CORRECTION! The helmet Achilles is wearing in the tv show, although not correct specifically for Achilles, is based on a real existing kind of helmet called the Illyrian helmet I wasn't aware of. Matt Easton, from Schola Gladiatoria, corrected me on that so I stand corrected. I still think that the Helmet Achilles wore should have been a closed helmet considering the description of Homer that tells us that Achilles was so well armoured that not much of his body showed. Also we should consider Homer tells us that when he lent his armour to his friend Patroclus, they had the intention of hiding his identity specifically through the helmet. (hence it had to be closed). Still the part where I say that the helmet was completely wrong is wrong. If you want to know more check out Matt's video response to me. Thanks! Here is the link kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6KY2tKch7jAgco.html&lc=z23gwvprvqurilw2eacdp43ai4k1iwgqaxe34pcjlpdw03c010c

@corwinhyatt519

6 жыл бұрын

Forgot to pin the post? Looks like it is going to get buried otherwise.

@krahnjp

6 жыл бұрын

Only off by about 500 years though. 500 years can't be important to accuracy. For my next movie, Spanish conquistadors in flack jackets and modern riot helmets.

@theobluebird7283

6 жыл бұрын

Well, they certainly cannot use authentic mycenaean era armours - those are too ugly. :) Just imagine poor movie director - on left shoulder he has historical advisor and fans: "Make it accurate! Just this time, please!", on right shoulder is shouting producer: "Make it more sexy! More cool! We need to sell it! And don't forget ninja-pirates!" But in some cases I believe they kept historical advisor locked in basement all the time.

@GCurl

6 жыл бұрын

I see you also watched Matt's video ;)

@lowqualityshitposts8860

6 жыл бұрын

I saw someone state that Romans were evil white supremacists who attacked black carthage

I'm Nigerian and stopped watching the BBC Troy series as soon as I saw a black Achilles. I mean what next Alexander the Great was black? This perversion of history is truly repugnant and patronising to blacks.

@morpheusm8066

5 жыл бұрын

qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f1e7feca0b4dbfbb00b1c23af8c83e5c -Illuminated genealogies including Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Saladin, Alexander the Great and other rulers in British Library's Egerton MS 1500, Abreujamen de las Estorias France (c. 1321) qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-68ab269ee4b22c0fb735ac7474e63149 qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-5d2d9e3957c147defc52b437f24267bf qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f69a2b60fb87d842fb6638c1da94dac1 qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-3ae494e66a2b67a5980015525d2e4c2a ^^Unfinished like many Middle Age manuscripts, but you have to wonder if White European rulers of 14th century France commissioned White scribes to document White history with... Black characters? I guess Nigeria is getting that Western education. 😂😂

@alexandroskfs9794

5 жыл бұрын

@@WatchmanofMKDN The topic is about stealing other nations history you moron. Be proud of being a Bulgarian and a slav and stop talking about Greeks and their history, you don't know shit.

@WatchmanofMKDN

5 жыл бұрын

Alexandros Kfs you’re great grandparents never thought Macedonia is Greek. Macedonia is Macedonia, Greece is Greece!!! Thats how it’s been for over 2000 years, in historical accounts, in maps and in the bible. Macedonians and Greeks always fought each other. Greeks joined Persians and later Romans to fight against Alexander and his empire.

@alexandroskfs9794

5 жыл бұрын

@@WatchmanofMKDN ok, give me your sources or tell me one historian of that era who said what you're claiming.

@joeycognition3260

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexandroskfs9794 He has a point, once upon a time Italians weren't even considered white and were bunch in with blacks in America. No doubt they were going off of appearances of Easterner Europeans

As a African. I’m also infuriated by my people claiming others history. Are we not proud of ourselves?

@funnyman10912

2 жыл бұрын

With all the black-washing that's been happening, apparently not.

@Anonymous-xp4jj

2 жыл бұрын

Us African Americans had our history stolen from us. Many of us never got the chance to learn what we have to be proud of. Can’t speak for native Africans since they likely learn their national history anyways

@funnyman10912

2 жыл бұрын

@@Anonymous-xp4jj Yeah I mean more schools should at least have it as an elective. I mean hell if I can learn about ancient Greece and Rome, why not the rich history of Africa?

@professionalboycottservice7872

Жыл бұрын

It was African Americans , not native Africans, who are obsessed with "representation"

@JFP1988

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, you should be, why do we not see more documentaries and films about African history. As a white person I'd be interested in watching those.

Imagine Brad Pitt as King Zulu. How ridiculous this would be.

@adamseward4713

2 жыл бұрын

I woke up to this when in 1965 the western Cat Ballou casted an Italian as an Indian. Since then, many "caucasians" playing unwhite roles. A little payback is fair enough, plus, when will you stop giving a shit what color people are? Still, in the end, I respect a show that strives to be historically (or scientifically or literally) accurate. Do you?

@ThumbSipper

2 жыл бұрын

It would be ridiculous because a Zulu King being black is just as important as him being, well, a king. Having a white man playing him would be farsical, just as much as a movie about Washington starring a black man as the general would be farsical. Achilles, on the other hand is not defined by his ethnicity, skin colour or country of origin at all. It's a completely irrelevant detail that changes nothing about his character and the way he reacts to the events of the story, not to mention how Achilles isn't an historical character so it's not like anyone's is being "disrespect" by casting a black actor. It's not weirder than casting a British woman as Cleopatra or an Australian as William Wallace and yet people didn't complain about these, did they? I mean, the Trojans are supposed to be Turkish people and yet are all played by white people, as are all the Greeks and in fact there isn't a single Greek actor from what I understand so why is Achilles (and Patroclus, but for story reasons if Achilles is black, so must be Patroclus) in particular such a big deal when the rest of the cast is also of the "wrong" ethnicity? It doesn't matter, at all.

@ChadKakashi

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamseward4713 I’ll stop giving a shit when the malicious intent of SJWs die down.

@ChadKakashi

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThumbSipper Casting a British actress as Cleopatra makes more sense than casting a black man for Achilles. He is also a historical character.

@ChadKakashi

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThumbSipper also get your historical facts straight mate, Turks weren’t even in Anatolia at that time.

As a retired professor, I 100% agree with you. No one is more intolerant than those who think they are defending inclusivity. I love your bold stuff, man!

@MetaphysicalMusician

7 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lHiZso-Mea3Nmag.htmlsi=uWh2xxCa2yJCHE3T

Julius Caesar is some Korean dude who was stabbed by some Mexican dude named Brutus with a Mosin Nagant Bayonet somewhere in Virginia. 69 AD.

@carpelinguae9097

3 жыл бұрын

Oh so it had to be the MEXICAN dude to stab him, didn't it? You RACIST!!!!! The Korean Caesar was stabbed by an Anglo-Saxon WHITE KKK member. Ok, back to my safe space.

@-Minuano-

3 жыл бұрын

@@carpelinguae9097 LMFAO

@sweetyeetus

3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I would watch the hell outta that. XD

@futuredimension3658

3 жыл бұрын

@@sweetyeetus You watch shit like that EVERYDAY, you’re just too stupid and closed minded to want to know it! 🤷🏾‍♂️

@youtubeisafascistdictators4829

3 жыл бұрын

BBC: write it down, quick write it down, new history series is coming!

A black Achiles makes as much sense as a white Shaka Zulu.

@BTArnold100

5 жыл бұрын

South Africa would boycott that lol

@CapoeiraBoricuaAyala

5 жыл бұрын

I thought to myself they should revamp Shaka Zulu with a white guy just to make a point of how ridiculous all of this is getting. And then I saw this comment lol!

@Justme-xg9rj

5 жыл бұрын

Shaka Zulu was a real man, Achiles was just a character in mythology

@theimperialowl1011

5 жыл бұрын

@@Justme-xg9rj A white Sunjata then.

