Have a DAMN GOOD DAY

@HowToBeatYT

Жыл бұрын

You too!

@Bacon_Le_Builder3538

Жыл бұрын

@@HowToBeatYT pov: all these were filmed in Oklahoma and Ohio

@ImTand

Жыл бұрын

I beat "Just a Person" to it too, but damn, this one got pinned. :/

@ctakitimu

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! You have a damn good week!

@ctakitimu

Жыл бұрын

@@ImTand Must be the name

He really gave "two guys in a trenchcoat" as a strategy to protect the kids. What a guy.

@Pizzaetertje

Жыл бұрын

Hello fellow adult

@Pizzaetertje

Жыл бұрын

Hello fellow adult

@laurabXOTWOD

Жыл бұрын

Came to say that 😂

@LavaCreeperPeople

Жыл бұрын

ok

@L0rd_F0x725

Жыл бұрын

​@@Pizzaetertje Ah I yes I see nothing suspicious here just another normal adult

And then, not a minute later the polar bear, being one of the very few species that hunt people for food, mauls the unarmed kids and happily eats their innards

@santi_super_stunts2573

Жыл бұрын

That was the bears biggest mistake , as it’s target is an animal known for hunting anything even their own kind if they are petty enough

@ADJackD

Жыл бұрын

It’s too far and doubtful they'd approach it, plus there are the other survivors and guns, they won’t go ahead without salvaging supplies and weaponry.

@Jalbesbe

Жыл бұрын

@@ADJackD A train derailing like that. Almost the entire train will be dead now. I give 25% max survive the initial crash. Of the 25% most will be seriously injured and die soon after with lack of proper medical services. Do you know how many bullets a Polar Bear can take, they run fades with us already, they get shot multiple times just to scare them off but they eventually come back. Polar Bears will smell blood of all the bodies and all the one for miles around will flock there, luckily this actually helps because if you do not appear as a threat they will go after the multiple bodies. So the bodies can be gathered to distract the bears while everyone flees. But realistically you wouldn't flee as the train is the best place to survive and try to salvage to stay alive. So using body piles to lure the Bears as a trap to take care of the predators in the area would be a good idea.

@Jalbesbe

Жыл бұрын

@@santi_super_stunts2573 Polar Bears are technically the top of the food chain as they are the only animal that actively hunts us, and we do not actively hunt them. Even with guns they often come out on top, shooting only pissing them off or with enough shots scaring it off for the moment. They would have to use the dead bodies from the train as either a trap to try to kill the bears or to lure them so the people could escape. Escaping is a bad idea as the train is still the best option even derailed

@ADJackD

Жыл бұрын

@@Jalbesbe even headshot?

'' And now they know they re gonna eat some real meat.'' Gets killed by a polar bear after seconds

@bohellan6227

Жыл бұрын

as the saying goes, "if it's white, say goodnight,"

@disco997

Жыл бұрын

If it's brown get on the ground, if it's black fight back, if it's white you finna be six feet under

@JB-bm1to

Жыл бұрын

& even if they somehow killed it, eating polar bear would likely kill them anyway.

@amirferdhany3177

Жыл бұрын

@@bohellan6227 casual geographic ?

@JB-bm1to

Жыл бұрын

@kaya-sem7665 yes Trichinella and Vitamin A at super high levels produced in the bears liver. Intuit people have eaten it forever, but I doubt a duo of traik kids would know how to cook it enough to be safe, and what parts to completely avoid. I don't like the odds lol.

Ah yes the true sequel of Charlie and the chocolate factory.

@criticalcoreshock

Жыл бұрын

Lol it's hard to believe it! 😅

@TheChuckwagonLite

Жыл бұрын

@@criticalcoreshock maybe the snow is just sugar

@1DelaneyRenee

Жыл бұрын

that video messed me and my mom up lmaoooo

@thanossnap7989

Жыл бұрын

A man of culture

@criticalcoreshock

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChuckwagonLite Damn... I've never thought of that, maybe you're right... 🤔

“They see a polar bear and know they’re gonna eat real meat” how tf do you think these two could take down a polar bear after struggling to take over the train?

