@@Sean-zf7il Plus if Nick unintentionally pisses off "The Firm" he might just find himself crashing at high speed into a support column of a tunnel... (Too soon..?)
I think the most unique thing about this channel for me is that whenever you upload, I don't even really register what it is the title says. I rarely am familiar with what you're talking about on a given video. But I can always rest assured that the means with which you deliver the narration and explain the history will be both informative and intensely captivating. Thanks for another great video! I loved it.
I honestly didn't expect to see you pop in here. It was a great video! Now how do we combine a (mostly) anime movie/TV show reviewer with a historical movie/TV show reviewer. The answer: Girls und Panzer.
As a licensed balloon pilot, the part I found the most amusing was that the envelope (gas bag) shape never changed. If you watched any of the long-distance gas balloon attempts, you may have noticed that they look half-inflated when they take off. As the air pressure decreases at altitude, the gas in the envelope increases, causing the the balloon to assume a full, round shape. It doesn't change the story, but would have been a simple thing to get correct. :-)
Ideas for next: Midway (2019) Flyboys 1917 Darkest hour The king The Pacific Assembly (Chinese civil war) Hacksaw Ridge HBO's Chernobyl Schindler's list Patton Das Boot
@@mikeschwartz1764 I cant live in a world where anything i lived to see is considered old historical event. Weird to think that i was just few years old when the gulf war began. Those boys been fighting in the desert for 3 decades.
Ideas for next: - The Messenger (Joan of Arc) - Outlaw King (Robert the Bruce) - The King (Henry V) - Hidden Figures (Katherine Johnson) - Darkest Hour (Winston Churchill) - The Liberator (Simon Bolivar Biopic) - Ford vs Fararri or Le Man 66 (Ken Miles) - The Lost City of Z - Belle - Loving
History buffs 1917 ? Can’t wait for more uploads, and love your channel! (Also midway, that would be nice oh and greyhound as well, so many historical movies coming out now a-days and always look forward to your videos!)
More suggestions. Der Untergang, Siege of Judotville, Come and See, Cross of Iron, The Pacific, Fury, Beasts of no Nation (the novel was based off of the civil war in Sierra Leone), and Bertanic
It's great how you manage to criticise a movie in depth yet still make me want to see it - even more than before, because that one's on the top of my list. The shots and costumes look amazing !!
Overly Sarcastic Productions do an amazing review of the Novel. I can't recommend that channel enough. Plus you're right, All Quiet on the Western Front is brutally horrific in it's honest portrayal of the "War to end all wars"..
@Paul Alexander -- I didn't even know they did a remake, but having seen quite a few I've started avoiding them like the plague because they're almost always incredible disappointments that just leave me wanting my time back.
The 1979 version was good but i think "Come and See (1985) shows the horror better for the acts and almost everything in the movie looks genuine and horrifying
I just watched it because you covered this movie. AirPods Pro support surround sound. My heart is pounding out of my chest. I’m not scared of heights but I was gripping my comforter for dear life throughout the whole movie.
Can I just say I missed the History buffs team, the accurate research and writing, and Nick's amazing narration. Thank you so much for doing the work you do, and am looking forward for more! ❤
I spent several years clinging onto the ramp of a chinook as it took off, while being shot at. Trust me, you have nothing to fear from hot air ballooning or commercial flyi... Erm... Dont check out Pakistan, nothing has happened there... honest!
Please do an episode on "Gangs of New York". One of my favorite movies, but as far as historical accuracy it's all over the place. I love love love this channel! Found it about a week ago, and am completely addicted.
Man I miss your videos. I overwatched every single one so this new one really made me happy :D thank you I know and we all know how much work your videos are....keep on amazing us
Louie Og im a ww2 buff as well, but it shouldnt be too saturated with it bc this isnt exclusively a ww2 channel. i wanna see them eventually but not now. videos on other history is interesting too
"NICK!" Where have you been? This fine video was put out in May... here we are in September and we haven't seen anything from you since this video. I hope you are well and healthy. Cheers!
I love your vids so much!! Wish you uploaded alot more your content is amazing! But I guess thats the trade of for good videos.. keep up the great work!!!
I like the fact that they used varies *REAL* stories to flesh out the greater story. (Even though an authentic depiction would have been better). This makes the movie very similar to many war movies, who combine a lot smaller real war movements (from all over the place) into a single compelling narrative. This is what all "Inspired by True Events" movies should do IMO.
