@wakeoftheflood2 in the book there are alot more people and attackers in the city so it was a bigger deal for them to raise it and therefore spread the rumor of the gonfalon being raised throughout Spain
it's almost like the worst video game mission ever. "Hold the Church until the Resistance can raise the banner to signal the revolution!" and you fight waves of baddies for like 15 minutes lol
@pitatapiu During Desert Shild, (not Storm), a Humvee, & four soldiers, on patrol, entered the Saudi town of Kopji (no spell check). On the border with occupied Kuwait, it was deserted, until a S%&T load of Iraqi's dropped in for a visit. Uninvited, of course. They hid their vehicle, and, took up residence in a tall building, (possibly a Mosque, but I ain't saying). The called in artillery, and gave good intel, until relieved the next day. That's what you call a "Huggies check". It does happen.
I cannot understand why the author(if it was in the book) or the manuscript writer would have children come into the middle of a battle and see all of those dead men. What purpose could he/she have to place them there at that time? Anyone?
it also reminds the audience there *are* townspeople there, since we don't see any til after the fighting. the 70's film The Man Who Would Be King had a similar scene, but there have been many scenes like that i'm sure.
So the french try to stop them from raising the flag by riding in loops for them to to shoot at. Hmm so this is where they got the AI for empire total war.
@frozencanadian try darthmod ultimate commander mate it really makes empire a better game, so much so id say etw with darthmod is better then napoleon total war!
@TheNikzaw Agree completely. :D Got it a while back and Darthmod made the game so much better in every way. Even a fix for the bloody terrible music. But thanks for the recommendation.
@frozencanadian i just finished a world domination starting as chrimean khante on custom game, i didnt complete the task but i did pretty well, half of india and a large european empire, plus 2 colonies in americas by 1799! :D
@frozencanadian Well really, cavalry would be of limited use against well emplaced men in tight city streets. Scattered across an open field however the riflemen would have been ridden down in moment.s
@SyntaxErr00r True, but your missing the specific situation. They are garrison troops for that area. Surely you would expect them to proceed into the town dismounted, with rifles in a somewhat organized fashion. Or at the very least to have dismounted once they made contact with enemy on roof tops in the town.
@frozencanadian Assuming they were dragoons armed with sabre and carbine and not chasseurs a cheval or hussars armed with sabre and a horse pistol.
It's all moot I suppose, as Bernard Cornwall does place a large number of French infantry in the town leading to a much more dramatic defense of the city so why couldn't they do the same for the tv series?
What's ironic is that the 'evil' brother with the French was right. The 'good' brother did in fact represent reaction and ignorance and bigotry, and the winning side would keep Spain poor and ignorant and priest ridden for the rest of the 19th century and a good chunk of the 20th century, right up to Francisco Franco's death in 1975, when Spain finally moved out of the 17th century.
@ryoushii Napoleon could never understand why people might prefer their own bigotry, poverty and ignorance to his enlightened and rational, but foreign, rule. I'm not saying they were right but Spanish resistance to French rule was widespread and supported by the majority of the population. The French had 400,000 men in Spain and most of those were fighting the guerillas. (Wellington had about 60000 men)
It wasn't quite in the 17th century, but the brother on the side of the French was correct: Napoleon had a habit of improving and streamlining the governments and laws of placed he conquered.
Briton only helped Navarre and Spain because they were afraid of how powerful Revolutionary France had become, akin to the proxy wars during the Cold War.
As Sharpe pointed out, he honestly doesn't care: he's there to stay alive with his men and get paid: ideology doesn't matter to him.
@ryoushii True. Though the French did have a bad reputation as occupiers. Laying with the enemy, even for a good ideal, may still be the wrong choice. Sadly in such a situation, both sides are wrong.
is it just me that found the scene with the boys singing in the church who are well aware that a full-blown fight is going on outside extremely funny...
i could so imagine my self on the roof of a church, just barely dodging a shot and saying , "Cheeky Bastard, then telling my comrade were he was so he could shoot him
mhh... indeed... but then again entering an enemy held village without plan and wondering across the market square in broad daylight was already quite... uhmm... missing the right word... lets say 'unorthodox'... one could even say stupid. Besides: They are supposed to be cracks at what they do, yet decide to fight horsemen in a melee battle, only at facing defeat seeking the higher ground...
It's a low budget movie for a telly series. Special Effects Section's job is to convince us for a moment to travel through time and space and lose ourselves in the drama.