@zsewqthewolf1194

Жыл бұрын

guns make things a whole lot easyer

@Thyne_whom_jests

Жыл бұрын

Quicksave Quickload

@wisterian8619

Жыл бұрын

@@zsewqthewolf1194 I will say I 100% forgot they had guns

@zsewqthewolf1194

Жыл бұрын

@@wisterian8619 plus all they have to do is just fine a plocie station or other place with guns and ammo and boom wild life no longer become a problem

@zsewqthewolf1194

Жыл бұрын

but am going to keep it 100% here that well the train idea is the dumbest way to not become a human ice pop. the best way is to just dig into the earth, I feel like all the mines and other things like that people are just doing fine and growing mushrooms and what not to stay alive

Fun tidbit: The Snowpiercer story has a mention in the game Frost Punk, specifically in the expansion "The Last Autumn". Your expedition can find train #12 "Crève neige" out of commission as a failed attempt to prepare for the coming freezing of the planet. In fact the developers said that their inspiration for their game came from the frozen world in Snowpiercer.

@thejail_berd8731

Жыл бұрын

What’s frost punk

@jbonkerz

Жыл бұрын

@@thejail_berd8731 Frostpunk is a PC game where you are in charge of a settlement set up around a gigantic generator. The generator allows your people to survive the extreme temperature drops that occur. The warmest the game gets is -20C, the coldest it gets is during the end game storm is -150C. The elements of the game that you are combating are freezing temperatures, starvation, hopelessness, and discontent. You will need to research new technology and issue new laws in order to survive. The different story maps have different goals as well. For example in one map "The Fall of Winterhome" your people just rebelled against the oppressive regime that was in charge of your generator. You as the new captain, need to clear away the rubble, get the generator going again, and then you have to get as many of your people out of there safely as the generator is malfunctioning.

@nexii1479

11 ай бұрын

@@thejail_berd8731 a videogame, and a very good one too

@rouliettapouet9213

11 ай бұрын

@@thejail_berd8731 A video game where you attempt to manage a city while a frozen apocalypse happena dn freeze the world, all in a steampunk style.

@thejail_berd8731

11 ай бұрын

@@rouliettapouet9213 thanks man

Imagine getting out of that death train just to have to fight a hungry polar bear

@feliciaroyers1646

Жыл бұрын

lmao the point was that life survived outside. not sure if this is satire

@alice-dl6mf

Жыл бұрын

@@feliciaroyers1646 nah it’s more like an out of the frying pan into the fire scenario

@feliciaroyers1646

Жыл бұрын

@@alice-dl6mf i interpreted the ending as hopeful

@gravityfallscanada

9 ай бұрын

​@@feliciaroyers1646 Then you and that polar bear will make good lunch buddies... Even if it didn't attack them, they have no food or survival skills.

@feliciaroyers1646

9 ай бұрын

@@gravityfallscanada what an unnecessarily literal interpretation of the ending of the movie, showing you clearly didn't understand the themes presented.

Honestly it's more shocking that people in the front are somehow eating actual food than the people in the back eating bugs. Eggs? How are there fresh eggs in the train? Is one of the wagons raising chickens? It's the apocalypse i wasn't expecting the train to have an entire ecosystem to give the rich people a 3 course meal including vegetables,fruit,meat,eggs and candy.

@benmoore2253

Жыл бұрын

You’d be surprised with how many chickens there are in the world right now. It’s likely someone grabbed a bunch of chickens before disembarking.

@pollyjackson-dzacchaeus1342

Жыл бұрын

in the netflix version they have an entire car full of cows so chickens isn't to far of a stretch

@nicholasvaldez8322

9 ай бұрын

The snow piercer tv series reveals alot more about the train. In the tv show the train is gigantic and they have train carts dedicated to to raising cattle and chicken. Just about everything you could think of necessary for survival is on the train. It also takes them a lot longer to get to the front.

@SetterYT

5 ай бұрын

I just got on a train yesterday and this popped up in my recommendations

0:30 Curtis isn't couting the doors, he's counting how long all the gates toward the prison is open for

@megamega791

Жыл бұрын

bro nobody asked or cares

@noppapulaowattanathaworn9839

Жыл бұрын

​@@megamega791Then what the heck are comments for?

@OmartheOlive

Жыл бұрын

@@megamega791 who asked you?

