Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Posted January 27, 2015 One thing I can say about the Sons of Liberty, is that it is better then most of the drivel on the boob tube. I realize that isn't saying much. + 10000
JudgeBagodonuts Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 It's an interesting series. But, as others point out, it's WILDLY inaccurate. Timelines have been changed to suit the series. Historical people have been changed in the most fundamental respects (age, marital status). Some well-documented events, such as the Boston Massacre are "re-imagined". It's like the folks from Sam Adams beer re-wrote history to make Sam into the guy who, single handedly, started the American Revolution. That said, I'm looking forward to see what they do in the third episode. I'm envisioning Sam leading a charge at Bunker Hill (the Continental army held the high ground, and didn't charge), and then saving the Continental army from capture in NY by using Hancock's boats (which was actually done by John Glover and the fisherman from .Marblehead).
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Alas most producers are incapable of telling a historical story in an intersting way. I've had teachers like that. They were not able to diminish my enthusiasm fo history with their poor teaching methods, but I know they killed the spark in many of my fellow students.I was fortunate to have a History teacher in High School that was a History nut and often got off on stories about individuals. It was great stuff until someone would ask him if this was going to be on the test. That always put him back on track and ruined the fun.
Rusty Chains Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Another good historical novel of the Revolutionary War is Bernard Cornwell's, "The Fort." It's about the Penobscot Expedition of 1779. Paul Revere is a Colonial Lieutenant Colonel and for his conduct, he should have received a court martial and been shot. At the end of the book, Bernard Cornwell tells you where he deviated from historical facts. He didn't deviate about Paul Revere. I will check that one out. Cornwell is an excellent writer, I read his "Agincourt" and it was excellent!
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 I will check that one out. Cornwell is an excellent writer, I read his "Agincourt" and it was excellent! I agree Rusty. I've read most of Cornwell's novels including all of his "Sharpe's" books. I'm currently reading "The Empty Throne" of The Saxon Tales. "The Fort" is different from Cornwell's other novels as there is not a single central character but a look at many characters. It's a good read.
Elk Creek LeMieux Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Another good historical novel of the Revolutionary War is Bernard Cornwell's, "The Fort." It's about the Penobscot Expedition of 1779. Paul Revere is a Colonial Lieutenant Colonel and for his conduct, he should have received a court martial and been shot. At the end of the book, Bernard Cornwell tells you where he deviated from historical facts. He didn't deviate about Paul Revere. Looking into that a little more after reading that book, I was surprised to read that most of the stories we know about Paul Revere were written in the middle of the 19th century. And apparently written by the ancestor of whoever wrote this show for history channel. I agree Rusty. I've read most of Cornwell's novels including all of his "Sharpe's" books. I'm currently reading "The Empty Throne" of The Saxon Tales. "The Fort" is different from Cornwell's other novels as there is not a single central character but a look at many characters. It's a good read. I've read almost everything he's written. His American Civil War books (Starbuck series) started off really good, then I stalled out somewhere toward the end of the second book. I need to pick that one back up. I enjoyed the way Cornwell interpreted the perspective of the South at the beginning of the war though. Being as he's from England. I read the Empty Throne in two days. I had too much time on my hands, and now I have to wait for another one to come out. That series is among my favorite books. A close second is the Sharpe's series UB mentioned.
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 I know it's a movie, but I wonder what Dean Norris thought when his character Ben Franklin uttered the words: "...bat sh*t crazy..."? I almost expected him to pull out his I Phone and Google the latest poll results of the Continental Congress or Tweet his pithy comment to his followers. It's really getting ridiculous.
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Posted January 28, 2015 If anything it's sparked my interest in reading about the Rev. war which is maybe what was intended??? Yea the bat#$%@ comment had me LOL!!! Ya gotta admit the battle scenes were cool as heck!! Rye
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Perhaps the dialog is directed at a younger audience?
Shawnee McGrutt Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 The next mini series on History is "Texas Rising" , that might be interesting. I agree with Rye, I think they wanted to make it move along and be exciting, to get people interested in doing further reading. If it was just the facts or a lecture in history, would it have the same effect? The battle scenes were more vivid then most that are seen on TV. We have to remember that the average person doesn't have the interest in history as most of us have. Which is really to bad.
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Perhaps the dialog is directed at a younger audience? Absolutely. And the young screenwriters have little or no knowledge of period speech patterns. At least nobody got called Dude. I read where the producers of Deadwood wanted to use 19th century common cuss words and expressions in the series but they felt that they would have little impact on the audience so they went with modern cussin.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 I thot cussin was cussin. At least my Mom did. Soap doesn't taste good. I don't know how Dad got away with it.
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