I just spent three days watching the entire series of Sharpe's Rifles. Now, I'm going to read the books.
I'll devote my spare time to reading the Shape's Series until I can afford to buy the DVD Series.
it dose look like it, what the hell, she used a real pistol in the rest of the movie, why did they suddenly decide to give her a wooden one for a few seconds of footage?
you still need to get black powder use allowed for every single person who fires etc (rules etc), not to mention there is still the danger of the powder going bad and not working or worse hurting the person using it,
Considering that his budget was entirely based on taking over other countries and stealing their stuff, I'm thinking that Napoleon wasn't exactly an exemplar of sustainability.
The "Revolutionary" French were the Soviet Russia of their time. Failed ideas, failed nation. They still haven't recovered from executing their aristocracy.
Well, given that science and reason were represented by Napoleon, I'd take my chances with poetry and magic. But man, what a goofy ending. Yeah, yeah, I know the book isn't ever exactly like the movie, but they could've made it a little more convincing here.
In the book, the plot is way more complex and intriguing with a shocking climax. The video is too plain and simple minded. I wonder why they never stick to the story, the video gets 4/10 compared to to the book which 10/10.
Because a book always has to be simplified and adapted for film. The two media are very different. It's ridiculous and ignorant to always complain that a film "isn't like the books".
Also they had a tiny budget for such a bold production, this was afterall the first sharpe movie. they had to cut the number of scenes and locations to a minimum to get it done.
I'm almost certain you're being sarcastic, but I agree :P Sharpe isn't a historical character he's a Napoleonic era rambo! The corny electric guitar just adds to his badassery..
@tommytoxen it would be interesting they would have to find a way of making the slow guns work alongside the alot of melee combat but using the sabre would pone
What kind of game did you think of? I'm imagining something like Mass Effect maybe. Third Person, well done shoot-out/action gameplay mechanics and intriguing dialogues. Not so sure about the RPG elements though...
By the way: LOL @ 0:37 - gotta be the third or so Wilhelm Scream by now.
just stupid and dumb when at last raised that flag, then bunch of people came from nowhere showed up and "HURRAY", wow nice show....WTF. that's all the way just for this???
i think that the electric guitar was a poor choice.
MrRuwald11 3 weeks ago
dats the english flag
SamkMiddlesbrough 3 weeks ago
Ive seen this episode like 4 times, and I still don't see what the big deal about raising the flag is, theres like 20 ppl in the town
wakeoftheflood2 1 month ago
@wakeoftheflood2 in the book there are alot more people and attackers in the city so it was a bigger deal for them to raise it and therefore spread the rumor of the gonfalon being raised throughout Spain
ambera1317 1 month ago
@wakeoftheflood2 They ran out of money. Some of those people, were poster boards.
gdawsey 4 weeks ago in playlist Sharpe's Rifles
this takes sibling rivalry to a whole new level
LilMissDiss100 4 months ago
it's almost like the worst video game mission ever. "Hold the Church until the Resistance can raise the banner to signal the revolution!" and you fight waves of baddies for like 15 minutes lol
pitatapiu 4 months ago 2
@pitatapiu During Desert Shild, (not Storm), a Humvee, & four soldiers, on patrol, entered the Saudi town of Kopji (no spell check). On the border with occupied Kuwait, it was deserted, until a S%&T load of Iraqi's dropped in for a visit. Uninvited, of course. They hid their vehicle, and, took up residence in a tall building, (possibly a Mosque, but I ain't saying). The called in artillery, and gave good intel, until relieved the next day. That's what you call a "Huggies check". It does happen.
gdawsey 4 weeks ago
Teresa's pistols are SO fake!!!
SkinnyCretin14 4 months ago
St JAmes and St George FTW!
RichardAndewSwayne 6 months ago in playlist Sharpe
0:48 looks very similar to where perkins was stabbed in a later episode
121Swaleskid 7 months ago
I cannot understand why the author(if it was in the book) or the manuscript writer would have children come into the middle of a battle and see all of those dead men. What purpose could he/she have to place them there at that time? Anyone?
Songsmirth 7 months ago
@Songsmirth Don't be such a "Sally" lol. Its a fictional book/film
DanishArmy 6 months ago
@Songsmirth Irony, ain't it?
it also reminds the audience there *are* townspeople there, since we don't see any til after the fighting. the 70's film The Man Who Would Be King had a similar scene, but there have been many scenes like that i'm sure.
