Dave_the_Slushy wrote:Stryder, on the other hand, hasn't washed his hair in 20 years - and he still gets to shag Liv Tyler, with an option on that viking bird. Bottom line: manky hair and a magic sword will see you right

I have manky hair and a magical pork sword, and I never get any

the dog things are wargs

wachtourak wrote:

Dave_the_Slushy wrote:Stryder, on the other hand, hasn't washed his hair in 20 years - and he still gets to shag Liv Tyler, with an option on that viking bird. Bottom line: manky hair and a magic sword will see you right

I have manky hair and a magical pork sword, and I never get any

its all about how you swing your sword

VERT wrote:

wachtourak wrote:

Dave_the_Slushy wrote:Stryder, on the other hand, hasn't washed his hair in 20 years - and he still gets to shag Liv Tyler, with an option on that viking bird. Bottom line: manky hair and a magic sword will see you right

I have manky hair and a magical pork sword, and I never get any

its all about how you swing your sword

and if you "swing" it in the right direction.

viking bird - Eowyn - tries it on with future king of Gondor and then she meets that future king of Rohan fella while "recovering" from her scrape with the WitchKing... think she has got a power complex

shes tasty though, better than Liv

Kazmeistyr wrote:

VERT wrote:

wachtourak wrote:

Dave_the_Slushy wrote:Stryder, on the other hand, hasn't washed his hair in 20 years - and he still gets to shag Liv Tyler, with an option on that viking bird. Bottom line: manky hair and a magic sword will see you right

I have manky hair and a magical pork sword, and I never get any

its all about how you swing your sword

and if you "swing" it in the right direction.

wachtourak wrote:

Dave_the_Slushy wrote:Stryder, on the other hand, hasn't washed his hair in 20 years - and he still gets to shag Liv Tyler, with an option on that viking bird. Bottom line: manky hair and a magic sword will see you right

I have manky hair and a magical pork sword, and I never get any

You're armed meerly with a pork shortsword. If you had a pork claymore like me you'd get plenty more (and you wouldn't need the manky hair either!).

Grapefruit wrote: viking bird - Eowyn - tries it on with future king of Gondor and then she meets that future king of Rohan fella while "recovering" from her scrape with the WitchKing... think she has got a power complex

Played up in the movie to make it more appealing toward female viewers.

Tolkien was somewhat of a misogynist

happybaboon wrote:

wachtourak wrote:

Dave_the_Slushy wrote:Stryder, on the other hand, hasn't washed his hair in 20 years - and he still gets to shag Liv Tyler, with an option on that viking bird. Bottom line: manky hair and a magic sword will see you right

I have manky hair and a magical pork sword, and I never get any

You're armed meerly with a pork shortsword. If you had a pork claymore like me you'd get plenty more (and you wouldn't need the manky hair either!).

I have a two-handed pork sword thankyou very much

wachtourak wrote:

Dave_the_Slushy wrote:Stryder, on the other hand, hasn't washed his hair in 20 years - and he still gets to shag Liv Tyler, with an option on that viking bird. Bottom line: manky hair and a magic sword will see you right

I have manky hair and a magical pork sword, and I never get any

does it glow when there are orcs near?

VERT wrote:

wachtourak wrote:

Dave_the_Slushy wrote:Stryder, on the other hand, hasn't washed his hair in 20 years - and he still gets to shag Liv Tyler, with an option on that viking bird. Bottom line: manky hair and a magic sword will see you right

I have manky hair and a magical pork sword, and I never get any

does it glow when there are orcs near?

mine does when "norks" get near.

pissface wrote:

Dave_the_Slushy wrote: They are great popcorn flicks - entertaining, leave your brain and your cares behind sorta stuff. Not great movies for getting you to think, but you need that to balance it out. Otherwise film would be a medium like a world with only fine wine and no beer.
.

These movies are flat beer. Admittedly it's a stout, but still... no head on it

I get kind of bored with all the action hero stuff, and the manly machoness, and the totally limited roles all the women were in.

Nah, more like Speights - more flavoursome than others but after sampling something better you won't want to go back to it.

Would say though that one area where movies (especially action movies) have fallen short on compared to TV is in the roles of women. Roles of women in action movies generally seem to confined to the damsel in distress, comic relief or villainess. Even when in the role of the hero, there's often a level of objectification (*coughtombraidercough*).
One notable recent exception would be Kate Beckinsale's (:love:) role as a warrior vampire in Underworld. Good example of a female hero that is in no way less than her male counterparts "’cause she's a girl".

TV seems to be a different story, with Alias, Battlestar, Babylon 5 and Buffy being good examples of strong female leads. Alias and Buffy had their supergirls, while B5 and Battlestar have women in roles of senior command. B5 had a female XO and a female leader of an alien race, while Battlestar has a nice teacher lady for a President and a number of young woman in combat and command roles. Shame though that only with the separation from our reality that sci-fi and fantasy provides does the notion of girls pulling triggers and barking orders become safe.

More heroines in skintight leather is all good by me. Especially with young Kate in them.

Dave_the_Slushy - if you wanna see how bad woman can be portrayed in a modern day action movie, go rent 'Crank' - man that is one SAD SAD film.

Grapefruit wrote: Dave_the_Slushy - if you wanna see how bad woman can be portrayed in a modern day action movie, go rent 'Crank' - man that is one SAD SAD film.

Its an awesome movie