YES HE IS BACK the man, the myth, the ditch digger!

@chuckhoyle1211

2 жыл бұрын

His official Title is Digger of Ditches and Thrower of Rocks.

@1989rab

2 жыл бұрын

@@drweb0 0

@akshit_sharma1

2 жыл бұрын

A hole's evolution is ditch and it's evolution is a trench what will be its mega evolution?

@chuckhoyle1211

2 жыл бұрын

@@akshit_sharma1 Moat

@clarencepacao9814

2 жыл бұрын

@Repent 😂

The hero everyone called for has returned

@gunsgunstiger5238

2 жыл бұрын

wow, you here? a nice surprise...

@jaligoeshiking

2 жыл бұрын

YEAAAHHH

@rishi7629

2 жыл бұрын

@@hamzaalirehan822 Nah, too inefficient. Haven't even managed to start the ethnic cleansing yet... Tsk

@boomstickYT

2 жыл бұрын

rosobmsamt m

@boomstickYT

2 жыл бұрын

oreosoznant. moub te z and blacgse

7:03 Best reaction of the whole review - "Oh no, it landed on him!...Oh I hope he got his paycheck. Killed by massive flaming corn dog! Excellent work." The barely restrained glee, amusement, and sarcasm deserves a 10/10. I almost died laughing

@user-xx6vy9ri8p

Жыл бұрын

"I hope this guy is okay, I hope he is still around" He must be 90 for now...

@Julia-lk8jn

11 ай бұрын

I love that even in the middle of pointing out all the way in which this is silly, he has some concern for the actors. ❣

@The_ZeroLine

18 күн бұрын

My favorite part too. I replayed it over and over again.

I really enjoyed his university course “Digging Ditches 101”

@cryptidian3530

Жыл бұрын

Ancient Warfare for Dummies

@leiasleeping1282

Жыл бұрын

The end semester exam is a scene to behold.

@nuh_uh210

Жыл бұрын

He probably got kicked out because his “hands-on workshop” was ruining the grass. I don’t understand why, he was just fortifying the campus against cavalry assault…

@tbotalpha8133

8 ай бұрын

@@nuh_uh210 I AM A HISTORIAN AND I'M DIGGING A DITCH DIGGY DIGGY DITCH DIGGY DIGGY DITCH

@MarcelVolker

4 ай бұрын

Or, in his case, "Digging 101 Ditches" ;)

He was so down with Spartacus until the bridges, after you disrespect the sacred ditch you are an immediate 1/10

@egorkotkin

2 жыл бұрын

"sacred ditch" 🤣

@asalwak315

2 жыл бұрын

@@egorkotkin in medieval combat the ditch is sacred, otherwise why would God himself always reference the ditch

@repentoryouwilllikewiseper8741

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ!! “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬ NIV

@silasbraun

2 жыл бұрын

@@repentoryouwilllikewiseper8741 Is Repent the litlle brother of Serpent?

@bigduck6733

2 жыл бұрын

If you Think about ditch tactic..... is actually a good idea

Imagine this guy grading your papers: "This is correct. I like it. 6/10"

@skuddingomcwinters6119

2 жыл бұрын

That’s already how it is though

@DoctorX101

2 жыл бұрын

"Good ideas, but no ditch. F."

@SmokeBloody

2 жыл бұрын

And your work is the best in the class

@chuckhoyle1211

2 жыл бұрын

@acooknamed_Rishi Not even close. It college it is "This is total crap. Did you even read the chapter? B+"

@MagnusAnand

2 жыл бұрын

While laughing

0:01 you don't need to be an expert to know that jumping in front of your own shield wall is basically getting impalled by both sides, right?

@frankcastle9691

3 ай бұрын

You sir win the internet

@dri1811ya

20 күн бұрын

The elves just want to show off their parkour skills

I love this reactor. He sits and giggles because he is so knowledgeable, he can see what we cannot and then explains it. I thought I knew some things but he starts giggling because it is so utterly ridiculous (no ditches or jumping in front of defenses). Love it.

@ereynolds72

Жыл бұрын

Mark of a great teacher, he’s very knowledgable and very able to teach

@adamdzwoniarek3841

Жыл бұрын

Someone should hire this guy to coordinate Hollywood movie battle scenes already

@LWT1331

Жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself

@littlecousin5630

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but I think the fusion type would be better, but that’s just me.

Dad: You have to go to college, otherwise you'll be digging ditches for the rest of your life. Me without a degree: Safe from any attacking army.

@_Fyodor_Dostoevsky_

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment 😂

@Ca-yr2rz

2 жыл бұрын

I see no error in your logic 🙌

@DoctorX101

2 жыл бұрын

Secretly, your dad wanted you to spend your days moving spears from one end of the camp to the other rather than digging ditches.

@MHollywood5

2 жыл бұрын

Also safe from debt lol, my father didn't even go to college and he is a R&D machinist for Proctor and Gamble. I went to college and am in debt making a third of what he does.

@happydude2163

2 жыл бұрын

Nice lolololol :-)

Give this man his intoxicant of choice and let him rant about ancient warfare for hours. Straight dope, no edits.

@DaMorg3

2 жыл бұрын

Can we PLEASE get this guy on Drunk History?? Ohhh that would so epic!! All the ditches!

@edpin00

2 жыл бұрын

I want Robert Pattinson to play this man on a movie where all he does is dig ditches. Innumerable ditches.

@MartinTraXAA

2 жыл бұрын

Straight ditches!

@guthax30

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I wish he had a KZread channel. Someone please link it if he does.

