Surprising Realism in The Dragon Prince...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 เม.ย. 2020
- This is a great fantasy series that I've been watching recently, and there are some unexpectedly realistic depictions of arms and armor in it. As well as some more outlandish designs, of course. :)
So I felt like pointing out some of the things I noticed and commenting on them. Also, if you haven't seen it yet I'd definitely recommend giving it a try. Very well written, and the characters are interesting. I appreciate the depth, especially of the main antagonist (don't even want to call him a villain, really).
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The most surprising realism was seeing Soren actually break his back being hit against a rock by a dragon.
hahaha ill admit i was genuinely surprised that getting blasted back into a solid object in this show would actually have physical consequences after watching so many shows where people get thrown into concrete walls back first hard enough to shatter them but there body is mostly fine and they get right back up XD
Me: *joke that it looked like he broke his back*
"Claudia! I can't move!"
Me:...Oh shit
Dragon: "Parry this you filthy casual!"
There's actually a cut scene where Soren tries to bury the hatchet.
th-cam.com/video/CcHWa_0uG_o/w-d-xo.html
Question can Claudia turn good in season 4? eh
At this point, I'm so desperate that literally ANY scenes of blows glancing off armour are enough for me.
Or just armour working in general
Same, I just couldn't stand it and started writing fanfics now...
Well, this is for 7 years old, so can’t show soldiers being skewered or weapon contacts.
I mean Avatar did have those with “kills” being pommel bash or kicking.
@@powerist209 "Can't show people getting skewered."
You may be in for a shock....
@@sayerglasgow115 Season 2 clearly showed that this is not that kind of show.
Somewhere in the distance, an Australian man can be heard shouting "GAMBESON!" in glee
Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.
A man of machicolations.
Ah but what about dragons?
An author with a bone to pick on a dogmatic archery instructor.
But what about the awesome legendary DRAGONS!!!!!!!!!!!
'His pommel is tiny' sounds like it should be a really scathing medieval insult.
Same thing I thought!
Yeah that was a pretty epic burn. It would destroy any man's confidence back then.
"Thine pommel art small and unimpressive!"
Yee old dick joke
That pommel would never be able to end anyone rightly
The guard on Harrow's sword, though, is clearly stylised. It echoes the design of the crown of Katolis and the flag, with the motif of two towers, one taller than the other. It might not be a good design, but it's not an illogical one, symbolism-wise.
Yeah it honestly looked a lot more like a ceremonial sword and given the context of that scene, it makes sense why he'd want to wield it, even if it's not the most practical choice.
You could say one of the towers is the "Ka-tallest"...
@@GorinRedspear Get out.
@@fmlimgodZ Indeed, though they really overdid the thickness of the material in places. If you slim it down it actually looks pretty cool.
@@fmlimgodZ Yeah, looking at it that way it does seem it was probably not even intended for real fight.
When I first saw Rayla's swords transform, my inner monologue went: "Those are magic swords... Don't worry about it, it's magic."
Just search for Benchmade LFK. "Blade longer than handle? That's imposib..." ..that's quite common in fact.
It does swerve into T1000 territory, but 'morphing' metal isn't a total deal-breaker in a fantasy setting.
(I'll call it seriously ancient magik and call it a day...) 😉
I always thought of it as a mix of magic and mechanical myself
@@ironwolfF1 the metal is used only from moon elf in other ocasions in the serie , is like you say liquid metal
Same then we got the shot of her uncle's partner working on a weapon in his shop you dont see him casting a spell but you also dont see him using real smithing/crafting methods so implying there is magic a foot again.
Scottish elves with giant switchblades?
Welcome to Glasgow!
Sol Wogan LMAO
Stay frosty
keep smiling.
Skallagrim: Dwarven elves? It's kind of heresy, isn't it?
The Elder Scrolls fans: Yes, but actually no.
*Ysgramor wants to know your location*
Lol.
Dwemers : ancient steampunk magical dwarven elves so powerful they rip themselves off the timeline... how can you be more badass :p
Warhammer fans: Elves that speak like Dawi? Now that's going to be in the Book of Grudges.. and it will definitely take some heads to get it out.