@ayntchytius

5 жыл бұрын

only one of those was a real person... yall are mad at niggas playing myths

I love this whole blackwashing history thing because it implies that in order to be impressive, black people need to borrow from white people. It implies that only the history of white Europeans is impressive and that black people have no history or culture worthy of sharing. To be “good” you need to be borrowing from someone else. It’s perhaps the most disposable thing that can ever be implied about a culture and it reveals how truly racist places like Hollywood are. They can virtue signal and preach inclusivity all they want, but the reality is staring us in the face: they’re more interested in blackwashing history than in telling and exploring black history.

@Ctofer93

2 жыл бұрын

Fax

@jasepoag8930

2 жыл бұрын

I would say a lot of that is because the majority of the population is uneducated about history. Your average western TV viewer has only heard of the big names in history and mythology (which are mostly Eurocentric.) A show about the Mali Empire, or the Nubians probably wouldn't be well, because people wouldn't know who they were. Hell, even I'll admit my knowledge of sub-Saharan African history is lacking since it's just not a subject that gets covered often unless you go looking for it.

@Ctofer93

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasepoag8930 The point is that is should be something that is taught. You are mentioning a continuing issue that is promoting western historical ideas and never teaching anything else. It isn't an individual issue and not really anyone's fault besides those who try to continually sell this idea. It is nice you were an individual who sought out that knowledge but many have no idea on even how to learn or get to that knowledge. So they never even were given a chance to learn. And your idea that they won't be interested, so that is why they won't make them just perpetuates the cycle.

@jasepoag8930

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ctofer93 I was playing devil's advocate for Hollywood, not defending them. I didn't make my point very clearly; my brain is a bit fried after work. They don't make this content because they don't think the plebs will be interested. I would love to see it taught more, and more content about it. About the only example I can think of is American Gods.

@Ctofer93

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasepoag8930 Good ideas. I just sorta get into the idea that Hollywood can generally push about any idea and make it a mainstay so it is down to us to refuse improper media and demand better. Lol. Sorta brainwashing by saturation.

What is most worrying is that so many people start to take these as historical fact. Look at the problems the series Roots made to the understanding of the African slave trade and how it really happened.

BBC is like: "let me put an african in a series about Finland in the year 400 A.C"

@ChanceKearns

3 жыл бұрын

Rick O'Shay air conditioning idk

@richardforsman

3 жыл бұрын

As a Finn I hadn't seen a black person in my life until I was 17. Back then smaller towns didn't really have many foreigners at all other than Swedish on the west coast, Russian on the east border and Estonian and Vietnamese in Capital region. In my town, there was just a few middle eastern. Now things are really different thanks to refugee crisis, but I'd imagine an African being talk of the whole country back in that era.

@damuni1

3 жыл бұрын

@@allan7380 AC = Ante Christum AD = Anno Domini

@George_Gogo01

3 жыл бұрын

Im starting to understand why they are called *BBC* if you catch my drift...

@damuni1

3 жыл бұрын

@Nati Natan The name Europa was used by geographers in the ancient world to refer to an area of Thrace

As a North African (Algeria) I find it funny that people that think everyone in Africa is black.. When I say that I come from north Africa a lot of people are surprised and say things like "how are you african you're white!?"

@LouisPlume

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I am one half English one quarter Arab and one quarter Egyptian.

@mizashyboi

3 жыл бұрын

Notice how you emphasize on “North African” !if your white and live in South Africa are you sub Saharan African?! -_- just stick to your nationality!! If you are black, besides papa new guinie or Australia you have African decent hints the correlation African, Black has been synonymous WITH AFRICAN since the time of HAM,and PUT FIFTH CENTURY AD CONQUERERS DONT HAVE THE DISTINCT PLESSURE OF SAYING YOU COME FROM KEMET AND THE GREAT NILE CIVILIZATIONS

@shadowmax889

3 жыл бұрын

@@mizashyboi No, African as synonym to Black is more recent. Back in the day the region of North Africa was called just Africa, and the rest was called Aethiopia, so Black people were Aethiopians meanwhile all North African cultures were called Africans.

@benicdovic5071

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you are not african,i mean you are native in africa continet,you came out of africa from cenetral asia,there is no exised white people as native in africa

@eyyeyeeyeyeuwuhehehdbdvf

3 жыл бұрын

@@mizashyboi did you know that name Africa came from Tunisia, which is a North African country. Educate yourself first before making dumb claims like that

Blackwashing always particularly annoys me as a redhead because pretty much every single redheaded character is made black in the live actions with almost no exceptions. I don't desperately need representation to validate my sense of self, but it would be really cool to see some more redheads in media. We're already so rare in real life, and we're even rarer on screen with all of this blackwashing. Great video!

@Tony_Cardoza

11 ай бұрын

Yep. They hate redheads because they represent something they can't have: red hair and beautiful ivory skin.

@rosswatson9144

11 ай бұрын

Ginger bias..it's everywhere.

@EyeSeeThruYou

11 ай бұрын

Here here, Gingers have been mistreated, exploited, and abused by others around them for many centuries. We were so often erased, depicted as "other," even persecuted as witches for many centuries. Rarity worked against us all the time until more recently when finally we were represented in more mainstream culture by people like actress Lucille Ball, for example. But now, based upon your comments and my own experiences, it looks like we're back to being erased, again, as the rarer Europeans we are, so American blacks can feel "better" about themselves and "included" by randomly inserting or rewriting themselves into history in the most implausible ways for the most obnoxious of rationalizations. Let people, past and present, have their stories about their own cultures and myths. There are so many areas of the world from which to pick historical or mythological content in the ancient craft of storytelling, why do people feel the insane need to lie and rewrite someone else's history to "be represented" in ways and places where it was implausible or where they ignore facts just to fan their own egos?

@MrChileno13

11 ай бұрын

@@Tony_Cardoza Plot Twist: Real african doesn't see the red head as a sign of beauty. It's an american obsession

@FS-iu8xi

11 ай бұрын

People still don’t understand the full agenda & the reason for the constant race swapping. The reason all this race swapping is happening in film and television, with both actual historical figures & “fictional” characters as the victims is for one reason & one reason alone. The reason is to promote and normalize the Kalergi Plan of white racial replacement in the minds of the masses. And they will keep doing race swapping & blackwashing even if they lose tons of money & have horrible ratings, because it was never about money or ratings. Cinderella & Beauty & the Beast are ancient European fairytales that likely predate even Christianity & there should be ZERO black people in those live action films. Just like, in a live action Moana film (even though it is not ancient) there should be an entirely Polynesian cast. Just as in a live action Mulan should be an entirely East Asian cast. There is a reason they ONLY race swap and black wash WHITE characters. And again, the reason is about promoting & normalizing the Kalergi Plan agenda. Nothing more, nothing less.

In 1986 there was a 10 part tv series about Shaka , The Zulu king/warlord. Absolutely amazing. And I have never forgotten it.

@laurencesmith1435

11 ай бұрын

Henry Cele played Shaka, and what a brilliant actor he was. Coming from Zululand, I had a huge poster on my wall of him from the show!

@DeltaMikeTorrevieja

9 ай бұрын

We should remake it - can I suggest Michael Caine for the lead role. We will need to de-age him a little.

@craiggibbons8228

7 ай бұрын

I watched it too. Absolutely great show

Why don’t they just make a series about Ethiopia or another true African nation?

@aaronblankenship5119

6 жыл бұрын

Darth Guilder because it doesn’t fit the agenda... That’s the point Metatron is making. These producers aren’t interested in fair historical representation of blacks, or even actual levels of social equality. This is a political stance for them, and nothing more. It is the ability to proverbially walk above their political detractors and say “we are progressive, and therefore anyone else is wrong...” It’s discourteous.

@WakarimasenKa

6 жыл бұрын

It always seems to be more about erasing or rewriting what is already there instead of creating something new.

@wattlebough

6 жыл бұрын

Darth Guilder Exactly, if done well it would be fascinating.

@georgepalchikov7176

6 жыл бұрын

Precisely. The Russian-Ethiopian relations as two Orthodox coubtries alone is a great and barely known topics.

