Nah he looks so clean and beautiful. Now you reminded of part 3, it’s been years since the last one
lazy_literary_hero on
They most certainly did.
aule_maiar on
Hollywood Xerses looks rad af.
Axenfonklatismrek on
I mean thats the point, 300 is basically how Greeks would tell the Persian wars.
The way they portrayed Xerxes is basically a weird guy according to Spartans
siamesekiwi on
Yeah, Given the art style of 300, I give it a lot of slack its super clear that it’s an adaptation of a comic, not a historical adaptation. I mean, the 300 greased up greek guys should make it fairly clear they’re not going for accuracy. 😛
Duke_Frederick on
actual xerses: manly
Hollywood xerses: manly but in Hollywood terms.
Crafter235 on
Okay hear me out about historically accurate Xerxes…
The movie based on a comic based on another movie based on a kinda loose interpretation of a story told by the Greeks to hype up themselves up?
It’s perfectly accurate, for the spirit of the story.
gknight702 on
Doesn’t he look exactly like that in the graphic novel?
Wolfish_Jew on
I always saw the depiction of Xerxes as that historical tendency to show your enemy as these unbeatable barbarians that you’re bravely resisting, making them larger and more fearsome through the telling than they actually were in real life.
But also there’s the fact that it’s based off a comic book.
A_Moon_Fairy on
You (Hollywood) hate Xerxes because he’s a Persian who launched a punitive campaign against the Greek city-states, I hate Xerxes for interfering with the internal politics and religious doctrine of the E-ana temple at Uruk. We are not the same.
Vreas on
300 while a fun movie, conveniently leaves out the part where the Greeks are manipulated into attacking the Persians unprovoked.
Persians were justified in their attack tbh
Dryjo1 on
I kinda understand 300 like a greek poet would dramatize it, with a bias on the greel side. If you look onto the movie with this optic, it is much easier to understand.
dziobak112 on
At least they’ve portayed the obligatory Persian Goatman correctly, both historically and anatomically.
There was at least one in every Persian court at the time, as everyone knows.
Bar_Total on
What a terrible presentation of one the best empire of all time
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Nah he looks so clean and beautiful. Now you reminded of part 3, it’s been years since the last one
They most certainly did.
Hollywood Xerses looks rad af.
I mean thats the point, 300 is basically how Greeks would tell the Persian wars.
The way they portrayed Xerxes is basically a weird guy according to Spartans
Yeah, Given the art style of 300, I give it a lot of slack its super clear that it’s an adaptation of a comic, not a historical adaptation. I mean, the 300 greased up greek guys should make it fairly clear they’re not going for accuracy. 😛
actual xerses: manly
Hollywood xerses: manly but in Hollywood terms.
Okay hear me out about historically accurate Xerxes…
Meanwhile Xerxes in Meet The Spartans:
you mean [Frank Miller](https://i0.wp.com/boojum.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/c72b555d0342a06f8535cd77dd3bcbfb.jpg?resize=500%2C750&ssl=1) ?
The movie based on a comic based on another movie based on a kinda loose interpretation of a story told by the Greeks to hype up themselves up?
It’s perfectly accurate, for the spirit of the story.
Doesn’t he look exactly like that in the graphic novel?
I always saw the depiction of Xerxes as that historical tendency to show your enemy as these unbeatable barbarians that you’re bravely resisting, making them larger and more fearsome through the telling than they actually were in real life.
But also there’s the fact that it’s based off a comic book.
You (Hollywood) hate Xerxes because he’s a Persian who launched a punitive campaign against the Greek city-states, I hate Xerxes for interfering with the internal politics and religious doctrine of the E-ana temple at Uruk. We are not the same.
300 while a fun movie, conveniently leaves out the part where the Greeks are manipulated into attacking the Persians unprovoked.
Persians were justified in their attack tbh
I kinda understand 300 like a greek poet would dramatize it, with a bias on the greel side. If you look onto the movie with this optic, it is much easier to understand.
At least they’ve portayed the obligatory Persian Goatman correctly, both historically and anatomically.
There was at least one in every Persian court at the time, as everyone knows.
What a terrible presentation of one the best empire of all time