I’ll take “Lauren’s Plundering of Viking History Weekly” for a thousand, please!

So, as a question, is it totally out of line to imagine engraved horns or wings on the side of the helmet? Like, obviously they didn’t put on great whacking handles to grab, but did the Norse decorate their helmets in other ways? Or is there just no way of knowing?

This is what I thought of... When I read the books 40 years ago, Eowyn was my favorite LOTR’s character!

My personal favorites are the Vikings at the funeral in History Of The World Part One. The horns are part of their heads. Now that is hard.

Okay.. as for helms (helmet is a later term from a very different style of armor):
the Gjermundbu helm pctured at top is from around late 800s to early 900s (to teh best of my memory).It is a rounded steel cap. Lauren’s Norman helm is styled from the late 1000s, or about 150 to 200yearslater. By that time styles were…

Somewhere down the line I want a Squirrel Girl’s Adventures in Babysitting one off as an extra or something with cameos from D’Onofrio as Kingpin and Hemsworth as Thor. It’s my dream for like 5-10 years from now.

Nice spangen!

“Also, please get rid of the horned and winged helmet ideas. They only work for ceremonies, and not the maelstrom that is battle.”

Thor needs no reason to flex!

Well my hat is tipped to Lauren Shaw. She's the first to get a comment of the day from a comment of the day. A Commenception, I presume.

Agreed. The few places where stuff breaks that 4th wall were pretty neat, but the 3D really shines where it adds depth (heh) to the already solid visual experience.

This movie in 3D is a lot like putting yourself in Max’s position as he’s strapped to the front of a car.

First comment I looked for, first one I found. Based on your review... not wasting half an hr. Thanks for buying me back some of the time I’ve lost reading you!

In baseball it’s called the sweet spot. If you hit the ball to either side of that there is much more vibration and it can hurt your hand. Is that the same for a sword?

When using a baseball bat, hitting the ball with the end of the bat makes the whole bat quiver and hurts your hands. I wonder if that is the same for striking with the tip of a sword?

There’s a spot called the centre of percussion which is a better spot for contact

Totally concur. No need to see it in 3D, but you must see it at least once in the theater!

Personally I prefer Thrand and Eldagrim’s videos on the subject. They have a lot more knowledge on migration period and earlier combat. Plus, they can certainly talk for a very long time, but they never do a video that is nothing but talking. They are always doing useful demonstrations. Matt on the other hand has too…

I’ve got an isotopic laboratory just down the hall from me and time on my hands.