Armor in Movies

[Union]

Anyone notice that in a movie, no matter how much armor someone is wearing, weapons still penetrate to his flesh?


Take Kingdom of Heaven, Orlando Bloom's long sword managed to cut through a layer of chain mail and a metal chest plate to hit a major artery in a Saracen knight. Might as well fight naked...

[The Empire]

and Imperial storm troopers are supposed to be the best fighting force in that galaxy, many of them in the beginning beeing clone troopers, suited in power armour and using the best laser carbines availiable they still can't hit a barn from the inside and die like flies from glancing shots of laser pistols...

It is a known fact that 'the bad guys' in hollywood films is always going to die unrealistically easy while the 'hero' gets off with minor flesh wounds or scratches, a female hero is rarely even hit.

[Union]

But in some movies, even the Hero's armor fails to hold off a simple blow from a sword or axe. I think the only movie that realistically shows body armour was knight's tale.

[Bara]

and Imperial storm troopers are supposed to be the best fighting force in that galaxy, many of them in the beginning beeing clone troopers, suited in power armour and using the best laser carbines availiable they still can't hit a barn from the inside and die like flies from glancing shots of laser pistols...

It is a known fact that 'the bad guys' in hollywood films is always going to die unrealistically easy while the 'hero' gets off with minor flesh wounds or scratches, a female hero is rarely even hit.

Heros Rules, my friend, Heros rules.

[Romanar]

and Imperial storm troopers are supposed to be the best fighting force in that galaxy, many of them in the beginning beeing clone troopers, suited in power armour and using the best laser carbines availiable they still can't hit a barn from the inside and die like flies from glancing shots of laser pistols...

It is a known fact that 'the bad guys' in hollywood films is always going to die unrealistically easy while the 'hero' gets off with minor flesh wounds or scratches, a female hero is rarely even hit.

One thing I've noticed is, when there's a group of 5 heroes, and one of them has special armor, magic shield, or other protection, he's the only one the bad guy hits.

[The Empire]

^also true

[Bara]

but i noticed that in Mad Max, he does take hits. Hes more human.

[Myroria]

Speaking of Imperial stormtroopers:

I still think the Empire was the good side in Star Wars. The Rebels were a bunch of anarchists-cum-royalists who upset the order of the (largely meritocratic) Empire so that Princess Leia could get her tiara back.

[Tacolicious]

Why is it so often that female armor in movies is nothing more then a plate/chainmail bikini.... how is that supposed to protect you from a blade let alone the elements?

Although it's not quite about armor, another thing I notice about good guy/bad guy fights is that whenever 5 bad guys are fighting 1 good guy they take turns and proceed to owned one by one. Why don't they just gank him? Are the bad guys really so concerned about their honour?

[Union]

^ omg, so true!

If you watch any movie closely, you notice that while one bad guy is going for the hero, the others are running around the good guy in circles. Ultraviolet is a good example.

[Bara]

you know, if i was a bad guy, and the good guy was charging me, i would just stay there and cut his head off 

[The Empire]

Umm... Barak, Mad Max isn't a hollywood flic...

[Ranholn]

Myroria you go live in a dictatorship ill pass thank you

[Bara]

Umm... Barak, Mad Max isn't a hollywood flic...

Then what is it?

[Myroria]

Funny, considering the Galactic Republic is more of a Galactic UN, and you have no say in its politics. Thus, the Galactic Republic is just as totalitarian to you as the Empire.