Which "300" Warrior chief does W look like? (ABC)

[underpants]

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2950625&page=1

Does Bush Resemble Leonidas or Xerxes?

Bloody Blockbuster '300' Ignites Debate Over Its Parallels to Current Events in the Middle East

March 14, 2007 — The leader of the most powerful empire in the world invades a small country to avenge his father's failure to do so years ago. His army is relentlessly attacked by a proud group of insurgents who denounce the empire's decadence.

The leader of a brave fighting force vows to defend freedom at all costs against an enemy from the Middle East. To rally his troops, he makes a speech, declaring, "The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant."

Is one of them President Bush?

[bahrbearian]

1. Is there a warrior chief in "300" that hides in bunny holes and

Cash's in on war? You know some one that stays out of harms way and sends people to die, for the Corporations of Sparta.

[jus_the_facts]

2. No...this is more his speed......*gollum*

[Donnachaidh]

13. I was thnking more along the lines of Caligula's horse

the one Caligula made a god? But we'd only include one half of that horse. Can you guess which half? :evilgrin:

[Little Wing]

3. I think I'm going to cry

:argh:

[Skidmore]

7. Who the heck builds a limo like that?

Limos are obscene when the are the standard length. That one is absolutely phallic.

[Beelzebud]

4. Neither. He looks like Alfred E. Neuman of Mad Magazine fame.

[geardaddy]

16. I've always thought that.

He certainly espouses Alfred E. Neuman's motto.

"What me worry?"

[WinkyDink]

19. Do NOT diss the Alfred!! He is most awesome, and looks at reality with clear eyes!

[LSparkle]

5. The nancy boy with all the piercings

I haven't seen the film but from the excerpts I've seen, that character looks just about as dismissive and imperial as the Squatter-In-Chief.

[Cha]

6. Do they have any that look like

1/2 turtle 1/2 chimp?

[Hippo_Tron]

8. Neither, Bush would never get that close to a battlefield

[formactv]

9. So what is an insurgent?

Someone fighting for his country?

[NewJeffCT]

10. Have they made a movie about Varus & the Teutonberg Forest?

Bush certainly reminds me a bit of Varus:

1) Came from a wealthy conservative family
2) Became governor of the wealthy province of Syria, left Syria poor, but made out like a bandit himself.
3) Moved to Germany, where he befriended Arminius, a German. Arminius led Varus and 3 full Roman legions into a trap in terrain where they were unused to fighting. The 3 full legions were annihilated because of Varus' stupidity and Arminius' trickery in what may have been Rome's worst defeat in their long history - probably worse than Hannibal beating them at Cannae because the Romans eventually conquered Carthage, while they never again attempted to extend their borders further into Germania.

[underpants]

11. Excellent reference

:thumbsup:

[NewJeffCT]

12. Thanks

I was reading something a while back on some of the great battles of ancient Rome and then read a bit more about Varus & it struck me that he sounded a bit like Bush... However, I think Varus ended up committing suicide as his legions were being destroyed by the Germans.

[Lisa]

22. there is a group trying to get one made

Listed here on the Legio XX links page (which in itself is an interesting history source)
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/groups.html

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/2385/varus.html

[NewJeffCT]

23. thanks for the link

I appreciate it.

[sam sarrha]

14. maybe if you put his head on jeffery Dhalmer.. or richard Spek...??

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Neither

stop playing the game of politizing a fucking movie

[Geek_Girl]

17. Not every movie is about current day politics

This movie was based on a graphic novel not Bush, US, Iraq or Modern day Iran. I loved the movie and just don't get all the politico analyst of this particular movie.

[WinkyDink]

18. "Warrior"?? WTH?! How about the Mama's boy hiding in the cave?

[0rganism]

20. writer misuses the word "insurgents"

An insurgency typically connotes revolt against an established internal regime, and differs thusly from a resistance which stands against an invading external force or an army of occupation and its collaborators. Xerxes' Persian army was clearly arriving as an invading force, not the military of an established domestic government. I think there's also a connotation of assymetrical, guerilla warfare in both terms -- while Leonidas' operation may have been assymetrical in numbers at least, it could hardly be considered covert.

Seems to me, it's kind of off-the-mark to refer to King Leonidas' stand at Thermopylae as either resistance or insurgency, as it was strategically a joint operation with Themistocles' naval forces. Not all defensive wars are well-described as "resistances", IMHO.

[Plaid Adder]

21. I see all these threads about "300," and I just wanna know one thing...

...does the film give its viewers any inkling of the fact that cross-generational homoerotic bonding was a central feature of Spartan military culture?

So far I haven't seen it come up, so I assume they heterosexed everybody up for the film.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[pinniped]

24. Chief Drunk reporting for duty.