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Look, If You Have A Problem With Distilling The Battle Of Thermopylae Down To Freedom Versus Tyranny, You Need To Read Herodotus Because He's The One. It's His Fault, Not Modern Culture's Fault. He Did It.' [victor Davis Hanson] References A Lot Of Things Like That Because He Feels Like The Spirit Of The Book And Of The Movie ["300"] Are Very Close To The Spartan Aesthetic. That's Really Kind Of What He Feels."

The Eyes Get Lost In 3-d. With 3-d, Your Eyes Are Looking For The Plane Of Focus, Right? And The Problem Is, When You Do Quick Cuts, Your Eyes Can't Find It.

You Can't Have A Superman That Is Battling Cultural Morality. You Need A Superman That Has Built In Sort Of Values.

With Dawn I Was Afraid People Would Just Think It's A B-movie And I Didn't Know What I Was Doing. That's Really What I Was Afraid Of. Like The Subtlety Of The Movie They Would Miss. If The Movie Succeeds, It's That People Understand The Subtlety. That They're Able To See Past The Conventions Of What They Think A Movie Is And Go A Teeny Bit Deeper And Let It Be Both.

People Have A Very Proprietary Relationship With Superman. It's Important To Respect The Iconography And The Canon, But At The Same Time, You Have To Tell A Story.