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i just finished watching Ninja Scroll and that movie kicks some serious ass. anyone else here seen it?

Yeah, I saw Ninja Scroll and I thought it was so-so.

I'm rather fond of Rurouni Kenshin for swordfighting goodness, myself. ^_^

Best move is not being there.

Striking back helps to.

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]I'm rather fond of Rurouni Kenshin for swordfighting goodness, myself. ^_^too much story not enough fighting

any of the Lone Wolf and Baby cart series- Lone Wolf and Baby cart at the river Stix, that type of thing.

]I'm rather fond of Rurouni Kenshin for swordfighting goodness, myself. ^_^too much story not enough fighting

Bah. The story makes the fighting even better! 8)

]]I'm rather fond of Rurouni Kenshin for swordfighting goodness, myself. ^_^too much story not enough fighting

Bah. The story makes the fighting even better! 8)yeah, but jubeis moe of a badass than that whiney little twat kenshin

]]I'm rather fond of Rurouni Kenshin for swordfighting goodness, myself. ^_^too much story not enough fighting

Bah. The story makes the fighting even better! 8)yeah, but jubeis moe of a badass than that whiney little twat kenshin

Hiko Seijuro the 13th>EVERYONE ELSE.

Buuut... to each their own, I guess. I like the angsting long-haired non-killing types more than the badasses =p

]]]I'm rather fond of Rurouni Kenshin for swordfighting goodness, myself. ^_^too much story not enough fighting

Bah. The story makes the fighting even better! 8)yeah, but jubeis moe of a badass than that whiney little twat kenshin

Hiko Seijuro the 13th>EVERYONE ELSE.

Buuut... to each their own, I guess. I like the angsting long-haired non-killing types more than the badasses =p im pleased you didnt flame me to defend an animated tv show as i thought you would, i salute you sir/ma'am

im pleased you didnt flame me to defend an animated tv show as i thought you would, i salute you sir/ma'am

Hey, would I be modding Nationstates if I'd get that worked up and flame somebody for not agreeing with my opinion? =p I think Kenshin is one of the best series ever, but that certainly doesn't mean that everybody and their grandma is gonna think the same thing ^_~

] im pleased you didnt flame me to defend an animated tv show as i thought you would, i salute you sir/ma'am

Hey, would I be modding Nationstates if I'd get that worked up and flame somebody for not agreeing with my opinion? =p I think Kenshin is one of the best series ever, but that certainly doesn't mean that everybody and their grandma is gonna think the same thing ^_~oh shit, you're a admin.?

] im pleased you didnt flame me to defend an animated tv show as i thought you would, i salute you sir/ma'am

Hey, would I be modding Nationstates if I'd get that worked up and flame somebody for not agreeing with my opinion? =p I think Kenshin is one of the best series ever, but that certainly doesn't mean that everybody and their grandma is gonna think the same thing ^_~oh shit, you're a admin.?

:D you did't know? reppy is famous! and Kenshin kicks some serious ass, as only a few shows do on TV. lets see here.

TV: kenshin
DVD/VHS: Princess Mononoke
Manga: dot.hack
Game: a toughie - for sword fighting i would go for bushido blade actually.

oh shit, you're a admin.?

LOL! Reploid Productions, Senior Game Moderator/Forum admin at your service ^_~ I've got multiple browsers open right now, and didn't feel like posting to this thread with my main nation... so I used the forum admin account instead! :lol:

*Currently taking a break from watching Kenshin*

I'm on EP. 23 and it's one of the best Animes I've seen so far.

]oh shit, you're a admin.?

LOL! Reploid Productions, Senior Game Moderator/Forum admin at your service ^_~ I've got multiple browsers open right now, and didn't feel like posting to this thread with my main nation... so I used the forum admin account instead! :lol:

graceful. why does you admin accout only have like 80 odd posts :P i would think more people than hat get in trouble

Most of the time, the forum admin doesn't need to actually post anything- just ban or delete people from behind the scenes =p

The Princess Bride had a totally bitching swordfight

The Princess Bride had a totally bitching swordfight

True.... and a lot of comedy, which is a plus ^_^

]The Princess Bride had a totally bitching swordfight

True.... and a lot of comedy, which is a plus ^_^

Yeah...I'm glad my sister made me watch it. At gunpoint.