Lord of the Rings fans: Hah! Pointy eared wood dwellers with a dwarven tongue. By Gloins beard, no way!
(from dwarven point of view)
Apparently, the Norse dark elves are children of Freya and dwarves...
Freya is a vanir, which is a elf god.. so, technically, dark elves are a mix of elf and dwarf. At least, that's what I heard. Could be wrong
When he says one could easily trap a weapon with that cutout in Amaya's shield, I would like to point out that she does precisely this in the second season.
Also, it does, in fact, appear to be some fantasy alloy, as she used it to block a sunfire blade with no major damage.
while watching the show , i assume it was special for a simple reason, she was the only one to have one . seems this world didn't realy like shields.
@@unknow11712 there were others with shields during the battle in season 3 though right?
@@keithharper32 the elves had them , the humans had bows (the unchained army) , cavalry and unshielded infantry with alabards and swords ... while the sun elf seems to use shields , swords and magic ...
i'm not sure how you get to similar setups of weapons use ( usualy they are based on whats best against particolar enemy , geographical advantage , group battle culture ( for example , greeks used pike and shields with thight formations , romans liked to use gladio ( short swords) and flanking manouvre , while mongols with the big plains became expert of cavalry and bows ) .
considering the history of the world is not that long , i see humans more like an uplifted species , thats the reason for the strange weapons setup ...
BUT , you have to considerate the superior elf weapons ( the sun elf weapons can cut anything , while the dark elfs can ignore collisions , etc) so, the idea of shields is quite useless . so i can see why human side didn't realy used shields .
@@unknow11712 In the middle of season 2, when Amaya leads a group of men through the Breach and fights Janai at the hideout there, some of her men are wearing heater shields.
@@paulchapman8023 well as a shield user herself i guess she trained soldiers in the use of shields ..
but all other armies don't seems to follow such doctrine . as only the soldiers under her leadership use them .
Obvious/not obvious: those practice swords are the most ancient crafted weapon: pointy sticks.
Date I say it, a sword-like weapon?
@@jeggsonvohees2201 Sure, makes sense to me.
I would bet clubs came before point sticks.
@@robpalatchi7027 You're clearly not a member of the Toxic Brood. 😯
Clearly less dangerous than bananas or raspberries.
When a show or game gets the basic stuff right, Skallagrim gives it the "I'm ok with the fantasy BS" pass.
@@holywatermuffin7772 Yep, that's literally what I said in the video. :)
As we all should. Too many people just refuse to think outside their box and go.
_"It's all realism or it's bad, because I, and my lack of imagination says so."_
@@Avenger85438 The funniest thing is that more often than not the people whining loudest about realism are completely wrong and clearly have no idea what they're talking about.
Exactly. Like those people who say "Medieval swords where too big for woman." when the swords they're talking about where too big for anyone, because they where decorative.
@@Avenger85438 It's even worse if anything for scifi. You get people taking about "explosive decompression" as if it's some massive force that can rip a battleship in half, or who think that exposure to space = instant death and complain when scifi doesn't abide to these completely wrong standards.
So glad that this series is getting attention, because it really deserves it. The writers of Avatar: TLA are definitely a privilege to have on the writing team.
It's only the head writer from ALTA, not all of them. He's the one that did the majority of writing and world-building, before not being brought back for Korra. It's part of why Korra is so terribly written, and why Dragon Prince is so good.
@@jeggsonvohees2201
I disagree that Korra is "terribly written." It doesn't have to be on the same level of ATLA to be good at all. It's still better than the majority of animated shows.
@@ClarkusMarkus Watch E;R's videos on Korra, then tell me if you still think that. I mean that, listen to his criticisms and then think about it. Then get back to me and we can have a chat.
I didn't say it had to be on the same level, though if it's part of Avatar it would be better if it was.
@@jeggsonvohees2201 It can have plenty of flaws and still be enjoyable. I agree with most of E;R's points and still like it, though I'm not rewatching it a few times a year like AtLA.
