They've never been black so what's the deal, plus what's up with their dress-code?
Here's a comparison of how they looked, and how they where portrayed in the movie:
1.http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2162/2persianshv5.png (Persians)
2.http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9122/1xerxesespe6.png (Xerxes)
3.http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2760/3immortalswn4.png (The immortals)
I know this is a film and all, but how wrong can you get.
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*beep* this movie and its fans!
Isn't it racism to present 300 Greeks mass-murdering thousands of Persians as if they are worms?
I bet if the Iranis made a movie showing 300 Persians killing a single Jew, the world would be in a turmoil and you bloody Yanks would be like, 'O this is so racist, this is anti-semitism' and what not. well FUGK YOU AND FUGK YOUR DOUBLE-STANDARDS
I bet this movie was funded by the FUGKING Israelis who keep sniping pregnant Muslim women and infants and keep launching air-strikes on defenceless civillian population. I hope the Chinese and the Russians join forces some day to send you all Jewish pigs and infernal American piglets down to hell where you all belong and rid the world of American imperialism and Jewish plague. This world would truly be a much more peaceful place without your Hell-bound serpents in it.
^Ah, a typical Jew-hating raging Muslim pig.
Jews are a curse upon the world.
More than half of the world's problems are due to Jewish (insert M-F word here)
The middle-east crisis is all because of jewish (insert M-F word here)
Jews are in control of US economy, so they are forcing their will upon the world.
God, I wish Hitler had finished the job. We would've gotten rid of this scum of the earth a long time ago.
I hope one day the Chinese and the Russians form an alliance and blow the (insert s word here) out of *yanks* and Israeli pigs
FREEDOM FOR PALESTINE!!!
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I love you Alex Harper
The Persian empire conquered other lands and cultures, so it's not unthinkable to have dark-skinned slaves incorporated into their armies. The ancient Greeks, including the Spartans, owned slaves; even the Vikings owned slaves from other Baltic states they regularly raided. The Romans - also conquered much of Northern Africa and also took dark-skinned slaves. Being based on a comic book, I think people should keep in mind, this is all metaphor.It's all about the glorification of one tribe of early Greeks - the Spartans - and how they overcame incredible odds to win against a huge and decadent culture such as ancient Persia. The Spartan culture was misogynistic, patriarchal, fascist and took away all boys over the age of 6 to be trained - for a lifetime of indoctrination - to be fighting machines, without feelings, except to fight for their families and "race". They even warred with the Athenians. Again, I think the depiction of the Persians being dark-skinned was for metaphorical purposes only - to fit in with the simplistic view of white forces of good overcoming dark forces of evil - a common recurring theme throughout Western history, myth and culture. The white knight of medieval myth - always overcomes the black night, and the dark-haired queen is usually depicted as evil and is overcome by the white, "pure" queen with the aid of beneficent forces. It's all symbolic and metaphorical. I really don't see why people should get so worked up about it. This film is meant to be pure entertainment anyway.
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