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I have watched the Deadliest warrior show from it's first episode and while I love the show when I watch this episode I was rather shocked at the inacuracy and bias i saw in the show and when i watched the ofter math chat It was worse then I check the comments on the episode on spikes site I did nto see a single one that was happy with the result. I thought they had learned there lesson with Alexander that a Artillary peice ina one on one fight is well stupid and they used a pick axe they never used in battle instead fo the trade mark main part of there armor sheil in the test and nither did they use the armor in the test that where aplicabel even then they did not use all the armor just the under coat. They also critiqued some weapons one way and when the other side did the ecact same thing they said nothing infac tthey gave them a bonus. So post what you think.




NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT VOTE IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE EPISODE>

All of those shows are stupid BS.

What would happen if a Great White Shark fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex!!!1!!!ONE!!

No.

You do know half the "experts" they have on their show are hired actors or stuntmen? A 16 year old with wikipedia could put together a better show.

They are pretty bias. They also tend to have in one corner a feral barbarian in the other a highly trained professional soldier. Like Viking vs Samurai or Celt vs Immortal.

However I watch it out of boredom.

BUt i think this went alittle far i mean they left out the sheild and when the good expert was asked about it he went nearly nastalgic about how ba the sheild was and said if eh had to choose between the sword and that sheild he would pick the sheild.

The only part in that show I ever cared about, is when they test something on balistic gel head and/or dead animals. I like to see the actual damage stuff does.

Heck yes did you see the Cutage Vlad tepesh uses Ha showed the kattana up.

Kogwar, could you please try typing 5 words in a row without a typo? Your wall of text is a chore.

Soladrin wrote:Kogwar, could you please try typing 5 words in a row without a typo? Your wall of text is a chore.

I like his spelling. It helps show that America is better at mangling English than the English are. Take that you barmpots!

I see no typo I meant to type Ha as in HA HA.

P.s.s I feel so loved sigh.

I like deadliest warrior, but most of the episodes are biased or complete mismatches. The outcome of most episodes can be predicted by anyone who knows history, and then the individual in question can fume about factors that were completely left out of calculation or crap that appears to be pure fiction.

The CIA vs KGB episode was especially hilarious. That's the episode where you really realize they're making it all up as they go along

The Deadliest Warrior is complete nonsense. The science is awful, but even if it was somewhat consistant and well thought out the show would still be complete nonsense. Thing is, there's no such thing as a 'deadliest warrior', there's just dudes adapting to the technology of the time, and to the type of warfare their society prefers.

The actual thing that makes troops excellent is discipline, something the show doesn't both to measure at all*. You then get great armies when those disciplined troops are combined with a powerful civilisation that can provide great logistics.

People who watch The Deadliest Warrior don't seem too worried about that, though. They eat the whole thing up happily, and only realise the whole thing is nonsense when a warrior they think is 'cool' loses to someone they think isn't. Whatever.




*There are a handful of exceptions, such as the mongol's horse archers. But even then you're looking at a whole new type of trooper, which was one of several reasons for the mongol's successes.

I think pirate vs knight is when it went down hill let's give the pirate a gun and dehorse the knight that so makes sense and I know next let's take the Romans one main asset and replace it with crap yeah.

Grammar vs. Excitement! Who will win?!!?

YOU DECIDE!!1!

I'm voting for Excitement
It's a way better fighter than Grammar.

Yeah that show is pretty silly, but fun to watch from time to time. I dont think running a computer analysis of the hitting power of various weapons can really accurately predict an outcome because it will never, ever be a straightup slugfest there are many more variables, like agility, anger, desperation, and so forth involved in real battles on any scale. Still it is a fun show. I had to vote 'other'... one day I want to see one where they pair up riot police versus anarchist protesters... or... city thugs versus country hicks... club gays versus fratboy gay-bashers... neo-nazi skinheads versus the New York Jewish mafia... that sort of thing..etc. They should go out on a culturally potentially offensive limb a bit more, but hey that's just my opinion.


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Oh yeah.. @ Alba...
I will never vote for Grammar and you should know that. Grammar is for people with nothing better to whine about.

Guitardian wrote:Oh yeah.. @ Alba...
I will never vote for Grammar and you should know that. Grammar is for people with nothing better to whine about.

Excitment wins! FLAWLESS VICTORYYYYY!!!!!11!one!!1!


Next week's episode: Spelling vs. Puberty.

Albatross wrote:Next week's episode: Spelling vs. Puberty.

................. I got nothing

Well... Spelling does have the advantage of being understood factor, where as Puberty sort of has a disadvantage of assuming that nobody understands you.

Phryxis wrote:All of those shows are stupid BS.

What would happen if a Great White Shark fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex!!!1!!!ONE!!

No.

Am I the only one in history who saw the short movie trailer for King Kong vs. Jaws?

Puberty obviously wins, just look at how butchered the spelling of most 13-16 year olds is.

Guitardian wrote:Yeah that show is pretty silly, but fun to watch from time to time. I dont think running a computer analysis of the hitting power of various weapons can really accurately predict an outcome because it will never, ever be a straightup slugfest there are many more variables, like agility, anger, desperation, and so forth involved in real battles on any scale. Still it is a fun show. I had to vote 'other'... one day I want to see one where they pair up riot police versus anarchist protesters... or... city thugs versus country hicks... club gays versus fratboy gay-bashers... neo-nazi skinheads versus the New York Jewish mafia... that sort of thing..etc. They should go out on a culturally potentially offensive limb a bit more, but hey that's just my opinion.


