Originally posted by FrothByte
Thanks. There are a lot of moves in movie fights that are unrealistic but only because real people lack the necessary skill and physical stats to pull it off.Achilles's jumping attack is a good example. I could see the advantages it would grant but I doubt real people would have the necessary speed, agility and leg strength necessary to pull it off as seamlessly as he did. Especially not in armor.
Exactly, but it works for Achilles because he can go from a shoring boat to the enemies frontlines about 10-15 seconds faster than the rest of his own army(still in the armor), toss a spear like a mile, and his other above normal feats.