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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian03 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"

mjkerner03 Jun 2023 2:34 p.m. PST

Everyone's (not just soldiers) faces are always smeared with dirt…no water around anywhere?

Legionarius03 Jun 2023 5:54 p.m. PST

All the clothing is black, brown, and grey. Have producers they not looked into medieval manuscripts!

Perris0707 Supporting Member of TMP03 Jun 2023 6:11 p.m. PST

No. They have not.

FourDJones04 Jun 2023 1:32 a.m. PST

Characters wear full armour even when dining, and miles from a fight.

BillyNM04 Jun 2023 1:54 a.m. PST

Heroes / heroines with 21st Century standards and values.

42flanker04 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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