Let's Go, Spartans, Let's Go!

Thanks to the wonders of the internets (and old college pals), we can experience the newest 300 trailer in oversized ultramegavision--technically known as a 350mb 1080i HD video file. I was suspicious of this film at first; come on, Zach Snyder? But holy-washboard-abs, kids, this looks like 14-year-old boy wish fulfillment on a truly massive scale. In other words: Count me in.

And for a little history on Thermopylae and its badasser-than-thou Spartan warriors, check out this piece in The New York Sun.