@gg2fan

6 жыл бұрын

I would really like to see a video game or series about a historical african kingdom. That's some really cool unused potential.

Next: Winston Churchill portrayed by an asian woman.

@tomfu6210

4 жыл бұрын

And pacifist, of course. Her famous speech: "we will never endenger, we will wellcome on the beaches..." would be chilling.

@terencecraig5973

4 жыл бұрын

The last airbender and that movie 21 were asian and or native americans but played by whites. Not im favor of rsce swapping but imo people should have the same energy both ways

@hizzaddinno394

4 жыл бұрын

Why stop at an asian woman? Why not a another species altogether? Winston Churchill portrayed by Somalian sea slug.

@imperiumromanum1316

4 жыл бұрын

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@STARKILLER15100

4 жыл бұрын

Idk what u talking bout, Winston Churchill has always been an Asian woman 😂😂

Actually, this is not so bad after all. These are fairly light cases. In Finland, people had long dreamed of the movie about Mannerheim, who was the 6th President of Finland during the World War II. So, in 2012, a movie called The Marshal of Finland was released. In this movie, the president, the protagonist, was changed to a black guy in modern Kenya, but which was WWII Finland at the same time. They also addet a frame story about a narrator who tells this story to children, and who also highlited that "this is how it all really happened." And as you might guess, that movie flopped very badly when it was released. Many were angry and traumatized that the historical president of Finland, who was supposed to be the white guy, had been changed so radically and black washed.

@luigib7311

8 ай бұрын

That's pathological! I'm glad that the movie flopped. I didn't realize that Finland had become so woke. Did they make a movie of the best sniper of all time in black-face yet?

@pffpffovich2398

7 ай бұрын

Imagine them portraying Simo Hayha as a tall black guy...

@EstbXCIII

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget.. British Queen Anne Boleyn was played by a black woman. A movie/show was about Queen Charlotte of Spain but she was black washed. In a Broadway show in NY a black man was used to play British King Richard III. Also, what makes these things creepy af is that they don't ever use Hispanic, Asian, Indian Middle Easterners etc. to racewash but ALWAYS use black people every single time. Mind you, African Americans make up only 13% of the population with Hispanics being almost 3x that number in pop.

the fact the emperor was shocked by the presence of a black guy demonstrates how rare they were

I wouldn't trust the BBC with African History.

@williamfranklin860

3 жыл бұрын

BBC execs crave BBC.

@rottenrose037

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on which BBC we're talking about lol

@vr-vik5660

3 жыл бұрын

BBC is full of shite!

@PointnShootMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Snap

@MovieForUMyPal

3 жыл бұрын

BBC is real why dont you believe them?lol

You know how I like my history? Historically accurate.

@jeffreygao3956

4 жыл бұрын

Eh, perfect historical accuracy is impossible but using common sense and reading credible sources help wonders.

@anubis7457

4 жыл бұрын

Well Achilles wasn't.. real but yeah they should stay faithful to the story, which specifically calls Achilles blonde

@jeffreygao3956

4 жыл бұрын

@@anubis7457 I'd honestly rather have Achilles' personality preserved and have him wear a face concealing helmet.

@davidmiller9485

4 жыл бұрын

@@anubis7457 actually, since troy has been identified, they aren't so certain any more. Granted, he's most likely not how he's defined (dipped in the river styx etc.) but like many old figures he may have existed.

@imperialtrooper927

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreygao3956 "Eh, perfect historical accuracy is impossible but using common sense and reading credible sources help wonders." How I wish they just remained faithful to what is told in the story, which is quite well known worldwide but no, they'd rather bootlick the local minority. I mean its been stated in the story that Achilles has long golden hair, why grab a baldie to represent him? lol "have him wear a face concealing helmet" Eh, why, apparently the story told that Achilles had a pretty face with long golden hair, why hide that?

I'd love to see one of these about ancient Egypt. That's the classic example of black-washing, but I've even seen it applied to Greece and Rome.

@silvanelf1

11 ай бұрын

And now, a year later, black Cleopatra would love to have a word with you.

@macgyversmacbook1861

9 ай бұрын

I’m pretty certain Jada took this as a challenge

This is particularly a problem with recent historical based BBC TV shows. The number which show black people in roles that never had black people, such as European monarchy, is ridiculous, let alone the role of a Greek national with a Greek name. It makes me weep when I think of the number of production companies who sacrifice accuracy in depiction for the sake of -tokenism- I mean diversity. It's insulting to the actual people being depicted to be so misrepresented, it's insulting to the ethnicity of the actors portraying the role that they couldn't be bothered finding an actual person of that ethnicity to depict, and it's insulting to the intelligence of the audience.

Still waiting for Tom Hanks to play Martin Luther King jr

@t1mike873

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@propanbutan4634

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha

@lukapaic7560

4 жыл бұрын

The ground would open black people would have a rant

@kirkcavenaugh758

4 жыл бұрын

The plagiarizing sex addict?

@PzGren_1907

4 жыл бұрын

And Daniel Day-Lewis should be perfect to play Malcolm X

Black American here, I completely agree with this video. It's the difference between Miles Morales Spider-Man, and casting a Black Peter Parker. I don't want a Superman movie with a Black Clark Kent, I want Val Zod.

@krzysztofz11

3 жыл бұрын

next step black superman ):

@radioactivebirdj.1845

3 жыл бұрын

krzysztofz11 Indian Black panther

@yoda1485

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It’s always a better idea to make new and original characters with their own experiences instead of just changing a popular character to get more sales.

@hypezoneninga

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@storagebox1793

3 жыл бұрын

You know superman is fake right, Mr. black American? He is also not human right? do you speak for all blacks? Who cares what the race of this is.

I loved Vikings, I thought they handled race pretty well, although they WAAAAY overdid the shield maiden thing. But what always cracked me up was how they swung their shields like tennis rackets, so that 90% of the time, the shield isn't covering the warrior at all.

@siddharthdilli

Жыл бұрын

They literally changed one of the jarl as a black woman 😂

@JoelAdamson

Жыл бұрын

@@siddharthdilli When? That wasn't Vikings. That was another show.

@siddharthdilli

Жыл бұрын

@@JoelAdamson its a sequel of Vikings called vikings Valhalla

@JoelAdamson

Жыл бұрын

@@siddharthdilli Okay, well that sounds pretty stupid. I'd heard of the show but didn't know if it was related to Michael Hirst's Vikings.

@siddharthdilli

Жыл бұрын

@@JoelAdamson it is man

Great job. We can't allow these people to rewrite history to meet some perverse alternate history based on diversity. It's really quite infuriating that they let people call fantasy history.

Ah yes I remember when white, blonde, blue eyed Zulu fought those black british soldiers

@bigmoniesponge

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@juliekm6495

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t that be interesting?

@AsDeadAsDillinger

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, _I believe his Zulu comrades referred to him as _*_'Cracka Zulu'._*

@fiendish9474

2 жыл бұрын

@@AsDeadAsDillinger that was genius

@lecakebandito4233

2 жыл бұрын

@@AsDeadAsDillinger That would be a great historical fiction comedy XD

"A man should never be afraid to speak his mind, even if it goes against the public opinion of the masses". Couldn't have said it better myself.

@jacquesstrapp3219

4 жыл бұрын

2numba9 Speaking your mind when it goes against public opinion is as far from pussy as you can get.

@eln5343

4 жыл бұрын

Pathetic. I mean I agree, but there's nothing special in the way he says it.

@belalabusultan5911

4 жыл бұрын

I want a documentary about Oda Nobunaga, I think Brad Bitt is the best actor for him. maybe a movie about Mother Teressa, I nominate Will Smith to play her. heck, why not a movie about Dinosaurs, and Jackie Chan can be a Tyrannosaurus ?

@scythelord

4 жыл бұрын

That is, after all, the entire purpose of freedom of speech. The idea that there are some things that should never be said is antithetical to freedom of speech.

