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Been busy lately..So haven’t been able to update. Anyways, making ammends to that right now!
Ever since I saw "Sin City", I had come to revere Frank Miller, but the day I saw the movie 300 and echoed "HO-OOH" with the men who "PREPARE FOR GLORY!", I thought Frank Miller had outdone himself. Notwithstanding that fact, director Zack Snyder also did a superb job of bringing the comic book to cinematic life!
Been busy lately..So haven’t been able to update. Anyways, making ammends to that right now!
Ever since I saw "Sin City", I had come to revere Frank Miller, but the day I saw the movie 300 and echoed "HO-OOH" with the men who "PREPARE FOR GLORY!", I thought Frank Miller had outdone himself. Notwithstanding that fact, director Zack Snyder also did a superb job of bringing the comic book to cinematic life!
But alas! Genius that I am (:-P), my mind could not rest and yesterday, as my friend and I sat at the office pantry, discussing various 'issues' with the existing database blah blah, the topic suddenly veered to another of my favourite movie "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" and I impishly suggested the what-if scenario when the 300 Spartans who will "Dine in Hell" encounter the "living tissue over metal endo-skeleton" of the TERMINATOR T-800! Our discussion, though unfruitful, was extremely entertaining! So I now present before you the scenario.... You give the conclusion!!! This duel was previously hosted at http://www.electricferret.com/battle/cbub_matches/727-111046.php
and was won by the Terminator by popular vote of 54 - 41.
SCENE
It is nearing daybreak but it is still dark. The battle-ready Spartans began marching this evening from their hometown Sparta and have decided to rest for the night. The Spartans have forged an alliance with the Arkadians just hours ago in their fight against the dreaded Persians. Now, the Spartans are all asleep in the open field, save a few soldiers on guard, resting their bodies for another day of marching. It has come to King Leonidus' knowledge that the fateful shore of Persian landing is five days away.
Suddenly, the soldiers on guard straighten up, all alert, as a brilliant purple glare lights up the open field around them. Wild fingers of blue-white electric arcs dance in the field a short distance away from the sleeping soldiers and all soldiers are woken up to the sound of stray electrical crackling. All soldiers are dumbfounded while King Leonidus is the lone warrior to maintain a composed face as the strange lightning forms a circular opening in mid-air, and in the sudden flare of light they see a figure in a sphere of energy with an explosive thunderclap!
Through the clearing vapor they see the figure clearly... a naked woman with burns and bruises on her body. As the electric hissing and sputtering subsides, it is replaced by a rising scream of animal agony from the woman!
As the screaming to subsides, King Leonidus is the first to recover from the shock. He swiftly orders his loyal men to help the woman, cover her up and bring her to him. They follow their king's orders and bring her to him.
LEONIDUS - "I don’t understand, my good woman! Who are you? Where did you come from? My name is King Leonidus and you are in SPARTA!"
The woman looks shocked and afraid. She scans the field frantically and looks at the men’s attire and the surroundings. She recognizes the men. A painful realization descends on her...
WOMAN - "Water!!! I need water!!!"
One soldier comes with a pitcher of water. She drinks greedily and surveys the surroundings. She is calmer now, but still fearful.
She clutches King Leonidus' gown and breathes "Has he come too? Is he here? "
LEONIDUS - "I'm afraid you will have to explain yourself woman! Who are you? And whose arrival are you enquiring about?"
WOMAN - "King Leonidus! My name is Sarah Connor. I too don't fully understand what is going on but the matter is this. I have come from the future. There is a TERMINATOR who is hell bent upon killing me. I have somehow been transported back in time by my protector Kyle Reese. Now, my attacker! He is a cyborg. A Terminator. He is a microprocessor-controlled, fully armored killing machine...."
LEONIDUS - "Silence woman!!! Is this some kind of a joke or a prank from the Persian armies? What do you mean by a Terminator or a cyborg or whatever you said?"
SARAH (pleading frantically) - "Please, my dear king, you have to believe me! The man, the thing that is after me is a cybernetic organism..."
(Shakes her head resignedly)
SARAH - "My Lord, hear me! I am from Greece! And a very very powerful human being is trying to kill me! He is from PERSIA!"
LEONIDUS - "Do not worry, Sarah! I shall have one Spartan soldier to guard you at all times from this Persian soldier whom you call 'TERMINATOR'!"
SARAH - "You do not understand! It is extremely power- ................"
At this point, the open field dazzles again in a brilliant purple glare! The air is filled in strange electrical noises and in the sudden flash of light; there is another sphere of energy at the opposite corner of the huge field! The Spartans barely see another naked figure through the clearing vapor in the distance. The TERMINATOR T-800 has come through! Physique: massive, perfect. Face: devoid of emotion. The Terminator stands and impassively surveys its surroundings...
SARAH (screaming hysterically) - It’s him!! It's him!! It's the Terminator! It's the robot!!!!
LEONIDUS - "Even the Persian should be given the honor of presenting his story before a jury!!! Dilios, Go to the Persian and help him!"
