Modern Hollywood and Medieval costume dullness

Honestly I'm really sad that at some point we collectively decided that colourful clothing is for women and everyone instead should wear white polos and gray suits. Landsknechts are easily one of my top 5 favourite warriors of old simply due to the fact that they were the most drippy ones anywhere, ever.

Though I will say the good old feudal knights are still number 1 for me, there is no ancient military unit that is more iconic in presentation in my opinion.

I'm especially partial to the garments of Teutonic order (both for historic reasons but also because they're just cool)

Also !engineering !historychads pinging you guys for architecture stuff.

The picture on the left is the old Louvre castle which was demolished in the 16th century so the new palace could be built. The one on the right is the Palais de la Cité. You can also see the peasantcels plowing and sowing the fields.

100% facts:

Prob gonna get worse now that lotr is officially chud material:

Only iconic characters can stay above the sissyfication:

Think Dark Knight was the turning point in the color style used. Look at Excalibur in comparison.

i follow an account on twitter that FRICKING RAGES about all medieval movies being dull and brown and lifeless.

and also about viking helmets not having horns.

and also how medieval europeans people did, in fact, bathe and weren't taught by black african american blacks.

there's other stuff because it's just an account dedicated to calling out fake history but those are the 3 man ones people constantly tweet about that she has to correct. she seems to be personally offended by the non-colorful medieval stuff the most.

good account if you enjoy watching r-slurs get told they are r-slurs with factual sourced information but flat out refusing to admit they are r-slurs

https://twitter.com/fakehistoryhunt

Sorry everyone before 1960s lived in a black and white world with no color and it was rainy and muddy every day

Also one other thing that personally triggers me a lot is how often different media depicts armour as something that is being put on directly on clothing (or God forbid- bare skin), ignoring that actual armour was put upon many layers of specialised clothing, quilts, etc. No leather padding, no gambesons, nothing. It takes half a second of thinking to figure that wearing a metal bucket bare on your head won't save you from blunt injuries. This is such a simple detail that adds not only realism but flavour to the setting. Small nuances like this which make the world make sense make it feel so much more alive.

Part of it in my opinion is beacause modern military gear has its colors for specific purposes, most of which being camouflage.

If youre a knight on a horse, who fricking cares about camouflage? that shit didnt matter. you had to look GOOD and represent whatever family/kingdom/rex you were serving or whatever

but modern costume designers are projecting modern practicality onto old stuff

Chalamet is the happy twink version of somber otter Harington

"The Tudors" had top tier medieval costume and set design. Plenty of qt waifus who got their tits out for bonus points.

Don't @ me about muh historical accuracy, go watch A Man for All Seasons or Wolf Hall if you want boring PBS/BBC crap.

The amount of effort expended in history to make clothes pretty colors can't be overstated, people fought wars over the dye trade, thousands and thousands of people died () and all of a sudden we're too good for it and everyone needs to look like they've been submerged in poop to feel dark and gritty or "authentic"

The King was a dope movie.

i've complained plenty about how shows will have "tribal leather" costumes that look too plasticky and new. like how sets always look like fake immaculate sets

The Peasants had lots of nice colours

Game of Thrones and it's consequences have been a disaster for a fantasy/medieval themed media color palette.

Now do a post about how Hollywood will make fairly accurate costumes but then just let the women wear modern hair

idk who the kid is that played in Dune, but he's fricking annoying.

Werent colorful clothes a sign of status back then?

!dementia This jawjacker is peddling a false sense of security. He tells you that this armor don't run the muffin, but he's not gonna let you know that Medicare doesn't grow on trees, it's a broken system, I should know.

It's not surprising Burgers are historically illiterate and only understand the world through stereotypes

The tale of history forms a very strong bulwark against the stream of time, and to some extent checks its irresistible flow, and, of all things done in it, as many as history has taken over, it secures and binds together, and does not allow them to slip away into the abyss of oblivion.

-- Anna Comnena