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Anyone seen the film The Last Samurai? It involves a semi-historical last stand that is related to the Battle of the Thermopyles, also a last stand with its 300 Spartan warriors. The Battle of Hodow (1694) is known as the 'Polish Thermopyles' because it involved 400 Polish winged hussars against 40000 Tatars.
I'm sure the 'Muricans had a last stand in WW2 somewhere too.
 
Ariana said:
Anyone seen the film The Last Samurai? It involves a semi-historical last stand that is related to the Battle of the Thermopyles, also a last stand with its 300 Spartan warriors.
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Seen The Last Samurai in the movie theatre! Had no clue it was related to (or seen as) Thermopyles. I didn't have a clue about Thermopyles either, but I am pretty sure the film wasn't viewed or promoted as such. But certainly a last stand, indeed!
Ariana said:
The Battle of Hodow (1694) is known as the 'Polish Thermopyles' because it involved 400 Polish winged hussars against 40000 Tatars.
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Interesting!

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So, I did hear about the Battle of Thermopylae, but it wasn't stuck in my memory, I'm afraid:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae_in_popular_culture#Films ==> The Last Samurai
The main characters refer to the battle of Thermopylae twice, including right before engaging in a battle they are almost certain to lose. The Battle of Thermopylae parallels the main characters' situation, in which they are outnumbered and realize that victory is unattainable but choose to fight for a purpose beyond the battle itself.
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Brigantium said:
Winged hussars, Ancient Greeks (Thermopylae?), and Samurai? Many heroic deaths has been had!
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What are these winged hussars? They look like valkyries.

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ALSO: NEW FUCKING SABATON YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
 
Also, a little more info about the new album: http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label....sabaton-new-studio-album-on-august-19th.html

"We once work again with Peter Tägtgren in his newly upgraded and top class Abyss studio in Sweden to record, produce and mix the album. The mastering will be done by Jonas Kjellgren who also works in the same building in nice Pärlby on the countryside of Sweden. Both »Carolus Rex« and »Heroes« was done in the same way and we feel very comfortable to return to the same place and people again. Fans will recognize the sound of the album as SABATON, but we really feel we took it a step forward this time", says Pär Sundström.

The artwork on the album is made by Peter Sallaí who has been with SABATON since »Carolus Rex«. Pär Sundström explains: "We had the idea to make an image reflecting soldiers of different times representing the different historical battles we sing about on the new album. This only reveals a small part of the album topics though".

"The concept of a last stand has always fascinated me, and both me and Pär were ”all in excited” about the subject so it was an easy choice to make", says vocalist Joakim Broden about the album title »The Last Stand«. "We have always several ideas for albums to work with. Since there are countless different views and angles of war, we will unfortunately never run out of ideas. We kinda felt that the last stand was something perfect for SABATON. Something we really wanted to do. »Heroes« was a perfect theme and »The Last Stand« is right down our alley too. It was exciting to do the research", adds Sundstöm.

Few more weeks until the final work is done. But everyone in the SABATON camp is more than satisfied.Joakim Broden sums it up: "Did any other artist ever say ”Our new album is the best we ever made”? That’s not for us to decide, that’s up to our fans..."
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With Sabaton playing Ozzfest meets Knotfest in late September, that most likely means a full NA tour as well. I can't imagine them coming over here for just one show.
 
But strange more than anything. Is there anyone, outside of this forum, who actively likes both Opeth and Sabaton?
 
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