 Saber6   | 01 Jul 2009 8:24 a.m. PST |
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| Cerdic | 01 Jul 2009 8:27 a.m. PST |
My German is not up to it, unfortunately. |
| Saber6 | 01 Jul 2009 9:21 a.m. PST |
I caught @ 1 word in 10. Nice view of uniforms |
| Frederick | 01 Jul 2009 11:50 a.m. PST |
I don't think Napolean every actually said, "Zo, meiner Herr" Neat video |
| wildwolf45 | 01 Jul 2009 12:49 p.m. PST |
Look around 3:30 when Napoleon is viewing through his telescope – are those cars? :P |
| Gunfreak | 01 Jul 2009 1:06 p.m. PST |
Everybody know that Napoleon spoke english with outrages french accent |
| oldgamer | 02 Jul 2009 5:30 a.m. PST |
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| 50 Dylan CDs and an Icepick | 02 Jul 2009 6:54 a.m. PST |
Wow, this is even worse than The History Channel… They've got Queen Luise commanding the army at Jena-Auerstädt…. and the Confederation of the Rhine being created after Tilsit… Stein working for Prussia uninterrupted until the Russian campaign in 1812, when he suddenly appears in Russia… and Queen Luise dying in 1813… (And don't even get me started on the exploding cannonballs and plastic buttons on peoples' shirts, or the 1813 uniforms on the Prussians in 1806….) This is part of the long-running "Napoleon und die Deutschen" series by Eckhard Kleßmann, whose books are actually quite good. I hope they paid him a handsome royalty for obliterating his work like this! |
| Cerdic | 03 Jul 2009 4:13 a.m. PST |
I think I preferred it before I knew what it was all about! Why does EVERY film and TV director want exploding cannon balls? Sure it is more 'dramatic', but couldn't just ONE of them go for historical accuracy just for once? |
| Keraunos | 03 Jul 2009 4:25 a.m. PST |
Peter Weir in Master and Commander, I think he went for solid shot. So all is not lost. |
| Gunfreak | 03 Jul 2009 5:00 a.m. PST |
And the alamo has exploding shell from howitzers as well as the greatest canister effects EVER. The patriot did have a few solid shots in one of the battles(the only thing it got right)
Gettysburg got explosions but again can easly be shell. Older movies like waterloo tho, got magic cannon balls that go boom |
| 50 Dylan CDs and an Icepick | 03 Jul 2009 5:38 a.m. PST |
[Why does EVERY film and TV director want exploding cannon balls? Sure it is more 'dramatic', but couldn't just ONE of them go for historical accuracy just for once?] Until the days of CGI, I'll bet that it was near-impossible to film a real cannonball. Whereas every director had dozens of exploding gadgets at his disposal. (And don't forget the flame-pots. Ever notice how every cheap war movie has bits of firing burning here and there, all in flower-pot sized patches, never spreading, and seemingly on fire for no reason at all?) |
| Keraunos | 03 Jul 2009 6:10 a.m. PST |
Capitain Alatriste had pikemen falling over in sequence to a cannon ball. it looked like they must have speant ages practising to get the 'all fall down' right, so I wonder whether its just too fiddly for a director on a budget these days. |