@GustavoAlves-iq5pc

4 жыл бұрын

That is a bold statement to play a fearless leader. There are situations that you may not speak your mind. You can, because you have the right to express yourself, but it may not be the best thing to do.

Am I the only one who would like a historical fantasy series about Achilles and Memnon going around ancient Greece fighting mythical monsters, witcher style?

@iliotekoutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, because that's mixing real history with fantasy, and sounds incredibly stupid

@craiggibbons8228

7 ай бұрын

Herculeas did it

Johansson was fine as Makoto, because she was a cyborg. The original creator even said he intended a fair skinned humanoid form for Makoto and was happy with the casting.

This has needed addressing in the historical enthusiast community here on KZread for a while now. I've touched on the subject tangentially in a few of my videos but this dedicated debunking you've done was a masterwork and covers the whole issue better than I could have. You did a phenomenal job. Thank you for standing for truth, Metatron. I’ll be sharing this on all the platforms. Also I noticed the inclusion of the most important question of all at 10:39 well done, sir, well done!

@Seetor

6 жыл бұрын

Shadiversity how are you doing today shad?

@blakebailey22

6 жыл бұрын

Shad you should also make a video about this

@smack6564

6 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't Shad's name have a checkmark????

@CosmicDuck494

6 жыл бұрын

Completely agree, a brave thing to do. This video, Shad's comment on The Last Jedi and discussions about female warriors are much needed corrections which may contribute to stabilise society in some way. Because one thing about the pendulum swing is that it tends to swing back at some point. This ultra politically correct posturing which the BBC seems to like so much will create more extreme positions on the other side and thereby probably give rise to real racism.

@scottwyand

6 жыл бұрын

But he didn't ask the MOST IMPORTANT question... BUT WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS!?!?

I bet they never have a black actor playing Hitler or Stalin...

@tribequest9

5 жыл бұрын

Lol! That had me rolling.....so much truth in this statement.

@KSmithwick1989

5 жыл бұрын

I'll one up it, by casting Han Chinese to play Zulu warriors vs Australian Aborigine playing British colonial troops. In a reboot of the movie Zulu.

@hf3923

5 жыл бұрын

@@KSmithwick1989 get the Maori as the zulu, let the aussies and kiwis compete against eachother in something other than rugby

@riza-2396

5 жыл бұрын

@@hf3923 maori came from asia, from country like China,Vietnam,India,Sri-Lanka,and many Asia countrys that are near ocean.

@kiddhkane

5 жыл бұрын

In the show "Community" there actually was a black hitler...

How about we get some good Native American representation as well, other than Pocahantas? I would love to see a series about the Pueblo, about the Iroquois, a biography of Sequoia. Well, even an accurate account of Pocahontas would be interesting although heartwrenching. How about the life of Crazy Horse? Tell us about the Inuit and the lives of other indigenous people of the north. The world is full of history, legends and mythologies from all cultures. Let's see more of them!

Why must they put themselves on our heroes? Do they not have any themselves?

My God, even celtic warriors are portrayed as black. What the hell are they thinking?

@mementomori8791

6 жыл бұрын

WE WUZ KELTZZ (Sorry I had to answer)

As an African, I totally agree with you Metatron. Portraying characters as black just for "diversity" sake is very patronising to Africans. Rather make shows about actual Africans like Zera Yacob, King Abraha, Sundiata, Mansa Musa etc

@MrConredsX

6 жыл бұрын

If liberal leftist logic were applied over other races then all those black warriors would have been portrayed by Nicholas Cage and Adam Sandler

@spoiledman5811

6 жыл бұрын

You forgot the "Moors"

@NikeBG

6 жыл бұрын

You know, that's the saddest part about this whole movement - most SJWs are whites themselves and their actions are basically a reflection of "white man's burden", which is actually racist itself - "Oh, you're incapable of taking care of yourselves, so we'll take care of you on your behalf".

@toweypat

6 жыл бұрын

Tobechukwu Anyanwu I would love a show like that. I've already seen the story of Troy; I've never seen those stories before.

@toweypat

6 жыл бұрын

MrConredsX political correctness is not liberalism.

Any creators who put black characters where they don't fit is simply admitting that they don't value black history and culture enough to make any work of art which is actually reflective of black history or culture.

@metatronyt

5 ай бұрын

Exactly my point. And they say I'm racist. They'll probably call you racist too for saying this.

A series about the Zulus would be cool. They were badass. I don't always agree with Metatron but I do in this case and when I don't I recognise that he like everyone should be allowed to have his own views.

As one of your black fans, I'd like to say thank you for making this video. I'd love to see a series about an African empire as well, but I guess it takes less research to just make Alexander the great black and pretend African history just sort-of never happened.

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

Precisely my point :)

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

A storm won't matter if the sea inside your mind is calm

@hydrogenone6866

6 жыл бұрын

I would be interested in the Mali Empire TV show.

@Velkan1396

6 жыл бұрын

LazyAlex Sometimes I think African culture/warfare is boring, then I watch to Zulu, or Hama vídeos and I change I proof myself wrong. I hope to see some kind of Historical material about Africa soon.

@liveanletdie

6 жыл бұрын

LazyAlex it's kinda odd, the only thing even resembling African history off the top of my head would be 1986 Shaka Zulu mini series which I absolutely love, and that's about it. It doesn't get as much exposure as it should

I’m African and I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I think it makes sense to have historical figures accurately represented. There is nothing wrong with what you are saying. Keep doing your thing my guy.

@mangalores-x_x

3 жыл бұрын

Small thing.... Achilles is not a historical guy...

@mrnobody6354

3 жыл бұрын

This is the worst argument that I constantly hear: "he's afictional character, so who cares who plays him". Achiles is as fictional as Mulan, neither have concrete evidence to have existed. Next time Mulan gets a live action remake sHe should be played by Emma Stone.

@maosama3695

3 жыл бұрын

@@mangalores-x_x There's nothing wrong about it yes and there's nothing wrong to at least being accurate how homer depicted him. but what if the next black panther is white? I'm gonna bet racist black folks are gonna be looting and rioting again. Valkyrie from Thor MCU was white in the comics but they casted a black girl and it was fine , the actress who portrayed her was good same goes for Heimdall. The whole race thing is stupid anyway as long as the actor is good it's okay. I find it funny because whenever there's a black character portrayed by a white actor/actress black folks tend to react awful. Like it's an attack towards them .... It's fucking Just a film , people nowadays are too sensitive.

@Tespri

3 жыл бұрын

@@mangalores-x_x even so it's still an insult and clear provocation. I could understand if movie was done in Kongo and with lack of good white actors in there they would've painted his face white. But this was done in Britain. No excuse.

@DragonsFlow2

3 жыл бұрын

What series movies etc are doing with myths or historical events are offending to some and disrespecting directors companies wants to break some stereotypical assumptions (do they?) I mean I respect every race and culture and especially history and myths and if directors studios companies etc wanted really to support culture from some races bring their history and myths into the screen and what the little knowledge I have African people have a rich history myths etc hell they could even make a movie or a documentary about the afro samurai which historical existed and its a very intriguing n interesting story but money is sweet n a good marketing with giving ppl we support all ppl is more profitable than actually support their culture and give a taste to a wider audience

Making Achilles black was such a joke. That’s like making Black Panther white, it’s just ridiculous.

@quewalabear8575

Жыл бұрын

I would argue the latter has worse impacts than the former.

Yea just making me more of a European nationalist.

As a black man and pro black WHY TF IS HE BLACK they weren’t black 😂😂

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I hear you brother ;)

@vitlityprinceofrainwings9075

6 жыл бұрын

Sammie James this defies history!!!!!!

@hydrogenone6866

6 жыл бұрын

Sammie James, Sadly there are very insecure people who are also really lazy. Who just ignore actual history of Africa.

@nuno99s

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly, but if you call this out you're a nazi in modern society!

@lastdefenderofxhotl

6 жыл бұрын

Sammie James He shouldn't have been black but the actor gave a great performance best in the show hands down.

