Y’know, it was so appropriate for his character that I never noticed how comically oversized it actually is.

@Gunplabro

2 жыл бұрын

That flail has lived in my head rent free since I saw it in theaters and I basically love flails in any game now. Even though the flail is a ridiculously stupid weapon.

@Whimsy3692

Жыл бұрын

I actually thought in the film, they could go maybe even a little bigger, lol.

@2011persol

Жыл бұрын

@@Gunplabro me too, ive adopted the flail to roam my fantasies whenever i feel like....the design is just friggin awesome, its like a big laugh at Eowyn, telling her; "ha do you really think tht tiny wooden shield will hold up against my jagged mountain-size of a flail"!!!, (think again...)

@phillmoore1561

Жыл бұрын

I did, and it always bugged me. Don't need to over-compensate and make things lose their gravitas by "bigger is better"

I love how basically every bad guy in Lotr was played by a bunch of big Maori guys who look like they could've been Wellington nightclub bouncers. **Witch-King Voice** "Nah mate, you're not gettin' in wearing trainers like that bro"

@click8708

2 жыл бұрын

Happy hour replaced with "The Witch Kings hour"

@Misfits822

2 жыл бұрын

Now I’m just imagining the witch king speaking like korg

@MrsNegative1

2 жыл бұрын

Even funnier that a lot were played by the same guy. The actor who played the Witch King also was the Orc General Gothmog, the Uruk Leader Lurtz and Azogs son Bolg in one of the Hobbit movies!

@lachlanjames9320

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, a Taika fan. A fellow man of culture.

@soulpaua2097

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao, Fucking old Lawrence is a bloody unit hey.

"Some call it a mace, some call it a morning star" They're both wrong, 'cause that's clearly a flail.

@ze_rubenator

4 жыл бұрын

@@MississippiMike Like a lot of ancient/medieval weapons, these things weren't really categorised very neatly until relatively modern times. An actual medieval soldier would probably have called all of those maces.

@diddlenfiddle7311

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure a flail is just a type of mace though

@ingokolb6871

3 жыл бұрын

no its a dayum heavy

@supersasukemaniac

3 жыл бұрын

Morning Star is a flail

@connorbranscombe6819

3 жыл бұрын

@@MississippiMike haha analogy fell apart a little bit considering revolving shotguns are a thing, ever heard of a street sweeper? Also the Mts255 is a revolving shotgun pistol.

"I ended up calling it Damned Heavy, 'cus it was- it was damned heavy."

@stoopidapples1596

2 жыл бұрын

how to get 1k likes on a youtube comment step 1: quote something directly from the video step 2: wait 7 years step 3: profit

@buzzndufun

2 жыл бұрын

@@stoopidapples1596 yes

@josephdoria5237

2 жыл бұрын

@@stoopidapples1596 stonks

@abigail_yang

2 жыл бұрын

@@stoopidapples1596 How to get tens of thousands of likes on KZread: Step 1: Comment something very simple on a prospectively successful video from a prospectively successful platform. Step 2: Wait over a decade. Step 3: Profit.

@josephdoria5237

2 жыл бұрын

@@abigail_yang stonks

It really is goofy looking in real life, but it seems less ridiculous in the film, since the person wielding the damn thing is a nine foot tall eldritch monster with a spiky crown. Context, y'know?

@lukasmisanthrop8557

7 жыл бұрын

completely agree, could not have said that better.

@gijsbrans2338

7 жыл бұрын

Dylan Staats the witch king is human sized.... I think you're confusing him with Sauron..

@colecossingham2192

7 жыл бұрын

If you compare him to Eowin he is obviously nine feet tall in the movie.

@gijsbrans2338

7 жыл бұрын

Cole Cossingham its the camera angle, he is human sized

@gijsbrans2338

7 жыл бұрын

Cole Cossingham he is a human how could he possibly actually be 9 ft tall

That witch king costume was amazing.

@generalerica4123

2 жыл бұрын

Everything about these movies was amazing.

@Moucheron1990

2 жыл бұрын

It's absolutely one of my all-time favorite costumes from any movie. Super evil looking and menacing.