Dagarvs 6 months ago
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Songsmirth 8 months ago
Flag's in pretty good shape to be 1000 years old
CarolinasPGApro 10 months ago 8
@CarolinasPGApro In the book the young lady resewed the old gonfalon into some new silk to create a new flag.
peterlesliegordon 10 months ago
is it broken or am i broken?
jackorpin 10 months ago
Suspense...and then....JARRING GUITAR CHORDS!
smellincoffee 11 months ago 3
LOL 1 on 1 sword fight, only in fiction.
MajBlood 1 year ago
So the french try to stop them from raising the flag by riding in loops for them to to shoot at. Hmm so this is where they got the AI for empire total war.
frozencanadian 1 year ago 36
@frozencanadian try darthmod ultimate commander mate it really makes empire a better game, so much so id say etw with darthmod is better then napoleon total war!
TheNikzaw 10 months ago
@TheNikzaw Agree completely. :D Got it a while back and Darthmod made the game so much better in every way. Even a fix for the bloody terrible music. But thanks for the recommendation.
frozencanadian 10 months ago
@frozencanadian i just finished a world domination starting as chrimean khante on custom game, i didnt complete the task but i did pretty well, half of india and a large european empire, plus 2 colonies in americas by 1799! :D
TheNikzaw 10 months ago
@frozencanadian Well really, cavalry would be of limited use against well emplaced men in tight city streets. Scattered across an open field however the riflemen would have been ridden down in moment.s
SyntaxErr00r 3 months ago
@SyntaxErr00r True, but your missing the specific situation. They are garrison troops for that area. Surely you would expect them to proceed into the town dismounted, with rifles in a somewhat organized fashion. Or at the very least to have dismounted once they made contact with enemy on roof tops in the town.
frozencanadian 3 months ago
@frozencanadian Assuming they were dragoons armed with sabre and carbine and not chasseurs a cheval or hussars armed with sabre and a horse pistol.
It's all moot I suppose, as Bernard Cornwall does place a large number of French infantry in the town leading to a much more dramatic defense of the city so why couldn't they do the same for the tv series?
SyntaxErr00r 3 months ago
@SyntaxErr00r Budget.
This town set is repeatedly used as EVERY major town in the series xD
Someloke8895 3 months ago
why did they light the hay on fire?
roflrocketrofl 1 year ago
What's ironic is that the 'evil' brother with the French was right. The 'good' brother did in fact represent reaction and ignorance and bigotry, and the winning side would keep Spain poor and ignorant and priest ridden for the rest of the 19th century and a good chunk of the 20th century, right up to Francisco Franco's death in 1975, when Spain finally moved out of the 17th century.
ryoushii 1 year ago 27
@ryoushii
yep, but that's history for you.
Albukhshi 1 year ago
@ryoushii well said
hannaro 1 year ago
@ryoushii Napoleon could never understand why people might prefer their own bigotry, poverty and ignorance to his enlightened and rational, but foreign, rule. I'm not saying they were right but Spanish resistance to French rule was widespread and supported by the majority of the population. The French had 400,000 men in Spain and most of those were fighting the guerillas. (Wellington had about 60000 men)
thejustnosy 3 months ago
@ryoushii
It wasn't quite in the 17th century, but the brother on the side of the French was correct: Napoleon had a habit of improving and streamlining the governments and laws of placed he conquered.
Briton only helped Navarre and Spain because they were afraid of how powerful Revolutionary France had become, akin to the proxy wars during the Cold War.
As Sharpe pointed out, he honestly doesn't care: he's there to stay alive with his men and get paid: ideology doesn't matter to him.
TheBType 2 months ago
@ryoushii True. Though the French did have a bad reputation as occupiers. Laying with the enemy, even for a good ideal, may still be the wrong choice. Sadly in such a situation, both sides are wrong.
andromidius 1 month ago
@ryoushii yeah but it was the French...
Dandramere 1 month ago
@ryoushii And that's what I like about this programme. The 'bad guys' sometimes make a lot of sense and are easily relatable.
TheSirPrise 4 weeks ago
@ryoushii Agreed. Unfortunately, the only requirement needed to be an Ally, is to have a common enemy. Then, and now.
gdawsey 4 weeks ago in playlist Sharpe's Rifles
@ryoushii That is a very common yet incorrect sentiment from some one not very familiar with Spanish history.
ssszar 1 week ago
Strange isn't it. At football matches English people fo mad over the same flag lol.
grobo11 1 year ago
is it just me that found the scene with the boys singing in the church who are well aware that a full-blown fight is going on outside extremely funny...
stupidintellect90 1 year ago 2
@stupidintellect90 No, not just you, I found it funny too. It didn't happen like that in the book.
