...and I ask what it's about because I had not heard of it.

I'm told it's a remake of The Three Hundred Spartans about the Battle of Thermopylae. So, I think that sounds cool and I look it up this morning and find this review:

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Much has been made of the allegorical potential of "300." Could Leonidas be some President Bush stand-in? Might the Persians be, well, the current Middle East? The movie could be all things to all people. For me, the fight is unfair. "300" is about a bunch of hot white metrosexuals -- those pecs, those abs, that hair -- against a million freaky nonwhite club kids. In other words, the gays. King Xerxes's hangout is full of hookah-puffers, derelicts, and girls making it with girls (let's call them lesbians). His army is full of monsters seemingly from the Troma Films creature shop.

The dreaded Xerxes himself (Rodrigo Santiago ) appears to be a 9-foot-tall Yul Brynner . His skin glitters. His head is totally shaved. His nails are manicured. His body is pierced and gold chains run from his scalp to his ankles. It's Yul, the mystical Miami nightclub version! During their big mano-a-mano attempt at negotiation, Xerxes tells Leonidas nothing would bring him more pleasure than for the Greek king to kneel down before him in submission. Leonidas recoils. So did the dudes next to me in the theater when Xerxes started to make his move.

According to this outrageously flagrant movie, the Spartans didn't just die for Glory, Duty, and Destiny. They died to keep the Hot Gates from turning into another gay disco.

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It sounds so damn weird you feel like you have to see it, no?

Plus doesn't this sound like the setting for a Baerwald tune:

King Xerxes's hangout is full of hookah-puffers, derelicts, and girls making it with girls.

Hey, you guys did that whole oil/mud/jello wrestling deal in another thread...so I figure whatever I post now it's a safe bet I'm not the most offensive clown on the board...