@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers

2 жыл бұрын

It's a truly otherworldly and intimidating creature... although 1:40 demystifies the character slightly lol

@holysaintknight343

Жыл бұрын

He is one of the best characters

@sambafreak13

10 ай бұрын

The helmet/mask design alone was worth the Oscar. So frickin badass and scary,

The chain actually makes it a flail.

@danielramsey6141

6 жыл бұрын

Mace and Flail have kinda been use Interchangably throughout history, so even though there is a correct termanology between the two, its not really a problem in context.

@Johndoe-gd4tb

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody cares dude

@Jordan-ob7nz

5 жыл бұрын

​@@Johndoe-gd4tb The supermajority who clicked on this video cares. It is a video about the Witch King's weapon of choice, people are here because they are interested in the details and specifics. No need for the attitude. Let nerds be nerdy.

@sythlorde

4 жыл бұрын

@channelnw its an ice cream popsicle who give a flying fluuuk

@whyjay9959

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and the spikes make it also a morningstar.

Great call by Peter. The thing is terrifying.

@Cthulhu013

2 жыл бұрын

@nathan smith says a keyboard warrior

@doubledee8677

2 жыл бұрын

@nathan smith We're talking about the Witch-king's flail here, not your genitals.

@Tom-mk7nd

2 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack does all the work, it saved the scene.

@Cthulhu013

2 жыл бұрын

@nathan smith If somebody swung that at you, you'd bury yourself in shite.

@Cthulhu013

2 жыл бұрын

@nathan smith There are definitely people who would be able to swing that. Just a few though. Anyways, it's fantasy land. When in doubt, magic.

If it was an ordinary guy swinging it, I would have been annoyed and it *would* have jarred(

@Angloth

8 жыл бұрын

+Koda Jolly I feel the same way! Its THE WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR! who am i to judge?

@johanwindhART

8 жыл бұрын

+Angloth yep. not just any 'weird wraith undead thingy'...

@AngelCakes1997

8 жыл бұрын

You just see him bench pressing a car or two and we all just go "yeah I can believe it"

@Tasorius

5 жыл бұрын

The curse of fools who need things to make sense from the perspective of this world.

@danielskrivan6921

5 жыл бұрын

@@johanwindhART The witchking of weird wraith undead thingies!

"...and you see the look on Eowyn's face when she sees it, she's terrified!" I'd be scared shitless if I was about to have a spiked cast iron ball half the size of my torso swung at my face too. Some real hardcore method acting going on there.

@lillyschehen9363

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely! Remember Viggo breaking his toes, Orlando breaking two ribs, and the guy who plays Gimli dislocating his knee? 😂😂

@adonissherlock

2 жыл бұрын

@@lillyschehen9363 Also Viggo getting an actual metal knife thrown at his face

@dipdoopmahgoop5209

2 жыл бұрын

@@lillyschehen9363 Viggo also lost a tooth as well.

@jsullivan2112

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think you know what method acting means.

@hntr98hr

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsullivan2112 what does it mean?

Something I love about the film over the books; when Eowyn fights the Witch King in the book, she's completely unafraid, and actually BOASTS that she's going to defeat him. In the film, she's FUCKING TERRIFIED. But she fights him anyway. That there is real courage. Not a lack of fear, but control of fear.

@PureSwedishViking

3 жыл бұрын

Proof that the movies did some things better than the books.

@EyebrowsGaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusmalone Dude, she kills him in the book. What are you on about, "girl power"?

@connorbranscombe6819

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusmalone I mean she wins because of the witch kings hubris, clearly anyone could have killed the witch king and it didn’t need to literally be a woman. He just really thought he was invulnerable when he wasn’t.

@jmckendry84

3 жыл бұрын

@@cactusmalone in the book it's made clear that when Merry stabs the King first (as he does in the movie) that his blade affects the Witch King because it has some enchantment on it. This allows Eowyn to get her fatal stab in and kill him, taunting him first that the she will kill him despite the prophecy that no man can kill him, since she is not a man. In the book Merry gets his blade from a tomb in the Barrow-Downs, but in the film he is given one by Aragorn. In the films, therfore, the audience probably assumes he just has an ordinary blade, but in the books it is explained he has a special blade made many aged ago. The movie hints that something happens when Merry stabs him, as the blade evaporates, but it's more ambiguous. Despite that, the scene mostly sticks exactly to the book. Frankly I think you're just looking for a reason to be triggered. Are you so fragile that you feel threatened by a scene of female empowerment from a novel written more than half a century ago?