@danakruger

2 жыл бұрын

@@guthax30 dr roel konijnendijk, he has a channel with 1 video, but search his lectures on Oxford's channel

Whoever found this guy and decided that he would be a good idea to have on this channel, deserves a raise. I want a show where this guy gets drunk and just explains battles for like 100 episodes

@pinzo4137

8 ай бұрын

you sir, are a genius

@sunilpermaul7876

6 ай бұрын

It would be awesome because we would basically get free lectures

@Stitchwitchstitch

5 ай бұрын

@sunilpermaul7876 Imagine if we could get credit too!

@swarley4867

3 ай бұрын

Best idea ever! I would watch this show😂🎉

@raphaelvibar7481

3 ай бұрын

Somebody get him on Drunk History

I'm so glad this man finally got his ditch - he looked so happy.

@yellowcapspringstein6078

3 ай бұрын

Ditches be crazy

@SolidAvenger1290

Ай бұрын

Aye lad, that truly is the ditch that you have been waiting for. (in the voice of James Doohan aka Scotty from Star Trek)

Battles on ice did happen. Famously, there was The Battle On The Ice. Profound stuff.

@vinaly

2 жыл бұрын

I guess Ancient people didn't have a marketing team to come up with cool names for their battles...

@Jimbotheone

2 жыл бұрын

@@vinaly *Medieval people

@knight764

2 жыл бұрын

Truly a professional

@535phobos

2 жыл бұрын

@@vinaly Well, usually you name your battles after the nearest village (or the next one, if the nearest got to many Umlauts...) I know this battle as the Battle on the Peipus lake, if this is indeed the same one

@sevret313

2 жыл бұрын

@@vinaly You have the "War of 1812" which is a lot less creative, so it's not that they're medieval.

"I don't know what they were doing" - that's the entire Hobbit movie series

@Julia-lk8jn

2 жыл бұрын

Sad but true. Although Thranduil and the way he moved and spoke? That was brilliant, he really had something otherworldy to him. Pity the eye brows had me crack up like every five seconds.

@BetterLifeAhead35

2 жыл бұрын

@@Julia-lk8jn Lee Pace is always fantastic. Too bad he wasn't given better writing

@Julia-lk8jn

2 жыл бұрын

@@BetterLifeAhead35 yet another sentence which applies to an awful Lot of the Hobbit trilogy. (I feel a bit bad for having such a poor opinion, of course after the Lotr trilogy imy expectations were sky high.)

@Brosowski

2 жыл бұрын

I love the hobbit trilogy so idc about the tactics but yeah I did wonder how that is possible

@domagoj905

2 жыл бұрын

The Elves jumping in front of the Dwarves made me loose my mind.

I NEVER got the thing where they always slather grease on stones for trebuchets, light them, and then fire them. It's a big rock. It does damage because you flung it a few hundred meters, not because it might be on fire. Plus that whole arrangement you'd just burn up the sling of the trebuchet really fast.

@jcohasset23

Жыл бұрын

Hollywood loves using fire and explosions in battles even though before the invention of the cannon it would only be useful in trying to burn wooden defenses or siege equipment.

@MrTotalAhole

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. But like he said, "HollyWood likes fire".

@Attham

Жыл бұрын

the fireball version is for castle sieges, hoping to create chaos by setting fire to whatever is in the castle. I think he mentioned this idea in another video on fire arrows.

@tails4944

9 ай бұрын

His response "if you get hit by these balls, you have no one to blame but yourself." Seems appropriate. It's also what I tell the missus in bed.

@Zzyzzyzzs

8 ай бұрын

For the same reason terrorists put nails or ball bearings in their bombs. The explosion will do some damage; the projectile shrapnel will do even more.

A pleasure to listen. He doesn't just make statements, he backs them up with tons of logical details

Please don't ditch this expert, Insider. We want more dr. Roel.

@primusinterpares5767

2 жыл бұрын

Heh, ditch

@settekwan2708

2 жыл бұрын

I got a feeling that he might be entrenched in this channel 😏

@richsackett3423

2 жыл бұрын

Do not remove the moat from thine castle.

@munztere6426

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh i see what you did there

@veljkoangelovski5349

2 жыл бұрын

i see what you did there

"Killed by a massive flaming corndog. Excellent work!" Is right up there with "You can just throw rocks. They cost you nothing, they take no preparation and you throw them at people and they get hurt. It's great."

@kodiakjak1

2 жыл бұрын

I hope they bring him back for another episode hahaha. He's great

@janbo8331

2 жыл бұрын

Hah. Never heard the word "corndog" before (not a native). All the time I thought he kept saying "flaming condom".

@antonnurwald5700

2 жыл бұрын

@@janbo8331 it's a hotdog on a stick with a corn crust which is deep fried. Apparently you can add a cheese filling or even chocolate. It's one of the things that prove that nutrition in America should be categorized as a weapon of mass destruction, even without setting it on fire and rolling it over people.

@janbo8331

2 жыл бұрын

@@antonnurwald5700 That gave me a good chuckle. I like your style. By that description I would not want one to enter nor exit my body.

@Mr_Jish

2 жыл бұрын

@@antonnurwald5700 As an American, I have no issue admitting that I absolutely adore the way you described not only a corndog, but the American nutritional system. Thank you for the laugh my friend 😂

Listening to Roel re-emphasize ditches, I feel much better about the plan my D&D group came up with to contain three werewolf revenants... we were defending a house and surrounded it with pit traps containing silver-tipped spikes, while my character perched up on the roof with magic that could shove the wolves back into the pits if they tried climbing out.

@ereynolds72

Жыл бұрын

No no puppies go in the bad hole - your character

@Infaziation

Жыл бұрын

Okay

@theidiotsarewinning2868

8 ай бұрын

Didn’t dig the ditch deep enough 1/10.

@lucasistrom

7 ай бұрын

My group recently defended a fort from a hobgoblin army and they won by digging a big ditch to slow them down and firing missiles from the walls.

