Swords vrs guns, post yor opinon

Postby **shooraijin** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 7:40 am

> First off anyone remember a certain scene in Indiana Jones?

Heh -- it wasn't even in the original script. Apparently, Indy was supposed to battle the swordsman with his bullwhip, but Harrison Ford reportedly had the flu and pantomimed shooting his opponent instead. Everyone loved the idea, so they filmed it for real.

It plays into what we scream in movie theaters all the time: "HEY, DUMMY! YOU HAVE A GUN, SO SHOOT HIM!!!"

Postby **Azier the Swordsman** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 8:05 am

shooraijin wrote:> First off anyone remember a certain scene in Indiana Jones?

Heh -- it wasn't even in the original script. Apparently, Indy was supposed to battle the swordsman with his bullwhip, but Harrison Ford reportedly had the flu and pantomimed shooting his opponent instead. Everyone loved the idea, so they filmed it for real.

It plays into what we scream in movie theaters all the time: "HEY, DUMMY! YOU HAVE A GUN, SO SHOOT HIM!!!"

Haha! That was one of my favorite scenes in the whole movie.

Postby **cbwing0** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:20 am

It was funnier when he tried to do it in "The Temple of Doom," but didn't have his gun, forcing him to run away like a little sissy boy. :lol:

Postby **Yoda47** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:27 am

Himura Kenshin.

'Nough said.

Postby **cbwing0** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:29 am

Himura Kenshin.
'Nough said.

Wimpy businessman murdering the elite oni-waban group single-handedly.

'Nough said.

Postby **Danyasaur** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:32 pm

SWORDS SWORDS SWORDS!!!!! Link, Kenshin, Marth, Roy, Kite, Black Rose.

now that my friends is enough said!, archy

Postby **MasterDias** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:30 pm

Me like swords. Swords are cool.

This is a rather old (and long) topic, isn't it?
Why was it resurrected?

Postby **mechana2015** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:06 pm

Though I like both...
Ohhhhhhh waaiiiiiiit.... SEPHIROTH. Especially Kingdom Hearts Version.
HEhehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.
I win....

Postby **Michael** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:58 pm

For every Himura Battosai there is a Nick Stone who finds firearms a lot more effective. I say guns.

Though swords do look very cool if used properly.

Postby **cbwing0** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:09 am

Good point, Cephas.

kinda off topic, but check this out:

Reverse Blade Sword

I didn't know they actually made them; but I do know that I want one! :grin:

Postby **mechana2015** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:41 am

well neither do most of the characters that anyone else is mentioning...but out of all of them that nodachi...yikes.

Postby **Destiny** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:19 pm

Swords rule! ( Guns are okay, but come on, nothing can really beat a classic weapon like the sword)

Postby **cbwing0** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:21 pm

Yeah...nothing could beat a sword. Except a nuke, or a flamethrower, or a machine gun, or a sniper...

The list goes on and on.

Btw, does anyone actually know whether you could deflect a bullet with a sword, especially without damaging the blade?

Postby **mechana2015** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:31 pm

cant do it w/ out damaging the blade....
I think its possible, but you would have to be very lucky, there have been incedents of dueling bullets deflecting each other so its a possibility, though its more likely it would go partway into the sword or somthin...also depends on the angle of the sword and the type of bullet

Postby **cbwing0** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:33 pm

That's what I thought. So in that case, guns win except in the situations I described earlier.

Postby **Destiny** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:35 pm

Depends what kind of bullet and what kind of sword/blade you've got. Todays guns vs sword. (Laughs) No chance, the sword would break in half most likely.

Postby **mechana2015** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 6:54 pm

yup...FMJ vs steel = snapped sword

Postby **cbwing0** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:50 pm

For all the Kenshin fans, here is a quote that you may want to consider:

"All those samurai could not bear their eclipse by commoners, the abandonment of old dress and ways, the usurpation of their monopoly of war by general military conscription (1872). So in 1878 the Satsuma warriors, in their gorgeous robes and terrifying armor, brandishing steel swords that could cleave a body at a blow or slice a floating, gossamer piece of silk, pranced and bragged before the impassive, stolid ranks of a disciplined, uniformed peasant army equipped with muskets. And when the smoke cleared, the flower of Japanese chivalry lay dead" (David S. Landes, "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, pp.369-70).

Those were samurai against 1878 firearms. Do you think that you, or anyone, could do better today?

Postby **Straylight** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 6:05 pm

" wrote:Btw, does anyone actually know whether you could deflect a bullet with a sword, especially without damaging the blade?

it's called Star Wars

Postby **Tet-chan** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:38 am

[quote="djnoz"]it's called Star Wars ]

Lol
Thats true

Postby **mechana2015** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:13 am

cbwing0 wrote:Btw, does anyone actually know whether you could deflect a bullet with a sword, especially without damaging the blade?

I have a fictional charachter that can sort of...his sword is made of liquid metal though, and would more rapidly self repair than take no damage.

And lightsbers run out of power if they hit too many things, and can be shorted out by certain minerals.

Postby **cbwing0** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:55 am

That, and they are not real.

Postby **Shao Feng-Li** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 10:16 am

THere's just something so elegant about a samurai using a sword.. then again Something so awasome about a Tommy Gun in WWII. personally i like swords better, but would carry a side arm. or i would have a lightsaber :sweat:

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:23 pm

We're still talking about this? By the by, a lightsaber would be a pretty cool weapon. I want a Power Pole lightsaber. If you've read Journey to the West, you know what I mean.

Postby **Tet-chan** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:20 am

uc pseudonym wrote:We're still talking about this? By the by, a lightsaber would be a pretty cool weapon. I want a Power Pole lightsaber. If you've read Journey to the West, you know what I mean.

U mean the one Goku is using?

Postby **darkoon** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:52 am

Tehe, the only sword that could beat both weapons or ANY weapon for that matter is the word of GOD. Who agrees with me? Anyone?...

darkoon

Postby **cbwing0** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:53 am

Everyone agrees with you there.

Postby **Locke** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:46 am

thats right

Postby **Towi Wakka** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:43 am

Swords-cooler, Guns-much more affective :lol:

.

Postby **mechana2015** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:31 am

word of God...most effective of all. Behind you on that Darkoon. Ive heard of guns jamming as a person tried to shoot a praying christian.

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