@yatsumleung8618

3 жыл бұрын

@@jmckendry84 in the movie Merry got given his blade by Galadriel in Lothlorien.

Prop artist: "How big do you want the mace?" Jackson: "Yes"

@TheOskiBoski

3 жыл бұрын

sauron's mace was bigger

@Estalarki

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheOskiBoski sauron was also bigger.

@joekaput747

2 жыл бұрын

@@Estalarki Peter: no, they're much too small. They need to be bigger

@TheHeston83

2 жыл бұрын

make it anime size

@RobertWF42

2 жыл бұрын

If we ever see Morgoth on screen I'm sure he'll have a ridiculously big weapon! :-)

The thing that's cool about that Flail is it makes you aware of just how terrifyingly strong the Nazgul actually are. A normal human could never lift something like that.

@user-dd9dh9kw5c

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this is exactly why it actually works. The weapon isn't the focus its the terrifying monster wielding it like its a play thing that is terrifying.

@divinegon4671

2 жыл бұрын

The nazgul is the dragon, not the ghost guy

@iCeteaLemon123

2 жыл бұрын

@@divinegon4671 uuuh no? the nazgul are the nine wraiths/kings. the dragon is a fellbeast

@divinegon4671

2 жыл бұрын

@@iCeteaLemon123 dude… go watch the movies again. You’ll be surprised how wrong you are.

@heliveruscalion9124

2 жыл бұрын

@@divinegon4671 "The Nazgûl, introduced as Black Riders and also called Ringwraiths, Dark Riders, the Nine Riders, or simply the Nine, are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth."

I can imagine the thousands of years of waiting to use that thing in battle, the dark exuberance and pride of the witch-king as he basks in his own strength, living in the ecstasy of death - only to get destroyed in that very moment

@im_flat

2 жыл бұрын

I like to imagine he has a closet full of shit like this, like someone would have clothes he just has a bunch of oversized weapons. He picks which one to use depending on his mood

@nonegone7170

2 жыл бұрын

@@im_flat Makes sense, him saving his flashiest weapons for the big battle (flaming sword and the flail)

@maexslg-at

2 жыл бұрын

Morgul blqde was only when the audience was four hobbits and a man

A great director is one who can pre-visualize every scene, and ask for the tools he needs to make the shot work.

@johnmartinez7440

2 жыл бұрын

A better director might even give his team clearer instructions so they don't have to remake something 2-3 times...

@LevCallahan

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmartinez7440 Exactly what I was gonna say.

@connielingus8385

2 жыл бұрын

​@@johnmartinez7440 There was a flail on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a hobbit!

@alexbarron2876

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmartinez7440 He was a bit busy with a million other things. No one's perfect at communicating all the time.

Anyone else hear the actor in the Nazgul outfit say " Oh god"

@lunarcultist6214

7 жыл бұрын

Witch-King himself would probably say that if he had to haul that thing around. Ghosts don't grow tired, but they do get frustrated.

@shozanhanma2709

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunarcultist6214 as I read your comments; I could picture him do his demon scream, and throw down the handle in angst LOL

@straightjacket308

2 жыл бұрын

@@shozanhanma2709 That's the funniest shit to picture in my head 🤣🤣🤣

@bud389

2 жыл бұрын

@@lunarcultist6214 I doubt it, tossing that around would be like carrying a feather to him.

@lunarcultist6214

2 жыл бұрын

@@bud389 A feather the size of a barrel.

I hope the guy who played The Witch king here(plus Lurtz) is still getting work. He was so good in his roles. Brought great physicality.

@matthewmcguire523

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget he played Gothmog too

@MamadNobari

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewmcguire523 Wow they gave all the evil villain roles to the only black guy on the set💀

@dv4975

Жыл бұрын

@@MamadNobariWhy should there be more than one Black guy on set?

@remilenoir1271

Жыл бұрын

​@MamadNobari Well, the actor fits perfectly like that. There are no black characters in the Lord of the Rings, so it was clever to give a black actor a role that doesn't involve seeing his actual face.

