British Guy Reacts to The French Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2)

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[@lavluka6210]

watch my reaction to part 1 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGTCh6N8pax8qcU

[@staciemohler4624]

Good to see you back man I missed you

[@staciemohler4624]

This is my first heart

[@leejesson3368]

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[@MarcMagma]

King Louis' actual last words: "I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France." And as a bonus, Marie Antoinette's last words: "Forgive me, sir, I didn't do it on purpose." (It's an apology for having stepped on her executioner's foot as she walked towards the guillotine.)

[@Saffi____]

To be honest I would love to have gotten a chance to know them personally. If I remember correctly King Louis was quite fascinated in the rest of the world while his wife Queen Marie was actually interested in the common lifestyle, even preferring to wear common clothing instead of the fancy stuff of the upper-class.

[@flamefeatures]

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[@yarik12341]

My man's never heard of the Napoleonic wars? Thats pretty much the OG WW1

[@vealdin]

OG WW2, OG WW1 was the 7 Years War.

[@CocoTaveras8975]

@@vealdin Yup, now that was a global war fought on three continents!

[@mariogil1021]

I consider the first OG world war as the Seven Years war and The Napoleonic wars as the OG WW2, and the two other world wars as 3 and 4. I don’t count the Cold War though because there was no direct conflict between the major powers.

[@CocoTaveras8975]

@@mariogil1021 True, but wouldn’t the aerial dog fights between covert Soviet Mig15 pretending to be Chinese or North Korean airmen and American F86 Sabre pilots dueling over the skies of Korea be considered as direct conflict? I mean they were in opposition shooting at one another in the battlefield of the air, even if it was in a limited capacity - wouldn’t it count?

[@lazloholt262]

The Crusades are the OG WW1

[@swtrooper42]

3:15 The passport thing is just a joke. If I remember the story correctly, King Louis was caught trying to flee because someone recognized him because his picture was on some coins.

[@aspieatheist6040]

18:25 That's an Imperial Walker like on the Planet Hoth from Empire Strikes Back on her head. I doubt that the real Marie Antoinette had that hair style, though.

[@TheNeonNinja]

Bro, do what you need to do to make the best quality content... you're killing it, your channel is definitely achieving organic growth. Keep it up. Big fan.

[@deathcon6261]

Marie Antoinette last words were: "Pardon me. I did not mean to do it." Which she said to here executioner after she accidentally stepped on her foot. Some believe she also said goodby to her children which were on the scaffold watching her execitoner though it is unclear.

[@Saffi____]

It is a horror story to learn of what her children were subjected to at the hands of the revolutionaries.

[@top-notch8277]

​@@Saffi____ Deserved

[@ProfPros916]

There’s a channel called Epic History TV that has an entire series on the Napoleonic Wars. They also have series on Alexander the Great and World War One that are worth checking out if you’re interested. They currently are doing a series on Napoleon’s Marshals. I highly recommend this channel.

[@Denis-Maldonado]

And history of russia too!

[@gregcourtney7717]

The queen has an AT AT from star wars on her head during her execution. Basically, a giant walking tank.

[@jasonthomas1628]

Yep, I noticed that. I don't think he watch Star Wars.

[@cripple9860]

Do the Napoleonic Wars if you’ve never heard about it’s very interesting and you’ll be surprised how big it is

[@lucas.s017]

Notice how Switzerland didn’t have a side. They have almost always been neutral. They joined the UN 10 years AFTER North Korea.

[@belland_dog8235]

Yeah they're paranoid asf

[@dukerrr]

There’s a series called John adams about the American revolution, it’s very good

[@Chiefrunongrass]

If I remember correctly king Louis was recognized on a piece of currency when their carriage was stopped.

[@sydlawson3181]

If you're interested in a really gritty and historically accurate dramatization of the American Revolution the *John Adams mini series* is as good as it gets imo. There's a tendency to sugar coat things in films about our Revolution but John Adams really tells it like it was, brutal.

