>Film set in medieval Europe
>Everyone is covered in dirt
>Film set in America
>Everyone is covered in hamburgers
>Documentary about ancient Rome
>they speak in English with British accents
>>558729
>film set in America
>there are people who don't get shot
>>558736
Every historical culture spoke English with a British accent. This is well known.
>>558736
Usually those are made by british folks. They have two options concerning the language:
Have all actors speak a dead language and subtitle the movie, or;
Speak normally and just tell the story.
>film set in the future
>white people still exist
>>558736
Very few priests could pull off Latin well, let alone actors.
>>558923
alternatively:
>white people haven't been enslaved by their indian overlords
>>558929
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl0b2LGf9jM
>>558929
>film set in india
>nothing is covered in shit
>Medieval movie spoken in modern english
>Writers randomly throw in 'thou, thine, thee' etc
Everytime
>peasants are all stupid superstitious imbeciles covered in pig shit
>noblemen are all inbred, spoiled and degenerate
>the clergy is either burning witches or laundering money
>le dark ages
>>558936
The trick is not to care, because it's a movie
>>558952
>just turn off your brain lol xD
>>558736
would you rather have them speak broken latin or with fake Italian accents?
>>558736
This.
I want romance accents.
>>558970
Pour le Jupiter!
>>558736
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exI45AnLBRc
Cringe.
>>558959
Sure, it's called suspension of disbelief.
>>558736
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar will never be forgotten as the foundation of the Anglo tradition of art on Roman themes. It will never be separated.
Do you expect them to speak in Latin?
We don't even know how to speak it anymore.
> Film is set in modern time
> Fields with modern wheat without weed everywhere
>>558702
also
>they are all white
when they will learn that there were blacks in europe
>>559032
WE WUZ KNIGHTS
>>558937
>yfw the "Dark Age" meme will never be dismissed in the eyes of the public
>>559032
WE WUZ KANGZ N DUKES N SHIEET
>>559049
WE WUZ LAN' LORDS!!
>>559049
Maybe 0.001%, of the total population were Negroid.
>>559049
in what timeframe?
Pre-Umayyad Spain, when the Moors opened a door between their Spanish and Malian conquests, probably almost zero sub-saharans in Europe.
From that point onward there were only negligible amounts and only in Moorish owned lands and nearby lands. They were an incredible rarity.
>>558933
this would actually be pretty cool, I hope I will be able to see this irl in my lifetime
>>559064
B-but medievalpoc on tumbles dot com posts Renaissance paintings of black foreign dignitaries on xer blog, so clearly the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were Sub-Saharan Bantu Empires, shitlord.
>>559049
Before the muslim conquest of spain, not really.
Like once every few decades someone would parade around an African pastor from Ethiopia or an Arab merchant but otherwise nah.
It's all about geographic distribution and travel, my grandparents had never seen a Black man until they were in their 50's, and I'm an American.
>>559128
Oh, you're trolling on things you already know for replies.
>>559128
Ah yes, the site that thinks the 18th century is medieval and clearly white people in shade are black.
>>559189
>tfw you will never go 50 years without having to look at a minority
>>558702
>Film set in medieval Europe
>Everyone isn't covered in dirt
>Blockbuster set in Ancient Greek
>They aren't speaking Homeric Greek and making references to cows and hunting
>WWII film
>USA are the good guys and the Union are the bad guys
>>559233
More like
>WWII film
>USSR are cunts but nazis are even bigger cunts so we'll make the Soviets look good
>set in ancient Egypt
>they mention corn
>Documentary on the Roman Republic
>Roman soldiers wear the imperial Segmentata
Every single time.
>a bunch of slovenly men fuck about
>a badass power lesbian female warrior arrives
>AHAHAHA A WOMAN SHE THINKS SHE CAN FIGHT LOOK AT HER HAHAHAHA
>she kicks their ass, humiliating them and proving female supremacy
Literally every history-related fiction since Xena
>Fil set in Mexico
>The sky is yellow
>>559282
>film set in Mexico
>it's all desert
>>559249
When did lorica segmentata become the defining feature of Roman soldiers? I feel like in older films it was leather armour with red capes for everyone.
>>558702
>film or documentary with war scenes
>every army involved has at most 50 or 60 soldiers
>>559303
Why don't you play Europa Barbarorum and find out?
