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@ogedits123

3 ай бұрын

Nah

@Alexis.st9

3 ай бұрын

I live in europe so I cant order them… nah for me too my fellow noble one.

@LaurelinTheOther

3 ай бұрын

It's the most expensive cereal I've ever seen. Nah...

@Crypt0n1an

3 ай бұрын

The balance of the evidence points fairly strongly to Alexander being of pale complexion(ruddy from spening most of his time outdoors) and blonde and while the eterochromia claim seems more speculative I personally think it could go either way. The Roman mosaic you cite was created more than 200 years after his death in a place far removed from The Greek world and albeit a copy of a painting by Apelles, there is no telling how faithful this copy was. The stag hunt mosaic created just after his death in Pella, his birthplace, depicts him to be pale skinned lightly ruddy with reddish blonde hair.

@theforsakeen-9014

3 ай бұрын

Seem like they are using some kind of stirrup with their cavalry no?

My grandpa always said "I don't care what they tell you in school, Alexander the Great was Mexican". So yeah, I'm quite disappointed as well.

@robinchettri6966

3 ай бұрын

Alejandro de papi

@DrTheRich

3 ай бұрын

I always believed he was a Maori... Still remember about his famous battles against the zulu's when the inuits came to his aid.

@crazyralph6386

3 ай бұрын

You win!!! 😂

@comradekenobi6908

3 ай бұрын

​@DrTheRich yeah and for 2 years there was peace, until the (Fire) Mongol Nation attacked

@austinsinger7565

3 ай бұрын

I don't know if this true but I heard that Alexander The Great tomb was in America. So your grandpa might be right.

I'm shocked they didn't hire a black woman to play Alexander

@ant208

3 ай бұрын

Usually, when they go white, they go with a LGBTQ advocate

@seb2750

3 ай бұрын

A black woman with kilmonger hair

@steve-0493

3 ай бұрын

Yh,totally gonna flop now, since they didn't go that route!!with no proof,they'll try to prove that it's not Alexander...It's Alexandria!!sheesh..🤣😂🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️👍🤘🍻✌️

@Keram-io8hv

3 ай бұрын

My grandfather once told "No matter what they tell you in school, Alexander was definetly not looking how zhey depicted him"

@z-e-t-aanimations8823

3 ай бұрын

​@@Keram-io8hv😂

As a Norwegian watching their Viking series, I'm really surprised to learn we used to have African American woman Earl's...

@gary637

3 ай бұрын

I've got another five series of diversity politics to struggle through.

@PROVOCATEURSK

3 ай бұрын

They were kangs and shieeet.

@matrixxx3662

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@protectoroflight5895

3 ай бұрын

I know how you feel, bro. As a Russian who was shocked by the presence of those black orthodox priests and black Russian nobility in Catherine the Great series...

@mitrooper

3 ай бұрын

😂 Pure madness my friend, we truly live in a world ruled by clowns and lunatics.

My granny told me Alexander was a Japanese geisha What is this mess?.

@shmerelize

3 ай бұрын

XD

@happy.in.philippines757

3 ай бұрын

😅

@heriander_

2 ай бұрын

Not the japanese geisha... But FR. a geisha could conquer half of the world with their beauty. So, this is possible.

@sik3xploit

2 ай бұрын

@@heriander_ I don't have time for a lady's beauty when I got raids to do.

I’m actually almost blown-away by the fact they actually depicted him as white… What a weird and refreshing change.

@kellysouter4381

3 ай бұрын

They must have heard all the laughter over Cleopatra.

@aithjawcraig9876

3 ай бұрын

That's actually fairly common. They often make the protagonist white (because they know they have to) and literally every other character is bipoc

@aithjawcraig9876

3 ай бұрын

That's actually fairly common. They often make the protagonist white (because they know they have to) and literally every other character is bipoc

@praetorian3902

3 ай бұрын

Don't trust Netflix to change. They're still the same, despite putting a white actor to play Alexander.

@greendalf123

3 ай бұрын

He should be Greek

Who actually believed any history-based documentary/ TV show coming from Netflix was going to be even moderately accurate/entertaining?

@Machiavellistyczny

3 ай бұрын

Exactly no one

@Intranetusa

3 ай бұрын

A few of their historical stuff is good even if most of their historical stuff is mediocre or bad. The Netflix distributed new adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is very good. The first season of Barbarians (2020) from Netflix is decent to good (but the second season was bad).

@Zetact_

3 ай бұрын

Technically they bankrolled the Thermae Romae remake.

@tomhirons7475

3 ай бұрын

@@Intranetusa this show is for the masses not historians so at least people will know the name etc.

@stockrex

3 ай бұрын

Expecially Alexander the Great, this has got to be way near the bottom of their effort totem pole. To the chaggrin of every Greek I am sure. Since it seems Greeks get a history diploma at birth

These people are LITERALLY going down a checklist of every single major culture, historical time period, character, both historical and fictional, every piece of culture, belonging to Europeans, and SHATTING ON IT

@user-rz1mq1qo3v

3 ай бұрын

Alexander the Great having blue eyes and a bunch of characters being played by people of color are shitting on them 💀

@ironsoul941

3 ай бұрын

yeah it's on purpose believe it or not. Karl Schwab the slob was talking about how it will be a much "angrier" world. They want everyone angry. It's being done to provoke you. Just ignore them and boycott all their nonsense.

@bobsaget3841

3 ай бұрын

Not just Europeans they did it to Egypt too don’t forget

@isaiahrowe8367

3 ай бұрын

You’re so blinded by racist propaganda and obsessiveness over race. Black, Asian and other characters fictional and non, have been whitewashed in media since the beginning. There’s a long list of examples of whitewashed characters, but of course you’ll decide to ignore that!

@GrosvnerMcaffrey

3 ай бұрын

It's all according to plan

Netflix is a propaganda machine.

@ReaperZa23

3 ай бұрын

Nah. Just totally captured by the woke lunatic mafia

@blankken8071

3 ай бұрын

That’s a stretch

@codythedoggo7671

3 ай бұрын

​@@blankken8071it's really not. Maybe not with every show, but it's easy to tell. They have a strong agenda

@SolidAvenger1290

3 ай бұрын

​@@codythedoggo7671well when you have major components like for example Alexander's iconic Sarissa Macedonian infantry being excluded/missing, that greatly hurts the credibility of Netflx's narrative of events. Heck, Epic History TV does a 1000 times better showcasing Alexander and Darius's war then Netfix's piece of garbage.

@originalhistorychannel6941

3 ай бұрын

Yeah💯💯💯💯

Netflix should just leave history alone at this point.

@BeeWaifu

3 ай бұрын

THAT would be historical.