Could you imagine the outrage there would be if a movie was made casting a Chinese man as Martin Luther King? That's how us Greeks feel toward this Black Achilles.

@liviuganea4108

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, if Donald Trump was cast as MLK .... imagine the outrage then...

@Whimsical_rock

3 жыл бұрын

@@liviuganea4108 That would be hilarious, I know of some ppl that would loose their shit over it

@lronhoyabembe8403

2 жыл бұрын

@@liviuganea4108 How about RDJ as Nelson Mandela

@NabPunk

2 жыл бұрын

@@lronhoyabembe8403 RDJ already did a blackface in tropic thunder

@andrewandrew4305

2 жыл бұрын

My father is Greek and I am Black. Greek men love Black women.

You should see the BBC docu-drama about the Battle Of Hastings. Bishop Odo, a Norman, and William The Conqueror's brother-in-law, is portrayed by a...man of colour.

This was five (5) years ago and same madness continues Thank you Metatron to speaking about this important topic 👏👏💕.

As a African American who is a fan of history, I see no need to recast historical characters as black. It disrespects the source material and comes off as unnecessarily pandering. I agree with you, just tell stories of African legends. We black people would like true representation in that fashion. This just shows how out of touch these production companies are.

@nickkanaris6833

11 ай бұрын

It also disrespects the black people. Again today with Cleopatra

historical accuracy is not racist , if someone is offended because their race is not depicted in a scenario where they wouldn't be anyway it's they who have a problem

@wiseonwords

3 жыл бұрын

Homer was transphobic. Where are the transgendered heroes in The Iliad or The Odyssey? How dare he?

@spymaster3366

3 жыл бұрын

They could have easily put black characters as cavalry units because it's historically true romans used numedian cavalry (Africa) gealic cavalry (gaul) and catafracts (middle East)

@quentinquentin6752

3 жыл бұрын

Historical fact is unacceptable to many in todays society. It doesn’t matter that tit is true. That is not the point. These are educational videos and an opportunity to push an agenda. That’s it. They only care about the agenda. Truth is their enemy if it doesn’t push their agenda. That’s just stating the obvious.

@kadasrichard

3 жыл бұрын

I read that Ann Boleyn is going to be played by a black actress in upcoming series about Henry VIII.

@00MSG

3 жыл бұрын

Its rediculous even that we have to say that.

Keep producing content like this.....its really needed now.

I was so excited to see that a show about Anne Boleyn was coming out… then found out she was being played by a black woman. A fantastic actress, but it just destroyed any historical credibility the show might have had.

imagine 20 years from now a war movie where Hitler and Stalin are black and the imperial Japanese Army are white, non-binary trans-women

@thewhovianhippo7103

3 жыл бұрын

yeah they did not even fight imperial japan

@Talking_Ed

3 жыл бұрын

And the American army? All furries.

@janeisklar3923

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewhovianhippo7103 who said something like this?

@thewhovianhippo7103

3 жыл бұрын

@@janeisklar3923 oohh I may have replied on the wrong comment sos

@janeisklar3923

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewhovianhippo7103 no worries bro

Africa: has lot of characters, empires, history, tragedies, rulers, tyrants. Hollywood: Alright, I see that, but I want a black man playing a non black character because "representation" (and because I don't want to invest money in good stuff and playing it safe)

@leonardchurch7675

2 жыл бұрын

Actually it's more like Hollywood: We'll put someone of color in that role because we won't have to pay them as much. .......... It's all about $$$$$$$.

@BePatient888

2 жыл бұрын

You left out one thing: The Audience: "We don't want to pay money to see Black actors, so you have to trick us into seeing them."

@zackerythomas3675

2 жыл бұрын

I could not have stated it better.

@Blackronin357

2 жыл бұрын

@@BePatient888 so you don't watch any film w/ a black lead huh?

@legoworksstudios1

2 жыл бұрын

And that's the problem. I would kill for a biopic on Shaka Zulu or the Ethiopian royal family. More people ought to know about Menelik II of Ethiopia or Mali's Mansa Musa or even Haiti's Papa Doc. They'd make great movies, but in a PC world you know what the movies would say.

I like your sword dance at the end. Just discovered your channel. Enjoy your academic-scientific approach to issue.

African Lore isn't trendy, and ofc blacks in this country aren't going to want that. They'd rather hijack light characters just to be possessive over what isn't theirs to begin with.

A man should never be afraid of speaking his mind. Even if it goes against public opinion of the masses. Much respect earned there metatron

@thebestoneforreal3491

3 жыл бұрын

True that

@trevorfuson715

3 жыл бұрын

That's true to an extent. It depends on who are those masses or what neighborhood you are in ( for those who cannot comprehend) if you want to keep breathing..

@hidlehel

3 жыл бұрын

@@trevorfuson715 excuse me? What’s that sack of shit? One can’t speak the truth because of retaliation? I don’t give a fuck what liberals think, or whether or not they’re breathing. It would be great if they didn’t.

@hidlehel

3 жыл бұрын

@@trevorfuson715 I’m sick and tired of this bs sjw shite!!! If they want black protagonists, they should make a film about African history. Same goes for Asia. As Metatron said. Had enough of this liberal shit. They’re nothing but scumbags!

@toddrileyx

3 жыл бұрын

Please don't give this minority any credit than they deserve by calling them the masses. Social media has allowed this small group of factually incorrect opinionated minority to seem a lot bigger than they are.

I'm black and i get what he is saying. I don't want to be pandered to

@metatronyt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for understanding friend.

@Wharbuckz7

3 жыл бұрын

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@campkira

3 жыл бұрын

those thing are made to sale.. so they try to cover alot of market...

@nationalistcanuck7800

3 жыл бұрын

So, you will be returning your welfare cheque???

@wiseonwords

3 жыл бұрын

@@nationalistcanuck7800 - I guess you're still on yours then, hoser! ;)

I love how it's "controversial" to say we shouldn't erase an entire race from history.

@quewalabear8575

10 ай бұрын

🙄 Get your head out of your ass: No one has said that.

There was an Ethiopian king named Memnon who arrived halfway through the war...researchers could've used that

Agreed! As a black man I love to see Black characters get placed into stories, but not in a manner like this. This makes the show super cringey and hard to watch.

@MyAb111

4 жыл бұрын

White people arent even the original people of Europe. The original Europeans were black.

@raphaelostrowski6336

4 жыл бұрын

Boonique then when they make a future movie about Obama or Nelson Mendela it should be played by brad Pitt and leornado di caprio

@maximr6576

4 жыл бұрын

@@MyAb111 if it is true what is the original land of White people?

@nsamuels13

4 жыл бұрын

@@MyAb111 Every culture/race was originally black at some point. The topic is speaking about relevant, age/time/era-specific storytelling.

@nsamuels13

4 жыл бұрын

@@maximr6576 Technically still Europe. But white people *became* white people with the loss of melanin. Still it's a phenomenon that took place thousands of years before any actual recorded evidence anyhow.

You actually tackled this. As a black individual I'm not interested in disproportionately representing Blacks in Western culture. I'd be much more interested in the history of Blacks in their own culture. I'm not saying Black/Africans were non-existent in the west or vice versa, but let's get it right people and not pander to political agendas.

@lonegoat81

6 жыл бұрын

Make some movies about the rich diverse and very interesting civilizations of Africa. I'd love it.

@jeffk464

6 жыл бұрын

If they were historically accurate I'm sure lots of people would want to see them. Most of us are pretty ignorant about them.

@TheEthanEdge

6 жыл бұрын

lonegoat81 like wakanda.

@RambleOn07

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff K Ethiopia would be an awesome topic

@garethbarry3825

6 жыл бұрын

I live in South Africa. A documentary, miniseries depicting the creation of the Zulu nation under Shaka, up until its victories and tragic downfall under Cetswayo. Now THAT would I would love to see, and not in a 'oh its cool to like black history now' kinda way.

