The 13th Warrior : V

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:28 pm

Woke up this morning to my roommate watching 13th Warrior (Antonio Banderas). I watched it with him and could not help but see the exact correlation between the nordic men and the "eaters of the dead", as the Nords of skyrim and the Forsworn. Anyone else see this?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:06 am

I've been dying to watch that movie. XD

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:03 pm

That's actually the first thing I thought of when I encountered a Forsworn for the first time. I love that movie too. Here is a bit of trivia for you. Did you know that Ulfric Stormcloak is voiced by Vladimir Kulich, the actor who plays Buliwyf in The 13th Warrior?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:00 pm

That's an awesome tidbit

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:39 am

Woke up this morning to my roommate watching 13th Warrior (Antonio Banderas). I watched it with him and could not help but see the exact correlation between the nordic men and the "eaters of the dead", as the Nords of skyrim and the Forsworn. Anyone else see this?

they seem to rip off a bunch of movies in this game. wait till you get to the "hangover" quest. its a little over the top.
oh and ya i noticed it a bit. 13th warrior is a great movie, and almost as good as the book.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:49 am

I attacked the forsworn in a giant cave and swam thru a hole in the bottom of the cave and surfaced at the thunder cliffs.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:53 pm

I had the same feeling when I did the first forsworn mission for the Jarl. As I walked through the camp and just the sheer bloodiness...it put me exactly in mind of the 13th warrior. It's one of my favorite movies.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:55 pm

I've never been able to sit through that enitre movie (though I loved Michael Crichton's book, Eaters of the Dead, on which its based). That said, now that you mention it, there is kind of a correlation between the two. Its not really all that surprising, though, since TES takes from films and books all the time.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:20 pm

One awesome thing is that the Vladimir Kulich is the lead Nordic warrior in the the 13th warrior and voice actor in Skyrim.

I love the movie the 13th warrior. Seen it several times.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:40 pm

Something in a video game is based on something seen in a movie or other video game? Shocking.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:38 pm

That's actually the first thing I thought of when I encountered a Forsworn for the first time. I love that movie too. Here is a bit of trivia for you. Did you know that Ulfric Stormcloak is voiced by Vladimir Kulich, the actor who plays Buliwyf in The 13th Warrior?

Yep. I recognized his voice immediately. But I've watched The 13th Warrior at least 10 times.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:22 am

Fun tidbit for me, Vladamir Kulich grew up out here in Quebec, not far from where I live

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:24 pm

I've never been able to sit through that enitre movie (though I loved Michael Crichton's book, Eaters of the Dead, on which its based). That said, now that you mention it, there is kind of a correlation between the two. Its not really all that surprising, though, since TES takes from films and books all the time.

This. The whole movie was just very tedious to me.

That being said, The Forsworn are easily the greatest faction ever.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:36 pm

Fun tidbit for me, Vladamir Kulich grew up out here in Quebec, not far from where I live

did he ever ask you if you could draw sounds?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:18 pm

I saw that movie long time ago on tv. Good movie if you like medieval stuff. Btw, the Skyrim dog is exactly like the one in that movie. What's the name of that breed?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:44 pm

I saw that movie long time ago on tv. Good movie if you like medieval stuff. Btw, the Skyrim dog is exactly like the one in that movie. What's the name of that breed?

Irish wolfhound.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:51 pm

Except the dog in Eaters is red.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:52 pm

Irish wolfhound.

I see. Thanks. Ever since I saw that breed in that movie I thought they were cool looking.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:06 pm

they seem to rip off a bunch of movies in this game. wait till you get to the "hangover" quest. its a little over the top.
oh and ya i noticed it a bit. 13th warrior is a great movie, and almost as good as the book.

Seriously, "rip off" is the word you think is appropriate here? How old are you?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:47 pm

Funny, I watched that movie just the other day. Gotta say my favorite character is that bearded blonde dude who sees Antonio's character off at the end. Glad he didn't get taken out by the uh...bear-cannibal-shaman folks.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:57 am

That's actually the first thing I thought of when I encountered a Forsworn for the first time. I love that movie too. Here is a bit of trivia for you. Did you know that Ulfric Stormcloak is voiced by Vladimir Kulich, the actor who plays Buliwyf in The 13th Warrior?

DAT VOICE.

God, do I hate the Forsworn. I enjoyed killing madanach 3 times more than anything else. Well, except wiping out imperials and Thalmor.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:41 am

Seriously, "rip off" is the word you think is appropriate here? How old are you?

its totally appropriate because thats what they did. if you dont like it go cry to someone who cares.

Funny, I watched that movie just the other day. Gotta say my favorite character is that bearded blonde dude who sees Antonio's character off at the end. Glad he didn't get taken out by the uh...bear-cannibal-shaman folks.

ya he was best character in the movie(my nord character is named after him haha)

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:32 pm

its totally appropriate because thats what they did. if you dont like it go cry to someone who cares.

ya he was best character in the movie(my nord character is named after him haha)

rip off isn't the right term, it's called referencing/easter eggs.

Developers do it all the time to implement a favorite movie, book, character etc into a game that they also enjoyed creating...
It's like a novelist using a real life person/situation that changed their life in someway and putting that into a book.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:39 pm

rip off isn't the right term, it's called referencing/easter eggs.

Developers do it all the time to implement a favorite movie, book, character etc into a game that they also enjoyed creating...
It's like a novelist using a real life person/situation that changed their life in someway and putting that into a book.

referencing/easter eggs would be small mention, not using the plot of a movie to make an entire quest line.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:23 pm

they seem to rip off a bunch of movies in this game. wait till you get to the "hangover" quest. its a little over the top.
oh and ya i noticed it a bit. 13th warrior is a great movie, and almost as good as the book.

star wars star trek lord of the rings and a few others lol its all over
i keep getting the lord of the rings feel just because its epic i guess