@elchinolatino15

5 ай бұрын

Just one ditch?

I like how there are experts solely for formations, for archery, or for clothings and armor, and this guy just knows all of it

@gordonlekfors2708

6 ай бұрын

you like how that's the case, huh? I like that it's reasonable for him to be an expert in this field, and I also like how different fields of expertise can be wider or more narrow. I also like that he doesn't necessarily know exactly all of it 🤫

@Wall_E.

2 ай бұрын

​@@gordonlekfors2708I like that you know less than 10% of what he knows

@sonnguyenvan1599

13 күн бұрын

@@Wall_E. Man, I feel like dude knows less than 1% of what Konijnendijk does. Being able to examine these details with casual confidence and then explain them like a matter of course is not something that can be learned in 1 or 2 days. I have however seen many like Mr. Gordon here who oddly enough would rather get high huffing their own farts than admit that there are those who have dedicated more time than he ever bothered to to learn about this kind of stuff.

"It makes no sense, it serves no purpose." Perfect encapsulation of 80% of the scenes in The Hobbit movies.

@atomiccritter6492

2 жыл бұрын

sums up the whole bs LOTR D&D type fantasies

@Komnenos83

2 жыл бұрын

@@atomiccritter6492 LOTR is the greatest trilogy ever created, by far. Not a big fantasy fan either but LOTR is a masterpiece on every level.

@fireworks_music

2 жыл бұрын

The last battle in Return of the King - I wish he would give it the lampooning it deserves. Absolutely moronic battle tactics by Aragorn. A rabble gathered in a circular mob, waiting for an army 10x bigger to overrun them. No formations, NO DITCHES, no battle tactics. Just show up and get attacked. Brilliant.

@user-ge2op7ho8p

2 жыл бұрын

@@fireworks_music That was done to lure orks out of the wall and distract the eye of sauron to let frodo pass through to destroy the ring. By that time they didn't have enough men to withstand a siege of that 10x bigger army, anyway.

@jooptablet1727

2 жыл бұрын

@@fireworks_music That was the whole point. They knew they would die if Frodo and Sam didn't succeed.

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that the key is to build ditches

@artski09

2 жыл бұрын

and use it

@vinaly

2 жыл бұрын

@@artski09 and stay behind your ditch...

@anestisantoniou5326

2 жыл бұрын

And build more ditches.

@Majoraspersona

2 жыл бұрын

And when you're done, Use more ditches

@Ozasuke

2 жыл бұрын

And after you're done building ditches after building ditches, you build ditches in your ditches.

If this guy changes the way these kinds of movies are made, I am ALLLLL for it. Like, HALF of what he says isn't even necessarily historical or anything. It's just common sense. Seriously. When I'm watching these scenes live, I'm taken completely out of it because I just have to ask why TF would anyone do that? more of this, please.

18:35 "If you get hit by these balls you've no one to blame but yourself" That delivery was superb. So harsh lol.

How to torture this man: show him the Battle of Winterfell.

@StevenGarcia-im8rr

2 жыл бұрын

There was indeed a ditch used so not complete torture

@DarkSideBrownie

2 жыл бұрын

@@StevenGarcia-im8rr ahhh but the ditch was at the back of the formation to prevent retreat. Truly genius

@StevenGarcia-im8rr

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkSideBrownie Captain Jack Sparrow voice: *But there WAS a ditch*

@themanwithallthewrongopini3551

2 жыл бұрын

@@StevenGarcia-im8rr *But where’s the rum gone?!*

@zackyvwasin339

2 жыл бұрын

The whole Episode and tactics was cringe AF

"this one sucks. 6 out of 10" "I really like this one. 6 out of 10"

@MMAli-rq8kd

2 жыл бұрын

*Tells you his rating is objective and academic.* But seriously, it really happens that you like or hate an answer to a question but when you rate by standard they scale to equal grades!

@ryanabrahams8061

2 жыл бұрын

I assume it's an editing thing. Theyre just showing us the interesting points he make but he could also be judging things like costume design or the battlefield which may make up the points on the ones he hates or maybe just some other scene within the battle that was better but not interesting for the video

@khaoscualdawath

Жыл бұрын

You know, liking something or not AND giving it a score on a precisely configurable scale (which is historical accuracy in this case) are different categories.

@BasitKhan-ve5ch

Жыл бұрын

The geek within him-6 The nerd within him-6

@fallendeus5641

Жыл бұрын

@@khaoscualdawath exactly. It is the same thing as liking a movie but also thinking its bad. There are a ton of movies i love but will tell people "yeah i love that movie, it's not a great movie but i just love it". Something being objectively bad but you still subjectively liking it arent mutually exclusive, the reverse also holds true.

I love how he offhandedly throws in that strategy of "grab the spear tips and snap them off" - I've never seen it in a movie, and it would so cool, and it would even be realistic! And that whole "nock / draw /release" - it gets sillier the more you think about it. That drill existed for flint-lock guns, because loading and firing those was a very, _very_ complex process and if you got it wrong, shooting the ramrod together with the bullet might be the least of your problems.

@Crunchy_Punch

8 ай бұрын

Surely there would have to be some equivalent order at the beginning of the battle so your first volley doesn't go before the enemy is in your effective range. Does anyone know?

@chuckhoyle1211

3 ай бұрын

@@Crunchy_Punch The unit commander would just tell the archers where to fire and they would just do it until told otherwise or you just fire at the nearest enemy formation that did not risk hitting your own men.

@Wall_E.

2 ай бұрын

​@@chuckhoyle1211Yeah and holding an arrow especially heavy bows at full draw for a long time is ridiculous, it's draw release soon as you got the aim you looking for

I love how the one time there's actually a ditch, it's completely unrealistic and used in the most ridiculous way.

