Deadliest Warrior Was Worse Than I Remember
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Today we take a look at another show from my childhood that I wonder, was it actually bad? Well kinda. Definitely worse than I remember.
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I remember a friend of mine treated this show as absolute gospel and he insisted that this is the ultimate proof an science. Problem is that this lad was not 12, he was 25.
awwww, bless him
I know some people who treat death battle like this
The education system failed that man
Lmfao
I was like 9 years old and I infact treated this like gospel lol.
I can’t believe you just glossed over the fight sequence. That was the greatest comedy gold of every episode by far. It was fascinating to see how they would arm each warrior with like 5-6 different weapons and try to fit them all into a single fight. It was just great to see a guy drop his AR15 and pull out his sling shot 😂
No more bullets but I have this slingshot and some rocks lol
You totally forgot the Spetznatz projectile knife blade that was like, THE DECIDING FACTOOOOOR.
4 weapons
@@sorrenblitz805 y'know, could load a grenade onto it containing a remote detonator. Better accuracy than just chucking it by hand
Yeah, thankfully in later seasons they kinda fixed this by just having a team of like, 4 or 5 warriors on each side.
"A child's toy turned deadly sniper weapon!" -Guy with intense voice who played Faramir in LoTR and a spartan in 300
We all know he was cast as this shows narrator specifically because 300 was huge with 13 year old boys
My strongest memory from this show was a weird one. The Vlad the Impaler episode, the "Vlad specialist" gets waaaaaay too into the impalement demonstration.
He was just waaaaay too into his role period. He seemed almost turned on to be representing Dracula lol
Was that the one where he drank the mannequins blood? It's either that one or the Shaolin vs Maui
@@DelayedAction1 if you mean Maori, maybe seems like something both would do
@@sorrenblitz805 I did, I spelled it like the Moana character didn't I lol
@@DelayedAction1 no, you spelled it like the Hawaiian island
"Spike tv, the Axe Phoenix of cable television."
That's so specific and so accurate.
Not only did you beat me to the punch, but you worded this almost EXACTLY how I had planned to.
Usually is like; hey, me too lol!
This time is like; why is my comment already here..?
You know what this means, right? Me neither.
Lol I literally use axe phoenix haha and I get nothing but compliments on my smell. Little do they know…
@@TheCasualGamer13 Phoenix is actually surprisingly good. There’s a reason why out of all the different scents they’ve released, Phoenix is still being sold.
The bizarre tiny detail about this show that sticks with me is that the narrator is doing an impression of the narrator's voice from the movie 300
In keeping with the weirdness of this show, the narrator IS in fact the 300’s narrator as well. David Wenham
@@boondocksaint253 my mind is completely blown
@@skaldi8347 I think that when Chris compared this show to a fever dream, he really hit it on the head!
@@boondocksaint253 haha yep, I always knew they'd never have been able to get such a good impression (which was an Australian doing an impression of a Brit). Had to be wenham.
@@anaussie213 Very distinctive! I remember thinking “hey the 300 guy” and looked it up then. I just confirmed it before I posted, because of what I said in the last comment. That whole thing is a fever dream.
At the time Deadliest Warrior came out, there weren't a lot of tests being done with old weapons or armor, so the show was pretty interesting for that, just to get an idea of how effective they were. After the show ended, numerous youtube channels popped up that test and talk about old weapons.
Yeah and alot of those channels straight up shit blasted Deadliest Warrior's historical accuracy lol.
Yeah, like it was interesting to see how some weapons interacted with different kinds of armor, wasn’t really seen anywhere else
@@sorrenblitz805 I could care less about any of that myself, it was just a fun show to watch.
Actually probably the one good thing was to inspire interest in such tests
@@doomguy5815 But then there were idiots who believed the show to be 100% accurate...
The coolest part of this show to me when I was younger was discovering the cool looking weapons from various cultures and time periods.
Right? I wish Forged in Fire aired 10 years earlier
Especially the Zande, Aztec, Zulu, Chinese, Comanche and Maori weapons
For sure
Same
Deadliest warrior taught me the concept of a "pointlessly unfair matchup" with knight vs pirate. Pirate only had like 400 years of technology on the knight...
