Originally posted by SasuOnaI'm in no way detracting from DD, just giving the situation in context.
I thought Bullseye only had an adamantium alloy spine?
If this is the case then DD should have still been able to break his arms.
Every single in continuity comic has commented on his SKELETON being bonded. Examples are DD claiming that his fists are weighted with it, that he doesn't have to go easy on him because of it (in Predator's Smile which is canon), him commenting on the ease of jumping off a building and through a car roof due to adamantium feet, numerous comments about an adamantium skull etc.
At this point, other than teeth (which are at this point, probably mostly fake), the only bones that Bullseye has broken happened at the end of the murdock papers when it said that he broke ribs and a leg when being hit by a bus. My logical guess is that to allow for better flexibility, his fibulae and his ribs are not bonded. And I say bonded because why would Darkwind, the inventor of the Weapon X bonding process, the guy who wanted to turn Bullseye into a Japanese imperialist super soldier just adhere strips of the stuff and replace a spinal column when he perfected full, skeletal bonding?
You may get into healing factor arguments here but in the original comics, the japanese mystics and scientists use various herbs and mystical remedies to heal Bulseye's spinal chord, enhance his natural abilities, allow him to survive the procedure, and aid his recovery.
Weapon X stole the technology and the plans, but they couldn't steal the mysticism to allow it to work on non-healers.
The truly impressive feat is DD's ability to use a sai, a weapon that is traditionally DULL to puncture through kevlar weave, under Lester's sternum, and into his heart.
Originally posted by Darth Jello
My theory as posted is that Apocalypse invented it and abandoned it in the savage land, Oyama figured out the mechanics, and with what you said, Romulus stole the plans. Either that or Romulus somehow figured it out independently too put never figured out how to make it work on non-healers.
Originally posted by Darth Jello
The truly impressive feat is DD's ability to use a sai, a weapon that is traditionally DULL to puncture through kevlar weave, under Lester's sternum, and into his heart.
Traditionally yes, but in movies and comics Sai are almost always pointy and sometimes edged as well. Heck, they are even called "sai daggers" in some.
It is not even a weapon used by ninjas in the first place, much like the nunchaku and the kama. But since they look so cool with the black pyjamas those become favorites in fiction.
Originally posted by Mshinu
Traditionally yes, but in movies and comics Sai are almost always pointy and sometimes edged as well. Heck, they are even called "sai daggers" in some.It is not even a weapon used by ninjas in the first place, much like the nunchaku and the kama. But since they look so cool with the black pyjamas those become favorites in fiction.
nunchucks however were not used by ninja, and were pretty much created by bruceless, because he believed they would look great in movies which they do, but there effectiveness is meh.
Originally posted by Dum Dum Dugan
actaully the sai was used by ninja's. Ninjas are believed to have farmer who were oppressed by the samurai, so they trained them selfs to defeat samurai. Sai was created by a common planting tool, jsut like the boo staff and so forth. But the sai was most deffiently used against samurai, infact it entire point is to negate samurai swords.nunchucks however were not used by ninja, and were pretty much created by bruceless, because he believed they would look great in movies which they do, but there effectiveness is meh.
Bruce Lee didn't create the nunchucks. In fact, variations of the weapon can be found in many Asian cultures in their histories including in Japan.
In wiki, they say that the unique fighting style style Bruce Lee used in movies was a variation of an old Filipino Kali technique using an old Filipino version of the nunchucks called the Tayak-Toyok (dunno how accurate this is, tho).
Originally posted by D_Dude1210
Bruce Lee didn't create the nunchucks. In fact, variations of the weapon can be found in many Asian cultures in their histories including in Japan.In wiki, they say that the unique fighting style style Bruce Lee used in movies was a variation of an old Filipino Kali technique using an old Filipino version of the nunchucks called the Tayak-Toyok (dunno how accurate this is, tho).
Your right to an extent. he shorten the chains on them, to give them a flasher look.
Originally posted by Mshinu
That. Is complete and utter BS.
It actaully makes complete senses. Farmer were opressed by warrior class aka samurai for generations, they create ninja to combat them using combination of items you find around the farm into make shape weapons. They used stealth and ambush like tactics, because they had no nearly the training nor the amount of men as samurai. Guide to Ninja, is a great book that summerises many aspects of ninja .
Yea actually the classic ninja wasn't what we picture ninjas as. They would be a contracted killer, but they'd often dress up as a person doing a simple job, like a carpenter. From that point they'd poison the person or kill them in some other way. Pretty stealthy. Definitely not the McNinja you see today.
Originally posted by Dum Dum Dugan
It not though, there plenty of historians that believe this.It actaully makes complete senses. Farmer were opressed by warrior class aka samurai for generations, they create ninja to combat them using combination of items you find around the farm into make shape weapons. They used stealth and ambush like tactics, because they had no nearly the training nor the amount of men as samurai. Guide to Ninja, is a great book that summerises many aspects of ninja .
There is simply no evidence that the Iga or Koga ninja originated as "opressed farmers". Same for the use of sai. What you mention about farming tools being used as weapons is more related to Okinawan kobudo and the ban on weapons that was put in place there.
I suggest you find a book written by a better historian or talk to someone with real ninjutsu training under Hatsumi for instance.
