[quote]Wrel wrote:
Pirate vs Knight anyone?
I’m waiting for the next series - caveman vs F16 …
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HA!
[quote]Paste42 wrote:
[quote]Wrel wrote:
They should do an animal version, with the same bullshit tests.
I’ve always wondered what would win, Bee vs Wasp … …[/quote]
There are videos on Youtube of that. Scorpion vs. scarab beetle comes to mind.[/quote]
I just watched that on Youtube - it just leaves two questions:
1). How do we get a shark to attack a salt water croc,
and
2). Is there nothing on the internet I won’t masterbate to?!?
[quote]MaliMedved wrote:
[quote]Petermus wrote:
Who thinks this show is a freakin joke? As a person who is very interested in history, especially military history and weaponry… I can’t stand watching it.
Thoughts?
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Yeah, thinking really takes the fun out of TV, hehe…
My main problem with the show is ‘the State of the Art Military Software’ they keep mentioning, the one that does the calculation of who would win. Wtf, US army has a software that can predict who would won in a fight between a pirate and a knight? That’s AWESOME.
In general,
It’s funny how everyone who has a special interest or some education often feels like that. You see a TV show about something you know well, and you are just disturbed with its stupidity.
What really bugs me, though, is if I can tell this show is stupid because I know about the subject, how many other shows are full of crap, and I just don’t know enough to notice it?
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I actually spend alot of time recreating historically accurate weapons and learning (hands on) about their use besides being a history major. So I get pissed about the constant misrepresentation of weapons and history instead they feed people pop culture.
I can take historical accuracy with a grain of salt when it is a movie…even if it annoys me a bit…but when a show claims to offer a high tech historically accurate representation of warriors…and they give you this bullshit then I get mad.
As far as the super amazing high tech orgasm of a combat program…its made by “slitherin company”…where have I heard that name before? Harry fuckin potter movies. its a program made for a video game.
I like the idea behind the show. I despise the execution of it by the douches that appear on it.
[quote]four60 wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
I was watching Spetsnaz VS the IRA last night (cuz it was on at a friends house). They had a “weapons test” where a guy had to kick through a series of doors and shoot an “enemy” (a 3’ x 4’ picture of a dood) and NOT shoot a “non-combatant” (a 3’ x 4’ picture of a girl). keep in mind they are testing the WEAPON. So on one of the tests, the IRA guy misses one of the targets (obvious operator error, not weapon failure). So these moron’s start debating about weather or not he would have “gotten past” the first “combatant” that he missed and weather or not they should count the rest of the test. This “miss” caused the IRA GUN to lose the weapon matchup…
logic - FAIL
The whole show is like this: and at the end you’ve got the smug computer douche bag stating, “out of a thousand battles, XXX won”. Riiiiiiight…
It is cool to watch the disappointment when they lose, though. They go out talking shit!
Concession: SOMETIMES it’s cool to watch them blow shit up or cut a pig in half, but other than that, it’s pretty ghey.[/quote]
So AC what If you were the producer and could pic up the magic red phone and make the show the way you wanted it, how would you change things?[/quote]
If it were TRULY the magic red phone, I’d let them kill eachother for real. At the end of each show, I’d also let them test their weapons on the smug computer geek and just get a new one each show. I think that would get GREAT ratings! <<<puts pinky finger to chin and laughs loudly, “MwaAAAHAHAHAHAAAaaaa!”>>>
I like seeing how guys from both sides get worked up, talking shit, you can literally see their blood boil. I remember watching the Apache vs Gladiator matchup, and I thought the Apache was going to shank the other guy.
I think a main flaw is the skill (or lack of) with the weapons used. A better sword means nothing if the swordsman sucks ass.
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
I was watching Spetsnaz VS the IRA last night (cuz it was on at a friends house). They had a “weapons test” where a guy had to kick through a series of doors and shoot an “enemy” (a 3’ x 4’ picture of a dood) and NOT shoot a “non-combatant” (a 3’ x 4’ picture of a girl). keep in mind they are testing the WEAPON. So on one of the tests, the IRA guy misses one of the targets (obvious operator error, not weapon failure). So these moron’s start debating about weather or not he would have “gotten past” the first “combatant” that he missed and weather or not they should count the rest of the test. This “miss” caused the IRA GUN to lose the weapon matchup…
logic - FAIL
The whole show is like this: and at the end you’ve got the smug computer douche bag stating, “out of a thousand battles, XXX won”. Riiiiiiight…
It is cool to watch the disappointment when they lose, though. They go out talking shit!