@megamega791

Жыл бұрын

@@OmartheOlive shaam

@Waftey

Жыл бұрын

​@@megamega791I struggle to find the being who asked for your opinion

fun fact: In the comic this movie is based on - Le Transperceneige, the protein bars are made of....you guessed it, people. Hence, the reaction from Curtis.

@acecun6202

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was feces?

@sleepyboi5731

4 ай бұрын

Srsly? Gross

lol the bear is ment to symbolise that the world is still contineuing even though everyone on the train thought there was no chance of anything being alive. its not ment to mean they are about to finaly eat something XD

@OK-yy6qz

Жыл бұрын

The whole movie is basically a metaphor of society so looking it through the eyes of "how to beat" is already a stretch

@Parasolhyena

Жыл бұрын

I mean in defense of how to beat by the rules of the movie that bear should have been super dead. The only living species should be whatever was on the train because the flash freeze for everything else would have killed everything. (I mean i'm not sure about deep sea fish or animals that can go into deep hibernation at lower body temperatures but certainly not a polar bear.)

@jakelikeslowcars

Жыл бұрын

that was a joke lmao

The protein bars made of bugs while gross is actually the smartest thing to do in an apocalypse because they have high protein and easy to reproduce

@FaceFamous

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@barbararuse3072

Жыл бұрын

In the comic, it was actually the first class passengers feces

@deannas2778

Жыл бұрын

@@barbararuse3072 bro, what?

@luciuscifer6589

9 ай бұрын

You need to feed them so they actually get to the level thats high protien... So they are feeding the roaches real food but not the people at the back🤣

@cdfgjrvbdjhvjdr2429

2 ай бұрын

@@luciuscifer6589 no you dont

i thought the polar bear was meant to show that there’s something living which shows that survival is possible

@ALFA95C

Жыл бұрын

Same

@ToogieIan

11 ай бұрын

It is how to beat just made a joke

@ModernTimesYT

10 ай бұрын

I think the polar bear meant that survival has always been possible. For all 17 or so years. The polar bear didn't re-evolve lol.

@123456789554332

8 ай бұрын

@@ModernTimesYT Yeah I think that's the reasoning behind it. Species still exist outside. If a polar bear is present that means that it's food source is too. So either fish or mammals.

@jackofblades3171

7 ай бұрын

If anything it shows that survival is gonna be really hard. Did you know Polar Bears are the only predators on the planet that just actually Hunt Humans. All we are is food to them. They don't fear us at all. We're nothing to them

The gymnastics part can't be taken seriously.

that was awesome *-* i love this movie and this video had some really cool ideas. but i also always thought that it was really cool when curtis held the gun to his head to test if it had bullets but also what would've he done if it did like he just dies then. it looked cool but if there were still bullets left he could've just shot like, off in the distance or at his shoulder or just anywhere else that wouldnt have been lethal lmao. like was he like "well if they do have bullets i might as well peace out" x)

@sanstheskeleton3766

Жыл бұрын

Well if they were all armed with loaded guns they would be dead so would you die from 2-3 shots in the chest or instant death in the head

@liquidsleepgames3661

Жыл бұрын

It's one of those if he doesn't shoot I'm gonna kill him if he does shoot and I die at least I'm off this train....

@reikolupus136

Жыл бұрын

I think it works in a few ways. 1) If the guards are really armed, then there is basically no hope. At that point, better to simply end while he still has hope. 2) In the end, "Looking Cool" is basically what generals have done for millenia to motivate their soldiers. Making it shoot in a random direction simply makes you into "They guy that probed they didn't have bullets", while making it shoot at your face makes you "The guy who risked his life by shooting at his own brian to show everyone that there is hope". The morale of the troops has real effects in battle as silly as it may sound, so doing something crazy or cool to rile up those people would help a lot in their rebellion. 3) And of course, the previous point also works in the opposite way, reducing the morale of the opponent. Imagine you are the guy that got his gun used against his will. If you got it shot in a random direction, you would be infuriated and try to beat that guy up. But if the guy shot at his own face to probe a point, looking at you in the eyes, and is now ready to kill you with his won hands... I would cr*p my pants if I was in that position. 4) It makes a cool movie scene XD.

@OK-yy6qz

Жыл бұрын

If the Gun did actually had bullets then he's practically dead the moment he attacks the guard anyways. There's only 3 scenarios here: 1:the guards shoot him down regardless. 2: he's arrested and executed brutally. 3: he's left to die with an infected bullet wound since they have practically 0 medical supplies.

