When Sharpe and co. return in the scene which started at 3:00 and Harper is sat there with his gun in his lap, the hat on his head and a grin on his face .... ah, it made me grin.

Soldiers have a unique sense of humour, whatever the period in which they're fighting, but Sharpe and Harper are an even more unique double act. Read any of the Sharpe novels or watch any of the films and there are other scenes with that earthy sense of humour. Priceless :)

hahaha i love that little run Harper does when Sharpe told him to fall in XD

The humour in the book is what makes it so awesome :) I do love the bit where Harper saves him even though Sharpe's yelling 'NO'... 'No? 'The Bastard was going to fillit you!' 'It's all right, I just didn't want a hole in his overalls''

@ricardogalvan1031

4 жыл бұрын

Sharpe was very happy to finally have pants and shoes that weren't falling apart on him. Just finished the book!

I love the expression on top hat's face when his second goon gets done by the ramrod.

Given the accuracy (more properly, lack of accuracy) of a musket, the first trooper was not risking a lot. Unfortunately, Harper had a Baker Rifle.

@koreancowboy42

2 жыл бұрын

Muskets are still good at close range. It's why sometimes, some armies back then risked alot by having their front lines push forward as close as they can so when the enemy is firing while they marched and still reloading. The soldiers within a certain range they can return fire. The patriot movie done a good job at it. When the colonial forces shot when the British were still marching forward and then returned fire which caused more death on the colonial side.

@willdenoble1898

Жыл бұрын

Those are Baker Rifles. They could put a musketball stout glass diameter hole out to 200 yards. So in reality, both would have been in serious danger unless Harper couldn’t reload fast enough.

@themocaw

Жыл бұрын

@@willdenoble1898 Harper could have taken the Man in Black too if he hadn't lost his ramrod taking out the second guy and had to tap-load his rifle.

Harper's confrontation over the box was so damned Irish!

@edwarddeguzman3258

3 жыл бұрын

“And there’s no way I could rest easy in America knowing that bastard owes me a shilling”

Nothing like watching some harper vids for that serotonin boost

Love the beginning of this......Sharpe and Harper are friends till the end.

I love the early 19th century atmosphere the widdly, overdriven electric guitar evokes.

"You fight dirty Harper." Real war is dirty...sir.

"aye, it's a grand day fer it." he's a proper Irishman if I ever saw one.

Firing the freaking ramrod! My God every time I see it I think HOW F'ing COOL! Harper was such a badass!

Whoever played Harper had to have the time of his life

"We had a bit of a barney, sir"

"They're the best of friends and they have the scars to prove it".

Cooper's aside to Harris, 'christ, a bloody Methodist", then he slugs down the brandy was always good for chuckle...

You know it's funny. I've seen recent photos of Daragh O'Malley and he looks almost exactly like Brian Cox (who played Hogan) these days. They could pass for brothers.

loved vid thanks . im off to wach the box set again !

I love how Sharpe and Harper became such good friends and allies

4:20 was tne part where I realized this show can't be taken seriously. It made no sense that a man willing to start a fistfight with his commanding officer and who is on his way to executed for it would show so much loyalty to the crown, nor does it make sense he could reload a musket so fast no matter how many short cuts he took in the process. I doesn't even show him pouring powder into the breech, which is a necessary step.

and what a team they made....i actually just found this series about a week ago. now i have the books on the way. got to find out what Harris's first name is....lol

i love the bit with the box and harper's report to sharpe, possibly the best part of sharpe that doesnt involve hogan's bull :)

That makes perfect sense, presumably it never occurred to them he was a rifleman (or maybe they just thought he would mess up the shot in a panic, what with them being cavalry).

L-O-U-D-E-R-!-!-!-!-

@billwithers7457

3 жыл бұрын

GOD SAVE IRELAND!!!

@DoctorX101

3 жыл бұрын

@@billwithers7457 LOUDER!!!

@DogSerious

Ай бұрын

@@billwithers7457 Now that's soldiering!

He's good, and he knows it.

As s Metal head I like that electric guitar, but... let's be real, it fits like a right glove on a left hand.

@cqbhoun If you read the novel Sharpe's Rifles there's an exchange between Sharpe and Harper aboot England and Ireland and why they were put side by side and I swear you'll be laughin' till the tears are running down your ankles. I finished it last night and when I came to that two-hander I was laughin for aboot half an hour before I could get back to reading it.Would have been great in the film.

Forgetting what you were going to say when you go to comment on a Sharpe video, now that's erm... errrrm.. no don't tell me it'll come to me..

LOUDER!

Coolest Irishman ever.

called your job, the guy who charged is the nicer of the 2, sacrificing himself so his comrade would live.

It's a rifle not a musket

“One of you will die.” “Ok, I’ll go first!”

A fair point :) Though I prefer S35Somua's explanation.

I'll never get tired of army jokes!

@txgunguy2766

2 жыл бұрын

A soldier and a Marine were walking through the woods one day when they came upon a bear. The soldier immediately sat down, pulled a pair of running shoes out of his rucksack, and began to put them on. The Marine said "Are you crazy? You know you can't outrun a bear". The soldier said "The way I see it I only have to outrun you".

Sharpe's great there's times it makes me laugh so hard!

@DogSerious

Ай бұрын

But it's hard to trust a man who wants to borrow a picklock.

GOD..SAVE..IRE-LAND!

i couldnt rest easy in america knowing that bastard owed me a shilling..lol

How convenient that those two French cavalrymen didn't have pistols or carbines for some reason.

I thought I might add to this, 8 years after the last post? Every hero needs a side-kick that is even harder than the protagonist? Not trying to 'big myself up' but me and John, holy fuck, better avoided than look to fight us. It was just a fact. No word of a lie, we were at a party and I was doing very well for myself but John seemed to be getting belligerent, like a true friend, I got us both out of there before it all 'kicked off', if anybody even touched John it'I would have been war, especially as John could bring a war all by himself. Abs no bs, when we we were leaving the party, just to see if I could still kick above my head. I kicked a sign, not for any bad reasons, just to see if I could? Well, John caught the sign and crushed it between his mighty paws.There are movies where people mess with Batman, but you definitely don't mess with John! This is the same guy who literally ko'd two 'serious players' in the time it took him to throw two punches, left and right, bang bang end of discussion. If anybody could 'channel' Harper, it would be John. Pax vobis.

I never get the logic to the 2 cavalry v Harper. "One of you will die", well then I'm buggering well not going to be the first to charge him! Why would you make yourself the first person to charge him, you're pretty much guaranteeing he'll shoot you! Ok, so Harper is so epic it didn't matter who went first, but... ;)

@BTgaming438

2 жыл бұрын

Was in the script Lol 😂

@spikie852

2 жыл бұрын

@@BTgaming438 Ok

@BTgaming438

2 жыл бұрын

Just a joke

Yes the Baker rifle

GOD SAVE IRELAND!!!!

...and im napoleon bonaparte

Is there a finer irishman, i doubt it.

Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain, please repent for it’s a sin