[@BeardedGorlok]

Youre a great reactor! I watch alot of reactors on a daily basis and most of them just sit there making faces and saying a short comment after the video ends, I hate it! You on the other hand pause, talk a lot and always give your opinion, which personally is everything I want from reactors! Keep up the great job man, id watch you react to anything at this point really!

[@veggiemonkie5041]

I watch alot of react channels aswell and noticed that too, he also gets alot more invested and gives his true reaction, not something played up. its definitely a breath of fresh air when it comes to this genre of KZbin videos.

[@kennhern]

19:36 is there where Bill Wurtz said "let's make a religion out of thi- oh no don't"

[@AnalyticalMenace]

Exactly.

[@annajohnson8124]

There are a ton of American Revolution movies. My personal favorite is The Patriot (2000) because it shows a lot the social aspects of the war in the South (PatriotsVTories, slave impact, etc.), however the main character and the main bad guy are not entirely historically accurate for who they are based one. (Benjamin Martin = Francis Marion and several other US heroes. Col. Tavington = Banastre Tarleton (both are nicknamed 'The Butcher'). Even Light-horse Harry Lee is renamed to Col. Burwell). However, if you want to look more at the Founding Fathers, miniseries John Adams is good, Hamilton the musical, and Turn: Washington's Spies (tv show). Those are the more recent film contributions. None of them, sadly, go into the Native Americans' contributions to the war. French Revolution, I'd suggest Marie Antionette (2006), starring Kirsten Dunst as her. Historically, Marie Antionette was rather quiet and humble (ex. apologizing to her executioner for stepping on his toe), and a lot of what's said about her pop-culturally is from the propaganda publications leading up to the revolution (ie: the "Let them eat cake" quote). This movie shows her struggles in getting into the French Court's good graces, her difficulties marrying Louis, and juxtaposes the French Court parties with the constant reminders that the common people are starving until the revolution arrives on their doorstep. French Revolution into the Napoleonic Wars, BBC's late 90s- 2000's show, Horatio Hornblower. Each season is 3-4 hour and a half long episodes, and there's only 4 seasons, so it goes pretty quick. 2nd season (1999) is called Frogs and Lobsters, and is about the last royalist push in the French Revolution (1795) with the English helping the French royalists. It's one of my favorite sequences of the show, just because the French general is such a jerk (dude decides to bring his own guillotine to retake France). Just some suggestions since you asked for films set in that time.

[@bobbles6582]

I rarely find people reacting to Oversimplified, so thank you!

[@Pjmurph3]

Les Miserables is a fairly stylized representation of the French Revolution and the reign of terror

[@reuvenknight1575]

It was actually a later revolution that occurred post-Napoleon that Les Miz was based on. It went about as well as it did in the musical.

[@dylanwfilms]

When he does the Napoleonic wars definitely do a reaction! Good shit man 👍

[@phillipsesate1364]

There’s a film on Netflix called the Patriot it’s on the American Revolution

[@NothingifnotInconsistent]

don't watch this, its basically just american propaganda

[@phillipsesate1364]

@@NothingifnotInconsistent I respect your opinion but in my own opinion I think it’s a good movie.

[@Angela-bm3lp]

Its a good movie. Its just not historically accurate.

[@NikkiTheViolist]

some books that have the French Revolution/Napoleon/etc as their backdrop are The Scarlet Pimpernel (a British guy basically is a masked vigilante who fights against an inspector of the Revolution) Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (two English Magicians do magic in England; one of them is sent to fight against Napoleon's armies) The Count of Monte Cristo (helping Napoleon leads to the starting conflict) Les Miserables (the remnants of Napoleon and the French Revolution influence the backstory and motivations for several characters)

[@route2070]

There are plenty of movies around the US Revolution. That said slavery wasn't much involved, the was the US Civil War, easy to mix up. The US Revolution, while it was less about killing loyalists (colonists loyal to the British) there was still violence against loyalist civilians. This included tar and feathering which was very brutal, and still killed people from the scalding tar.