>ww2 film
>american soldiers never ean out of ammo
>german/nip soldiers run in the open
>worst of all they seem to never aim
>>559310
I don't think I phrased it that well. I don't mean when did Roman soldiers switch over to lorica segmentata, I meant when did that become the popular image for them? Like I said, older films seem have them all in leather armour and red capes - when did the popular image of Roman soldiers switch over to segmentata.
>>559316
I gotta think this played a part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0SNjnsi_rM
>>559316
>>559329
It's actually because of Asterix, I'm not even joking.
>>559272
Why do women still cream over this when it has been done to death so much? I hate tokens created on my behalf like wesley crusher.
It is as though white and east asian males are the only groups capable of seeing through this kind of thing.
>>559272
That's true, and the woman is always an archer (?) which is dumb because women have weaker arms and so wouldn't be able to bend the bow nearly as much as a man meaning the force of her arrow and the distance it could travel would be much less.
>>559344
Oh no, I believe it. Kinda miffed I didn't think of it first, it's so obvious.
>>558937
>>559039
>massive population decline
>roman empire which produced 10000s of tons of lead, copper and iron a year and engaged in huge construction projects evaporates and Charlemagne's chuches are just brick boxes with numerous tiny arches
>gap in historical records, things still happened even if they weren't written down but such a large number of people suddenly abandoning literacy to such an extent from Attila until Charlemagne is evidence
The idea there was no dark age in northern europe is the meme.
>>559398
There certainly was, in the early middle ages like you said, until Charlemagne. The thing is these films usually portray high medieval period and depict it like something straight out of Mad Max.
>>559398
>Northern Europe
As in Scandinavia? Who in the fuck was talking about that?
>>558923
>Film set in the future
>People aren't genetically engineered to have unique hair colors, eye colors, perfect physical fitness and aesthetics and be intellectual geniuses
>>559398
Yeah because everyone in Roman times were literate and wrote histories
>>559398
>>559403
The problem is that the average person can't differentiate between 400-750 AD and 1050-1400 AD, and just lump it all together under "medieval", which is seen as either a shitty Dark Age or a glorious Gothic civilization. It's all seen as one thing, instead of the reality that there was both a Dark Age after the fall of Rome and an amazing civilization after the 11th century.
>>559471
The average person yes, but the average person is dumb as shit and I would expect a higher standard from soemone who literally blows dozens of millions of dollars on a movie production.
>>558736
>movie about Romans defending their camp in Britain from savage, evil natives
>Romans have posh British accents
>>559206
what happened? historically.
>>559218
I don't understand.
Did ancient Greeks not hunt?
Weren't cattle commonplace in Macedonia if not southern Greece due to lack of grazing lands?
Please explain, t/his/.
>>559248
I don't believe this happened ever.
>>559471
>an amazing civilization after the 11th century
C'mon now.
>>559248
>he doesn't know that corn doesn't necessarily mean maize
>>559588
You misread senpai. I said that in the film they didn't make references to cattle and hunting.
In The Iliad, Homer uses plenty of hunting/animal similes.
>film starts
>it's in fucking Aramaic
>>559398
No one denies that things weren't quite as good as when the Romans were around, due to the obvious chaos of a collapsing Empire.
The common myth that needs to end is of the European Dark Ages is that Religious Leaders suppressed science and technology, resulting in centuries of stagnation until the virtuous Enlightenment came about and DaVinci and Descartes and Richard Dawkins finally put the ebil Church in its place.
>>558702
>>559398
>such a large number of people suddenly abandoning literacy
you don't think this actually happend do you?
how does one abandon literacy
it also comes with the implication that a significant portion of the population of the roman empire were literate - could read or write anything more than your average serf or peasant
>>561236
Could anyone even read in Rome aside from elites? Did they have a school system?
>>561242
Well, judging by Street grafity, some mosy certainly did, soldiers often wrote and read latin and a lot of richer city folk did, I'm not saying all plebs and slave knew fluent Latin. But it wasn't something reserved for kings and generals
>>561242
They had a private school system. I can't imagine it was either cheap or present outside major cities. The elites would have paid for private tutors instead.
>>559272
I like how in Sicario they turn this shit around. She got fucked up so bad in that movie it was ridiculous.
Crusaders had some unreal fucking swagger
>>561277
I imagine you can't hear dick in one of those helms.