@markusfarjo775

Жыл бұрын

It was actually used in a realistic way. What he doesn’t mention is that the romans had catapults which had reach to fire over the ditch. Neutralising the enemy wasn’t the goal

@reeseslightning11

Жыл бұрын

Earlier in that season, Spartacus actually does use a ditch properly and outwits the Romans. They used the worst example haha.

@marcinrobakiewicz2723

4 ай бұрын

There is a depiction of a ditch with spikes in outlaw king and he praises it - watch the video again sir :)

My professor in college was the historical consultant for Spartacus and he used to complain all the time that the writers would never listen to him when it came to all their silly battle tactics, equipment, armor, etc.

@f-xr9511

2 жыл бұрын

Name? Curious about him and his expertise.

@RyanGambles11

2 жыл бұрын

@@f-xr9511 Dr. Jeffrey Stevens. He currently works at the University of Missouri. Easily the most intelligent professor I had through Uni.

@f-xr9511

2 жыл бұрын

@@RyanGambles11 Thanks: will look him up!

@f-xr9511

2 жыл бұрын

@@RyanGambles11 Any anecdotes you remember? Outside of his « official » site can’t find a lot of content. And I guess if I am interested, a lot of other people might be. Thanks!

@RyanGambles11

2 жыл бұрын

@@f-xr9511 What exactly are you looking for?

Ditch doctor’s finally back. Update: Much respect for his concern on the flaming corn dog victim

@Julia-lk8jn

2 жыл бұрын

You're right, that was really sweet of him. And the movie scene was perfect because it kind of showed how uneffective the burning street food was: even if you don't manage to jump it, the one man it rolled over got up immediately, and probably in just the right mood to make somebody pay.

@CynicalWarlock

2 жыл бұрын

Stop making me laugh, damn it!

My least favorite thing in the military was digging. Always wanted to fight in the medieval age.. until i met the ditch proffesor

I love this guy- he seems to just get a good laugh out of everything - though he is absolutely brutal with his ratings

This guy is a true hero. He knows his stuff and yet is able to appreciate the filmmaking decisions. A nerd within a geek. Love him.

@michagorecki8893

2 жыл бұрын

A nerd within a geek? I don't think so.

@adhchopper

2 жыл бұрын

@@michagorecki8893 yeah more of a geek within a nerd

@26febry

2 жыл бұрын

What is the difference between nerd and geek??

@adhchopper

2 жыл бұрын

@@26febry nerds are smart. Geeks like dnd

@kylep7353

2 жыл бұрын

@@adhchopper accurate definition

What a lovely, engaging manner this expert has. I thoroughly enjoying listening to people talking about subjects they know & love because they make it interesting. This professor goes even further: it's a joy to listen to him. I think he's one of the best I've seen. Edit: typo correction

Roel is quite possibly the greatest guest speaker, he pulls no punches, if its rubbish, Roel is calling it out!! Love it.

@gordonlekfors2708

6 ай бұрын

yeaa but can he clear his throat, maybe?

I love how this guy doesn’t just tell you “oh this is historically inaccurate, it never happened” but really makes you realise that the tactics make no sense

@urbanshinobi7703

Жыл бұрын

ya dude really breaks it down makes a lot of scenes i love feel really silly in hindsight

@Jamie_D

Жыл бұрын

I disagree in many instances though including videos this guy has done. With this one for example tactics do make sense in my head, the hobbit for example, they were jumping goat things not horses, so they might have jumped over anyway, so better to toss the dwarf and disorientate them giving the units behind a chance to surround and kill, rather than them being able to maintain a full controlled charge. In another video he spoke about castle defenders not actually dropping burning tar stuff on attacking forces, hinting if anything boiling water would do the job, but boiling water won't stick to wooden siege weapons to burn them, so if they didn't use whatever they had similar at the time then they were the dumb ones. So just because something isn't historically accurate in terms of battle style or tactics, it doesn't take sense away from some of them.

@_claymore

Жыл бұрын

@@Jamie_D the Hobbit-goats jumping the shield formation: the point he raises is that a cavalry's advantage is the massive force it can create due to the animals they are riding, which only is an advantage as long as the cavalry has the mobility & speed to make use of the force. once you stop a cavalry, make it unable to build speed for a charge and get them stuck in position, the cavalry is at a huge disadvantage - they can get surrounded easily, riders can be pulled off and stabbed to death, or even simpler: just stab them with spear from every direction. the elves formed a shield wall, which is used to try and stop a cavalry charge - letting the goats use your shields as a ramp to jump over and have them charge unopposed into the back rows is a terrible idea. you did nothing to break their speed and force and essentially just let them plow through all your troops. plus the idea that the fully stacked front rows of a formation are just nimbling dodging/moving backwards to "create room" for the cavalry that just jumped over your supposed formation makes no sense either: a formation is extremely dense and tight, because it's designed to stop cavalry. those soldiers don't just move back swiftly without tumbling over each other. and even if they could do that (let's assume cause they are elves or whatever), it still defeats the purpose of the formation: tight, shoulder to shoulder soldiers that use their shields and combined effort to stop a cavalry charge. so the elves give up their shield formation, to let the dwarves jump over to then try and form a secondary shield formation within seconds which is supposed to stop the cavalry charge? yeah, that is nonsensical. they should have just done that to begin with. the only reason it "works" in the movie, is because the choreographers of the fight wrote it that way. it would not work in reality (even if we assume dwarves, elves, their animals etc. exist). I understand your point of some scenes making sense because they are "fantasy" and at times things are possible in those stories/worlds that wouldn't be possible in a historical context, and that is true to an extent, but you cannot explain away logical inconsistencies and errors with "it's fantasy".

