Historical Myths You Believe Because of the Movies 

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The audio filter for the intro was fine, but it's kinda distracting when randomly used in other places 😅

Simon's video editor apparently just discovered the "garbled radio voice" filter...

The thumbs up or down myth long pre-dates the movie Gladiator. I read it in an outdated textbook when I was a kid. It was “common knowledge”.

Whatever that voice editing thing was supposed to be, it was terrible and nearly incomprehensible.

that filter is a major miss, unnecessary overediting, leave it simple

Really interesting! Some parts were really hard to hear. I guess the editor thought the "old-timey radio" effect they used to represent a movie theater was super clever because they used it over and over again to an obnoxious degree. 😕

A minor correction about gladiators: They *were* often famous and celebrated, but they did *not* have a high social status, on the contrary. This might be a bit difficult to wrap our heads around today, as both usually go hand in hand in our culture. Retired gladiators often founded gladiator schools (ludi) or took over existing ones after their master retired, because no other source of income was open to them.

What I learnt from this video was that the video editor got a new voice effect tool and gosh darn they were gonna use it 😂

Please, throw away whatever equipment/software is making that old-time radio voice.

Seems a good chance the video editor is a 12yr old girl on tic tok.

Don’t do that thing with the voice ever again whistler. It was very uncomfortable to listen to like my ears were blocked.

I can't believe my first comment on here after watching for years is about the editing. Please don't mess with something that works, the cuts to the tv with the audio distortion is really annoying.

Speaking of Matthew Perry, RIP Chandler. Sad. Too soon.

Something else to note with Shakespeare is that he often wrote in rhyme. If the actors use the correct pronunciation then it does rhyme.

Editor needs to get scolded about that voice effect that kept happening. Some parts were really hard to understand

Some of us know the true reason why the Vikings didn't wear horned helmets was Ola The Hairy, high Chief of all the Vikings, buying those 50,000 battle helmets with the horns on the INSIDE, thanks Cpt Blackadder for the history lesson.

Great video! Super interesting. Please never do the weird radio voice again, kind editor.

I get you have several minions sitting around and they need something to do.....but sometimes less is more!!!! Hopefully this comment section makes you realise.....The effects are a mistake....

10:02 Muppet Treasure Island is still one of my favourite movies from my childhood! 🏴‍☠

The sound thing is annoying

What's with randomly cutting to a bad audio filter? I hope that's not something you'll be using from now on because it's really jarring.

Hi. The voice distortion filter didn't work well on this one. I had to rewind several times because I couldn't understand what was being said. Hopefully you will reconsider this in the future 😊

Tv voice effect is awful

i had known before that not all gladiators didn't regularly fight to the death (for all the reasons you mentioned) but more people need to know this. movies are great, but they shouldn't always be seen as historically accurate

4:45 what a wild day for this name to be in a video

Edit: This was written in the middle of the part about English accents, and the upshot is that Simon is correct. I used to work at one of the two oldest California Renaissance faires. These were the first two such events in the country, both put on by the same organization which was founded by a teacher -- the first one, in Southern California, was something of a school project. It kept its educational mission until the end, and so tried to remain more true to history than most of the later Ren Faires it inspired. This extended to the accent we were to use. For theatrical reasons, because it sounds "posh" to American ears, the Queen and her court used modern RP. However, us street actors were all taught to use the actual accent of Shakespeare's time. In reality, it's not much like the standard accents of either America or English. If you want to hear what it's closest to, watch a pirate film starring Robert Newton. As Long John Silver he used his native West Country accent, and so established the "pirate accent" for all time. As it happens, this is closer to the sound of the London accent of the late 16th century than any other modern accent. So, if we had any difficulty with the accent we were taught, the rule was: "When in doubt, talk like a pirate." The result was that any Brits who happened to visit the Faire thought we sounded like we were all from Dorset.

Agreed. I hate when people make historical movies but make sure they're not historically accurate or don't do enough research.

When you get a new audio filter and you just want excuses to use it

Dear editor: the old-timey audio filter in the intro was fine. The rest of the uses were distracting and slightly irritating.