In a way yes. But it STILL will give the watcher a wrong idea about the real history. I mean who, that isnt allready interested in history, will know the difference between "inspired" and "based on'...
Dgarc That’s exactly what I think about it. It’s OK, nothing more nothing less. They did their research and made a storyline that could’ve taken place at that time. But for it to become good or even great, they should have made the story closer to the real one.
I feel the same, its would've been better to remain accurate but I don't doubt that studios happily meddle in the scripts of movies like this to make them more "Hollywood-friendly" to a point that seeing a big-budget Historical movie that's completely/nearly completely accurate would be impossible nowadays. And honestly i'd take this over shite like The Imitation Game and Mel Gibsons movies any day.
@Kurt Barryman Apparently they are remaking Cinderella. I quote from Internet Land; "Camila Cabello's Cinderella will inspire young girls, with a stronger and more independent feminist spin on the classic tale..." My daughter will be sticking with the original animation.
@@residentelect That's kind of ignorant of them saying that. When the original animated film she WAS independant of her actions. Heck, she even was more useful than what I heard for that live action adaptation.
@Kurt Barryman Not only that, but the film also tries to make itself more relatable by having the characters speak and act in a more modern manner. Anyone who's seen Barry Lyndon, knows you can have the actors speak and act exactly as they did in the setting, and still have it be incredibly relatable and good.
That dumb "we are scientists, not fortune-tellers" line really pissed me off, because it somewhat assumes that the purpose of science is just fact-spitting. A huge chunk of the reason sciences exist is to help us make predictions, and the character that spat that line would know this, considering his position. I get that they wanted to go with this dumb trope of everyone mocking the protagonist's "groundbreaking theories", but they could've done it in a much more clever way, like the other scientists asking just how he plans to predict the weather, or tell him how risky it is. Anything but that dumb line they went with.
Yeah, Science even back then was about 'Test something, show it can be redone and the results would then be scientifically correct'.... literally Evidence proves the suposition. You got looking for an answer, you don't go looking for 'the right answer', you merely seek the answer to a question or an idea, etc.
This is typical of Hollywood, and of people who are ignorant of science, in general. Science doesn't seek to prove "facts." People *use* science to answer questions. Most (all) times the answer to a question brings more questions. Science thus isn't about answering questions with facts, but seeking deeper questions.
Yes, the “hrumph, hrumph” old men authority figures is a tiresome trope in these types of movies . Far more tiresome than any fictionalized composite character.
To be fair to the movie makers, it gave the central character an open forum to explain the importance of the proposed experiment to the movie going audience. Even today there are lots of ignorant people out there who would not simply 'get' the importance of the flight
They basically did that to the character Charles Dance played in The Imitation Game, iirc the real Commander Denniston was very supportive of Turings work and his descendants were very unhappy with his portrayal as a miserable old git in the movie. Of course thats the least of the accuracy problems with the Imitation game, in fact there are so many in that movie that its own wikipedia page lists them, HB should definitely tear it a new one sometime.
Those details show that directors are not people of science themselves. As a scientist myself, I always was surprised by the energy and knowledge of the old science folks. In every congress I attended there were those retired old glories that enjoyed to listen to new ideas, always give advice and were so happy to see young faces around. Damn, the old men (and women) in science would take you in their arms and push you to the places they couldn´t go
Amazing that at high of an altitude he got enough air/oxygen to scream "Hello" for that length of time and not end up gasping or dead... "History re-written".
I can imagine the decision to replace Henry: Exec1: "So this guy, he has someone to talk to in the balloon right? The movie will be really boring if he's alone" Exec2: "Don't worry, James had a buddy who flew the balloon for him" Exec1: "Good. Wait, I just thought, what gender are they?" Exec2: "Er, well, it's a guy called Henry" Exec1: "Urgh! No good! Two guys in a balloon for an hour? The audience will think they're gay or something!" Exec2: "Oh my, I hadn't thought of that. We wouldn't want anyone to be confused." Exec1: "There's gotta be one broad who went in a balloon about the same time! Get the writer to do a Google search or something"
I think it might be simpler than that. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones were fantastic in Theory of Everything so teaming them up in another historical drama about British people seems like a no brainer.
While changing the gender is bothersome, it is funny that people tend to focus on that rather than the fact that, well... James Glaisher is about half the age in the movie that he was in real life. And at least they had the decency to have them NOT wind up together. And the still based on an actual person thing helps it, too.