Concession: SOMETIMES it’s cool to watch them blow shit up or cut a pig in half, but other than that, it’s pretty ghey.[/quote]
So AC what If you were the producer and could pic up the magic red phone and make the show the way you wanted it, how would you change things?[/quote]
If it were TRULY the magic red phone, I’d let them kill eachother for real. At the end of each show, I’d also let them test their weapons on the smug computer geek and just get a new one each show. I think that would get GREAT ratings! <<<puts pinky finger to chin and laughs loudly, “MwaAAAHAHAHAHAAAaaaa!”>>>[/quote]
LMAO.
[quote]Wrel wrote:
[quote]Paste42 wrote:
[quote]Wrel wrote:
They should do an animal version, with the same bullshit tests.
I’ve always wondered what would win, Bee vs Wasp … …[/quote]
There are videos on Youtube of that. Scorpion vs. scarab beetle comes to mind.[/quote]
I just watched that on Youtube - it just leaves two questions:
1). How do we get a shark to attack a salt water croc,
and
2). Is there nothing on the internet I won’t masterbate to?!?
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LOLed
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I like seeing how guys from both sides get worked up, talking shit, you can literally see their blood boil. I remember watching the Apache vs Gladiator matchup, and I thought the Apache was going to shank the other guy.
I think a main flaw is the skill (or lack of) with the weapons used. A better sword means nothing if the swordsman sucks ass. [/quote]
I really hate this aspect of the show. They all like to try and be big tough mother fuckers…but in the end its reminiscent of arguing with your little brother when you were 8 years old. NO? WAY IM BETTER THAN YOU NU UH MY STUFF IS WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BETTER.
[quote]Petermus wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I like seeing how guys from both sides get worked up, talking shit, you can literally see their blood boil. I remember watching the Apache vs Gladiator matchup, and I thought the Apache was going to shank the other guy.
I think a main flaw is the skill (or lack of) with the weapons used. A better sword means nothing if the swordsman sucks ass. [/quote]
I really hate this aspect of the show. They all like to try and be big tough mother fuckers…but in the end its reminiscent of arguing with your little brother when you were 8 years old. NO? WAY IM BETTER THAN YOU NU UH MY STUFF IS WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BETTER.
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But that’s what makes it hilarious!!
[quote]BackInAction wrote:
[quote]Petermus wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I like seeing how guys from both sides get worked up, talking shit, you can literally see their blood boil. I remember watching the Apache vs Gladiator matchup, and I thought the Apache was going to shank the other guy.
I think a main flaw is the skill (or lack of) with the weapons used. A better sword means nothing if the swordsman sucks ass. [/quote]
I really hate this aspect of the show. They all like to try and be big tough mother fuckers…but in the end its reminiscent of arguing with your little brother when you were 8 years old. NO? WAY IM BETTER THAN YOU NU UH MY STUFF IS WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BETTER.
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But that’s what makes it hilarious!![/quote]
X 2,
When you see grown men arguing like kids over something both irrelevant and pointless, it’s pure comedy. I would rather see match ups that are more realistic, like Gladiator vs Spartan, Ninja vs Samurai, Yakuza vs Mafia. Even then it’s not accurate. I remember the guy representing the Vikings swung his sword like a total pussy against the sponge dummy.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I like seeing how guys from both sides get worked up, talking shit, you can literally see their blood boil. I remember watching the Apache vs Gladiator matchup, and I thought the Apache was going to shank the other guy.
lolz…I was going to say the same thing!
I think that was the episode where the Apache guy said something like “I only need on shot” with major stink eye towards the gladator. It was entertaining and pathetic at the same time.
Miyamoto Musashi was reputed to have fought over sixty duels and never lost. I would put my yen on that guy computer be damned.