"Top 5 Peeves About Medieval Movies" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 03 Jun 2023 2:24 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Pet Peeves in Medieval Movies?And in the final round of voting: 14% of the votes: "Every battle resolves into a random series of hand-to-hand melees" 13%: "Troops charge in loose mobs into a confused melee with no battle lines or mutual support" 11%: "Armor stops nothing (just there to look cool)" 10%: "Battles were mobs with no command and control" 9%: "Hero going into battle without helmet" |
| mjkerner | 03 Jun 2023 2:34 p.m. PST |
Everyone's (not just soldiers) faces are always smeared with dirt…no water around anywhere? |
| Legionarius | 03 Jun 2023 5:54 p.m. PST |
All the clothing is black, brown, and grey. Have producers they not looked into medieval manuscripts! |
Perris0707  | 03 Jun 2023 6:11 p.m. PST |
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| FourDJones | 04 Jun 2023 1:32 a.m. PST |
Characters wear full armour even when dining, and miles from a fight. |
| BillyNM | 04 Jun 2023 1:54 a.m. PST |
Heroes / heroines with 21st Century standards and values. |
| 42flanker | 04 Jun 2023 2:03 a.m. PST |
The notion that men from all classes were unshaven thugs rasping menacingly in impenetrable regional accents. Fencing matches the impression that the principal objective of a man at arms was to kill the other man's sword (Apart from Robin of Locksley, obvs.) |
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