I love your videos and want to hear every word! That's why I wish you'd get a mic that does not have as much reverb! The openness of the room causes an echo and it's a little bit hard to hear sometimes but I love your content and I will continue to watch!!!

Dudes, I'm white from Caucasus and know a lot about African, black skinned famous historical persons, the pretty African myths and history of the many highlighed kingdoms. Why the world needs such tresh movies with many mistakes, when Africans have an impressive culture? 🤔 P.S I was always keen on with Africa from childhood.

I'm a black guy I've been enjoying your content for awhile. You are always fair with your criticisms. And I agree with you here

@metatronyt

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that friend

@PK-er6gh

6 жыл бұрын

havonetae harisis WE WUZ EMPERORZ EN SHEEIT

@abc4781

6 жыл бұрын

Same here as a black dude I actually find it insulting that people think that blacks are so devoid of understanding of history and culture that it will please us to make cleary Caucasian Characters black.

@ripyungbruh8157

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Styles dead meme come up with new shit

@beardedbjorn5520

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Styles lol

I am African and I approve this. I had the same argument with friends when I said I don’t want a black James Bond nor a woman 007. Want a black or woman spy? Make a new cool character and stop being lazy by making diversely knock-offs. Thank you!

@dougsmith3499

2 жыл бұрын

I think the true racists/misogynists aren't the ones against a black/female Bond. The true racists are the ones that think an original black or female character can't be popular.

@axelpalfy7597

2 жыл бұрын

yes i can't wait for black james bond secret agent in ussr,

@DimitriMoreira

2 жыл бұрын

Your argument is moronic. 007 is just an agent. They had other 007 agents before "current" 007 and they'll have different ones after the current ones retire. 007 is not a person, it's a designation. It could be anything! I can't wait for a black 007 or a woman 007 and I loved almost all 007 movies. The problem is having a woman James Bond. James Bond is the actual 007. If James Bond retires, another agent will be codenamed 007. That's the point. James Bond is a person. There's no woman named James. However there could well be an agent named .. Sally or whatever and this agent could be the new 007.

@auroraflos2498

2 жыл бұрын

@@DimitriMoreira I think he meant James Bond as a person, not as 007 the designation. As you said, a female 007 is just an agent designated 007 but a female James Bond is silly.1

@riheg

2 жыл бұрын

Amen brother

That fighting representation in the end, damn hahahaha I want more of that. Such graciousness, such skill!

I have a slight feeling that the "African gouvernour in Britain, Claudius ALBINUS" might not be particularly dark skinned.

@suburbanbanshee

2 жыл бұрын

"Silvery" or "shining white-ish", yup.

As Lindybeige once said: If it's "politically correct", it implies that it's not correct, because then you might as well say it's correct.

Can you imagine seeing Hitler and Stalin portrayed by the Indians.

@nel_dubbio_mena

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe by indian women

@user-dz9gt3hr1m

3 жыл бұрын

"Excuse me sir, I understand your modem is not working but you must go on the train for the labour camp right now"

@nel_dubbio_mena

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-dz9gt3hr1m What you wrote doesn't make sense

@user-dz9gt3hr1m

3 жыл бұрын

@@nel_dubbio_mena "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process." E.B.White Don't say "It doesn't make sense" say "I didn't get it" because it makes sense if you understand the link between my joke and the comment I answered to

@nel_dubbio_mena

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-dz9gt3hr1m your humour sounds like a zinger

All of the Greek gods are described specifically fair skinned, blonde, blue-eyed. Many of them are specifically described as golden haired. Achilles was golden hair, fair skinned. He was definitely not a black man

@raptormage2209

6 ай бұрын

I don't think every god is described as having blonde hair, correct me if im wrong but for example Poseidon is described as having dark hair, i think Athena was said to have gray eyes ? i might need to recap on my greek mythology .

@karinanalbandyan3009

5 ай бұрын

@@raptormage2209 I suppose not every god/goddess, but from what I remember most of them are described as fair-skinned, light hair, light eyes.

@raptormage2209

5 ай бұрын

@@karinanalbandyan3009 Im assuming that trait mustve been more common in the "handsome Gods and goddesses" like Apollo or Aphrodite

This sort of cultural revisionism is not only disrespectful to the ethnic groups whos history and folklore are being rewritten. It's also disrespectful to the ethnic groups who are being shoved into places and cultures when they simply weren't there. But that's the point. Woke Hollywood doesn't want to make media about stories like the Epic of Sundiata, or the tales of Anansi. No, what they'd rather do is rewrite European history and culture to make European ethnic people think that we didn't make anything ourselves, and that we have no claim to anything that's ours.

Achilles was a black woman. Strong, independent, empowered, brave, courageous, loud, pushy and she used to say: " Mmmmmmm Hhmmmmmm" (It's ancient Greek I can't translate that)

@anakinvader9120

4 жыл бұрын

I also heard that her Army was made up of many different Genders, maybe even up to 150!

@jaydoublegee2831

4 жыл бұрын

Anakin Vader LOL 😂

@okhan_roudbaraki

4 жыл бұрын

Forgot to say he was a strong single mom too but who am I to assume her/his gender?

@jaydoublegee2831

4 жыл бұрын

Oxaan Roudbaraki IT'S MA'AM!!!!!

@borisdorofeev5602

4 жыл бұрын

"Mmmhh child, we is lions baby. Do you know what on dat beach baby? Mmmmhh immortality child, take it from the white man, it's yours!"

"A man should never be afraid to speak his mind, even if it goes against the public opinion of the masses" By this single line you earned at least one more subscriber ;)

@metatronyt

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to have you here!

@STARKILLER15100

4 жыл бұрын

That lane was beautiful I cant deny. I'm living by that code from now on

@LsDiablo

4 жыл бұрын

Open hate is better than secret love

@highmarshalhelbrecht4715

4 жыл бұрын

Same I watched a couple spar videos and this auto played, while I was playing some banner lord, then I heard him say this and subbed. I raise you one, never compramise, not even in the face of armageddon.

@therainbowgulag.

4 жыл бұрын

Yes but the masses dont believe all this BBC BS. So which masses?

Sir, you earned a thumbs up in under a minute. A new record from me, if that means anything to you. EDIT: At the end of the video, the thumbs up still stands. White washing and black washing should not be a thing. All races have such a rich and interesting history that it is a disservice to history to change it for what is the "popular" thing at that time period.

The black Briton appearing in the cartoon is even more ridiculous. Historical innacuracy is a great way to create ignorant people.

When you're a based Italian and likely soon to be the target of a butt-hurt crusade. Thank you, Metatron! For being honest, considerate, and brave.

“A man should never be afraid to speak his mind, even if it goes against the public opinion of the masses.” Spoken like a logical human being.

@barbatvs8959

4 жыл бұрын

That's why gullible establishment-following atheist masses can't stop me, and if they murder me, God will make me speak again.

@bannermanigans

4 жыл бұрын

@@barbatvs8959 ...Theists people outnumber atheists significantly, and I'd be interested in seeing evidence to support the existence of your god. I'm not silencing you, I'm asking you to back up your claims.

@iplaygames8090

4 жыл бұрын

@@bannermanigans he might be living in a post communist country.

@LordWyatt

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a rAcist!¡😁👈

@kapitan19969838

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, it's illogical. It's idealistic and that's why it's wise

Remember when people were mad at Gods of Egypt for making Set white? Where was that outrage when the BBC made Zeus black or when the MCU made Heimdall black and British?

My argument against blackwashing History : "im still waiting for black hitler though"

@ser167

4 жыл бұрын

"Black Hitler The movie" would actually be the kind of comedy film i'd watch.

@hugovasquez8222

4 жыл бұрын

@@ser167 would we even be able to see the mustage?😂

@ser167

4 жыл бұрын

@@hugovasquez8222 Good point. Hollywood always finds the way

@hugovasquez8222

4 жыл бұрын

@@ser167 oh i know we make the black hitler have blue Eyes and make him blonde😂

@fernandovalencia5411

4 жыл бұрын

Black Hitler wouldn’t make sense because black people cant be racist /s

If I don't see a Mexican samurai soon, I will be offended

@johan2ofinlohigh791

6 жыл бұрын

TheBeetle I've known some Mexicans who look like dark skinned Asians. So it could work.