@Parasolhyena

Жыл бұрын

I mean he was suicidal throughout the whole movie. Not metaphorically, he can't live with the things he has done.

How to beat never dissapoints ♥️ so excited for every video, have a damn good day yall✨

@damianstarks3338

Жыл бұрын

That is why I subscribed to this channel.

@bankydeee

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, they're good.. 😇

I’d love for a second movie about how they survive after the train. Especially how they’d create an equal society - perhaps in spite of predators and starvation.

From watching his vids I’ve learned that common sense,intelligence,and the ability to think rationally in a stressful situation goes miles

Always love when How To Beat puts a video out

@dctrsnapl

Жыл бұрын

OGs remeber cinema summary

@PastaPug

Жыл бұрын

According to KZread, this comment was made 1 minute before the video was posted...... Weird.....

@benjaminkonikoff2026

Жыл бұрын

@@dctrsnapl yessir

@camberlin2704

Жыл бұрын

@@dctrsnapl yessssirrrrrr

@amirferdhany3177

Жыл бұрын

@@dctrsnaploui, marechal

Watching you since the first "why you wouldnt survive" videos. Hell of a journey i feel prepared for almost every tragic our world will face haha. Greetings from Germany! Keep it up :)

This is one of those interesting cases where both the movie and the TV show are really enjoyable if you like the premise. I'd say watch the movie and if you want to see more try the show. Naturally the show is slower paced but, really explores the themes and the details about the train. What I really like is that that the movie really portrays everyone as a very dark shade of gray if not full black morally. Since the show has more time it can afford to cast more people as a lighter gray.

yeah but i think the better option would be to take out wilford and live on the train and wait for the snow to actually melt instead of just blowing it all right now. even if the snow is melting it still doesn't quite look habitable out there.

@LineOfThy

7 ай бұрын

hey, if polar bears can survive, so can humans. Just ask the Inuits.

I absolutely love snow piercer. Absolutely great show

@squidley3004

Жыл бұрын

Actually, the one he is explaining here is the movie! (Both are great tho)

@centerloper

Жыл бұрын

@@squidley3004 Show was so much more intricate right.

@saifullahhabid1133

Жыл бұрын

@@squidley3004 yeah I figured that out when I found out the main character was white but still great tho

@BenjiBuilds726

Жыл бұрын

@@centerloper Absolutely. A lot more detail oriented.

@elijahpelito4722

Жыл бұрын

The show's lore was better but S3 just felt...repetitive

16:00 Fun fact - that chef is actually my english teacher. He told us while talking about movies.

Honestly the protein bars being bugs is pretty good. It could be people.

@corinnsolara9821

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the emphasis on how eating bugs is OMG GROSS confused me. He's advised doing WAY worse in the name of survival, and they can be a very good source of protein (and hopefully other vital nutrients). Depending on how the cockroaches are processed and what else is added, I'd be more worried about malnutrition than germs.

@baldmon6364

Жыл бұрын

They are full of protein too so they didnt lie about them being protein bars

@lolrentz

Жыл бұрын

Yeah idk. People eat bugs when they're NOT in a dystopian apocalyptic scenario. I will admit crushed up cockroach protein bars are not as good as a bug someone fried up and seasoned, but still. It's food. I was convinced he'd find out they were partly made with kids at first, not bugs.

@xxxilluminate5754

Жыл бұрын

In the book it said that the protein bars were made from the rich peoples excrement so i’d much rather have it be cockroaches or people than eating literal shit

@heuzame6198

Жыл бұрын

@xxxilluminate making protein bars from excrement won't work as excrement only has stuff that the human body can't use and bacteria so eating literal shit won't give you anything except diseases

Oh, I watched this movie with my sister! I actually really enjoyed it. It was really interesting and kept me captivated the whole time!

@keomi6228

Жыл бұрын

Bong Joonho produces really good films that offer societal critique packed in a great movie - I really recommend his other films, Okja and Parasite. Parasite being well known for being the first non English language film (since it's entirely in Korean), to win the Oscar for best picture

😂😂🤣😂🤣This man just legitimately suggested two kids in a trench coat as a real plan!!!

