Pathfinder Seen it?

[Tarbicus]

Please don't tell me that's a viking helmet.

No, please, don't. Lie to me. Make up a story.

[Chariovalda]

Jim,

just lie down and relax. It's the outer carapace of the head of the now-extinct North American giant armadillo bull. Any resemblance to a helmet is purely imaginary, and there is no connection whatsoever to the Vikings.

Also, take some Prozac, just in case you don't quite believe me... :wink:

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Nooooooooo......!!! Hollywood must die! Slowly..... Painfully.... With great anguish.... Not only have they massacred an OK Norwegian movie, they've also watered down and butchered the Norse...

And I who got angry merely at Stargate and the episode where the viking gods were portrayed as the enemies of the whatever-they're-named...

Excuse me, I'm off to procure an old Russian nuke...

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An update that deserves a post of it's own... I saw the trailer on youtube. Or more correctly, I saw a minute or so of it... I got in a dragon head on a ship and a horned helmet, then I shut it off and bit my tongue to stop myself from crying. It'd that bad. No, it's worse. Unbelievably worse...

[Ironhand]

Maybe it was a privately financed plan by Gerard Butler to make Beowulf and Grendel seem like a good movie in comparison

When I first saw the preview I thought it was one of those fake movies where they're going to tell us to shut off our cell phones. Man was I angry when they started the next preview. Was that for real? Unfortunately, yes.

[Primvs Pavlvs]

Since it does not bill itself as a accurate telling of history maybe you should understand this is FANTASY!

[Gaivs Antonivs Satvrninvs]

Are those left over Borg costumes?

[Primvs Pavlvs]

Take a close look Andy the will remind you a lot of Frazetta paintings. :wink: Molly Hatchet album covers!

[Chuck Russell]

Take a close look Andy the will remind you a lot of Frazetta paintings. :wink: Molly Hatchet album covers!

hehe hey paul, verena said it looks a lot like your pajamas hehhe

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Since it does not bill itself as a accurate telling of history maybe you should understand this is FANTASY!

It's still horrible. I can almost understand why the Persians were upset at 300...

[Ironhand]

I'm with you on that about the Persians. Still, I don't think the majority of people know enough about Persians to apply an obviously fantastic view of them. The depiction of the Persians is so unbelievable that I think only a fool would believe it about a culture that they are not familiar with. Pathfinder's depiction of Norsemen conforms to a lot of stereotypes about Norsemen and a lot of the uniformed still have the 1950s view of them. Still, maybe not since the movie is a flop and last I knew hasn't even topped 10,000,000.

[Tarbicus]

Still, maybe not since the movie is a flop and last I knew hasn't even topped 10,000,000.

Wouldn't it be ironic if it was due to audiences saying "vikings looked nothing liked that."

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Still, maybe not since the movie is a flop and last I knew hasn't even topped 10,000,000.

Wouldn't it be ironic if it was due to audiences saying "vikings looked nothing liked that."

That's make my day!

[Ironhand]

Me as well.

I would bash Hollywood more, but the independent films I've seen haven't been much better. Why don't they seek out the help of dedicated reenactors/ historians more? Pride, lack of caring, or what?

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Why don't they seek out the help of dedicated reenactors/ historians more? Pride, lack of caring, or what?

Maybe because the majority of audiences want either love/drama or blood and thunder. Of course, there are exceptions(Gettysburg anyone?).