If Hobbit hasn't done as well as LOTR, it's not because it's sword and sorcery. It's because people quickly saw through the smokescreen of giving one book THREE goddamn movies.

Yes. Thank you. Found footage is the reality television of film - cheap, kitschy, and not half as "real" as their marketing people keep insisting. If you want a good story told well in a visual medium, it requires tools a shaky handheld can't always give - directorial control, cinematography, composition of shots and…

I remember your post and it did lead me to a few hours of extra study on Longsword fighting! Thanks for your input and knowledge!

WAY cooler than Movies

Huh, that's all pretty interesting stuff! I'm also a bit surprised that estimation was even remotely close, so I'm going to give myself a pat on the back. :p

I hope one day I can try on a suit of armor and experience it first hand, it seems like something that'd be a lot of fun and provide a lot of context. I've often…

Aren't most of the scene's "long-awaited" ?

Ścibor of Ostoja coat-of-arms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stibor_of…; or his son having the same name) was supposed to swim through Danube river in full plate, according to Zygmunt Gloger's "Old-Polish encyclopedia". Couldn't find the reference to original text though.

Yes, you could deliver a blow with a pollaxe that could penetrate armor, but in most situations that would not be considered "swung properly". The problem is, in order to deliver that level of power, the blow would have to be delivered similar to how one swings a sledge hammer. That's a big, slow (in terms of combat…

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't this what happened to Frederick I during the Third Crusade. His troops had to cross a river, and the combination of it being deeper and stronger than he thought, as well as his Imperial armor being heavier and more adorned than the normal wear, caused him to drown. I found the whole episode…

Something you said rings true for me, since I've studied a lot of Japanese and other East Asian warfare and fighting. It was the part about the pole-axe.

Of course, in the movies, the samurai are all using katanas, even in a large pitched battle, which would rarely be the case. The first weapon they'd use would be the…

It's been recorded (and tested in practice in modern times) that you could swim several yards wearing full plate. That's ofcourse something that you wouldn't do voluntarily, except at utmost peril.

i know a sword cant do much but the point of the sword is actualy made to pierce the armor if the blow is placed well

Also, if the protagonist is not wearing armor you can see their face which is why they paid the actor in the first place

Sounds more like casting breakdowns for an agency than actual character descriptions. This is exactly what a casting director sends out for talent agents.

Absolutely perfect. :)

Have a friend pour salt on your head. If you can still recite poetry intelligibly — preferably something rhythmic — you'll be just fine. Probably.