@@sacwingedbatsatadbitsad4346 now we're talking about two different things. Enjoyable and well written do not go hand in hand. Enjoyable is subjective, while well written can be analyzed objectively. A show can also be well written yet boring. That's why whether you found it enjoyable isn't relevant to the quality of the writing.
For example, I like Venom and DragonBall Evolution yet I freely admit both movies have terrible writing. You will never catch me defending them.
People like and enjoy watching The Room, yet are fully aware of how badly written it is.
Do you see my point?
What are your thoughts on the sword fighting jokes Skal?
"'Sweep the leg' is not a thing in sword fighting." or "Are we gonna fight, or is this a talent show?"
Oh, it totally is. It's just that _that is absolutely not how it's done._
"the pommel is tiny" never figured you for a size queen skall
And than she turns the blade into a sickle! Funniest shit I've ever seen!
Weapon and gardening tool at the same time, seems quite handy
.. leaving the magical transformation part aside :D
That was one of those, "you didn't even try to hide it, did you guys?"
Last time I see something like that is when red riding hood turning her scythe into anti-material rifle
Glorious mooooon steel, able to fold its self one thousand times!
@@justnoob8141 wait do you mean ruby?
"The basics like... gravity."
Final Fantasy: 'aight, imma head out.
The Dragon Prince is one of those rare shows that like... I really think teaches good lessons. I can't remember if it's in season 2 or 3 but King Harrow makes a speech about history that I think really should be the preface to all history classes taught. Like. War, battles, glory, that's all cool... But the real lessons one should learn from history is to how to be better as a person by learning from the mistakes of those who came before. And that not all history is war, suffering and bloodshed.
Yeah, Rayla obviously someone who had a talk with GM before campaign started just for the rule of cool.
And may or may not have bribed the GM during session zero when the others weren't looking.
It isn't explained, but I think the Dual-Blade-Bow is more of a magical catalyst than a "real" bow,as the bow strings and the arrows they shot are made of "pure" moon magic. So I guess the blade didn't need to flex at all, as no force is applied to it, when the elf draws the bow. I don't know why the catalyst is bow shaped though. Maybe to have a better aim? Or maybe it's just a design decision, as elves in fantasy almost always are the bedt archers around and they wanted to stick with this trope.
You would need to go into how they make those items to begin with if you wanted to figure that out.
Or a design decision from the elf that made the dual sword bow. These elves may be different than most fantasy elves, but most of them still appear to retain the "elegant and pretentious" trope of their cousins from another IP.
Skall: Never heard a scottish Elf.
Kerillian: Am i a Joke to you Lumberfoot?
Yeah, I thought of her too, immediately.
Hmm, Kerillian sounds more Irish to me.
True, true
@@Son_Daughter_of_Slaanesh Interesting. But she still sounds more like the Irish people I know and not my Scottish friends. But that might just be due to regional accents.
Same!
I happened to like the scot elves.
As for the weaponry. Elves break all the rules.
(The sunforge blades were pretty cool though.)
Yeah, they even sweep the leg!
FOOCKIN ELVES
My only question is, why didn't Amaya get one of those Sunfire swords?
@@andyknightwarden9746
Don't worry. By next season she will have "convinced" Janai into ordering a full set for her.
Elves are now scottish, fuck off dwarfes... try another language. How about italian or something like that!
Amaya's Shield looks like a pavise shield design I once saw.
It also had a huge cut down the from the top (but more to the side then in the middle).
The idea being, it could act like an arrow slit, when you fired your crossbow from behind it.
Or blade catcher. I mean Amaya did manage to get a sunforged blade knocked away just as it was about to go through the shield.
Again, an echo of Katolis's two towers.
I think the main intention might be to use shields like this in a spearwall to stick something long and pointy through the cutout and even rest it in there, allowing far an extra heavy pike that you would normally need both hands to hold
It's a good series. It has well-developed characters, with faults, issues they need to deal with, with a range of emotions, reasons, a solid plot. Quite good.
@Nob the Knave Used and crafted by people who are basically born magically attuned.