[@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username]

The passport thing was just a gag I'm pretty sure, the guy at the border actually recognized the king from his face being on coins.

[@ryansalmons196]

A movie you might like about the American revolution is Gettysburg. Its ridiculously long but there's an incredible casting and they were careful to get major historical details right.

[@garyballard179]

Actor Sean Bean starred in a series around a British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars - one of the few times he hasn't been killed onscreen. Can't think of the name off the top of my head... (Edit: The Sharpe series, last one being Sharpe's Peril in 2008)

[@HA1LILPALAZZO]

the king was recognised in a different way then is portrayed XD the postmaster actually recognised the King from a coin

[@technoimperialist9509]

18:22 That is at at walker from Star wars my friend

[@chaost4544]

I was this old when I learned that passports were a thing since the 1600's.

[@aspieatheist6040]

15:30 LOL! I didn't know Rose Pierre had a Buster Sword!

[@CaneRossso]

I would love if you did the Otto von Bismarck series from extra credits!

[@aspieatheist6040]

Octyber by Sergio Eisenstein is a very good film about the Russian Revolution. It's old, but it's still a classic.

[@SanFranFan30]

The Napoleonic Wars are basically the prequel to WW1 and WW2.

[@edualym]

The Patriot for American Revolution.

[@ianrotheroe2540]

glad to see you're back! to help you stay up to date with the nfl, you should obv watch sportsball and also both of urinatingtree's cowboys videos from the past couple weeks :)

[@eno88]

Heheh, I was so waiting for this part..

[@random23287]

Someone: Breathes There's a tax for that. And then to the guillotine!

[@aspieatheist6040]

Wow. I learned little about the French Revolution in school. In what little I knew, it painted the aristocracy out to be the only bad guy, and the revolutionaries as fleckless heroes. Now I see that there were wrongs done on both sides. The aristocracy was corrupt, but the revolutionaries wanted petty revenge a few times. I didn't know all this happened in France's history. My God. The revolutionaries became the very thing they rose up against. I had no idea.

[@CorodimaChannel]

To be fair this video is really biased, especially in the way it depicts Robespierre and the rest of the Jacobin. It's far from being the consensus among french historians.

[@xd_mystyyyyy]

18:23 An actual AT-AT from Star Wars.

[@TheRobotDevil]

Love your reactions man. Keep up the great work. If you enjoy some of the war history stories, might i recommend "The medic who fought a war without a weapon" by Simple History.

[@teigenb829]

We actually had two attempts at a government here in the US. The first was under the articles of confederation which only lasted 8 years before the current one took over

[@apilolomi]

18:21 AT-AT from Star Wars.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

I think it's time for "Napoleonic Wars OverSimplified"

[@Me-wk3ix]

Kind of interesting fact, the guillotine was used as a method of capital punishment in France until 1977.

[@chrisanderson3806]

That narrator from the French Revolution video should learn that Women is plural for woman (and not pronounced the same), and the difference between Fate and Faith! Good rection this one, enjoyed the first part as well. Keep up the good work Thurston!

[@paladin313]

Interestingly, many in the U.S. call what we had the War for Independence. We were not seeking to overthrow the British government. We just wanted to be independent. All the other revolutions in history were the overthrow of their sitting governments. The trick is, very few of those revolutions throughout history ever brought peace and freedom. They did do this to create a vacuum into which a new dictator hungry for power rushes in to fill. That brings more war, more terror, and you had one oppressive oligarchal government replaced with another at the end of the day.

[@angiepen]

I'm sure you've heard of the Napoleonic Wars, even if you didn't hear (or don't remember) that name. Trafalgar Square, named after the Battle of Trafalgar? Admiral Horatio Nelson? The Duke of Wellington? Waterloo? All from the Napoleonic Wars. If you've ever seen the Sharpe series, with Sean Bean, it's set during the Napoleonic Wars.

