Troy

[Golgothaa]

Saw Troy friday, just wanted people to know, it was a damn good movie, and would recomend seeing it, its roughly 2 hours and 40 min long.  Only problem with the movie is they made some stuff up at the end to wrap it up, other then that, awesome as heck. Great acting, awesome fight scenes, especially brad pitt being archilles (or however u spell it) GO SEE IT

[Satiagraha]

Yeah, I've heard great things about it, maybe I'll go see it or something when I have time ^_^

[Diablus]

olo i loved the part where you see that random Onos in the backround with those men running away from it.

[Satiagraha]

Oro? :huh:

(notice how the guys in the background are being flung around like rag dolls ^_^ )

[X-S-Z]

RUN ACHILLIES RUN! RUN!!!!  :help:

[JHunz]

You shouldn't see it if you know care at all about greek literature.  But I suppose if you're an illiterate heathen the movie would be suitable.

[Dubbilex]

You shouldn't see it if you know care at all about greek literature.  But I suppose if you're an illiterate heathen the movie would be suitable.

^_^

[Majin]

Well I think after seeing that an Onos is in it I will have to see it.

[lolfighter]

If you ask me, Achilles was the biggest wuss EVAR. He gets hit in the heel by an arrow and dies. No wonder Troja could withstand the siege for ten years.

[Lito]

If you ask me, Achilles was the biggest wuss EVAR. He gets hit in the heel by an arrow and dies. No wonder Troja could withstand the siege for ten years.

i was wondering where that expression came from and what i meant.

[Seth]

ever heard of the echillies heel? or however it's spelt

even the cyclops was killed because they rushed him and undid a screw in his heel draining his blood.

IRL if you are shot in the echillies heel you will not be able to put any weight on that leg at all and will suffer tramatic bleeding.

so in greek lit   the echillies heel was named to be the weakest spot on a soilder slashing it once would ground you opponant and offent lead to a easy kill.

[JHunz]

If you ask me, Achilles was the biggest wuss EVAR. He gets hit in the heel by an arrow and dies. No wonder Troja could withstand the siege for ten years.

i was wondering where that expression came from and what i meant.

Troy, not Troja.  And it was a poisoned arrow.

[Evangelion_2]

The director is going to be doing Ender's Game.

[JHunz]

ever heard of the echillies heel? or however it's spelt

even the cyclops was killed because they rushed him and undid a screw in his heel draining his blood.

IRL if you are shot in the echillies heel you will not be able to put any weight on that leg at all and will suffer tramatic bleeding.

so in greek lit   the echillies heel was named to be the weakest spot on a soilder slashing it once would ground you opponant and offent lead to a easy kill.

I'm afraid to tell you, but you're completely wrong on that origin.  It's called the Achilles heel because it was the only place on his body that was vulnerable to attack.  His mother, a river goddess, dipped him in the river Styx as a newborn to make him invulnerable.  But the spot on the heel where her hand was holding him didn't get wet.  Therefore Paris was able to kill Achilles by finding out his secret vulnerability and shooting an arrow there.

The Achilles heel is therefore a term for the one weakness of even the strongest enemy.

[Seth]

well thanks for blowing the story i havent seen it yet

[Dubbilex]

well thanks for blowing the story i havent seen it yet

dude...ever read mythology before?  Perhaps the Iliad?  The Odyssey?  For christ's sake - telling the story of Achilles is like giving away the ending of DuckHunt.    :blink:

[Seth]

duckhunt had an ending?