One of if not the best history channel on you tube...! May I request you do an episode on HACKSAW RIDGE. I first saw this movie when it first came out, and it moved me like very few movies have done for a long time. I hope the real life story is just as incredible as the movie makes it seem. Please do hacksaw ridge
maybe a bit more mini series for the following -Red Cliff(Three Kingdoms period of China) -Naresuan/kingdom of war(Ayutthaya period) -Suriyothai(Ayutthaya period) -1917(WW1)
Can't wait for your reviews of Midway and 1917, keep checking your channel every so often for them, loved both movies but know you'll have some to say about each of them
A history buff on Togo would be cool. No pressure though since everyone is suggesting cool historical movies xD I will patiently await you're next upload.
He got a heart attack.... Me: yeah that happened to alot of people. And fell from his balloon... Me: sounds awfull.... And he died a year later from his injuries. Me: wait what?....
Thomas Linnemann In the immortal words of Abraham Simpson "Folks were tougher in those days. I [fell off a mountain and] was jitterbugging that very night."
It is amazing for me to have watched this for one simple reason. When I initially watched the trailer, I researched the background and found myself begrudgingly annoyed how they seemingly replaced characters with fictional ones to fit a more broader appeal. I don’t like that kind of work as it detracts from the actual history no matter on gender or race. However, this episode deals with this by highlighting how the basis of the fictional character is of a real person. Making it worthy of historical input for me. This highlights why I failed in being quick to judge and just why history buffs is great for destroying preconceptions. Thanks Nick!!!
I would love to see a movie on sophie blanchard!!! Her life sounds interesting and a story worth telling. Plus her life happened during the chaotic napoleonic era. Everything about her life is literally made for a movie.
I'd love to see you do the National Treasure movies. Obviously a lot is fiction (a massive treasure beneath Trinity Church, Nicholas Cage being sane, etc. etc.) but they put in lots of little historical tidbits here and there, i.e. John Wilkes Booth catching his spur on the flag or many of the US Founding Fathers being Freemasons.
@@cebonvieuxjack It's english title is "An officer and a spy" so I suppose it got at least some sort of english release, although I have no clue about its availability in the UK. This might be a problem then.
But where's the Chernobyl video? I remember a lot of us asking about it, and it's an HBO miniseries wich we know you love! Please man, we've been good.
Always fascinating and pertinent. Love the way you appreciate both realities : the historical narrative and the cinematic experience. Would be awesome if you did something on the Valladolid debate movie (1992).
He lived a year after a hart attack and an falling out of the sky.he most have been one of the toughest man how ever lived. Man what a way to die. Glorious
any time the scene with the girl climbing up the side of the balloon came on, i practically started crying. i am terrified of heights, and even seeing that scene makes me cringe.
Chernobyl would be a great addition to the portfolio. Watching it and then listening to the associated podcast gives you a real appreciation for the film making and attention to detail.
The Favourite would be a great episode, it’s a really interesting part of history with a lot of interesting liberties taken by the director with the historical record
Once upon a time I made a Curiosity Stream subscription for a year. I assumed id watch it all the time but it wasn’t supported by my tv and i eventually forgot about it. After a year i cancelled it because I simply didn’t watch it. After that I received daily emails asking me to sign up, all my RUclips ads were for curiosity stream. This went on for weeks, i ended up hating Curiosity Stream so much that I swore I’d never sign up again.
Yes. Haven't seen those films in a while but I remember Part 2 being close to what actually happened in Bolivia when I read The Bolivian Diary afterwards.
Ideas for next: Reds (1980) Lost City of Z (2017) Malcolm X (1992) Selma (2014) Stan and Ollie (2018) Hotel Rwanda (2004) Westfront 1918 (1930) The Last Emperor (1987) Barry Lyndon (1975)
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HBO’s Chernobyl or The Crown would be cool to see
Like this so he sees
Please do Chernobyl
The Crown might be a bit troublesome to do an HB style video on. Much of it is basically 'This is what likely happened, but we're not wholly sure'.
@@Sean-zf7il
Plus if Nick unintentionally pisses off "The Firm" he might just find himself crashing at high speed into a support column of a tunnel... (Too soon..?)
Probably The Crown he’s very biased towards the British
Also could you maybe do the Chernobyl (2019) mini series
Second it! Please!
YESSSSS!!!!