]The Princess Bride had a totally bitching swordfight

True.... and a lot of comedy, which is a plus ^_^

Yeah...I'm glad my sister made me watch it. At gunpoint.

LOL! Didn't like the romancey kissie-face bits? =p

]]The Princess Bride had a totally bitching swordfight

True.... and a lot of comedy, which is a plus ^_^

Yeah...I'm glad my sister made me watch it. At gunpoint.

LOL! Didn't like the romancey kissie-face bits? =p

Lemme just use a quote here...

"Can we skip this part, grandpa?"

LOL! Good stuff =p (I'm not big on makeout scenes, either ^_^;)

Sequels and series aside, I have great respect for Highlander for this reason:

It is obviously some guy goin' "How are we going to justify having a sword fight in the parking garage of Madison Square Garden?" and built a movie around it, and that kicks ass.

But Princess Bride's sword fight is pretty cool, as are the ones in Crouching Tiger... especially the one where the chick had to keep grabing new weapons...

Sequels and series aside, I have great respect for Highlander for this reason:

It is obviously some guy goin' "How are we going to justify having a sword fight in the parking garage of Madison Square Garden?" and built a movie around it, and that kicks ass.

But Princess Bride's sword fight is pretty cool, as are the ones in Crouching Tiger... especially the one where the chick had to keep grabing new weapons...


hmmm... if you are into live action (i like anime swordfights - go kyo!)
pirates of the carribean
master and commander
the count of monte cristo
and i bet the last samurai had a bitchin swordfight - i never saw it tho.

Best sword-fighting movie? I'm particullarly fond of the dueling in The Princess Bride and The Phantom Menace. However, they are both nothing when compared to the true awesomness of Yoda vs. Tyrannus in AOTC...

Pardon my geekiness...

Ninja scroll was not good IMO. It's not my genre of anime. A guy changing into a crow? F*ck that. I want my main characters to mutate into a fetal blob that eats Tokyo, then takes it into a cosmic rebirth.

...

Anyway Highlander is pretty good.

i myself think crouching tiger hidden dragon has the best fight because of the dojo bit with the super heavy brass sword and where the proffessional fighters have ths shit£ beaten out of them all at the same time,

but the princess bride is hilarious, "i'm not left handed either" (yes i know i probably mis-quoted) and the commical bit with the sicilian. truly a hilarious fililm (purposefull spelling)

Best swordplay ever....

The blind guy versus the wooden post in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" :lol:

Greatest swordfight ever? Samurai Jack (I kid you not. I've seen baby cart and Ninja scroll and all that, but there is this truly awesome one in Samurai Jack. I watched it, and I thought it was an average cartoon, then, from nowhere, this truly great swordfight happended. It was drawn so perfectly, very fluid, with the martial arts moves and all that.)
Of course, its also got the anthill mob describing a gift-wrapped bomb
"Its the gift that keeps on giving, see? Nyah!"
Of course, the best live action was in Monty Python and the holy grail
"Thwunk!"
"Tis only a flesh wound!"
"No its not! Your arms off!"
"No it isn't!"
genius.

"come back, i'll bite y' legs of!!!! YOU YELLOW BASTARD"

And the swordfight in the castle on the swamp
"I'm not dead!"
"Well, he's mortally wounded.
"I'm feeling much better, I think I'll go for a walk!"
*crunch
"Oh, no. Just when he looked like he would make it, there were complications"

My vote for best cinematic sword fight is still the final duel between Rob Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) and Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth) in Rob Roy...very well choreographed.

Uh... The Seven Samurai anyone? Or Yojimbo?

I must agree though that Highlander had some very enjoyable blade scenes, although very stylised - but that's what made it enjoyable in its own way.

Those fights must have a lot of skill, given the repution of them.
I still stand beside Jack. I was told there was a sworfight in a 1939 film that lasted 15 minutes, if anybody can tell me what movie that'd be nice