The visuals of the snow are beautiful

The “How To Beat” we’ve all been waiting for. Thank you 🙏🏽

@Ihopeyoudislocateyourarms

Жыл бұрын

*you've*

This is such a good video! Good job! 👏 It’s so good I already watched it..

Damn Charlie Bucket must have gone insane

It took me forever to realize the actor who played the War Doctor in Doctor Who (John Hurt) played a character in this movie.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS I LOVE SNOWPIERCER

Really liked the movie and season 1 of Snowpiercer.

finding a live animal in a thing like that means that theres food somewhere

Have a good day dude, keep up the good work it’s been great

i'd have just not gotten on the train 17 years ago. the climate clearly isn't uninhabitable, due to the Polar bear they saw, and with some prep, knowing that things are starting to freeze, (if you remember, the people knew the earth was slowly freezing, and they had enough time to build the train) people could of gotten warm shelters prepared, kind of like fallout shelters, but for a frozen earth scenario, as opposed to a nuclear one.

"And now they know they re gonna eat some real meat.'' Dude its 2 kids against a fking bear, if anything the one eating some meat is the bear

I love your channel man. I have watched all of your videos

I find it funny that he calls it disgusting that the poor people have to eat bugs, yet in the real world bugs are also starting to be used as food to replace real meat. Who knows maybe we are heading towards a dystopia just like this where only the rich can eat real meat

@stateofopportunity1286

9 ай бұрын

We're already in a dystopia

I loved the movie, shit I was flabbergasted when the bars were made of bugs lmao

@mariaah3073

Жыл бұрын

You'd be even more shocked if they had released the movie the way they intended to, which included the bars being made from human waste lol

@saivion

Жыл бұрын

@Maria Ah that's jus disgusting 😭

they can't just stop the train while this is partly from the netflix series the reason they haven't frozen is the fact they keep moving

Have a damn good day

Snowpiercer is such an amazing series... Still waiting for that season 4

awesome video as always!

Love this movie, great to see you make a video on it!

The clairvoyant psychic daughter? I thought it was common knowledge she simply had echolocation from being born and living on the train

All the time to build a train that goes around the world Vs just tryna figure out anything else that could be done is wild

While It would be an acquired taste, I don't think the protein bars made out of bugs is that bad. Some bugs are safe to eat and are sources of protein. I think they are even delicacies in some countries. From what I read, the protein bars were originally made from the feces of the front section passengers. They only changed it to bugs in post production and just didn't remove Curtis's reaction.

@EvanQueenSummers

Жыл бұрын

nice try, Wilford

@damiensoh1326

Жыл бұрын

We

@imdone-cat5200

Жыл бұрын

Are you f-cking serious? Lol. I would have off-ed myself upon finding that out, immediately.

@coalcreekdefense8106

Жыл бұрын

I will not eat the bugs. I will not live in the pod.

@miraculousladybugandfriend3152

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, no, you are not going to convince me bug ANYTHING is safe and fine to eat. No thanks.

We gunna have some real meat he said naw POLAR BEAR ABOUT 2 HAVE SOME HUMAN MEAT U MEAN XD

Thank you for good content

i love the concept of this movie... two sides fighting, pushing each other back and forth and gaining more resources along the way... its like a video game and im all for it

Always a good day when How to Beat uploads 💯

@THEHIGHSIN

Жыл бұрын

Ive been watching these videos for years now and have actually ran out of videos to watch untill a new one gets released 😒😒so instead of waiting i decided to make my own little version and have just uploaded my first video if anyone at all could take a look and leave feedback would really be highly appreciated as i really spent alot of time making this one trying to get it right just to face multiple copyright issues but we got there and is live on my channel now!

@lsd-rickb-1728

Жыл бұрын

​@THE HIGH SIN - HOW TO BEAT / NERDEXPLAINS INSPIRED that's brazzzzyyy bro but be more original

Well i waited for a long time for this

So happy to see this one. I love the movie and graphic novels so much

"these passengers are going to regret rebelling" -king george the third

OMG THIS IS SUCH A FRESH VIDEO how am i finally this esrly

I've been looking for this movie since I've watched a small part of it somewhere in my childhood

You are the best at recapping person for movies

Heck Yeah!

The usage of a Nate Jacobs clip at 4:12 is absolutely hilarious Lmao

That polar bear was so happy 😊.

