Comments on: Meet the Spartans: Something Must be Done. http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/ The CRACKED.com take on the world, in America's oldest weblog, since 1958. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:49:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Naked Girls Naked Young Girl Naked Teen Girls http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-15982 Naked Girls Naked Young Girl Naked Teen Girls Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:59:25 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-15982 <strong>Naked Girls Naked Young Girl Naked Teen Girls...</strong> I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view... Naked Girls Naked Young Girl Naked Teen Girls…

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]]> By: voodooblue http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-12024 voodooblue Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:49:06 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-12024 300? HellooOOOoooo, eyecandy! As a chick who likes movies where lots of people get shot and they blow lots of shit up...I was quite entertained by Gerry and his (partially) sprayed-on abs. I've been drinking with one of his old friends (and I worked on Dracula 2000--now there's a prize winner)....heh. Funny drunken Gerry stories. I just wish 300 had been more like the graphic novel (yes, I own it): More of the Spartans shoulda been completely nekkid! Woohoo! And, like I said, I worked on Meet the Spartans. I'm sorry. I had bills to pay. At least those who've seen it only had to see an hour and a half. I had to watch all 95 (NINETY-FIVE!!!!!!) hours of it. Imagine that kind of pain and weep for me! I said, WEEP you bastards! 300? HellooOOOoooo, eyecandy! As a chick who likes movies where lots of people get shot and they blow lots of shit up…I was quite entertained by Gerry and his (partially) sprayed-on abs. I’ve been drinking with one of his old friends (and I worked on Dracula 2000–now there’s a prize winner)….heh. Funny drunken Gerry stories. I just wish 300 had been more like the graphic novel (yes, I own it): More of the Spartans shoulda been completely nekkid! Woohoo! And, like I said, I worked on Meet the Spartans. I’m sorry. I had bills to pay. At least those who’ve seen it only had to see an hour and a half. I had to watch all 95 (NINETY-FIVE!!!!!!) hours of it. Imagine that kind of pain and weep for me! I said, WEEP you bastards!

]]> By: William http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-11586 William Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:06:15 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-11586 "2) How the fuck didn’t said Spartan force (reminder: in its entirety), renowned for their keen senses and self-preservation instincts fail to notice this Persian galloping in on horseback on rocky terrain from a large distance away?"-ass_master3000 For the same reason that Angel Eyes in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly can sneak up on Tuco and Blondie in the graveyard even though they're in a relatively flat valley and should logically have seen him coming the whole time: He's not in the same frame. You're free to argue the line between trickery and artistry, but this is not anything new they're trying. “2) How the fuck didn’t said Spartan force (reminder: in its entirety), renowned for their keen senses and self-preservation instincts fail to notice this Persian galloping in on horseback on rocky terrain from a large distance away?”-ass_master3000

For the same reason that Angel Eyes in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly can sneak up on Tuco and Blondie in the graveyard even though they’re in a relatively flat valley and should logically have seen him coming the whole time: He’s not in the same frame. You’re free to argue the line between trickery and artistry, but this is not anything new they’re trying.

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]]> By: ass_master3000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6812 ass_master3000 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:37:23 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6812 Hot ones, too. Hot ones, too.

]]> By: ass_master3000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6811 ass_master3000 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:35:59 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6811 kingmonkey, Sin City was done much better than 300. Marv smashing through walls...I had no problem with anything like that in that movie because it establishes early on that there are people that are superhuman. The problems of 'accuracy' in 300 stem not from a discontinuity of believablility, but rather from tacky, brainless decisions by the filmmaker that simply defy LOGIC. Such as, and I've even written a blog entry about this, the scene where the Spartan captain's son gets beheaded from behind. This scene defies believablility not because it spurns the laws of physics, but for these reasons instead: 1) Why the hell is this one Persian guy riding up to the entirety of the Spartan force after 1 bajillion of his comrades just got their asses handed to them? 2) How the fuck didn't said Spartan force (reminder: in its entirety), renowned for their keen senses and self-preservation instincts fail to notice this Persian galloping in on horseback on rocky terrain from a large distance away? 3) If they really wanted the Spartan captain's son dead that much, why didn't they just off him in battle, as opposed to this unecessary scene? Your answer, I imagine, is probably 'who cares besides anal retentive nerds'? While I concede it is a good one, it is incomplete, because it fails to acknowledge that the director of 300 failed to think of these things because he frankly didn't have the foresight or sense to realize it actually does matter in terms of the films overall quality. And just because it only matters to a few people like myself, doesn't mean that it shouldn't matter to more people. Finally, Sin City had more naked chicks in it. kingmonkey,

Sin City was done much better than 300. Marv smashing through walls…I had no problem with anything like that in that movie because it establishes early on that there are people that are superhuman. The problems of ‘accuracy’ in 300 stem not from a discontinuity of believablility, but rather from tacky, brainless decisions by the filmmaker that simply defy LOGIC. Such as, and I’ve even written a blog entry about this, the scene where the Spartan captain’s son gets beheaded from behind. This scene defies believablility not because it spurns the laws of physics, but for these reasons instead:

1) Why the hell is this one Persian guy riding up to the entirety of the Spartan force after 1 bajillion of his comrades just got their asses handed to them?