@Klickor

Жыл бұрын

@@_claymore one more thing about the goats using the shields as ramps you and almost no one else brings up is how insanely dangerous it is to the guy with the shield. Dwarves might be short but they are very stocky and wear armour that would be heavy even for someone twice their size and the goats are quite large for being goats as well. Even without caring about the momentum and how much force would be located under a single hove when they stomp down we are talking about somewhere around half a ton of weight with rider, goat and armour combined. The elves aren't physically stronger than humans of the same size so the front lines angling their shields are adopting a suicide tactic to let the enemy disrupt the formations over their crushed and dead bodies. Much higher chance of surviving if just lining up and hoping to stop their charge with spears and counting on the charging goats and dwarves having some kind of survival instinct over just giving up and getting crushed. Also the time spent setting up that stupid formation could have been used to fire a couple of more arrows to thin the ranks (they can't use their stupid ballistas that shred arrows that close to their own troops)

@alibarznji2000

Жыл бұрын

That's why we love him

This guy seriously needs his own TV show. He could do a 100-episode series just breaking down and analyzing ancient warfare.

@ariaarulasan

2 жыл бұрын

TV show - Yes. Pay for it - No.

@danthecabman_

2 жыл бұрын

I'd pay too.

@st.jimmy0244

2 жыл бұрын

@Marcus Middleton Well, I said analyzing ancient warfare. Since it would be real history, he probably wouldn't have to ask the question. He'd be explaining why they were there.

@DarkSnake49542

2 жыл бұрын

not interesting, he would do 99 episodes of "build a ditch here, now another one here, now put pikes (wooden or real pikes) here, now another ditch" and 1 ep for the battle with the opposite general saying "we can't fight, too many ditches, retreat (or are they too tired from digging ?) ! let's fight them elsewhere ! and first, build 200 ditches !!! we will see if they can fight us across those :D" with him directing the show, there would never be a battle without 200 ditches everywhere ! (plus having to watch 99ep of actors acting like they really dig ditches everywhere for weeks, when machines did it in fact -and they forgot to clean their tracks in the mud)

@onlyechos6810

2 жыл бұрын

@@st.jimmy0244 but still, "where are your ditches?!" would be a great title for the show xD

Apart from being very knowledgable, this Oxford doctor is also very charming in the way he delivers his points. He may laugh at your mistakes, explaining how silly they are, but you just can't help but laugh along, with no hard feeling.

Gotta love this guy. One of the best movie scene reviews ever :D

There needs to be a t-shirt that says 'Ditch, please.' with this man's disappointed face on it.

@amissbennet

2 жыл бұрын

If there was anything I would spend money for... it's this.

@puneetmishra4726

2 жыл бұрын

I need this NOW

@ludovicomichelangeli1908

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@milliet1227

2 жыл бұрын

Top comment!!!

@earthling_parth

2 жыл бұрын

Your comment needs to be boosted. Hey algo, boost this please!

“Killed by a massive flaming corn dog. Excellent work.” Definitely an all time favorite quote there.

@grahamstrouse1165

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how I want to die...

@mcshach9982

2 жыл бұрын

I scrolled specifically for this comment

@kaelthunderhoof5619

2 жыл бұрын

Flaming corn dog or Flaming ditches.

@hoilst

2 жыл бұрын

I know how I want to die now.

@A407RAC

2 жыл бұрын

@@mcshach9982 same heh

Yay!!!! There's a part two!!! I love this man!!!!

anyone else find the snapping motion he did at 1:41 to be unexpectedly violent and incredibly satisfying at the same time?

THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK! This dude was my favorite expert pf the whole series.

@akshit_sharma1

2 жыл бұрын

A hole's evolution is ditch and it's evolution is a trench what will be its mega evolution?

@tearborn

2 жыл бұрын

@@akshit_sharma1 see the void between the planets? yeah, that's the ditch you're gonna face in interstellar warfare.

@NinjaGidget

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@H_Hendo

2 жыл бұрын

@@akshit_sharma1 What about its Z-move, or Dynamax? The thought just invigorates Dr. Konijnendijk!

@Asterix958

2 жыл бұрын

@@akshit_sharma1 ditch and trench has different purpose. Ditch are used as hindrance not fighting inside like trench. Armies used to erect earthen wall before trench. Trench only used by besieger against defenders. Trench instead of earthen wall started to be used in Pitched Battle in Crimean War. I don't know why trenches is preferred over earthen wall with Crimean War. My estimation is that new technology cannons could destroy earthen wall, thus armies had to use trench over earthen wall.

I can't believe they didn't ask him to rate The Great Wall. I would have loved to see him laugh uncontrollably at the infamous Blue Crane Tactic

@st.jimmy0244

2 жыл бұрын

Next time :)

@Bob3D2000

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha! Yeah, dangle on the end of a rope like bait on a fishing line, over an inpenetrable, unscalable wall. Genuis.

@mandelorean6243

2 жыл бұрын

Well, as expendable force... It distracts and harms the enemies front line and if they had an orc with a torch 🔦, it'd get stabbed before igniting the powder kegs(maybe). Didn't they penetrate the wall¿?

@epyon1983

Жыл бұрын

Actually I would like the castle warfare guy rate the movie

@arjunramakanth4370

Жыл бұрын

I also want to see him review bahubali

I love the expertise and the explanations ! thx for the upload !

I keep coming back to his videos. Amazing.

I absolutely love this guy. Hes not even trying to be funny but just has a certain comedic timing about him.

