09-11-2006, 09:03 PM
Back to "Rome" for a sec ...
We are far from the only group to complain about historical inaccuracies in movies; check out this thread about the upcoming movine "Flyboys" (Lafayette Escadrille in WWI) on a Flight Simulator board:
http://agw.bombs-away.net/showthread.ph ... post772344
At least the movie did put out an interesting (if self-serving) "movie vs history" paper:
http://www.mgm.com/flyboys/pdf/real_vs_reel.pdf
@Lepidina -- another reason for the relatively poor quality of modern fabrics might be the prevalence of Central Heating in Europe and America over the past century or so. The dense weaves of earlier times were no doubt very helpful in retaining warmth when you were in houses that were unheated much of the time. I recall when I was a kid listening to my grandparents talking about having to crack the ice from the top of their washbowls in the winter. Then again, maybe this one of those, "10 miles to school, and uphill both ways!" stories. These days though we can crank up the thermostat and wear short sleeve shirts in winter.
rkmvca/rich klein
We are far from the only group to complain about historical inaccuracies in movies; check out this thread about the upcoming movine "Flyboys" (Lafayette Escadrille in WWI) on a Flight Simulator board:
http://agw.bombs-away.net/showthread.ph ... post772344
At least the movie did put out an interesting (if self-serving) "movie vs history" paper:
http://www.mgm.com/flyboys/pdf/real_vs_reel.pdf
@Lepidina -- another reason for the relatively poor quality of modern fabrics might be the prevalence of Central Heating in Europe and America over the past century or so. The dense weaves of earlier times were no doubt very helpful in retaining warmth when you were in houses that were unheated much of the time. I recall when I was a kid listening to my grandparents talking about having to crack the ice from the top of their washbowls in the winter. Then again, maybe this one of those, "10 miles to school, and uphill both ways!" stories. These days though we can crank up the thermostat and wear short sleeve shirts in winter.
rkmvca/rich klein