Not unless you're talking about like a Crusader. Pirates and Medieval knights had pretty comparable technology. Pirates are more willing to fight dirty though.
@@sorrenblitz805 no they really didn't ...
haha i remember that episode isn't that the one where in the final "fight simulation" or whatever the knight smacks the pirate in the face with a morning star and it has no effect? 🤣
@@sorrenblitz805 medieval knights had no flintlock pistols.
@@HeirofDacia yeah, but flintlock pistols were trash.
fucking love how the Irish guy clearly thinks this is the dumbest thing he could possibly be doing with his time and also how annoyed he is that they’re comparing the IRA to the taliban
Probably thinking to himself “goddamn I miss fighting the English. No, instead I’m do this”
The only real reason they did that is because both organizations are labeled as Terrorists and they're both fighting a rebellion against what they see as foreign invaders. That's why Mr. Nail Bomb Guy was blurred out, putting him on TV would probably have the British Government all over him.
They are both scumbags tbf
Why do you think they convinced the producers the slingshot is a real weapon for anything but killing squirrels and pigeons? 😂
@@stevenbacon-cheddar9914 slingshots can absolutely kill someone if you've seen the big ones
My favorite example of an "expert" being consulted was in an episode 1000 Ways to Die. A guy suffocated having sex with a BBW and the description under the "expert's" name was Chubby Chaser.
What a legend
Those where the days 😂
Holy crap I remember that!!😂
AHAHAHAHA! Man I miss Spike TV. Pros Vs Joes, Manswers, Deadlist Warrior, and 1000 ways to die. Those were the days
As far as ways to die, that is certainly one of them.
11:48 “if you shoot someone in the face they die” I legitimately had tears from laughing after he said that like it was little known knowledge that being shot in the face was lethal
I might be hallucinating but I feel like they did a zombies vs vampires one.
No they did and it was great
They did, I think it was like their last episode. They were clearly running out of ideas lol
They did and the zombies ended up winning if I remember correctly cuz the last vampire got infected by their blood
@@MrBf3epicness They gave the win to the Vampire but left the note that if the zombies virus could infect the sparkly human bat then the Zombie would win.
@@doccholo905 no it was a fan request you can look it up. The producers were going to do a couple episodes the following season on comic book movies including the 1st fantastic 4 and Spiderman but they were cancelled and never got to make them
Glad they actually went and scientifically investigated which is better, a slingshot or a literal knife.
If you know how to use a sling, its FARRRRRR deadlier than A knife, it has range. Look it up, slings have always been highly valued in Field Armies. The Romans used the hell out of them and even casted their own Almond shaped projectiles.
@@HailWoden18 slingshot not a sling lol
I tried to slingshot ninja throwing stars when I was young.....didn't work out too well 🥺
@@mondaysinsanity8193 A sling is more effective than a slingshot but still... their problem here was using plastic BBs.
If you use proper brass or steel slingshot pellets, you can hunt with a quality slingshot. Not bear hunting obviously but you can definitely kill a man with one, and theres nothing to stop you from launching pepperballs or something similar.
@@SeekerGoldstone oh i know its also worth noting there was often explosives loaded into those sling shots the ira used lol
As a kid when I was like 10-12 years old, I was pissed that the Ninja went against the Spartan. Why not the Ninja vs Shaolin Monk and the Knight vs Spartan?
It was so dumb for doing that.
I love this show as a kid but upset they never returned after the Vampire Zombie episode :(
They still sell the game on Xbox One
i mean, that's still quite a mismatch lol. what most people think of when they hear the word 'knight' still has like a thousand years of technological advancement on Spartan soldiers.
i think that sort of mismatch was kind of the point of the show, though. you take two very different kinds of fighters from two very different kinds of cultures and you have a big ol' circlejerk about it. or - at least - that's what it seems like it was supposed to be, because that's what the first four episode were like.
I was pissed it was Ninja vs Spartan and Pirate vs Knight. Where the hells Ninja vs Pirate!
I was more pissed because I was such a ninja fanatic. I thought ningas were so skilled that they'd kill anyone. I do remember the ninja expert said that ninja would win cuz he'd attack the spartan when he's asleep. Lmao I was also pissed that ninja jumped from the tree screaming trying to assassinate the spartan. Screaming. Why would a silent killer scream?
