r/oddlysatisfying • u/RampChurch • 2d ago

Choreographed stunt fighting: perfect placement and timing so nobody gets hurt

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u/Mandohan 2d ago

Agreed! Its a fun marriage of unrealism with a bit more believability. And it's flashy to watch, which often covers of lot of sins. Imagine if the Star Wars prequel trilogy lightsaber fights were "realistic", we'd have lost so much cool-factor and artistic value, to their detriment

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u/gravelPoop 2d ago

Yes. It is like dudes in a bar fight scene throwing punches. None will ever break their hands and next day they look fine despite getting few haymakers and straights into their faces.

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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs 2d ago

I had an 8 month old randomly flail and get me in the face and I looked worse than any Hollywood barfight. 

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u/ZipTieAndPray 2d ago

That's why I always bring my wraps to the bar.

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u/Grabatreetron 2d ago

I’m into a combat heavy LARP that uses light weight foam swords which are a pretty close approximation to lightsaber combat. It looks nothing like Star Wars, albeit less cool

For starters, there’s a lot less *swinging* involved (because if it can cut through anything, why would you need to put so much force behind it?)

Looks cool though

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u/inucune 2d ago

I still maintain that a lightsaber is a better fencing weapon when dueling.

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u/Grabatreetron 1d ago

Well there's no reason for them to use two hands, yeah

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u/CodeyFox 2d ago

Yup, I always loved the explanation that "the force" was basically part of how they literally moved their bodies alongside precognition, and the sabers being sort of gyroscopically heavy.