>>561381
>I imagine you can't hear dick in one of those helms.
that's intentional
it's to keep the men chaste while crusading.
>every film that regards the American revolution
>all Americans are hunky teens with hearts of gold
>all British are old and evil
>>558702
>Film has an Irish person in it.
>Speaks like an illiterate potato eater from the darkest jungles of Galway.
>>558995
nah fuck you, Rome was great
>>563237
>Film set in Britain
>everyone has white teeth
>the women are not covered
>>563269
> Film set in the US
> People aren't shot
Oh wait, I take that back, people are shot all the time in American movies.
>>563269
Now that you mention it, the lack of covered women in medieval settings is very disturbing and arousing.
>>563278
>medieval women
>a badass sexbomb warrior with an armor designed to highlight her tits
>>558936
>characters pronounce thou "thow" rather than "thew"
>>559031
Lindy pls go.
>>563212
>sensible kek
>>559303
100 AD I believe
>>559272
>but who was boobs?
>>558919
>Have all actors speak a dead language and subtitle the movie,
this is why mel gibson is based, among other things
>>559248
>Set in Ancient Egypt
>Everyone isn't white
>>558736
>movie about Stalingrad
>everybody has a British accent
>WWII movie
>Soviets are portrayed being just as evil as Nazis
>>566323
>>559583
globalisation
>>558702
>Cavalry charge
>mounted soldiers just ride up to the enemy and have a sword fight
>>566333
>WW2 movie
>anglo allies are portrayed as non-rapist good guys
>>559531
>Posh Romans have posh accents
ftfy
The use of class based British accents is a useful shorthand for film makers to distinguish between classes. That's why your average legionnaire sounds like he's from Bermondsey.
"Oright tribute? We'll 'ave them Cewtic cants an' no mistake, gor blimey."
>>558923
>film set in the future
>everyone has used genetic editing to emulate the white beauty standard
>everyone has jungle fever for the few blacks who didn't drink the kool aid.
ftfy
>>561022
I think everyone can agree on that.
>>559049
In fairly small numbers, almost always in port cities in the southern parts of Europe.
People didn't tend to travel around near as often or as far at the time- let alone from below the Sahara all the way to Northern Europe.
Not a lot of reasons for your average African to make the trek.
>>566375
I'm with you. Additionally, I feel that literature set in foreign countries should have all the dialogue in the native language. The prose can be in English of course. It's a simple matter to include translations for everything the characters say.
>>566374
wet as october, m8
>>566408
That's a dumb idea. Either translatr the lot or don't. Some translated works have the translated version on the left hand page and the untranslated version on the right hand page.
>>566375
Because there's no point in hiring great actors like Jeremy Irons and then attempt to get him to speak Italian with a Spanish accent, with subtitles for the primary audience?
A lot of medieval stuff takes place in the 1500s, which did have Gothic art and some alright writers, but also had the black plague, horrible famine, and Mongol invasions.
>>566395
>port cities in the southern parts of Europe
Why are medieval movies and stuff always in north europe, anyway?
>based calilphate of cordoba
>based byzantine empire
>based medieval pope
>based venice and genoa colonizing everybody
>>561022
Oddly enough the first Rome: Total War game actually did give the Romans American accents, and it's a British-made game. Haven't played the second one so I don't know if it continues the trend.
>>558736
>French character appears
>he inserts one or two french words, like "moi" or "oui" in his english sentence
>gotta be sure the viewer understands he's french
>>566450
Imperialists from across the sea? It's just one batch after another.
Speaking of which, I always had a really difficult time playing the Brits on Rome Total War. I thought chariots were good against infantry, and they really just aren't.
>>559049
>big continent like Europe
>is actually a small continent
>>566457
I noticed that in The Eagle, they made the Romans explicitly American with noticeable accents. Initially thought they were going for the imperialist trope, but the rest of the film is about how the Britons are barbarians and savages and the Roman hero is super cool awesome.
>>566468
Well, the celts were depicted as injuns with their weird body paint and what have you, so it was basically a western with gladii and a faint iraq/afghan war subtext
>>566450
Nope they have British accents now
>>559377
It depends on how heavy the bow is and the draw weight though. Some are lighter and/ or more easily pulled than others. though if the arrows she is using are thick and pierce outer garments well enough, I guess you have a point.
>>563284
That's more sexism/ over sexualization of women then inaccuracy to be honest though...
