Then I'll Take Her When You're ☠️Dead☠️!

Ah, Captain Blood. Swords, sand, and piratical shenanigans. Let's do this.
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[@JillBearup]

Welcome in! If you’d like to buy my book it’s on Amazon, on books2read.com/juststabmenow or (probably) available to order in your local bookshop. In the meantime, enjoy some swashbuckling shenanigans ⚔️ (And if you enjoyed the Yes, Minister reference, then you are especially welcome 😂)

[@jtilton5]

Hi, asking again if you have seen the Japanese movie Uzumasa Limelight? I think you would like it. It is about an old Japanese stuntman, who specializes dying in swordfights, teaching a young actress to perfom swordfights, and the changing times in the film indrustry. You can find it on KZbin if you haven't watched it yet

[@JillBearup]

@@jtilton5 I’ve heard of it but I haven’t seen it 🙂

[@jtilton5]

@@JillBearup it's avalible now on KZbin, as well as some streaming services, I think you will enjoy it.

[@thecatofnineswords]

@@jtilton5 It's a truly lovely film, and do recommend it as well.

[@poonyaTara]

@@jtilton5I'm definitely going to watch it this week, so thank you in advance for the recommendation. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

[@kenbrown2808]

it just occurred to me that this book production was close to backwards. the promotion came before the writing, and the becoming an international bestseller came before the release.

[@andreagriffiths3512]

And incited a bunch of fan fiction before it was ever a book! And I love the chaotic nature it came about so much. Jill deserves every success from it and I’m so glad thousands of us agree.

[@KnightShadowsMoon]

Amazing how that happened, am I right? I don't think she expected to have that happen either Life is truly strange

[@EriktheRed2023]

This may not be a popular or fashionable view, but I do believe there is no such thing as too much stage combat notation. Nor too much cheese.

[@613aristocrat]

I stir fried panoumi cheese and tofu yesterday with just some garlic salt. I put the tofu in the toaster oven to dry out enough for it. Just amazing.

[@MimiJaneBee]

my tummy thinks there IS such thing as too much cheese. however, my mouth disagrees fervently 😂

[@weswolever7477]

🧀

[@ianwalker3144]

Agreed!!! More cheesy notation!!!...wait...More notation AND cheese?...hmm...got it...More notation! More cheese!

[@FranciscoAreasGuimaraes]

Hear, hear

[@PXCharon]

Hi, I'm one of those HEMA bros. A note for the rest of the HEMA bros. Yeah we could score on Jill, but she could choreograph a stage performance that two TRAINED (ya know, people who work hard at their craft?) actor-combatants could perform off written notation without mistakenly putting a feder in somebody's eye-socket. Different skillsets, just accept it and stop competing with people on the internet who don't share your arena.

[@schonnj]

Well said!

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

I also do armoured medieval combat and a couple other other martial arts, and I have the highest respect for stage combatants. I've done enough dance and attempted enough katas to realize I am TERRIBLE at being choreographed. It's competely different skills than actual combat, and though most of my medieval combat is done for an audience (we're a relatively small group and we haven't figred out how to "score" matches without people gaming the system and sniping for hits that might not make sense in a real fight, so we let the audience decide if it's not evident to the combatants and the marshall), something choreographed would probably be a better show than us just trying to smash each other around. How to fight and potentially hurt people is a COMPLETELY different set of skills from how to fight and NOT hurt people. Doing a two-person kata with boken (wooden pactice swords) on the mats in the dojo is far more terrifying to me than going up against someone twice my size while I'm protected by my armour if I zig instead of zag because I'm trying to remember to do THE thing instead of just reacting and doing A thing.

[@jannarkiewicz633]

What is a HEMA?

[@foxsotired3038]

@@jannarkiewicz633 Historical European martial arts

[@Spark_Chaser]

I did a bit of amateur stage stuff (Renn fair shows, mostly) and one of the big things our instructor/manager taught was "telegraphing." You always did your best to telegraph the next move so your stage partner would know where you were going next. In a HEMA fight, this would get you chewed to pieces because your opponent would be able to read your moves and counter. HEMA and Stage Combat are not the same beast, and if you mistake the actor for a real fighter, then they've pulled off the illusion well.

[@CaptainNacirema]

I'm a simple woman; I see a video of a Basil Rathbone sword fight, I click play

[@nikkibrowning4546]

Captain.

[@hamstermk4]

I have fenced on sand after being accustom to fencing on grass and hardwood. My calves burned for a week afterwards. I totally respect the "I hate sand" stance.

[@50043211]

To me that rather sounds like bloody good exercise!

[@jcortese3300]

I only recently noticed that the good-guy/bad-guy etiquette in these movies is almost the complete opposite of what we have now. The good guy always looks smiley and unruffled, and the bad guy is frowny and menacing. Nowdays, the smiley one in a fight is likely to be the mentally unbalanced villain, and the frowny one is the good guy, who takes the violence seriously while not caring for it much. And yet again, I'm surprised both by how much of a hottie Rathbone was, and how little I realized it before now. Although to be fair, no one looks sexy in a deerstalker cap. BTW, I'd take your lizard brain over most people's sworn testimonials. It's pretty trustworthy in this case.

[@NemisCassander]

Very interesting point, and I would point to the moving towards antiheros than traditional heros as one of the main reasons.

[@jcortese3300]

@@NemisCassander I'm not sure ... I can read it both ways. Either it's the antihero thing or else they're trying to show that, while the hero is prepared to engage in violence, they don't enjoy it.

