I know I did, at least :)
Anyway, it's time for the big wrap up for April Fool's 2021, aka r/HistoriansAskTheMovies! Because we know that you don't spend all your time following our feed (only most of it...), it's possible that you may not have seen some of the incredible work that our flairs and users have done today, so we've corralled it for you right here. If I managed somehow to miss some of the incredible work that our flairs and users have done today when making this listing, please feel free to add it in the comments so I can edit it in! And, of course, if you wrote one of these pieces and you don't see yourself credited yet, maybe because your alt was just too clever for us, make sure to accept the blame in the comments (if you wish) and I'll edit that in as well.
Without further ado, and with regards to Hollywood (and hoping you have a pen and paper handy...)
[Review] Don't squander your sesterces on Gladiator (2000). If you do, you will FACE MY WRATH. by u/toldinstone
[Review] Fiddler On The Roof actually got my wedding basically right- almost as wonderful as my new sewing machine! by u/mottelthetailor (aka me, u/hannahstohelit)
[Review]Yn whiche We inproue þa calumnye of þa traytour Mel Gibson and hys pervers film "Braveheart" by u/Henry_V_Rex (aka u/Hergrim)
[Let's Watch A Scene] Hamburger Hill (1987) — I can't believe they portray me like THIS. by u/Han_KCS (aka u/Bernardito)
[Review] Lets watch this movie "Le Roi" by u/John_the_Fearless (aka u/French_Murazor)
[Review] THIS MOVIE "300" IS A VICIOUS SLANDER AGAINST SPARTA AND THIS MEANS WAR by u/LEONIDAAAS (aka u/Iphikrates)
[Review]Daniel Day-Lewis is far too handsome to play Mr. Lincoln by u/Grace_Bedell
[Film Pitch] The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec empire was neither Spanish nor a Conquest (nor was it an empire, nor of Aztecs for that matter...) by u/DomingoDeChimalpahin (aka u/drylaw)
[Review] Banastre Tarleton's thoughts on the film The Patriot (2001) by Roland Emmerich by u/GeneralLeeBlount
[Movie Request] Comrades! The plenum of the CC considers it necessary to begin preparatory work on the creation of a film about the construction of our Moscow Metro! by u/Lazar_Kaganovich (aka u/mikitacurve)
[Advice] A gentle rejoinder and polite suggestion to Mr. Christopher Nolan upon the matter of his moving picture “Dunkirk” by u/AliceStokesPaul (aka u/EdHistory101)
Mutiny on the Bounty? Don’t bother - read my book instead. by u/alianna68
[Review] A Shot At Robin Hood (2018), by an Archer of Sherwood by u/nusensei
[Review] I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find no Jews in this movie! Or, how Casablanca is somehow the most and least Jewish movie ever (and I should know) by u/AlwaysHaveCasablanca (aka also me, u/hannahstohelit)
[Review]: Thou do me not the pleasure of slander, Worse, erase my name and in its place, Thou write, with foul hand: "Anonymous." by u/ThanklessAmputation
[Review] King Arthur (2004): Hoc movie est frustrabor by u/Arthur_Rex_uel_Dux
[Soap Opera Pitch] Sex and the Eternal City by u/PubliusThePretty
"Hamilton" - our revisions to make it a proper and more truthful [REVUE] by u/JamesBayard (aka u/indyobserver)
[Looking Behind The Scenes] I struggle to approve of how Star Trek went about making their Klingon language (though it excites me still!) by u/Prof__JRR_Tolkien (aka u/jelvinjs7)
[FILM PITCH] THE GLORIOUS LIFE OF ME, LOUIS XIV! by u/LouisXIV-LeGrand (aka u/justcoffeeok)
[Film pitch] A motionpicture, handling on the great life to Fridtjof Nansen by u/FriddyNanz
[Review] U-571 is absolute RUBBISH! Peeved British sailor sets things straight by u/OriginalOhPeh
This is my favoutite subreddit on April 1st. Thanks to all the historical figures who came out of their graves today to make me laugh.
Pretty sure /u/mikitacurve was behind Lazar_Kaganovich unless there is another redditor as well versed in Soviet public transit as she?
I'm deeply sad that I had to go to work, because today was a blast. Well done all!
I didn’t use an alt, mostly because I am in a different time zone and needed to quickly write it up before I slept so I didn’t miss the deadline - but I really enjoyed taking on the persona of William Bligh.
I have keen interest in history which I studied as an undergraduate, but rarely post an answer here because I don’t really have access to the resources to provide a top level answer, and if I do research it feels too late by the time I get back to the question.
As well as trying to shoehorn in as much Regency slang as I could, this challenge was a joy for me because I’d long been interested in William Bligh, particularly the question of what he was really like and whether he was the tyrant that he’d been portrayed as (and as Fletcher Christian’s family had claimed in the trial of the Bounty mutineers).
The reading and research I had done showed Bligh as a decent and very competent man who certainly wasn’t especially cruel compared to his contemporaries - and from the evidence dished out far less harsh punishments - but who was arrogant, prickly and hot tempered ... and most importantly didn’t have the gift of getting people to like him.
Trying to talk in his voice was absolutely illuminating - I have a lot of sympathy for Bligh in the Bounty mutiny and the Rum Rebellion, but voicing him I found myself really starting to dislike him.
Mumbles something awkwardly about surprisingly not actually really being a fan of LotR or Star Trek but you know I'm all about these linguistically creative efforts behind them!
I read and upvoted as many of these as I could. Excellent work! Bravo Historians of such great renown! Bravo!
Bravo/Brava to all contributors! I'm saving this post, mainly because I couldn't concentrate on much today. (I'll be fine tomorrow. Second covid shot has definitely awakened my immune system.)
Besides, I need some high-quality, entertaining material for tomorrow!
This is a special place on the internet, truly. It's extremely accessible for people with an interest in learning good history without sacrificing quality. Fun events like this remind me why I love this place's atmosphere
Marvellous work everyone!
Man, I should have pitched a movie about Byzantium along for April Fool's!
Great work everyone! Especially impressed you can get the letter "thorn" in reddit!
If I had the time and the resources, I'd have attempted a historically accurate Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, but I'm sure I couldn't do it justice. Maybe next year!
i am... speechless