@InAeternumRomaMater

3 ай бұрын

THAT should be the case

@user-jd1vs9tc6z

3 ай бұрын

NAH, its starting to become a New form of emtrateinment

@Shiranu17

3 ай бұрын

*Hollywood should, as well as just about any form of mass pop media, at this point...

@sboinkthelegday3892

3 ай бұрын

Netflix can't hire anyone because people don't fund libraries, they fund shallow entertainment and these prop makers are just called out from the film schools, not histroy schools. And the practice and lifestyle of "film making" is for propaganda, so they disbenefit from accuracy. You're like sports audiences, sitting in your couches and talk like flipping through the records is the same as actually producing hundreds of costumes PLUS flipping through the records. It took all YOUR time and you had no time to apply for the set. I bet you're also really pro-laissez-faire, which literally is why there's no funding to libraries. THAT industry should be at the size of Hollywood, not Hollywood. But lemme guess: "libraries should be free". Well, this happens when the history faction is on the "for free" pricing bracket, you can hire a DIRECTOR, but there's nobody who will actually do the legwork except on the filming side of it. Pointing a camera.

Netflix treats history like how Romans treat the city of Carthage.

@turonraidvargas6859

3 ай бұрын

Damn, that's just a brutal roast on Carthage

@Wadokujin

3 ай бұрын

Too soon! 🥲

@kommissarkillemall2848

3 ай бұрын

Romans : "Carthago delenda est".. Netflix : "good concept, we can work with that "..

@outdoorsythings2573

3 ай бұрын

lol savage. but to soon bro just to soon give it another thousand years

@legueu

3 ай бұрын

💀

The diffrence is, that Alexander the great was from Europe. Thats why he is white, while Hannibal Barca and Cleopatra are black, because they are from Africa. Netflix logic.😂

@aleisterlavey9716

2 ай бұрын

Martin Luther King was native American because he is from America 👍

@1v1thousand

2 ай бұрын

No no no. Just cause he was from europe doesn't mean he was white you racist. The being from affrica obviously mean they are west african or sub Sáharan that part is right

@Chris-pg7qg

2 ай бұрын

@@1v1thousandShutup

@GreoGreo

2 ай бұрын

Just because Alexander was from Europe doesn't mean he had blond hair and blue eyes tho.

Black Cleopatra and Anglo-Saxon Alexander. Netflix needs to get a new hobby

@kevinprzy4539

3 ай бұрын

pretty sure Anglo Saxons don't have a monopoly on blue eyes and blonde hair.

@alexrodragon9705

3 ай бұрын

@@kevinprzy4539 anglos, norse and germanic can have very dark hair yes what makes me even more mad about them casting a fucking blondie... I though perhaps Alexander was blonde...no...happens that we donyt know for sure. there are so many good brunnete actors with mediterranean features in the UK and the US ...nope...another blonde. as if speaking english wasn't already unaccurate.

@kevinprzy4539

3 ай бұрын

I understand your gripe with the other parts but speaking English? lmao the largest and most important markets are the English speaking ones, do you genuinely think any Anglo countries (which is the largest markets of the west) want to a watch a show or movie in the language of the historical person whilst reading captions to actually understand what's being said?@@alexrodragon9705

@DaTruthTeller504

2 ай бұрын

Black people are always living rent free in y'all little heads.

@idratherbeaphilthanajustin9533

2 ай бұрын

Am I missing something? Macedonians have blonde and brown hair too!

The dangerous thing about these shows and films is that they distort the view people have on history.

@anne-marie2972

3 ай бұрын

So true. Now some people example really believes that Cleopatra VII was black 🙄.

@arklaw8306

3 ай бұрын

Imagine a History teacher actually showing these to kids. The horror...

@anaclararodas4833

3 ай бұрын

Let's be honest, most people don't know much about history. That's why they're trying to intentionally manipulate the narratives however they like and hope there's no Metatron or other voices who call them out on it.

@praetorian3902

3 ай бұрын

Maybe for the 1000 kids who'll watch this who don't know any better, 9/10 of which would forget they ever saw this an hour later lol.

@TallisKeeton

3 ай бұрын

thats exactly the point :)

My granma always told me: "No matter what they told you at school. Netflix is terrible at history"

@Nermeen.

3 ай бұрын

Based grandma

@velveteensallet949

3 ай бұрын

Your grandma is wise.

@Gaibreel

2 ай бұрын

Your grandma a legend

King Phillip had both eyes when he was assassinated.... interesting

Those 10 seconds of appalled silence was the best part of the the video😂😂😂 Thank you Raphaël for always being such a wholesome human 👊

@_Metatronyt2gmailcom-Mail-Me

3 ай бұрын

Something special

@narusawa74

3 ай бұрын

Wtf YT...it says I have a reply but I can't see anything when I click...??

Netflix is running out of franchises to destroy so they now destroying historical characters

@WarCriminal21

3 ай бұрын

"So what's next after we destroy Alexander the Great's figure?" "We'll go towards Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan then!"

@Schwizinberg

3 ай бұрын

@sandman135 and here we have a conundrum, Genghis Khan trough his conquests murdered or enslaved millions of people, whole nations... what actor would play him?

@vtsoi4413

3 ай бұрын

i bet for genghis khan they will put a white actor because genghis khan killed millions of people. you know because white people = bad @@WarCriminal21

@user-ru4hd9zx6f

3 ай бұрын

Guess what Netflix will never "touch" this way any historical Jew character..and we all know it@@WarCriminal21

@harrisonchristopher8708

3 ай бұрын

@@WarCriminal21 Julius caeser will be Korean and genghis khan will be French

Next year on netflix Genghis Khan starring denzel washington dressed up in 1700s samurai armor and speaking vietnamese.

@AzoiatheCobra

3 ай бұрын

Everyone is a gangster until the horses start talking aborígene

@KenjiHouston

3 ай бұрын

Or Genghis Khan played by Marion Robert Morrison

@gazzertrn

3 ай бұрын

With Will Smith as his buddy .

@ronbird121

3 ай бұрын

in a brittish mark 5

@munax-pd9tu

3 ай бұрын

Everyone would love that

As a Hellene. Thank you for also bringing up the Points about the Persians. They are always hellbent on portraying them as some sort of arabo-turks in every single documentary. We, the Greek People, are sick of them portraying our Ancient Adversaries in this degrading way, which also degrades any of the accomplishments of the Ancients on both sides simultaneously. 👍🏻

@mementovivere2

3 ай бұрын

Because Arabs and Turks are easy to beat?

@sohrab_solheim

2 ай бұрын

As a very pale Iranian.....I thank you friend... I have great respect for Greek culture as a history and philosophy nerd😅

@SpartanLeonidas1821

2 ай бұрын

@@sohrab_solheim We Respect your Culture & History as well. Im just speaking the Facts my friend 👍🏻

@lancewalker2595

2 ай бұрын

Forgive their ignorance, they think Islam is ancient… rather than the usurpation of Persian culture that it actually is… The achaemenid religion was ZOROASTRIAN not goat-fucking Islamic.

