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Lord Of The Rings Memes

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 23 points 9 months ago (5 children)

The author of the novel also wrote the screenplay for 'The Princess Bride.'

All those techniques they cite are actual old-time fencing masters.

https://www.slashfilm.com/1781497/the-princess-bride-sword-fighting-terms-explained/

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Boring anecdote ahead!

I remember watching a Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) video about Capo Fero while singing some Skallagrim videos, and immediately I went "hey wait a minute that sounds familiar" and racked my brain trying to figure out who's voice I was hearing in my head saying "capo Fero"

Of course once I realized it, I had to watch the entire movie, because one does not simply watch clips of The Princess Bride...

Anyway, that led me down a huge long road of videos all about sword fighting in movies and how realistic (or laughably unrealistic) they can be.

I was actually surprised to see halfswording in Season of the Witch when someone fights Ron perlman. That movie isn't amazing cinema, but it's fun and doesn't deserve it's 10% RT score. It should be at least 15%.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

https://www.youtube.com/@JillBearup

If you haven't heard of her, she does fun videos about classic movie sword fights and swordfighting in general.

Enjoy

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of her, but I'm tossing the popcorn in the microwave as we speak!

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

I love sharing vital information!

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