...He's in shock. Get him out of here.
i just wished he'd make more videos. He dropped to 1 video every 2-3 months and then nothing for over 6 months :'(
Awwww yisss
“Needless to say, this idea never took off”
That better have been accidental
Leader Unit H4L #DadJokes
Maybe he was hoping the joke would fly under the radar.
Well, it certainly flew over my head.
God damn it
Bad Weather stopped Play
I would love to see a History buffs on:
- The Pacific 2010
- Hamburger Hill 1987
- Midway 1976
Das Boot 1981
And Midway 2019
And The Irishman
The Last Emperor 1987
And Dog Day Afternoon
I think the most unique thing about this channel for me is that whenever you upload, I don't even really register what it is the title says. I rarely am familiar with what you're talking about on a given video. But I can always rest assured that the means with which you deliver the narration and explain the history will be both informative and intensely captivating.
Thanks for another great video! I loved it.
I love your videos btw
@@carktheshark We all do
I honestly didn't expect to see you pop in here. It was a great video! Now how do we combine a (mostly) anime movie/TV show reviewer with a historical movie/TV show reviewer. The answer: Girls und Panzer.
@@GreyshotProductions Yes, by all that is holy yes!
I like your last gt and super review. Well done.
As a licensed balloon pilot, the part I found the most amusing was that the envelope (gas bag) shape never changed. If you watched any of the long-distance gas balloon attempts, you may have noticed that they look half-inflated when they take off. As the air pressure decreases at altitude, the gas in the envelope increases, causing the the balloon to assume a full, round shape. It doesn't change the story, but would have been a simple thing to get correct. :-)
Ideas for next:
Midway (2019)
Flyboys
1917
Darkest hour
The king
The Pacific
Assembly (Chinese civil war)
Hacksaw Ridge
HBO's Chernobyl
Schindler's list
Patton
Das Boot
the crown
Stellvia Hoenheim how about no.
Narcos?
I would really like to see das Boot
Some of these were reviewed by the cynical historian if you’re interested
PLEASE DO “HISTORY BUFFS: GENERATION KILL”
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Great idea!
But it has nothing to do with historical events how would it fit his normal content?
@@Jebu911 The invasion of Iraq was just about 20 years ago. We're getting to that point where it's a historical event.
@@mikeschwartz1764 I cant live in a world where anything i lived to see is considered old historical event. Weird to think that i was just few years old when the gulf war began. Those boys been fighting in the desert for 3 decades.
Ideas for next:
- The Messenger (Joan of Arc)
- Outlaw King (Robert the Bruce)
- The King (Henry V)
- Hidden Figures (Katherine Johnson)
- Darkest Hour (Winston Churchill)
- The Liberator (Simon Bolivar Biopic)
- Ford vs Fararri or Le Man 66 (Ken Miles)
- The Lost City of Z
- Belle
- Loving
Schindlers List too
Wolf Hall
Search for red October
1917 too
@@industrialbro How about "Das Boot"?
Amazing episode!
huh i never though mah dry bread would be here
If there's anything Victorians liked it was sending expeditions anywhere.
EVERYONE: There's no practical Pacific passage through the Arctic.
JOHN BARROW: By God, sir! There's no sea unassailable. Not even the OPEN polar sea!
Oi! You! How does it feel to be discovered? I SAID HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE DISCOVERED? Damn natives don't speak english, what?
@@donrobertson4940 That's fucking hilarious I'm dead
And measure the F out of whatever they found there!
No siberia man
History buffs 1917 ? Can’t wait for more uploads, and love your channel! (Also midway, that would be nice oh and greyhound as well, so many historical movies coming out now a-days and always look forward to your videos!)
Suggestions:
-1917
-Black Hawk Down
-Hidden Figures
-Patton
-The Longest Day
-Das Boot
-Midway (both the original and the 2019 versions)
The Cynical Historian is an excellent channel that's covered most of those, he's also a descendent of General Patton himself.
Please do das boot
More suggestions.
Der Untergang, Siege of Judotville, Come and See, Cross of Iron, The Pacific, Fury, Beasts of no Nation (the novel was based off of the civil war in Sierra Leone), and Bertanic
pantherace1000 He has to do Come and See, arguably one of the greatest depictions of warfare to date.
And downfall
It's great how you manage to criticise a movie in depth yet still make me want to see it - even more than before, because that one's on the top of my list. The shots and costumes look amazing !!
“This idea never took off”. Damn that’s a nice pun/wink.
"History Buffs: History Buffs."
like an episode where u go over anything you got wrong.
