The Big Chill influenced the TV series thirtysomething. Earlier, however, the movie was directly adapted for television as the short-lived 1985 CBS comedy-drama series Hometown.
Description and Medieval Trebuchet Design One of the Medieval siege weapons used during the Middle Ages was the Trebuchet. The Trebuchet was an invaluable Medieval siege attack weapon, similar to a catapult, which was used for hurling heavy stones to smash castle or city walls.
All trebuchets have: 1  a beam that rotates around an axis, 2  a counterweight at one end of the beam, 3  a sling that is attached to the other end of a beam, 4  a missile to be hurled, and.rebuchets can be placed into four different categories: 1  the swinging counterweight, 2  the fixed counterweight on a fixed frame, 3  the fixed counterweight on a floating frame, and.