How Ancient Am I?
Posted by TFG on March 15th, 2007
I kinda want to see this picture show that’s out now, 300. Have you heard of it? It’s about the Spartans, at Thermopylae. A pretty cool piece of history, if Gates of Fire is any kind of guide.
Anyway, I don’t even know how to look up a place to go see it on the internet tubes. Back in 1995, that was important to me, knowing how to look up movies. Anymore, not so much.
March 16th, 2007 at 8:26 am
http://www.google.com/movies?hl=en&near=san+antonio&dq=showtimes+san+antonio&sa=X&oi=showtimes&ct=title&cd=1
Show times for San Antonio theaters. I highly recommend 300.
March 16th, 2007 at 10:02 am
If you log in to Yahoo and give them your zip code, they include a list of all the theaters in your area and what’s playing on them.
March 16th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
moviefone.com is tops for me.
March 17th, 2007 at 8:29 am
Warning, it’s based on a comic-book version of the battle, not on drier historical accounts.
March 17th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I don’t think Herodotus’ version is too dry, it’s actually quite succinct. Of course, you do have to slog through about 500 pages to get to it. Admittedly, all the geneology is worse than that in the Bible.
March 18th, 2007 at 9:53 am
As an unschooled hayseed, it’s very unlikely that I’ll ever get to the original versions, unless I get rich and retire to my ranch with some eyesight left. And someone to talk about it with…