Tuesday 23 September 2014

Outlander (TV series) redcoats

It's a good thing that the new TV series about a woman travelling back in time to the Scotland of the 1740s wasn't being screened in the run up to the referendum as the depiction of the English is terrible. Take your typical bad guy - Sheriff of Nottingham's men, the English in Braveheart and the Patriot and you have an idea of what they're like. People believe things they see on the tv....there should be more balance but I suppose the series isn't aimed at me - my wife's enjoying it. I am cringeing...

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6 comments:

  1. William Stewart23 September 2014 at 14:43

    Haven't seen the show but the uniforms in the photos look nice.

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  2. Millsy23 September 2014 at 15:36

    Fifty shades of tartan :-)

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  3. The Wishful Wargamer24 September 2014 at 05:36

    It's interesting to note that in the Highlands the Union Flag is still referred to as the "Butcher's Apron". There are reasons for that...!

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  4. Mad Padre24 September 2014 at 08:07

    At least they look good. If this is based on what's her name, Gabaldon, I suspect it will draw huge ratings, especially in the US, because I see her books everywhere. It's interesting how the English are always reliable villains. I can't imagine a time-travelling erotic female fiction plot set in England where the character has to fend off evel marauding Scots/Welsh/Picts, though perhaps it would do well in England.

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  5. Redders4 November 2014 at 04:40

    Such a shame the Dragoons are wearing the Infantry coats of the 37th foot (Munro's)
    They should have coats without Lapels.
    Tho, they're still not as bad as Black Randalls kit!

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  6. Roy Beers31 January 2020 at 06:42

    I hate this series, despite some of its good cinematography, not just because the English are all rotters but because it depicts the '45 as a Scotland v England war. thus further muddying the waters for the many in the UK who know little or nothing of actual history.
    The Jacobites are routinely referred to as "the Scots", and there is no hint either that any Scots are fighting for King George or that the Highlands are far from universally in support of Charles Edward.
    In broad terms the Lowlands (bar a romantic surge in Edinburgh) were anti-Jacobite while in the Highlands there was a roughly even split between support, opposition, and "see who wins".


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