!historychads !kino the Kenneth Branagh post today reminded me of something, every modern slop set in the Middle Ages has the same dull brown/black costumes and leather clothing/armor. I chose Chalamet's Henry V as an example.
This is Henry V from the 1944 Laurence Olivier's adaptation. This armor is historically accurate, it has the colors of the Plantagenet sigil (the lion and the Fleur de lys) and is a plate armor which was the type Henry V used. Branagh's adaptation got the colors right but the armor wrong as he wears a mail cloth with leather making it look like a sweater.
Then there are shows like vikings.
Again with the dull brown/gray colors and leather, not to mention those silly haircuts.
The Northman got the viking king armor and attire right.
Finally, and I know it's fantasy, but the later seasons of Game of Thrones had awful costumes, while on early seasons there were colors, by season 7 everybody was wearing black and leather. Jon Snow doesn't even wears a plate armor. Sansa and Cersei were given Darth Vaderesque gowns
Sansa looks like some dominatrix with those ring things.
Here are some early 15th century scenes from a french Illuminated Manuscript to give an idea of what people wore back then.
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Reminds @HailVictory1776 of how dumb and dumber made everypony in game of thrones wear brown and black towards the end. It was a direct criticism that's been remedied with house of the dragon which is much more colorful with their attire @HailVictory1776 love sucking peepee
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