Things that would not have happened if not for the movies - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 01-03-2013, 04:40 AM

I don’t know if this counts, but it certainly wouldn’t have happened without the films...
I watched this Hong Kong flick yesterday called the Blade of Kings (2004). It was quite a silly movie in my opinion, but one thing caught my attention: the very blade of kings looked oddly familiar - or what do you think? Here it is compared with Sting.

They even kept the inscription on the crossguard! It reads “in yngyl im” which apparently means “of spiders I (am)”. There weren’t any spiders in the movie, but hey, it’s a very cool hilt.

Bêthberry · 01-03-2013, 08:19 PM

Clever thread idea, lmp! My suggestions aren't to pop culture links but something more tangible.

Quite possibly meeting everyone on this forum. Not simply joining the Tolkien Society but travelling to England three times now to attend their meetings and hook up with Downers.

And maybe that Mythopoeic Society gathering this year, where you and I might meet, along with other Downers.

Nerwen · 01-03-2013, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by dancing spawn of ungoliant

I don’t know if this counts, but it certainly wouldn’t have happened without the films...
I watched this Hong Kong flick yesterday called the Blade of Kings (2004). It was quite a silly movie in my opinion, but one thing caught my attention: the very blade of kings looked oddly familiar - or what do you think?

I think they simply stuck a different blade on the hilt of a movie souvenir sword. Very cheap flick, I take it?

01-03-2013, 04:40 AM	#1
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	I don’t know if this counts, but it certainly wouldn’t have happened without the films... I watched this Hong Kong flick yesterday called the Blade of Kings (2004). It was quite a silly movie in my opinion, but one thing caught my attention: the very blade of kings looked oddly familiar - or what do you think? Here it is compared with Sting. They even kept the inscription on the crossguard! It reads “in yngyl im” which apparently means “of spiders I (am)”. There weren’t any spiders in the movie, but hey, it’s a very cool hilt. __________________ Fenris Wolf

01-03-2013, 08:19 PM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Clever thread idea, lmp! My suggestions aren't to pop culture links but something more tangible. Quite possibly meeting everyone on this forum. Not simply joining the Tolkien Society but travelling to England three times now to attend their meetings and hook up with Downers. And maybe that Mythopoeic Society gathering this year, where you and I might meet, along with other Downers. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away. Last edited by Bêthberry; 01-03-2013 at 08:45 PM. Reason: the phantom menace