Poll: Do you like the Deadliest Warrior?
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Eh, I think its just plain stupid. All of the dialogue is blatantly scripted and just built to appeal to the mindless testosterone driven man that craves warcries and spilling fake blood everywhere. All of their "tests" are just idiots screaming and slashing wildly at a fake body or animal carcass. Its juvenile. Any real warrior that has skill wouldn't be seen doing anything that the dinks on this show do. Even their "simulations" are scripted and rehearsed, and usually obviously unrealistic. I saw an episode where a Mongolian took several slashes to the neck and even an axe chop to the back and still continue to fight. I'm sorry, but that's just disregarding reality in an attempt to appeal to a base, bloodthirsty audience that's easily amused by theatrical sword fighting.
...so no, I don't quite care for it.
Also, apologies for the rant.
...so no, I don't quite care for it.
Also, apologies for the rant.
I enjoy the show very much. In many cases, in fact most of them, are inaccurate. You cannot trust a computer to represent an entire faction of fighters. Not every pirate or knight is the same. Some may lose, others win. The computer compares them as if each knight is perfectly identical, which is terribly false. However, the show is entertaining to watch and the results aren't too far off. I find it amusing to choose a warrior and bet with my brother whether it will win or not. Plus, the battle simulations are hilarious.
A Pirate is walking through the streets of Rome. A Roman legionnaire comes into view.
"Hey."
"Sup."
"Not much, a bit far from home ain't ya?"
"Yea, kinda got lost."
"Is this the part where we attempt to kill each other?"
"Hmmm...yea, I would say so."
A Pirate is walking through the streets of Rome. A Roman legionnaire comes into view.
"Hey."
"Sup."
"Not much, a bit far from home ain't ya?"
"Yea, kinda got lost."
"Is this the part where we attempt to kill each other?"
"Hmmm...yea, I would say so."
I like it, but a lot of the "results" are bullshit.
Like the viking & samurai, the samurai had no weapons that could do much damage. The katana and naginata are worthless against viking mail, the kanebo was a very rare sight on the Japanese battlefield due it its enormous weight and a viking with a spear would easily best a samurai with one, and the bow can't get past the viking shield. Everything the viking had would easily pierce samurai armor which had a hard time standing up to a katana. A warrior trained mostly in peace-time vs a warrior who has been fighting wars since he was a boy, full-time warrior/pillager would win the day.
The Pirate had nothing that could effect the knight. The blunderbuss only had a few rounds go through just the plate, not counting the mail and cotton (padding) that would be under it and the shield that would be in front of it. Plus they gave the edge to the grenado when it didn't effect the armor but the morning star crushed the skull of its target.
I have yet to figure out why they use artillery like the ballista and scorpion that require a 3 or 4 man crew for a 1 v 1 battle. The Centurion thing was quite BS. Roman soldiers carried 2 pila, a gladius, and the scutum (shield) into battle. The pila were thrown (and only thrown, the soft metal shafts would bend on impact to render whatever they hit unuable so they would be utterly worthless as a melee weapon) before the gladius was drawn and used primarily to stab with the shield raised. A legionaire without a shield is like a Spartan without a shield, worthless to his army.
They pulled the same nonsense with Alexander, whose armor they forgot to test. They also seemed to forget he practiced MMA (I forgot what it was called) because in the battle scene Atilla schooled him when they were without weapons.
I am wondering what they were smoking when they decided on what Schustaffel weaposn to test. They forgot about the MP40, Mauser, STG44, FG42, Gewer 43 and many more weapons the Nazi army used. Despite that though, the Nazi guns were still better than the Vietcong ones.
And in the Jesse James vs Al Capone one, they really had to be drunk. Testing a grenade against a rifle, a sub-machine gun vs a 6 shooter, and giving the edge to a switchblade over a bowie knife?
Like the viking & samurai, the samurai had no weapons that could do much damage. The katana and naginata are worthless against viking mail, the kanebo was a very rare sight on the Japanese battlefield due it its enormous weight and a viking with a spear would easily best a samurai with one, and the bow can't get past the viking shield. Everything the viking had would easily pierce samurai armor which had a hard time standing up to a katana. A warrior trained mostly in peace-time vs a warrior who has been fighting wars since he was a boy, full-time warrior/pillager would win the day.
The Pirate had nothing that could effect the knight. The blunderbuss only had a few rounds go through just the plate, not counting the mail and cotton (padding) that would be under it and the shield that would be in front of it. Plus they gave the edge to the grenado when it didn't effect the armor but the morning star crushed the skull of its target.
I have yet to figure out why they use artillery like the ballista and scorpion that require a 3 or 4 man crew for a 1 v 1 battle. The Centurion thing was quite BS. Roman soldiers carried 2 pila, a gladius, and the scutum (shield) into battle. The pila were thrown (and only thrown, the soft metal shafts would bend on impact to render whatever they hit unuable so they would be utterly worthless as a melee weapon) before the gladius was drawn and used primarily to stab with the shield raised. A legionaire without a shield is like a Spartan without a shield, worthless to his army.
They pulled the same nonsense with Alexander, whose armor they forgot to test. They also seemed to forget he practiced MMA (I forgot what it was called) because in the battle scene Atilla schooled him when they were without weapons.
I am wondering what they were smoking when they decided on what Schustaffel weaposn to test. They forgot about the MP40, Mauser, STG44, FG42, Gewer 43 and many more weapons the Nazi army used. Despite that though, the Nazi guns were still better than the Vietcong ones.
And in the Jesse James vs Al Capone one, they really had to be drunk. Testing a grenade against a rifle, a sub-machine gun vs a 6 shooter, and giving the edge to a switchblade over a bowie knife?
Still holding out for Hitler-tron vs. Mechagodzilla.
I dont know either.
The shows okay I guess.
I dont know either.
The shows okay I guess.
To all the people who think they don't do enough testing. What they show us is only the most interesting and brutal of the tests. They do literally days of testing and preperation, and the battle simulation is done 1000 times. During those 1000 times random tactics are generated, and the most common ones are shown in the battle we see.
With all of that in mind, I have to say that I love the show. I don't agree with all of their statistics, and outcomes, but in the end it is always entertaining. I also like when the fights end up being incredibly close. My favorite was
The one thing that I don't like is most of the combat experts they bring in are arrogant, or to put it bluntly, douchebags. One of the few who I have actually liked was the Spartan combat expert, most notably when he conceded that the Samurai's long range weapon was superior to the Spartan's, and showed the Samurai representatives respect (Spartan won the battle, but still a very awesome fight).
With all of that in mind, I have to say that I love the show. I don't agree with all of their statistics, and outcomes, but in the end it is always entertaining. I also like when the fights end up being incredibly close. My favorite was
Which was Navy Seal: 518 victories - Israeli Commando: 482 victories
s'pretty good for spike tv. if you don't take it all that seriously, it can be alot of fun. that and the fight scenes are ridiculous
I watch it if nothing else is on. As for the "advanced simulation" I really think they just flip a coin a thousand times. Still, as far as dick-waving contests go it's more entertaining than WWE.
They do horrible jobs at accurately testing (what with completely different tests and all), but it takes up enough time without making me bored to death.
I like it. Some people take the scientific value of it way too seriously, but come on... who watches this show for irrefutable validity? This isn't in the league of Mythbusters or How It's Made; it belongs alongside those goofy little mockumentaries that make dragons seem vaguely plausable. Stop whining and just enjoy the flailing of weaponry with a nifty little skit at the end.