@archimedesnation

2 ай бұрын

@@sohrab_solheim As a Greek and a fellow military history geek, I 'd like to see a documentary or historically accurate film about Cyrus the Great. The Greeks and specifically Alexander admired him as a man, warrior and statesman and for good reason. Alexander's conquest came at a time when the Persian empire was weak through civil war and overextension. It was a completely different story at the time of Cyrus. But anything positive about anything Iranian is a no go for US media, so I quess we 'll keep on presented with ahistorical garbage.

It's just prop directors in Hollywood are ''artists'', not historians. So whenever they get a historical project they feel they need to create rather then replicate. They are great ''artists'' after all and we are lucky to have their art. That's just the type of person who moves to that city.

The history channel doesn’t play historical shows anymore, we have people trying to subvert the truth of our history and change it and also Netflix cannot be relied on for factual information. Therefore the only natural rationale here is that Metatron will have to start producing full length documentaries with historically accurate facts about history, just so we can all be happy and he himself , happy. I am sorry that I have burdened you with this task. But we all know it’s the only way.

@Intranetusa

3 ай бұрын

The History Channel turning into a channel about ancient aliens, conspiracies, ghosts & fortune telling, and reality TV is arguably much worse than Netflix botching their attempts at historical content.

@Number1Irishlad

3 ай бұрын

@@Intranetusa I agree, b/c history channel went from, ya know, _historical content_ to bullshit. whereas Netflix kinda started out as bullshit and is continuing to be bullshit

@8ligh7

3 ай бұрын

Fuckin miss old History Channel, they made some good stuff.

@AlchemistOfNirnroot

3 ай бұрын

@@Intranetusa They could've just created a new channel for that stuff. It certainly has an audience but the immoral part is hosting it under the name of 'history'.

@RafaelSantos-pi8py

3 ай бұрын

There are great history channels in YT, i just rewatched a 6 hours documentary on the 1870-71 franco-prussian war. Forget cable channels, they're sewer channels.

Napolean the great Alexander of Cleopatra commanded troops of smurfs armed with 3 foot spears during the Civil War. - Netflix

@outdoorsythings2573

3 ай бұрын

facts. i remeber those little blue demons in the war of the roses, truly terrifying. for every one you would toss 3 more would climb up your legs. i still have nightmares.

@rosssouthwell8678

3 ай бұрын

Yes and king of england was african

@ianjones2068

3 ай бұрын

Then Ben Franklin appeared and married Clausewitz and they had a gender neutral child named Karl Marx.

@chuckhaynes9166

3 ай бұрын

@@rosssouthwell8678 King Edward the Shaka Zulu

the Macedonian soldiers in the documentary weren't even using sarissas. i turned the tv off immediately

As a greek, thank you. Our ministry of foreign affairs will do nothing once again after the cleopatra fiesta.

@stathispap8291

3 ай бұрын

Τι κάνανε πάλι οι μλκες? Τον βγάλανε και σλαβο τώρα στην ταινία?

@magdalaskou

3 ай бұрын

Επίσης δεν κάνουν τίποτα για την προπαγάνδα εδ' και χρόνια.. Οτι ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος ήταν γκέι..δεν υπάρχει καμμία μα καμμία Ιστορική πηγή που να αναφέρει κάτι τέτοιο.. Στην Αρχαία Ελλάδα ξέρουμε πως οι ομοφυλόφιλοι δεν είχαν κανένα μα κανένα προνόμιο.. Ούτε στο στρατό μπορούσαν να είναι.. Πόσο μάλλον να είναι κάποιος στρατηλάτης.. Υπάρχουν επίσης Ιστορικές πηγές που αναφέρουν πως κάποιος Θεόδωρος είχε 2 όμορφα αγόρια για πούλημα και προσφέρθηκε να τα στείλει στον Αλέξανδρο ο οποίος μόλις το άκουσε έγινε έξαλλος και απείλησε ακόμα και με θάνατο αυτόν που πρότεινε κάτι τέτοιο..Το αναφέρει ο Πλούταρχος αν δεν κάνω λάθος.. Επίσης ο Ηφαιστίωνας ήταν φίλος αδερφικός που λέμε.. Οπως συμβαίνει σε πολλούς αυτό που λέμε φίλοι αχώριστοι..

@mahatmaniggandhi2898

2 ай бұрын

why should a fucking politician tell directors how to make a movie

@WalterWhite-uq3gv

2 ай бұрын

somehow egyptian politicians care more about our history than our shit governemnt@@yannFZ

@ApaleutosMits

2 ай бұрын

@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 Why?Because it is not the first time netflix uses history and people's heritage to profit and promote their own agenda making series and call them documentaries with inaccuracies only to serve their purposes and not a reliable source of history.

These studios like history so much because it’s public domain and the writers aren’t capable of original properties

@sweethistortea

3 ай бұрын

You can make history interesting for television, the show Versailles (Although not totally accurate) used the Affair of the Poisons scandal in one the seasons.

@HavianEla

3 ай бұрын

@@sweethistorteaoooh, interesting! Honestly, there’s so much history that could be made into entertainment with original characters living through these events

@kirschakos

3 ай бұрын

History is a great topic to make movies and shows but they require competence too.

@jackwilliam4436

3 ай бұрын

I think it has more to do with rewriting History to fit their needs, after erasing it. 1984, anyone ?

@sharonefee1426

3 ай бұрын

But like in Cleoptara's case, it doesn't mean everyone is find with it.

The cavalry is using stirrups. 800ish years before their invention.

@tobbcittobbcit8899

3 ай бұрын

i’d like to believe it’s just because riding a horse without is much harder than with so it’s for the actors sake. however it being netflix i doubt 😂

@Bawzasteel

3 ай бұрын

I would love to see the actors trying to ride horses the correct way for the historical period. No saddle, no tack, no stirrups - just a blanket to sit on and a bridle/reins. Cue lots of actors meeting the ground at high speed. 🐎🤕🤕🤕🤣 The on set insurance premium would be insane.

@shmekelfreckles8157

3 ай бұрын

Afaik you HAVE to use stirrups when filming

@VenathTehN3RD

3 ай бұрын

@@tobbcittobbcit8899 Honestly, as much as I dunk on pretty much everything Netflix does that's related to history, this is probably one of those rare cases where they're actually bound more by safety standards than their apparent lack of interest in historical accuracy. Pretty sure the stirrups are a requirement.

