The 13th Warrior ― the movie

**ajaxfetish** · 12-01-2005, 01:51

Those dirty Romans with their heated public baths and running water. Filth is all their fault!

Ajax

**The Wizard** · 12-01-2005, 10:48

Drat. Forgot that. But that was the city. We're talking the peasants here... and the soldiers weren't that clean... at least the Germanics liked to look their part prior to joining battle... and the Turks at least had mobile bath houses.

Maybe it was the Jews. Crazy Christian sectists closed down the bath houses in Constantinople and turned them into prisons, after all

**Red Peasant** · 01-07-2006, 12:43

Originally Posted by The Wizard

Drat. Forgot that. But that was the city. We're talking the peasants here... and the soldiers weren't that clean... at least the Germanics liked to look their part prior to joining battle... and the Turks at least had mobile bath houses.

Maybe it was the Jews. Crazy Christian sectists closed down the bath houses in Constantinople and turned them into prisons, after all

Hence, the legionary bath-houses on Hadrian's Wall, and at many other legionary sites?

**yesdachi** · 01-10-2006, 05:49

I liked it, especially some of the taunts. I don’t know if some of the actions were realistic but they seemed convincing to me, like the boy standing at the boat to let everyone see that he was real. Overall a good “Sunday” movie for sure.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 01-15-2006, 15:20

I like the film, although obviously its not accurate really, I mean don't get me started on the armour.

I scream with pain every time he mutilates that beutiful pattern welded sword!!

**Mouzafphaerre** · 01-15-2006, 16:35

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Dumping seperate historical and mythical materials into a single jar has had its use elsewhere. I remember a "classical" movie adaptation of Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth with dinosaurs, Atlantis, subterranean oceans and much more all jammed together. (I don't know how much of it was from the book for I haven't read it.

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**GoreBag** · 01-15-2006, 23:01

I like the movie, but am confused by certain parts of the Norsemen's appearance, the one with the knot-pattern facial tattoo in particular. Also, that guy didn't wear pants. Was there supposed to be some kind of Celtic influence in there, or was it just so that each persona had more character?