Guest Celt Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Re: Sword-Gloves Yes' date=' this thing has to be worth a bit of an intimidation bonus to some foes, at least. Probably not something to give to anyone prone to enthusiastic gesticulating while they talk, though... [/quote'] There's also the element of "anyone crazy enough to use that has to be a awesome!". OTOH, the three scariest words in cyberpunk are 'improvised monofilament whip' (which I think comes out of the quote of the week thread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Re: Sword-Gloves Not all anime is like that. For example there's the science fiction series Planetes, which presents a very realitsic exploration of living and working in space and the difficulties of clearing away a century of debris from Near-Earth Orbit (where it poses a severe hazard to manned spaceflight). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Re: Sword-Gloves The blonde-haired knight in Willow had one of these. He gave it to Madmartigan when he died, and M used it to kill General Skullhead-Whassname. Dang, I used to know all these guys' names. I'mma have to pop that one in the DVD player and refresh my memory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Re: Sword-Gloves The blonde-haired knight in Willow had one of these. He gave it to Madmartigan when he died, and M used it to kill General Skullhead-Whassname. Dang, I used to know all these guys' names. I'mma have to pop that one in the DVD player and refresh my memory! Blond guy is Airk General Kael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Re: Sword-Gloves That's where I remember the sword from in movies - it looks suitably fantastical to fit easily into a genre movie. Luckily un-named bad guys in movies don't know how to parry a sword, or he would have been dead in seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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