@karrinberman2944

2 жыл бұрын

Flaming corn dog. " I hope he got his check"

@RAB-om9jy

2 жыл бұрын

He's Irish,its there thing

@dashaiku3421

2 жыл бұрын

@@RAB-om9jy dutch , and thanks it is our thing ;)

@RAB-om9jy

2 жыл бұрын

@@dashaiku3421 Ah!! I offer my humble apologies,wow his accent honestly had me convinced. He's lost that thing where alot of Dutch sort of talk through their teeth. I've been checking out anything to do with him,he's fascinating 👍

@dashaiku3421

2 жыл бұрын

@@RAB-om9jy no need to apologise man , i get it. We both use hard r's and the like

Out of all the “Expert Rates” videos I’ve seen, I think this guy pulls his punches the least. I like it.

@PointnShootMovies

2 жыл бұрын

IMO the historical accuracy of battles in film is usually the most inaccurate part so I see how the historical accuracy of battles guy would go hardest

@DanAndHoe

2 жыл бұрын

People often say Dutch people are very direct to the point of being offensively blunt, and I do see that in him. If you don't like something you adress it as clearly as you can.

@Bergen98

2 жыл бұрын

He is Dutch and real Nederlanders don't keep it in them like Americans, for example. If it is bad - they tell it. No time for sugar coating, get the *ditches*

Love how he makes a point out of of that there was diversity in the roman ranks. 🤗

@musicman717

8 ай бұрын

Gladitorial ranks but yes, roman legions would exist of citizens of all the mediterrean

@benji285

4 ай бұрын

Yes and no, those who weren't true ethnic Romans, the conquered peoples, were just "auxiliaries". Also, these auxiliary troops were used in their own regions, where they were most useful to the Roman legions.

What I really hated about the Battle of Basrards is that the giant was unarmed. Like that whole impossible pike-and-shield formation - you could nothing against that, unless the giant had any kind of big weapon in him, even just a tree trunk could blow a hole through that. That, and the stupid idea that people would keep climbing the pile of the dead to die on top of it in several layers

@vanyadolly

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even watch the show that far, but just looking at the scene I was like, that big troll can't smash through the shield formation? Has he tried?

@arnav9192

7 ай бұрын

@@vanyadolly The lack of weapon and armor fails him. he does try and gets stabbed a lot by the pikes Like if there were a bunch of 5 year old with knives surrounding me, and I had no weapon or armor, I would still be reluctant to go swinging into them surely

@Chad-xh8zs

22 күн бұрын

The silly goofy dead horse wall was trash too

This guy: FINALLY A WORTHY DITCH!, This battle will be LEGENDARY!

@VidsAtLarge

2 жыл бұрын

Top comment right here

@ahtheh

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@AngryLink

2 жыл бұрын

It will achieve legendary ratings too..no higher than 7/10

@alexman378

2 жыл бұрын

1/10

I like to imagine that the elves jumped over the shields and immediately fell into a ditch. Then the Dwarves where like "GODDAMN IT!"

@FfortheT

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment!

@JohnnyWad309

2 жыл бұрын

I like this. Elves suck.

@leoh3616

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyWad309 Yes, In LOTR I root for Gondor and in The Hobbit I root for the dwarfs. Elves always act like they are overpowered except they aren´t. Also they leave Middle Earth right in the middle of a crazy crisis.

@renatoh.santosdasilva3080

2 жыл бұрын

Then the dwarves started throwing rocks at them!

@willyolio9590

2 жыл бұрын

"That was a tactical ditch that Roel advised us to build!"

This is fun! Amazing knowledge and interesting telling. Please more!

i wish roel a happy and healthy life , thank you sir for your insight. found it really enjoyable and learnt alot

18 mins isn't enough, I can watch hours of his real insights, please we beg you, more content of Dr. Roel ! King of the ditch !

@sakazukiakainu1323

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@villepurhonen5876

2 жыл бұрын

It would be a tad cruel to force the poor man to watch masses of men in silly armour slam into each other and proceed to whack each other in countless individual melees.

In the future, we will have a time machine to send Roel to witness an historical battle and he will come back and finally give an 8 out of 10 for realism

@VladimirLukele

2 жыл бұрын

or "ditches everywhere"

@NicholasVernem-GroovyNickyLee

Жыл бұрын

Mad lad will be running amok with a shovel, happily digging ditches and cavalry traps alongside the unwashed masses like some kind of weird 3rd world tourism experience.

@SilkyLew

Жыл бұрын

@@NicholasVernem-GroovyNickyLee He's going to be nicknamed, the Mole

@janekzdunek124

Жыл бұрын

He gave one 9 out of 10

@smiegto

Жыл бұрын

at that point the battle would turn though? he would walk up to the loosers and they would then win because they do as he says?

Professor K here has totally upped my Total War game with some of his explanations. Awesome work!

I could listen to this guy's commentary for days 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

When the world needed him most... he came back!

@david4rancibia34

2 жыл бұрын

When the world needed him most.....he dig a ditch

@roballister5269

2 жыл бұрын

@@david4rancibia34 dug

@hafor2846

2 жыл бұрын

@@roballister5269 He dig a dug?

I imagine the writers at the Insider HQ were like: "Hey we finally found some battle scenes with actual ditches in them! Quick, bring him back!" :D

@leas7830

2 жыл бұрын

They don't search hard enough...

I'm glad you (Roel) keep mentioning ditches. Always needs to be said and hopefully it'll finally be heeded and depicted properly one day. I didn't know about how inaccurate it was to order archers to shoot all together in volleys. That's interesting! Talking of shooting, one of my peeves with these films and TV shows is how they nearly always say "fire" as the order to shoot arrows or bolts or trebuchet projectiles or whatever. Like.. Why would they say "fire" when the use of fire in projectile weapons hasn't been invented? As far as I know, this is why we say it now. If I'm wrong I'm happy to be corrected.