>>566218
>Indo-europeans/ middle easterners are white
> >>/pol/
Egyptians are mixed race at best.
>>566418
I didn't say they had to speak Italian with an accent(who the fuck would even know besides Italians?). They should speak English with whatever accent specific to the ethnicity they are or where the setting is( in this case either Italian or Spanish)
>>566414
>>566408
I don't think it's a good idea to not translate the entire novel. That's just dumb. Leave a few words I guess, in terms of expressions that can't be easily translated sensibly or non awkwardly in dialogue. But otherwise, why would you not. That's silly. The problem is only really with visual media.
>>559965
It's not so much that the church was surpressing anything, it's that the sheer level of piety in mainstream intellectual life diverted capable people into unrewarding theological dead ends. Most of the great minds between 800 and 1400 AD were focussed on questions of theology that were ultimately meaningless, like discusssing 40k lore. If you disagree, what scientific discoveries in particular can you point to as being made in Europe in this period?
>>566616
>mobie set in da olden time
>we aint kangs an sheet
>>566727
The foundations of Calculus, the mathematization of physics, the physics of the rainbow, a lot of work on the field of optics, also the foundation of the university, etc.
Besides, how does not having scientific discoveries make a period a "dark age", when there are thousand of philosophical and theological manuscripts?
>like discusssing 40k lore
oh, sorry, i thought this was a place for serious discussion, my bad
>>566727
>diverted capable people into unrewarding theological dead ends
Holy shit you're a retard. These "capable people" only had access to knowledge and texts because of these "theological dead ends."
>>566811
>the mathematization of physics
Before Newton this wasn't a thing in any meaningful way.
>film is set during the French Revolution
>everyone speaks with an English accent
WHEN WILL YOU ROSBIFS FINALLY BE SATISFIED
>>561268
But she could still kick some ass if needed, it wasn't like the Tomb Raider reboot. Tbh, Kate's probably one of my favorite female characters from any movie.
>>566850
Newton didnt make his physics out of thin air
>>558702
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs&t=1m48s
>>566850
And how is that relevant?
>Disney movie about el dorado
>Native girl has wide as fuck hips despite native american women having narrow hip bones
>>563269
African villagers have white teeth
>film set in medieval England
>king and nobles all speak English
>French characters speak English with a French accent
>>566713
But this isn't just in British productions of Shows this happens. Also the situation you paralleled with what I was saying is way higher on the scale of inconvenience if not out right a ridiculous waste of energy. What I mentioned is a pretty minor change.Also why not look for some good Italian actors or the like too(this is for non roman, and non British productions obviously) if they can look look for British ones. They do this specifically with characters in Asian settings so why not anything else?
>>566945
This is obviously a parody of the conception
>>566953
That was Dreamworks
>>559074
t. pajeet
>>566768
Just shut up and leave already. My point is, Egyptians aren't black but they sure as hell aren't white.
>>566971
I mean...that's not that bad considering if we're talking about nobles (WHO ARE WELL EDUCATED) particularly in, but not limited to, the late medieval period. It's not far fetched for the characters to bilingual. Unless we're talking about peasants, then I got nothing.
>Film set in medieval Europe
>No POC
>>567029
Except the English nobles actually spoke French.
King Richard the Lionheart himself barely knew a word of English.
>>567029
He's saying the kings and nobles should speak in French or in French accents
>A game set in medieval period
>it has dragons and wizards
>>566850
>"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" - Isaac Newton
You're an idiot.
>>559628
>What is the Carolingian Renaissance.
>>559314
>>american soldiers never ean out of ammo
UPHAM! WE NEED SOME FUCKING AMMO!
>>566666
66666
checking
>>567050
Well, yes that too but if the show/ movie is made by Britain or America you know who's language iss going to be the default out of convenience especially for the general audience.
>>567052
Why should English noblemen in England(which anon specified) speak English with a french accent?
As for Rihcard, my first point kind of stands and England LOVES to claim him so yeah there's that. Tbh though, there hasn't been that many Richard the Lion heart Movies to make that comparison.
>>567157
>English noblemen in England
There were no English noblemen. They were French noblemen in England.
>>559064
>>559128
>>559189
Off the top of my head the instances of unabashed black africans in Europe I can think of are:
-4th century Constantine Arch or Column depicting Blemmye auxiliaries (From the Sudan region south of Egypt, east of the nile along the red sea)
-I have a reference in a wargaming book to 1184 King William II of Sicily's bodyguard included of a large number of "Moslem Negro slaves, with a captain of that race...sumptuously dressed and provided with agile horses". The source cited is an Ibn Jubair.
