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[Grizzlyjin]

Yeah, last month they pushed it from August to March...so it'll hit almost 7 years after the original. Crazy.

I wonder what the hold up was. The original did really well. The majority of the main cast dies. So if you're going to make a sequel, it's not like you're waiting on Actor X to be free for the project. And I don't imagine they shoot on location, these movies are green screened to hell and back. And the writing isn't the least bit complex, there are 1000 scripts and 1000 people in Hollywood that could write this type of stuff. This is literally a project that should have come out in 2009.

 

[Carnby]

Who ever plays Xerxes did a great job in 300. I'll watch the sequel to see him again.

 

[Enosh]

Man 300 was in such dire need of a sequel, a story of such breadth that a continuation was absolutely positively necessary. I cannot wait for this!

Said nobody ever.

yeah because the greco-persian wars have so little story to tell

 

[Veritas_]

who da fuck is the main spartan in dis

I believe it's Themistocles, an Athenian politician and general. This movie focuses on the Battle of Artemisium, which was a naval battle between Athens and Persia that occurred simultaneously with the Battle of Thermopylae.

That's why everyone is wearing blue, they're the Athenian navy. Dilios, the one-eyed narrator from 300, was based on the real Aristodemus who was ordered to return to Sparta due to illness. At the end of 300, Dilios is leading the full Spartan army against the Persians during the Battle of Plataea (which takes place some time after Thermopylae). The real Aristodemus was indeed at that battle.

For all the mystical and cinematic elements in the 300 graphic novel/movies, they do in fact stay fairly close to real historical fact.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Lena Heady is as terrible an actress as ever.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

I didn't know that Lena left GoT to go work on Starz with Eva Green.

 

[dark_chris]

Ill still see it. I like the style and flow the first had.
Screw the haters.

 

[Decado]

I didn't ask for this.

Well, I did. Just not with this director (who they wisely did not mention in the trailer). Would much rather have Zack direct this than Man of Steel or his last two putrid efforts.

Doesn't look as bad as I thought it would be. Here's hoping it's as fun as the first film.

 

[S1kkZ]

visuals look good, maybe i will see it (outside of the visuals, the original did nothing for me).
is this r-rated?

 

[Decado]

visuals look good, maybe i will see it (outside of the visuals, the original did nothing for me).
is this r-rated?

Better be.

 

[Anbokr]

Looks great, I'm excited. First one was an awesome intense action film, and looks like this one will be too. Bioware should just give up making dragon age games and start making 300: dragon age films, this is like their wet dream.

 

[Valtýr]

The dude they got just doesn't have the presence Gerard Butler had.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Just give me the runtime code for when Eva gets the girls out.

.

 

[harSon]

Can the minorities not all be monstrous and deformed this time around?

 

[GoddyofAus]

It actually looks a lot better than I thought it would. Will see.

 

[Anbokr]

The dude they got just doesn't have the presence Gerard Butler had.

He was in maybe 2 clips for half a second each...

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Looks better than I expected. I'll watch it.

 

[Rentahamster]

New guy doesn't look as badass as Butler.

 

[Monocle]

Looks like a worthy sequel to 300.

I don't understand the problem some people have with this kind of movie. You get exactly what you pay for.

Can the minorities not all be monstrous and deformed this time around?

Manufactured controversy, lol.

Also: Xerxes is a minority.

 

[rezuth]

Shit... I watched that and really enjoyed the eyecandy... I guess I'm alone in being a bit hyped for it.

 

[lunchtoast]

Yeaaaaaa Boiiii!

Probably nothing else to see in March.

 

[surrealist]

So boring.

 

[SillyEskimo]

I'm not sure that mentioning Snyder directed Man of Steel is really a "pro". I would've left that off there personally.

 

[victreeb3l]

will netflix. doesnt look as good as 300 and probably wont ever live up to that movie. 300 was just too badass and manly, mostly because of gerard butler

 

[sangreal]

I loved 300 but this looks like shit. If not even the trailer can get you hyped, the movie stands no chance

 

[Pejo]

I'm not sure what most of you are expecting from an action movie trailer that has let you down so much with this trailer. I thought the visual fidelity was awesome, the action looks plentiful. I loved 300 and while i thought the story was great the way it ended, self-contained, I will gladly give this a watch.

 

[Sephzilla]

Whatever, I'll go see it.

The main guy has Sam Worthington levels of anti-charisma though.

 

[I H8 Memes]

Thanks for the spoiler.

This is like complaining about someone spoiling that the Titanic sinks.

 

[a secret-boss]

is that the guy from Strike Back

 

[Kaladin]

Does 300 really need a sequel?

 

[J-Roderton]

Hell yes. I'm there.

 

[Kyon]

Cash grab. Didnt everyone die in the end? As seen in the trailer. Why call it 300? A mess

 

[Dawg]

Yup. If it makes the t-shirt, its not a spoiler.

This shit just spoiled Donnie Darko for me :lol

 

[bearythebear]

For comparison this is 300's first trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDiUG52ZyHQ

Notice how much better it is. The scenes look cool. Gerald Butler is charming as fuck. Epic music.

Rise of an Empire's trailer had none of that.

 

[Represent.]

300 was the shit. Day 1

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I didn't ask for this.

+1

 

[ebullientprism]

yeah because the greco-persian wars have so little story to tell

And obviously this is the way to tell all those fascinating historical stories.

Eva Green though. <3

 

[harSon]

Looks like a worthy sequel to 300.

I don't understand the problem some people have with this kind of movie. You get exactly what you pay for.


Manufactured controversy, lol.

Also: Xerxes is a minority.

He's still heavily portrayed as the 'Other.' Instead of being a caricature of a non-white culture, physically deformed or a literal monster, he gets the Disney treatment of depicting the villain as an overly effeminate and seemingly queer/gay figure in the face of normalized masculinity and sexuality.

 

[peaceiscloser]

Man 300 was in such dire need of a sequel, a story of such breadth that a continuation was absolutely positively necessary. I cannot wait for this!

Said nobody ever.

...You do know that things happened after the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC

 

[Helmholtz]

No Snyder directing? NO THANKS.

 

[SpartanForce]

I'm hyped.

Fuck you haters.

 

[Bread]

Thanks for the spoiler.

lol wtf did you expect in a thread about the sequel

 

[Alpende]

It looks awesome just like 300. Cheesy and over the top. I love it.

 

[Toa TAK]

It comes out on my birthday, so I'll end up seeing it if I can get some super cheap tickets for this kinda cheap film.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Haters hate.

I'll be there Thursday night.

 

[Steelrain]

Thanks for the spoiler.

Hope you didn't watch the trailer. It shows him dead right at the beginning.


Looks good. Will watch just for the brutal kicks to the chest.

 

[Dresden]

Not sure why they're focusing on naval/Athenian struggles when their entire audience is accustomed to the red cloaks of the Spartans. I mean, it's the easiest damn sequel in the world. Just wrap it up in Plataea.

As for the trailer itself, bleh.

 

[Dan]

LOL @ propping up Snyder's name and not mentioning the director of this one at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaZHjv3ASfw

 

[Dead Man]

So now they are doing Salamis? No Themistocles?

Not sure why they're focusing on naval/Athenian struggles when their entire audience is accustomed to the red cloaks of the Spartans. I mean, it's the easiest damn sequel in the world. Just wrap it up in Plataea.

As for the trailer itself, bleh.

Because the Battle of Salamis was the defining moment of the second Persian invasion, I assume. Could be wrong.

 

[zwarrior.]

Would see it for Lena Headey alone. And I couldn't pinpoint it at first, but xerxes seems influenced by Star Gate's Ra.