The Japanese Navy was certainly thoroughly modern by the time of the Russo Japanese War in 1905.

There are two helmets with horns found. They believe it was used in ceremonies. 👍🏻

I can't handle the voice editing guys

Old time radio effect is over done to the max.

It doesn’t beg the question. It raises the question. Begging the question refers to circular reasoning.

"Japan total isolation" Shows classical painting of the island that disproves the total isolation myth. Subtle, I like it.

Sheath - I'm buying some, Simon had me sold when he pulled them from his seat 🤣🤣🤣. I couldn't stop thinking about it and laugh😂.

Simon is endorsing underwear. He's become the Michael Jordan of RU-vidrs.

I kept thinking my phone was bugging

I just always figured that Hollywood preferred using walking the plank since of the most common punishments or executions it was the most family friendly.

Even back then, horn was valuable, much too valuable to use as a burdensome helmet ornament that could easily be grabbed during combat

Lol it’s HILARIOUS you mentioned the two helmets found from the Viking age with spectacles. The first one found in a dig relatively intact enough to reconstruct is in gladiator. There’s a scene where everyone is in Rome and getting ready for the first or second battle. There’s a table with helmets and one is a reconstruction of the Viking age helmet

Just imagine future alien archeologists combing through the wreckage of our civilization and finding one of those novelty hats that holds 2 beer cans on either side of it or one of those hats with a propeller on it from the 50's -- and for the rest of forever the image of a cartoon homicidal ape-man wearing one of those 2 hats is the logo for an alien sports team. I hope they win all the championships.

So... my whole life I've been told Medieval Times isn't real... yet it is probably the closest thing to an actual gladiator fight you'll ever see...

I once read that the reason people thought Vikings wore horned helmets is because they’d be buried with drinking horns that happened to be by their heads, so archaeologists thought that clearly the horns must have been part of the helmet. SOME samurai resisted western influence. The Satsuma Rebellion were the samurai resisting westernization post-Meiji restoration and what The Last Samurai was loosely based on. Saigo Takamori wanted to modernize Japan but not westernize it. He just wanted to get rid of the Tokugawa and restore the power of the emperor, who was a puppet at the time.

when you cracked up over the free pair during your advert, i laughed my ass off. you have some of the only ads i can tolerate to listen to lol

Another great video Simon! Cant wait for the next.

Okay, most of the comments agree. Stop using the annoying voice filter!

Imagine if the world was really like the movies, we'd be living in a very weird world. 😁

the editing could be dialed back a lot.

4:18 in, im not watching anymore because of that annoying "old timey tv" distortion. Please never do that again

Bing a woman, I think I need sheath. For the coins, keys and such, that our fasions see to neglect pocketing for.

Yay another sideprojects video!

1 out of 5 gladiators being killed is still pretty insane.

Almost 6 years of youtube prime and countless hours of listening to podcasts as background noise and today...just now was the very first time I have EVER went to the website of a sponsor and the first time I have actually purchased something from a sponsor. Congrats Simon, you finally hooked me!

6:04 Fortunately, the historically accurate docu-drama "The Croods" remedied the situation for good and all.

Gladiatorial combats were not so far from being the ancient equivalent of modern day WWE. More dangerous, yes, less theatrical and less scripted, certainly, but as Simon notes, it was fairly rare for a gladiator to die in the arena.

Simon must have a substitute editor throwing that voice filter on there like salt and pepper.... Doesnt taste great on the ears

Please stop with the audio filter, I had to turn it off. Doing it once in the intro was ok, that's all you need

illustrators used horns because without the horns the warrior could be anyone as a conical helmet was Widley used by everyone.

Holy old timey radio Batman! Easy on the effects Mr editor

Vikings wore horns on their helmets, like catholic saints wore hats with huge gold discs on them.

I visited the Samurai Museum in Tokyo and was surprised that the Satsuma rebellion was little more than a foot note in the museums materials.

Nothing to criticise on that one. Good research!

6 + 1/2, uncut. Don't need no sheath. Go Commando !

