Yeah, I think modern audiences associate ancient Greece too strongly with the Corinthian helmets. It’s like how using American accents instead of old British stage accents for the bronze age Greeks feels wrong to many even though we’re simply imposing a different anachronistic modern parlance onto them - and the bards who original told the story were already doing the same with their newer post-dark-ages form of the language.
In general, the way vikings are portrayed in media is more fantasy than fact.
It’s like everyone thinks vikings only wore leather and furs and caked their faces in dirt, when in reality, vikings were pretty colorful, clean and fabulous.
not always. I remember they cast Caroline Henderson (pretty cool scandinavian singer) to play the role of a historical norwegian viking jarl in the show Vikings, which was a very strange choice. And tbf, that show is especially guilty of depicting the fantasy version of vikings with furs and leather and modern hair cuts and dirt on their faces. I don’t have much respect for that show.
I think Vinland Saga does a much better job with historical accuracy when it comes to depictions of clothes, ships, houses and tools.
It begs the serious question,
“Would Nolan’s film actually been better if they looked like this?”
I just saw the movie and I think they made a pretty good costume design choice.
You should be more mad about the offensive use of sub bass in theaters.
Yeah, I think modern audiences associate ancient Greece too strongly with the Corinthian helmets. It’s like how using American accents instead of old British stage accents for the bronze age Greeks feels wrong to many even though we’re simply imposing a different anachronistic modern parlance onto them - and the bards who original told the story were already doing the same with their newer post-dark-ages form of the language.
See also: horned viking helmets.
In general, the way vikings are portrayed in media is more fantasy than fact.
It’s like everyone thinks vikings only wore leather and furs and caked their faces in dirt, when in reality, vikings were pretty colorful, clean and fabulous.
edit: spotted a few spelling mistakes
But they are depicted as big, strong,
aryanwhite men, so that‘s ok.not always. I remember they cast Caroline Henderson (pretty cool scandinavian singer) to play the role of a historical norwegian viking jarl in the show Vikings, which was a very strange choice. And tbf, that show is especially guilty of depicting the fantasy version of vikings with furs and leather and modern hair cuts and dirt on their faces. I don’t have much respect for that show.
I think Vinland Saga does a much better job with historical accuracy when it comes to depictions of clothes, ships, houses and tools.