Do All Quiet on the Western Front which in my opinion shows the true horrors of war.
Overly Sarcastic Productions do an amazing review of the Novel. I can't recommend that channel enough.
Plus you're right, All Quiet on the Western Front is brutally horrific in it's honest portrayal of the "War to end all wars"..
Love to see that myself
@Paul Alexander -- I didn't even know they did a remake, but having seen quite a few I've started avoiding them like the plague because they're almost always incredible disappointments that just leave me wanting my time back.
May as well wait for the remake with a mixed race paraplegic lesbian as the main character.
The 1979 version was good but i think "Come and See (1985) shows the horror better for the acts and almost everything in the movie looks genuine and horrifying
I just watched it because you covered this movie. AirPods Pro support surround sound. My heart is pounding out of my chest. I’m not scared of heights but I was gripping my comforter for dear life throughout the whole movie.
i appreciate how your plugs for your sponsors actually add value to the content. Good Stuff as always!
Can I just say I missed the History buffs team, the accurate research and writing, and Nick's amazing narration. Thank you so much for doing the work you do, and am looking forward for more! ❤
"Let's pack one parachute and use it on a dog." - dead balloon guy
“Great idea!” - other dead balloon guy
"The novelty of a woman in a balloon drew large crowds"
Man, the past really is a different country.
Sophie Blanchard and her husband’s story should have a movie.
I agree, I feel it can be such a beautiful and tragic movie.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's one in French.
Todd Crabtree I should look around. I wouldn’t be surprised either.
It probably has. A French one.
Would love to see a review of the series "Turn: Washington's Spies"
I agree
That would be amazing!
Yes!
Is that a horror I think I heard of it.
@@sadanbarakovic7318 It's a TV show about the American Revolution and specifically the Culper Spy ring that helped the Colonists win
Even the concept is terrifying enough, wild horses wouldn't get me in a balloon basket nor an aeroplane!!
learn to skydive.... Balloons are a riot.
I spent several years clinging onto the ramp of a chinook as it took off, while being shot at.
Trust me, you have nothing to fear from hot air ballooning or commercial flyi... Erm... Dont check out Pakistan, nothing has happened there... honest!
Please do an episode on "Gangs of New York". One of my favorite movies, but as far as historical accuracy it's all over the place.
I love love love this channel! Found it about a week ago, and am completely addicted.
I would love to see an episode on „Das Boot“ (1981)
Man I miss your videos. I overwatched every single one so this new one really made me happy :D thank you I know and we all know how much work your videos are....keep on amazing us
Today I learned that butterflies can "fly" as high as planes
Times have trying this year and I would vary much appreciate another video
One on The Pacific would be amazing
Yes
nah, theres already too many ww2 ones
Louie Og im a ww2 buff as well, but it shouldnt be too saturated with it bc this isnt exclusively a ww2 channel. i wanna see them eventually but not now. videos on other history is interesting too
@Louie Og I would love to see him review Narcos since some of the things that happened in the series are so insane but are actually very true.
Remember watching this in Chicago during the international film festival. Absolutely amazing
The fact that you referenced Stargate only made me love your channel more. I absolutely love these historical breakdowns as a history nerd
"NICK!" Where have you been? This fine video was put out in May... here we are in September and we haven't seen anything from you since this video. I hope you are well and healthy. Cheers!
I`ve been subbed to your for several years now, and everyone keeps asking about Der Untergang. Time to get to it, man.
Yes please
I love your vids so much!! Wish you uploaded alot more your content is amazing! But I guess thats the trade of for good videos.. keep up the great work!!!
So it's a fiction with some actual history scattered about? Kind of like The Life of Brian?
Heresy!!!!! But hilarious :p
Wait a minute! Now you are telling me Life of Brian is NOT historically accurate?!
Welease Wodewick!
Good job as always. Really easy to forget that a sense of the sublime is still there in life.
I like the fact that they used varies *REAL* stories to flesh out the greater story.
(Even though an authentic depiction would have been better).
This makes the movie very similar to many war movies, who combine a lot smaller real war movements (from all over the place) into a single compelling narrative. This is what all "Inspired by True Events" movies should do IMO.
In a way yes. But it STILL will give the watcher a wrong idea about the real history. I mean who, that isnt allready interested in history, will know the difference between "inspired" and "based on'...
Dgarc That’s exactly what I think about it. It’s OK, nothing more nothing less.