@@AcDCsama-rt5qz Omg I remember the ninja doing that. I think even as a teenager I was like dude wtf why did you give off your position you idiot xD
My brother and I use to play that game and I always played as Sun Tzu
I remember this show. Everyone watched this show back in the day. I distinctly remember the episode with the KGB. They put their Ballitic Knife against a serrated shovel, and they showed that once the knife was shot, it wasn't really reloadable because the spring tension was just too strong, where as the shovel could be used effectively as is, similar to an axe. Yet, the "expert" gave the edge to the ballistic knife because he said "we're talking about combat here not gardening". Everyone thought that was bullshit.
Spetsnaz. It was Green Berets v. Spetsnaz. And Spetsnaz won
@@seangambone8534 which was bullshit
My brother was in the army and they definitely tech you to kill with your shovel.😂
The balistuc knife the russians use us fired by a 357 blank. You cannot get them in the us as the size of the blade as a projectile makes it a destructive device you cant even do a request form w the atf for one the spring remakes are just dangerous if the spring is strong enough to be effective
the narrators voice is hilarious, it's obviously over exaggerated, but I just imagine a guy with a voice like that doing everyday stuff....ordering coffee, calling to pay a bill, etc
Is the guy with the eyepatch from 300
@@chillemdafoe1738 I believe so! This show came out right after 300 and I think the first episode was Spartan v Ninja.
@@notmyenemy101 that was ep 3 first was gladiator vs apache
@@chillemdafoe1738 I'm ngl, I just lol'd for real! You got me with that one hahahah!
@@notmyenemy101 David wenham. He was uncredited at the time but I knew no one would have been able to do such a good impression (an Aussie doing an exaggerated Brit accent is one thing but an American doing an Aussie doing an exaggerated Brit accent would be too much).
Oh, man, my whole freakin' family LOVED this show. I remember even buying the DVDs 🤣 Thank you for this video, Chris! Definitely do more episodes of it, please? 🙏
Yes i agree! This show was so lit then.
👌🙏☝️
Outstanding
Did you have the game?
@@jakejake909 there. Was. A. GAME?!?!?! NO! 😮
I will say that slingshots are underestimated both on the show and IRL. Historically, sling shots were used as weapons quite a bit, and even a toy slingshot can pack a punch if you set it up right.
It's funny that a Taliban guy criticizes the flame thrower for being a suicide mission.
5:47 underrated joke
Also the entire rpg scene is fake. They never loaded the projectile into the rocket, and in reality that rocket would be traveling much faster than shown here. The show didn’t have the budget for a real rpg missile since they’re ridiculously expensive.
Lol right you could see the wire it was attached too.
It always bothered me that the missile was flying so... Bizarrely, thank you for helping me FINALLY have closure
Probably more of a safety issue no way in hell they were going to let them fire a real rocket propelled grenade
Same
the moment I saw that weak-ass backblast I knew it was fake, even before seeing the "missile" fly.
Even as a 14 year old I remember questioning how some of their tests could be translated into data analysis. I remember the Mafia vs Cowboys episode as being particularly head scratching in the weapons they compared. At the time I just chalked it up to them being geniuses employed by SpikeTv… now I’m not so sure about their methods.
Pretty sure it was mafia vs yakuza
I think he's referring to the Al Capone v. Jessie James episode.
Al Capone vs Jesse James.
As a child (and Italian) I was so furious because in my head there was no scenario where a cowboy with a 6 shooter beats a fully automatic Thompson blasting at them.
They just lied and made up the results.
I won't lie I actually believed that the battle between the two forces was a real simulation and everything. At the very least the way they went about things was just such an awesome concept to me.
My favourite episode (and I am being sarcastic) had to be 'Jesse James vs Al Capone'. Hoo boy let's go over this one....
Colt revolvers vs Thompson submachine: They gave the edge to the Thompson fortunately, but it was 2 to 1. The '1' citing that it was a better display with the pistols, as if that suddenly meant pistols are now comparable to automatic weapons. It gets worse from here.
Bowie Knife (9" blade) vs Stiletto (5"blade): They give the edge to the freaking Stiletto citing 'concealability', like this isn't already going to be an all-out battle and somehow stealth tactics are suddenly relevant. WTF!?