@renesmeets3380

10 ай бұрын

@@MamadNobari Are Maori black?

The weapon says more about the wielder than anything else could - to wield a flail that massive means your either insane or incredibly powerful. Great scene, the terror on Eoweyns face is palpable, and very believable!

@leemon2677

2 жыл бұрын

Probably both!

@Checkmate1138

2 жыл бұрын

Witch king has a small peepee. He has to overcompensate, you know.

As Peter was swinging it: "You can not weild it, none of you can. There is only one Lord of the Mace, and he does not share handles!"

I especially loved the Witch King's reaction to that mace: "Oh god....."

@misterturkturkle

2 жыл бұрын

Zimmerman St. Charles is dead

The scene is a great example of showing and not telling.

Watching the Witch King struggle to pick up his own flail is hilarious.

"I ended up calling it damn heavy, 'cause it was, it was damn heavy" lmao

@legionarybooks13

2 жыл бұрын

That thing had "safety hazard" written all over it. I know they did endless rehearsals beforehand, but Miranda has said she didn't have a stunt double, and imagine if during one of the takes, she'd failed to duck in time. Makes me think the terror on her face was partly real. The actor playing the Witch King said in interviews he felt terrible, because they did so many takes and different shots (and only used like four), with Miranda taking a legit beating, leaving her in tears by the end of the day. I think an actual prop mace, like originally intended, would have worked better. The scene could have more action, with the Witch King smashing away, and perhaps toying with her a bit, giving the impression of Eowyn taking a severe thrashing, without Miranda actually getting beat to hell. I mean, the scene is impressive, but being such a huge fan of the books, I was expecting more and always felt it was too short.

@canobenitez

2 жыл бұрын

@@legionarybooks13 "but being such a huge fan of the books" that right there tells me everything I need to know.

@gianna526

2 жыл бұрын

@@legionarybooks13 aren't you implying that you felt bad for Miranda? Why would you want the scene to be longer if it was hard for her? I love the books too but I'm so relieved they removed Eowyn's long dialog from the book. It works well in print but it'd drag out forever in the movie. There's no reason the scene would be any longer.

@legionarybooks13

2 жыл бұрын

@@gianna526, what I meant was, had they used an actual prop mace instead of that ridiculously heavy flail, they could have made a slightly longer action scene (10 to 15 seconds on screen, maybe) without Miranda getting the crap beat out of her. And I agree that her monologue in the book was too long for film.

@CyberJellos

2 жыл бұрын

@@legionarybooks13 It was a prop mace, if it was solid iron, no one would have been able to lift the thing.

Honestly what made the scene believable and drew me in was Miranda Otto's fantastic acting on the set. Partially helped by the fact that they were literally swinging a cast iron ball the size of a small child at her mind you, but still she sold being legitimately terrified really well.

When someone sees that, they don't go "That's just huge and impractical," they think, "Oh Jesus Fuck, that's going to whack me into a strato-cumulus cloud, isn't it?"

“Either way I ended up calling it damned heavy, cause it was damn heavy...” LOLOL

In all fairness, it actually made me more intimidated. Most of the reason real people _didn't_ have larger weapons was the weight. People just aren't strong enough to lug them around. So when I saw that thing I went "oh... So he's strong. Really strong."

The Witch King watching peter Jackson fumbling around with that thinking 'I need to hold this in one hand with my sword in the other' is a mood.

To be fair, if the mace was smaller and more realistic, people might've been skeptical that it could carry enough force to literally shatter her shield into splinters with one swing.

@twilight_lupinesilva4691

5 жыл бұрын

Z 13883 Or there's the fact that the wielder is a giant possessed king who is now just an empty shell who serves as a physical manifestation of a demon's strength.

It looks silly when you see a person holding it, but in the shots, it works. Sometimes things need to have distorted size for the sake of the shot. They had to make it too big for it to look normal in the shots with the Witch King; if they had made it normal, it would have looked too small.

LOL hilarious how everyone is so focused on what his weapon is really called XD I read basically the same comment over 20 times.

@ChrystusBrzeczyszczykiewicz

4 жыл бұрын

Just here to remind you it's a flail.

what I've learned having gone through the silmarilion is that seemingly excessively large flail head is perfectly sauron especially with his need to flaunt his power to induce fear in his enemies

It's a fucking flail, not a mace.

