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I just noticed this but anyone who knows anything about greek history does Helm's Deep remind you of Thermopalaye? (I murdured the spelling) 300 Rohans vs 10,000 uruk hai? -300 spartans vs thousands more persians

*Cue "Twilight Zone" music*
It's possible......

Well, in the comparision in numbers fact. But, that's about it

u have to get inspiration from somewhere.... ????

i don't do greek history no2

Troy

Helms deep has never been breached
Troys walls were never breached
Until now

well, not really, thermopalaye wasnt fought in a fort, and it was 10,000 greeks vs 500,000 persians then for the greeks to retreat the 300 spartans went agains the 500,000, but it really doesnt remind me of it, very different types of battles,

when did this batltle 'Thermopalaye' happen?

^^The Battle of Thermopylae happened in 480 BC during the Persian Wars.

The other Greek states had 7,000 men and King Leonidas of Sparta sent 300 Spartans to lead the others and fight against the 300,000 men of Persia in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. And as some of us may know, the Spartans were really great warriors, extremely disciplined; Sparta had the best soldiers during that time, so the Greeks won their victory, albeit the fact that they were extremely outnumbered.

So, in a way, yes, kinda...The Battle of Helm's Deep reminds me of the Battle of Thermopylae.

Some other examples are in the appendices, examples of braveheart and such. I cant remember but it is quite interesting.

.....or am I thinking of the bonus disc on TROY?

Discos - too early for this shit

LMAO!

Discos, you just totally used troy like you just thought of it, when we all know, you read my post to come to your conclusion

lol no no Chris.

I am saying there are examples of such things in the documentary on the bonus disc - examples of history e.g the battle of stirling bridge and something to do with the french actually winning something.

ive seen that doco

lol a doco

dude Thermopoli was 300 Spartans versus 200,000 Persians for three days. And the Spartans where annihilated by a continuos volley of arrows

woit a bugger

...cool

200,000? bolt

inded..

I'm Spartacus

Their were no elves either. :P

And I'm Achille

The battle for Helm's Deep was just a fight, but the battle for Middle-Earth was the fight for their lives.

Oh shit, did I change the subject, mightbad.

Oh see Star Wars:Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith, this May 19...

I look forward too it

^^ whoa whoa whoa.....going too much off-topicaaa

anyways, most battles are based on some great mytholigical battle I presume.

changin from troy to eagles sigh...

lol, sure am duder.........it is the way of the eagle.

I was....am the lord of the eagles.

anyways I watched Alexander last night and Alexander's macedonian/greek army had 40,000 against 250,000 Babylonians and came out victorious.

Yes, there are based on mythological events.
For example, Numenor was Atlantis in mythology.

what i find hard to believe, is how aragorn and his band of men were able to keep from being annhilated when they were so utterly and hopelessly surrounded by 10000 orcs at the gate...

I watched the scene over and over again... and if you look carefully, it looks as if the brunt of the battle is at the gate and not to the rear...

Well then...

so you say...

Indeed...

without a doubt...

so it seems...

as the saying goes...

of course...

genuinely... i disagree

humm brunt...

Wasn't Thermopylae a pass, not a fortress?

well i think helms deep and minas tirnth were the best battle scenes ever. Troy were a bit too fake and Alexander had a bad story and disgraced the great Alexander. If anyone makes a great epic battle again it will always be compared to helms deep and minas tirth.

i think many epic movies these days will be compared to LOTR