[@chunkyrag6758]

The Return of the King 👑

[@matas253]

Post both reactions on the same day. People are more likely to watch the Part 2 you you'll get more viewers. Much love from Cambridge

[@bignobsarefun2535]

seeing you're locked down big guy . can we have more disaster ones and weather . your expressions are priceless when you watch them

[@sonpacho]

You never read/heard about the Sharpe Series by Bernard Cornwell? It was also a British TV show with Sean Bean? It's practically a retelling of the Napoleonic Wars.

[@KayDizzelVids]

@17:00 That's not a very good question. Of course there are films on the American/French/Russian Revolution.

[@davidrichards6509]

When the French chopped off ole King Louis's head many people in Britain were horrified completely disregarding the fact that their own Parliament had pioneered regicide themselves just a bare couple of hundred years before.

[@EmblemSnake]

This revolution to me was basically the People weren't free, just under new management.

[@emwungarand]

That was an Imperial AT-AT Armored Walker from Star Wars that her hair was made into before they executed her. lol

[@kate2create738]

If you want an American Revolution movie, there is a mini series HBO created called John Adams, it's amazing. There's also the musical movie 1776, it's wonderful if you previously watched Boy Meets World cause there's a character that the actor who plays John Adams also performs Mr. Feeny.

[@anthonysouza8518]

Some intriguing facts. First Mari Antoinette was accused of many crimes at her trial and she stood there silent. She only spoke when they accused her of sleeping with her young son did she say anything saying to all the mothers here you know I would never do anything to my beloved child or something like that. Also Maximillian Rogs Pierre read a poem to the king while in school. Also if you look at king Louis last speech it’s actually quit beautiful but the drummers drowned out his voice but there was a lawyer taking down his final words.

[@kayzenl7911]

How can you not know Napoleonic wars ? This is basically because of him that we are leaving in a meritocracy world

[@Denis-Maldonado]

Great reaction as always! Maybe you could consider checking Epic History - Napoleonic Wars next? It starts with the siege of toulon and ends with Waterloo, the channel has a playlist in order (you don't need to watch the tactics and marshals videos :) )

[@beckyjohnston2688]

For much more information about this, you could check our Mike Duncan’s “Revolutions” podcast, especially his season about the French Revolution.

[@shydinosaurproductions9725]

Please do the Russian revolution next, or the “mini wars”

[@fadhilahmadfauzan6358]

also "The war that changed the english language"

[@sparkieT88]

film about the Russian revelation, Annastacia

[@althor1247]

If you are looked for films, check out les miserable. It is a play turned movie(my high school performed it) that talks about the earlier days of the revolution before it went all crazy. As for America check out Johnny Tremain, I would read the book first, then the movie.

[@meganferraro8145]

Marie Antoinette was a scapegoat. She never said let them eat cake.

[@sickzappybeef9209]

The patriot is a really good American revolution movie

[@jacksonhstudios4421]

I would check out Crash Course US History next for some really good history videos. I would start with The Reagan Revolution, which is near the end of the Cold War.

[@adenwilliams6993]

No one: Luka: get ur money

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You need to react to American dirt racing.

[@GarrettHeist]

Just more racing in general would be nice🥺

[@reviewgodusa9613]

There's a film called marie antoinette that's pretty good. And then a french polish movie called danton is an excellent film on the reign of terror.

[@chijason6630]

You should now do the "1918 Flu Pandemic" series by Extra History, especially since killed as many people as World War I and World War II combined.

[@shawnfrye3126]

You should react to the channel “Baseball Doesn’t Exist”. They have videos dedicated to specific MLB players, and what they’re known for. For example, “Max Scherzer, the Biggest Psycho in Baseball” is a recent video. Or “Aroldis Chapman, the Scariest Pitcher in Baseball”. I think you’d really enjoy it! Other examples: Fernando Tatis Jr., the Coolest Player in Baseball Freddie Freeman, the Nicest Guy in Baseball Cody Bellinger, the Highest Player in Baseball Bryce Harper, the Biggest Hothead in Baseball Manny Machado, the Most Hated Player in Baseball Josh Donaldson, the Most Angry Player in Baseball Please do this!