In the Muslim world they are far more prevalent but still a minority and entirely associated in a slave or military-slave context. The Tulunid dynasty of Egypt made use of some tens of thousands of black slaves possibly double the number of berbers or turks they used, the Fatimids relied increasingly on black slave infantry, the Berbers always had some novel corps of black slave warriors, the Andalusians had more sparse numbers of them but they were around, the Abbasids made enough use of black slaves in their plantations of southern Iraq they had a full blown insurrection in the famous "Zanji Rebellion".
This is a sketch of a 13th century Spanish manuscript showing a bunch of Moors - the European looking fellows are Andalusians, the Turbaned guys are Berbers, the kinky haired guy with the big nose is a black african. And that is usually what happens - you see a black cavalryman, a black slinger or black camp followers/servants but exceptionally rarely. Not like the popular notion of the moors being black, or even half of them being black, or even a quarter. 1/10th feels too generous even.
>>567060
He was saying that to shit on Robert Hooke, who was his mortal enemy and about 5 feet tall.
>people only lived until 30 back then!
>infant mortality? anon stop being stupid, medical technology didn't allow people to live past 30
>why were 18th-19th century soldiers so dumb?
>all they did was stand in a line to get shot lol XD
>>567334
This is true though, and it is why america won the revolution. The americans fought from cover and used camo while the british stood around like idiots while dieing of heat exhaustion in they're fancy red dresses
>>567434
>>567434
Oh you.
>>558736
>right in the feels
>Giordano Bruno sketch
>He was a martyr of Science
>>567434
>>567434
you are now officially required to forever leave this board and never return
>make a film set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
>everyone speaks in a British accent when they're in outer space and there is no Britain
>>567544
>everyone
Not even close.
>british accents
No
>english
It's called Galactic Basic Standard, and since it was before us we are the ones that are unrealistic
>>566953
Fuck you she was so cute.
>>563256
MOM MOM I POSTED IT AGAIN XDDDDDDDDDDDDD
>>566953
It was really hot though.
She had clear skin too, despite living in a humid jungle kingdom.
>>567211
>the Normans are litterally just French
>they stayed being litterally French for the entire 400 years in which the Plantagenets were on the throne and beyond
>>561277
>what beta autists want
FTFY
>>559272
That braided leather 'bra' thing which chaff her nipples something fierce.
>She'd also freeze to death in damp, rainy England
But anyway...
>that feel when squire for Miss Knightley
>tfw applying soothing balm to her chaffed nipples and bossoms every night
>>567037
Although, I read a story a while back about some Roman-era skeletons found in a grave, in southern England. They did tests on 'em, and few were Italian. Some were native Brits, but there were also a lot of people from North Africa, and what is today Syria/Jordan and Serbia. London in its first years was probably mostly a mish-mash of Roman colonials.
>>563262
>darkest jungles of Galway
i read that as "dankest jungles of Galway"
>>559416
so in other words "white".
>>558923
fuck off, rajeth.
>>558933
wake up now indians. back to reality and your piles of shit.
>>558933
its sad how far from reality this is.
>>559049
there were some kings with pet negroes in medieval times
>>559206
only tears
>'Nam movie
>It Ain't Me starts playing
>>566333
>Soviets are portrayed being just as evil as Nazis
soviets were worse than the nazis.
>>568181
besides it being exaggerated and this a meme, what's so bad about it?
>>568115
White people can have blue hair and purple eyes naturally? Who knew?
>>558702
>Film is set in colonization times
>Native American are all peace-loving hippies that only care about the saving nature from the evil white man
>film is set in WWII Europe
>Nazis are all inherently evil
>film is set in WWII Asia
>Japs are ultraviolent towards everyone and have no respect for no one
>japs constantly scream while in battle
>japs get killed by thousands by a single american soldier
>film is set in the Viking Era
>everyone has dreadlocks
>Film is meant to represent greeks and persians
>greeks go almost naked and are /fit/ as fug
>persians are literal monsters
>persian king is a flamboyant faggot out of a gay pride parade
>>566375
With the exception of a couple of truly exceptional Asian martial arts movies, shows/movies with subtitles are rarely successful except as artsy award bait.
