another?

I agree.

it's a prequel called 'War of the Gods' and it will follow up to the begining events of 300

In June 2008, producers Mark Canton, Gianni Nunnari and Bernie Goldmann revealed that work had begun on a sequel/prequel to 300.Legendary Pictures has announced that Frank Miller is writing the follow-up graphic novel, and Zack Snyder has declared his interest in directing the adaptation. Snyder is waiting until he sees the graphic novel before officially signing on to the project.

Wikipedia said it so it's probbably 37% true

I would have said "Stupid on a Stick", but Miller is writing.

Sequel name: 302.

I personally didn't mind 300, although it was really overrated. The sequel will undoubtably make lots of money.

How the hell can you make a sequel to 300?!

There wasn't another battle like that... and after that war ended and the Greeks became disjointed again, its not long before Sparta falls. What is the movie going to be about? Sparta taking Athens and then f**king it up so bad that it isn't long till they lose it and get beaten until they have next to nothing left?

Why not?

Don't worry, this is Frank Miller.

Will they have the fall of Sparta when they got beat by the romans or what

Actually a sequel would make kind of sense because the Spartans and Greeks continued to fight against the Persians after the events of 300.

Quote from: wolfboy22 on Jul 02, 2008, 04:01:07 PM
Actually a sequel would make kind of sense because the Spartans and Greeks continued to fight against the Persians after the events of 300.

They would have to focus less on the Spartans, as the rest of that war wasn't like the last stand of the 300 (where they ignored the Athenian navy in 300 anyway). Really though, it wouldn't have the same draw as 300, it would just be a Greek war movie.

The draw of 300 was the heroic last stand of gravely outnumbered soldiers, and a testament to not just the will of Spartans, but the will of men in general.

Quote from: WolfvsChet on Jul 02, 2008, 03:57:03 PM
Will they have the fall of Sparta when they got beat by the romans or what

Sparta f**ked themselves over before anything like that happened. They got their ass beat by the rest of Greece.

So the movie can be about that.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38592

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=7702

I never understood why everyone thought the 1st one was so good - i guess a sequel would be pleasant for all those that did enjoy it though

It looks like Miller is writing a comic for the sole purpose of having it made into film.

(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spartaaaaa.de%2Fimg%2FFgsfds_sparta_300.jpg&hash=cdfd550fcda01d4b40737040a8804fc1429e9d7a)

The first one was amazing, but sort of a one trick pony. You can only watch so many half naked buff guys without things getting a little gay.

I always wondered, what would be the sequel to an historical event where every spartan soldier, including their king Leonidas, died?

People need to stop getting sequels outta theirs rear ends...!  ::) :D

300 was good, was self-contained, and if they are going to depict the battle that ensued the 300 one, then they should make a different movie, because they are no longer '300', but '30.000'... ;D :D

Morons!

The 'sequelitis fever' is just getting obnoxiously ridiculous now...  ::) :o

Quote from: YutaniDitch on Oct 03, 2008, 10:07:57 AM
I always wondered, what would be the sequel to an historical event where every spartan soldier, including their king Leonidas, died?

We'll never know, because there never was an historical event where every spartan soldier died with king Leonidas.

In fact the Spartans went on quite a while afterwards until they got surrounded on an island and finally figured that maybe surrendering was an option.

Quote from: SiL on Oct 03, 2008, 10:12:52 AM
In fact the Spartans went on quite a while afterwards until they got surrounded on an island and finally figured that maybe surrendering was an option.

That should be the sequel!!

Might disappoint a few folks, though.  :)

Quote from: YutaniDitch on Oct 03, 2008, 10:07:57 AM
I always wondered, what would be the sequel to an historical event where every spartan soldier, including their king Leonidas, died?

People need to stop getting sequels outta theirs rear ends...!  ::) :D

300 was good, was self-contained, and if they are going to depict the battle that ensued the 300 one, then they should make a different movie, because they are no longer '300', but '30.000'... ;D :D

Morons!

The 'sequelitis fever' is just getting obnoxiously ridiculous now...  ::) :o

Here it is:
Maybe it would help to read the links I posted.

Quote
    Snyder also said it will take place between the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea, the battle that narrator Dilios is at while re-telling the story of King Leonidas and the mighty Spartans to a new group of warriors at the end of 300.

    As Dilios says, there's a whole year between Thermopylae and where he currently stands...

What are they going to call it 400? 30,000? 301 dalmations?!

i always thought 300 was one of those movies that should NEVER be sequeled.

Quote from: Uncanny Antman on Oct 03, 2008, 10:17:11 AM
That should be the sequel!!

Might disappoint a few folks, though.  :)

Think of the one liners!

Fight ...? WE! SUH! RENDER!

TONIGHT! WE DINE! AS PRISONERS!

THIS IS WHERE WE STAND! THIS IS WHERE WE FIGHT! THIS IS WHERE THEY holy shit how many of them are there? Dudes, f**k this. I'm out!

I wonder if they would portray spartans as they really were this time around. I mean, they were all really screwed up in the head.

Maybe the sequel should be about how the Spartans came up with their distinct interior decorating style.

Or how every once in a while they would break into their houses and rape their wives. But who wants historically accurate movies when you could have bloody CG fight scenes?

Or where they'd typically have to dress their wives up as men on their wedding nights to consummate the marriage.

Or how they would cycle through who "gave themselves" to their comrades.

THIS IS MADNESS!


(like what i did there ;) )


THIS. IS. SPARTAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!


MAYO? THIS IS TARTTAAAAAAAAA


you threaten my people...with slavery and deeatthhfffftthhff!

Quote from: Alienseseses on Oct 03, 2008, 10:27:16 AM

Quote from: YutaniDitch on Oct 03, 2008, 10:07:57 AM
I always wondered, what would be the sequel to an historical event where every spartan soldier, including their king Leonidas, died?

People need to stop getting sequels outta theirs rear ends...!  ::) :D

300 was good, was self-contained, and if they are going to depict the battle that ensued the 300 one, then they should make a different movie, because they are no longer '300', but '30.000'... ;D :D

Morons!

The 'sequelitis fever' is just getting obnoxiously ridiculous now...  ::) :o

Here it is:
Maybe it would help to read the links I posted.

Quote
    Snyder also said it will take place between the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea, the battle that narrator Dilios is at while re-telling the story of King Leonidas and the mighty Spartans to a new group of warriors at the end of 300.

    As Dilios says, there's a whole year between Thermopylae and where he currently stands...

I guess most didn't get my '30.000' joke, after all... sheesh... ::) ;D

I was talking about using the '300' brand to sell a movie that has nothing to do with the first movie (well, at least, thematically)... And I don't recall 'the '300' graphic novel expanding to the period Snyder is placing his 'sequel' in... So, given that no actor survived, except Leonidas' one-eyed soldier and Leonidas' wife and son (all pretty secondary roles) there is really no connection between both movies, except that the 'sequel' will take place years after the '300' events...

And SiL, I know the 'King Leonidas and 300 soldiers' is a myth, but many things from that time are a mixture of myth, legend and some grain of truth lost in the midst of all that...

I would surely like to see a standalone movie focusing those two battles, but I don't see the stylistical graphical novel approach by Snyder in the first movie being nothing more than intrusive on the second...there is no more punch to that punch, if you know what I mean...  ;D ;)

Quote from: Byohzrd on Oct 03, 2008, 10:27:56 AM
What are they going to call it 400? 30,000? 301 dalmations?!

i always thought 300 was one of those movies that should NEVER be sequeled.

My point exactly...in much fewer words...Sorry, guys... :-[ ;D ;)

Quote from: YutaniDitch on Oct 06, 2008, 11:57:29 AM
And SiL, I know the 'King Leonidas and 300 soldiers' is a myth, but many things from that time are a mixture of myth, legend and some grain of truth lost in the midst of all that...

Well, no, the battle did happen - There just weren't giant monsters and the Persian army was considerably smaller (But still massive).

But you said the battle had Leonidas and all the available Spartan warriors. It really was just himself and a handful; there were still plenty more where they came from.

Quote from: SiL on Oct 06, 2008, 08:31:32 PM

Quote from: YutaniDitch on Oct 06, 2008, 11:57:29 AM
And SiL, I know the 'King Leonidas and 300 soldiers' is a myth, but many things from that time are a mixture of myth, legend and some grain of truth lost in the midst of all that...

Well, no, the battle did happen - There just weren't giant monsters and the Persian army was considerably smaller (But still massive).

But you said the battle had Leonidas and all the available Spartan warriors. It really was just himself and a handful; there were still plenty more where they came from.

Was it Leonidas and 3000( 3 thousand) Spartan warriors?
Thats what I heard it was but the film made it 300 to make it more dramatic.

There actually were only 300 Spartans but according to Warfare in the Classical World by Warry, there were a total of 7000 Greeks with a further 1000 Phocians (no cavalry) and 150,000 Persians compromising of 130,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 cavalry...

There was also the rarely mentioned naval battle at Artemisium were the Greek fleet, 271 triremes, under the joint command of Athenian Themistocles and Spartan Eurybiades held the Persian fleet of 1200 triremes for three days in the channel between Euboea and mainland Greece...that prevents Xerxes from being able to land troops behind Leonidas' position at Thermopylae...

It's amazing how historically most only remember Leonidas and his exploits, when strategically speaking without the naval battle his achievements wouldn't have been half as legendary...

Ok, History aside (well done, Gates), and going back to the problem at hand, about the why of sequel to '300'... I still agree with Byohzrd's input, that '300' does not have nor need nor require a sequel...