@KossolaxtheForesworn

9 жыл бұрын

epic flail

@charliefoxtrotthe3rd335

9 жыл бұрын

Hey...calm down. Is it really worth all that hostility?

@KossolaxtheForesworn

9 жыл бұрын

Danny Criss lol

@onionsnbananas1

9 жыл бұрын

Danny Criss YES!!

@ztobinz

9 жыл бұрын

It's a mace..

"It is ludicrously large, but it works because it's ludicrously large. I mean you see that thing, and you see the look on Eowin's face when she sees it... she's terrified!" Yeah. sounds like they're describing a porn scene.

@majormoe3678

9 жыл бұрын

Makes me wonder if the Witch King is compensating with that thing...

@nonaes

9 жыл бұрын

some women might find that exciting

@riparianlife97701

9 жыл бұрын

nonaes Someone needs to bleep the word "mace" and play the whole thing without video.

@chrisblu4104

9 жыл бұрын

Wow your just porn as hell

@AngelCakes1997

8 жыл бұрын

+Major Moe Well he's got no body anymore. So yeah I guess XD

The ringwraith actor just slumping muttering "oh god" after holding that thing up is lowkey the best part of the video.

That art department made miniatures, models, weapons, armor, and props in great detail and mass quantity on a very tight schedule - you couldn't even bother to understand or comprehend the amount of hard work and effort it demands to make things for a film of that size - that art department contributed hugely in making the film good - and guess what, Peter Jackson had them on the Hobbit again and he will continue to work with them just as he had even before LOTR

“The mace is a bit ridiculously large don’t you think?” Meanwhile a 18 story elephant rampages in the background.

Personally I think it was a stroke of brilliance making the mace ludicrously large, because it just reinforces the absolute terror that is "The Witch-King" It seems to me as if when Eowyn looks at the terrifyingly huge mace, she isn't only thinking "What a huge and terrifying mace that is" she is thinking "What kind of absolute terror wields such a ludicruously large mace for a weapon, this guy is some serious shit"

@NLBusiness391

Жыл бұрын

100% agree. It’s the realization “this monster can actually USE that thing, what the hell am I even fighting??”. Just watched the extended trilogy through for the umpteenth time, I will NEVER grow tired of it. What I wouldn’t give for some new LOTR content that didn’t spit in the face of the fans. All of these garbage, cash grab follow ups to LOTR simply proves how timeless and unique the trilogy truly is

Just rewatched it last week, and I STILL share Eowyn’s reaction of “DEAR GOD THAT IS TERRIFYING.” I love seeing these behind the scenes moments!! Truly a magical time 😁😁😁

technically a mace doesnt have a chain its like saurons mace that weapon is called a flail

@FallenxMalo

7 жыл бұрын

Yes and you have to keep that thing in motion all the time or it's useless like shit.

@bud389

7 жыл бұрын

Technically, if it's as large and as heavy as the one that the Witch King uses, it doesn't need to be kept in motion, it only needs to have proper acceleration.

@Antiganos

6 жыл бұрын

They referred to it as a mace as it started design as a mace, (You can see the mace version in the video) but it became a flail by the time the design was finalized.

@chrismanuel9768

2 жыл бұрын

But also not all flails are chained. This is specifically a chained flail. Traditional flails do not have a chain at all, as the chain reduces the amount of force that can transfer from the wielder to the target.

@Leo.23232

2 жыл бұрын

@@FallenxMalo not true

Just to stop confusion. The witch king has a flail. a mace like object with the head being attached to a handle by a chain. A mace ( i think we all know what a mace is), is usually FLANGED not SPIKED a morning star is a spiked mace.

@gamewizard7562

10 жыл бұрын

A flail is a sub-class of mace, so to use the term mace is still accurate. A flail is also referred to as mace and chain, so the word mace refers to the head,not the entire weapon.

I love that thing. It really gives an impression of just how powerful the Witch-King is.

It's amazing to see the story behind this. Obviously, the flail looks ridiculous due to how massive it is in the behind the scenes footage, but then you look at the story and remember the Witch-King is this supernatural, armored warrior with strength to match an entire unit of men, and he can wield it with virtually no effort at all.

