Could there be a third "300" movie?

[BrainGlutton]

@Malthus

It was supposed (by the Persians) to be a Persian mop-up job … After all, Athens was burned to the ground, one of the Spartan kings killed in battle, and most Greek cities had submitted. True, the Persians had suffered a naval setback, but only in hindsight does that look decisive - Mardonius had quite reasonable expectations of becomming the Satrap of Greece.

That presents an interesting AH scenario . . .

[Flywheel]

First movie: land war

Second movie: sea war

Third movie: AIR WAR!

[Don_t_Panic]

@Malthus

It was supposed (by the Persians) to be a Persian mop-up job … After all, Athens was burned to the ground, one of the Spartan kings killed in battle, and most Greek cities had submitted. True, the Persians had suffered a naval setback, but only in hindsight does that look decisive - Mardonius had quite reasonable expectations of becomming the Satrap of Greece.

Hey, if you want to have a go at writing a script, go ahead. I’m just not sure how epic it would be. Mardonius: “King Xerxes, we can beat those Greeks if we have another go! Never mind that they have proven to be way more badass than us in two movies in a row.” Xerxes: “Great idea, Mardonius! Tell you what, I have some urgent business back home, so I’ll return with most of our army. Feel free to keep some guys here and finish the job yourself, though. I’ll let you rule whatever you’re able to conquer.” Mardonius: Gets ass comprehensively handed to him. Spartans: “Here’s yer ass, Mardonius.” Xerxes: Whisles innocently.

[BrainGlutton]

@Flywheel

First movie: land war

Second movie: sea war

Third movie: AIR WAR!

So, we’re gonna take it in a woodpunk direction?

[OneCentStamp]

@BrainGlutton

So, we’re gonna take it in a woodpunk direction?

Now I’m just thinking of Snoopy as the Red Baron, sitting atop his doghouse in his [del]steam[/del]woodpunk goggles.

[BrainGlutton]

@OneCentStamp

Now I’m just thinking of Snoopy as the Red Baron, sitting atop his doghouse in his [del]steam[/del]woodpunk goggles.

Compare steampunk, dieselpunk, clockpunk, etc. See Punk Punk.

[Malthus]

@Martian Bigfoot

Hey, if you want to have a go at writing a script, go ahead. I’m just not sure how epic it would be. Mardonius: “King Xerxes, we can beat those Greeks if we have another go! Never mind that they have proven to be way more badass than us in two movies in a row.” Xerxes: “Great idea, Mardonius! Tell you what, I have some urgent business back home, so I’ll return with most of our army. Feel free to keep some guys here and finish the job yourself, though. I’ll let you rule whatever you’re able to conquer.” Mardonius: Gets ass comprehensively handed to him. Spartans: “Here’s yer ass, Mardonius.” Xerxes: Whisles innocently.

It’s a lot more epic if Mardonus receives a draft of thousands of 20 foot crab-clawed monstrosities before the battle … or so watching the first movie leads me to believe.

[Malthus]

@BrainGlutton

Compare steampunk, dieselpunk, clockpunk, etc. See Punk Punk.

Wouldn’t “Bronzepunk” be most appropriate? Though I see by the TV Tropes page it is labelled “Sandal Punk”.

[Simplicio]

@Martian Bigfoot

Not much tension left, though, with Xerxes returning home and the Persians on the retreat. It would be hard to make Plataea look like anything more than a Greek mop-up job, although the reality wasn’t quite that simple.

I suspect they’d just keep Xerxes in Greece. The movies haven’t pretended to be anything other then a Herodotus-inspired fantasy. And the second movie had both he and Darius at Marathon.

(though oddly one of the many reasons the second movie sucked so hard was they tried to put Thermopalye in its historical context, which made the whole plot kind of hard to follow, as it ended up jumping around in time relative to the events of the first movie, instead of just making it a straightforward sequel.)

[cerberus]

Just put the next one in space. You could have descendants of Spartans fighting descendants of the old Persian empire.

Or zombies.

[BrainGlutton]

@cerberus

Just put the next one in space. You could have descendants of Spartans fighting descendants of the old Persian empire.

OK, but it’ll be a short battle; they still have to fight barechested.

[Don_t_Panic]

@Malthus

I wish I could bring Herodotus back from the dead just to watch that movie.

OK, so I just now watched the first 15 minutes of it - the second one, the is (yeah, by way of a Chinese rip on YouTube… so sue me) - and, well, holy crap. :eek: I’m not sure if I can take the rest of it. There’s not enough ointment in the world for Herodotus to recover from the ass-rape this movie is giving him.

[Don_t_Panic]

And then… it got worse. Dear God. I feel dirty now.

[Bryan_Ekers]

@cerberus

Just put the next one in space. You could have descendants of Spartans fighting descendants of the old Persian empire.

Cyprus in space, then. Cool.

[Malthus]

@Martian Bigfoot

OK, so I just now watched the first 15 minutes of it - the second one, the is (yeah, by way of a Chinese rip on YouTube… so sue me) - and, well, holy crap. :eek: I’m not sure if I can take the rest of it. There’s not enough ointment in the world for Herodotus to recover from the ass-rape this movie is giving him.

It’s revenge for the giant gold-digging ants from Afganistan.