@tobbcittobbcit8899

3 ай бұрын

@@VenathTehN3RD i don’t believe there’s any law or regulation that forces them to use stirrups but rather not wanting to pay for injuries, you can get some nasty ones falling off a horse after all

I was waiting for your take on this, excited 👏

I think Colin Ferrell’s movie was awesome. Also, an entire movie based on the siege of Tyre would be sufficient. People trying to make docu-dramas or feature films on the life of Alexander will never do him justice

@greetswithjudgement4338

3 ай бұрын

Yes it was. Hated it at first but then on rewatch it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s my guilty pleasure.

@shmerelize

3 ай бұрын

They need to do mini-series on these figures, but who wants to nowadays when bashing "white" culture is the order of the day?

@deankruse2891

3 ай бұрын

@@shmerelize the series “Rome” was a great dramatization “based” on history. That’s the blue print for a future Alexander production.

Alexander's Appearance and Image He reportedly was stocky, muscular, with a prominent forehead, and ruddy complexion and was said to be extremely handsome with “a certain melting look in his eye.” Most accounts give him curly, shoulder-length blonde hair and fair skin, according to Plutarch, with a "ruddy tinge...

@thebrocialist8300

3 ай бұрын

Makes sense for an ancient Macedonian.

@hazzmati

3 ай бұрын

He was also really short

@secretname2670

3 ай бұрын

@@hazzmati most people in his time were a bit shorter than humans these days, so he wasn't "really short" , just short.

@Pepe-pq3om

3 ай бұрын

​@@secretname2670I'm not sure that's true, seems to be some truth in that, but also some bit of misleading. Were people generally shorter because of nutrition or genetics? I've read somewhere romans in the early empire era soldier were about 5'7" to 5'9", that's not short at all (of course the average roman soldier would be bigger the the average roman citizen) but the ones in the late empire era were shorter because of the foods that were more available in each period.

@Pepe-pq3om

3 ай бұрын

Sources?

I have newfound respect for Oliver Stone's Alexander(2004) the battle scenes &costumes were incredible&extremely accurate

@donaldpyper4627

3 ай бұрын

That film was based on a book written by a historian- Robin Lane Fox - who was a consultant during filming so helped to ensure more accurate depictions.

@rcrawford42

3 ай бұрын

But Stone couldn't keep his own politics out of it, ending it with some bizarre idea that Alexander wanted to unite the world in peace, but was killed to prevent it. Apparently even the Macedonians had a military-industrial complex.

@robinthrush9672

3 ай бұрын

@@donaldpyper4627 I need to watch it then. So many biopics I just never watched.

@Ba_A

3 ай бұрын

Except for the horrible and ridiculous "canary-yellow" hair color of Colin Farrell.....it made me cringe 😅

@Constantine_IA

3 ай бұрын

@@Ba_A the hair color was L I agree but they said that because Farell's hair is so black that they couldn't use any other hair dye Should have cast a blond actor from the start like Heath Ledger one of the many mistakes that Stone did

first netflix made cleopatra, and was like "what? people dont like us blackwashing history? aight i gotchu" and started working on alexander. they literally went from one extreme to the other

@munax-pd9tu

3 ай бұрын

What do you mean extreme? Whitewashing characters is normal.

@Dhomden

2 ай бұрын

Only in peak garbage. Half the examples of whitewashing that people harp on about is just wrong. The demand for it is higher than its supply and comes from its supposed detractors

Netflix ...Screwd it up With Cleopatra...Now with Alexander...What an insult to the Hellens ( Greeks) Cancelled my subscription...

For once I would like to see Greek actors portraying ancient Greeks.

@Avram_Orozco

3 ай бұрын

But most ancient Greeks had blond hair with blue eyes according do northwestern European historians 😂

@OKay-ox3kh

3 ай бұрын

@@Avram_Orozcothere is no real historian that says this. Most ancient Greeks would have had brown hair or black hair with some sparsely populated blondes or red heads. Most ancient Greeks would have mostly brown or hazel eyes with some having blue and green eyes as well. However Alexander indeed had blonde hair.

@dusk6159

3 ай бұрын

At least they didn't turn him black though

@Alexs.2599

3 ай бұрын

@@dusk6159 Yes that's true. At least they didn't go there hahaha.

@anthonyoer4778

3 ай бұрын

​@@Avram_Orozco...Icelandic historians?

This is going to become a common saying, whenever a bad historical documentary or movie comes out. We will say it’s a Netflix

@ImperialSenpai

3 ай бұрын

Basically giving them the same treatment as when they tried making live action adaptations of popular anime.

@P.Whitestrake

3 ай бұрын

​@@ImperialSenpai But One Piece was OK, unlike Cowboy Bebop or Death Note that came before it.

@quigonkenny

3 ай бұрын

It already is. The term "Netflix adaptation" is a thing.

@kittehgo

3 ай бұрын

@wolftal1178 So you foresee it becoming something like people saying "oh that's netflixed" or "I wouldn't watch that, it's netflixed" ?

@wolftal1178

3 ай бұрын

@@kittehgo it’s quite possible. At least when it comes to historical programs or films because they do such an outrageously awful job which causes world outrage because of it, it’s quite possible. This could be something that could stick and it would serve them right if it did, let’s face it wouldn’t be inaccurate in the same type of situation.

I AM GREEK AND I COMMENT YOU FOR EVERY SINGLE THING YOU HAVE TOLD YOU DO KNOW HISTORY BECAUSE YOU DO YOUR RESARCH KEEP UP

I love your articulation and passion you show. Well done, sir.

Wherever Alexander's grave is, he's rolling in it.

The period accounts say he was ξανθός, which is blond. In fact, the very mosaic you site shows him with what I would call "dirty blond" hair, which matches with the descriptions.

@cringemaster3923

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I’ve seen multiple commentators analyze the mosaic to say “see, he’s not blonde”. It’s weird because it clearly shows blonde streaks in his hair, so, kind of odd they ignore that. Along with the descriptions, I mean, the dude was blonde. There are blonde Greeks. Portraying him as blonde is by far the most accurate way to portray him.

@kozmeetorez

3 ай бұрын

Bro c'mon, don't be in denial about this shit. His hair is black and brown in that mosaic as well as his eyes.

@holypaladin4657

3 ай бұрын

Xanthos does not necessarily mean blonde, it describes a wide range of colours in poetry. It just means lighter… light brown hair, auburn hair, red hair, blonde hair, who knows…

@powellmountainmike8853

3 ай бұрын

@@holypaladin4657 Even in English the word "blond" can apply to just about all those, ranging from "dirty blond" which is actually brown with blond highlights, to "platinum blond" which is very light, almost white, to "strawberry blond" which is reddish gold. I would not put auburn which is too dark in the category of ξανθός .

@Vincrand

3 ай бұрын

@@cringemaster3923 I got a couple of white streaks of hair, while the rest is black (used to be brown). I wouldn't say my haircolour is white.

I saw the show in my Netflix feed, and I hit play. Soon after I thought: Wait.. I bet Metatron has something good to say about this.