In fact, I never even noticed the whole weapon. But if Peter Jackson thinks it's important... well, it's his prerogative.

I love the witch king going “oh god..!” When he’s trying to lift it 😂

I think it was actually good that it was this large... not because it made Eowyn afraid of IT, but because she was terrified that someone, ANYONE, could wield such a massive weapon of utter destruction. It was, in a simple way, a very good way of showing off the Witch King's tremendous power and ability/desire to evoke fear in others.

This is the ballsy direction that doesn't always pay off but when you get someone like Peter Jackson it becomes iconic and unforgettable.

Mace: Head & Handle. Flail: Head, Chain, & Handle... It's one simple difference... Idk y people never get it right!

@chase1146

8 жыл бұрын

+Art Martinez yeah they never do get it right but unfortunately its one of those things where the majority of humanity gets it wrong

@Infinite_Jester

7 жыл бұрын

I don't know if even medieval people really knew the difference. I'm sure a mace could be a hitting-thing that varied a lot, kind of how a crow's beak and lucerne and fauchard are all the same thing, really, and no one gave a shit even back in the day because there are literally thousands of variations.

@dropkabouter

7 жыл бұрын

maby because 90% of the world has never heard of the word ''flail''

@gijsbrans2338

7 жыл бұрын

Tripticket flails werent used or were extremely rare so most people had probably never heard of flails.

Just seeing the Witch King going “oh god” out of exhaustion from holding that thing up is hilarious.

No freaking wonder the original novel said Eowyn's arm was broken!

It's one goddamned serious weapon. I love it!

"Some people call it a mace. Some people call it a morning star" Funnily enough he was the only one right by calling it damned heavy

*flail Used to be a "mace" until they added the chain. If you want to get even more technical about it, it used to be a "morning star." A mace is blunt. But I'm willing to overlook that for the outstanding job done on these movies.

@unnamednewbie13

9 жыл бұрын

***** Well done, you're a douche. This knowledge precedes wiki. Seriously, it's not that hard to remember the difference one you've read about it.

@unnamednewbie13

9 жыл бұрын

***** I'm sure you could tell whoppers.

@unnamednewbie13

9 жыл бұрын

***** And you're one of the driest trolls I've ever seen. Go put on your try-hard pants and come back with something that isn't rotten leftovers from the back of 4chan's fridge.

@stormrider7235

9 жыл бұрын

This isn't my comment, I copied it from another comment by Gamewizard, but here it is: A flail is a sub-class of mace, so to use the term mace is still accurate. A flail is also referred to as mace and chain, so the word mace refers to the head,not the entire weapon.

@unnamednewbie13

9 жыл бұрын

LOTR_Disneylover62 RPG's often toss flails into the mace weapon class to simplify coding and rule sets. I've even seen a kusarigama classified as an axe.

I remember seeing that monstrous flail revealed for the first time in the theater. and everyone in the audience went, "Whooooa". So yeah, good call Peter Jackson.

It gets caught in Peter's jacket and almost makes him tumble to the ground on set. Peter Jackson: I think it's about 50% too small. It is ridiculous in real life, but I can see how it would work in TLOTR; it's both an intimidating weapon to behold; just by looking at it, you know a world of pain is coming your way. And the thing is basically a wrecking ball; in one hit, it shatters both Eowins' shield and her arm.

It’s one of those things that seems ridiculous in real life but just works on film in the context of the movie. I remember when I first saw the scene you completely buy it and fear for the characters taking a blow from such a devastating weapon.

The guy underneath the witch king costume... sorry. I can't... XD

I think Peter harnessed his inner Warhammer in this bit for the Witch King's flail. (The difference is that a flail has a chain, a mace has a steady handle. Besides the point, moving on.) When you have 8'+ borderline immortals throwing around fear shrieks and are riding super-evil dragons and you can't see their faces, I think the time for subtlety is pretty much gone. The reason I said "inner warhammer"? Look up "Space Marine Size Comparison Chart". Then look up .998 caliber. And finally, look up "chainsword". Over the top is NORMAL in Warhammer. Peter Jackson just harnessed some of that for this Sistine chapel of a movie.