Yeah, they're so magical in fact, that their entire city is essentially out of phase with the rest of the world, via magic, unless you know a specific set of magical movements to pass through. I'm willing to bet they could make some magical shape changing weapons, for an elite assassin squad: it's not like they're regular foot soldiers or something.
Regarding Amaya's shield: given she's deaf, having unobstructed vision is extra important to her.
"There's just no way that could possibly work"
*remembers that moon magic is illusion based, and Ethari is a kick-ass blacksmith*
Regarding Rayla's Swords:
It's moon magic, it's probably a lie lmao
True. This whole time she's just been wielding grubs. Like that time cop gun from Rick and Morty.
Or is it a lie?
I'm gonna rewatch it now just to see if at any point the tip of her swords cut anything. Regarding the sickleness of her swords... I really can't think of any way for moon magic to work like that.
@Malemenos She uses them to cut open that webbed person on the cursed caldera, but then again, that was an illusion too
I was thinking about that. Maybe it is moon magic and we just do not see the extra blades even though they are still there.
So?
The *_Bunny Rabbit Slippers_*
Do they fit?
Or fit Cara?
There needs to be a trying on video… at the very least so the next sword sent over will have the correct size in the packing.
Yeah, what happened to those? I'm kinda curious...
Seconded. Come on people upvote !
In the Quarantine Hangout stream (the one before this), he said that the slippers are very small and don't fit either of them. They're more children sized.
@@Andri474
lol
at least Cara still fits *him* , I believe
I always reasoned that the cutout in Amaya's shield went that far was cause she's deaf, and would need a little bit more of an opening so she can see.
"I've never heard Scottish sounding elves" Vermintide my friend
Dark elves are based on a Scottish idea, the Trow!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trow_(folklore)
ThE sTraNgLeR sTrAnGleS nO mOrE
@@danny_decheeto8300 Ah grimgi! It's good to see you here too!.
No more lunberfooting lumberfoots!!
www.deviantart.com/spacemaxmarine/art/GIF-Rayla-Kerillian-836614714
Skall: This all makes sense. Except you!
*Moonshadow Elve's shenanigans intensifies*
Moonshadow elves are masters of illusion magic... It still might make sense.
The most lethal weapons in The Dragon Prince are the noises Zym makes. This would instantly melt anyone's heart.
I love the "leg sweeping is not a thing in sword fighting!" line. I've heard the same thing several times in my swordfighting class. I mean they did teach us one leg attack technique, but with loads of disclaimers that it's not generally useful, really dangerous and its only real advantage is the element of surprise.
So it's exactly as portrayed in The Dragon Prince: Only Rayla has ever pulled it off, and only against human opponents.
In the end the only strange "weaponry" we have are a clearly Gundam inspired shield, and two elven weapons straight out of Blooborne (Sorry for the Engrish)
Your English seems to be very decent. Except for the "Engrish" typo off course, but there's no need to go harsh on that ;)
@@reptiloidmitglied2930 In case you didn't know, people say Engrish to imply that they made a mistake with their English. I know that it's used a lot in Japanese dubbed anime when they to describe when they try to speak English, but I'm not cerain if it started there, or was just an insult.
@@nemasisdemarini8339 Actually I didn't know that. Thanks for the info :) I tried an anime with subtitles once, but that's not my cup of tea.
@@reptiloidmitglied2930 Of course, glad to help. And that's definitely fair.
Considering that Dragon Prince is made with 3D computer animation, and the plethora of historically accurate models of those weapons floating in the interwebs, I'd be surprised if there wasn't any accuracy showing up. At least in the human kingdoms' weapons.
Making the human kingdoms' weapons historical replica accurate make the contrast with elven weapons stronger.
Great of you to check this series out. It's been a breath of fresh air for me in terms of fantasy shows.
Aside from the designs, I was hoping you'd point out the practicality in some of the more realistic fight scenes. Rayla vs General Amaya for one stands out. The whole notion of not needing any armor because elf (flexible and agile) was tossed out the window in the face of someone who not only uses armor but also her shield effectively (a thing most shows RARELY showcase) and is not held back by the common misconceptions that wearing armor slows one down.
