King Arthur - Page 4

Sputty · 2004-07-09, 08:27 PM

A better idea for a movie: King Hamma and his anal avengers
Starring Hamma, Marsman(who is not an anal avenger), Squeeky, Sputty, Dharkbayne, SDM, Smaug, Ivan, Hezzy and Frag

Ivan · 2004-07-09, 08:34 PM

Mars is the narrator. When someone is about to say their lines after he narrates, he says, �Go ahead sir.�

Lartnev · 2004-07-09, 09:03 PM

"Drop it... and take a look"

Seriously though, yeah he is a Roman in the film, so technically they wouldn't be using medieval tactics

BUGGER · 2004-07-10, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Anyone else see it yet?

What i thought:

JetRaiden · 2004-07-10, 12:46 AM

I saw anchorman instead. pretty funny.

Angel_of_Death · 2004-07-10, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by JetRaiden

I saw anchorman instead. pretty funny.

That movie was fuckin horrible.

Indecisive · 2004-07-10, 12:58 AM

I liked the commercials

"THANKS TO YOU WE BEAT SPIDERMAN!"

whats that? We diddnt beat spiderman? We havent opened yet?

Kaltagesta · 2004-07-10, 05:33 AM

When i want historical accuracy, i watch the history channel. When i want good action scenes and stuff like that, i watch a film. If they can do the two things in one, all the better, but i wont dislike it just because it isn't true to history - thats not why i'm watching it. I havent seen it yet, so i cant tell you if the movie is anygood.

Neon Apocalypse · 2004-07-10, 10:31 AM

my parents saw it last night they loved it

Incompetent · 2004-07-10, 11:25 AM

When i want good action scenes and stuff like that, i watch a film. If they can do the two things in one, all the better, but i wont dislike it just because it isn't true to history - thats not why i'm watching it.

Flaw in the plan, the battle scenes were horrible. Even my little sister thought so, during the second battle scene she leaned over and says to me "are these people supposed to be retarded or something?" So i used the wrong word earlier, big fucking deal, I understand what the period was supposed to be like enough to know they didn't know shit. Now if someone would like to stop with the semantics garbage and tell me what you thought was correct about the tactics i'll gladly debate it with you. Maybe use the Saxons in the lake battle scene?

Kaltagesta · 2004-07-10, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by Incompetent

Flaw in the plan, the battle scenes were horrible. Even my little sister thought so, during the second battle scene she leaned over and says to me "are these people supposed to be retarded or something?" So i used the wrong word earlier, big fucking deal, I understand what the period was supposed to be like enough to know they didn't know shit. Now if someone would like to stop with the semantics garbage and tell me what you thought was correct about the tactics i'll gladly debate it with you. Maybe use the Saxons in the lake battle scene?

Flaw? I didnt really have a plan, If the film is bad thats fine, say that, all i was saying is that i personally dont count 'historical innacuracy' as real critism, since thats not why i watch films. For others that do, then that is perfectly good critism, but i personally dont.

Dharkbayne · 2004-07-10, 03:06 PM

If they weren't gonna be true to history, then they shouldn't have called it the "True story"

Lartnev · 2004-07-10, 03:16 PM

The "history" is pretty hazy to start off with Dhark.... hDrakbynea

At least it's trying to stay closer to the story than the legend.

Lonehunter · 2004-07-10, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by Incompetent

Now if someone would like to stop with the semantics garbage and tell me what you thought was correct about the tactics i'll gladly debate it with you. Maybe use the Saxons in the lake battle scene?

I'm not argueing but curious, what was would have really happened according to you?

Incompetent · 2004-07-10, 04:13 PM

In the movie

200 saxons vs 7 dismounted samation knights and Kiera Knightly fighting on a frozen lake. The Saxons archers/crossbowmen were outranged by a 90 pound woman who was just pulled out of a dungeon (and had to have several of her fingers resocketted.) They cluster together on cracking ice which seems too thin to support there weight, fail to establish a solid shield barrier, advance at a slow walking pace and every ranged troopers get shot as soon as he brings his weapon to bear. The ones that do get a shot off can't hit anything, because there bad guys. Then one of the knights rushes forward and starts pounding on the ice with his axe, presumably to break it, and of course the Saxons can't hit him because he's a main character. Then the ice breaks and a bunch of saxons fall in and then the archers hit the ice/axe idiot, and they have a touching moment and the battles over.

Same situation (even though at the start of the saxon invasion you would almost never run into 200 saxons at once, more like raiding parties of maybe 40 guys.)

Saxons form a solid shied line, advance into range, take a few casualties and there archers cut down the 8 people, standing in the middle of an icy lake, with no cover, and no shields. Or if you took away there ranged weapons, they would either cluster together in a tight formation with a coherent shield wall and advanced at a fast walk, or if they were worried about the ice they would have dispersed and advanced at a run, and probably would have taken heavier casualties, but either way they would have killed them all easily.