tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post113544977634646788..comments2023-12-16T07:28:27.968-05:00Comments on Notes from the Technology Underground: Hollywood's Catapult WarriorWilliam Gurstellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12504155694151207039noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-1161377170491504252006-10-20T16:46:00.000-04:002006-10-20T16:46:00.000-04:00I recently bought your book the art of the catapul...I recently bought your book the art of the catapult. actually, it was pretty cool! i built my own trebuchet (about five feet high without the throwing arm up) out of sticks and lashings (boy scout power!). i also built my own little onager, which i equipped with a sling and it went much farther. i've been looking into a ballistae, but i don't think so. it kind of seems weird to have hollywood making moovies and using trebuchets instead of like... phasers ever since star wars. but i like it, catapults fascinate people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-1136088637472528962005-12-31T23:10:00.000-05:002005-12-31T23:10:00.000-05:00How about the lame Costner Robin Hood movie "Princ...How about the lame Costner Robin Hood movie "Prince of Dweebs". Love how the bad guys manage to "sneak" a number of very large catapults through the forest at night so they can attack the merry men's camp with flaming ammo. Now that I think of it that was about the most believable part of the story.<BR/><BR/>HaldorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20039256.post-1135711670912388272005-12-27T14:27:00.000-05:002005-12-27T14:27:00.000-05:00I could definitely make note of the appearence of ...I could definitely make note of the appearence of a trebuchet in the television show "Lost," late last season. Built in a (failed) attempt to break through a steel door.Maximillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288804776127115992noreply@blogger.com