Here's a clip for reference. Credits to the owner.
th-cam.com/video/mnNvmKv9Qz4/w-d-xo.html
And yes, General Amaya's easily the most badass character in this show.
Concealment, and form changing is part of moon magic. I was able to accept Rayla's swords, and the sword bow thing knowing that.
Well it is a fantasy, lets imagine a "magic metal". That can remember diffrent shapes its forged into. And the user can switch between them at will.
Now that's versatility
Well yes, but the point is is that it doesnt "change shape", it just snaps into different shape mid-frame.
If it was actually MOVING, then yes, but it doesnt do that at all. It just teleports or some shit.
I mean, it wouldnt even have to be fantasy, it could be just be some type of shape-memory alloy, if done right
@@Archimedes.5000 Hammerspace.
That would work except that the design of the blade clearly implies that it folds into different shapes, rather than morphing. It's more akin to a transformer toy than the T-1000.
Magical weapons for magical creatures makes perfect sense. The show explains how humans completely lost connection to any magical use until they discovered dark magic. So most of their weapons would be dependent on engineering while magical creatures can go crazy on using and creating weapons with all kinds of magical properties.
I thought humans never had any magic until they discovered dark magic; you can’t lose what you never had.
Still, that doesn’t invalidate your main point: It makes sense for humans to have more realistic weapons and elves to have magical weapons that aren’t necessarily realistic.
@@paulchapman8023 there were primal stones and OTHER MAGICAL CREATURES. And they indeed lost connection to any other magic, so they use what little they have by killing it
@@DevourerDragons When did they have a connection to other magic? As far as I know, they never did, until the unicorns gave them primal stones.
About the king's outfit, I thought it was the compromise between ceremonial and functionality since you can't greet delegates in full plates and doing paperwork, I bet full plate armor is a bitch to sit on for a long time.
Wow, never expected you to cover TDP. I’d highly recommend it to anyone, very good show.
I use it to learn languages, have seen it in French and German, I was completely oblivious to the Scottish accent:)
@@NetAndyCz I now have to find out how they did it in French in German as someone who speaks all three languages fluently.
Edit: welp, they just didn't bother. But there are so many funny German accents they could have used there
As I recall, at one point Amaya actually does use the slot on her shield to trap and disarm an enemy combatant.
Skall: He doesn't expect special treatment.
Me: Well if he want to where the same armor as the guards while also having proper abdomen protection, there is one solution...
If I'm being completely honest he is also a bit of a self sacrificing character 👀 would put himself in harm's way to protect his people. So again it kinda makes sense
@@joshgrabinski When wearing armour like that: That's called being suicidal. Not generally a good trait for a king.
He wants to show that he trusts his guards to protect his belly...
@@LordVictorHalgaard Self-sacrifice isn't suicide, because there's a purpose. There's a related video on another channel about "British officers don't duck" or something similar, which explains some of that mindset. Basically it starts with realizing the inevitability of death, then looking ahead for longer term advantages.
Personally, I always saw the human's armor as acknowledging the fact that there's no real way to defend against things such as a Sunforged Blade, or a variety of the other magics the elves and other things they face tend to use. It always looked to me that the armor was built around the premise of 'Lets protect what we can but keep all of the points we need to bend at not plated so we can dodge'.
Amaya's shield has to be made of some fantastical metal even going by in-universe logic, as we see it stop Janai's Sunforged blade (which had earlier cut through Amaya's sword like butter).
This is a great show! I especially like Rayla's human disguise!
OH MY GOD. Skall seen The Dragon Prince AND RECOMMENDS IT!!! Aaaaaannnnddd makes a video about it! Is it Christmas already?!
dude, where did you get that shirt? that is soooo cool.
actually the transforming weapons DO make sense in context. Moon magic is all about illusions and transformations. They aren't like Swiss Army knives: the weapons have enchantments on them that cause them to transform on command.
