Officer of Engineers

If you want to see a live action comic, then by all means, wait for TV. If you want to see the battle of Themoplaye or even a spiritual representation, this ain't it.

In other words ... read any good books latley?

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Chimo

Blademaster

I saw the movie 300. I liked its cinematic effects and the storytelling but as for its historical value, it sucked ass. And moreover, the undercurrent political current was not, to put in polite terms, praiseful of Asian civilisations.

Officer of Engineers

Of what civlizations?

We've got two glimpses. The Spartans who praised of boys being beaten to an inch of their lives or the absolute worship of a Persian God-King. In the mean time, the message was that if you're deformed, you get babes no matter if you're Greek or Persian.

Which goes to the only honest historic portrail in the entire movie. Men wants Xerxes.

dalem

C'mon guys - Spears. Guts. Spatter.

What more do you want?

-Dale

leib10

Pandering to the typical American audience!

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xerxes

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Many filmed scenes still remain unused, not included even in the Extended Editions. The main reason they weren't included was because they tended to change the plot from Tolkien's original storyline, therefore being unfaithful to the books.

- Additional footage from the Battle of the Last Alliance in the FotR Prologue.
- Famous footage of Arwen at Helm's Deep, cut by Jackson during a revision to the film's plot. Foreshadowing this sequence were scenes where Arwen and Elrond visit Galadriel at Lothlórien (seen in The Two Towers teaser trailer). The scene was edited down to a telepathic communication between Elrond and Galadriel.[9]
- A line of dialogue during the death of Saruman, in which he reveals that
Wormtongue poisoned Théodred, giving further context as to why
Wormtongue kills Saruman and Legolas in turn kills Wormtongue.
- Further epilogue footage, including that of Legolas and Gimli, as well as Éowyn and Faramir's wedding and Aragorn's death and funeral.[23]
- Faramir having a vision of Frodo becoming like Gollum.[9]
- Dialogue from the Council of Elrond, such as Gandalf explaining how Sauron forged the One Ring.[7]
- An unknown scene displayed in The Two Towers preview of Éomer lowering a spear while riding his horse.
- Éowyn defending the refugees in the Glittering Caves from Uruk-hai intruders.[24]
- An obscure shot from the trailers of two Elven girls playing about in Rivendell.
- A conversation between Elrond and Arwen on a bridge in Rivendell, after Arwen decides to wait for Aragorn. Elrond leaves saying "I cannot protect you anymore." [25]
- Sauron fighting Aragorn at the Black Gate. A computer-generated Troll was placed over Sauron due to Jackson feeling the scene was inappropriate. Sauron is also seen in a beautiful form as Annatar, giver of gifts.[12]
- Also at the Black Gate sequence, Pippin was seen in the trailer holding a wounded Merry, a scene which takes place after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields upon Pippin discovering Merry under the oliphaunt.
- More Arwen footage, including a flashback scene of her first meeting with a beardless Aragorn (seen in the Two Towers teaser).
- Aragorn having his armour fitted during the preparations for the Battle of the Black Gate. This was the final scene filmed during principal photography.[12]
- An attack by Moria Orcs on Lothlórien. Jackson replaced this with a more suspenseful entrance for the Fellowship.
Spoilers end here.


Peter Jackson has stated that he would like to include some of these unused scenes in a future 'Ultimate Edition' home video release (probably High Definition) of the film trilogy. They will not be re-inserted into the movies but available for viewing separately. This edition will also include outtakes.[26]

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YellowFever

This question will keep me awake at nights and will haunt me for the rest of my life....

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dalem

Hmm. Another LOTR movie edition with all the weird stuff added back in as options. Hmm... Don't think I'll be getting that one.

-dale

gunnut

My work is done here...

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execrable

I laughed out loud at the sheer testosterone overload throughout this whole film. (Even the hunchback had muscles on his muscles) Don't go if you want historical accuracy, don't go if you want a sensitive hero or sophisticated relationships portrayed on-screen. It's a blood-and-guts (lots of em) movie based on a graphic novel, as many have said here before.

On the plus side, there's some really stunning sequences and really strong camera shots. Might need some ear plugs for Leonidas's "speeches" - I found them funny.

A popcorn movie.

gunnut

YouTube - Unreal Tournament 300

This is mildly amusing if you're into Unreal Tournament.

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Hmmm...does this embedded thing ever work?

LongshotSNN

Hey Gunnut, another image to add to the spoofs lying about. 300 FTW!!

leib10

Good pic!

Tonight's South Park took a stab at 300. Most of the scenes and quotes were taken directly from the movie, as was the overuse of slow-motion shots.

On a side note- my brother was at a huge party a few nights ago, consisting of about 350 people. The cops raided the party, and when they entered one kid stood atop a platform and bellowed, "SPARTANS! PREPARE FOR GLORY!" At which all the males in the group cried out and banded together in some sort of phalanx, ready to repel the cops. However, they dispersed before things turned violent.

sappersgt

I'm going to the wrong parties...

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