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Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Dec 3rd, 2010 at 3:37pm
 
Hello slingers,


In order to divert your attention from discussions about sling projectiles, I have a real yummie for you. The best movie scene I know of slings in battle, Take a look yourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqcO8FTCSUw&feature=related
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Reply #1 - Dec 3rd, 2010 at 4:05pm
 
It has been a while since I have seen that movie and never noticed the slingers, thanks for posting.
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I was pretty good at slinging like 10 years ago.
 
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Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Reply #2 - Dec 3rd, 2010 at 4:56pm
 
Those guys were slinging some man sized rocks!  Good flick.  Thanks!
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Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Reply #3 - Dec 4th, 2010 at 5:42am
 
Which side is which? Which ones are the Sodomites?

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056504/

Okay, Stewart Granger is Lot leading the Hebrews, and the horsemen are presumably the Sodomites. So who are the archers in the fancy armour?

For an actor he's pretty good with a sling.
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Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Reply #4 - Dec 4th, 2010 at 6:47am
 
slingstones and arrows, classic team up for disaster.
it does just show  what simple weapons, well organized, can do against do against even superior armies. something people refuse to believe even today.
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Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Reply #5 - Dec 4th, 2010 at 8:17am
 
Jaegoor wrote on Dec 3rd, 2010 at 3:37pm:
Hello slingers,


In order to divert your attention from discussions about sling projectiles, I have a real yummie for you. The best movie scene I know of slings in battle, Take a look yourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqcO8FTCSUw&feature=related




Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!
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Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Reply #6 - Dec 4th, 2010 at 11:30am
 
I have never seen that movie before. It must have been a great day when everyone had to show up on the set for sling training.
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Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Reply #7 - Dec 5th, 2010 at 8:47am
 
What about horse kicking dude in the head at 1:47 Shocked
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Reply #8 - Dec 6th, 2010 at 2:16pm
 
Awesome , itīs like a history lesson on film!

That horseman at 2:36 got served badly. He took a slingshot to the head WHILE on fire.  
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Reply #9 - Dec 7th, 2010 at 4:11am
 
Alot of the old sandal and toga epics were filmed in Spain where they might have been able to recruit some slingers who actually knew what they were doing.
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Reply #10 - Dec 7th, 2010 at 7:01am
 

Ah, good point!
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Reply #11 - Dec 7th, 2010 at 1:50pm
 
It`s really good, it shows real slingin as it probably was done, many of those slingers seemed to perform just nicely, too. 
Those fools who make historical movies today should have seen this one first Wink
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Reply #12 - Dec 7th, 2010 at 5:33pm
 
There I am completely of your opinion Timann
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Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Reply #13 - Dec 8th, 2010 at 7:09am
 
good to see slings in films.

But seriously short slings and some truly awful slinging.

Still I guess we take what we can get Smiley
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Reply #14 - Dec 8th, 2010 at 12:57pm
 
I'm impressed with this clip, can't believe I've never seen the film though. Good shout.
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