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The one on the right doesn't look cool though. Boramir looks way cooler.
*to the average person
I regret to inform you that a great many people find it "cool", including a lot of the people I know who are huge fans of the Peter Jackson films.
Im not sure I'd say anywhere near half the people who have seen it would say it's "cool" but unfortunately the average person doesn't really know much about what makes good armor. I don't fault them for it, but I do fault the show for it.
Boromir is infinitely cooler even without the armor.
Regardless, you know someone looked at that thing, and said to themselves "yeah, this is good. This is correct." which is just.... Unfortunate.
One on the right looks like Immortan Joe's muscle armour
One on the right is more accurate based on my museum tours. Can't hate on either imo
I'm genuinely curious, do you happen to recall what museums you may have seen similar designs at? I'm interested to see when their estimated age was and from what regions, because I can totally see people making armor like that, it's just not as effective as actual combat armor as what's on the left.
I've seen some pretty wildly impractical armors, and weapons over the years.
All of the metal ages all had wonky weapon designs at the starts, as we were still figuring out how to work things, how to kill each other, and how to use the new shiny stuff to our advantage.
And don't get me started on ceremonial outfits/weapons... Those are just..... No. Just no.