First Look at the 300 Prequel, 299 Uh, Xerxes
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?Frank Miller’s really doing it. He’s really making Xerxes, a graphic novel preview to 300. You’re looking at a lithograph of the title character; the comic will be a six-issues mini-series released by Dark Horse in 2011. A few thoughts:
? Who wants this, other than Frank Miller’s bank account?
? No, seriously, does Miller really expect people to be interested in the back story of the weird, incredibly decadent, vaguely hermaphroditic piercing fetishist from 300?
? Specifically, a story where this freak totally defeats the Greeks, the good guys from the original comic/movie?
? Is Xerxes wearing a huge Wonder Woman logo as a cape? And how sad that if he is it would still be the most sensible part of his outfit?
? Does Hollywood think people will see a movie based on this? BECAUSE THEY WON’T.
? The guy who played Paulo in Lost played Xerxes in the 300 movie. That still blows my mind.
? THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY TERRIBLE IDEA ON ALL LEVELS.
Frank Miller has more to say about Xerxes over at Robot 6, but nothing that convinces me this won’t be a total debacle. I look forward to idiotic Hollywood making it a movie anyway and them being surprised when it totally tanks.
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.