▲ 605 ▼ Am I the only one? (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 week ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 38 points 1 week ago (4 children) As always I am so glad I don't give a damn about a good many things: GTA, collecting Pokemon cards, historical accuracy in movies etc. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (4 children) historical accuracy in movies It would be nice to have this occasionally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago (1 child) At a minimum we need some indication for when they diverge from history. To many people rely on movies for their historical knowledge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Folstar@lemmus.org 1 point 1 week ago Yes! Entirely too many movies dwell in historic facts or likeliness (e.g. two characters small talking about the big ball game- not a documented event but entirely plausible) to ground themselves then go into fantasy/ax to grind land without warning. A cyborg raptor with lasers on it's head should pop up in the corner to let the audience know we're in fantasy land. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Monkeys paw curls. History is changed to accurately reflect films. It's why Nazis have taken control of the US. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago Given that the victors wrote the history, for the most part, what is truly accurate when you are talking about events prior to video/audio recordings? permalink fedilink source parent [–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 week ago* Yeah it's a nice touch, plus it has the benefit of not warping shitloads of peoples concept of history and reality as severely as we see with popular media that does throw all historical accuracy out the window. permalink fedilink source parent [–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Idk man I'm not white washing history. Inglorious bastards gas lit me. I had to look up how hitler actually died just to double check. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago What about zoological accuracy in Pokemon? permalink fedilink source parent [+] adhdsergio@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (4 children) historical accuracy in movies It would be nice to have this occasionally. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago (1 child) At a minimum we need some indication for when they diverge from history. To many people rely on movies for their historical knowledge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Folstar@lemmus.org 1 point 1 week ago Yes! Entirely too many movies dwell in historic facts or likeliness (e.g. two characters small talking about the big ball game- not a documented event but entirely plausible) to ground themselves then go into fantasy/ax to grind land without warning. A cyborg raptor with lasers on it's head should pop up in the corner to let the audience know we're in fantasy land. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Monkeys paw curls. History is changed to accurately reflect films. It's why Nazis have taken control of the US. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago Given that the victors wrote the history, for the most part, what is truly accurate when you are talking about events prior to video/audio recordings? permalink fedilink source parent [–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 week ago* Yeah it's a nice touch, plus it has the benefit of not warping shitloads of peoples concept of history and reality as severely as we see with popular media that does throw all historical accuracy out the window. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago (1 child) At a minimum we need some indication for when they diverge from history. To many people rely on movies for their historical knowledge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Folstar@lemmus.org 1 point 1 week ago Yes! Entirely too many movies dwell in historic facts or likeliness (e.g. two characters small talking about the big ball game- not a documented event but entirely plausible) to ground themselves then go into fantasy/ax to grind land without warning. A cyborg raptor with lasers on it's head should pop up in the corner to let the audience know we're in fantasy land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 1 point 1 week ago Yes! Entirely too many movies dwell in historic facts or likeliness (e.g. two characters small talking about the big ball game- not a documented event but entirely plausible) to ground themselves then go into fantasy/ax to grind land without warning. A cyborg raptor with lasers on it's head should pop up in the corner to let the audience know we're in fantasy land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago Monkeys paw curls. History is changed to accurately reflect films. It's why Nazis have taken control of the US. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago Given that the victors wrote the history, for the most part, what is truly accurate when you are talking about events prior to video/audio recordings? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 week ago* Yeah it's a nice touch, plus it has the benefit of not warping shitloads of peoples concept of history and reality as severely as we see with popular media that does throw all historical accuracy out the window. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago Idk man I'm not white washing history. Inglorious bastards gas lit me. I had to look up how hitler actually died just to double check. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago What about zoological accuracy in Pokemon? permalink fedilink source parent
