re: 300: Rise of An Empire - Curious to know how "blood and glory" constitutes a "homoerotic nightmare"? Fit men in speedos certainly would fall under the category of homoerotic FANTASY. The blood, glory and martial war-chants? Those are definitely parts of a male HETEROerotic fantasy. *shrug* (Oh, and considering they were acting against a green-screen for 90% of it, 300 had some damn fine acting. Butler, Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Lena Headey etc. The sequel? Not so much.)