[quote]PGJ wrote:
I think that’s why the Queen in the movie was so willing to have an affair with that dude. It was for the betterment of the state (or she thought).
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What movie did you see? It was more of a twisted consensual rape. Not what I would describe as an affair.
She was “willing” to do it because she wanted more soldiers sent to fight the invading army.
[quote]christine wrote:
PGJ wrote:
I think that’s why the Queen in the movie was so willing to have an affair with that dude. It was for the betterment of the state (or she thought).
What movie did you see? It was more of a twisted consensual rape. Not what I would describe as an affair.
She was “willing” to do it because she wanted more soldiers sent to fight the invading army.[/quote]
Not a rape. She gave herself to him willingly because she thought he would support her. Anything for the state. I actually thought this was a bad move on the director’s part. It was just a set up for her killing him. The director could have used a different approach where she kept her Spartan dignity (she’s the freaking Queen afterall) and still killed the guy. Was that part of the comic book?
I haven’t seen the movie yet (I hate most people and I really hate people in theaters), but I too am slightly upset that the movie has taken all of the coolness out of my planned tattoo. I was going to get a hoplite shield with two crossed dories behind it with this written in Greek under it:
Go tell the Spartans, passerby,
That here, by Spartan law, we lie.
I don’t mind looking like a tool (I don’t think I can help that) but I hate looking like an unoriginal tool (not that it would have been terribly original in the first place)
I think now I’m going to get a tattoo of the brave little toaster with the following quote from Radio: “Sorry for that little interruption, folks. We’ll return to our regularly-scheduled program momentarily.”