@matthewfusaro2590

2 ай бұрын

I did the same thing. Hard to get out of your mind, isn't it?

@johannesdekoning3765

2 ай бұрын

@@matthewfusaro2590 You can say that again. Another thing that was difficult to forget: About 2 years ago, the channel: "Kings and Generals" did a series on Alexander's conquests and it's SO much better than that pile of dung on Netflix..

Seems like they went down this road a long time ago, I believe this was In production before Cleo was released. If they change their approach (and that's a big if) we will see it a year from now or longer. Love the vid

Historic fact: The Persian army used Greek mercenaries & allies, who fought in phalanxes.

@KevinWarburton-tv2iy

3 ай бұрын

Not so much Allies ...but they did have all kinds of units of Subject Peoples. There were purported to be 100 Nations under the banner of the Persian Empire with their own types of weapons, armour, specialties, tactics etc

@iliasmastoris529

3 ай бұрын

Yes, they were used at the battle of Granicus (where they nearly defeated the Macedonian phalanx) but not at the battles of Issus and Gaugamela.

@slxyerxo

3 ай бұрын

When did they fight in phalanxe formation? I thought they only had the hoplite shields and a short spear? And ^^ no they didn't fight at the granicus because they were stationed all the way at the back and didn't have time to help the Persians and when they did, it was already late and also Alexander slaughtered the traitors easily.

@Gubers

3 ай бұрын

@@KevinWarburton-tv2iy Now it's just Muslims that want to take over the world. And the woke brigade who bizarrely think they are their friends.

@Panagiotis1709

3 ай бұрын

​@@slxyerxo 1. They did fight in phalanx formation, the hoplite phalanx which was the original one. Not in the Macedonian fashion. 2. You are correct. They did not engage in the battle proper at Granicus as they were held in reserve. After the battle they expected mercy from Alexander but he surrounded them and cut them to pieces. And no, they did not even come close to defeating the Macedonian phalanx.

You are so right about the color. I had the same problem with Napoleon. Everything looks so drab and grey and boring because Hollywood thinks that makes things look "gritty" or whatever. Napoleon was especially egregious since that was probably one of the most colorful periods for uniforms in Europe's entire history. Men dressed like drag queens unironically back then like for fuck's sakes add some color

@nuudelz3711

3 ай бұрын

Actually though, we seem to demonize drag now but in the 16th to 19th century they were literally everywhere, brothels pirate bays and all

@jimmyngo2191

3 ай бұрын

I would disagree with you. Dyes back then were quite expensive, at least for certain types of dyes. So yeah, they added color for uniforms but not as colorful as you think.

@danielawesome36

3 ай бұрын

​@@jimmyngo2191 "Sacrifices have to be made for _fashion."_ *increases your taxes*

@jimmyngo2191

3 ай бұрын

@@danielawesome36 Hear ye, hear ye. In the name of the king, the taxes has been raised to 300% to add color to uniforms of king's guard. Every body else: revolt! 🔥🔥🔥

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116

3 ай бұрын

@@jimmyngo2191”we require bright red Pom poms for our hats, taxes must be raised”

When the re-imaginig of alexander as a 7'9 foot tall buffed man with red beard and hair in fate/zero is more historically accurate to him than a real "history document"

@theroxdevil

3 ай бұрын

I'm just waiting for this comment...

@Oznerock

3 ай бұрын

To be fair Fate usually acknowledges it's mistakes in universe as "yeah protagonist I know legend says this but in reality within this universe it was this". They do research and then change things randomly regardless.

@rigel9228

2 ай бұрын

It's just kinda funny how Gilgamesh would have fit way better as Alexander and vice versa...

@Tirocoa

2 ай бұрын

​@@rigel9228 The Alexander in Fate/Zero was his appearance after a decade of war. Fate/Grand Order has a young and boyish looking version of him.

Piecing the known together I love it ! Metatron is definitely coming from a celestial perspective ..personal thank you from me to you metatron.. ❤

Oliver Stone’s Alexander came out 20 years ago… This is where we are now.

@fiddleback1568

3 ай бұрын

Like it or not, it's probably better.

@grippercrapper

3 ай бұрын

The thing that I remember displeasing me about Olive Stone’s Alexander movie is that it seemed to leave out any depictions of Alexander’s military genius. It seemed like a missed opportunity to get modern audiences into the true history.

@patrickholt2270

3 ай бұрын

I didn't watch it, due to my aversion to Colin Farrell. Also Tom Cruise. I avoid anything he's in as well.

@youvebeengreeked

3 ай бұрын

@@patrickholt2270 Tom Cruise has nothing to do with the film? But fair enough, it’s not universally acclaimed. A good Colin Farrell film is In Bruges and The Banshees Of Inisherin, definitely great films 👍🏻

@patrickholt2270

3 ай бұрын

I know Tom Cruise isn't in Stone's Alexander. He's just also to my aversion to Farrell. @@youvebeengreeked

My grandfather always told me, "I don't care what they tell you in school, Alexander was Slavic."

@stillcantbesilencedevennow

3 ай бұрын

Lmao😂

@eleytherotis8299

3 ай бұрын

😂😂 😂😂😂

@helenae3929

3 ай бұрын

Alexander wore only his finest of Adidas track suits to battle.

@comradekenobi6908

3 ай бұрын

​@helenae3929 I heard he won the hydaspes in a T-90 tank

@lardgedarkrooster6371

3 ай бұрын

I mean… Macedonia? 😂 Please do not take this serious t'was but a joke

Salve, the Netflix Docudrama on Alexander was deplorable. I couldn't watch the whole thing. Thank you for pointing out all the inaccuracies! I love your channel

I have not yet seen the series as I was very sceptical after the tragedy that Cleopatra was, but I would like to applaud you for your knowledge of Greek history and Greek warfare. As a Greek, I am saddened that big productions can't utilize people like your self in order to put out an accurate movie/series. Bravo sir.

Alexander is regularly said to have been blonde and fair complected because he was supposedly descended from divinity, perhaps even a demigod son of Zeus.

@TheLionessjudah

3 ай бұрын

Yes true

@RexFuturi

3 ай бұрын

​@@TheLionessjudahI believe that he even claimed descent from Heracles through his mother's line.

@ammonitida

3 ай бұрын

That's not why Plutarch described him as ruddy complected.

@RexFuturi

3 ай бұрын

@ammonitida What would make Plutarch more reliable than another source? He was born hundreds of years after Alexander's death, after all.

@MiguelDS5547

3 ай бұрын

No, it is regularly said that he have been blonde and fair complected because he was. Greek macedonians were more light skin and more blonde than those greeks on the south.

Netflix likes to rewrite history, so glad I got rid of it years ago.

The first episode of Alexander aired yesterday; can't wait to see Metatron's review!!!