Pineapple bomb vs Winchester rifle: And now we're comparing explosives to rifles ffs. Honestly, this can go either way depending on the circumstances. They gave the edge to the Winchester in any case, which was strange given the 'battlefield' actually suited grenade type weapons a lot more. And finally....
'Pistol whip' vs Brass knuckles: Here, the team decides using a gun to bludgeon someone is more effective and efficient than using tailor made knuckles to get the job done. At this point I'm done, I'm finished, this show is complete trash. Any of you over the age of 18 at the time who took this tripe as gospel need to give your heads a wobble, I hope you've grown up since.
Oh and if you're curious about who 'won', it was Jesse James. *slow claps*
Thing that always got me with this episode was that they seemed to go for either the ira's desperation weapons (slingshot) or the ones they really wanted but couldn't really get (flamethrowers) instead of the ones they actually used the most such as the PRIG or IPG launchers which were *everywhere* during the troubles.
But all the episodes were like that
Or loads of Semtex?
@@petermirtitsch1235 so much freaking semtex. I'm actually kinda surprised their flag didn't have the picture of an exploding trash barrel...
it's weird that they give each party a loadout and then compare the weapons in the loadout individually. how do you compare a flamethrower that has a range of ~50ft with an RPG that doesn't even get to the R part until about ~50ft? what was the point of that?
Or the IRA not getting a little armalite
@@coax0647 I see what you did there.
I worked in an "Irish" pub. If I *EVER* get my hands on the guy that wrote that abomination...
I love how the guy's like "the taliban likes to shoot with a spray" to justify his misses... after he took individual shots without spraying...
Lmao you think these dudes had the budget for a legal machine gun?
Don't get me wrong I'm also disappointed but i think you expect too much from the people who couldn't even get their hands on a Russian flamethrower and apparently don't know that full auto rental ranges exist
I remember that I thought it was funny how angry the experts got when they lost a challenge. Even funnier when their weapons didn’t perform as well as they thought it would, but they still cheered and tried to sell it.
Let's try and bring this show back to life. With modern tech and film making, the simulation fights could become basically proper short films
Agreed. And we can possibly get more folklore/fiction/mythology themed fights.
I mean look at Eli Roth's Urban Legend on Travel Channel that show is basically each episode is a short movie based on a popular scary urban legend and then after said short movie Eli interviews the director about the popular scary urban legend that inspired said short movie and the process of making said short movie.
I’m on board with this as long as we get to see Knight vs Spartan
I'd love a video on 1000 ways to die. I watched that show way too much as a kid, and I still don't know if any of those stories are true lol
Seriously! I've always wondered where they came up with em too!
There is so much cringe associated with this show. I believe death by farting on explosive chemical was one of them.
@@TMT66666 the boobjob exploding on the airplane was the best
@@TakBonez yooo that one was too funny😂. It’s actually real you can google the article the only difference is the woman didn’t actually die.
“True” is such a strong word.
The tests were really inconsistent as well. And the system used to "simulate" the fights was very questionable.
It looks that the simution software was a Excel Spreadsheet haha
Season 2 was a bit better, they improved on their simulation with more variables
No no it was state of the art they said so
What I noticed as a kid was in almost every episode the main host and the computer guy would be rooting for opposing sides going in and then just before the simulation they would both change their answers.
As silly as it was. I think it inspired a lot of youth of that era like myself to get into history to a greater degree than we otherwise would have. It made history cool. That alone made it worth its existence in my opinion.
Indeed, but for ones like me that did not watch this as a kid and thus have no nostalgia for it, it only makes us mad. But as long as nobody takes most of their arguments and tests seriously I guess it's fine.
You're not a historian. This show was garbage. I'm a historian and I say that it only did harm.