RuachEish 1 year ago
Cavalry Charge in Urban Area ...argh bad Comand great Movie
Rougeguard 1 year ago
@Rougeguard its just a bad idea
bh5496 1 year ago
'when you burry me no priests' that is the best death wish ever (im an atheist)
RainfangStreambattle 1 year ago 3
the electric guitar is a really bad choice... it just kind of takes you out of the experience...
GabrielStefan 1 year ago
damn the e-guitars
honkbonk84 1 year ago
damn the e-guitars
honkbonk84 1 year ago
curse this electrical guitar music. this music belongs in 'top gun'.
MrRuwald11 1 year ago
i could so imagine my self on the roof of a church, just barely dodging a shot and saying , "Cheeky Bastard, then telling my comrade were he was so he could shoot him
Isildun9 1 year ago
Best type of warfare ever fought.
ChaationBergin 1 year ago
lol. At 0:035 the horse and rider almmost hit the statue!! XD
spiritgirl2796 2 years ago 3
so much hip-firing...that's against doctrine
rifleman1122 2 years ago 2
mhh... indeed... but then again entering an enemy held village without plan and wondering across the market square in broad daylight was already quite... uhmm... missing the right word... lets say 'unorthodox'... one could even say stupid. Besides: They are supposed to be cracks at what they do, yet decide to fight horsemen in a melee battle, only at facing defeat seeking the higher ground...
Then again its only budget entertainment ; )
Winterx69 2 years ago
Ohhh, Harper I could kiss you for that genuflection in the heat of battle.
Jacobitess 2 years ago
It's a low budget movie for a telly series. Special Effects Section's job is to convince us for a moment to travel through time and space and lose ourselves in the drama.
I just spent three days watching the entire series of Sharpe's Rifles. Now, I'm going to read the books.
I'll devote my spare time to reading the Shape's Series until I can afford to buy the DVD Series.
albierte 2 years ago 2
How sad
MissionVendetta 2 years ago
4:39 teresas pistol looks like carved wood
tenirpaslager 2 years ago
it dose look like it, what the hell, she used a real pistol in the rest of the movie, why did they suddenly decide to give her a wooden one for a few seconds of footage?
nooo8oooo 2 years ago 3
Fake pistol = no real bullet wounds in Sean Bean's back.
fedos 2 years ago
because it is carved wood.
Albukhshi 2 years ago 2
they can use real pistols and not put bullets in them, so the shots are harmless
nooo8oooo 2 years ago
@nooo8oooo
you still need to get black powder use allowed for every single person who fires etc (rules etc), not to mention there is still the danger of the powder going bad and not working or worse hurting the person using it,
MitchofSmeg 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I don't understand why this TV Show got such a high rating....
HaNsWiDjAjA 2 years ago
Friggin brilliant idea to use cavalry in urban combat. One squad of grenadiers would've made confetti out out of the riflemen
Finkeren 2 years ago 3
Considering that his budget was entirely based on taking over other countries and stealing their stuff, I'm thinking that Napoleon wasn't exactly an exemplar of sustainability.
urquhart2001 2 years ago 6
The "Revolutionary" French were the Soviet Russia of their time. Failed ideas, failed nation. They still haven't recovered from executing their aristocracy.
khattamshud 2 years ago
take that science and reason!
rtngolem 2 years ago 4
Well, given that science and reason were represented by Napoleon, I'd take my chances with poetry and magic. But man, what a goofy ending. Yeah, yeah, I know the book isn't ever exactly like the movie, but they could've made it a little more convincing here.
urquhart2001 2 years ago 2
You've got to give Napoleon some credit, man...
001savagE 2 years ago
Hahaha, I agree entirely.
Napolean Vs Magic! I would take magic in a second.
I haven't read this novel, i only just found out that there were movie's.
But by God, Sean bean and Brian Cox... Its good enough.
Mccnuget 2 years ago
Yeeeyy, the grannies have rissen and slaugterd the french...Hussa :o))))
Guardian3891 2 years ago
In the book, the plot is way more complex and intriguing with a shocking climax. The video is too plain and simple minded. I wonder why they never stick to the story, the video gets 4/10 compared to to the book which 10/10.