@secrecy2744

6 жыл бұрын

Asian Vikings next.

@proudtitanicdenier4300

6 жыл бұрын

+Romano Coombs I'm an Asian viking? Cool I guess, lol

@jeanrazac

6 жыл бұрын

TheBeetle they got a Brazilian one. His name is jet stream sam

@CrowBag

6 жыл бұрын

Bees? His mother was japanese no? But god damn jet stream sam was so fucking cool in mgr, i want a whole game with just him.

You could do a video on the movie: Troy (the director's cut) such as any historical accuracy as well as how faithful it remains to the original story as well. And comment on the fight between Achilles and Hector. That was a cool fight.

One day, we have a black George Washington.

Yeah, it's like Martin Luther King acted by Christian Bale.

@congthanhdanhtoai1906

3 жыл бұрын

Being casted by Nicolas Cage will be more funny.

@marunia256

3 жыл бұрын

@@congthanhdanhtoai1906 My point was that you can cast best (in my opinion) white male actor possible and insult black people. While black actors casted as white people are OK.

@simoneidson21

3 жыл бұрын

@@marunia256 but it’s historical fiction. It doesn’t need to be accurate in terms of race

@marunia256

3 жыл бұрын

@@simoneidson21 in this case yes, but there is movie where finland hero Manerhaim is portrayed by black actor.

@danielaramburo7648

3 жыл бұрын

@@simoneidson21 if the fiction is not historically accurate at a very basic level, the entire show doesn’t make sense.

Next, I want to see a movie about Mohammed Ali played by Jackie Chan!

@D34thM4r10

3 жыл бұрын

how bout a black emperor qin ? hahaha

@culturevulturehslr3524

3 жыл бұрын

Of course, Ali was a real person. Here you have a British Production starring British actors concerning a story by Homer. Gods, mythical creatures, etc. I notice a lot of Greeks take this myths for historical facts. Never the less, this is a British production with British actors. This doesn't have anything to do with Africans or African Americans.

@mylzcrooks5487

3 жыл бұрын

I would watch it

@emperorofwends8875

3 жыл бұрын

@@D34thM4r10 Black roman emperor named Aurelianus

@jagoomanra4443

3 жыл бұрын

How about jesus having long straight hair lol wait a minute . Lol you sound crazy

I am black woman and haven't even watched the entire video and loved your stance from the very beginning. People are sensitive and fine with lies and inaccuracies to protect "feelings " love your approach to history in general . In particular , the color of Christ and this is as a Christian who has been more inclined to believing he was "black" . I loved your honesty and the steps you take to finding the truth. Thank you from for those of us who still want truth over trend. Keep up the good work

@UICeinnselaig

2 жыл бұрын

You contest inaccuracies with more inaccuracies. Jesus was a middle Eastern Jew. Not black or white.

@wildchild1823

2 жыл бұрын

Are you oprah in diguise?

I had a similar argument with a friend when they tried to make the great general Hannibal Barca a black man in the documentary series Barbarians Rising. Hannibal Barca's home country of Carthage may have been in North Africa, but Carthage was started by a runaway princess named Dido from Tyre that bought the land that Carthage was built on. So, although Carthage was founded in North Africa it was mostly populated by non-African light skinned people from outside of Africa.

I am an American who’s father is from Nigeria mother is from Haiti. And I am a big history buff. Recently I just finished Man’s search for meaning by Victor Frankel and before that I just finish the March of the 10,000 By Xenophon. I’m saying all this to clarify , although I think it’s sad that I have to do this, that I am black and I enjoy all things history. Recently while laying with a female friend of mine I was begged to watch this show ( Troy) of which she couldn’t stop talking. She however couldn’t understand as to why I was so Infuriated by all the black people on that show. I get that it’s not a true story so it doesn’t really have to be historically accurate but understand that people like me who take history seriously despise ridiculous representations of the past. Look at it this way ,if you were a boxer, martial artist, ballerina, or a car buff, and you saw those art forms being horribly mis-represented you would get annoyed too. Africa is full of so many veins of untapped history we don’t need to rewrite the past to be proud of black culture and black history. Metatron I for one commend you on your bravery and thank you because I thought I was the only one going crazy lol.

@cadguy262

6 жыл бұрын

Clint Dicks it is foolish to believe that modern humans coming out of Africa were only a handful, and this small band is responsible for all humans outside of Africa. A more likely scenario is, some hospitable regions not affected by the last ice age, South of The Pyrenees and Alps in Europe and Himalayas in Asia were home for a diverse but still black modern human being, then about six thousand years ago these original humans began mating with the newly arrived Neanderthal/human mix from the far north forever changing the upper classes of our civilizations and for centuries these new humans coexisted with their non Neanderthal cousins.This is the story of Greece, Rome, Persia, India and China that our cowardly Historians decided to coverup. Shame

@cadguy262

6 жыл бұрын

caveman Versace you were lied to by your teachers. What the BBC argument is, since Mythical Achilles was a Myrmidon, member of a warlike Thessalian people, a hired ruffian or unscrupulous subordinate, created from an ant, then yes he could've been black.

@michaelwilliams7292

6 жыл бұрын

I am the same man I can't stand inaccurate history show it really ticks me off and my wife can not understand it.

@talltexan6432

6 жыл бұрын

Good for you Clint!

@pommel47

6 жыл бұрын

I would love to see more sub-Saharan history programs accurately portrayed. I only remember one from the past: Shaka Zulu. I hope it is not done by the BBC or whitewashed by some other producer.

I understand why they decided to put black actors in the "Troy" show for social motivations, but I agree with you, it doesn't make sense at all. And again I'm with you 100% when you say "show us the rich African culture and history", there is a lot of interesting stories that took place in Africa through all history.

@Astuga

6 жыл бұрын

It would be equally stupid fe. to have a white actor portraying Shaka Zulu... But sometimes such things do work, fe. when its a comedy, or if it`s done in a proper way and it fits the storyline. It worked well in the 1989 movie version of the Hindu epic, Mahabharata by Peter Brook. But it was a story about the history of mankind and the actors came from all over the world. A biblical movie fe. about the Genesis or Noah and the flood would also work with ethnic diversity.

@FedericoMalagutti

6 жыл бұрын

true!

@DzinkyDzink

6 жыл бұрын

Is there "rich African history" though? I know jackshit about their history, culture and mythos prior white colonization. To be frankly my understanding of current Africans bogs down to a bunch of people living in constant poverty and killing each other with Kalashnikovs and riding Hilux'es with machineguns. That sounds racists, but it's not meant to be. It's rather ignorance caused by the fact that media doesn't try to reach me and showcase the African culture(they do show starving kids and savage warlords though), but rather blackwashes European history and mythos instead.

@ChrisParrishOutdoors

6 жыл бұрын

I saw a movie recently that delved into the rich history and culture of the Wakandan people.

@christianwilson3853

6 жыл бұрын

Federico Malagutti yeah I remember that one African king who ruined Egypt’s economy because he was so rich

Holy shit this channel is a gem. How did I not find this years ago!!!!!

I mean yeah, you're basically spot on all along. Particularly when you mentioned Memnon, I thought exactly the same thing.

Cleopatra descended from Ptolemaic Greek, and they want her portrayed as a nubian

@houseofzuma1033

3 жыл бұрын

Cleo at most was mixed with eygptain courtesan since her mother's name was not recorded just her father's. But she is not nubian..lol most Egyptians were heterogeneous anyway.

