Deadliest Warrior (on Spike)

Actually they also do groups like CIA vs. KGB, IRA vs.Taliban, etc.

I like the show b/c I get to learn about different weapons and warriors, but I think some of the weapon comparisons and conclusions (among other things) are unrealistic.

 

I really don't like the show sometimes because the way it shows battle is really unrealistic.

For example they had ninja vs Spartan. The ninja ran straight up to him to engage in close combat in an open field.

That makes absolutely no sense. Some episodes are good however, but I dont think its any more or less realistic than a simulation in Madden.

 

Pretty pretentious show. In a word: Disappointing.

 

It's usually very interesting up until the actual "fight" if I catch it I watch it.

 

Its the 2nd season, and its already running thin on entertainment value.....lots of repeating what it has showed you as it exits to commercial and when it returns from commercial.

Watching it via DVR and fast forwarding to end state makes it far more enjoyable...but barely as the "who wins" doesnt always take into account legit strategy.

Baddest weapon in season 1 was the Projectile Knife that the Russian Spetsnaz used. In season two, the deadliest sword ever (the Kilij) is the one used by Vlad the Impaler. Goes through the body like butter in one swing.

That said, yes the show is basically a train-wreck of what it started as and basically flawed in who it pits vs. each other especially when centuries separate them (or Iron Age, or Gun Powder, etc, etc, etc).

to me the worst one was the English Knight vs. Caribbean Pirate (Season 1). In that one, the Pirate won because it tossed sand in the Knights face/eyes (near the beach - on foot..LOL) and lifted up the Knights headsheild to shoot a musket ball at point blank range.....see he would have had to lift the mask cause demonstration showed the musket wouldn't have ever pierced the armor....hahahahahahaha.

 

This show is an insult to the scientific method. Their testing methods are ridiculous. They basically "measure" (I use this term very loosely) the deadly striking force of say, two melee weapons and use this information to form their entire conclusions regarding two warriors (note: not the warriors themselves, just their weapons). Be honest and call this show "Deadliest Weapon". Not only that, but the fact that they use the same dummy to test two different weapons while arbitrarily hacking at said dummy completely ignores any/all objective methods of data collection/study. No lie, their "simulaton software developed by Slytherin Studios" looks like OpenOffice Calc; not fooling anyone.

I would have enjoyed the show more if they'd just been honest with us instead of shoving the faux scientists down our throat. The "trauma expert" is most likely just some dude off the street in a labcoat. Do you really have to "examine" the trauma around a severed head to see whether or not this is a deadly blow? Not to mention that 90% of their "analyses" can be basically summed up to "Ooh!", "Wow! Did you see that?", "That is a deadly weapon", and "Yeah, he's dead".

I won't even bother going into just how bad the actual fights are.

Also, if the narrator died in a fiery car crash tomorrow, I could care less because that would mean we don't have to listen to that annoying voice delivering some of the worst lines ever written for a narrator.

Having said that, for what it is, Deadliest Warrior is an entertaining show; the hack-n-slash nature of the program is fitting for Spike. Action is what we want and it delivers, in that respect. Just wish they would stop insulting their audience's intelligence.

 

Isn't the narrator the guy who narrated 300?