They did their research and made a storyline that could’ve taken place at that time. But for it to become good or even great, they should have made the story closer to the real one.
I feel the same, its would've been better to remain accurate but I don't doubt that studios happily meddle in the scripts of movies like this to make them more "Hollywood-friendly" to a point that seeing a big-budget Historical movie that's completely/nearly completely accurate would be impossible nowadays.
And honestly i'd take this over shite like The Imitation Game and Mel Gibsons movies any day.
@@panq8904 To be fair, at least Mel Gibson Movies were not politically correct 😂
@@acediadekay3793 It would've never been made if the story was closer to the real one.
Because of this video I am going to watch this movie!
"The novelty of a woman in a balloon"
Funniest thing I've heard in a while
Here it gets more funny... SHE TURNED INTO A PICKLE!
@Kurt Barryman
Apparently they are remaking Cinderella.
I quote from Internet Land; "Camila Cabello's Cinderella will inspire young girls, with a stronger and more independent feminist spin on the classic tale..."
My daughter will be sticking with the original animation.
@@residentelect That's kind of ignorant of them saying that. When the original animated film she WAS independant of her actions. Heck, she even was more useful than what I heard for that live action adaptation.
@Kurt Barryman Not only that, but the film also tries to make itself more relatable by having the characters speak and act in a more modern manner.
Anyone who's seen Barry Lyndon, knows you can have the actors speak and act exactly as they did in the setting, and still have it be incredibly relatable and good.
@@residentelect They're remaking Cinderella again? What was wrong with the last remake?
Great job!! Maybe a video about Ford V Ferrari/ Le Mans ‘66?
That dumb "we are scientists, not fortune-tellers" line really pissed me off, because it somewhat assumes that the purpose of science is just fact-spitting. A huge chunk of the reason sciences exist is to help us make predictions, and the character that spat that line would know this, considering his position. I get that they wanted to go with this dumb trope of everyone mocking the protagonist's "groundbreaking theories", but they could've done it in a much more clever way, like the other scientists asking just how he plans to predict the weather, or tell him how risky it is. Anything but that dumb line they went with.
Science is about understanding what is unknown, dahfuq you talking about?
Yeah, Science even back then was about 'Test something, show it can be redone and the results would then be scientifically correct'.... literally Evidence proves the suposition.
You got looking for an answer, you don't go looking for 'the right answer', you merely seek the answer to a question or an idea, etc.
This is typical of Hollywood, and of people who are ignorant of science, in general. Science doesn't seek to prove "facts." People *use* science to answer questions. Most (all) times the answer to a question brings more questions. Science thus isn't about answering questions with facts, but seeking deeper questions.
I saw "The Battle of the River Plate" (1956) recently and i feel like it would make an amazing History Buffs episode :)
Yes, the “hrumph, hrumph” old men authority figures is a tiresome trope in these types of movies . Far more tiresome than any fictionalized composite character.
To be fair to the movie makers, it gave the central character an open forum to explain the importance of the proposed experiment to the movie going audience. Even today there are lots of ignorant people out there who would not simply 'get' the importance of the flight
They basically did that to the character Charles Dance played in The Imitation Game, iirc the real Commander Denniston was very supportive of Turings work and his descendants were very unhappy with his portrayal as a miserable old git in the movie.
Of course thats the least of the accuracy problems with the Imitation game, in fact there are so many in that movie that its own wikipedia page lists them, HB should definitely tear it a new one sometime.
Those details show that directors are not people of science themselves. As a scientist myself, I always was surprised by the energy and knowledge of the old science folks. In every congress I attended there were those retired old glories that enjoyed to listen to new ideas, always give advice and were so happy to see young faces around. Damn, the old men (and women) in science would take you in their arms and push you to the places they couldn´t go
@@vilwarin5635 Same with older aged historians of similar degree, from my experience.
Amazing that at high of an altitude he got enough air/oxygen to scream "Hello" for that length of time and not end up gasping or dead... "History re-written".
I can imagine the decision to replace Henry:
Exec1: "So this guy, he has someone to talk to in the balloon right? The movie will be really boring if he's alone"
Exec2: "Don't worry, James had a buddy who flew the balloon for him"
Exec1: "Good. Wait, I just thought, what gender are they?"
Exec2: "Er, well, it's a guy called Henry"
Exec1: "Urgh! No good! Two guys in a balloon for an hour? The audience will think they're gay or something!"
