09-02-2005, 08:35 PM
Greetings,
For some of us, watching a televison series or film set in a period they have a fair bit of knowledge about, can be very annoying and frustrating and yes, disappointing (Lot more fun sometimes when you know a little but not enough to ruin your enjoyment.....and then are totally embarrased by someone saying...'but that helm was too late for.....' and 'those shields are 200 years out of date' when you enthuse... hock: :oops: :lol: )
Bearing in mind, the target audience is always thought to want the hero to look good and the heroine to be pretty and scantily clad at times (admit it guys..!) even if it was not the truth or the fashion...!
I agree that sometimes 'consultants' may be totally clued up on the historical aspect, but don't know a segmata from a hamata...and bluff their way through on the principle that the average viewer will think all Romans looked like, well Romans....you know the guys with the big square shields, shiny armour and helmets (all with red crests if you are lucky) :lol:
Regards
Arthes
For some of us, watching a televison series or film set in a period they have a fair bit of knowledge about, can be very annoying and frustrating and yes, disappointing (Lot more fun sometimes when you know a little but not enough to ruin your enjoyment.....and then are totally embarrased by someone saying...'but that helm was too late for.....' and 'those shields are 200 years out of date' when you enthuse... hock: :oops: :lol: )
Bearing in mind, the target audience is always thought to want the hero to look good and the heroine to be pretty and scantily clad at times (admit it guys..!) even if it was not the truth or the fashion...!
I agree that sometimes 'consultants' may be totally clued up on the historical aspect, but don't know a segmata from a hamata...and bluff their way through on the principle that the average viewer will think all Romans looked like, well Romans....you know the guys with the big square shields, shiny armour and helmets (all with red crests if you are lucky) :lol:
Regards
Arthes
Cristina
The Hoplite Association
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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The Hoplite Association
[url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url]
The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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