2) How the fuck didn’t said Spartan force (reminder: in its entirety), renowned for their keen senses and self-preservation instincts fail to notice this Persian galloping in on horseback on rocky terrain from a large distance away?

3) If they really wanted the Spartan captain’s son dead that much, why didn’t they just off him in battle, as opposed to this unecessary scene?

Your answer, I imagine, is probably ‘who cares besides anal retentive nerds’? While I concede it is a good one, it is incomplete, because it fails to acknowledge that the director of 300 failed to think of these things because he frankly didn’t have the foresight or sense to realize it actually does matter in terms of the films overall quality. And just because it only matters to a few people like myself, doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t matter to more people.
Finally, Sin City had more naked chicks in it.

]]> By: kingmonkey http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6779 kingmonkey Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:14:15 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6779 At the risk of making myself out to be a geek (what a geek on Cracked? no!), a comic book is typically a regularly published, standard format comic magazine. A graphic novel is usually a trade paperback consisting of original maaterial (as opposed to a trade paperback collecting various issues of a comic). Also, comics are regularly priced, while graphic novels and trade paperback collections undergo a magical, geometric increase in price (if they're Marvel comics). Frank Miller's work is never meant to be taken too seriously. He has fun in the genre he's writing, be it Sin City, 300, The Dark Knight Returns, or Ronin or whatever he's working on. Did you go to Sin City and say "how did Marv bust through a wall, or Clive Owen jump down three storeys without at least pulling his ankle?" Propbably not, because of that thing called willing suspension of disbelief. If you've gone to 300 and said "none of this and this is possible" then either the movie was poorly done, or you're in the wrong theatre. I didn't see 300 because I am one of those guys that says "this isn't faithful to the comic." I've liked some comic book movies in the past, but some are too far from the original to be enjoyed. (I'm looking at you, V for Vendetta.) At the risk of making myself out to be a geek (what a geek on Cracked? no!), a comic book is typically a regularly published, standard format comic magazine. A graphic novel is usually a trade paperback consisting of original maaterial (as opposed to a trade paperback collecting various issues of a comic). Also, comics are regularly priced, while graphic novels and trade paperback collections undergo a magical, geometric increase in price (if they’re Marvel comics).

Frank Miller’s work is never meant to be taken too seriously. He has fun in the genre he’s writing, be it Sin City, 300, The Dark Knight Returns, or Ronin or whatever he’s working on.

Did you go to Sin City and say “how did Marv bust through a wall, or Clive Owen jump down three storeys without at least pulling his ankle?” Propbably not, because of that thing called willing suspension of disbelief. If you’ve gone to 300 and said “none of this and this is possible” then either the movie was poorly done, or you’re in the wrong theatre.

I didn’t see 300 because I am one of those guys that says “this isn’t faithful to the comic.” I’ve liked some comic book movies in the past, but some are too far from the original to be enjoyed. (I’m looking at you, V for Vendetta.)

]]> By: Mr. THE Guy http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6645 Mr. THE Guy Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:54:03 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6645 Tom... You obviously didn't read everything if the first thing you say is "Am I the only one that noticed 300 was based off of a freakin’ comic book?" Did you not read the last 5 posts between me and Ass_master? That's the whole thing we were talking about was that basing it completely on the graphic novel rather than better hostorical fact was a bad choice. It's not a bad movie, but it could have been better. FYI, it's a graphic novel not a comic book, I'm not quite sure what the differences are myself, but there are differences somehow. Tom… You obviously didn’t read everything if the first thing you say is “Am I the only one that noticed 300 was based off of a freakin’ comic book?” Did you not read the last 5 posts between me and Ass_master? That’s the whole thing we were talking about was that basing it completely on the graphic novel rather than better hostorical fact was a bad choice. It’s not a bad movie, but it could have been better.

FYI, it’s a graphic novel not a comic book, I’m not quite sure what the differences are myself, but there are differences somehow.

]]> By: Tom http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6614 Tom Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:34:50 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/01/25/meet-the-spartans-something-must-be-done/#comment-6614 Am I the only one that noticed 300 was based off of a freakin' comic book? How are you going to bitch and moan about historical inaccuracies when it was based on a freakin' comic book? If you went in to 300 expecting a history lesson, or anything less than a comic book on celluloid, you're an idiot. Am I the only one that noticed 300 was based off of a freakin’ comic book? How are you going to bitch and moan about historical inaccuracies when it was based on a freakin’ comic book? If you went in to 300 expecting a history lesson, or anything less than a comic book on celluloid, you’re an idiot.

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