I'd buy that as a concept, but the weapons don't ever seem to magically reshape or shift that we can see. Rayla's knives fold and unfold completely mechanically (like real balisongs), and they have those segmented, two-piece blades which suggest that they are supposed to Transformer-shift themselves into their new configuration, but like Skall showed, instead the animators just do a hard switch on the models with no transition.
As well, the sword-bow that Skall also showed has projections on the bottom of the handles that certainly suggest some kind of latch or locking mechanism. When the the elf is holding it in bow configuration at 9:38, the hilts don't look like they've melded or grown together, they look locked in place.
If the art-department of the show is trying to convey that the Moon Elves have magically reshaping weapons, they are doing a really poor job of it. I think it is more likely that some early concept artist had a cool idea for Rayla's weapons that could be reshaped Transformer style (with magic handwaving how the parts move when it shifts and then stay in place after), but later in production, no-one could find a good looking way to actually animate the transformation. By that point either there was not enough time/money to redesign her weapons and reanimate all the scenes she used them in, or they couldn't come up with a transformable design that looked near as good, so they just decided to keep the old designs and ignore the whole "how does it work" question. A little bit of verisimilitude sacrificed either to production practicalities or for a more attractive design. Trade-offs of showmaking.
@@boosterh1113 in the second season they show a weapon being enchanted. Whether or not they do a good job of conveying that is a matter of opinion. To me, the hard transition between weapons conveyed magic.
The kings armour reminds me of a combination of transitional armour (maybe early 14th c.) and late armour (16th c gorget).
The prior would be worn over mail and gives additional structural stability to the outside of the arms and shoulders. The latter is more one of the last remaining armour plates, at a time when armor got slowly abandoned.
Whenever something in a movie or TV show doesn't make sense there's a simple explenatiin: a wizard did it.
Dum, dum du du du du dum, dum du du du du dum, dee daa, duu daa, du du du duu du, dum....
luggi lu FOOCKIN WIZARDS
if you watched season 3 you would know the crafter of rayla's weapons and runaan's bow were crafted by a weaponsmith who could enchant stuff
especially the wizard
Still, it's nice to have some explanation about who the wizard was, and how he did it.
9:30 *An ancient dwemer looks smugly in skallagrim's direction*
A wizard with a giant grub in his mouth turns an army of humans into fire zombies. I think Raylas swords are fine lol
My friend showed me this series and I loved it! I had to pause at a few points to admire the castle design. Even the spiral stairs in the towers go the the correct direction to be advantageous for defenders
I'd love you making another video on the dragon prince on a few other weapons (s3 definitely has some more, IDK if you're there yet) a possible explanation for the weapons of the moonshadow elves is simply that they have illusions cast on them by a moon elven mage. The spider from season one, though it is an illusion, still influences it's surroundings, so I don't see why moon elven (partly) illusionary weapons wouldn't work the same way.
Good review.
Given that elves are all magic all the time, I generally assume that they don't have much mundane tech so all of their items I assume are magic. In that regard, that almost all elven weapons are absurd in contrast to the very mundane human gear designs reinforces the difference between those with magic and those without it.
5:45 Designer 1: don't you think that's a touch small?
Designer 2: Size doesn't matter. At least that's what my girlfriend said
And she was right its not the size of the pommel that matters its the way you use it
This show has awesome writing. Consistant characters with good arcs. Good drama. Interesting fantasy elements. Magic that follows its own rules (well, mostly). Both cute and scary bits. Everyone should watch it - alone or with kids. Thanks for the tip.
Oh yeha, and Sweep the Leg is not a thing! 🙂
YES!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO HIT THIS SERIES!
9:12 the blade is 4d dimensional object and with magic, she pushes is so its 3d cross-section is just In the right place
...what?
@@jeggsonvohees2201 what do you not understand?
@@seekyunbounded9273 Everything. You said a bit of mumbo jumbo that sounds like it came out of Star Trek but, but you didn't explain what any of it means.
No one is going to understand you unless you do that, otherwise it looks like gibberish.
