300-2, or 10,000?

Neither really roll off the tongue, do they? I'm talking about the sequel to the famed movie 300. If you haven't seen this movie, it's an interpretation of graphic novel writer Frank Miller about the battle of Thermopylae and 300 Spartans facing off against hordes of fighters. The movie made boat-loads of money in 2007 and has the record for a movie in March.

So, how would you make a sequel, knowing what happened, and why must you make a sequel? While I think sometimes, a sequel is a good idea, to continue the story, sometimes, the story is perfect the way it is and a sequel will only taint the movie. I think this is one of those films. The sequel will be SPOILER ALERT will be a year after the famous battle of King Leonidas and his 300 warriors. At the end, the guy telling the story is preparing for battle against a huge army..

“And so my king died, and my brothers died, barely a year ago. Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory. Time has proven him wise, for from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his three hundred, so far from home, laid down their lives. Not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds.
Now, here on this ragged patch of earth called Plataea, Xerxes's hordes face obliteration!
Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers... knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of three hundred. Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans commanding thirty thousand free Greeks! HA-OOH!”

So, they are waiting for Frank Miller to create the story, and they will proceed at that point, but the original was very loosely based on true events, and was awe inspiring not just for the great special effects, but for the fact that 300 men did truly try to stand up to thousand of charging men. This one, may not be that wonderful, what do you think?