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October 10, 2006
Another Movie About My Ancestors!
... and maybe it will be good, this time. I'm referring to the upcoming movie The 300, a reference to the 300 Spartan soldiers who held off the invading Persian troops at the Battle of Thermopylae. I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with the teaser trailer. Now, the past few years have seen a couple of attempts at making epics out of my Greek peeps, like Troy and Alexander, and both ended up completely blowing it. I have higher hopes for The 300 because Frank Miller, who wrote the comic on which the film was based, is actually a pretty good writer.
Plus, next time I'm visiting my family in their village outside of Sparta, I can say stuff like "Madness? This is Spahtah!" (if I were feeling particularly ambitious, I would teach myself to say that in Tsakonian).
Posted by Dean at October 10, 2006 10:07 PM
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