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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3410	Yet another movie scene with slinging Jul 6^th, 2017 at 3:08pm Apologies for not digging out one of the original threads on this, but here's a not very good battle scene with Romans, and some slingers. A Roman officer dodges slingstones helmetless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LliwhSVC7zw
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Yet another movie scene with slinging Reply #1 - Jul 6^th, 2017 at 3:28pm Slingstones coming in Takes off helmet ... Gets over wall Throws down shield Second guy throws away scabbard Ah! Roman discipline!
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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3410	Re: Yet another movie scene with slinging Reply #2 - Jul 7^th, 2017 at 8:54am Alas, that's Joseph Fiennes
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Yet another movie scene with slinging Reply #3 - Jul 7^th, 2017 at 9:13am Otter, are you suggesting movies arent historically accurate? I refuse to believe that...
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Reply #4 - Jul 7^th, 2017 at 2:14pm

Quite the opposite! I'm glad they included these ancient fighting techniques. It's like with Lord of the Rings. Great pains were taken to ensure the fighting was accurate like when Legolas slid down the stairs on that shield in The Two Towers whilst shooting arrows. I think that comes from a 16th century manuscript. The name escapes me but it was something like "Totally Rad Battle Techniques to Impress Your Friends"...

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Reply #5 - Jul 7^th, 2017 at 2:55pm

Kick wrote on Jul 7^th, 2017 at 2:14pm:

Quite the opposite! I'm glad they included these ancient fighting techniques. It's like with Lord of the Rings. Great pains were taken to ensure the fighting was accurate like when Legolas slid down the stairs on that shield in The Two Towers whilst shooting arrows. I think that comes from a 16th century manuscript. The name escapes me but it was something like "Totally Rad Battle Techniques to Impress Your Friends"...

Ahh, ok. I stand corrected sir. Yes, Legolas was an amazing warrior/surfer. But the real heros were the camera men who followed them into battle.

(All kidding aside would you believe I was going to follow up my original comment with a comment about legolas sliding down the stairs?? LOL. Clearly we have issues.... AWESOME ISSUES.)

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Yet another movie scene with slinging Reply #6 - Jul 7^th, 2017 at 4:34pm Ha! Well that scene is pretty cool if somewhat less than realistic... I don't let historical inaccuracies ruin films for me but it is interesting to see films and games try to get that extra bit of realism.
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