Exec2: "Oh my, I hadn't thought of that. We wouldn't want anyone to be confused."
Exec1: "There's gotta be one broad who went in a balloon about the same time! Get the writer to do a Google search or something"
Literally this, and a reason to Jones to the movie
I think it might be simpler than that. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones were fantastic in Theory of Everything so teaming them up in another historical drama about British people seems like a no brainer.
I’m pretty sure Exec 1 was going for representation, not shipping corrections.
@@Gemnist98
maybe next will be Eddie Redmayne playing as Queen Victoria ...
While changing the gender is bothersome, it is funny that people tend to focus on that rather than the fact that, well... James Glaisher is about half the age in the movie that he was in real life. And at least they had the decency to have them NOT wind up together.
And the still based on an actual person thing helps it, too.
One of if not the best history channel on you tube...! May I request you do an episode on HACKSAW RIDGE. I first saw this movie when it first came out, and it moved me like very few movies have done for a long time. I hope the real life story is just as incredible as the movie makes it seem. Please do hacksaw ridge
maybe a bit more mini series for the following
-Red Cliff(Three Kingdoms period of China)
-Naresuan/kingdom of war(Ayutthaya period)
-Suriyothai(Ayutthaya period)
-1917(WW1)
Fall of Ming as well
Can't wait for your reviews of Midway and 1917, keep checking your channel every so often for them, loved both movies but know you'll have some to say about each of them
Please do a History Buff on an episode of "The Crown"
or the whole show
Clown.
A history buff on Togo would be cool. No pressure though since everyone is suggesting cool historical movies xD I will patiently await you're next upload.
Last time I was this early Henry Coxwell was the pilot...
loved the movie. the surreal experience of being up there and floating along with the clouds and the deep blue of the upper atmosphere and space :)
He got a heart attack....
Me: yeah that happened to alot of people.
And fell from his balloon...
Me: sounds awfull....
And he died a year later from his injuries.
Me: wait what?....
Imagine the pain that guy was in for a whole year. Cheers to him for making that long
Groomsman especially since medical science at the time wasn’t all that great compared to today’s.
Thomas Linnemann In the immortal words of Abraham Simpson "Folks were tougher in those days. I [fell off a mountain and] was jitterbugging that very night."
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Doctor one: all his bones are broken.
Doctor two: how do we cut that off?
Yeah, I looked it up; he actually died instantly.
It is amazing for me to have watched this for one simple reason. When I initially watched the trailer, I researched the background and found myself begrudgingly annoyed how they seemingly replaced characters with fictional ones to fit a more broader appeal.
I don’t like that kind of work as it detracts from the actual history no matter on gender or race. However, this episode deals with this by highlighting how the basis of the fictional character is of a real person. Making it worthy of historical input for me. This highlights why I failed in being quick to judge and just why history buffs is great for destroying preconceptions.
Thanks Nick!!!
I would love to see a movie on sophie blanchard!!! Her life sounds interesting and a story worth telling. Plus her life happened during the chaotic napoleonic era. Everything about her life is literally made for a movie.
Classic Hollywood, ignoring real amazing women in favor of inserting fake ones into history.
I agree, that would be a good idea for a film.
I'd love to see you do the National Treasure movies. Obviously a lot is fiction (a massive treasure beneath Trinity Church, Nicholas Cage being sane, etc. etc.) but they put in lots of little historical tidbits here and there, i.e. John Wilkes Booth catching his spur on the flag or many of the US Founding Fathers being Freemasons.
Idea for another one: J'accuse, covering the Dreyfus-Affair.
Oh yeah that's a good one. But was it translated in English tho ?
What about the '91 TV movie Prisoner Of Honor?
It's not available in the UK.
@@cebonvieuxjack It's english title is "An officer and a spy" so I suppose it got at least some sort of english release, although I have no clue about its availability in the UK. This might be a problem then.
Would love to see black hawk down, hidden figures, Selma, or the last King of Scotland!!! Love the channel congrats on a million plus subs
Sharp's Rifles, Last Kingdom, or The Monument Men
Sharpe 100%
Ashley Lincoln I’m pretty sure cynical historian or somebody already ripped apart Monuments Men
Men who stare at goats
Asking for a Sharpe video
Now that's soldiering
Oh my god. ALL the Sharpes.
My favorite YT channel
But where's the Chernobyl video? I remember a lot of us asking about it, and it's an HBO miniseries wich we know you love! Please man, we've been good.
