[Chad Arnow]

I was checking out the page on Filmswords.com (http://filmswords.com/timeline/timeline.htm) from Michael Crichton's Timeline.

The book was entertaining, but I never got a chance to see the film. It was cool to see that they used real swords for design inspiration. DeKere's sword is the Black Prince's hilt with a different blade. Lord Oliver's uses a hilt like MRL used to put on a Type XV blade (Hotspur's sword maybe?). Lord Arnaut's sword's hilt looks kind of like A 460 in the Wallace collection, which A&A replicates as their French Medieval Sword.

Was the movie any good? Also, does anyone know when Albion might put these into production?

[Jason Dingledine]

[Allan Senefelder]

As far as the film itself goes ( and this is just my opinion)the overall feeling I was left with was" boy 21st century
first world humans are a bunch of wussies !" The cast spends a good portion of the film wallowing in the
"conflict" of to kill or not to kill to ensure thier survival even as said cast members are dropping like flies .
That being said , the equipment was excellent! The armour was very well done ( although in large part about 40
years or so latter than the film is supposed to be set ) and the night battle/seige sceens were well done .
I didn't read the book but would give the film a "matinee" rating ,or inother words not quite worth the full
price but i'd see it on a Sunday afternoon for 1/2 off . Again just my opinion ( and it should be noted that
this will probably not prevent me from buying a copy because theres guys with swords fighting ) .