[@MST3Killa]

Also... More people died in the Reign of Terror (that is the Revolutionary government murdering its own people) than people died in the entire American Revolutionary War in battle deaths.

[@44anml226]

Goatmentary by rustybucketz is more detailed than the making a case series clayton did. He didnt even explain how larry got injured

[@MattPoe742]

The American Revolution was relatively bloodless particularly when it comes to civilians. The French Revolution was much more in line with typical revolutions in terms of violence and bloodshed

[@milenaauregan718]

Hi nice vid actually I think I remember being taught the king was recognized in varennes because his face was on the coins.

[@phillipsesate1364]

Can you do the falklands war next?

[@shirleylawrence5321]

There’s a series about the American Revolution

[@josephmorneau4339]

Kind of surprised that you don't know about the Napoleonic Wars seeing as how I learned about them in public school in America.

[@papdaddy8864]

Assassins creed unity took place during the French Revolution and I think it was pretty good

[@Doctor1137]

In reality the postmaster realized it was the king due to the fact that the face of King Louis was on the France money and the person noticed when he stopped them.

[@sleepyfork5250]

Do you want a fun fact? This video only cover the 1st french revolution. In total, there were 3 different french revolutions. 4 if you take the commune into account (the revolt of the Commune is basically what inspire Marx to come up with communism)

[@ibtgb2]

If you want to know the difference read the Declaration of Independence and the declaration of the rights of man. The deceleration of independence is all about the rights of the individual and the declaration of the rights of man are about the collective against the individual. The French Revolution had the same problems as the Bolshevik Revolution just without the explicit Marxism because it just didn’t exist yet.

[@DaMathias]

The next video oversimplified makes is probably gonna be the napoleonic wars.

[@astartes2781]

24:56 Watch Epic history's Napoleonic wars series.

[@zachgrill1753]

You gotta do a reaction to the American revolution version

[@kevincraigmile7340]

I highly recommend ‘History Summarized’ on Overly Sarcastic Productions KZbin channel

[@ClearAdventure]

Taco Bell Actually rocks if you can eat it before it gets cold and cover it in mild sauce. 🤘

[@Justknow4now]

There's nothing wrong with googling random topics inspired by the videos/shows you watch. I've been doing this for years. Especially when I'm watching a video based on historical events or shows made in other countries. It's a great a way learn about topics you might not have ever thought of.

[@CarritaJ]

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a good miniseries.....

[@FrenchSilkPie611]

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[@alexthegamer-is-cool]

he said let's go when Marie Antoinette was going to die

[@JackGamer193]

There's a great series on Netflix about the Revolution.

[@carlyblack42]

If you like Overly Simplified, you may want to check out Overly Sarcastic Productions. They have a history thread hosted by Blue, and a tropes/geeky/literature thread hosted by Red. Blue's overview of the Ptolemys in Egypt is HILARIOUS.

[@parsanajjari7940]

4 mid-rolls? TO THE GUILLOTINE!!!

[@colinaudette291]

Luka there’s a good movie on the American revolution called the “The patriot”. It’s not entirely historically accurate but it’s a good movie to answer your question idk, idk any French Revolution movies tho

[@chrisk5651]

When you were comparing this to the American Revolution, it seemed like you said something like that the American one ended slavery or something but that was our civil war that happened almost a hundred years later. Actually during the French Revolution, they outlaw slavery (although Napoleon reinstated it later)

[@grabble7605]

Creepy dead-eyed Robespierre doodle is not real and cannot hurt you... *Or can he?*

[@noahpeterson4144]

Can you react to Buzzfeed Unsolved?

[@seomi4657]

Oversimplified the war that changed the english language? Henry VIII?