Dude even sounds like Dane Cook, if I didn't know better I'd straight up believe it's him lmao
Knowing that I liked most of these shows on Spike back when these were aired, it makes me want to fly my DeLorean back in time to kick my own ass.. I would then rewatch Deadliest
Warrior lol
Lol same here
I found this guy a few days ago and he is all i’ve been watching now, definetly going to be one of the famous commentary channels on youtube. Please don’t stop
"Deadliest Warrior" walked so "Death Battle" could Run
Honestly I grew up with this show. It wasn't perfect but honestly was pretty good entertainment. They could definitely bring back this show and would definitely be even better in my opinion
I think the only issue is bias such as the one he shows in this vid
This was the same thing that my friends and I did with Deadliest Warrior. Also, the episode with the guy going crazy on the gel torso is Season 2, Episode 26: Navy SEAL vs Israeli Commando
Just scrolled down to see if someone had already said this. Chris, please do this episode. It's gold.
You’d think a SEAL would be a bit…I don’t know…stealthier perhaps?…
@@GB-hj3xp Well when you're that close you can just trauma dump.
@@GB-hj3xp a real Navy SEAL would probably be reprimanded for excessive brutality. Real combat would just be stab in the back quiet and disappear, not "Please stop Patrick Bateman he's off his meds again!"
As someone who loved Deadliest Warrior as a kid, I love watching you tear it down now that I'm an adult, and realizing how goofy this show can get lmao
There was another show like this where the premise was "which animal would win in a fight". It had "experts" rooting for each side and the reaction of the Polar Bear Expert when it somehow lost to a walrus was one of the most cringe things I ever saw.
Please do the whole show. This was a hidden gem!
We were clearly just happy to be watching TV. No matter what was on.
I’m so happy to have found your channel! I loved deadliest warrior - except I was 44 and coming off ann acrimonious divorce. My oldest and I would watch it together. Ah, good times. I love your takes and I can’t wait to get into your Ghost Adventures takes as well! Thank you for this little bit of happy light! Keep these videos coming 😃
Going to come clean here. I still really like this show. I didn't care about the analysis but just the weapons test and the battle at the end kept me entertained and still does.
You are bringing back childhood memories, Chris. Keep it up.
"both fighting for independence on their own land from foreign occupancy". fuckin based chris james.
He told no lies 👀😂
@@Sleipnirseight Except he neglected to mention most of the Taliban is from everywhere *but* Afghanistan, with the majority being from Saudi Arabia, as well as most of their funding.
Coincidentally, both had funding and equipment due to USA.
@@petermirtitsch1235 difference being the Mujahadeen were armed by the CIA & the IRA by their literal civilian American cousins.
So we're just gonna ignore all the innocent civilians murdered? Yeah very based..
Honestly me and my dad loved this show, not because we cared who they said won, we just loved the weapons testing
Aww, I totally remember this show. Man, this show was my childhood, I remember loving the show more because the narrator was out of 300.
You really dug up some deep childhood memories. I just want to add that even as a 9 year old I could tell which warrior was gonna lose just by seeing how antagonistic their 'experts' are.
Deadliest Warrior is basically if the Dungeon Master had their table’s players field-test each roll to settle arguments in a hardcore ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ sesh
That's the hardcore larping version.
I love how the ira got to sit and use a rifle rest while the talisman had to shoot standing freehand 😂
"The RPG gets the edge in medium range weapons."
Did they just call a flamethrower a medium range weapon?
That flamethrower was about as flamethrower as The Boring Company’s “Not a Flamethrower”
It's probably an old junker of a WW2 flamethrower with the valves turned down a notch for safety and insurance purposes.
Either way the hilarious Osama Effigies were PRICELESS!!!
The stabbing frenzy seems to be from Episode 22: Navy SEALs vs. Israeli Commando.
I had both knives used and lost my shit when they did the testing
Let me guess, the Navy Seal won
If memory serves yes but the green berets got shit stomped by speztnaz
Chris, you are my favourite commentary/review TH-camr! You're so funny yet respectful and you clearly put a lot of effort in. You deserve so many more subs and views, and I really believe you will get as big as people like Cody Ko.