BuntFencer 2 years ago
Because a book always has to be simplified and adapted for film. The two media are very different. It's ridiculous and ignorant to always complain that a film "isn't like the books".
SLRL1A1 2 years ago 8
Also they had a tiny budget for such a bold production, this was afterall the first sharpe movie. they had to cut the number of scenes and locations to a minimum to get it done.
neverfearchrisishere 2 years ago 2
Sharpe is nothing less than a Napoleonic era commando! Absolutely love this series!!! :D
Versus1984 2 years ago 6
Ditto, 95th Rifles for the win, ;D.
Gotta love the Chosen showing respect in the chapel/church while they're fighting, xD.
TomRaphaelWolf 2 years ago 3
I like how the people rise up after all the work has been done.
abrondarbit 2 years ago 3
The electric rock guitar really adds to the mood of a 19th century movie.
Userduder 3 years ago 3
I'm almost certain you're being sarcastic, but I agree :P Sharpe isn't a historical character he's a Napoleonic era rambo! The corny electric guitar just adds to his badassery..
RagdollPhysics 2 years ago
Well the electric guitar is a nice touch but i think that its better than beating drums every episodes
TheOtherNarrator 2 years ago
lol
Finchy000 2 years ago
Entertaining but cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesy
bofts 3 years ago
yeah its dripping with cheese.
calicheSCOT 3 years ago
Harper's a good Catholic
Gladiator0719 3 years ago
french helmets are stupid
tenirpaslager 3 years ago
ohmygawd! I love the accents!
Stantzs 3 years ago
Really good rifles they have.....nut when do they reload ??
arveduilastking 3 years ago
lol@the flag of Santiago. Basically the English flag rolled up a bit so the cross of St. George is slightly to the left.
tommytoxen 3 years ago
I counted over 20 deaths of French chevaliers, yet the courtyard seems strangely empty of bodies...
Kasakkasotnia 3 years ago 3
They probably only have about a dozen Froggy uniforms so the actors get "resurrected" very quickly
SLRL1A1 2 years ago
"cheeky bastard!"
"which one cooper?"
"left, 3 o'clock"
BANG, BANG
"that'll teach him"
lol I love it
shadowlife2k 3 years ago 46
How great would a Sharpe video game be?!
tommytoxen 3 years ago 82
that wud b amazing!
thisbveryannoyin 3 years ago
@tommytoxen A Sharpe game would suck, those guns take a long time to reload. Though, they do appear in many mods in Napoleon: total war
ltflak 1 year ago
@ltflak id say a sharp video game if done properly would id say be like the game where you can control heros of the ancient world.
elgostine 1 year ago
@tommytoxen There is a sharpe game out it's called Napoleon total war.
kingsman565 1 year ago
@tommytoxen it would be interesting they would have to find a way of making the slow guns work alongside the alot of melee combat but using the sabre would pone
tvcrunkfool 1 year ago
@tommytoxen
What kind of game did you think of? I'm imagining something like Mass Effect maybe. Third Person, well done shoot-out/action gameplay mechanics and intriguing dialogues. Not so sure about the RPG elements though...
By the way: LOL @ 0:37 - gotta be the third or so Wilhelm Scream by now.
CalamityCain 1 year ago
@tommytoxen yeah, if you can find a way around having to reload after every time you shoot your sodding rifle, and still survive.
Isildun9 1 year ago
@tommytoxen
it's called napoleon total war
Perseiden2 1 year ago
@tommytoxen It's called "Mount&Blade" with the 1805 Peninsula War mod.
Prongsie93 8 months ago
@tommytoxen it would be great, just reloadinng would have to be sped up though, im not gonna wait a whole minute just for three rounds! :P
saborknight 6 months ago
just stupid and dumb when at last raised that flag, then bunch of people came from nowhere showed up and "HURRAY", wow nice show....WTF. that's all the way just for this???
SwornReaper 3 years ago
What does Cooper say at 2:05?
Hexameron 3 years ago
Thanks for posting!!!!!
Could you possiblely post Sharpe's Company? PLEASE!!!
PrincessSys24 4 years ago 4
sharpes gold would be sooo much better,i have all of the sharpe books and i think that is the best and would love to see it here!!!!
pppaul1973 4 years ago 3
Well thank you, thank you and indeed thank you!
Astuga 4 years ago 6