This was probably the most terrifying movie I've ever seen.
Yup
Ideas for next:
-Narcos and Narcos Mexico
-Siege of Jadotville
-Last Kingdom
-Frontier
-Ford v Ferrari
-Chernobyl
How about Rush instead of Ford v Ferrari. James Hunt vs Nico Lauda
How about the Pacific the right stuff patton the longest day ghandi Spartacus Capone or stalingrad
It is a visually beautiful movie. Thank you for your video, it has made me re-evaluate my opinion of The Aeronauts
Damn that Atlantis clip hits harder when you're a 90s baby hahaha
Very underrated Disney movie
@@wazkangz955 super facts just came back across the pagemaster today!
I was definitely entertained with movie. Great review yet again.
4:57 "That idea never took off"
Ah, I see what you did there.
The Last Emperor would make for a great History Buffs video
Now I’m just being baited :(
I just want an episode on “The Pacific”
So true or bands of brothers
Cloud Proud - He already did that one.
Cloud Proud he’s done BoB.
Well I’m off to watch it then
@@cloudproud729 Band of Brothers is probably more historical because they took some creative liberty with The Pacific.
Always fascinating and pertinent. Love the way you appreciate both realities : the historical narrative and the cinematic experience. Would be awesome if you did something on the Valladolid debate movie (1992).
I would love to see a history buffs on: Anything Nick sees fit. I really enjoy them all. 👍
He lived a year after a hart attack and an falling out of the sky.he most have been one of the toughest man how ever lived. Man what a way to die. Glorious
I doubt spending a year dying felt very glorious.
I'd say living a year with your body crushed sounds anything but glorious.
Great vid! Would love to see Michael Collins appear on the channel, especially as sn Irish person!
Wow! Last time I was this early... that never happened
Airey Arjona same here.
Last time that I was this early he did a History Buffs episode on my comment.
This was a visually shocking movie!! This would be dope to watch in 4K!
any time the scene with the girl climbing up the side of the balloon came on, i practically started crying. i am terrified of heights, and even seeing that scene makes me cringe.
RUclips needs History Buffs... we miss you. If this is about the whole 'American Revolution' thing, we apologize.
You can upload any day now.
Chernobyl would be a great addition to the portfolio. Watching it and then listening to the associated podcast gives you a real appreciation for the film making and attention to detail.
Hey lad, could you please do either 1917 or The Pacific. I've been dying for either of them to be reviewed, cheers and keep up the good work!
Love your show. I want to see an episode on the movie Edison
My history buffs list: last of the Mohicans, the darkest hour, a knights tale and ike.
I would love for you to review the Movie Glory at some point. Keep up the great work.
Nick: *Has a Curiosity Stream sponsorship*
Top Gear Fans: "Allow us to introduce ourselves"
The Favourite would be a great episode, it’s a really interesting part of history with a lot of interesting liberties taken by the director with the historical record
The scientists: No you idiot we don't believe in science! Haha
Love the channel! Please do a video on Black Hawk Down (2001), All the President's Men (1976), The Right Stuff (1983). Thank you!
*The bravest and most skilled aeronaut of her age : BASED ON A MAN*
I love your videos Nick Hodges! I've just watched Hacksaw Ridge for the 3rd time. Please do a good ol' History Buffs review on this one!
“Needless to say, this idea never took off.”
Feel proud of yourself for that?
History is always so much more interesting.
Why didn't they just make a Sophie Blanchard movie?
Once upon a time I made a Curiosity Stream subscription for a year. I assumed id watch it all the time but it wasn’t supported by my tv and i eventually forgot about it. After a year i cancelled it because I simply didn’t watch it. After that I received daily emails asking me to sign up, all my RUclips ads were for curiosity stream. This went on for weeks, i ended up hating Curiosity Stream so much that I swore I’d never sign up again.
Would love to see you do
'Che'
With Benecio Del Toro!
Yes. Haven't seen those films in a while but I remember Part 2 being close to what actually happened in Bolivia when I read The Bolivian Diary afterwards.
Okay the Stargate thing made me really happy to see. Also, thanks for this vid. I was debating watching it and now I think I’ll take a look.
Ideas for next:
Reds (1980)
Lost City of Z (2017)
Malcolm X (1992)
Selma (2014)
Stan and Ollie (2018)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Westfront 1918 (1930)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Movie requests:
Midway (2019)
Danger close (2018)
Grey hound (2020)