@gloryofsk8

3 жыл бұрын

facepaint around the eyes and on the face is traits of black African tribes , so no none of the Egyptian pharoes defended from any part of Greece or Arabia - its a trait that still presented today by our native people

@chichiboypumpi

3 жыл бұрын

@@gloryofsk8 then how come ancient statues, busts, and coins depicted her to be NOT african, stop being ethnocentric and study history woman

@gloryofsk8

3 жыл бұрын

@@chichiboypumpi ptolemy got married into an egyptian line that doesn't make descend from greek ( partly rooted is the term you should use ) study your terminology and dont be afraid of true history rising to the surface : here is a link and "study it" yourself, does she look hermit or hermos to you ? : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_of_Cleopatra , if not portrayed as nubian portrayed as a nubian portay her as a mix nubian and greek mix race I dont care but you might aswell do her black African since black people comes in a variety of facial features and an old piece of stone wouldn't define any of that really history is written by the their victors , but the truth will always prevail

@chichiboypumpi

3 жыл бұрын

@@liisayrjola4980 thank you, that's what I'm saying

3 years old and this issue has unfortunately only gotten worse. Like you, I'd freaking binge watch a series on African history. Some very interesting stories waiting to be told.

@Mr.Nichan

2 жыл бұрын

Has it? I feel like portraying characters generally understood to be white as black was bigger in the 90s. Obviously, that doesn't affect what's happened in the past 3 years, and also I'm mainly thinking of fiction like Shakespear.

@harveyquinn3535

2 жыл бұрын

I’d 100% watch a series about African history and mythology

@heofonfyr6000

2 жыл бұрын

oh yeah? mention one of these interesting stories...

@daft990

2 жыл бұрын

@@heofonfyr6000 medieval Ethiopia for one, but I'm betting there is a lot of dramatically interesting history to be found to create many documentaries and books, rather than "blackwashing" other hostiry, for example. Obviously a point of preference, no-one is forcing anyone to watch such shows. I'm merely suggesting there is material to draw from..

@daft990

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Nichan It was? Maybe. I just think it has become a sign of our times. Progressive politics as a driver.

as a writer and history fan, i am glad to hear someone talk about this problem. i have seen several series/movies where black characters were thrown in with no explanation or historical accuracy. sometimes topics like racism are even downplayed. instead of randomly putting black characters in a victorian england drama, i would rather see the movie industry aknowledge the unique and independent history of sub saharan africa. (and maybe make a new musical movie about an african princess instead of just making ariel black and call it a day, disney.)

If a black person is within a 50 mile radius of a historical even they claim they were an integral part in it

A good example would be a white person playing Martin Luther King

@djinnjax3274

5 жыл бұрын

Or a black Hitler.

@Giagantus

5 жыл бұрын

Not at all. MLK, Malcom etc their entire identity is based on their blackness. Thats not the case of Achilles, the latter isn't even human for Gods sake.

@Jeqavy_Wavy

5 жыл бұрын

Giagantus It was a joke, do not be the problem mate.

@nathanhobson8263

5 жыл бұрын

Or an Irish red haired malcolm x

@kalebjohns7715

5 жыл бұрын

This is what I was thinking the whole time lol

This reminds be of how awsome Warhorse Studios is not listening to all the "politically correct" people screaming at them calling the racist and sexist. Good job warhorse!

@M0rganKane

6 жыл бұрын

Ian Miller The problem with that game is that what the developers think is histoically accurate about life in the middle ages is actually a idealized fantasy for white males. The real middle ages were more diverse than they present it. At least I got the sense that the game was an insulting presentation of a white male power fantasy. Henry's father slapping his mother's ass in the first seconds of the game, literally every woman wants to bang Henry , (spoiler) when Henry finds his dead parents, he completely ignores his mother. It just goes on and on. I liked many parts of the game, but when it comes to historical accuracy, there is a good case to be made that the developers chose a version of history that is very pleasant for them (or their expected audience) to believe regardless of accuracy.

@earganon

6 жыл бұрын

First off, where is your evidence of the middle ages being more diverse than they presented, because it would appear as an uphill battle to prove such a claim. Secondly, I think your point regarding the white male power fantasy is you reading into/projecting onto things where there is nothing. Concerning the "white", no-one in the game is white, they are Germans, Czechs, and Hungarians (this is how we Europeans categorize by ethnicity) all slaughtering each other. If the game presented a "white power fantasy" all the "white" people would magically unite and stand against a foreign [put skin colour here] invader. In regards to the "male", the developers had to show the audience Henry came from a good loving home, as the breaking of the family is supposed to be the catalyst and main driving force of the story. The simplest way to illustrate this is by showing the parents are good to Henry and are still heavily in love with each other, in turn the quickest form to relay this information is by showing they are still playful/sexually attracted to one another even after all this time. Also of course everyone and their mother wants to sleep with Henry, the main protagonist (male or female) always gets all men/women. It's a sleazy way to show the player the character is of high importance in the community or charismatic without much effort. After all Henry is supposedly the hero of the story, the plot centers around him, everyone requires his help, and his help alone will resolve the matter. So simply put all men want to be him and all women want to sleep with him. I would like to conclude saying if anything the story is a hero power fantasy, not “white”, not “male”, and certainly not “white male”. If Henry was a Chinese woman in pre-Yuan China, all npc’s were of different Chinese provinces or Mongols, and the plot remained overall the same we similarly wouldn’t call it an Asian female power fantasy.

@smack6564

6 жыл бұрын

Zasumbadji can't tell if this is serious or not

@pepenp

6 жыл бұрын

No it wasnt more diverse from hitorical perspective

@BIIGtony

6 жыл бұрын

The area even TODAY has only a few percent non white people. The chance of running across someone non white today is pretty low - a few hundred years ago basically 0.

Notice they only make white characters black. Never an asian portrayed as black

Could you do a debunking or historical correction argument about The Blackest Truth’s video about “The First Romans Were Black” video? The creator claims that the Etruscan’s were Africans and that Aeneas, and by extension Romulus were Africans as well.

As a Greek i m offended by black Achilles.Same way as an African would be if Dolph Lundgren played Shaka Zulu or an American would be if Morgan Freeman played George Washington or an African American would be if Malcolm X would be nicely played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Its just not right.

@justingray8161

6 жыл бұрын

if George Washington was played by Morgan freeman in a movie or show, it would probably get like 7 Oscars. Just look at hamilton.

@Bad_Gazpacho

6 жыл бұрын

Ancient Egyptians were not black either, bud.

@bluephoenix222

6 жыл бұрын

Ancient Egyptians were not black haha, where did you hear that silly claim that they were?

@tewkewl

6 жыл бұрын

Because they weren't black. if you want to see what ancient egyptians looked like, type "Coptic" into google. good grief. there were blacks in the upper kingdom, but that was due to conquest. the main body of egyptians were north africans. and tan with more white-ish features. definitely not ssa black. and the blacks that were in egypt were more akin to ethiopans than congans or nigerians.

@talen-jei8032

6 жыл бұрын

SalicaceaePopulus why do you hate bantu people we have rich history too I'm south African by the way

a man tries to explain the wrongs with obvious facts, still has to reminds the audience that he is not racist...people are just so ignorant and easily offended

@phongngo7500

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah people is insane nowadays

@mricardo96

3 жыл бұрын

It's such a shame it needs to be said 20 times for the people that have no brains

@estelroyo9803

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly got steaming mad when he said elves should have pointy ears. I'm a tolkiendil, the lasse cognate doesn't mean they're pointy

@h3avyp

3 жыл бұрын

How about a video on white washing history 😂 lol

@h3avyp

3 жыл бұрын

I love when white people get racial insecure hehe. Cause god knows what will happen to white man ego if he sees something other than white on the tv screen. This guy is probably the 1 out of a million white people who has played a racial role that doesn't belong to them. Yet this much attention....this video is a highlight of the insecurity lol. Pick a different topic if you don't want to get burn....how about highlight some African cultures. Don't piss on me and say it is rain.

That little sword dance you did at the end there... Hollywood needs to contact you immediately!

100% agree with you. There is so much history out of other cultures, why don't we see movies made about those historical events and also literature the has casts that represent them. The would be so interesting and entertaining.