Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Historical Inaccuracy In Movies and Games" video.

  1. I think some do care. But the channels they use to find historical consultants probably don't have the youtubers who really specialize into this sort of thing.
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  2.  @julietfischer5056  True. But not enough productions do. And second, being on friendly terms with a couple of historians and archeologists, I've got a bit of insight into the academic practices of these disciplines of study. The problem is that movie and tv-series producers often turn to academics as consultants. Now the academics often knows a lot about the specific fields they specialize in, but unfortunately... There's not that many academics who genuinely specialize in things like swordfighting, medieval and ancient weapons and armour. The truth is, most historians are excited by very... Well "boring" things about history. Just last week I was talking to a historian I know who had come back from a work trip to germany and she told me that she had to study german for the trip. Now if I had been a historian, I'd probably have wanted to look at exhibits of germanic armour, swords and historical reenactments of battles and such and learn as much as possible that way. But what did she do? Study old tomes from medieval times regarding trade relations and taxation between the kingdoms of germany and the baltic states... Now if you're really nerdy about the subject of medieval trade relations, it's probably very interesting. But most normal people are excited about knights in armour fighting in medieval battles. Incidentally this is also what most films and tv-series are about (I doubt anyone would be particularly excited about a film being produced that was basically a medieval version of the film Wall Street) But not many historians seem to want to study these particular subjects that interests most normal people. And even the few academics that actually DO specialize in arms and armour... Rarely care much for the practical details of fighting while using them. They have encyclopaedic knowledge about their origins, their manufacture, and sometimes even which people in history wore a certain set of armour or wielded a particular sword. But when it comes to the business of HOW they were used, many of the academics don't really care. Finding people who really care and are genuinely interested in the fighting and practical aspects of medieval warfare and culture, you're more likely to find them among the "sword and hema-nerds" (like Metatron, Skallagrim, Shadiversity, Matt Easton, Theing Trand and the others) than you are looking up various historians. But movie and tv-series producers don't understand that. They think that the universities are the proper place to find a person knowing about these things, when they really should be looking at youtube or various hema practicioner clubs.
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  3. You, Shad, Skallagrim, Matt Easton and the others should look into offering your services to the film industry. It's quite apparent that the film industry seem to hire alot of quacks who don't know their stuff about medieval armament and historical combat. At worst, no producer take the bait. But at best it might enable you to get some contractual consultant fees as well as improving the historical accuracy of future film and tv-series productions. Why not give it a go? :) https://www.historians.org/jobs-and-professional-development/career-resources/careers-for-students-of-history/historians-as-consultants-and-contractors
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  4.  @anonymousduck9488  Because real jobs pay better. And a real job's salary does not get subjected to bullshit like the ad-pocalypse and getting arbitrarily demonitized.
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  5.  @anonymousduck9488  How do you know I don't have a job? Do you know me personally? Nah, didn't think so.
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