Actually 300 is 'loosely' based on the real battle that took place between the Persians and the Greeks. I saw a documentry on it... they used the more realistic stuff of course and it was quite astounding. It was 300 Spartans and 1000 Thespians(?) that stood their last stand against the Persians.
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Interesting stuff. The Greeks were just an AMAZING people all the way around. I am actually looking forward to seeing this movie some day!
Yeah one thing you got to expect from any media is a 'liberal hype' because it is the most 'altruistic' if you pardon the expression and it fits any comic book universe. Killing a bunch of people like in Watchmen well... I think it's just sadistic. Liberal or Conservative it really has nothing to do with anything like that I personally believe. In the end Roschach will fix Ozymandis little red wagon for performing so hideously atrocious of a deed.
If your interested at all in Garth Ennis: Preacher series (interesting and entertaining perspective on Christinaity, God, and Jesus, Hitman series, he even did a Punisher series that the latest movie was based on. He even did a stint on an original series about a hitman hired to assassinate God. The guy is funny, twisted, and violent but on the otherhand he sums up some extreme theological values I think about still from time to time.