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Oh yeah.. @ Alba...
I will never vote for Grammar and you should know that. Grammar is for people with nothing better to whine about.

Indeed. Guiti has some excellent show ideas. Myers Lansky vs. KKK Dragon Robert Byrd. Insane "about to go postal" postal workers vs. the German Abwehr. Girl Scout Troop 187 vs. the French Army. Admiral Yamato vs. Bull Halsey (oh wait, we had that...) .

Half the time, to make it balanced, they have to give opponent's stupid weapons. Comanche vs. Mongol - the Comanche has a stick? Come on, lets do it right and give the Comanche what really made them fierce, a repeating rifle that would dust the Mongol 7x at 150 yds.

Mongol. "Ho! I have bow and arrow and sword."
Comanche (hanging under the neck of a horse). "Keep talking. I'm reloading. "

The left side of the table on "the view" versus the right side... and yeah Fraz I actually watched a movie once called Monster Shark Versus Giant Squid (or something like that) once so I know the kind of trailer you're talking about. I'll have to look that up...

So who would win? Megatron or Voltron (or Tron)? NEXT... on ultimate Trons...

Guitardian wrote:The left side of the table on "the view" versus the right side... and yeah Fraz I actually watched a movie once called Monster Shark Versus Giant Squid (or something like that) once so I know the kind of trailer you're talking about. I'll have to look that up...

So who would win? Megatron or Voltron (or Tron)? NEXT... on ultimate Trons...

This was a preview like a year after King Kong came out (the 70s version to be clear). It had that Kong grabbing a shark out of the water at nighttime and smacking it back in. Ah sweet memories.

I think we need Mozart vs. Bach. Deathmatch orchestra style! French horn vis violin - maximum fatality!

Saddam Hussein vs. an eskimo hunter

Monster of Frankestein vs. Al Gore.

Bonny and Clyde vs. Josey and the Pussycats

WWII frogmen vs. Saracens (they'd probably do something like that now that I think about it).

Yogi bear vs. Scooby Doo! vs. Edward Longshanks.

Hernando Cortez vs. Japanese tourists.

North Korean football team vs. Nazi brownshirts

Churchill vs. Hitler

What I'd like to see. 1974 Israeli army vs. 1941 Wehrmacht

Firefly's reavers vs. the IRS.

Churchill vs Hitler has my vote.

Churchill wins because Hitler was a vegetarian with one testical though. That's a critcal factor as he has less testosterone. Oh, and his hair poducts are flammable.

I don't know if all of it are fake actors, looking at the spetznaz vs green beret one the spetznaz guy pointed out a flaw. It was about how they used two different tests for the grenades, the spetznaz threw it in a washing machine and the green berethad an open "room".

I Stopped watching this fight after they say that Vlad would beat Sun Tzu. It was pretty ovbious where they were leaning the entire time. Not to mention the people on the show explaing their side are extremely annoying in their trash talking. It gets rather lame.

So, cant vote. But on a whole, the show is garbage.

Frazzled wrote:I think we need Mozart vs. Bach. Deathmatch orchestra style! French horn vis violin - maximum fatality!

Depends which Bach. Assuming we're talking about J.S. Bach, he had mad skills on the organ and many consider his counterpoint never to have been bettered. That said, Mozart's use of melody was astounding. Plus he was an expert in Jiu-jitsu.

OK, that last part was made up.


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Also, Churchill wins Hitler. Hitler was a pussy. Churchill always carried a pistol on him, and was fully prepared to cap anyone who attacked him, or even himself if he was in danger of kidnap. Total badass.

halonachos wrote:Churchill wins because Hitler was a vegetarian with one testical though. That's a critical factor as he has less testosterone. Oh, and his hair poducts are flammable.

Counter point Lance Armstrong has one testicle and he wiped the floor with all those European types. But it may just be a Texan with one testicle is better than a Frenchy with two.

avantgarde wrote:

halonachos wrote:Churchill wins because Hitler was a vegetarian with one testical though. That's a critical factor as he has less testosterone. Oh, and his hair poducts are flammable.

Counter point Lance Armstrong has one testicle and he wiped the floor with all those European types. But it may just be a Texan with one testicle is better than a Frenchy with two.

Well I'd accept that as a given.

To Churchill vs. Hitler. Its a no lose for Churchill.
*pistol
*smoke scream (cigar)
*bear hug
*manavalanche. Even if you win you lose as churchill would land on him like an 18 wheeler on bambi

Hitler:
-girly man moustache
-fear of blood
-jackboots
-tiny weenie*

*not disproven

Kiss versus Mini-kiss... next on the Ultimate Warrior!
Frazzled versus all of dakka...
Strongbad versus Space Ghost
Bart Simpson versus Stewie Griffin
Svisgaar versus Tokki...
Metallica versus SLAYER (you can tell who beats that one just by the name)
but the best one my GF came up with was this:

WHO WILL WIN?:!
Led Zeppelin or the Lord of the Nazgul...

taking bets...