Why is it that for every movie that shows some degree of success, the Hollywwod laziness gets pumped up and immediately they think about sequels, even for concepts that do not allow them, like this particular one... It just ridicules Hollywood and their creative laziness, sticking the '300' brand to a movie that has nothing to d with it, being '300' a closed narrative, as far as Leonidas and the army of 300 is concerned... Lazy and dumb... ::)

So is there a release date for a new trailer?

EVERYONE WHO WAS IMPORTANT f**kING DIED EXCEPT THE CARL DUDE FROM VAN HELSING.

Miller is penning the new story as we speek.

If someone doesn't get kicked down a giant hole I'm not watching this.

300 owned. I loved how it was filmed and the colours they added with CGI.

But how can they do a sequel when...well you know if you have watched it.

The 300 movie and graphic novel was told from the perspective of the Spartans.
Which is why the Persian army was so horrific and enormous.

Gerard Butler in "300" Sequel?

http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=14114&count=0

Really? Sounds like a lousy idea.  :-\

Just give me flashback sequences that are new.

But will there be a PG version???

LMAO, I almost forgot about that video!

Well the battle of thermapolyae did occur but the persian army is not filled with monsters and elephants. As a matter of fact the immortals look more like saddam hussain in fancy wizard cape, wicker shield and a pointy stick then dual blade wielding mask ninjah of doom. The only thing i find hypocritical was Sparta's preference to defend greek democracy and freedom . That to me sound like Burma campaigning for human rights just now.

Quote from: out-at-night-mostly on Jul 05, 2009, 04:37:19 PM
Well the battle of thermapolyae did occur but the persian army is not filled with monsters and elephants.

No way, thanks for informing me.

Quote from: wolfboy22 on Jun 30, 2008, 08:30:13 PM
I would prefer a prequel. Because well *warning spoiler ahead*

they all died at the end of 300 so they would have to get new people.

Not the messenger, the dude with one eye. Story teller.

And I didn't think 300 sucked. I thought it was f**king awesome actually.

Quote from: Eidotemit on Jul 02, 2008, 04:35:31 PM
Really though, it wouldn't have the same draw as 300, it would just be a Greek war movie.

Which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. :)

Quote from: Byohzrd on Oct 03, 2008, 10:27:56 AM
What are they going to call it 400? 30,000? 301 dalmations?!

'Over 9000!!!!!'

Guess no one heard of the Battle of Plataea.

Quote from: That Yellow Alien on Jul 05, 2009, 05:53:23 PM

Quote from: out-at-night-mostly on Jul 05, 2009, 04:37:19 PM
Well the battle of thermapolyae did occur but the persian army is not filled with monsters and elephants.

No way, thanks for informing me.

Ah, well, they've already twisted twisted history enough with the first film, so I say: Go all out Zack!

Resurrect Leonidas, throw in a few demonic beasties, and end it all with an epic one-on-one battle between Leo and Xerxes. All in all, a recipe for pure mental masturbation.

Quote from: MIDGET on Jul 05, 2009, 06:14:26 PM
Not the messenger, the dude with one eye. Story teller.

Dilios.

Awesome Wenham is awesome.

Quote from: out-at-night-mostly on Jul 05, 2009, 04:37:19 PM
Well the battle of thermapolyae did occur but the persian army is not filled with monsters and elephants. As a matter of fact the immortals look more like saddam hussain in fancy wizard cape, wicker shield and a pointy stick then dual blade wielding mask ninjah of doom. The only thing i find hypocritical was Sparta's preference to defend greek democracy and freedom . That to me sound like Burma campaigning for human rights just now.

As I said its told by Dilios years after the battle. So of course hes like "YEAH WE FOUGHT MONSTERS"

I can't say a sequel to this movie excites me, I liked the first one but as everyone's pointed out a sequel to this story is pointless.  Maybe the main character will be Leonidas' wife as she survived too.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=61639

According to Frank Miller the title of the sequel is Xerxes, and it's set 10 years before 300 with the battle of Marathon. Miller has the story written, and is working on the artwork. Zack Snyder is interested in the film adaptation.

Miller hints at a more mythical adaptation of the story, so expect more historical inaccuracy and possibly some divine intervention.

Considering the subject matter, I don't imagine Xerxes to be as heavily involved as the title suggests. Marathon was a battle in the first Persian invasion, but Xerxes didn't come into power until after the first invasion failed.

I cannot wait to see how horrible this Graphic Novel will be.

Especially considering how batshit (no pun intended)  insane he's gotten.

Doesn't sound bad, can't wait. 8)

looks like the story is about "OH snap! thats why he was such a weirdo!"

but yeah more epic greek battles sounds good

Zack Snyder shares some info on the sequel.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=22918

He says that it won 't be a prequel, and instead be set over the same 3 days that 300  was. It will focus on the battle of Ard Museam(Spl!) and a character called Thermysticlese who was a real Greek leader, but not as ruthless as Leonidas. There is no mention of Xerxes in the interview, but if this is all taking place at the same time as the events of 300, I would doubt he will feature too heavily. He also say she is about half way through writing the script, and that he will most likely film in..you guessed it..3D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ma0wPCQh-I

Well this sucks ass.

Why? Now we are going to see epic sea battles. ;D

I'll give it a chance.

Quote from: Shasvre on Sep 22, 2010, 12:23:05 AM
Why? Now we are going to see epic sea battles. ;D

In SLOW-MO! (https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpunisher89.marvelmasterworksfansite.yuku.com%2Fprofile%2Fbypass%2Fimages%2Frockon.gif&hash=0e1bbcea64e4e642883d00ee4ef7c3462efa2a6f)

The hell would they call it? 300 More?

"300, but with a completely unrelated story, we called it like that anyways because you wouldn't pay attention otherwise."

^ Lol

Quote from: Private Hudson on Jun 30, 2008, 07:27:14 PM
It will be called 3000, you watch.

No , the name of the new movie will be Xerxes.

-alienhunter14

well since the first movie was pretty out there.  They might as well go way out with this one.  Bring in sea monsters.  Instead of Leonidas, bring in Lycurgus the father of Sparta to fight for greece

Warner Bros. has offered Xerxes — the sequel to Zach Snyder's epic 300 — to none other than Sherlock Holmes director Guy Ritchie. Like 300 before it, Xerxes is based on one of Frank Miller's graphic novels and had been developed by Snyder, who'd planned to direct his own script.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Wolvie09/news/?a=30190 (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Wolvie09/news/?a=30190)

301 Dalmations.

definitely up for a sequel, i masturbated a lot to the first movie

Quote from: Shasvre on Feb 16, 2011, 12:45:46 AM
Warner Bros. has offered Xerxes — the sequel to Zach Snyder's epic 300 — to none other than Sherlock Holmes director Guy Ritchie. Like 300 before it, Xerxes is based on one of Frank Miller's graphic novels and had been developed by Snyder, who'd planned to direct his own script.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Wolvie09/news/?a=30190 (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Wolvie09/news/?a=30190)

Wait... Snyder's not directing?! >:(
I'd rather wait for him to finish Superman.

Quote from: Alexa Chung on Feb 16, 2011, 01:09:25 AM
definitely up for a sequel, i masturbated a lot to the first movie

Dorty bitch!

Quote from: Alexa Chung on Feb 16, 2011, 01:09:25 AM
definitely up for a sequel, i masturbated a lot to the first movie

Smoooooth...

Quote from: Alexa Chung on Feb 16, 2011, 01:09:25 AM
definitely up for a sequel, i masturbated a lot to the first movie

:o lol!! your a female I trust  :-\

I hope there's a sequel as I enjoyed 300, fun and gets you interested in the real history behind it, also amazed to see how many people have been banned on this thread!! what the deuce!!

Quote from: Hubbs on Feb 17, 2011, 04:00:07 PM

Quote from: Alexa Chung on Feb 16, 2011, 01:09:25 AM
definitely up for a sequel, i masturbated a lot to the first movie

:o lol!! your a female I trust  :-\

You have a problem with a dude masturbating to 300, if she isn't a she?!

Errr whatever floats your boat matey, don't wanna think about it haha

Avoiding the question, eh?

Yep  ;D

hubbs you sound like a repressed homosexual, how's that working out

Dunno how you work that out lol!

Male masturbation to 300-hating might have something to do with it.

Hehe sorry to tell you but I actually like 300 allot and own the BR 'complete experience' version (US) soooooo your deductions are kinda off young Sir ;)

I was merely surprised at the post Shadow made and how open he was about it, but hey if thats what you do then all power to ya, just not my chosen wank material thats all lol!

there were boobs, its a good call!

it is a very gay film though. i imagine pre-production involved wanking off a thirteen year old and incorporating whatever gurgling sounds of pleasure he made into the script

Quote from: Hubbs on Feb 18, 2011, 04:44:23 AM
Hehe sorry to tell you but I actually like 300 allot and own the BR 'complete experience' version (US) soooooo your deductions are kinda off young Sir ;)

I was merely surprised at the post Shadow made and how open he was about it, but hey if thats what you do then all power to ya, just not my chosen wank material thats all lol!

I merely be asking questions. For the record, I am in no way homosexual, but I don't have anything against the homosexual community.

Quote from: Hubbs on Feb 18, 2011, 04:44:23 AM
Hehe sorry to tell you but I actually like 300 allot and own the BR 'complete experience' version (US) soooooo your deductions are kinda off young Sir ;)

The 'elder superiority' angle you keep coming back to as a defense is interesting, especially considering that just about all your posts contain the reasoning and expressive density of something a 7-year old might have written in a birthday card.

Hehe.

Anyway, I haven't read the Xerxes comic that this is based on (is it even out yet?), so I don't have an opinion on the worth of this movie yet.

It not be out yet.

Quote from: Hubbs on Feb 18, 2011, 04:04:50 AM
Errr whatever floats your boat matey, don't wanna think about it haha

I masturbate to Battlestar Galactica. Problem?

