Has anyone read "Gates of Fire"?

[feelingshorter]

Spartans poons all back then, any such war movie has got to be good

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
<-- Greek.

 

[CaptainKahuna]

Great book, had to read it for class, ended up really enjoying it.

Very well and powerfully written. One of my favorites.

 

[EyeMNathan]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
saw MJ's picture on a banner at the top and had to close the window. couldn't handle it.

 

[Dragnov]

I enjoyed it but didn't think it was all to great. I guess because it was so focused on that single event, there really wasn't much drama or much of a specific story. Therefore I found the book to be fairly impersonal and distant.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Picked up this book while I was on vacation and it is great so far. I'm only about 100 pages into it but it's really hard to put down. Thanks for posting this, I probably would have never found it otherwise

You are very welcome... it only gets better!!

 

[So]

Molon Labe!

 

[BlueWeasel]

Thanks for the suggestion....I'm a sucker for war/battle books, so I'll be checking this one out.

 

[Sheepathon]

But the important question is...were they greater than flightless Antarctic birds braving -40c weather and marching 70 miles to reach their destinations?

 

[XMan]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055719/

Hmm, has anyone seen this one?

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: X-Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055719/

Hmm, has anyone seen this one?

How interesting... I haven't, but would be very interested in reading a review from anyone who did. Good catch! :thumbsup:

 

[Mo0o]

Those Spartans may have been tough, but did they look like this? Ka POW

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: Tomato

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Haven't read that book, but I saw a special on the History Channel about the Battle of Thermopylae. You just didn't screw with the Spartans back then.

No joke. They were HARD... if you liked the special, then I think you'd really enjoy the book.

Actually, there's another graphic reality that this film may not portray (but is seen in Frank Miller's 300), which is that Spartans often did not wear clothing over their genitals.

HAHAHAHA

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Yeah, Gates of Fire is one of my favorite books of all time.

<-- Greek.

Hey, me too!!

<-- Suicidal Persian

 

[UbiSunt]

The Gates of Fire wound up in production hell and probably will never get made. The 300 movie adaptation of Frank Miller's book is greenlit and will be directed by the director of the Dawn of the Dead remake. They plan on shooting it shot-for-shot from the comic, like Sin City.

If any of ya'll want the best book on the subject, then read the original.

Herodotus' Histories.

 

[Kalbi]

Did the persians get pwned like they will when Israel fcks them up for making nukes?

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Yeah, Gates of Fire is one of my favorite books of all time.

<-- Greek.

Hey, me too!!

<-- Suicidal Persian

 

[tk149]

I read Frank Miller's "300". It was pretty good.

You mean that was based on a true story! :Q:Q:Q

/slinks off to educate his uncultured mind

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: FleshLight
10,000 Romans pwned 100,000 Brits a few years ago.

link or source?

Battle of Watling Street

Tacitus says that, according to one estimate, 80,000 Britons fell compared to only 400 Romans.

Perhaps the greatest single slaughter in human history on a battlefield between two armies?