0:23 How nice of the Witch King to let Eowyn try the flail for herself before trying to turn her into a fine mist with it.

This is why Jackson is the fucking king. He has a shitton of crazy ideas, and when you see it completed, it all fucking worked. GOAT

(In New Zealand accent) "That's not a mace!"

@tenjenk

8 жыл бұрын

+Colbsdotcom *pulls out a functionally large mace* THIS is a mace!

@lewisirwin5363

7 жыл бұрын

"That's a flail." "Oh. I see you've played Macey-Flaily before."

@VoiceOfTheEmperor

3 жыл бұрын

"Oh, great...I'm gonna need some reinforcements from Tat-twiine..." Sorry. You say "New Zealand Accent", I say "Fett accent".

Wait a minute. _Which_ king of Angmar?

@Rinesmyth

4 жыл бұрын

@Bikram Hundal I've been trying to figure that one out for years now

@SohanDsouza

3 жыл бұрын

Which ol' Witch King of Angmar? The Wicked Witch King of Angmar. Ding, dong, ...

@straightjacket308

2 жыл бұрын

@@SohanDsouza Your beautiful! 🤣🤣🤣

Coolest “boss” weapon in cinemas history

I didn’t question the flail at all, it’s just fucking awesome.

Probably could've been a bit bigger...

@mogensl.g.schmidt1808

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah sure😊

It's an undead ghost covered in metal and cloth eternally bound to this world and sarumans will by the ring it wears.......I don't think the size of the mace is the most ridiculous thing.

"either way, i ended up calling it damned heavy cuz... it was damned heavy."

This is one of my favorite behind the scenes stories.

That explains why we never saw the Witch King recover the thing from a swing. I always wondered about that. Seems like Peter Jackson and Blizzard Entertainment submit to the same line of thinking: If it's an epic weapon or armor it must be stupidly huge and be covered in spikes. Shit! I can totally see the Witch King using the Wild Hammer! It actually fits him quite well. Massive spiky beast of a 2 handed mace. Even the aesthetics fit him. Not a surprise LotRs has influenced Warcraft.

This is not a mace, a mace is not connected to the handle by a chain, a mace is simply a long handle with a dangerous end lol. This is a flail but it still look awesome.

@ugabugatugatuga

8 жыл бұрын

+King Wacky if u saw the first part, originaly it was a mace... the problem they upgraded the head size so much that it would look too ridiculous on a fixed handle :P

@straightjacket308

2 жыл бұрын

@@ugabugatugatuga Everyone loves a bigger head.

Gonna be real, the flail was probably one of the coolest weapons in the entire trilogy. Every time I see it it's scary as all get out. I'd be more terrified of that thing than anything else in the movies.

I think the original mace was brilliant (maybe a bit bigger and longer, but nowhere near the amount they were wanting) it didn’t have to be over the top like that. Also, they never actually used a mace, but instead a Morningstar, which was not in the books, but it still worked.

Anime weapons in a nutshell

@venator5

4 жыл бұрын

It is still small compare to them.

@VoiceOfTheEmperor

3 жыл бұрын

You should look into Warhammer.

@darkjak224

3 жыл бұрын

@@VoiceOfTheEmperor I have 5 painted 40k armies buddy. American too. I know about the big-ass weapons used in that universe lol

@TheHeston83

2 жыл бұрын

exactly

Since everyone gets so hang up on the weapons technicalities here is something new. If you go for such a big weapon why use a flail? Flails are meant to swing around the edge of a shield and hit the wearer. You don't need that if you can just smash the shield and the shieldarm to pieces in a single blow.

It's a fantasy weapon in a fantasy story about fantasy characters.....I simply don't see any issue here especially since the finished product was nothing less than sheer brilliance.

The little details we never notice that make LOTR so good.

Technically it’s a flail but the effect still stands that thing is bloody terrifying

The first two designs are indeed maces. The final one, however, is a flail.

I was always impressed by the size of the mace, especially when it makes that dent in the ground. I think Pete had the right idea

I think the size conveys the witch king’s pure power

The Witch-King was clearly compensating :D

11 of these people are rohanians

@PindusWrath

8 жыл бұрын

+Aleksandar Dragovic *Rohirim ;)

@larslangius855

6 жыл бұрын

Vangos Hector rohirrim* ;) and actually rohirrim is the term used for the military of rohan, not for it's people, whose real name is never really clarified, though "Rohanians" sound ridiculous...