Sticks: I don't like the Star Wars prequels, get over it already, this is the one and only reason you keep going on at me ever since I dared to challenge you on the subject, so to quote your elder superiority concept...grow up.

Quote from: Space Sweeper on Feb 18, 2011, 05:01:05 AM

Quote from: Hubbs on Feb 18, 2011, 04:04:50 AM
Errr whatever floats your boat matey, don't wanna think about it haha

I masturbate to Battlestar Galactica. Problem?

Didn't need to know that but thanks anyway  :-\

Quote from: Hubbs on Feb 18, 2011, 05:02:43 AM

Quote from: Space Sweeper on Feb 18, 2011, 05:01:05 AM
I masturbate to Battlestar Galactica. Problem?

Didn't need to know that but thanks anyway  :-\

And it's during the Gaius Baltar scenes, too.

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Quote from: Space Sweeper on Feb 18, 2011, 05:07:06 AM

Quote from: Hubbs on Feb 18, 2011, 05:02:43 AM

Quote from: Space Sweeper on Feb 18, 2011, 05:01:05 AM
I masturbate to Battlestar Galactica. Problem?

Didn't need to know that but thanks anyway  :-\

And it's during the Gaius Baltar scenes, too.

http://www.mrnuke.com/pics/hudson1.jpg

Brilliant

I don't know anything of BG but I'm sure its hot  :laugh:

Very...

Spoiler

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Spoiler

Mmmm...

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[close]

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What exactly should I be getting hot for?!

He's so dreeeeeammmy...

Kinda pretentious looking, but ever so dreeeeeeammy...

Quote from: Hubbs on Feb 18, 2011, 05:02:43 AM
Sticks: I don't like the Star Wars prequels, get over it already, this is the one and only reason you keep going on at me ever since I dared to challenge you on the subject, so to quote your elder superiority concept...grow up.

Missing the point. This has nothing to do with those movies, just how fast you erode people's patience with your babble. That said, I came across a little mean-spirited, which wasn't necessary. I'll try to drop it.

Quote from: Space Sweeper on Feb 18, 2011, 05:07:06 AM
And it's during the Gaius Baltar scenes, too.

http://www.mrnuke.com/pics/hudson1.jpg

Slickest use of that image I've ever seen.

Quote from: SM on Feb 18, 2011, 05:22:31 AM
He's so dreeeeeammmy...

Kinda pretentious looking, but ever so dreeeeeeammy...

(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi45.tinypic.com%2F2meo3zn.jpg&hash=86712e308b5fa64bc137c27f2ea35bcb0af13284)

these Canadians and their drama...

We need something to keep our minds off the cold wind and the wolves on the ridge above.

Quote from: chupacabras acheronsis on Feb 18, 2011, 05:55:39 AM
these Canadians and their drama...

This Chilean.

Quote from: Sharp Sticks on Feb 18, 2011, 05:58:13 AM
We need something to keep our minds off the cold wind and the wolves on the ridge above.

Is that what they're calling Sarah Palin now?

Nah, she's in the chopper picking off our foragers with a crossbow.

As long as we don't leave our igloos, we're usually fine.

Yeah, the polar bears mostleh come out at night. Mostleh.

OK guys, back on topic now. :D

Well I can't wait to read the graphic novel. No doubt it will be crazy since Insane Frank Miller wrote it.

Aye. He crazy.

That he is.

Quote from: Alexa Chung on Feb 18, 2011, 04:27:14 AM
hubbs you sound like a repressed homosexual, how's that working out

Quote from: ShadowPred on Feb 18, 2011, 04:30:53 AM
Male masturbation to 300-hating might have something to do with it.

:D

Producer Mark Canton says that Xerxes will not be the final title, and that Snyder will probably not return to direct.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BatFreak/news/?a=34756 (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BatFreak/news/?a=34756)

don't really need the 300 sequel. zack snyder needs to make his dawn of the dead sequel.

Quote from: Snowdog on Apr 06, 2011, 10:51:02 PM
don't really need the 300 sequel. zack snyder needs to make his dawn of the dead sequel.

I would love to see that. :)

New title is 300: Battle of Artemisia. Noam Murro or Jaume Collet-Serra might direct.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/xerxes-pic-down-to-noam-murro-and-jaume-collett-serra-for-300-spinoff/ (http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/xerxes-pic-down-to-noam-murro-and-jaume-collett-serra-for-300-spinoff/)

QuoteAs for those directors: Murro's sole directing credit is the Sarah Jessica Parker-starrer Smart People for Miramax, but his calling card for big-scale movie making is his commercials work on campaigns that include the Halo video game. He's a five-time DGA-nominated commercials director, won two Golden Lions at Cannes and last year signed a deal to develop to direct the next Die Hard film at 20th Century Fox. Collett-Serra directed the sleeper hit Unknown for Warner Bros, and he's prepping to direct Red Circle for Working Title and StudioCanal. He's also developing the vampire tale Harker with Appian Way at Warner Bros.

Murro sounds good. :)

I like it  ;D 300 was good, sequel would be cool.

(rebooting Superman!!? again!!?  ::) I haven't been keeping up with this story but I get the feeling no one will ever picture anyone as Superman after Reeve ever again, he made that role his own and no other version will beat it)

Quote from: Hubbs on Jun 28, 2011, 03:39:42 PM(rebooting Superman!!? again!!?  ::) I haven't been keeping up with this story but I get the feeling no one will ever picture anyone as Superman after Reeve ever again, he made that role his own and no other version will beat it)

There's no need to compare Snyder's Superman to the old movies, they are very different. Not to mention that the old movies had plenty of flaws themself.

Quote from: Laufey on Jun 28, 2011, 05:38:10 PM

Quote from: Hubbs on Jun 28, 2011, 03:39:42 PM(rebooting Superman!!? again!!?  ::) I haven't been keeping up with this story but I get the feeling no one will ever picture anyone as Superman after Reeve ever again, he made that role his own and no other version will beat it)

There's no need to compare Snyder's Superman to the old movies, they are very different. Not to mention that the old movies had plenty of flaws themself.

True
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52gP-NXz45o#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52gP-NXz45o#ws)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98edqSqsqpo#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98edqSqsqpo#ws)

;)

He complained about the glasses.

Meltdown imminent.

Not really comparing films just saying I don't think anyone can fill Reeves boots in that role, some of the best casting ever for a film, Reeves was Superman :)

Quote from: King Rathalos on Jun 28, 2011, 05:45:22 PM

Quote from: Laufey on Jun 28, 2011, 05:38:10 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52gP-NXz45o#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52gP-NXz45o#ws)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98edqSqsqpo#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98edqSqsqpo#ws)

;)

JAJAJAJAJ All TRUE ! XD

Noam Murro is set to direct.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=41877 (http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=41877)

I love that name

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Quote from: Huol on Jun 28, 2011, 05:54:20 PM
He complained about the glasses.

Meltdown imminent.

Huuurrrrrmmmm.

Looks like Gerard Butler will be back for the sequel.

http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=22831&count=0 (http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=22831&count=0)

Zeus resurrected him to annihilate more ass!

Joel Edgerton In Talks For Lead Role In 300: Battle Of Artemisia

QuoteInsiders tell Vulture that the studio is entering into talks with Aussie Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Animal Kingdom) to star in 300: Battle of Artemisia, the sequel to the studio's super-stylized 2006 hit. (Noam Murro, who last made the very anti-action flick Smart People, is set to direct; original 300 director Zack Snyder is co-writing the script based on Frank Miller's upcoming graphic-novel sequel.)



They say Edgerton would play Themistocles, the General who led the Greeks to victory against the invading Persians in 480 BCE. As they point out, the story is actually yet to be completed by Frank Miller but some plot details are known. The story is said to take place about 10 years before the original 300 and focus on Xerses and his quest for godhood after the death of his father. There have also been hints that there may be small roles for both Gerard Butler and Lena Headey who played King Leonidas and Queen Gorgo in the original.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=49254 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=49254)

Eva Green might join the cast.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/eva-green-300-sequel-prequel-274730?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=heatvisionblog (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/eva-green-300-sequel-prequel-274730?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=heatvisionblog)

QuoteEva Green has entered negotiations to play Artemisia in the movie, which is currently working with the title 300: Battle of Artemisia. Green would play a ruthless, gold-covered goddess who persuades Xerxes to amass his army and helps lead them into battle.

Quote from: Laufey on Dec 16, 2011, 11:39:54 PM
Eva Green might join the cast.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/eva-green-300-sequel-prequel-274730?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=heatvisionblog (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/eva-green-300-sequel-prequel-274730?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=heatvisionblog)

QuoteEva Green has entered negotiations to play Artemisia in the movie, which is currently working with the title 300: Battle of Artemisia. Green would play a ruthless, gold-covered goddess who persuades Xerxes to amass his army and helps lead them into battle.

She'd fit the character so well. This gets a big YES from me.

300: Battle of Artemisia is set to hit theaters on August 2nd, 2013

http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=24364&count=0#ixzz1pvIAf3SZ (http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=24364&count=0#ixzz1pvIAf3SZ)

^ Good grief, what a load of dross sequels -_-
'Smurfs 2' 'Red 2' 'Hangover 3' 'Grown Ups 2' 'Fast n furious 6'!!!! Seriously!

300 sequel I'm all for but I don't like the title and not too sure how Butler can be in it :o

So, this is going to be about the Battle of Salamis?

No, the battle of Artemisia.

Never heard of it.

What I do know is that Artemisia I of Caria was a ruler and client of the Persians and is most notable for her presense in the Battle of Salamis.

QuoteWarner Bros. announced today that the 300 prequel 300: Battle of Artemisia has been re-titled 300: Rise of an Empire.

Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom, Strike Back) stars as Themistocles, who leads a group of Spartan warriors to take on the mighty Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). Eva Green plays Artemisia, the goddess who persuades Xerxes to do battle with these Greek soldiers. Jamie Blackley also stars.

Noam Murro is directing from a script by 300 writers Kurt Johnstad and Zack Snyder, with production already under way.

This is not the first time this project has underwent a title change. First known as Xerxes, we reported last June that the title was changed to 300: Battle of Artemisia. We'll have to wait and see how long this current title will stick around for.

I like the new title.

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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/300/news/?a=68048 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/300/news/?a=68048)

Also, time for a name change perhaps? The OP have not been online since 2008, so could a moderator change the name of the thread to 300: Rise of an Empire?

Try reporting the thread, and putting the new name suggestion in the report. That's what I did in the TDKR thread, and a day later it became 'The Dark Knight Trilogy' :)

An excellent idea. Thanks. :)

What if the name changes again?

Quote from: Rick Grimes on Oct 01, 2012, 10:49:37 PM
What if the name changes again?

Well then obviously I am one of the Mods that can change the name of the thread.

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Click the link for more pictures and info.

lol was just about to post that, hopefully that means marketing will start up for the movie.

Trailer should be released soon. What's the next WB movie to come out?

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone comes out in two weeks from now and it's a movie released by Warner Bros.

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It won't surprise me if they push back the movie since they're still filming. They want this out in five months and we don't have a official trailer yet.

Quote from: Hellspawn28 on Mar 04, 2013, 09:14:30 PM
It won't surprise me if they push back the movie since they're still filming. They want this out in five months and we don't have a official trailer yet.

Filming ended back in July of 2012.

I thought they were still filming some re-shoots? I'm hoping to see the trailer soon.

I think they started filming back in July.

Quote from: Shasvre on Mar 04, 2013, 09:27:07 PM
I think they started filming back in July.

That's right, it did.

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Oh come on, start showing us Xerxes!

Has it been mentioned if it will be released in 3D?

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http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-300-rise-of-an-empire/ (http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-300-rise-of-an-empire/)

Looks more like a movie trying to mimic 300's style than a prequel, honestly.

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 09, 2013, 12:32:39 AM
http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/300empirefirstlookthemo-3_4-550x735.jpg

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/04/08/300-rise-of-an-empire-sea/2064101/ (http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/04/08/300-rise-of-an-empire-sea/2064101/)

http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-300-rise-of-an-empire/ (http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-300-rise-of-an-empire/)

ehhhhhh.....it looks bad  :-X :-[ :-\

Looks exactly like it's supposed to. What's the problem?

Is that supposed to be Gerald Butler?

Quote from: genocyber on Apr 09, 2013, 05:07:07 AM
Is that supposed to be Gerald Butler?

No.

Quote from: Scree on Apr 09, 2013, 03:34:39 AM
Looks exactly like it's supposed to. What's the problem?

People will expect 300 when they won't be seeing 300.

It looks cheaply made, like on a lower budget than 300. I'll wait for the trailer for further judgement.

To be honest, those pictures don't scream cheaply made to me. That being said, I don't have much hope for this.

I need a lot more to pass judgement.

But by the looks of what appears to be a ship I'm feeling I may be right about it probably taking place in the Battle of Salamis.

In the Greek city state alliance Sparta contributed 16 ships. So it won't be 300 hundred men as one Trireme typically had a crew of about 200. But I guess they're keeping the 300 part of the title so people will go "Hey it's a sequel".

Spoiler

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[close]

Rise of an Empire will be this year's The Spirit.

But The Spirit was fun.

You're cray. :laugh:

It was cheesy as hell, but I enjoyed it. :D

Quote from: First Blood on Apr 09, 2013, 05:59:09 PM
Rise of an Empire will be this year's The Spirit.

oh god no

Search your feelings. You know it be true!

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Eva stahp. Get out of this movie while you still can. :'(

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WHAT?!

If she beats up 200 pound men with her bare hands I'm walking out of the theater.

Like I almost did with Dark Knight Rises.

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Immortals are back!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_KrGP61uo# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_KrGP61uo#)

Holy shit I laughed so hard.

Quote from: BANE on Apr 11, 2013, 10:53:10 PM
If she beats up 200 pound men with her bare hands I'm walking out of the theater.

Like I almost did with Dark Knight Rises.

yep yep yep

Another brick more on Frank Miller career's tomb.

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I...I just can't stop looking at it...

I fail to see what's so funny. Eva Green is awesome.

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 01:51:29 AM
I fail to see what's so funny. Eva Green is awesome.

People are tired of women in movies that can kick a grown ass man's ass; yet if they Gina Carano, Cyborg, and/or Ronda Rousey was standing in front of them; their tone would change greatly.

What are women suppose to do in movies then and if she showed up in 300 would you have complained?

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 01:54:39 AM

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 01:51:29 AM
I fail to see what's so funny. Eva Green is awesome.

People are tired of women in movies that can kick a grown ass man's ass; yet if they Gina Carano, Cyborg, and/or Ronda Rousey was standing in front of them; their tone would change greatly.

What are women suppose to do in movies then and if she showed up in 300 would you have complained?

Most of us aren't 300lb Spartans.

I'm fine with them fighting and kicking men's ass (Catwoman was the only good thing about TDKR), but not the Spartan's. That's just not how it went down lol

It's the women they chose and how they go about it.

Eva Green weighs 120 pounds, maybe 130 maximum. It takes me completely out of a movie when I see supposed mercenaries or highly trained 200 pound warriors getting beaten up by these scrawny people, regardless of gender. If it's with a weapon, fine. But not bare hands.

Jet Li vs. Dolph Lundgren in the Expendables is a pretty good example of what would really happen, and Jet Li's a f**king tank of a 145 pound man.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 01:58:10 AM
I'm fine with them fighting and kicking men's ass (Catwoman was the only good thing about TDKR)

Even that was ridiculous. She weighs 120 pounds for God's sakes. I weigh 165 and I couldn't take down half my classmates who aren't even trained, let alone mercenaries of the league of shadows.  ::)

This is based on a graphic novel, and secondly we don't know if she will fight, she could just lead them into battle; she is playing Artemisia who commanded 5 ships in The Battle of Salamis.

I'm just going by the swords out 'come at me' pose she's adopted.

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 02:04:33 AM
This is based on a graphic novel, and secondly we don't know if she will fight, she could just lead them into battle; she is playing Artemisia who commanded 5 ships in The Battle of Salamis.

But the graphic novel is based off...The actual Spartans. And if she's just leading them into battle then I'm not sure what you're advocating for in the first place.

Artemisia was a commander, not a warrior. Stupid post-feminist reinterpretation.

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 02:04:33 AMThis is based on a graphic novel

No it's not.

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 02:04:33 AMand secondly we don't know if she will fight

Looks armor-clad and ready to fight.

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 02:04:33 AMshe is playing Artemisia who commanded 5 ships in The Battle of Salamis.

Mmmm, salami :)

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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

GUYS: What if Eva Green is still playing that immortal vampire from Dark Shadows?  :o

I just find it funny at the reaction this film has gotten based on 3 pictures (which haven't looked bad at all).  So if she fights with swords she has no chance against someone? Also being realistic, how many 300 pound, in shape guys can move well?  Also don't say Gerald Butler was 300 pounds, lol

Quote from: Magegg on Apr 12, 2013, 02:07:57 AM
Artemisia was a commander, not a warrior. Stupid post-feminist reinterpretation.

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 02:04:33 AMThis is based on a graphic novel

No it's not.


Based on Frank Miller's Xerxes.

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Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 02:12:44 AM
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

GUYS: What if Eva Green is still playing that immortal vampire from Dark Shadows?  :o

Wouldn't matter she would still lose to a 300 pound mortal man...

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 02:16:23 AMBased on Frank Miller's Xerxes.

Don't think so =/

I don't see the problem, none of us bitch about this sort of shit in comic books, video games, books, animated tv shows, live action tv shows, etc.

I am willing to bet this is going to be one of the worst movies of the year.

...think my cynicism is starting to bleed through.

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:27:49 AMI don't see the problem, none of us bitch about this sort of shit in comic books, video games, books, animated tv shows, live action tv shows, etc.

Maybe because 300 is supposed to be kind of "true history-inspired".

Quote from: Magegg on Apr 12, 2013, 02:29:43 AM

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:27:49 AMI don't see the problem, none of us bitch about this sort of shit in comic books, video games, books, animated tv shows, live action tv shows, etc.

Maybe because 300 is supposed to be kind of "true history-inspired".

A lot of movies are based on actual events, and most, if not all of those films take liberties, Besides, 300 had men with blades for arms, and giant monstrosities, and you're telling me that people are going to complain because of a woman?

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:31:58 AM

Quote from: Magegg on Apr 12, 2013, 02:29:43 AM

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:27:49 AMI don't see the problem, none of us bitch about this sort of shit in comic books, video games, books, animated tv shows, live action tv shows, etc.

Maybe because 300 is supposed to be kind of "true history-inspired".

A lot of movies are based on actual events, and most, if not all of those films take liberties, Besides, 300 had men with blades for arms, and giant monstrosities, and you're telling me that people are going to complain because of a woman?

Exactly, the original 300 took enough liberties. Even more will just make this franchise even sillier.

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:31:58 AMA lot of movies are based on actual events, and most, if not all of those films take liberties, Besides, 300 had men with blades for arms, and giant monstrosities, and you're telling me that people are going to complain because of a woman?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtU4L0p_q7c# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtU4L0p_q7c#)

But mostly because all we have seen or read about the movie up today looks like utter crap. People were actually complaining the movie looked like a cheap knock-off way before Eva Green's screenshot.

