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Which is the Best Battle Steed?

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  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    Elrandir said:

    And yet it's still awesome. The Hobbit was my favorite book, and the movies are better than LotR. That said, I haven't seen number 3, and I'm not hearing great things. But I don't care!

    Hrm. It watches like tom cruise made a WoW movie, and there is only and extended cut available. At one point Elrond ends up fighting 4-6 Nazgul at once(don't ask) and as he steps into the scene he channels his inner Bruce Willis and says "you should have stayed dead!" Before jumping at them in an anime-worthy fashion. As much as I think the movies should conform to the very letter of the book, the other to still had the fact that in and of themselves they were actually rather entertaining movies, but that stops here.

    *sigh*

    I should probably stop hating on it(especially since no ones seems to share my view) but I really like the book, and the way they cocked it up (IMO) really pisses me off. It could have been so good. But no. :-(
  • supposedlysupposedly Member Posts: 206
    That said, a giant eagle is still pretty bad ass
  • kcwisekcwise Member Posts: 2,287
    edited December 2014
    Just look at it this way, the movies are a bard's tale version of the books. A tale spun loudly and with generous embellishment for a rowdy bar of adventurers seeking a rollicking yarn of glorious battle and improbable deeds.

    Edit: a y wandered into my improbable
    Post edited by kcwise on
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    We should probably take this to "the hobbit" thread. http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/4848/the-hobbit
  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    I've been wondering for a while now... but don't have Stormlords of Talos pretty much the best battle steeds in existence? After all their "mounts" are frigging Cumulonimbus clouds for Talos' sake! I mean, just how cool is that?!
  • wubblewubble Member Posts: 3,156
    I think dragons have the best steeds, they are their steeds and they can use breath weapons on anyone who flies under them.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    One of the giant bat-like creatures from the first book in Corum's Trilogy would make a nice battle steed if you know how to ride them.
  • kiwidockiwidoc Member Posts: 1,437
    Kamigoroshi said:

    I've been wondering for a while now... but don't have Stormlords of Talos pretty much the best battle steeds in existence? After all their "mounts" are frigging Cumulonimbus clouds for Talos' sake! I mean, just how cool is that?!

    Very cool - especially if they start dropping hail and sleet!

    @CrevsDaak I haven't come across Corums trilogy, I'll take a look just for the bats. I thought they had to come from somewhere - all the other mounts except the Eagles were homages to books or films.

  • dunbardunbar Member Posts: 1,603
    A unicorn (well it's sort of a horse - ish).
    Specifically, Imraith-Nimphais from the Fionavar Tapestry.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    @kiwidoc‌ I'd say it's a pretty good trilogy, but the author's (Michael Moorcock) best saga is Elric of Meliboné (check out both).
  • ElrandirElrandir Member Posts: 1,664
    Kamigoroshi said:

    I've been wondering for a while now... but don't have Stormlords of Talos pretty much the best battle steeds in existence? After all their "mounts" are frigging Cumulonimbus clouds for Talos' sake! I mean, just how cool is that?!

    So Goku is a Stormlord of Talos?! Woah.
  • NimranNimran Member Posts: 4,875
    Elrandir said:

    Kamigoroshi said:

    I've been wondering for a while now... but don't have Stormlords of Talos pretty much the best battle steeds in existence? After all their "mounts" are frigging Cumulonimbus clouds for Talos' sake! I mean, just how cool is that?!

    So Goku is a Stormlord of Talos?! Woah.
    100% what I was thinking.
  • kiwidockiwidoc Member Posts: 1,437
    @CrevsDaak I've read my Elric omnibus to pieces - it has literally fallen apart. I've got an e-book version now. I should have recogised the name Corum, but my brain decided to go on holiday a bit early this year.
  • kiwidockiwidoc Member Posts: 1,437
    edited December 2014
    kcwise said:

    Edit: a y wandered into my improbable

    Which, of course, was highly improbable!
  • KaltzorKaltzor Member Posts: 1,050
    A shark
  • wubblewubble Member Posts: 3,156
    Kaltzor said:

    A shark

    This isn't tomb raider, you can't control a shark by punching it in the nose.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    kiwidoc said:

    kcwise said:

    Edit: a y wandered into my improbable

    Which, of course, was highly improbable!
    But not impossible.
  • NimranNimran Member Posts: 4,875
    wubble said:

    Kaltzor said:

    A shark

    This isn't tomb raider, you can't control a shark by punching it in the nose.
    Sure you can! You just weren't doing it right!
  • deltagodeltago Member Posts: 7,811
    wubble said:

    Kaltzor said:

    A shark

    This isn't tomb raider, you can't control a shark by punching it in the nose.
    I thought that was batman.
  • kiwidockiwidoc Member Posts: 1,437
    I'm fairly sure you can make a white shark turn away from you if you punch in the nose, above the jaw, especially if you bash it with a cricket bat. A New Zealander did that on a beach near Christchurch, and stopped a shark from biting his son - lucky he was playing beach cricket when he spotted it.

    But sharks aren't on the lists of options - that certain movie never got anywhere near the beaches, even though New Zealand has so many great beaches.
  • kcwisekcwise Member Posts: 2,287
    Sauron doesn't like beaches. He has sensitive skin and burns easily. Thus, all that armor and whatnot when he goes outside.
  • MusignyMusigny Member Posts: 1,027
    A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!
  • kiwidockiwidoc Member Posts: 1,437
    @kcwise Hmmm - I have sensitive skin, and burn easily. Also all my armor and whatnot gets ultra hot when I go outside .... but I still miss Christmas and New Year kiwi style - at the beach. Maybe we can compromise and go horse riding on a beach!

    @Musigny - Damn! I haven't got a horse to hand, and I've always wanted a kingdom *sulks*
  • CoM_SolaufeinCoM_Solaufein Member Posts: 2,606
    After seeing the last Hobbit movie, I want a razorback hog. I want to be like a dwarf with a warm hammer in one hand, charging down at the enemy.
  • MusignyMusigny Member Posts: 1,027
    kiwidoc said:


    @Musigny - Damn! I haven't got a horse to hand, and I've always wanted a kingdom *sulks*

    There is an excellent alternative.
    For the secret avenger the John Steed is the most efficient option.
    (Musigny ashamed, Musigny fleeing far far away)
  • kiwidockiwidoc Member Posts: 1,437
    Musigny said:

    kiwidoc said:


    For the secret avenger the John Steed is the most efficient option.
    (Musigny ashamed, Musigny fleeing far far away)

    Oh yes ... going into battle with a John Steed is most A-Peeling
    (kiwidoc slinks off the thread and joins Musigny in heading for the hills!)
  • ElrandirElrandir Member Posts: 1,664
    Wait. Are we seriously referencing the british tv show the Avengers? Because if so then this is truly the greatest forum ever. This is the first time ever I've met someone who knew what it was besides me. That was my CHILDHOOD, man!
  • MusignyMusigny Member Posts: 1,027
    @Elrandir‌
    Part of my child culture and childhood too. Yes this is a great forum :blush:

    @kiwidoc‌ (offtopic I know)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOWbGZjp04o
  • kiwidockiwidoc Member Posts: 1,437
    edited December 2014
    @Elrandir & @Musigny Hey guys - it was my childhood too, and Mrs Peel RULES!
    Do we need a thread for appreciating the REAL Avengers?
  • scriverscriver Member Posts: 2,072
    Djimmy said:

    Odin's Horse Sleipnir

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdsZR3mwiiA

    I'm sorry man, but ponies make awful battle steeds :P
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