Title: 4 stars for the artwork minus 3 for the utter crap story equals...
Product review: Some people have said that, in such a work of fiction, historical accuracy isn't really "the point." I beg to differ. If you are going to write HISTORICAL fiction, history actually IS the point. Instead of writing 300 and basing it--as loosely as possible--on the Spartans and their battle at the gates of Thermopylae, it would have been better had Miller called them "Spartatians" from the planet "Spartatia" and, in his narrative, sent 299 (or 301) to battle the (seemingly) evil homosexual piercing addicts of another culture.Rather than beat this dead historical accuracy/inaccuracy horse AGAIN, though, I strongly suggest that everyone read David Brin's dissection of Miller's 300 at [...]. Then maybe try reading some Aeschylus. Y'know, for yucks.
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