But who knows, maybe a trailer will change our perspective. Right now, I'm not optimistic about it.

Actually, I think audience won't be very receptive to it. I see 300 like a movie most people enjoyed when they watched at the theater, and 3 years later they looked back and realized it was kind of a piece of crap D: There are some things better to leave alone on our memories and not to touch again.

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:39:19 AM
Oh, I'm not arguing about anything other than a woman being able to take on men in a fight. Everything else I honestly don't give a damn about.

If this was a fight against mercenaries, than f**k yeah, woman all the way.


The Spartans, however, were a select group of warriors who have been training almost literally since birth for the sole purpose of combat. No. Freaking. Way.

Quote from: Magegg on Apr 12, 2013, 02:40:35 AM

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:31:58 AMA lot of movies are based on actual events, and most, if not all of those films take liberties, Besides, 300 had men with blades for arms, and giant monstrosities, and you're telling me that people are going to complain because of a woman?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtU4L0p_q7c# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtU4L0p_q7c#)

But mostly because all we have seen or read about the movie up today looks like utter crap. People were actually complaining the movie looked like a cheap knock-off way before Eva Green's screenshot.

But who knows, maybe a trailer will change our perspective. Right now, I'm not optimistic about it.

Actually, I think audience won't be very receptive to it. I see 300 like a movie most people enjoyed when they watched at the theater, and 3 years later they looked back and realized it was kind of a piece of crap D: There are some things better to leave alone on our memories and not to touch again.

Also, all those monstruosities and grotesque things and buff warriors formed a very well-defined core of aesthetycs for the movie, one of sort of war horrors, testorone-breathing, gay-bashing, machista movie. Introducing suddenly a fighting Barbie doll leading the army seems way out of place.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 02:42:55 AM

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:39:19 AM
Oh, I'm not arguing about anything other than a woman being able to take on men in a fight. Everything else I honestly don't give a damn about.

If this was a fight against mercenaries, than f**k yeah, woman all the way.


The Spartans, however, were a select group of warriors who have been training almost literally since birth for the sole purpose of combat. No. Freaking. Way.

That was a response to what Magegg posted (he deleted that post and posted a longer version)

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:44:39 AM

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 02:42:55 AM

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:39:19 AM
Oh, I'm not arguing about anything other than a woman being able to take on men in a fight. Everything else I honestly don't give a damn about.

If this was a fight against mercenaries, than f**k yeah, woman all the way.


The Spartans, however, were a select group of warriors who have been training almost literally since birth for the sole purpose of combat. No. Freaking. Way.

That was a response to what Magegg posted (he deleted that post and posted a longer version)

Oh...my apologies...

<.<
>,>

Carry on.

I've said my piece, a woman fighting off tons of dudes, meh...who cares. I've seen it so many times that it's second nature to view it and not question it.

But she wouldn't be fighting Spartans at Salamis. Mostly Athenians, really.

Also again 300 was based on the graphic novel, not true events of Sparta, Athens, Persia, etc. So historical inaccuracies go out the door when the source material had them.

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:27:49 AM
I don't see the problem, none of us bitch about this sort of shit in comic books, video games, books, animated tv shows, live action tv shows, etc.

I do...

Notice it every time.

Quote from: BANE on Apr 12, 2013, 02:58:06 AM

Quote from: ShadowPred on Apr 12, 2013, 02:27:49 AM
I don't see the problem, none of us bitch about this sort of shit in comic books, video games, books, animated tv shows, live action tv shows, etc.

I do...

Notice it every time.

And it's gonna continue to happen.

Like a cinematic STD.

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Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 02:53:46 AM
But she wouldn't be fighting Spartans at Salamis. Mostly Athenians, really.

Same thing with the Athenians, just no on the same scale or magnitude as the Spartans.

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 02:56:38 AM
Also again 300 was based on the graphic novel, not true events of Sparta, Athens, Persia, etc. So historical inaccuracies go out the door when the source material had them.

But the graphic novel is based off Sparta, Athens, Persia, ect. There is a historic precedent, which means history should not be flung out the window.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 03:15:18 AM

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 02:53:46 AM
But she wouldn't be fighting Spartans at Salamis. Mostly Athenians, really.

Same thing with the Athenians, just no on the same scale or magnitude as the Spartans.

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 02:56:38 AM
Also again 300 was based on the graphic novel, not true events of Sparta, Athens, Persia, etc. So historical inaccuracies go out the door when the source material had them.

The Persians having Lobster Men and a f**king Shrek guy with them doesn't count as throwing history out the window?

But the graphic novel is based off Sparta, Athens, Persia, ect. There is a historic precedent, which means history should not be flung out the window.

There has to be a girl in there somewhere, Artemisia I of Caria to be precise. she is best known in history for her involvement in the Battle of Salamis in which she was the only female commander of the Persian side which is a statement I think. She had personal command of 5 ships.

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 03:36:53 AM
There has to be a girl in there somewhere, Artemisia I of Caria to be precise. she is best known in history for her involvement in the Battle of Salamis in which she was the only female commander of the Persian side which is a statement I think. She had personal command of 5 ships.

Hey, I read wikipedia too! :D

Quote from: Magegg on Apr 12, 2013, 03:46:14 AM

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 03:36:53 AM
There has to be a girl in there somewhere, Artemisia I of Caria to be precise. she is best known in history for her involvement in the Battle of Salamis in which she was the only female commander of the Persian side which is a statement I think. She had personal command of 5 ships.

Hey, I read wikipedia too! :D

Geography of War back in high school for me.

Female Rulers and authority figures are present in much of history.

Show me evidence that she engaged in hand to hand combat.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 03:49:55 AMShow me evidence that she engaged in hand to hand combat.

While looking hot and neat.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 03:49:55 AM
Female Rulers and authority figures are present in much of history.

Show me evidence that she engaged in hand to hand combat.

To be able to run her own ship as well as 4 others, she would of had to have had some personal fighting skill. It doesn't make sense to me otherwise. But other than that it's hard to find such evidence for something that went down so long long ago.

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:00:51 AM

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 03:49:55 AM
Female Rulers and authority figures are present in much of history.

Show me evidence that she engaged in hand to hand combat.

To be able to run her own ship as well as 4 others, she would of had to have had some personal fighting skill. It doesn't make sense to me otherwise. But other than that it's hard to find such evidence for something that went down so long long ago.

Or just knowledge regarding ships. Maybe she was just a figure head and had help along the way. There's still no way she can take out any amount of life long warriors.

Size matters not...

I mean, look at Joan of Arc or Grace O'Malley.

Again, the first movie had Lobster Men, war elephants, war rhinos, an ogre, and goddamn gunpowder in it. A woman going to war isn't that big of a deal in comparison.

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 04:23:42 AMAgain, the first movie had Lobster Men, war elephants, war rhinos, an ogre, and goddamn gunpowder in it. A woman going to war isn't that big of a deal in comparison.

All of them were grotesque, brutish and manly in nature. Then you put a Barbie doll guiding an army. Sort of out of tone?

Quote from: Magegg on Apr 12, 2013, 04:24:36 AM

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 04:23:42 AMAgain, the first movie had Lobster Men, war elephants, war rhinos, an ogre, and goddamn gunpowder in it. A woman going to war isn't that big of a deal in comparison.

All of them were grotesque, brutish and manly in nature. Then you put a Barbie doll guiding an army. Sort of out of tone?

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh snaaaaaaaaaaappppppp

Shit just got real up in here.

If I didn't know any better I'd think you guys feel threatened by the idea of a girl who can take down a guy... just sayin'.

Quote from: Magegg on Apr 12, 2013, 04:24:36 AM

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 04:23:42 AMAgain, the first movie had Lobster Men, war elephants, war rhinos, an ogre, and goddamn gunpowder in it. A woman going to war isn't that big of a deal in comparison.

All of them were grotesque, brutish and manly in nature. Then you put a Barbie doll guiding an army. Sort of out of tone?

So a woman and a Barbie are the same thing to you? I'm not normally one to call this sort of thing out, but that was incredibly misogynist.

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:28:32 AM
If I didn't know any better I'd think you guys feel threatened by the idea of a girl who can take down a guy... just sayin'.

Hey, I loved Catwoman in TDKR.

But there's no way I'm buying this Xena warrior princess stuff in regards to the Spartans or Athenians.

I could. It's not like Spartans and Athenians are invincible, prominent but not invincible.

"If it bleeds we can kill it."

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 04:30:58 AMSo a woman and a Barbie are the same thing to you? I'm not normally one to call this sort of thing out, but that was incredibly misogynist.

She looks like a model, not a warrior. Don't see a single gram of workout on this character.

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:35:33 AM
I could. It's not like Spartans and Athenians are invincible, prominent but not invincible.

"If it bleeds we can kill it."

Woman better turn out to be Kill Bill then, or things might turn bad real fast  :P

I can't speak for the movie itself, because it is after all a movie which likely will vaguely follow the history.

But such a person did exist and accomplish such things.

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:41:23 AM
I can't speak for the movie itself, because it is after all a movie which likely will vaguely follow the history.

But such a person did exist and accomplish such things.

Let me see your documentation of her shanking a warrior  :P

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 04:43:13 AM

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:41:23 AM
I can't speak for the movie itself, because it is after all a movie which likely will vaguely follow the history.

But such a person did exist and accomplish such things.

Let me see your documentation of her shanking a warrior  :P

I don't know much about this particular person, but there are examples in history of women fighting. For example, Boudicca killed a shit load of Romans.

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 04:45:52 AM

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 04:43:13 AM

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:41:23 AM
I can't speak for the movie itself, because it is after all a movie which likely will vaguely follow the history.