@@jeggsonvohees2201 only mumbo jumbo is the magic, what do you need to explain about dimensions? Imagen sphere going threw plane , on the plane would be 2d circle which is crossection of the sphere as the sphere moves threw it the circle would grow and shrunk in size , same principle but with 4d and 3d but you can't rly imagen it because your brain isn't made for this
@@jeggsonvohees2201 Sorry to say, but what he said did make sense if you're familiar with the concept of a fourth spatial dimension. He used standard terminology, just terminology you don't know yourself. If you think that 4d is too hard to imagine, that's because it is. We can't imagine a fourth dimension properly, since our brains are only 3 dimensional.
You know the show design's are good when Skall's complimenting the pommels.
Thank you Skal! I love this show and I'm so happy to see it get recognition!
I would absolutely love to see you go in depth on the fight scenes in the show. Actual fighting technique, tactics, all that.
The pommel must be GIGANTIC to be plausible.
Skall: The pommel is too big it'd be unwieldy to use them properly.
Also Skall: The pommel is too small me no like.
Me: "this might be worth checking out"
No boob armor.
Me: "realism has gone too far"
Thank You for watching this series and making video about it.
Glad to see another video on this awesome series!
When Amaya captured Rayla and confiscated her blades in S1E4, Amaya’s men seemed to have trouble figuring out how the blades worked. So I’m partial to the idea that they work on moon magic.
10:02 Oh look it's Simon's Bowblade from Bloodborne.
This thing makes the Bowblade look practical. At least that was a bow first that was fitted with a blade. Though admittedly the folding bit is a little weird. This one looks like someone took a pair of swords, stuck 'em together end to end, and something something bendy and string thing, segmented handles, weird telescoping gizmo on top...
I was reminded of Pit's bow... sword.... thing in Super Smash Bros.
Wow, those knight armors look very well for a graphic like this!
Ooooooh! I've been waiting to see you make a video on The Dragon Prince!
The Elves are just breaking the stereotype that is Tolkien elves.
I definitely think that a big plus of this series is that it has a totally new take on elves and doesn't let Tolkien dictate their design. The horns and four fingers immediately communicate that these are a whole different deal from Tolkien's creations.
this is why i loved elves from Divinity Original Sin 2, they actually feel like a whole other race, instead of just being immortal humans with pointy ears
I actually think that one of my favorite things about TDP elves is how much MORE human they seem. Tolkiens elves looked almost completely human, but had a very otherworldly feel to them and often had rather inhuman motivations. Their humanity was on the outside, but on the inside they were something very otherworldly.
TDP elves, on the other hand, despite being clearly not human physically, have very human personalities and motivations.
@@johndoe2790 well except for the fact that elves can defy gravity and are the ultimate Mary Sues lol.
Tolkien’s elves were supposed to represent what mankind could have been had the fall not occurred. They have a unique OP-ness in my opinion.
Could you also look at the weapons and details in Vinland Saga(an anime)? The combat is sometimes exaggerated tho, but otherwise the equipment seemed pretty accurate.
Except when Thors was randomly swimming in chainmail with no apparent difficulty in episode one. That just weirded me out and had the HEMA people and engineering majors in my school's anime club making various indignant/shocked noises.
4:14 That might be the armor equivalent of EDC, with the full suits being for going on campaign. 5:05 The sword might also be a symbol of power more than anything.
Good realism in show also includes when Viren told Soren to kill the princes, Soren’s pupils dilated. Your pupils dilate when adrenaline is shot through your body. I didn’t even know that until it was pointed out. They also do great research into ASL. People are really are trying to learn to translate it. This is awesome.
I'll be interested to see a review of RWBY's weapons.
They are the creators of Avatar, the are doing they Homework. They even hired a Martial Art expert.
I wish they'd hired an expert on battle tactics as well. S3's climactic battle is one of the biggest loads of facepalm galore in recent memory. 🙁 At least the character beats were still good. 🙂
@@twincast2005 Well, the battle was a mess, but it was between mindless fire zombies on one side and bunch of kids leading sun elves and dragons on the other.
