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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 6, 2011 5:18:58 GMT -5
As a history buff, I often find it funny when history is misrepresented, or outright fabricated, in a blatant fashion. This happens in movies, books, television, and other arts very often.
A good example is the famed kite experiment. Benjamin Franklin and his son William did indeed conduct the experiment. However, Franklin was not elderly, as he is usually shown in this in recreations or cartoons. He was 46, and was a very large and tall man for his time, and his son William, who was in his 20s, was hardly the young chap they usually show him as.
Then there's Braveheart. I wish I still had the site, but I remember seeing a list of at least 20 details they completely botched in the first moments of the film alone. The geography makes no sense, the costumes are all wrong, and the timeline and events are warped beyond any recognition.
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Post by Jiren on Jun 6, 2011 5:28:27 GMT -5
U571
The film would have you beleave that the US found the Enigma machine, when it was the British.
They only added a caption at the end because of outcry.
The Patriot (mel Gibson)
This was just offensive
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 6, 2011 5:39:21 GMT -5
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Post by Johnny Truant on Jun 6, 2011 5:45:04 GMT -5
THE US DID NOT WIN THE WORLD WARS SINGLE-HANDEDLY.
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DID NOT FREE ALL OF THE SLAVES.
Those are the two I wind up having to explain so often...
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 6, 2011 5:49:55 GMT -5
Geisha are not hookers.
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Post by jrcz on Jun 6, 2011 5:52:30 GMT -5
France said that WWII did not happened
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Post by Red Lion on Jun 6, 2011 6:51:22 GMT -5
Hmm, generally the examples you're talking about aren't "botched", more like deliberately altered in a use of dramatic license.
One I hear a lot is the widespread belief that Henry VIII killed all of his wives. Obviously they never heard the little rhyme: "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived".
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 6, 2011 7:19:08 GMT -5
It seems every work of fiction taking place in Ancient Egypt shows that their monuments were built by copious amounts of slaves when in reality, they were built by professional, paid workers. And really, if you know anything about ancient Egyptians' beliefs, it makes more sense as the opposite. Essentially, if your resting place was f'd up, your afterlife would stink. As for temples, don't even THINK about botching those or you'll attract that temple's god's wrath. So yeah, you don't really want to leave that job to untrained slaves who spend their days wondering if surviving to see another day is really worth it considering that day will be filled with whipping. BTW, they DID use slaves, but mostly for domestic tasks, certainly not for building important stuff. And then of course, there's Gladiator. My reaction to that movie's historical accuracies was as follow: JREqMQLVBfdsSDvQBMezfdDQSJdfKHF!! France said that WWII did not happened Er... what? |
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jun 6, 2011 7:46:05 GMT -5
What is commonly thought of as the Confederate flag...isn't. It's the flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. The actual flag of the Confederate States that flew in the capitol of Richmond, virginia is a blue background with a single star in the center nicknamed 'Ol' Dixie'.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 7:48:43 GMT -5
Titantic: The Legend Goes On
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Post by Red Impact on Jun 6, 2011 7:50:04 GMT -5
Pretty much every portrayal of historical events in movies with only a few notable exceptions is altered or botched for dramatic license.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jun 6, 2011 7:55:31 GMT -5
Balto, the dog that led the Alaskan serum run, was not half-wolf as the animated film would have you believe. He was a run of the mill sled husky.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jun 6, 2011 7:57:32 GMT -5
Titantic: The Legend Goes On No that's surprisingly accurate. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 8:03:08 GMT -5
Well compared to the other movie, then of course.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 9:04:40 GMT -5
I can't remember the specifics but I'm pretty sure that there were others that also did the famous "redcoats are coming!" midnight ride but Paul Revere has come to take sole credit for it, because his name rhymed in the poem that Longfellow(?) wrote.
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Post by Mrs. Potato Dick on Jun 6, 2011 9:10:03 GMT -5
I can't remember the specifics but I'm pretty sure that there were others that also did the famous "redcoats are coming!" midnight ride but Paul Revere has come to take sole credit for it, because his name rhymed in the poem that Longfellow(?) wrote. A guy by the name of Isreal Bissell did one. And it was a SHIT TON longer than Paul's. Bissell's: 345 miles! Revere's went through three towns. |
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jun 6, 2011 9:16:42 GMT -5
300.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Jun 6, 2011 10:23:15 GMT -5
If anything called for the "Not Sure If Serious" pic... |
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jun 6, 2011 10:24:13 GMT -5
If anything called for the "Not Sure If Serious" pic... Well, there are some people that believe that actually happened. |
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Post by erisi236 on Jun 6, 2011 10:25:53 GMT -5
Every single movie that mentions the sad and terribly wrong belief that Columbus proved the World was round, from Star Trek V to Men in Black it bugs the Hell out of me every time I hear it.
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