But such a person did exist and accomplish such things.

Let me see your documentation of her shanking a warrior  :P

I don't know much about this particular person, but there are examples in history of women fighting. For example, Boudicca killed a shit load of Romans.

I recall her leading some sort of revolt containing PLENTY of other warriors, but that's it.

You know I can't do that Aspie.  ::) This battle went down a loooong time ago. I'd have to go back in time.

She had command of her own war ship and 4 others, it'd be stupid and nuts to put her in such a high position if she couldn't fight. When you put someone in charge of such a thing, being able to fight is kinda a prerequisite.

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:49:25 AM
You know I can't do that Aspie.  ::) This battle went down a loooong time ago. I'd have to go back in time.

She had command of her own war ship and 4 others, it'd be stupid and nuts to put her in such a high position if she couldn't fight. When you put someone in charge of such a thing, being able to fight is kinda a prerequisite.

gimme the film crazy rich.

I know u haz it.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 04:48:48 AM

Quote from: KiramidHead on Apr 12, 2013, 04:45:52 AM

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 04:43:13 AM

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:41:23 AM
I can't speak for the movie itself, because it is after all a movie which likely will vaguely follow the history.

But such a person did exist and accomplish such things.

Let me see your documentation of her shanking a warrior  :P

I don't know much about this particular person, but there are examples in history of women fighting. For example, Boudicca killed a shit load of Romans.

I recall her leading some sort of revolt containing PLENTY of other warriors, but that's it.

Of course she had an army. You can't defeat the Romans and sack multiple towns single-handedly. There's no reason to believe she didn't fight, other than outdated mindsets and such.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 04:50:50 AM

Quote from: Crazy Rich on Apr 12, 2013, 04:49:25 AM
You know I can't do that Aspie.  ::) This battle went down a loooong time ago. I'd have to go back in time.

She had command of her own war ship and 4 others, it'd be stupid and nuts to put her in such a high position if she couldn't fight. When you put someone in charge of such a thing, being able to fight is kinda a prerequisite.

gimme the film crazy rich.

I know u haz it.

Nope.

Why do people keep bitching about the slightest possibility of her taking out guys twice her size with her bare hands when literally the only thing you people have to go on is a photo of her holding two f**king swords?

How are two swords the same as being bare handed?

Did I say bare hands? (sincerely)

I've had the swords in my mind, not fists.

You didn't, but that's what Aspie and Bane were saying pages back.

Quote from: SiL on Apr 12, 2013, 05:03:50 AM
Why do people keep bitching about the slightest possibility of her taking out guys twice her size with her bare hands when literally the only thing you people have to go on is a photo of her holding two f**king swords?

How are two swords the same as being bare handed?

Because people think even with the 2 swords it would be impossible for her to "manhandle" them.

People act like you have to move someone a big distance to hurt them; you can hit people in pressure points, etc to hurt someone.

Quote from: SiL on Apr 12, 2013, 05:03:50 AM
Why do people keep bitching about the slightest possibility of her taking out guys twice her size with her bare hands when literally the only thing you people have to go on is a photo of her holding two f**king swords?

How are two swords the same as being bare handed?

1. We assume she is not posing for a tasteful portrait
2. We assume her opponents will also not be bare handed and will be equally equipped.

And?

You put a weapon in someone's hand and you start leveling the playing field. She doesn't need to be stronger than someone to stab them to death.

Quote from: SiL on Apr 12, 2013, 05:11:09 AM
And?

You put a weapon in someone's hand and you start leveling the playing field. She doesn't need to be stronger than someone to stab them to death.

agree and to add to that:

There is no possible way a woman could be a better swordsman than a man, could there?

This same conversation came up with Hit Girl in Kick Ass.

Quote from: SiL on Apr 12, 2013, 05:11:09 AM
And?

You put a weapon in someone's hand and you start leveling the playing field. She doesn't need to be stronger than someone to stab them to death.

And again, I have no problem believing that women can keep up with men on the battlefield.


What I do have a problem with is the possibility that she will be taking out multiple targets at the same time Kill Bill/Catwoman style. And since she appears in one of the first few photos released in the heat of battle, that fear is at the very least plausible.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 05:15:42 AM

Quote from: SiL on Apr 12, 2013, 05:11:09 AM
And?

You put a weapon in someone's hand and you start leveling the playing field. She doesn't need to be stronger than someone to stab them to death.

And again, I have no problem believing that woman can keep up with men on the battlefield.


What I do have a problem with is the possibility that she will be taking out multiple targets at the same time Kill Bill/Catwoman style. And since she appears in one of the first few photos released in the heat of battle, that fear is at the very least plausible.

Confused here?  So if "The Bride" was a man you would be ok with the scene, because that whole 1 person is attacked at the same time by many and comes out on top happens in almost every action movie.

If movies ended the way they were suppose to, especially in in action movies, it would end in 10 mins, lol

Quote from: ace3g on Apr 12, 2013, 05:18:06 AM

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 05:15:42 AM

Quote from: SiL on Apr 12, 2013, 05:11:09 AM
And?

You put a weapon in someone's hand and you start leveling the playing field. She doesn't need to be stronger than someone to stab them to death.

And again, I have no problem believing that woman can keep up with men on the battlefield.


What I do have a problem with is the possibility that she will be taking out multiple targets at the same time Kill Bill/Catwoman style. And since she appears in one of the first few photos released in the heat of battle, that fear is at the very least plausible.

Confused here?  So if "The Bride" was a man you would be ok with the scene, because that whole 1 person is attacked at the same time by many and comes out on top happens in almost every action movie.

If movies ended the way they were suppose to, especially in in action movies, it would end in 10 mins, lol

Not what I'm saying at all. And that is one of the reasons why I find Kill Bill to be an average movie. Too much style and not enough sense. Now in a movie like 300 where fights between warriors should convey some realism relative to the times, I expect less flash and more sense. Regardless of gender.

Oh and I also hate most action movies so  :P

There's nothing realistic about the action scenes in 300. At all.

+ 1 again Sil

300 is Frank Miller's stylized fictional take on the battles that took place, it was never 100% accurate based on some of those characters/creatures in the graphic novel.

Quote from: SiL on Apr 12, 2013, 05:28:26 AM
There's nothing realistic about the action scenes in 300. At all.

Most of them, no. However, I'm talking about simple fight/combat scenes.

I just don't believe a 300 film warrants any stylistic combat scenes much like those in other movies. Which is why the first one kind of turned me off as well.

I was hoping for a change to 'simpleness' is I guess where I'm getting at. Not more of the same over-the-top crap.

Quote from: SiL on Apr 12, 2013, 05:28:26 AMThere's nothing realistic about the action scenes in 300. At all.

They are more muscular.

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 05:34:38 AM
I was hoping for a change to 'simpleness' is I guess where I'm getting at. Not more of the same over-the-top crap.

What at all would have ever given you any such hope?

Quote from: Aspie on Apr 12, 2013, 05:34:38 AM
Most of them, no. However, I'm talking about simple fight/combat scenes.

Right. Of which there were none approaching any reasonable sense of realism in the entire first movie.

QuoteI was hoping for a change to 'simpleness' is I guess where I'm getting at. Not more of the same over-the-top crap.

Then ignore the movie. Or just watch The 300 Spartans instead.

Complaining a sequel to 300 is stylised and unrealistic is like bitching that a sequel to Alien is a science-fiction movie. No shit, what else is it going to be?

I've always wanted to check out The 300 Spartans.

Was about to say go watch The 300 Spartans.

Would it be cool to see a movie with a more realistic take on the 300 sure, but "300" was based on the graphic novel which was highly stylized.

Also Rise of an Empire was put into production after Frank Miller did another graphic novel series called Xerxes; so of course it will have the same feel and stylized look.

Of course 300 is not realistic nor is it completely accurate -- it is the tale of the only survivor of the 300 Spartans, in front of the army he is leading and right before battle. Its purpose is to infuse courage into the soldiers; and so you see how emphasized some things are, the luxury of the Persians (much like in the homonim Aeschylus tragedy), the deformity of Ephialtes, the glory of the Spartans.

Wait, did someone actually whine about 300 not being realistic? Because that's utterly pointless.

I'm concerned about the later period Frank Miller source material, TBH.

Well, this has certainly spiraled out of control and got quite a ways away from what I was originally saying...

via Snyder's twitter

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIA8toDCUAAUI34.jpg:large)

Looks f**king awesome, a little too similar to the first, but f**king awesome anyway.

Yes, I liked '300'  ;D

Quote from: Hubbs on Apr 17, 2013, 03:52:04 AM
Looks f**king awesome, a little too similar to the first, but f**king awesome anyway.

Yes, I liked '300'  ;D

Believe it baby!

Too much clutter of credits on that poster.

Quote from: Shasvre on Apr 19, 2013, 08:01:42 PM
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3958/characterposter3.png

Love the spikes!!! 8) Reminds me of Sil.

*Ugh* They're making another one? 300 was shit, both the movie and the comic. And I mean shit and not the shit.

Why is it called 300 if it doesn't revolve around the 300?

Quote from: PVTDukeMorrison on Apr 19, 2013, 09:55:27 PMWhy is it called 300 if it doesn't revolve around the 300?

To take advantage of the brand, and clear people this movie's made(?) by the same dudes so it's part of the series and not a ripoff. Also, I'd guess it takes place in the same universe and continuity.

Quote from: SpreadEagleBeagle on Apr 19, 2013, 09:44:20 PM*Ugh* They're making another one? 300 was shit, both the movie and the comic. And I mean shit and not the shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c#ws)

Composer has been hired as well.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BatFreak/news/?a=79076 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BatFreak/news/?a=79076)

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Junkie XL is pretty awesome.