“Have a seat” Brother I’ve been laying down in preparation for this.

At least the actor Alexander actor looks like the statues, and a wig or colour contacts could have fixed anything cosmetic. With Bridgerton and whatever the heck Netflix’s Cleopatra was, they involved historical people in their productions and therefore should have gotten actresses who looked like the actual women.

@sboinkthelegday3892

3 ай бұрын

I can't believe they're not casting Tobin Bell as Hannibal. And neither Mike Stoklasa as Thomas Aquinas.

@AlcoholicBoredom

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking that. At least they didn’t make him black because of what someone’s grandmother told them.

@wolftal1178

3 ай бұрын

What do you expect from a bunch of woke twits?

@OKay-ox3kh

3 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@sboinkthelegday3892no that’s too close we need will smith as Thomas Aquinas.

@bavariancarenthusiast2722

3 ай бұрын

Bridgerton is fiction - not historic and lets not talk about Netflix Cleopatra ...please

Back in 2004, when the movie Troy was made, there was a complaint that their spears weren't long enough. The directors commented that they tried 15 foot spear, but found them too unwieldly. So they switched to 9 foot or 12 foot spears. Yes, true, the sarissa were said to be 15 or more feet.

@SantomPh

3 ай бұрын

At least in Troy they employed Bulgarian sports school students and trained them.

@Koelebig

3 ай бұрын

A 15 foot spear unwieldy? No shit. Also: for Troy? Really? 🤔

@inisipisTV

3 ай бұрын

Troy is set in the early classical period, so their spears should be much simpler and shorter.

@thewarlockgr6076

3 ай бұрын

@@inisipisTV Troy is set in the Bronze Age. And i think that spears in different sizes have been founded. In Iliad Homer describes people throwing them at others during battles, so they should've been shorter if used like javelins (or as the Romans used the pila). Surely though they weren't as big as sarisas, those were a Macedonian idea (even though until that time spears were becoming larger in general in Greek warfare).

@KevinWarburton-tv2iy

3 ай бұрын

Up to 15ft ...there was a range in length.

I do understand why there are bracers : theyre such an easy aesthetic element to add, and they do look cool. I personally love adding them to characters, and thankfully, i write fantasy, so I'm allowed to. By the way, your reactions are hilarious. I love your content with this. :D

I turned the documentary off after they claimed he was gay

@maadtee6281

2 ай бұрын

He was so was ceaser

@user-ho9ui6wc2d

Ай бұрын

Cuz he was lmao 😭

@Jite77

9 күн бұрын

lol, he was though

"I remember my grandmother saying to me: I don't care what they tell you at school, Alexander was Latinx."

The seem to have figured out that black Cleopatra was a step too far, but haven't figured out that people want documentaries to be well researched.

@AnthonyTrifoglio

3 ай бұрын

But they still made Alexander gay

@kevinwilson455

2 ай бұрын

It was weird watching that scene... and then the fat, white guy saying that the Greek/Macedonian's didn't have a word for homosexuality.. .That they knew of. Saying they know the language and culture of a people that lived beyond the birth of Christ is idiotic and a pure roll your eyes moment@@AnthonyTrifoglio

@kevinwilson455

2 ай бұрын

I should have elaborated... by insinuating that the Greeks didn't have a word for homosexuality, it implies they didn't even understand the concept of homosexuality and were all for it. Alexander fucks men and women and doesn't even think anything is wrong with either. Of course, this is highly unlikely and just a figment of the mans imagination with no historical value.

@mariunfabregas7533

2 ай бұрын

​@@AnthonyTrifogliothere were actually many men that have been speculated to be Alexander's male lovers. It hasn't been 100% proven as of now because of limited sources, but considering how normal gay relationships and homosexual acts are within ancient Roman and Greek militaries, it's not really far fetched to think that there may have been some truth to those speculations.

@DaTruthTeller504

2 ай бұрын

Black people are always rent free in y'all little heads.

I trully enjoy tour videos, Metatron! Thanks you very much for your work! On the topic of commenting Netflix docuseries, have you seen the rise of empires otoman series? What do you think about it? Maybe theres already a video, but I could not find it. Thanks in advance!

Between the fact that portraits of Alexander were their own genre, and the tendency of Greek art to idealize, and the amount of time that passed between his lifetime and the production of these images, we don't have much to go on.

actually alex wore a helmet with extra plumes in battles because it was important for other commanders to see him from distance. similar to julius caesar wearing a red cape.

@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302

3 ай бұрын

Holy fluckin shit, bro... where the hell you been?!?!? And I find you on a random video making fun of Netflix Alexander?!?! AFF!!!

@TRUMPMAFIA2024

3 ай бұрын

@@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302 haha thats funny

@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302

3 ай бұрын

@@TRUMPMAFIA2024 For real, Jordi, you fell off the face of the internet, or so i thought. Did you go to a less communist platform? I was with you from 1200 subs waaaaay back during the historic 2016 landslide, and stayed upto where they froze you at 40k subs. Then you stopped posting... or at least that I know of. My name has changed about 8 times due to being kicked off of yootube multiple times for speaking the truth of what they pulled in 2020. choco and his 2020 coup de'tat has really twisted the arm of America, hasn't it? No originality, choco and his ilk gave the best President America has had in decades the ole Gaddafi treatment. I'd really like to see you posting again regularly, but what are you gonna do when they _attack you and your free speech..._ so I get it, man. Theyve truly messed things up in this country, and its a demonicRAT forced travesty. AFF!!

My hair was very light blonde for 20 years and then slowly changed to reddish brown. Most people born blonde have their hair darken with age. Alexander was a blonde as a youth and had darker hair as an adult.

@eastlynburkholder3559

3 ай бұрын

On my mother's mother's side of the family, most have this type of hair, blond as children, dishwater blond or dirty blond as adults and it easily gets sun bleached in summer. I inherited from my dad redish brown hsir so dark it looks black but is not black.

@Va8iastin8alassa

3 ай бұрын

Same. My mum had light brown hair with blue eyes as a greek kid. Her eyes turned darker as she grew older. Now they are dark green with brown flecks and dark brown hair.

@eastlynburkholder3559

3 ай бұрын

@@Va8iastin8alassa yes, this is what I bet Alexander looked like and was.

@Zerorenren4761

3 ай бұрын

Same, when i was a child my hair was light blonde then it became more of brown with some light parts, my mom's hair also used to be light and became darker as time went on

@jaysterling26

3 ай бұрын

A career in diplomacy beckons for you. I think the Great one should be bald with heterochromia ( no, Bowie didn't have this).

Be interested to see the full series reaction

Raffaé, sto guardando ora il primo episodio e *SONO PREOCCUPATO PER LA TUA PRESSIONE.* 🤣

Netflix will never learn... they are open to every for-fun producer idea of history if it gives them money...