Dilios and three Arkadians run towards the Terminator to help him. Arkadian goes first - “Are you alright, my man?"
TERMINATOR POV - A digitized electronic scan of the Arkadian and the other two humans. Dilios' body is outlined, or "selected” and thousands of estimated measurements appear. His clothing has been analyzed and deemed suitable...
TERMINATOR - “I need your robes, your helmet and your wreath!"
Dilios is shocked, but thinks it is a game and decides to play along.
DILIOS - “You forgot to say PLEASE!"
At this, the Terminator calmly, and without expression, grabs Dilios with one hand and hauls him into the air! Dilios lands nimbly on the ground and attacks the Terminator with some brilliant punches and kicks. The Terminator looks at him after this volley and breaks his neck! The two Arkadians look with astonishment and trepidation and run back to the now 299 Spartans and the numerous Arkadians in a frenzy, while the Terminator calmly begins to disrobe the Spartan slowly. The Arkadians cover the distance of the huge field in minutes, panting by the time they reach the king...
ARKADIAN - "Dear Lord! He is not human! He seems to be an Immortal!"
LEONIDUS - "Immortal u say? Then let’s put his name to the test! But will he be unreasonable to our claim? After all, we are hundreds of trained soldiers with weapons!"
SARAH - “King Leonidus! Please Listen. Understand. That the Terminator is out there. It does not feel pain...It can't be reasoned with, it can't be bargained with...it doesn't feel pity of remorse or fear...and it absolutely will not stop. And now that it is here, it will go to Sparta and destroy the whole of Sparta single-handedly! It can fight your armies alone!"
LEONIDUS - "If this is true, Sarah, then I shall give you my word to protect you! I shall kill the Persian fighter with my own hands!"
SARAH - "Dear King! Please do not underestimate this man! He has the strength of a hundred humans! You will definitely die to him if you fight him with bare hands! But he can be killed by weapons like rockets or in your own time even a careful thrust with the spear to his power source can kill him. Its power source lies in his heart and the head! I just hope and pray that the combination of Spartan fighting skills and peak human strength that I have studied in my history books can help overcome the Terminator. But remember my king, you will have to strategize and adapt well. Because he has to be stopped."
LEONIDUS - "Is that what you say, Sarah! Captain! Rush to Sparta! It is only 3 hours away from here! Take Sarah with you. Alert the full army and bring reinforcements!"
LEONIDUS (loudly) - "Hear me, Spartans and Arkadians! Prepare for battle! Don your armor and wield your shields and spears! For I have given my word to the woman and we Spartans are men of our words! We now know what the Persian brute is capable of, and we shall fight him bravely and wisely! We Spartans have descended from Hercules himself. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Spartans: the finest soldiers the world has ever known! Prepare for glory! Pledge to crush! This is where we fight, this is where he dies!!
ARMY - “HO-OOH!!! HO-OOH!!! HO-OOH!!!"
(As the Terminator casually walks across the huge field, the Spartans get ready for battle with armor and weapons and stand in their deadly formation with their shields in position!)
TERMINATOR - "Humans, lay down your weapons.”
LEONIDUS – “Tyrant! Come and get them! "
And so.....it begins......
SCENE
It is nearing daybreak but it is still dark. The battle-ready Spartans began marching this evening from their hometown Sparta and have decided to rest for the night. The Spartans have forged an alliance with the Arkadians just hours ago in their fight against the dreaded Persians. Now, the Spartans are all asleep in the open field, save a few soldiers on guard, resting their bodies for another day of marching. It has come to King Leonidus' knowledge that the fateful shore of Persian landing is five days away.
Suddenly, the soldiers on guard straighten up, all alert, as a brilliant purple glare lights up the open field around them. Wild fingers of blue-white electric arcs dance in the field a short distance away from the sleeping soldiers and all soldiers are woken up to the sound of stray electrical crackling. All soldiers are dumbfounded while King Leonidus is the lone warrior to maintain a composed face as the strange lightning forms a circular opening in mid-air, and in the sudden flare of light they see a figure in a sphere of energy with an explosive thunderclap!
Through the clearing vapor they see the figure clearly... a naked woman with burns and bruises on her body. As the electric hissing and sputtering subsides, it is replaced by a rising scream of animal agony from the woman!
As the screaming to subsides, King Leonidus is the first to recover from the shock. He swiftly orders his loyal men to help the woman, cover her up and bring her to him. They follow their king's orders and bring her to him.
LEONIDUS - "I don’t understand, my good woman! Who are you? Where did you come from? My name is King Leonidus and you are in SPARTA!"
The woman looks shocked and afraid. She scans the field frantically and looks at the men’s attire and the surroundings. She recognizes the men. A painful realization descends on her...
WOMAN - "Water!!! I need water!!!"
One soldier comes with a pitcher of water. She drinks greedily and surveys the surroundings. She is calmer now, but still fearful.