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Warner Bros Pictures @wbpictures
Check back tomorrow (6/12) for the debut of the new #300Movie teaser trailer at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET!

MoS is going to get a lot of trailers

^ That poster looks like a B-movie poster to me  :o

I loved 300. Pure gory fun. Don't know about this, though...

All I can think of when I see that poster are the red waves from Siren 2. :laugh:

Quote from: Hubbs on Jun 12, 2013, 03:31:56 AM
^ That poster looks like a B-movie poster to me  :o

Then what is this movie?

^ Dunno yet, hopefully not a B-movie.

I like the red wave. The rest of the poster is meh though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zqy21Z29ps#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zqy21Z29ps#ws)

Holy shit, it actually looks good. Not awesome, but certainly good.

Quote from: scarhunter92 on Jun 13, 2013, 12:06:47 AM
Holy shit, it actually looks good. Not awesome, but certainly good.

Same thought I had. Looks pretty cool.

I'm down.

I think adding focus to the sea battles was a good thing to keep the sequel fresh and add something new instead of land battles which might have dissuaded viewers and/or given a "rehash" feel.

Nothing seemed "cheap" looking either.

Quote from: ace3g on Jun 13, 2013, 12:17:43 AM
I think adding focus to the sea battles was a good thing to keep the sequel fresh and add something new instead of land battles which might have dissuaded viewers and/or given a "rehash" feel.

Nothing seemed "cheap" looking either.

Not a big fan of the focus on sea battles  :-\

All the stuff we've seen up to this point has been misguiding us for sure. This doesn't look cheap.

Well that trailer managed to raise my hopes for this movie

Cool beans.

Looks bland and redundant (well, I didn't like the original film much, either), but entertaining enough.

On when the film takes place specifically:
The idea of this movie was always that it takes place at about the same time of the first one. It's as if you zoomed out and saw a bigger time frame and told a bigger story of what happened in '300.' The first movie speaks to the detail of this sequel.

On where the film takes place:
I think '300' was wonderfully done in an operatic way, one location almost, and explore that. This is a much larger palette, historically and geographically. It is larger in scale, and it takes place on water.

On the challenges of shooting the film:
The challenges are numerous in a sense that as technology develops, what happens is we shot this entire movie dry, meaning there was no water involved. You are really in a situation that you have to create a sense that the boats are really moving and sense that they are really in water, but they're not. It's a challenge from a technological point of view, from a visual point of view, also for the actors and also for me in terms of trying to simulate what that would feel like.

On extending the first film even further with the sequel:
I think that was the great thing about working with Zack and working with the studio. The idea was always to create a point of reference of the old movie, but technologically and visually push it further up the hill. It really is quite a difference in the way that it feels and looks. It does happen in water, and geographically, it is open. I think we've pushed it from a visual spectacle uphill, but the roots of this tree are grounded in the '300' world. We wanted to create different styles of battles, and there are very distinct ones in this movie. There's the fire battle and the fog battle.

On the two new leads of the film and why they are there and were Xerxes Fits In:
The two new characters here are Themistocles and Artemisia. Those two characters are at the heart of this movie and are really driving it. I don't want to spoil it, but the heart of the movie is between these two characters. You'll feel Xerxes' presence, but it's really Themistocles and Artemisia's movie. From a thematic point of view, he's truly important part of this movie.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Castle/news/?a=81470 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Castle/news/?a=81470)

Movie looks pretty sweet. I loved the first one, so I'll definitely check this out.

I own the 300 complete experience on Blu :)
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Experience-Blu-ray-Packaging-BD-Live/dp/B001LF2WCC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1371094235&sr=8-5&keywords=300 (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Experience-Blu-ray-Packaging-BD-Live/dp/B001LF2WCC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1371094235&sr=8-5&keywords=300)

Quote from: Hubbs on Jun 13, 2013, 03:31:03 AM
I own the 300 complete experience on Blu :)
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Experience-Blu-ray-Packaging-BD-Live/dp/B001LF2WCC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1371094235&sr=8-5&keywords=300 (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Experience-Blu-ray-Packaging-BD-Live/dp/B001LF2WCC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1371094235&sr=8-5&keywords=300)

Lucky bitch...  8)

Quote from: Dovahkiin on Jun 13, 2013, 03:34:20 AM

Quote from: Hubbs on Jun 13, 2013, 03:31:03 AM
I own the 300 complete experience on Blu :)
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Experience-Blu-ray-Packaging-BD-Live/dp/B001LF2WCC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1371094235&sr=8-5&keywords=300 (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Experience-Blu-ray-Packaging-BD-Live/dp/B001LF2WCC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1371094235&sr=8-5&keywords=300)

Lucky bitch...  8)

Had it for ages matey ;) must be cheap now, its old.

Yeah, I'll most likely pick it up sometime in the future. I already have it on DVD.

Yep...everyone should see Gerard in his undies on Blu  :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zqy21Z29ps#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zqy21Z29ps#ws)

looks alot better then I expected, I'm down.

Looks like it could be decent.
But it's based on a post-insanity Frank Miller story. So I can't get excited. Not yet.

So this is an actual sequel then? I thought it was another chapter of history, another story but in the same era.

First heard that this was a prequel.

Then I heard it takes place before, during, and after the events of 300.

The trailer gives the impression of a sequel.

Didn't I read that Gerard Butler cameos in this?

Impressed by the visuals so far. They seem a step up in maturity from the first film. Not quite as bombastic comic book style as the first and a little more into the realm of it's own thing.

Butler's cameo is in the trailer. Doesn't look like he's having fun.

I thought that was footage from 300. Been awhile since I've seen it.

Would suck to come back only to play a corpse.

Notice how they've digitally removed the arrows on the fallen spartans for the (green-band) trailer.

That very beginning sequence wasn't in the original and I've not seen it before...the one where Xerxes bends down and places an axe by Leonidas head. I think he chops his head off as proof.

Either that is a new scene recreated especially for the sequel or its footage never seen before.

Xerxes looks nervous. Like he doesn't believe he's quite dead.  :laugh:

Yeah ... they could have just as easily added the axe coming into frame digitally. No need to bring in Gerard Butler just for that shot. Though I do hope he comes back in some capacity.

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Leaked Trailer of this floating around..... already taken off you tube anyone got any new links?

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lol no one?


Over 15 sites have taken it down cmon guys.

Quote from: x-M-x on Sep 03, 2013, 08:14:36 PM
Leaked Trailer of this floating around..... already taken off you tube anyone got any new links?

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lol no one?


Over 15 sites have taken it down cmon guys.

Ummmh....yay?

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/KingLeonidas/news/?a=90484 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/KingLeonidas/news/?a=90484)

Based on those screenshots... it actually looks like a visual improvement over the original.

Going just by those posters, this is going to be one the worst teal-orange (http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html) movies to date. 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXPquugBa9I#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXPquugBa9I#ws)

http://www.300themovie.com/map/ (http://www.300themovie.com/map/)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGEERBDelH8#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGEERBDelH8#ws)

Looking good. I'm not expecting anything remarkable though.

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Some of those catchphrases are just...yikes.

Quote from: BANE on Dec 20, 2013, 08:28:22 PM
Some of those catchphrases are just...yikes.

SEIZE YOUR GLORY, BANE.

Spoiler

I do like Athens will burn, though.

[close]

I was going to say, that was the only one that was decent.

I think this movie will be dull .___. Unconvincing actors, and seems like the plot wasn't even justified, just a cheap cash-in with 300.

Quote from: Magegg on Dec 20, 2013, 09:04:06 PM
I think this movie will be dull .___. Unconvincing actors, and seems like the plot wasn't even justified, just a cheap cash-in with 300.

I agree, the actors kinda look like 'straight to DVD' type actors going by the pics, especially the 'seize your glory' guy. He doesn't even look buff!.

But I must admit I'm looking forward to this flick as I liked the first very much, historic fact twisted with a touch of fantasy...nice. My only worry is this will feel like a poor rehash of the first, I think that was a one off hit that maybe shouldn't have been milked.

I loved the first one, still think it's a visual masterpiece and has got so much entertainment packed into it.

I'll give this a chance because it's got Lena Heady and Eva Green in it... but the main guy just looks shit and has got no charisma at all...

Which sucks since Gerard Butler is such a beast.

Quote from: Tangakkai on Dec 21, 2013, 08:18:09 PM
I'll give this a chance because it's got Lena Heady and Eva Green in it...

My thoughts exactly.

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Sullivan Stapleton, f**k yeah! 8)

M83's outro, such fitting lyrics.

Gotta love that teal and orange.

Aye. Been meaning to add the first film to mah Blu-ray collection.

It's called Rise of an Empire, which suggests prequel, the "Avenge Him!" stuff makes it look like a sequel, and it seems to focus on the naval battle that occurred at the same time as Thermopylae. I are confuzzled.  ???

As far as I know, it's a sequel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRFOGj5JtLI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRFOGj5JtLI#ws)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Rzy7YqUVU#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3Rzy7YqUVU#ws)

I tend to feel the whole gladiator thing might wear a bit thin after this and the two Hercules films.

Black Sabbath? WTF.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Ip44jQ0-E#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Ip44jQ0-E#ws)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EppigRtLNWw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EppigRtLNWw#ws)

Quote from: Alienhunter15 on Sep 22, 2010, 10:19:49 AM

Quote from: Private Hudson on Jun 30, 2008, 07:27:14 PM
It will be called 3000, you watch.

No , the name of the new movie will be Xerxes.

-alienhunter14

Guess who was wrong, bitch?!

