William Wallace Tonight at 10:00PM EST

**IRISH** · 26th May 09, 06:08 PM

tonight's episode of deadliest warrior on spike pits william wallace against shaka zulu.
10:00pm eastern time. should be repeated next tuesday an hour earlier 9:00pm.

**McMurdo** · 26th May 09, 07:14 PM

Funny how they have him in a Great kilt and blue face paint, and the reason they give as to why he took on the English all come from the movie, not history. Kilts were not worn in William Wallace's time. He would have been dressed more like a knight that a highlander.

**Big Mikey** · 26th May 09, 10:15 PM

It doesn't matter how he was dressed........................................... ..........

HE MOIDALIZED DAT ZULU BUM!!

**drobin** · 26th May 09, 11:15 PM

you've been warned.

Wallace's 63% to Zulu's 37% out of 1000 battles. 100% confidence from both sides

I thought it was going to be closer, guess the blue paint tipped the scales. Didn't notice much of a Kilt, did see the leggings.

**Erikm** · 26th May 09, 11:20 PM

It was a cool episode

My friend called me and told me about it.
Next week IRA vs. Taliban

**IRISH** · 27th May 09, 05:03 AM

i've enjoyed these since the first episode a few weeks ago. the premise is ludicrous, but i like the enthusiasm of the experts representing each side of the debate. last week's maori v shao-lin monk was terrific.

although, the dramatized video of wallace had him running down hillsides in a kilt, the highlands expert was discussing the likely mode of battle dress more along the lines of what mcmurdo was stating. nice one.

the show has taken a bit of a sour turn in the last couple of weeks when they've pitted "mafia" against the yakuza and the preview for next week's show just made my heart sink- taliban v ira? a bit too sad.

i guess this exposes me as no small hypocrite. it's ok to watch a bunch of guys on tv examine and glorify killing as long as it's in the context of centuries-extinct warrior classes such as samurai and vikings, but as soon as they start whooping it up over post-modern ideological terrorists, i get sheepish...

**scotchmaster** · 27th May 09, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by IRISH

tonight's episode of deadliest warrior on spike pits william wallace against shaka zulu.
10:00pm eastern time. should be repeated next tuesday an hour earlier 9:00pm.

Which channle is it on? I have a scotch tasting tonight but I can set my tivo.

**george7** · 27th May 09, 06:59 AM

Well, you missed it, but it reruns at next Tuesday at 9:00pm on Spike

**thescot** · 27th May 09, 07:33 AM

We watched it--the step-son and I--but it was a bit contrived. The results are quite subjective, and the whole idea is kind of hokie at best.

But it's fun for what it's intended to be--entertainment. Seeing the character in breachan feile and woad (sp?) was a bit of a put-off--I kept trying to be historically correct--but ole Wallace kicked the snot out of Shaka Zulu.

The best part was seeing the weapons described and demonstrated.

**McMurdo** · 27th May 09, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by thescot

The best part was seeing the weapons described and demonstrated.

I'd have to agree, my biggest pet peeve with this episode besides the woad and feileadh-mor was the height of the actor playing Wallace, but yeah it was cool seeing him win. I loved the part where the "experts" were calling the 8' kill zone the buzz saw of death.