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Did African Americans speak ebonics in circa 975 Scandinavia?


I'm pretty sure that African Americans spoke West Saxon Old English back then. Hole in the plot!

I expect more from my demon-based slasher movies.

However, this movie redeemed itself by having constant awesome music and showing constant luscious melons.


I`m sorry for my lack of manners, but I`m not used to escorting men.

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Beowulf is set in a post-apocalyptic environment, it is just never explicitly stated.

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Was there anything else I should know that I couldn't learn from watching the movie?


I`m sorry for my lack of manners, but I`m not used to escorting men.

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You can infer it from the technology gulf. They seem to have chainsaws and loudspeakers along side horses and swords.

Was there anything else I should know that I couldn't learn from watching the movie?


Reverting to medieval society does not mean we must adorn garb over cleavage.

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I was wondering why Beowulf, at one point, was wearing a Walmart-style T-shirt and work boots.

Reverting to medieval society does not mean we must adorn garb over cleavage.


LOL Amen! God bless bewbz.


I`m sorry for my lack of manners, but I`m not used to escorting men.

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They seem to have chainsaws and loudspeakers along side horses and swords.
And they were smoking cigarillos too :)

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Dip wad, if you're going to bitch about a movie, pay attention to it first. Literally every single thing that you can see tells you this does not take place in the *beep* Dark/Middle Ages.

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Like what? The ebonics?


"That's like putting your whole mouth right in The Dip!" - Seinfeld

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This movie sounds like a real piece of crap.

I guess there were no African Americans around in tenth-century Scandinavia. There were only Native Americans.

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This movie sounds like a real piece of crap.

I guess there were no African Americans around in tenth-century Scandinavia. There were only Native Americans.


^ This.

"That's like putting your whole mouth right in The Dip!" - Seinfeld

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