What makes the gun part even funnier is that’s not exactly the rifle the IRA uses but it is made by the same manufacturer it’s called the AR 180
The IRA used literally any small arms they could get their hands on, including AR15s and AKs (but also yes, the AR18 was the more iconic IRA rifle and I'm disappointed though not surprised that they didn't take the opportunity to showcase it, that gun doesn't get enough love imo)
I would love another episode of this please. It was pretty damn funny and I enjoyed reliving a memory I had locked up in the back of my head. Also I would like to see you cover the game based on the show please
I was in my 20's when this show came out. Fully grown, it was always obvious this was just an excuse to see people kill those dummies in various ways. Everything was scripted and staged. But you know what? It was fun, especially on DVR when you can skip the commercials and constant repeated scenes. These episodes were only like 10 minutes long when the commercials and filler was taken out. The show was big enough to spawn a video game..... and it's exactly what you think it is. For an absolutely neurotic breakdown of the game and unfair backlash against the developers, watch the review that Spoony One did.
Same here. I was like 25 or 26. I still think it was a cool show with folks using a history gloss to do some cool shit with historical weapons. This wasn't the History Channel or the Military Channel. It was freaking Spike TV.
Yes I actually want a shit ton of episodes of this. If you covered every episode I'd watch them all fully
I think what I love about Deadliest Warrior is that every season had a few questionable mannequins.
I didn't expect them to use TERRORISTS as their baseline lmao I thought they'd be taking warriors from history, not the people committing atrocities today 😭
They also do that, haha. The terrorists were just this episode.
@@ReelScreams that's reassuring, it really took me by surprise that they went with the damn Taliban like 👁️👄👁️
Spike always set a...weird tone.
Knights and Mongolian warriors were terrorists in their own right. Being historic doesnt make them suddenly gallant heroes. They terrorized, raped, maimed, tortured, and killed. Chivalry is a lie, just ye olde employee handbook, not anything to do with morals
@@msjkramey the difference is that they're not victimizing people *right now*. There's an entire country suffering under the Taliban as we speak, I'd say it's not exactly the same thing
I remember the UFC fighter. They tried to demonstrate how lactic acid builds as you use your muscles, weakening them. The guy's muscles weren't doing it. Took me years before I thought "oh, hey, that's probably from steroid use."
You left out my favorite part of the rifle segment: Because they were basically just, y'know, the same gun except they filled them with mud and the AR-15 jammed, they just decided "Oh well we like the AR15 better so it wins"
Something bugs me. The flamethrower, a Russian made weapon was not available... But the RPG, and the AK-47, also Russian weapons, totally fine... The real reason the flamethrower was not allowed is the Russians version had a tendency to incinerate it's operator... I think you can understand why they didn't go with the authentic one.
As a kid 99% of the time i fully believe I could take everyone in that show 😂
Another banger brother! Never stop making content🥺
I remember loving the animal version of this. I think it was called Animal Face -Off. you should cover that one too.
Oh hell yeah. My friends and I took this show seriously.
As hilariously inaccurate and absurd as it was this show was damn entertaining.
Watched this with my dad every single week. This brought back some memories.
I love the drastically different tests each weapon get, like the ak guy had to stand and fire while the AR got to sit, and have a place to test his arm
I remember this show this show was soo cool back in the day I remember this was always on this and 1,000ways to die ps can you do a video on 1,000ways to die?
I just recently found your channel and it took by surprise seeing that you're not at 1,000,000+ subs, you make amazing top tier quality content and I'm glad to have found it.
“These guys are two questionable kills” while pointing to him with his head a bottom half blown to hell and the other guy fully red questionable Indeed 😂😂😂😂
"On a medical standpoint, if you under any circumstances were completely engulfed in flames, chances are you'd be on fire"
You should review their dumb episode of zombies vs vampires. Especially the ending of that episode, where they made vampires the winner, but then they added a sequence where the vampire is now a zombie vampire, so zombies won then? However to Spike TV, it doesn't count because why?
chris, newer to the channel but have gone and watched all ur vidz. u gotta be right on the edge of blowing up cuz u put out solid content. thanks for great stuff will be watching in the future
To this day, I still wonder why the last Taliban guy didn’t just walk out the same bus door he entered.
This had my favorite weapon comparison of all time in it. A RPG vs. Flamethrower....seems completely fair to me.
This commentary on deadliest warrior was so funny to watch. I remember how obsessed i was with this show as a kid and looking back its so funny
I binged this show as a kid. I pitched it to my uncle and showed him the Viking v Samurai episode and he said it was “unrealistic” that they could determine a winner and called it stupid. I was actually offended, upon revisiting the show, I completely agree with him. 😂
This reminded me that you can find me with an old account being absolutely ripped in several comment sections over the ninja loosing to the spartan.