Since most movies are made by American studios, having the characters speak in British accents signals to the audience that they are foreign without the awkwardness of trying to write a script in a foreign language with subtitles.
>>569765
This.
>>567871
Well they sure as fuck weren't English
>>566669
Why? It's silly.
>>559049
Europe is the smallest continent.
>>566218
Because only the elite where "white" ypu stormfag winter dindu
>>566218
Before Alexander ( the majoirty of ancient Egypt's existence) they would have all been north african.
>>569786
You tell 'em, Bud!
>>569765
Yeknow, Inglorious Basterd, the movie I firstly recall when thinking of Nazis and cinema, does a pretty darn good job at humanizing zie Germans. Max and the rest of the gang in the pub scene. And the Officer who gets his head clubbed in. Even colonial Hanz Lander
>being too autistic to realize that there is only a handful of actors cut out to fit any given specific character and that it would take an enormous amount of time to properly learn an accent let alone a language, to a finite local and historical tee
>>569765
>>Film is meant to represent greeks and persians
also
>persians are the bad guys
>they're black
>persians are the good guys
>they're white
>>566455
>french characters in a game about the french revolution
>they give everyone british voices
>the developers are french
>"fuck it, they cant understand they're french anyways"
>>570801
do you have a source for that familia
>>570801
see>>566983,
>>569851
The are good actors for people of other European ethnicity besides BRITISH that could take and fit those parts. That is my point. They do this with Asia set films like The Last Samurai without all (or even most) of the dialogue having to be in subtitles. The even do this with Vikings. It doesn't even have to go straight to subtitles at all honestly( though it did a few times in vikings for contrast).
Expecially Coruscant culture.
>>559282
>>559299
This. Mexico is a huge country and has a ridiculous number of small mini-climates because of altitude variation. Some cities are highly developed.
>pic related: The place i took this picture in looks more like an african savanna
>>568207
I suppose the first time someone used this meme, and was being serious not joking, they were simply expressing annoyance at the lack of musical diversity. Vietnam movies almost all feature a bit of protest music from that era.
Most of these sorts of 'complaints' are total exaggerations meant simply to bait autistic people (into asking for examples or correcting the song title), or to get other people replying to get reaction images.
>>568207
Most Nam movies are set in 1967-1969, the song came out in 1971. It's a nitpick but still.
>>569765
The Revenant showed Natives to be just as brutal as the trappers.
Except the Pawnee, they all gud bois.
>>558919
>>566375
Yeah, but we do this in America as well. We use British Actors for historical dramas set in Europe. No matter what country it's set in. Hell, there's even a TV Tropes page about is:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheQueensLatin
Though some movies have bucked this trend. If you guys haven't seen The Eagle, you really should. English is abstracted as Latin but they used American actors for Latin native-speakers and British actors for the Romano-British. The seens where they head up into pict country are in a legit p-celtic language. It's basically a Roman Apocalypse Now. The further north they get from Hadrian's Wall, the crazier shit gets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYCgcZm5fM
>>563262
But that's true
>>559416
>Gattica
>>567701
It does not change the anthropological fact that native women hip's are narrower than their shoulders.
>>575820
so are you saying they Latina women of subsequent generations got the wide hips from the Spanish?
>>575820
no bully
>film set in Nguyá»…n dynasty Indochina
>poorly translated nó không phải là tôi starts playing
>>568207
Because every single piece of Vietnam media has it. Its as if Fortunate Son, Flight of the Valkryries, and Paint It Black were the only songs in existence in the 60s. We get it, we know what years Vietnam took place in.
>>569765
>>japs get killed by thousands by a single american soldier
but that actually happened
>>559383
When I was young i believed that the Romans only wore Segmentata due to Asterix. i think the reason why Uderzo drew 'em like that is because it is easier than Squaremata and Hamata.
>>559416
eugenics is by no means an inevitability, people will still argue against based on muh feelings and mug religion
>Gettysburg
>"hold on, lads. Let's clear off the field first."
>>566811
>theological manuscripts are worth anything to non-historians
>>567007
I just lump them in with the Turks. Not at all correct anthropologically but in terms of their relationship with whites (the only thing that matters to me)
>>568066
did they use slaves that far north?