@jarrodbright5231

Жыл бұрын

The whole archer volley thing started from depictions of musket formations during the Napoleonic wars, American civil war and other wars of that era, then someone deciding that archers must have operated in the same way since if it worked for muskets it must also work for other missile weapons too. Just like how we still have our soldiers in modern warfare line up in neat lines in an open battlefield without cover and wait until everyone is ready to shoot at the same time in a big volley. Because nothing changes in battlefield tactics over the centuries. (And yes, that was sarcasm)

@RedFenianPunk1916

Жыл бұрын

@@jarrodbright5231 haha I get ya. It irritates me how so many film makers and other people can't understand how things are different in different eras and we're not all the same throughout history.

@Crunchy_Punch

8 ай бұрын

@@RedFenianPunk1916 Often it's just so the battle action reads as clear and understandable for a modern audience. It's why they changed the thumbs up to a thumbs down in Gladiator.

"When you turn your attention away from the battle, somebody s gonna shank you...!" I love this guy!

I've waited so long for this comeback. I was not disappointed.

@repentoryouwilllikewiseper8741

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ! “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬ ‭NIV‬‬

@davidesguario2151

2 жыл бұрын

He was busy digging a ditch around his house.

Ditches are an important part of warfare effective even now. Honestly almost all war movies somehow ignore this part. Maybe because ditch fight doesn't looks flashy or heroic, but war is not flashy or heroic, it's a matter of life and future of two faction. Thanks Mr. Roel to point this out.

@warphole0369

2 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for a WW1 film where they forget the trenches

@Pascaffa

2 жыл бұрын

@@warphole0369 that would be a clusterfuck

@bindingcurve

2 жыл бұрын

@@warphole0369 like the eastern front?

@atarkus8

2 жыл бұрын

@@bindingcurve The eastern front had plenty of trenches (and ditches). How do you think people fought against tanks? Conversely they also dug ditches for tanks themselves to turn them into a hidden strongpoint (with only the gun sticking out).

@bindingcurve

2 жыл бұрын

@@atarkus8 WW1?

definitely more of this guy. Amazing.

Yaaassss, more from Dr, ROEL please, he is more entertaining than the movies!!!!!

He's calm, confident, and humorous. Damn. A perfect person to talk with.

Ah, so this is what skinny Steve Rogers would do if he wasn’t Captain America, he’d move to Scotland and study medieval military campaigns.

@seanbrazell6147

2 жыл бұрын

I will never think about the virtue and wonder of ditches without pre-vita-steroid Captain America's voice narrating it. You have done this to ME! 🤪👈

@TabaquiJackal906

2 жыл бұрын

Please let there be a fanfic of this.......

I waited too long for him to mention ditches. I love these videos.

Wedge formations are used today in Modern Cavalary and Armour units/divisions. It allows you to protect the rear of most of your tanks, and gives you better distribution of area of responsibilities. Normally the rear of the wedge will be backed up with Infantry, or mechanised infantry.

I’d like to thank the people of Insider for bringing back Mr. Konijnendijk, who excellently provided fun history stuff!

@joegannon4212

2 жыл бұрын

Put some respect on Dr Konijnendijk!

Who else wants this guy to have his own channel on telling history facts

You'd absolutely love to go for a pint with big Roel, I absolutely love ancient history and he seems like a class guy to just have a chat with about it.

The fact that Dr. Konijnendijk hasn’t started a KZread channel showing how lost moments in infamous battle scenes couldn’t be solved with a ditch is beyond me. Roel, I volunteer as free editor if you send me the essay 🤌🏽

@Julia-lk8jn

2 жыл бұрын

You are so right! I suppose that Dr. Konijnendijk probably has a day time job, but still, videos about specific battles and how what they mostly lacked was ditches? KZread version of sea-salt chocolate. (I love the element about burried pots. What a smart idea!)

@ruffusgoodman4137

2 жыл бұрын

@@Julia-lk8jn I wonder how's his work like

@TheSaberra

2 жыл бұрын

If Shad has his MACHICOLATIONS!, Dr. Konijnendijk would have ditches

@PeterJavi

2 жыл бұрын

@@Julia-lk8jn He has a KZread channel actually. He doesn't do movie critiques on it, there's a few presentations on ancient warfare on it though.

@CYMotorsport

2 жыл бұрын

@@PeterJavi alter ego super cynic version haha dr ditch persona may need a new channel given he’s an actual respectable academic haha

This guy is a joy to listen to talk about ancient warfare. Can't wait for episode 3.

@wilfredv1930

2 жыл бұрын

yes

@alastorcorvus

2 жыл бұрын

This guy should have a whole 30 minute show dissecting one movie or TV show at the time.

@dusk6159

2 жыл бұрын

The first time it was so great and on point that I wasn't surprised that he was the one to repeat episodes.

Thanks, Insider, for having this guy back. Now while he's there might as well book him for the third time.

@jjakjjak5231

2 жыл бұрын

This!

LMBO The video gets good after 11:00 when he starts talking ditches again i was kinda getting worried he had forgotten his old strategy

Seriously, Roel is a real gem.

Trebuchets are designed for sieges not for open battle. This guy is awesome. A true expert without any arrogance.

@marseldagistani1989

2 жыл бұрын

Except for Cannons, since so many in 16-19th century were located close to the action. As Napoleon said. Cannons are the King of the Battlefield

@S0ulinth3machin3

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. That being said, Subutai and Batu Khan used catapults in open battle in the the Battle of Mohi where the Mongols wiped out 90% of the Hungarian army (including the Knights Templar). They used the catapults to clear the bridge, then later to break up the fortified Hungarian camp.

@hafor2846

2 жыл бұрын

@@S0ulinth3machin3 A catapult isn't a trebuchet...

