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Post by sarmat on Feb 23, 2009 17:15:51 GMT 3
That movie is great.How can i find .Very interesting. Thank you ? And can you explain Tamerland is fightning against who here. Against the sassanids or persians ? What is the name of the movie ? The name of the movie is "Day Watch" (Denvnoi dozor). There was a site where it was possible to watch it for free with English subtitles. But unfortunately it doesn't work now.  Though, I have to say only a very short part relates to the nomads and I have posted the link with this part already. But that movie is in fact quite famous, and I believe you can find a DVD in Bulgaria.  |
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Feb 23, 2009 21:55:31 GMT 3
Even I found it in Turkey ;D I had watched the first episode in cinema back in 2005, and last year I found the second movie's DVD in a store here |
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Post by Asparuh on Feb 24, 2009 1:12:01 GMT 3
Hello! I found a picture of Eomer-actor from the movie Lord of the rings. Actually his helmet and the whole armour of him and his Rohan warriors remind me of the steppe warriors. I know it's just a movie but ;)just thought about the coincidence. Actually the Rohan riders in the movie were moreless Ancient Scandinavians or Vikings. The horse tail helmet is a typical step element popular amongst the step nations.What do you think?  |
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Post by sarmat on Feb 24, 2009 1:35:52 GMT 3
Good observation ! :-) We have actually already been discussing this question here: steppes.proboards23.com/index.cgi?board=board08&action=display&thread=992&page=1The culture of Rohan was supposed to be modeled on the Gothic culture. Goths were very influenced by Sarmatians. They treated their horses as their biggest treasure, were perfect horsemen and even had horse archers like Steppans, that was unusual for settled cultures as a general matter. |
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Post by hjernespiser on Feb 24, 2009 7:02:30 GMT 3
The look of the Rohan in the movie is loosely based upon Vendel period Swedes.  |
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Post by Temüjin on Feb 24, 2009 21:23:49 GMT 3
The look of the Rohan in the movie is loosely based upon Vendel period Swedes. exactly. the osprey books on both the Vikings (elite) and Arthur and the Anglo-Saxons (MaA) (odd title  ) both feature examples of those type of helmets. though some of the Rohan helmets also have a certain spangenhelm feature... |
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Post by Asparuh on Feb 24, 2009 23:08:12 GMT 3
Ok,Thank you guys.I got it right.
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Post by darien on Apr 15, 2009 14:49:49 GMT 3
Hey Everyone! I've just found this thread and I have to tell you, it's really amazing! I don't know if you've seen this but here's a part of the great panorama picture of Ópusztaszer, Hungary:  Here you can read about the picture here: www.opusztaszer.hu/site//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=174Another one; the monument of Heroes square in Budapest:  Keep up the good work! Best regards from Hungary! |
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Apr 15, 2009 16:52:36 GMT 3
Greetings Darien, welcome aboard, and thanx for the nice pics   |
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Post by Subu'atai on Apr 18, 2009 16:01:53 GMT 3
Heh Lord of the Rings, where Vikings were steppe people. It's an, 'interesting' idea. Nonetheless, I have to say I really enjoyed this fantasy scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDVvUnhEs_g&feature=relatedskip to 0:55 How light cavalry can slice through an entire mile of armored mass - heh, it was pretty sweet. I remember laughing and cheering at the same time during this scene in the movies Something majestic about cavalry charges. BTW, I heard before that during the battle of Mohi, the Hungarian King rode through his ranks clanking either shields or spears - urging them to remember who they came from. Nonetheless, I liked the scene |
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Apr 19, 2009 0:46:01 GMT 3
Well this one was still good (btw all those Rohirrim were armored so they weren't really "light cavalry"), the "Helmsdeep Charge" scene at the end of the second movie is way more hilarious because the hostile weird creatures there were far better armed & much heavily armored than the ones in the last film ;D Check it here  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpwsKRpKS_M&feature=related |
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Post by Subu'atai on Apr 19, 2009 9:20:27 GMT 3
ROFL! Yeah that was kinda shocking too, how all those heavy infantry were just pushed aside and trampled down heh. Yeah yeah it's fantasy but still... that's not PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE!!! heh! Hmm btw, what happens when you cross a Mongol with a Viking... a horseman of Rohan! Well... in my case my daughter will be a horsewoman ;D No wait, shieldmaiden of Rohan! lol I think I'll buy the full DVD set so she can watch it when she comes in age |
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Apr 19, 2009 19:53:04 GMT 3
Yeah when I first the movie in the theater, I was like "Oh what the hell is going on? How come they could crush that heavy phalanx formation?!" ;D ;D That's a very good idea bro |
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Post by Temüjin on Apr 19, 2009 21:05:53 GMT 3
the cavalry charges from LotR 2 & 3 were the absolutely worst crappiest computer-animated nuts i ever had to endure, anyone with a brain msut have gotten serious headache watching this nuts and similar unrealistic scenes. Well this one was still good (btw all those Rohirrim were armored so they weren't really "light cavalry"), armour has nothing to do with cavalry being light or heavy. weather or not a cavalry is light or heavy depends on the size (and subsequently weight) of horse and rider. |
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Apr 20, 2009 14:36:26 GMT 3
I thought the term "heavy cavalry" is used for cavalry wearing heavy armor.
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) both feature examples of those type of helmets. though some of the Rohan helmets also have a certain spangenhelm feature...
