The oracle’s trance was filmed underwater. You can tell she’s holding her breath. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

This is mythologizing. I’m pretty sure Frank Miller knows that the Spartan ephors weren’t syphilitic perverts living on top of a mountain. (Zack Snyder probably doesn’t care.) #ClassicsTwitterMovie

Butler’s bum, for those who are interested. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

By the way, if you think the depiction of male bodies in this movie is a bit on the homoerotic side, try listening to the audio description, which ramps that up to 11. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

I don’t have my copy of the comic to hand, but I’m pretty sure the fields of wheat aren’t in there, and are something the movie has imported from Gladiator. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

E tan e epi tan – a classic Spartan phrase. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

“You see, old friend, I brought more Village People impersonators than you.” #ClassicsTwitterMovie

Certain actors turn up again and again in pre-modern epic movies. David Wenham, of course, had been in Lord of the Rings. Vincent Regan (the Captain) had been in Troy. Butler would appear in Gods of Egypt (and Coriolanus). #ClassicsTwitterMovie

Lena Headey, of course, was in Game of Thrones. Dominic West and Michael Fassbender went on to Centurion. Rodrigo Santoro would appear in the 2016 Ben-Hur. Peter Mensah (the Persian emissary) would be in Spartacus. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

Also, after 300, we got a lot of movies that created the ancient world entirely inside a studio and a computer. Immortals and Pompeii both do this, as does the Spartacus TV series. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

I rather think Game of Thrones lifts from this horror-movie depiction of the Persians' acts. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

"It's Raining Men!" (Sadly, the original 300/It's Raining Men video has long departed from the internet, but you can still find some lesser versions.) #ClassicsTwitterMovie

All the stuff with Theron and Gorgo back in Sparta is an invention of the movie – the comic doesn’t haver this stuff at all. It is noticeable that, without Miller to rely upon, the quality of the writing is distinctly weaker. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

And that's a genuine exchange from Herodotus. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

The movie very much treats Persian lives as if they are less than the Spartans. I don't think the movie means to be real-world racist, because it is operating so much in a fantasy mode, but it does leave a nasty taste in the mouth. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

Of course, the Spartans bloody well don’t fight in the way that Leonidas describes in the battle to come, or not constantly. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

Nasty ableist nonsense (the disabled man is a bad person), initiated by Miller and perpetuated by Snyder. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

"Remember this day, men, because I'm not expecting any of you to be alive by Saturday!" #ClassicsTwitterMovie

And there's "Molon labe." #ClassicsTwitterMovie

Which, as with 'With this or on it' and 'The we shall fight in the shade' all got used earlier in 300 Spartans. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

That shot of Persians going over the cliff is taken straight from Miller’s comic. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

You know, if Gorgo wants to be seen as a decorous wife, she could try wearing some clothes. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

This is another scene in which you're very much not encouraged to think of the Persians as human beings. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

In which connection, and in the light of the fantasy mode chosen by the movie, Xerxes is very much presented as a magical evil enemy – unnaturally tall, etc. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

The Immortals were not, of course, deadly ninjas, but Miller has always been interested in Japanese ninja culture, so he makes them ninjas. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

The Immortals were also not orcs – this is Snyder’s innovation. The influence of Lord of the Rings is very much on display here. #ClassicsTwitterMovie

On which subject – “They have a cave troll!” (This figure is not in Miller.) #ClassicsTwitterMovie

By the way, If you’re interested in getting a historical perspective on the real battle of Thermopylae, I recommend this thread by @Roelkonjin. https://twitter.com/Roelkonijn/status/1300070780185739264?s=20 #ClassicsTwitterMovie