Quote from: ace3g on Feb 04, 2014, 11:45:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Ip44jQ0-E#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Ip44jQ0-E#ws)

Oh Yeah! This is gonna be so sweet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeT7KU6ssW0#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeT7KU6ssW0#ws)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JU55Cul9OE#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JU55Cul9OE#ws)

I'm not gonna lie, I really can't wait for this movie

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/300_rise_of_an_empire/ (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/300_rise_of_an_empire/)

I'll be seeing it. Whether you loved or hated the first film, it was pretty faithful to the source material. Well aware there's nothing particularly deep here, but as someone who enjoyed the first film, I'd like to see more of this hyper-stylized universe. Also curious to see if Sullivan Stapleton (Strike Back - show is awesome, check it out!) can carry a film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-55Q6OH3_M#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-55Q6OH3_M#ws)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MeiYEVbQ0U#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MeiYEVbQ0U#ws)

need another YT reviewer with their mouth open.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYYShL9SFLg#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYYShL9SFLg#ws)

From "Last Movie You Watched":

Quote from: KiramidHead on Mar 07, 2014, 09:56:05 PM
300: Rise of an Empire

This was a perfectly adequate sequel to the original, but it wasn't nearly as quotable, and I missed the over-the-top machismo that the first one was positively dripping with. Sullivan Stapleton is no Gerard Butler, but made for a solid lead. Eva Green is the real crown jewel, though. She steals the show early on and completely runs away with it.

You fight harder than you f**k! /10

My non-spoilery review:

Decent in quality. Definitely shares the same visual style and I'd be surprised if it didn't have the same cinematographer. Just as brutal as the first, in terms of fight scenes and it's probably the first big budget, modern movie experience to explore how navy warfare would have been like. Although, the strange absence of harpoons, catapults and other artillery of the time, surprised me - they could have made the sea-going combat scenes more epic.

With that said, it focuses more on the Greeks, as a whole - not the Spartans. This kind of dilutes some of what made the heroes of the original film as interesting as they were, since it was an examination of what happens when a professional warrior culture focuses its efforts on sacrificing its worth for the noble cause of freedom. Remember the lesser-capable bunch of Greeks who went to support the 300? This one is like if the first movie had focused on them, instead. There are some problems with this, since, except for their leader, the individual 'good guys' aren't quite so memorable, this time around. You could differentiate them better in the first movie, whereas secondary characters come across more like bearded clones here.

On the other hand, we do get an insight into why/how Xerxes became like he did and Eva Green puts in a good turn as his ruthless, female second-in-command (as does Lena Headey, reprising her role from the first story).

The actual story takes place at the same times as the original's events, then a little more beyond it. Where the first one was rather like 'Gladiator', though, this is a little more like the television series, 'Rome', as there's more in the way of examining the politics of the situation, this time around. For that reason, there's not quite the same feeling of heroic justice fighting fire with fire against impossible odds. It's more of a general overview, instead of upping the stakes on a personal, few-against-many level.

Good film, though. Just not as good as the first (visually, it's very similar, but doesn't quite convey the same sense of exhilaration). The only part I didn't like was a sex scene... Understood the subtext of it, it's just that the way it played out felt very much at odds with one of the two characters' personal history and devalued it because of that.

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Just saw this in IMAX 3D and I must say this was an awesome movie to expierience in 3D! I enjoyed this one far more than the first. There's more blood, more fights, and more fun. I like the characters also far more in this one. Especially Eva Green who plays the evil Artemisia also I enjoyed Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo. I felt like the women in this one were far more prominent and better at acting. Although some of the other actors gave out great performances as well. I'm kind of surprised there wasn't better reviews for this.

It is quite obvious that this was a 3D conversion though. It has that artificial 'layers of elements' look to give you the illusion of persons being in the foreground and scenery behind them (and blood splatter being thrown towards the viewer at any given time), instead of the immersion/depth effect that native 3D movies can channel.

If there's anything that Snyder's 300 demonstrated with its visuals, it was that this universe needs no 3D trickery to give you the illusion of depth in the images. Just shoot the scenes as Frank Miller visualized them.

This was a fun ride (and the 3D looked surprisingly good). Obviously not as good as the first, but it's a decent enough sequel. Looking forward to a third (and final) chapter.

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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SuperGamer/news/?a=99791 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SuperGamer/news/?a=99791)

Quote from: Laufey on May 10, 2014, 12:48:53 PM
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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SuperGamer/news/?a=99791 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SuperGamer/news/?a=99791)

He looks very angry at his penis in the second pic.

Quote from: First Blood on May 12, 2014, 12:10:51 PM

Quote from: Laufey on May 10, 2014, 12:48:53 PM
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http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SuperGamer/news/?a=99791 (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SuperGamer/news/?a=99791)

He looks very angry at his penis in the second pic.

I f**king lost it.

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Yep so here we are with this sequel/prequel/present day/aftermath errrr...sequel, to the original and far superior movie. Yep I've let the cat out of the bag right away. This time the plot centres on the real events of the Battle of Salamis but in that hyper glossy Zack Snyder way we now all know and kinda love? Oh and if you're easily confused, Spartans have red cloaks and Athenians have blue cloaks...just in case its confusing for you.

So I thought this was an outright sequel but as it turns out its not, in fact the film is virtually an entire flashback of the adventures from the last film and character origins. OK so I'm exaggerating a bit but seriously there are big chunks of flashbacks and origins in here! Its actually part of the plot (as in not sub-plots), the whole tale is told in part by narration by Queen Gorgo (Leonidas's other half from the first film) who tells of how Xerxes came to power with the help of Artemisia...so that's the first origins flashback. It seems Xerxes becomes a God King simply by submerging himself in some gold liquid?? and hey presto! he completely changes completely from head to toe, from a regular bloke into a huge muscle bound brute covered in shit he clearly nicked off Mr T.

From here we jump back n forth as Xerxes approaches Thermopylae, the start of the original film, and we discover how Artemisia came to serve the Persians. This once again involves origin flashbacks that also manage to crowbar in another character from the first film played by Peter Mensah (guy kicked down a well by Leo). It seems he found the young Artemisia after her family was killed by Greeks and she was used as a sex slave, he trains her to be badass...for some reason. This just felt completely unnecessary to me, bringing this character back.

The story eventually circles around the events of Thermopylae and Leonidas (bringing back various characters from the first film like the Hunchback) and continues on after that with the Greeks facing off against Xerxes forces at sea, its basically the first film at sea. So the film starts off as a prequel and eventually ends as a sequel, but covering the events of the first film in between kinda feels like filler to me. I know its important to the overall scheme of things but it just makes me feel that this whole project didn't really need to be made, why make a film which consists of bits and pieces around the original films plot? Typically for Hollywood they get both ends of the deal with both a prequel and sequel at the same time for an established franchise! bet they were wetting themselves with glee.

On the whole the film isn't a bad one, its actually good fun and of course offers lots more of what we all liked about the first film. Within the first five minutes we see there is extreme amounts of blood n gore this time round and extreme amounts of slow motion...oh boy is that a trend right now. Yep so you've got the two best things about the franchise boosted up big time for this new film...not loving it though. My reason? well the blood is all CGI and it looks hokey as hell, I mean really...it just looks like fake CGI blood, poor show. The slow motion is fine but again half the time you're thinking why??? you don't really need it this much!!!

The other thing I noticed was the slick highly stylised effects didn't look quite as good as before...to me. Most of it looked lush for sure with some lovely visuals sequences but then there were some that really stood out with bad greenscreen and obvious CGI. The fact its deliberately meant to look like a graphic novel lets its off the hook somewhat of course but the original still wins on visuals for me. The whole ocean ablaze sequence didn't look very good, the entire horseback riding sequence at the finale was an absolute joke and really let the film down in more ways than one, and finally most of the ships looked pretty hokey to me too, just way too obvious.

The film also tended to go down the stereotypical rehash route with the baddies being led by the obligatory uber bitch who goes around killing her men for failure or no real reason...as you would. The Immortals seems like faceless stormtroopers now that seem to have dreadlocks coming from the back of their helmets? plus how can they lose a fight with all that superb tough looking armour they have on! In a horrendously daft sequence we must endure Artemisia and Themistocles having hard rough sex as both try to dominate the other with their sexual positions...anal anyone? What really made me laugh was both of them could of killed the other at any time and ended the conflict, but no they just go their separate ways, as if!! Anyone else would have killed the bitch and legged it...after screwing her of course.

The film doesn't quite have the same va va voom that the first film did, its lacking punch. The first film really grabbed you by the balls and made you care about Leo and his men, plus the last man standing angle is always a great subject matter, the stuff of legends. This plot just felt very muddled and jumbled, lots of things going on, too many flashbacks, you aren't drawn to the characters and overall it just felt like a bloated action flick, Die Hard in around 480 BC. An example of this would be the sequence where suicide bombers loaded with tar are sent to attack the Greek warships. The Greeks kill virtually all of them accept for one guy who Artemisia magically manages to spot amidst all the chaos and hits with a flaming arrow. The final showdown between Artemisia and Themistocles is also completely stereotypical crapola. Themistocles can cut down hordes of heavily armoured Persian stormtroopers with ease but finds it hard to beat a skinny female? come on.

The film really tries to recapture the emotion of the first film but it just can't do it. There are a few strong rousing speeches before battles but none really convey anything much, they don't get you all pumped up with adrenaline or weepy eyed, they feel flat and strained. The main lead Stapleton doesn't really help I'm afraid, he can't hold the film up on his shoulders like Butler did. The ending is totally predictable, you can literately see it coming from the first moment Themis walks into Sparta. Yeah it all looks good and I like the artistic license taken with history plus the fact its actually based on real history, always interesting. But overall its just a silly action flick with swords and sandals, the pseudo 3D animation in the final credits actually looks better than the feature film! I'd like to see a film made in that style please.

6/10