>>563262
>his name is pat
>ruffian with a heart of gold
>>576060
>Flight of the Valkyries
apocalypse now is the only legitimate use of this, everyone else is parodying that scene
>>575853
>natives are a subset of mongoloids
where'd you learn anthropology and human anatomy, The Online College of /pol/?
>Spanish conquistador scene
>they're wearing morions
>>566442
>Why are medieval movies and stuff always in north europe, anyway?
Because northern Europeans are the people that hold the most power and they'll show off their history before they show off anyone else's. I'm extremely bored with medieval northern Europe and I think it's extremely overrates
>>572733
You think in real life they went around speaking English with French accents?
>>567157
The point is in movies English noblemen speak English without accent while French noblemen speak English with a French accent. While in reality they would have just spoken French to each other, which was the native language of both sides, and neither of them would have a foreign accent. There is literally no reason to portray English and French noblemen differently, either give them both French accents or neither (I'd tend towards neither since in real life they were speaking their own language and thus didn't sound like retards).
>>558736
They shouldn't be speaking English at all, but it's entertainment. What do you want? the whole cast to speak in forced faked Italian accents? Retarded. Also, British accents are the default English accent because they spawned the language and way more pleasant than American ones.
>movie set in any time ever
>the only available colors for cloth and house paint is brown and grey
>>576455 doesn't Northern Europe mean Scandinavia, Finland and baltics?
>>568066
m8 stop this meme, the remains of Roman auxiliaries found in Britain were mostly Gauls, they did find a few distant foreigners, mostly peoples from around the black sea(thought to be from modern day Ukraine) and only a single cohort of people that came from Syria. It really didn't make much sense to have colonists or auxiliaries stationed in Britannia from such far places. Why there was even a cohort composed of some Syrians is still confusing the fuck out of people.
>>576526
I think he meant England. He should have said England.
>>576535
Because they did not want trained soldiers in their home countries to minimize the risk of a wellarmed and organized rebellion like in Germania.
>Film set in Seattle
>It's actually Vancouver
>>576543
But there was such a small percentile of Syrian auxiliaries in Britannia, it wasn't for fear of those Syrians being too close to Rome and richer provinces and betraying the empire either. Most likely they were esteemed veterans, even then it's still confusing why Syrian auxiliaries would be stationed in Britannia at that time. Even the 'Ukrainians' is quite weird. The modus operandi of Roman stationment would usually place Gauls, or other Germanics in Britannia due to proximity and familiarity.
>>558919
>Kevin Costner as Robin Hood
>says "Come onnnn..." in conversation
>>566385
>black people
>not drinking kool aid
>>558702
>film set in vietnam during the 60's
>it aint me starts playing
>film set in medieval africa
>everyone isn't a king
>>558736
When i was a kid i thought Romans had British accents because of this shit. Imagine my reaction when i found out they spoke like Mexicans,
>>559398
the idea that 900+ is still the dark ages is an even bigger meme
>WW2 movie
>Germans are fumbling idiots who can't hit shit, Americans are meanwhile making every shot
>>559421
I think that's a major issue with poltards and others who think X age was brilliant
They only consider the top 1% who had the time and education to write and automatically assume that since they can read and write they would have been in the same level as that top percent
In a way that's what happened in the dark ages - you had greater literacy but it was a single class the priests
They had issues anyway as dark age Christianity was no way like even medieval Christianity - cf French making up the idea they were descended from Jesus
They read the Roman writers and assumed things were better then because those writers were insulated from the harsher realities of life
Also dark age is shit concept as Islam was advancing learning in many ways - rejecting the Greek pure hypothesis and actually experimenting and observing
So the monks felt Europe was backwards and dark compared to that
>>561022
Yeah American read audiobooks are shit they don't seem to be taught to minimise their accents
>>578620
>>566374
With all the posh imperial officers talking posh British, I've been wondering when we'll be seein imperial stormtroopers talking like scousers.
>>566959
Villagers in general have relatively nice teeth, even way back, while City dwellers had noticeably worse teeth. City dwellers lives longer than villagers, so it is believed to be due to the diets.
>>559249
>4chan discussing armour
>use the term Lorica segmentata to complain the armour was wrong for that period
>term was first used in 16th cent
>>566352
This movie is pain from start to finish.
I love it, but it makes me sick watching it.
>>567566
>>>/reddit/
>>576060
>Wagner
>famous 60's rock idol
>>576556
>military strategists never create logistic clusterfucks