@raifthemad

2 жыл бұрын

That ammunition was total movie garbage as well. Firstly, no-one would bother chipping a rock into perfect sphere shape, unless they had to fit it into a barrel of a cannon. Secondly, rocks don't explode into fiery shockwaves and shrapnel like the one in the movie. In fact they're quite well known for not being bombs, but a really stable building material.

@flyerton9958

2 жыл бұрын

@@raifthemad "Firstly, no-one would bother chipping a rock into perfect sphere shape, unless they had to fit it into a barrel of a cannon. " Except uh, the Romans. We have archaeological evidence that the Romans had nice round balls for their onagers. It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn round for an Ancient civilization.

"If you get hit by these balls, you have no one to blame but yourself" --Dr. KonijnenDick

@hohuy1469

2 жыл бұрын

I would have blame the commander for make me raise the shield high and tight that i can't see a damb thing 🤣

@johndododoe1411

2 жыл бұрын

Also, the aiming of that throwing machine was not easily predicted by the enemy. So they wouldn't know where to be to not get hit, and would just hope to be lucky enough that some forward troops would conquer the artillery position first.

@TheMennoXD

2 жыл бұрын

Konijnendijk, which means rabbits' dike

@splitdemon719

2 жыл бұрын

My new pickup line

@mmtigan

2 жыл бұрын

I like how the first 2 replies just missed the point completely.

More of this guy please =)

Yes exactly.. We want more. This is man definitely has a gift beyond academia. very entertaining.

"Dig many ditches". I had to chuckle the other day when I was reading a translation of a Knight's biography written in the 13th century and every description of castle warfare started off with them digging a ditch, and then digging another ditch, and then another, but with pointy wooden stakes in it, and then pointing out the terrain near the castle had natural ditches on top of the ditches they'd already dug.

@Anten-Isy

Жыл бұрын

The ditch ditched and ditchest

@guciowitomski3825

Жыл бұрын

What’s the name of the book?

@claireeyles7560

Жыл бұрын

@@guciowitomski3825 The History of William Marshall translated and edited by Nigel Bryant.

@suhaib9001

Жыл бұрын

@Fullashit Ministries you better not have ditched that book yet

@gremlinchet

Жыл бұрын

Without opening the replies, I had a feeling with was Marshall. I haven't had the chance to read the original biography but some of the modern biographies based on that one are really really something cool! I want to get the original to read even more now.

I would love to see more of him. Ditch historian man evolving into flaming corndog historian man is always a delight to watch.

These videos are incredible 😊

I want more videos with this guy!

I wanna see this guy play some total war and reenact historical battles and try and change the outcomes through sheer strategy.

@aaaknowkneemoos4811

2 жыл бұрын

total war is a game and most of its units are downgraded to meet game balance, in a real warfare that kind of mechanics doesnt exist, also theres a huge difference between medieval warfare expert to a general who commands an actual army

@garrett2439

2 жыл бұрын

You can't dig ditches in Total War. He'd hate it.

@Rawazist

2 жыл бұрын

@@garrett2439 actually he is very active on the total war subreddit

@JohnnyWad309

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaaknowkneemoos4811 A lot of the TTP's in Total War you use a player are actual TTP's and they do work for the same reasons they work in real life. Obviously, this is ignoring the fact a lot of the Total War games have magic and wizards and bullshit like that. But as far as using your cavalry and artillery properly, positioning your formations and maneuvering, and getting the right troops into the right positions (spearmen/pikemen blocking cavalry shield walls protecting archers and artillery) it can definitely be used as a solid sandbox. But dude above said it best, you can't dig ditches, but you can garrison in settlements and at least have walls.

@bonebard6178

2 жыл бұрын

It would probably change the outcome because of how the units are balanced

"It does an interesting job at giving you the visceral horrors of the battle. The tactics are non-sense" Yep, that is why we wanted Roel back, holds no punches back 🤣😂

I’m addicted too these videos!

I LOVE THIS MAN!

"Where is your ditch?! You got to have a ditch!" This is an iconic line, must be printed on T-shirts if you ask me. And I agree with him, I too love history very much.

@oron61

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the most important ditch: the Last Ditch.

@eranshachar9954

Жыл бұрын

@@oron61 😆😆😆😆 Awesome man! Thank you for a great comment

"Why would you do that?" Son of a Ditch this man is Just Brutal.

@alejandrop.cansanciojr.3652

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

This man: dig a ditch! World war 1 soldiers: and I took that personal

I'm glad you brought him back!

If armies actually fought the way depicted in most hollywood movies, the casualty rates would have been just absurd. Most commanders have a vested interest in not just throwing men into a meat grinder, so most battles were actually not as gruesome as they could be.

@ar0568

2 жыл бұрын

Another dead soldier = another non-tax paying corpse

@janbo8331

2 жыл бұрын

@@ar0568 Unless they were mercenaries. Depending on the deal, it could be money saved.

@cseijifja

2 жыл бұрын

@@janbo8331 mercenaries tended to not take orders they wouldnt survice most of the time , famously for example , condotieri or allied cav.

@janbo8331

2 жыл бұрын

@@cseijifja Cav allied to who? It also depended on the army and the era. There was also a time when mercenaries would have their heads chopped off for disobedience if that were the case - Roman auxiliaries, for example.

@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl

2 жыл бұрын

@@janbo8331 the auxiliaries were not mercenaries

For the sake of everyone who has watched these 2 entries, please do more! These are outstanding. Could literally watch for hours

He's back!

Thanks, Total War. You taught me about the absurdity of wedge formations way before, so I can understand this guy's argument about it here.

We are rich in ditch! This guy is an absolute gem. Droll, entertaining and educating all at once. Edinburgh University, I hope you appreciate what you've got.