Hi How To Beat I love this and I hope you have a good day and you are awesome

@THEHIGHSIN

Жыл бұрын

Ive been watching these videos for years now and have actually ran out of videos to watch untill a new one gets released 😒😒so instead of waiting i decided to make my own little version and have just uploaded my first video if anyone at all could take a look and leave feedback would really be highly appreciated as i really spent alot of time making this one trying to get it right just to face multiple copyright issues but we got there and is live on my channel now!

I never really understood the cockroach bars being framed as so grotesque. I mean I wouldn't LIKE to eat cockroach, but it still food and it's gonna keep you going. It's practical. The most appaling part about it is the fact that that seems to be all the rear class seems to get so it's just another example of the deplorable systems that is the train.

30:47 "They" here is refers to the Polar Bear, not the kids

Have a damn good day!

Great movie, much recommended to those seeing this.

Yesss what a good movie, the show is amazing as well.

One of my favs

yo luv ur vids

Good 👍 review

So glad you're covering this because I've been trying to watch it forever and I cannot find it

was waiting minute after minute for another

I loved this movie so much

30:53 other way around fun fact, polar bears, can smell you through like 3 feet of ice

I heard of a script for a sequel where it would turn out that Wilford industries was a subsidiary of a global parent transportation company that governed all the snowpiercer trains and stations and facilities of Wilford industries.

Amazing video

Bro Im been watching Hot to beat I remember when his name was cinnamon summary bro I watched all his videos and just waiting for more.

i found a movie its called "Battleship island" if im correct its about enslaved ppl working in mines and working togethor to revolt the soldiers

Have a damn good day. Love your content and I like the theory of Charlie and the chocolate factory being connected lol.

Thanks mate, you too!

This movie was incredible.

have a damn good day!

I'm confused. In one moment you explain the plan to lead them back into the grinding room to use the grinder to grind them to ensure they're dead. But in the next you say that they also can't lose ground? Which is it? Also, they need to go up a ladder to look inside the grinder itself. What good would that do? And why try to lead them when the only real option is pushing forward? The guards could just force the door closed by hand and jury rig it closed on their end. Remember, they just need to stall and stop their progress. They don't actually need to fight them continuously. A metal door thats forced shut manually then rigged to stay closed does that. Welding the door closed and cutting any power to it would do that.

dude I'm ur biggest fan I have been watching u since years now u r the goat bro keep it up

There is also a Snowpiercer series, its also great.

Have a damn good day.

Yeah how exactly does one just freeze the water. You can exactly form a ball of water in your hand and stick it outside and there's no molds to use or an easy spot to put it where it freeze

I have not seen this movie but it sounds amazing 😂

Have a damn fine day, lads!

Here’s the real issue. That train track wouldn’t last that long without maintenance. No track, no bridges, no train.

When the movie came out: insect protein eeewqw Now: insect protein hell yeaaahh

Me: *Hears intro music* My day has been made.

I love this channel but from what country are u looking on bc i saw another version of the serial

A few things 1) They will need some kids. And they know that there are some kids back there. I agree that feeding them and bulking them up would be a good idea. Stacking them and layering clothes though... not so much. If you stacked them up, with knowing the kids were back there, the front passengers would still come looking for them just as if they were hiding in a corner or under blankets. And the front passengers may be entitled, but they aren't stupid. I'm sure they'd be able to tell if someone was wearing multiple layers of clothing. 2) Yes, tossing them in the meat grinder is a smart idea, but you would still have to kill them or get them into a vulnerable position to do that in the first place. I doubt they would chase after because their orders were to stop the back trainers from getting further up the train and if a retreat was to occur that wouldn't make them act. The people are going back of their own volition? Cool. We don't have to fight. Also getting them to a point where they'd be able to be thrown into the meat grinder 3) That girl is their most valuable asset when knowing what's behind the doors. So yes.... let's just throw her in the front of the pack so she can get murdered once everyone realizes what she can do!

Does someone know what the music at the beggining is? Its in every video, and its kinda iconic at this point. Drop a reply with the song name if you know :)

Omg this made me like guys 😳😳

Happy Valentines Day!

When they find out the guns aren’t real or even just that a melee fight is a possible outcome, spears should have been made. A phalanx is the ultimate melee fighting force in this situation against the axe wielding guys.