History Buffs on YouTube

[BanzaiCat]

Just saw a recommendation from Derek Case over in the FB Solitaire Wargamer group about a YouTube channel called "History Buffs." The guy that does them has a great historical discussion alongside a movie that he's reviewing/deconstructing.

I just watched the 300 episode and it was pretty good.

[Greybriar]

Thanks for the link. O0

[Nefaro]

I've watched a few in the past.

Recall something regarding American history in which he was a bit spotty on the finer details.  But that's to be expected, being British, just as I'm not an expert on everything British history.

Unforuntately, I think he got hit with copyright warnings on YT.  As so often happens these days.

[BanzaiCat]

That's pretty sad if he got hit by copyright warnings. Last night while working late I had his 300, The Last Samurai, and We Were Soldiers videos playing. They were all pretty good. Despite my desire to not need to watch them, once I watched his videos I wanted to see those movies again. It's free advertising. F*cking corporations.

[Nefaro]

That's pretty sad if he got hit by copyright warnings. Last night while working late I had his 300, The Last Samurai, and We Were Soldiers videos playing. They were all pretty good. Despite my desire to not need to watch them, once I watched his videos I wanted to see those movies again. It's free advertising. F*cking corporations.

Yep.

Pretty much just an automated blanket blackout nowadays.  Way past knee-jerk copyright reactions and into automatic attack mode, at a whiff. 

People reviewing media stuff on YT are constantly under assault from such these days.  I'm never surprised when they mention being the target of it because it happens to most of them at some point.

[BanzaiCat]

The more of these I've watched and the more I kind of get the copyright attacks. Not from the major motion picture studios - I think that's BS. But the graphics, animations, and such, which look like they came off of the History Channel (when they're, you know, actually showing history-related stuff and not Bravo TV-like crap, like Ax Men or trucker shows) or from some other professional production. Some of them look vaguely familiar. He does attribute the movie clip and sound clip sources at the end, but not the actual graphics work. I could be wrong...maybe he does it himself. But that's a HELL of a lot of work as opposed to just a lot of work. I don't know for sure.

Regardless it's very entertaining.