SPIKE TV DEADLIEST WARRIORS SERIES

I was fairly impressed when one of tne of the samurai bowmen called out various shots before the arrow left the string in a bored monotone as each hit exactly where he aimed: Left eye, thwack! Right eye, thwack! Heart, thwack! Deltoid of sword hand, thwack! Good stuff.Īnd coming up in future episodes are (folks, I'm not shitting you, I swear):Īrrrrrrrrr! Gunpowder versus gallantry.

In that sense, it makes military history come alive. The demonstrators are probably the most impressive part of the show as these are all guys who have spent a lifetime practicing these weapons and it gives you a certain measure of respect for the crude destructive power of swords, bows, and axes when wielded by a skilled practitioner. Ninja (Bronze Age Spartan in a rout, Ninja fantasists pout) We have, to date, seen battles between the following:Īpache vs. They then run computer simulations 1,000 times to determine the victor, followed by two fighters acting out the scene. Tactics, strategy, armor, and armament are all assessed through a combination of thoughtful simulation and wild ass guessing. The basic premise is this: various great warriors of history (and this is amusingly debatable as you'll soon see) face off against each other in a wooded meadow in a fight to the death. Needless to say, this show is what Trips Right and I would produce if given an unlimited budget, cameras, a warehouse, and a desire to settle our eternal 'Could Margaret Thatcher defeat Benazir Bhutto?' in hand-to-hand combat debate.

Morning stars crashing into human replica gel-filled dummy heads, katanas slicing pig carcasses in half, and interesting, often ludicrous - occasionally hilarious - match-ups soberly presided over by bio-engineers, ER doctors, paramedics, and IT geeks with computer simulation models.

SPIKE TV DEADLIEST WARRIORS SERIES

The Deadliest Warrior is a new series on Spike and it's excellent guilty pleasure guy fare.

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