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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Yes, obvious historical gaffes can bother me quite a bit, though I'll admit that I'm a lot more forgiving of movies in that regard than books. The mention of Stirrups from a time period before stirrups were in common use is a pet peeve. Stirrups were not common in the West until much later than a lot of people think.
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Even more than physical anachronisms I'm bothered by 21st century mindset in a book or a movie taking place in the past. And that happens in the majority of them. Recently I watched a couple of episodes of Knightfall in Netflix. Ouch. Not the whole grail stuff, but the values and attitudes of the characters. Pure modern stuff. Needless to say, I won't be watching any more episodes, unless I'm very bored.
But we have drifted off topic again.