@sharonefee1426

3 ай бұрын

Maybe the way Greek of Macedonia to sue them too.

Did you see those warriors from Persia? They have Curved Swords! Curved. Swords..... To be fair, about as realistic as Skyrim, and undoubtedly less fun.

@SUP3RI0R

3 ай бұрын

Haha Good to see someone did that reference.

@Askethanoras

3 ай бұрын

hehe, the very second i read the second half i had Skyrim flashback, ah man i need to replay that gem.

10 mins into this documentary and i cannot wait for full series reaction

THANKS FOR THE TRUTH YOU SPEAK....FROM A GREEK

I would have gone with blond curly hair and Heterochromia, not only would it have been more correct, it also would have been the most striking and memorable just like colored armor would. It's always better if only for Promotional Purposes, but also more to the point also more accurate in itself, everyone wins.

@fibanocci314

3 ай бұрын

That's when it really gets me: when the fact is better than the fiction. If they're honest that they played up some things to make them more interesting, I can at least respect the storyteller instinct. But you edit it to make it less interesting or pretend it's completely accurate when it's not, let alone BOTH? Come on.

@KaiHung-wv3ul

3 ай бұрын

Are heterochromia that common though, they might not have been able to find an actor with that trait and also the blond/brown hair.

@amestark7787

3 ай бұрын

​@@KaiHung-wv3uljust use some colored contact lens, or edit it. It's simple

@TruekingoftheLeinstermen

3 ай бұрын

Personally i would've went for brown curly very light brown and brown eyes

Honestly, I noticed the lack of formation before I noticed the half-assed sarisses... Alexander (and the Persians, for that matter) would most likely be appalled.

@the11382

3 ай бұрын

Hollywood and Netflix make war look primitive. Alexander was an opportunity to show the Hammer and Anvil tactics, actually make him look smart. I would write tactics into the drama of the story.

@helvete_ingres4717

3 ай бұрын

@@the11382 would even netflix make a story about Alexander of Macedon, the most revere tactician of all time..and just do those standard hollywood/tv battles of both armies lining up across the schoolyard then everyone just rushes at each other.. probably would need a game of thrones level budget on many episodes to do it right tho (thinking of the battle of the bastards in that, the three big battles in Alexander's campaign should be at least on that level - drone shots of batttlefield etc.)

Correct me if Im wrong, but from reading Arrian I think he said that the Painter of the Pompay mosaic was less accurate in depicting Alexander than the staues sculpted by Lyssipos.

Another great video!

First Achilles then Cleopatra now Alexander the Great. As a Greek i wonder which part of greek history Netflix plans to misrepresent next . At least they didn't make Alexander the Great black... Oh wait they also made a documentary about WW2 saying that Italy invaded Greece after Greece's "weak resistance"...

Operation Ruin the Mediterranean proceeds unabated.

@user-km6dl1uh9l

3 ай бұрын

Seems like they opened a new front against persia

Oliver Stone and Colin Ferrel: "Well...at least we're finally off the hook for our version."

For ideological reasons we are subjected to Cleopatra and the like guided by modern identity politics but when productions that cost millions don't even bother to get historical details that are known correct it is almost more frustrating. The inaccurate armor is not as bad as ignoring actual tactics and strategy let alone the specific conditions on the field. Just have two masses rush against each other and sometimes the protagonist wins and sometimes loses but why is a mystery unless there is a traitor subplot. Movies like Spartacus were rare back then and I doubt today's Hollywood really cares about such things.

The painting that the mosaic is based on is considered so accurate that the green piping (lines) on Alexander’s uniform is believed to be limited to a section of the Campanion cavalry that he led with other sections having a different colour piping. It is speculated that the original depicted the leader of Hypapaspist infantry Lysymachus getting a famous scar on his head from the butt of Alexander’s own spear, accidentally, as Lysimachus ran beside his horse. Lysimachus became King of Thrace and commissioned the monumental and famous painting.

Surprised that Alexander wasn't being played by Denzel Washington

@kirschakos

3 ай бұрын

Because he will portray Hannibal xD

@georgebailey8179

3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised it wasn't Whoopi Goldberg.

@TruthTellert63

2 ай бұрын

@@kirschakos Hanni-bullsh*t.

Netflix' next documentary; The Vikings discover North America. With Oprah as Eric The Red.

I wonder what Metatron thinks about the series so far. Hope he does another video once he sees it.

Everybody knows Alexander was an Anunaki extra terrestrial

@Alexis.st9

3 ай бұрын

lol

@carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526

3 ай бұрын

Nah,he was an olympian alien.

@sweethistortea

3 ай бұрын

Nah, he was a Pokémon trainer out to find the One Piece.

@slappy8941

3 ай бұрын

How utterly ridiculous! He was obviously a paraplegic Eskimo midget.

@praetorian3902

3 ай бұрын

That's the History channel lol

I recall there are also mosaics that possibly depict Alexander with clearly pinkish-white skin and blonde hair. I also recall the famous mosaic depicting Alexander as tanned, dark-haired, dark-eyes was criticized in its time for portraying him as darker than he actually was.

@adastra5214

3 ай бұрын

You're right, true facts, , I saw this in a few documentaries.

@greenmachine5600

3 ай бұрын

Nah, classic Nord wasp culture stealing

@drewsky-pr4bj

3 ай бұрын

so the only known piece of art that is considered likely the most authentic depiction is indeed the mosaic mentioned. Plenty of art has been made since which adopted the blonde theory model. Kinda like when folks use renaissance art to prove the greeks were inherently blonde French looking dudes. Not even close.

@AlexS-oj8qf

3 ай бұрын

He's Greek not Barbarian. True Greeks are Olive Skinned and Dark Haired. Blondes are Barbarians from the north. Unless you're saying that Alexander is Slavic Macedonians then he should be dark haired.

@SweetheartQuest

3 ай бұрын

@@AlexS-oj8qf that just isnt true modern greeks aka turks are darker skinned because of ottomon invasions real greeks have light eyes light hair all the greek gods are described as light haired light eyed and sometimes bronzed skinned people Jennifer Anniston is a pretty good depiction of an actual greek with no ottomon blood

love it, thank you

17:46 I love that rendering of terrain. Green is the way

This is Netflix. I mean, it could have looked SO much worse. It actually looks like they're trying to control themselves a little bit, and I'll give them props for that, like an alcoholic who has been dry for 3 months. Good job, and keep it up, that sort of thing.

@matthewfusaro2590

2 ай бұрын

No, they are not trying to control themselves at all in this series. They exploit the fact that he had a male lover. Lots of gay love scenes. It fits very nicely into their woke agenda.

