Directed by Zack Snyder
Written by Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Michael Gordon
Based on the Graphic Novel by Frank Miller & Lynn Varley
Me as a boy was fetishistic about history ,long as you could boil it down to pulpy juvenalia - - - so yes to Alexander, no to Captain Cook. The Battle of Thermopylae was one saga full-on with fetish. Boiling it down to hardboiled grit , Frank Miller's comic spoke to that boy in me. Snyder is that boy,too - - -except with bigger , shinier toys at his disposal. So his 300 is reckless, irreverent, overacted but spectacularly choreographed combatporn that feels like a game engine wrote it. And does nothing to up his stock as little more than a hired gun hack-in-waiting with a trustfund to burn on post. But the macho eyecandy is severely engrossing man opera - - - history boiled down to pulpy juvenalia, really. Me acting my age wishes more was done with it. But the boy in me's hyperventilating in skirmish ecstasy. * * *
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"Battle porn"? I love it!
I only "discovered" this blog very recently, while aimlessly link-hopping, but it's easily an instant fave.
I'm not certain whether i've ever been acquainted with the folks here, in person (other than Jovan). And I have no idea if this is meant to be a "real-life-friends-only" blog. Just the same, I would be totally honored to be able to post my stuff here.
See, I don't have a proper venue for content dedicated primarily to geeky pursuits. However, i've got plenty of relevant writing to attest to my skills, if any of you doubt them:
* review of Long Hot Summer by Eric Stephenson and Jamie McKelvie (from a defunct group blog about pop culture; over-run by comment spam bots)
* review of manga format biography of visionary investor George Soros
* review of Skate Camp vol. 1 by Barzac et al (from my personal blog)
* entry about the politics of geek lust (from the feminist pop critique blog Love It or Lait?)
Also, have a look at , inclduing the comments i've posted on other users' profiles.
Please let me know if you'd consider letting me blog here, on a regular basis.
*puts on hesitant gameface akin to American Idol contestant in the day's Bottom Three*
I have no idea why the HTML code keeps messing up the link to my ComicSpace profile.
I totally apologize for messing up your comments section like this.
In any case, here is the page itself:
http://www.comicspace.com/ipisdei
And there are the comments I've posted about other users:
http://www.comicspace.com/ipisdei/comments.php?type=from
I hope that sorts out any mix-ups caused by the coding errors.
Yay, Paolo! The community grows. What's your email address?
YAY! If you're granting me posting access via Blogger, then my Google/Gmail Account is 'paolojcruz'.
But if you just want to get in touch, for any other reason, then it's the same Username @yahoo.com
(Sorry for the hassle -- you can't be too careful with these email Spam bots.)
Can't wait to start posting here!
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