She clutches King Leonidus' gown and breathes "Has he come too? Is he here? "
LEONIDUS - "I'm afraid you will have to explain yourself woman! Who are you? And whose arrival are you enquiring about?"
WOMAN - "King Leonidus! My name is Sarah Connor. I too don't fully understand what is going on but the matter is this. I have come from the future. There is a TERMINATOR who is hell bent upon killing me. I have somehow been transported back in time by my protector Kyle Reese. Now, my attacker! He is a cyborg. A Terminator. He is a microprocessor-controlled, fully armored killing machine...."
LEONIDUS - "Silence woman!!! Is this some kind of a joke or a prank from the Persian armies? What do you mean by a Terminator or a cyborg or whatever you said?"
SARAH (pleading frantically) - "Please, my dear king, you have to believe me! The man, the thing that is after me is a cybernetic organism..."
(Shakes her head resignedly)
SARAH - "My Lord, hear me! I am from Greece! And a very very powerful human being is trying to kill me! He is from PERSIA!"
LEONIDUS - "Do not worry, Sarah! I shall have one Spartan soldier to guard you at all times from this Persian soldier whom you call 'TERMINATOR'!"
SARAH - "You do not understand! It is extremely power- ................"
At this point, the open field dazzles again in a brilliant purple glare! The air is filled in strange electrical noises and in the sudden flash of light; there is another sphere of energy at the opposite corner of the huge field! The Spartans barely see another naked figure through the clearing vapor in the distance. The TERMINATOR T-800 has come through! Physique: massive, perfect. Face: devoid of emotion. The Terminator stands and impassively surveys its surroundings...
SARAH (screaming hysterically) - It’s him!! It's him!! It's the Terminator! It's the robot!!!!
LEONIDUS - "Even the Persian should be given the honor of presenting his story before a jury!!! Dilios, Go to the Persian and help him!"
Dilios and three Arkadians run towards the Terminator to help him. Arkadian goes first - “Are you alright, my man?"
TERMINATOR POV - A digitized electronic scan of the Arkadian and the other two humans. Dilios' body is outlined, or "selected” and thousands of estimated measurements appear. His clothing has been analyzed and deemed suitable...
TERMINATOR - “I need your robes, your helmet and your wreath!"
Dilios is shocked, but thinks it is a game and decides to play along.
DILIOS - “You forgot to say PLEASE!"
At this, the Terminator calmly, and without expression, grabs Dilios with one hand and hauls him into the air! Dilios lands nimbly on the ground and attacks the Terminator with some brilliant punches and kicks. The Terminator looks at him after this volley and breaks his neck! The two Arkadians look with astonishment and trepidation and run back to the now 299 Spartans and the numerous Arkadians in a frenzy, while the Terminator calmly begins to disrobe the Spartan slowly. The Arkadians cover the distance of the huge field in minutes, panting by the time they reach the king...
ARKADIAN - "Dear Lord! He is not human! He seems to be an Immortal!"
LEONIDUS - "Immortal u say? Then let’s put his name to the test! But will he be unreasonable to our claim? After all, we are hundreds of trained soldiers with weapons!"
SARAH - “King Leonidus! Please Listen. Understand. That the Terminator is out there. It does not feel pain...It can't be reasoned with, it can't be bargained with...it doesn't feel pity of remorse or fear...and it absolutely will not stop. And now that it is here, it will go to Sparta and destroy the whole of Sparta single-handedly! It can fight your armies alone!"
LEONIDUS - "If this is true, Sarah, then I shall give you my word to protect you! I shall kill the Persian fighter with my own hands!"
SARAH - "Dear King! Please do not underestimate this man! He has the strength of a hundred humans! You will definitely die to him if you fight him with bare hands! But he can be killed by weapons like rockets or in your own time even a careful thrust with the spear to his power source can kill him. Its power source lies in his heart and the head! I just hope and pray that the combination of Spartan fighting skills and peak human strength that I have studied in my history books can help overcome the Terminator. But remember my king, you will have to strategize and adapt well. Because he has to be stopped."
LEONIDUS - "Is that what you say, Sarah! Captain! Rush to Sparta! It is only 3 hours away from here! Take Sarah with you. Alert the full army and bring reinforcements!"
LEONIDUS (loudly) - "Hear me, Spartans and Arkadians! Prepare for battle! Don your armor and wield your shields and spears! For I have given my word to the woman and we Spartans are men of our words! We now know what the Persian brute is capable of, and we shall fight him bravely and wisely! We Spartans have descended from Hercules himself. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Spartans: the finest soldiers the world has ever known! Prepare for glory! Pledge to crush! This is where we fight, this is where he dies!!
ARMY - “HO-OOH!!! HO-OOH!!! HO-OOH!!!"
(As the Terminator casually walks across the huge field, the Spartans get ready for battle with armor and weapons and stand in their deadly formation with their shields in position!)
TERMINATOR - "Humans, lay down your weapons.”
LEONIDUS – “Tyrant! Come and get them! "
And so.....it begins......
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