They didn't have the budget for everyone to have muskets in mist scenes more then not only the front rank has them the rest just have wooden guns painted or even cardboard ones either back haha
Considering he was going to shot him in the head, he should be grateful, especially after proposing an apology via a plea for mercy, which he himself did not show while taking aim at Sharpe. Fascinating how instantaneously "humble and meek" we can become when it is our head on the block.
"Just knock the shite out of him! Good luck, Sir." Got to love Harper for his practical advices indeed. Oh, and btw winning duels not only by fencing skills but with the lessons learned as a gutter-snipe, now that's soldiering.
By the standards of his time, Sharpe lost the duel the second he resorted to gutter-snipe brawling. What little reputation Sharpe had on his own side would have been irredeemably blackened had his superior not intervened.
@@andrewweitzman4006 Sharpe plays to win by any means necessary he’s from a poor background he isn’t too concerned with his reputation as he knows what he’s capable of.
Achievement Earned: *Sparring with Sharpe* These duels always looked so real, gotta love these old shows and movies, not as choreographed as modern crap.
@@daxasd3270 Most of the fencing and/or swordsmanship in this was beyond bad. You want to see decent swordsmanship in film watch some of the particularly old films with Christopher Lee and his generation of actors (particularly the fellow Englishmen) - they knew how to actually fence (and in Lee's case as a veteran how to fight in general) prior to acting so there was far less to fake.
Makes up for those half dozen extras trying to look like an army as they stand there dropping to the floor when a firework goes off pretending they were all killed at once by a canon
I've been watching these clips today in covid lockdown (knew of the show but never watched) and have been noticing a lot of familiar, talented faces from recent film. Looks like Sharpe gave a lot of people a springboard into their careers. Not just Sean Bean, who's been a favorite of mine since childhood. He was already in movies I loved, playing good & bad guys, but when I saw him in Lord of the Rings he was a perfect actor for that character, & I shed a tear when he died so heroically.
I love how much they tried to be faithful to the books while also making some necessary changes. And some of the new stories they made up are almost as good as the old.
3:03-3:15 I love leaders like this. Men who care not for wealth or status, but ability. Leaders who only desire excellence and who care for their soldiers so much. Very few people like that in that era, it seems
@@KyrieruActually it is, it's the old days when men couldn't articulate well , sure the lower classes couldn't read or write but they could talk well and the officers were all very well educated.
"You won't die from a bullet up the bum." Well, he very well might. Any penetrating gun shot wound at this time would be extremely dangerous due to the risk of infection, especially if you are shot in a body part covered by clothes, because the bullet will take with it fragments of the fabric and drag them deep into your body, plus the wound is way too high for an amputation to stop the infection from spreading.
@Andy Man It's not a comparison between training and brute force, both of which play a more or less equal role when it comes to a swordfight. it's a comparison between two different styles, one of which aims to overwhelm the opponent quickly with physical strength while the other emphasises the maneuvers intended to outlast the opponent. Sharpe should favour the former as it is much more practical on a battlefield where you are liable to face multiple opponents in quick succession, whereas the latter is more suited to the duel and is as much to dazzle the spectators as to win the fight.
@@derkylos I didn't say it was a comparison between training and brute force..I said it was a comparison between "dancing and flickering" and brute force.
Sir Gustav Graves vs. Alec Trevelyan. That's a fantastic matchup. I'll even throw Captain Flint and Boromir in there as well. This is like a fanfic crossover.
I love the fact that Sharpe is somewhat less skilled at sword combat. It's nice to see a protagonist that *isn't* perfect at every aspect of every fight they ever participate in. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, not everyone can be John Wick 24/7.
I've noticed Sean Bean breathing is rather heavy, just walking up to the duel he was heavy breathing, noticed it in other clips, and didn't know if he is a heavy smoker or something else , but his breathing is very labouring.
The first guy was quite convincingly played. And the duel was interestingly staged to show their skill matched but Sharpe being consistently over-powered by the larger heavier man.
Why is it that Sharpe, who ONLY knows how to do THREE things (and has told people any number of times)HOW TO FIGHT, HOW TO KILL, AND HOW TO WIN!!! and these people never seen to figure it out? His sword in the early movies (usually described as a butcher knife, that he TOOK off a French cavalryman, and too long to be used from foot (though Sharpe is tall enough to carry it off)), he has used to literally smash through his opponents guard.
@@tedclare5504 It might be. Like I said Sharpe's sword is a tool to him, in the books he does not seem to have any particular attachment to it, it is just sharp enough to do what he wants. There is a description of him more or less beating people to death with it!
@@fooman2108 In one of the books Sharpe is lying seriously wounded in a "hospital". His sword (whichever it is) has been lost. Harper gets a heavy cavalry sword, which by its nature is weighted for cleaving blows from horseback. He takes it to the smithy where it is ground sharp and the hard guard sawn and filed to change the grip to a pattern Sharpe uses. Patrick puts in his hand which is the start of his eventual recovery. I cannot remember which book, but this being YT somebody probably will. The nature of the sword and its modifications says a lot about how Sharpe uses a sword.
Fine court swords that will draw blood on the arms or face but are not normally lethal, at that point the duel is ended. Pistols is more like "brave enough to face a shot but smart not to do so." A proper duel gives honour to both people.
The price you pay for a netflix budget is the high likelihood of cancellation after 1-2 seasons I'd take the low budget instead theres a comfy charm to it
That is true. God knows he got enough respect from some people that some might want to give him some training. or he literally just didn'thave the time.