Sponsoring and training gladiators was extremely expensive, no one wanted a pricey investment going to waste.

I heard that the horned helmets were added to "Der Ring der Nibelungen" for the audiance to distinguish between viking and germanic characters.

Cool and interesting video. Thanks!

I watched Vikings with Kirk Douglas not too long ago (RU-vid free movie). The ending death scene was hilarious.😂😂

The horns on vikings are just the safest place to keep your alcohol whilst in battle

1:34 nailed the pronounciation! 🥰

The thumps down gesture is older than 'Gladiator' it is used in the older Asterix Comics

To be honest about raiding Nords. Víkingr did not have horned helmets .. but our ancestors DID wear funny hats (usually worn to cultural events today) .. pointy hats that make you look like you are the tooth fairy (one tooth, and its on your head - but its a big one) We did have a preference for silly hats. Other hats include one that looks like you have a sail on your head, others are just the pom pom variety (which - in itself are funny, too .. just more common) - by and large, we did wear a variety of very silly hats indeed ... just not horned ones.

Yooo that’s my voice saying “I’m from Ohio” at 7min30secs!!😂 it’s from my viral Instagram video Ohio accents ❤ thanks for sharing!! I love your channel

4:45 RIP Matthew Perry

I used to walk a plank. The dog ran away

4:41 Well, now *I've* another question! In the hierarchy of the Social Pyramid shown, wouldn't the lowest level be Peasants, with Craftsmen (who knew how to process the raw input into goods that have purpose and utility), then Merchants (who would provide the process and wholesaling and retailing goods, which eliminates the need for massive amounts of direct bartering by individuals)? I'm not saying the presented pyramid base is wrong, merely that I'd expect a slightly different order and am curious as to why this one. If you've historical socio-economic answers, please inform me further.

i guess glueing some horns on your helmet is just a dumb idea...like painting your warplane bright red....surely never ever someone would have done that.

The thumbs down myth predates Gladiator by at least 50 years. Thanks for the diligent research.

You shouldn't believe everything to read on the internet. That's how WWII got started. -Abraham Lincoln

12:49 It makes sense the audience would lean favr of sparing the "fallen" gladiator: THEN they get to see a return *grudge match* soon!

£38 for a SINGLE pair of boxers!? Have you lost your grip on reality? 😂

I’ll have to check with Metatron to see if this is accurate

1st! Last time I was this early we still had gladiator games

The "tv" voice effect 🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️ 🙉

The switches in audio made this kind of hard to follow.

'Begs the question' doesn't mean 'raises the question'.

Good writing as always (though I think some of these misconceptions are a bit common among trivia fiends. But maybe Im gatekeeping). But the movie effect was pretty distracting. I'd prefer if the more imaginative editing was kept in the sci-fi channel, or at least restricted to the visuals. It disrupts Simon's voice, which is a huge draw of his channels.

Those L337 sound effects of distorting Simon's voice make this video pretty damn hard to listen to.

Anyone who has watched any stories containing the Shinsengumi knows all about the Boshin War... 😢

As I understand they knew about the thumb up or down then making gladiator but kept is as it was an common meme and did not affect the story. But the only the winner survives survives will get out of hand fast if you do some simple math.

i put the golden age of cinema for as agreat factor for engraving Roman history in peoples minds and popculture

google: begs the question.

I understand i may be in the vocal minority here - but I had no trouble with the audio, keep up the good work ❤

Shea Thunderware??

It's the same thing about guns that Hollywood has made people think that machine guns gun down innocent people for 2 minutes without reloading, silencers exist when they don't (suppressors exist to make decibels more tolerable for hearing but still loud - you don't want to fire a shotgun indoors without hearing protection for sure), etc.

Drop the high end frequency effect

Add to the list Napoleon destroying part of a pyramid thanks to the upcoming movie.

WAIT, Wait, wait, wait..... Did you just say a 15 hour opera¿! I'm so glad that didn't catch on.... I'd be pissed if I went to a movie and it was 15+ hours long. 😂😂

Ah, yes, but at least movie pirates have a rhotic (Bristol) accent!