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    Posted: 08-Nov-2006 at 05:23
The image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Xerxes.jpg cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.


^This is a presumably accurate recreation of the face of Xerxes. I must say it is quite in contrast to that of the face of Xerxes in the movie(See below)LOL

 http://www.icicom.up.pt/blog/take2/santoro_xerxes.jpg

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Originally posted by Knights

The image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Xerxes.jpg cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.


^This is a presumably accurate recreation of the face of Xerxes. I must say it is quite in contrast to that of the face of Xerxes in the movie(See below)LOL

 http://www.icicom.up.pt/blog/take2/santoro_xerxes.jpg

Keep in mind the movie is based off in Frank Miller's graphic novel '300', so Xerxes had to look like in the illustrations of the graphic novel.

 
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Yes indeed I am keeping that in mind, I was merely responding to a request by Ildico. 
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Xerxes looks way better without the beard.
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Gerard Butler is a good actor,i dont fear his acting skills ,its the script i fear,`Troy` anyone??
Like was said earlier they arent going to be presented as the Spartans really were(Millitaristic and pro-Homosexual).
A really great story no doubt,but this is Hollywood,The next version of the `charge of the light brigade` will be done in Lamborghini`s
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No doubt if they did a charge of the light bridge they all die very heroically and the last soldier would crawl up and hit the cannon with his sabre and be stabbed by a heartless russki, lol
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Xerxes looks more like an African than a Persian. Absolute bull but i am sure will be entertaining. The racists will love it though.LOL
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Originally posted by malizai_

Xerxes looks more like an African than a Persian. Absolute bull but i am sure will be entertaining. The racists will love it though.LOL


Yep ive heard Perisans on the net winging that no one actually depicts Persians as Persians hahahahahaha. Iran is RICH im sure if they want they could make a kickass movie.

I guess i can understand. It would be like an African guy playing William Wallace or napolean or someone of that calibre, its just not cricket.
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Who are the Orcish looking people/monsters supposed to be on the trailer?
Dont tell me just because its Greek there going to add Ray Harryhausen type monsters ala Jason and the Argonauts????
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Looks like it could be pretty good. I don't know if it is worth paying $9-10 though. I'll probably go see it but it will not be as good as the original "300 Spartans" was, although that wasn't based on a comic book and (unfortunately) had not killer rhinos.
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300 is based on a comic book series, like Blade was.  Even the script follows the comic book:
 
 
 
 
Some people are confusing it for a history film. LOL
 
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Originally posted by Knights

The image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Xerxes.jpg cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
 
This is a presumably accurate recreation of the face of Xerxes.
I must say it is quite in contrast to that of the face of Xerxes in the movie.
 
http://www.icicom.up.pt/blog/take2/santoro_xerxes.jpg
 
LOL LOL  Agreed.


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Lol yeh I don't mind either, and if that's how he is depicted in the comic by Frank Miller it should remain like that. The movie will definatly be more historically entertaining than historically accurate. But then again, it is an adaptation from a comic so you can't rearrange the whole storyline. Which one do you think Xerxes looks better in?
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Originally posted by Knights

Which one do you think Xerxes looks better in?
 
Like the ancient carvings of him.
 
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yeah the original looks way more manly and wise

the other looks a bit faggy to me


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It's to be released on the 4th of April 2007 here in Australia..and a new (I think) trailer has been released, featuring new movie footage including enormous elephants as well as the rhinos!

http://63.250.192.94/b02r01/004/yahoomovies/10/30879610.mov?StreamID=30879610
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http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=116033565

Probably available on YouTube as well
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Despite the total historical inaccuracy,it must have a lot of action,as the trailer shows.
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i have read a source that says there wre 3000 spartens.

the source was CAIS (Circle for Ancient Iranian Studies), which is made up of many different historians. You can read about the site here: http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/about_cais.htm
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3.000 Spartans?Dude,your source is bs.
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All sources about this battle are from Greeks, it was not so important to be mentioned by Persians, 300 or 3,000, they were all killed and nothing was changed, Xerxes burnt Athen and came back successfully.
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