300 Cans of Whoop Ass

Sorry for the less than savory language my dear readers, but that's what came to mind when I read the following article. So there ya go, an aptly titled post. See preceeding post about the article. For some reason it wouldn't let me hyperlink, but it would let me blog it and I'm too lazy to type all this stuff again... ;)

It seems that our Iranian(Persian) friends are upset at the new movie . They claim that somehow it's a dig at their violent past. They were also upset because they were portrayed in a negative light in the movie Alexander.

"Hollywood declares war on Iranians," said the headline in the reformist daily Ayandeh-No of the film which tells the story of the 300 Spartan soldiers fighting off ancient Persians in the Battle of Thermopylae.

American cultural officials thought they could get mental satisfaction by plundering Iran's historic past and insulting this civilization," Javad Shamaghdari told semi-official Fars news agency.

Look at this way, The Persians weren't only ones in that time frame to be bloodthirsty savages. The Spartans were too, they were just smarter. That's why 300 cans of whoop ass were open, allowing the Spartans to hold the pass at Thermopolea for three days before the Persians took it.

It's a movie people; a movie probably loosely based on history..or not, but still a movie!


I think I'll go see this movie, I like the quasi comic book animation feel it has. Plus, 300 bare chested men with abs a glistening ain't bad either.

Moni