This is single-handedly the funniest video I’ve seen…. Damn we old now 😭
Bro thank you for posting another video. I've been on a Chris James run and I've been binge watching your videos lmao. Good stuff. It's been helping me get through some shit believe it or not lol.
Glad to see this channel getting some growth. I can proudly say I’ve been here from the beginning!
This was my favorite show as a 11 year old kid back then! And I’m not gonna lie I’m 25 years old now, to this day I still want this show to make a comeback🥺😍.
"Betrayed by my own nostalgia." Man, that hits so close to home. There were a lot of shows back from when I was a little kid in the 80's that were sooooo coooool, but when I try and rewatching it as an adult....... Yeaaah, not so great anymore. Like MacGyver for instance. When I was a little kid, Angus MacGyver was my hero. He refused to use guns, and instead relied on his wits, intelligence, and ability to improvise to overcome any adversary he faced the world over. He was the smart kid's superhero. Looking back on the show now, there was a TON of ways to have not wound up in those predicaments to begin with. Plus, the premise of the Phoenix Foundation sending in Mac by himself into heavily fortified places usually solo and without competent backup, and very little if any hardware to help along the way is ridiculous. But, it still sits squarely atop my nostalgia mountain as one of my fondest media memories.
I remember really loving the show back in the days. I also remember how ridiculous it was. Strongest memory with it was I think in the episode with the Celts how they had to reason why their blunt weapon lost. The celt dude was a huge muscualr man and in the test he totally owned the other dude(was it the persian immortals?) but they reasond the Celt lose the round because back in the day the Celts were not that big and strong so they wouldn't be able to do that much damage. It was like...what the fuck. xD Imagine one of those shooting tests and one guy hits all the targets the other half and they go "yeah, but you're pretty good most of the X forces ar enot that good so they won't do that well. The other guy wins." xD Nice show man...it was wild.
I think the test was a celts club against that chariot spike thing they used for the Persians
A blunt hunk of wood against something that can sweep your legs off? Yeah definitely not much a comparison
I love your entire persona and vibe. I'm boggled that you haven't blown up; the day u showed up on my foryou page was a blessing my good sir. Makes me wanna follow the same-ish path.
“the bomb expert, this guy is not on Spike’s payroll, they are paying him in cash, this is not someone who gets a W-2” 💀💀💀
The computer guy does all his statistics on an Alienware laptop. I trust him with my life.
"Childs toy, turned deadly weapon"
Mfer what? 😂
It's deadly weapon turned childs toy.
Yeah...I'm gonna need another video on this show. I definitely remember this show being a LOT more educational and scientific than it actually was lmao
I’m so happy I wasn’t the only kid that thought the reenactment at the end was an ultra realistic, state of the art simulation based on all the data they collected. That transition from pressing the button to jumping into the fight was enough to convince my dumb ass at like 10 lol.
I never gel with videos like this but some combination of revisiting this show and your matter-of-fact delivery is so fantastic. Well done man
This is hilarious. Please review more episodes of this show. I remember my roommates and I would get high & watch this show. Good times.
you're legit the only youtuber who makes me laugh out loud these days!!!
The line ''The slingshot is a deadly weapon in the hand of a assassin'' i imagine some guy asking what the assassin will take to kill the target, a bit of poison, stab it, explosive or shot with a gun and he goes ''nah i'm gonna use the slingshot'' like its the equivalent of a nuke.
I’ve rewatched a few of these recently and while they’re obviously very dumb it’s still honestly not that bad of a show. Like I still found myself interested. One thing for sure is I always hated the modern era episodes and still do because the testing is just boring and pointless.
This show is also surprisingly influential. Despite its goofiness it was one of the first mainstream pieces of media that would actually explain and test old weapons and armor, which has since become a rather large genre on TH-cam.
I also kinda don’t wanna admit it, but Deadliest Warrior might’ve sparked my interest in history as a kid which somehow has bled out into me being a history major all these years later.
What needs to be remembered in terms of the super-simple explanations is that the show was made for the American audience, most of whom would get a nose-bleed if they even tried to engage in critical thinking.