Why don't they look more barbaric? Spartans were known for long hair and beard...

Why don't they look more barbaric? Spartans were known for long hair and beard, they thought they would look terrifying in enemy' eyes.

Because making them Ayran ubermensch sells more tickets

It's hard to grow a long beard in the limited time between casting and shooting?

Aryan ubermensch. How can they be ubermenschen if they accepted that deal, to present Spartans in non-Sparta way?

The Spartans solved the gays in the military problem and the fear of homosexuals being pedophiles problem by making everyone a gay boy rapist. True innovation.

Are you retarded?

Most of them weren't even fit when they got cast. The preparations were massive for the movie and they built a special gym for the actors. More than enough time for a beard.

Also Leonidas was sixty.

And he wasn't even a proper king, he was just the guy who married the queen. She was in charge, not him. He was basically a general and not in a position to determine political decisions like DECLARING WAR ON PERSIA.

B-but man cannot be ruled by woman!

shouldn't you be asking why none of them are wearing any armor when the fact that they had better armor was one of the biggest advantages that allowed them to perform so well?

They didn't wear any body-armor you fag.

They had shield, helmet and leg protection, that's all.

This is the same movie where the Persians, who actually killed people for homosexuality as a matter of law, were imagined as the effeminate ones.

As others have pointed out, a movie with a bunch of old guys in wigs would hardly sell, so... Why? Money, duh.

In the end... Hollywood... Historical accuracy... Why even bother complaining? This is akin to complaining about the 24/hr news cycle being shit - OF COURSE IT FUCKING IS! We're not here to teach you shit, we're here to sell tickets, soda, and advertising space.

it's called a breast plate.
and they had them.

My wrong, I forgot period we are talking within. They hadn't breast plate since 4th century bce.

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It's based on a heavily stylized comic book. Both works took some serious artistic licenses.

>Why don't they look more barbaric
it's a hollywood movie based on an american comic, wtf did you expect, accuracy?

In the comic book the spartans have dreadlocks and long hair
Couldnt find a better pic

>inb4 "muh graphic novel"

>How can they be ubermenschen if they accepted that deal, to present Spartans in non-Sparta way?
Because the average prole doesn't give a shit about historical accuracy, he wants an aggressive chest-thumper of a movie with the hottest, sexiest muscle-men in leather speedos killing a bunch of brown people.

Let's try to not overthink it. It's a movie for people whose high school mascot was a Spartan.

>Why don't they look more barbaric?

BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT BARBARIANS, NOR BARBAROUS.

>Spartans were known for long hair and beard, they thought they would look terrifying in enemy' eyes.

SPARTANS WERE NORMALLY CLEAN SHAVEN, AND THEIR HAIR WAS LONG, BUT BRAIDED, OR BRUSHED, AND ALWAYS CLEAN.

>Persians aren't effeminate
>what are Persian sandles for girls
LOL

Spartan culture respected women, since they were the ones who gave birth to strong men

>Spartans were known for long hair and beard
Spartans were clean shaven until the age of 30. Those who had a beard kept it cropped and had the moustache shaved.

Fucking kys you dumb fuck.

>all these meme history buffs that LITERALLY get their info from comic books and think the Spartans weren't clean-shaven oiled up chads that spent hours brushing their hair

They literally oiled each other up. Shit was mad homo-erotic

Don't project your own inferiority, and homoerotic, issues on the Spartans.

Oiling another man is homo though.

>Don't project your own inferiority, and homoerotic, issues on the Spartans.

It is only Homo if you are the one Oiling.
It is alpha if you are the one being Oiled.

I don't care what you say, this is the best cheese movie. You can't help but smile when you watch it. Anyways, the Spartans ended up getting Persian aid to fight Athens not too long later.

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