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Annoying historical depictions
Jun. 24th, 2011 05:59 pmAm watching Ye Olde Historical Thingy. It's not proper history so they're not being specific about when, which makes it difficult to call various bits anachronistic. History Mash, as per usual. But the bit that really irritates me is the clothes. I know there's so many more things to complain about. The hair, for one, where you can tell it is History because they have forgotten combs. You know how long humans have had combs? No, me either, cause it was at least stone age tech. And it's not like modern hair products make that much of a difference. Hair should just look like hair, not big wild nests on assorted heads. But the clothes bug me because they don't seem to understand which bits are difficult and which bits are easy. They've done that thing where you can tell it is Ye Olde Clothes because all the stitching is huge. I've sewn better seams than I'm looking at right now, and I can't sew for toffee, I end up attaching things to my thumbs. And yet the fabrics are all tight modern things, or obvious synthetics. I know, bad cheap fabric of our time, but seriously? The ever popular sack cloth isn't terribly much better. And the random bits of leather or metal I can only assume are Ye Olde Fetish cause they're bugger all use as armour. And everyone is wearing Cheap Olde Brown, but some of them are wearing it beaded or under frilly knitting or with big gem broaches or patchwork (in shades of brown) or tapestry edging (again in shades of brown). So far the only one who isn't wearing brown is evil. Apparently only evil people waste money on dye that isn't brown. There are cheap dyes that are not brown. Cheap plant dyes in multiple colors. You know why early English army wore red coats? Red was cheap. So why is everyone in sight wearing brown? Simple and difficult is mixed up together for no readily apparent reason and the clothes don't even make visual sense, let alone cultural.
:-p
... okay, I'm over it. It's just what they can use in clothes is all tied up with economics and status and all sorts of interesting things. Also, people have throughout the ages invented clothes they would actually want to wear. When TV tries to invent something new it keeps on ending up with stuff that would do nothing well and takes more effort than actual practical stuff. *sigh*
PS: Boots. Boots! I understand using 20th century boots, but is it really that hard to not put them in close up?
ETA2: Okay, I can't even make visual sense of what I'm looking at right now. I looks like fish. Those big flat ones with the funny mottling, skates or rays or something. Only it also looks stapled to his chest. With friends.
Clearly my eyes must be wrong.
Or stapling fish to your chest is secretly uber badass.
:-p
... okay, I'm over it. It's just what they can use in clothes is all tied up with economics and status and all sorts of interesting things. Also, people have throughout the ages invented clothes they would actually want to wear. When TV tries to invent something new it keeps on ending up with stuff that would do nothing well and takes more effort than actual practical stuff. *sigh*
PS: Boots. Boots! I understand using 20th century boots, but is it really that hard to not put them in close up?
ETA2: Okay, I can't even make visual sense of what I'm looking at right now. I looks like fish. Those big flat ones with the funny mottling, skates or rays or something. Only it also looks stapled to his chest. With friends.
Clearly my eyes must be wrong.
Or stapling fish to your chest is secretly uber badass.