@drstrangelove307

2 ай бұрын

@@matthewfusaro2590he was Greco Roman. There’s speculation that Alexander was Gay/Bi, but there’s not enough sources to confirm it, but we can assume that he could very well have been because homosexuality was much more common in that culture.

@matthewfusaro2590

2 ай бұрын

@@drstrangelove307 Personally, I don't know much about Alexander the Great but I did watch the Oliver Stone movie. Although it was made it clear that Alexander had a male lover, the movie didn't try to expand too much on his homosexuality, if indeed he was a homosexual. I can't help to think that the produces at Netflix intentionally picked Alexander for their history series. They knew it would attract a largely male audience and could expose that audience to homosexual content. And yes I know that it was common place for young boys to have sexual relations with adult males in Greek/Roman world. They proudly announce that fact early in the Alexander series but that was a different time and a different culture. Last time I checked, that sort of behavior is not only frowned upon but is also a criminal offense. Let's hope our society doesn't deteriorate to the point to where that is no longer the case.

@Jiub_SN

2 ай бұрын

@@drstrangelove307homosexuality was not more common, metatron made a video about this. Most of the speculation about homosexuality comes from like 2 sources when all of the others say "no that's weird" and that they shunned people who did it. The only other evidence is in the naked men standing together pottery, which is exceptionally rare and has been twisted by modern historians to say they depict gay acts when the only ones we have are literally just 2 naked dudes doing something that isn't homosexual like wrestling. It's absurd that this myth is still brought up on this channel

@Jiub_SN

2 ай бұрын

@@drstrangelove307he also wasn't Greco Roman, he was Greek.

it's like that astronaut meme: Metatron: Netflix is trash!? Literally everyone, including netflix customers: Always has been.

What a fantastic video! Thank you so much for your eye on detail and accuracy! That been said and since we focus on important details, in the video you keep mentioning Macedonians VS Persians while more accurately should be either Greeks (or Hellines-Thus Hellenistic era the period from Alexander's empire and on) VS Persians or Macedonias VS Achaemenids (maybe?) :) The 2 armies were Greeks and smaller tribes leaded from Macedonians the same way that the nations of Persia were leaded from Darius from the dynasty of Achaemenids :) Keep up the great work!

15 seconds in and I have already liked this video....Big Met is pissed! :P Continuing now.

I watched the trailer and saw the wristbands. I was anxious to watch your video about this because I knew it was worse than I could know with my limited knowledge 😂Thank you as always

Love your presentation and your personality. You do an awesome job in your historical accuracy

Heterochormia can also mean 2 colours per iris. Like brown inside and blue on the outside

"I don't care what they tell you in school, Alexander the Great was Spanish" and then they mixed a flameco dancer with a mexican look alike and a north african music in the background... Al menos este Alexander está buenorro y encaja en un 85% con la figura histórica. Puedo pasar los fallos en la panoplia. Veremos el documental de netflix a ver si le sacamos más falllos... Al menos lo veremos, no como el de Cleopatra, que lo obvié completamente.

Great video Raf, and omg that intro had me laughing.

"I remember my grandmother telling me. Whatever they tell you in school, always remember aLeXaNdEr WaS bLaCk."

@kardiojunkee

3 ай бұрын

Bahahaha😂😂😂😂

@user-xf3vk8pc7b

3 ай бұрын

overused joke

ho capito stubito fossi italiano ahahah, bel video continua così!

I tried and watched all episodes, though I’d preferred to switch off already during the first one, in which Philip of Macedon was shown with two eyes. But hey, who cares about the sources telling that he had lost his right eye 20 years earlier in a battle? Why else would he have been called the "one-eyed king" later on? Even in Stone's movie, which also had many flaws, at least this was portrayed correctly. But maybe sorcery was involved and Philip’s eye grew back on him... I don't even want to talk about the mistakes regarding Alexander himself. But one of the worst flaws was that the whole context about Darius III and his family was completely misrepresented. It has been repeatedly mentioned that Darius himself was not of royal descent and only owed his position to his wife - and this is completely false. Darius III was a nephew of King Artaxerxes II and thus he came from a collateral line of the Achaemenid dynasty. As the great-grandson of Darius II he was indeed of very royal descent! And the story about the women who were captured after the Battle of Issus is almost nonsense! Alexander never had a sex affair with Darius' wife Queen Stateira, but with his daughter, Princess Stateira. Mother and daughter had the same name, which has always caused confusion among history students. Maybe this is the reason why Netflix has changed the story here? And if so, why are historians getting involved in this bullshit? But that's not all: in the show, Darius’ daughter is called Barsine, which is also wrong. Darius had two daughters whose names are known: Stateira and Drypetis, and there was also captured a young son called Ochus. Among many other noble Persian ladies, a woman named Barsine was also captured after the Issus battle. However, she was not a daughter of Darius, but the widow of General Memnon, and with this Barsine, who was never betrothed to Mazaeus, Alexander had affair from which resulted a son. These are just a couple of many historical inaccuracies and flaws in this TV show. I'm only stopping here so as not to make this comment to become the longest ever seen on KZread… I just don't understand why those supposed historians are backing up these things in the interview scenes. Obviously on Netflix they’re just trying to entertain people, not to teach them history…

@NK130491

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your excellent review on this garbage! Did you watch the whole series? I stopped on the first episode, couldn't take it anymore

@erinues7._-

3 ай бұрын

EXACTLY!!

@erinues7._-

3 ай бұрын

​@NK13049O I did and it was simply an abomination

@stargazerastro

3 ай бұрын

@@NK130491 Actually I watched the whole thing. It is still a mystery to me how renowned historians such as the Egyptologist Salina Ikram were able to take part in this. And why in particular a Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones from Cardiff University underpins these things verbatim, which are not found anywhere else, in any current publication - and therefore can hardly be based on new research findings.

Hi metatron great content as always, I just have a small request to make When you mention equipment and weapons I wish you'd have it written in the video, since rarely KZreadrs generated subtitles get the names right and I love searching and learning more. Have a good one!

I didn't even watch the trailer. Literally stopped subscription to Netflix is a Joke after Cleopatra "docu-drama" as it ended up being called... Nope. No more heartbreaking suffering on this side of the screen.

@HavianEla

3 ай бұрын

I was done with Netflix after the Cuties BS

@Slayer398

3 ай бұрын

I didn't even know there was a trailer until I saw this from Metatron, that's how little thought I had given to this "historical piece" by Netflix, if you can even call it that.

@miastupid7911

3 ай бұрын

@@HavianEla don't know cuties actually. But I skipped through some commentaries about it.

@miastupid7911

3 ай бұрын

@@Slayer398 sigh. None of all of this is a coincidence happening all simultaneously. I'm so tired.

@yoloswaggins7121

3 ай бұрын

Bro you have problems if you cancelled your subscription because of the Cleopatra show

Looking forward to the review of the “documentary” itself