Submitted by Chris_in_Lijiang t3_zppee6 in Documentaries
me too! it’s a good watch
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you were right, it is not.
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My son and I loved this doc! Richard III is a fascinating character. No one is really sure whether he was a monster who killed his own nephews or the heroic final King of England's greatest dynasty and victim of a masterful Tudor propaganda campaign. Either way the man went out like a boss, the final king of England to die in battle shouting..."I will die as King of England, I will not budge a foot!"
The doc itself is so cool because they were able to find a modern Richard Analog and create an authentic suit of armor for him to train in. Really cool stuff.
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Since armor and the associated garments were almost all custom-made, I've often wondered how many medieval armorers and tailors were actually creating orthopedic devices through trial and error.
Oh damn! That's a fascinating thought!
Especially since a some of it was incredibly form-fitting with articulated joints.
Exactly my thinking. They also probably had extremely blunt patient/customer feedback to aid in their development process.
A lot of it was survival of the fittest with a healthy dose of "holly shit that almost killed me i need armored armpits."
The Lost King was an incredibly dishonest movie. They fabricated half the story to make it seem like archaeologist cut out Phillipa Langley and took the credit.
https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/lost-king-movie-controversy/?fbclid=IwAR17nH2rXo81xk8-KiqC360fwAXOscPbMm1PIUuurxPSMumvzZmzfp8Ecng
The Channel 4 documentary on the dig that found him is great. The trailer for the film turned me off of watching it because Phillipa's portrayal was very much at odds with what I'd already seen.
The usual Hollywood stereotype of ‘archaeologists are bad and snobbish’
How about this, you don’t have to have peak physical condition of all beefed up modern athletic standards? You just have to have better diet/food training/armour than your contemporaries…?
That's pretty much what the doc set out to prove.
Does it matter if I haven’t seen the first two Resurrecting Richards?
secrets of the dead in general is so well done.
Love the show
Top tier television
Currently on a train from London to Leicester and this documentary is the perfect accompaniment to my trip.
With a name like that if you're not a Clickspring fan you should be.
Dr.Capwells talk about this project is far better, with a lot less manufactured drama and alot more detail.
Do you have a link?
Loved this documentary.
The (real) tension in this between the emotional and scientific was fantastic. It is at times a little cringey, but also sometimes funny but that’s real people for you.
What no one can deny is that for all involved, what was accomplished and discovered is absolutely astounding and something we may never witness the likes of again.
Phillipa Langley is like a Snape Wife but with Richard
Excellent documentary
Great doc just why the the guy doing commentary have to have that action movie with big epic music behind
Can't wait to watch
I want to know if he got to keep the armour for his own re-enactment activities.
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Guys with deformities sometimes feel they have to prove themselves to others by being uber aggressive... until they get struck down. Ego is a sad thing and most rulers have huge egos usually ... eg. Trump
raptorrat t1_j0u6u6w wrote
My wife has scoliosis, and an interrest in the Middle ages.
It's right up her alley.