Absolutely true. When I first saw it in the cinema, I was like OHHHH FUUUCKK

"Called it damned heavy because it was...damn heavy!" LOL!

I.. I keep throwing my money at the screen but nothing's happening!!!!

Its a weaponized flail not a mace. Flails were agriculture tools before they were weapons, so if they look awkward as weapons that's why.

All I’m picturing is merry and pippin in fellowship. “No no the big one, big one”

one of the things in three three hour movies that stands out in my head. he's brilliant.

ive always like gigantic weapons. i had the idea to have a fighter who dual-wielded greatswords

@batrachian149

7 жыл бұрын

Wow. You're so original.

@greegeree

7 жыл бұрын

What's originality have to do with anything? They just look cool albeit comical. Small weapons have merits. If I was to use a melee weapon irl id still go for a short sword because their faster and more effective but for a movie or game huge weapons look badass.

@greegeree

7 жыл бұрын

I like you.

@Infinite_Jester

7 жыл бұрын

Big weapons make sense in some games, because unless they're disproportionally large, you won't be able to see them. I don't think there's anything cool about it though, it makes it immensely difficult to suspend my disbelief.

@TheSilverPhoenix100

7 жыл бұрын

It sounds cool but honestly in terms of actual fighting it would never work, Greatswords were designed to a 1 stroke 1 kill weapon to kill mounted riders rushing at you if they ever missed the person usually ended up dead with a spear in his throat or trampled by the horse

I feel like the chain is too long, there's not enough control.

took the words right out of my mouth.

I always loved that thing

Look at that quadruple letterbox. It's called a crop tool. Use it. And that's a flail, not a mace.

It is called a flail

Maces and morning Stars have straight fixed handles. Flails are attached via flexible links or rope.

witch king be like: "Hold up, I dont like when people use shields."

There's a lot of instances in the LOTR movies where Jackson could have shown just a little restraint. A regular-looking mace would have worked fine for the scene.

@lxjuani

6 жыл бұрын

Patrick Bright yeah but Legolas skateboarding is AAAWESOOOME

@calyokayu2320

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, nah, this added to the scene I think, especially with the tone they were going for in the fight. It really doesn't seem ridiculous or anything in the movie either.

@KenoshiAkai

2 жыл бұрын

@@calyokayu2320 It added a ridiculous tone to the scene. Fighting with an oversized flail was just cartoonish.

@ThyBigCheddar

Жыл бұрын

@@KenoshiAkai No it wasn't.

@KenoshiAkai

Жыл бұрын

@@ThyBigCheddar Yes. Yes it was.

Every time the Witch King swung that flail, I imagined it swinging around and hitting him in the back of the head.There's no way he could've wielded such a big thing, and honestly, there's no reason he'd choose to. Just get a proper mace, or stick with that sword that catches fire. Hell, even if he used a stick, he's the damned Witch King, I'm sure he could make it terrifying.

@Doc_Fun

9 жыл бұрын

DaaaahWhoosh Pretty sure a warrior-sorceror can get away with having a fucking gigantic flail. Besides, it works as shock value.

@AngelCakes1997

8 жыл бұрын

The Witch King turns slowly to Eowyn to reveal that his ultimate weapon is... A toothbrush "Haha!" Laughs Eowyn 4 minutes later "That's not where toothbrushes go! AAAAAAHHHH" and Eowyn was never heard from again... And ducks ate her corpse.

@Ezio999Auditore

6 жыл бұрын

Quality shitpost my friend. *Tips fedora*

@JACKAL98

6 жыл бұрын

no, a stick would destroy the movie. and the flail in my opinion went well with him, but yes maybe a flaming sword would have been better

@user-te9vx8bx8y

6 жыл бұрын

The books actually mentioned that the Nazgul one by one aren't extremly powerful, and Glorfindel, Aragorn and Elrond could easily take one of them one, but due to their number of nine, and terrifying properties (screams and in this universe, over-sized flails) make them Saurons most powerful servants.

1:50 It definitely works 👏🏾💯🎬

this is how eowyn learned, the size does matter