@@NetAndyCz The biggest offender was the overly literal "shield wall" with no means to attack, which was a tactic by supposedly experienced sunfire elf soldiers, so there's really no excuse. I could also rant on multiple levels about various aspects of "Hollywood archery" at display, or how it suddenly barely took a minute to run up and down the mountain spire, and more, but that was by far the worst as they actively focused on it. In short, it very much feels like they had watched the movie version of the Battle of Five Armies in The Hobbit and inanely decided "Yeah, that looks totes great."
I think they were going for Gaelic Fae with the elves. They used a lot of knot work for backgrounds as well.
Really glad seeing you promote the series ... It really does deserve more recognition :D
And yeah it's pretty tame fantasy (except the sword bow) :')
Funny how I never heard of dragon prince until a few days ago and after I watched it.
It’s everywhere. hah!
Skall finally reviewed my favorite fantasy series, and he is actually likes it, what a time to be alive! :D
5:57 "Woah, right? No chain bikini?"
Yeah, I want my money back too!
I started watching that show and it’s pretty awesome thanks for sparking my inspiration again!
NO WAAAY! I LOVE THIS SHOW AND I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
BEST DAY EVER
I'm so full of hope my ears do tearbending 😂😂
jörg from the slingshot channel once made a double machete bow if i remember correctly
You're talking about this th-cam.com/video/Y4uTEGZs7Hc/w-d-xo.html It has nothing to do with the Dragon Prince one, though.
@@ArkadiBolschek he never said that.
But Jörgs machete bow bended sideways too
@@Seelenschmiede He never said what?
@@ArkadiBolschek that Joergs machete-bow has anything to do with this vid.
@@Seelenschmiede Oh. Yup, he never did.
I love this series and I am sooooo glad that you guys also enjoy it.
really loved this video! the dragon prince has to be my favourite series on netflix rn!
Dwarven elves are heresy? Well, seems like we have a case of unelderscrollsia. Read about Dwemmers, it's a very interesting race!
Just don't go solving any puzzle boxes.
@@Sableagle or touching anything that looks like a ball with extra hexagons
I'm curious, have you delved into Vinland Saga yet? Aside from having overpowered hulking characters it seems to be pretty historically accurate. But I'd like to here your take
That shield with the cut down the top, I immedieately thought it would make for an excellent spear-and-shield formation shield.
Or to give you protection while using a crossbow.
Just stab the bottom into the ground, kneel behind the shield and aim through the slot.
Wooooooow. I've been following your channel for years. I worked on the show as one of the background painters, it's so weird seeing you talk about it on your channel
It's really fun hearing you talk about all these details as these were the exact things we thought about through the design process. Like nobody understood how Rayla's swords work.
Hey, is there any chance that you will look at the arsenal of Vermintide 2? There are a lot of melee weapons, and I'm curious what you will say about them and combat in general.
And it's got another scottish elf
I love the show and designs. I hope more fantasy settings adopt more.
It's an awesome and really gripping series. I enjoyed it very much and can't wait for it to continue.
Yes!!! I love this show! Thanks so much for the amazing video!
"I've never heard of Scottish sounding elves"
Skalllagrim, my man, your awesome, but now this poor lumberfoot needs to play Vermintide some time and face the music.
Slender, well shaped and ergonomical. Just how I like them.
Is that what she said?
I think the idea behind the sickle swords is that one of the blades folds out into the sickle. At least, that's the idea, the execution is about as realistic as all of Engineer's level 3 turret fitting in his toolbox.
Always happy to see more of my favorite youtubers getting into Dragon Prince ^_^
5:50 pommel too small, may detriment throwing power
someone needs to make a medieval, fantasy anime, without gravity at all
Darth Fruiter ????
Jim Setinbocci he said at the beginning
that most animes and games only follow reality by having gravity and basic human functions
MHH... in my personal opinion , any fantasy with dragons that doesn't have wings big as 2 times the body,or move at the speed of sound, its ignoring gravity .
This show is great. Really diverse characters and a fresh approach to fantasy story-telling
Would love to see another video looking at the rest of the show, such as the armour of the other kingdoms and groups we see, and things like Soren's armour. Maybe best to wait for season 4 (early 2023 most likely) so there's more content to cover though.