[@Just_Sara]

Hey now, that was awfully well-said! And I agree about Basil Rathbone, looks like he was about 43 when the movie came out, the breeze in his hair did a lot for him. Basically an athlete as well.

[@ButchWilson]

Bad guys smile and sometimes laugh maniacally. Good guys brood.

[@Wombatmetal]

You can thank Akira Kurosawa for that, and his movie Yojimbo. Set the framework for the modern action movie

[@CaptHayfever]

Ah, yes, old Hollywood, the famously calm & dispassionate Irish.

[@mbryson2899]

Blame it on Sabatini, Hollywood was just being faithful to the source material. 😝

[@adedow1333]

​@@mbryson2899 faithful to the source material just this once

[@ErnestLordGoring]

With very “propah” English accents, too 😉

[@JohnMinehan-lx9ts]

@@ErnestLordGoring Depends on how much Scots heritage we have . . . .

[@pettespizzaparlor3245]

"They are not good communicators" 😂😂 that covers a lot.

[@JillBearup]

Listening to Peter Blood try and explain why he bought Arabella was…even more awkward than the bit where she tried to explain why she bought him 🤣 It’s not even a played straight “miscommunication” because they KNOW they’re messing it up, they just don’t know how to fix it.

[@ulfjohnsen6203]

It is so nice you found such an excellent sponsor. So great of you to sponsor you😀

[@IAmTheAce5]

I’ll have no doubt Pierce Nott d’Face and Stabitha Christie will make an excellent double act- Or triple if you include M’Anakin Skywalker.

[@karlrovey]

M'Anakin Skywalker would have been great for this one due to the "I hate sand" line.

[@Wraithing]

M'Anakin Pieporker for the Pigs in Space version

[@weswolever7477]

“He’s French” Enough said

[@davidsanders5652]

A quote from David Niven I would be shocked if you don't know. "You always knew where you were with Errol Flynn. He'd always let you down". Long live your "vibe".

[@tonyjanney1654]

In the great movie "My Favorite Year", Peter O'Toole, who plays a Flynnesque character, Alan Swann, riffs off this when he tells the protagonist-Mark Linn-Baker, "You know what they say-'You can count on Alan Swann, he will always let you down'."

[@johnbiela9442]

@@tonyjanney1654 I met Mark Lynn-Baker. He was washing pots and pans in the Yale Law School dinning hall. Even then, he said he was going to make it in Hollywood.

[@glennferguson4041]

Flynn and Niven shared a house for awhile. They called it "cirrhosis by the sea."

[@silverjohn6037]

@@tonyjanney1654 There's a fight scene for Jill to analyze. The end scrap from My Favorite Year;).

[@erikswanson6687]

Interesting. I read Nivens’ “Bring on the Empty Horses”. He devoted an entire chapter to Flynn, even made the end note about him. He certainly didn’t gloss over his alcoholism or penchant for young girls, but other than that, it seemed from Nivens’ view that they were great friends.

[@ErnestLordGoring]

“Became pirates, because what else can you do?” An excellent question. I ask myself that all the time. And I don’t think a lizard brain could write Just Stab Me Now. But just for science, why don’t we do another experiment? 😂

[@cmm5542]

Absolutely; we must have more samples! 😁 (And of course, more cheese)

[@classicslover]

@ErnestLordGoring Well said! I seconded you by trying to open her eyes to the possibility of saving up for her own ANGEL INTERCEPTOR...which may well take more than one additional experiment!

[@emmajohnson-geis114]

'Lizard brain' is actually a common colloquial term referring to one's instincts or primal feelings. Used as though people have several 'brains' or manners of thinking. Big brain=complex logic / Monkey Brain=short term gratification / Lizard brain=Run or Eat

[@ErnestLordGoring]

@@classicslover Hello Classic! Yes, I suspect she’d have to challenge Brandon Sanderson to afford an Angel Interceptor. *However*, a sequel would probably raise enough to buy Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward’s Rolls Royce…

[@classicslover]

@ErnestLordGoring Excellent idea!!! I could see Jill in that!!! = ) Trying to guess how many people are wondering what the heck we are talking about. =)

[@codyhood3061]

“Nott D’ Face” got me 🤣

[@bobbler42]

For the Sir Humphrey inclusion, chapeau.

[@ErnestLordGoring]

👍

[@ObscureRP]

"Piratical Shenanigans" is a pretty good band name. :)

[@seanmorgan1759]

Pretty good name for a band of pirates, too!

[@ObscureRP]

@@seanmorgan1759 I don't think people would take you seriously with that name. ... and people underestimate Piratical Shenanigans at their peril! Bwahahaaaa!!! ☠

[@seanmorgan1759]

@@ObscureRP Exactly! Something something all warfare and deception something! ☠

[@jackielinde7568]

Today I Learned: I wouldn't mind being almost hit by Jill... Mostly because it means I have found acting work somewhere and now could call myself an actor

[@notyournormalg1]

This is such comfort food. Reminds me of your old content, but updated and all forms were always fun! We love you and we love cheeese.

[@tinear4]

It is the mark of a kind author to say “do this free thing, and if you didn’t like it, don’t buy my book.” Thank you. …for my part, I did enjoy, and I did purchase. And i enjoyed your book very much, even though i am not usually a reader of romance.

[@stephanieturner6912]

I love Stabitha Christie! I need more tongue in cheek names.

[@a.j.nunnaurbiz6535]

I'm STILL giggling! 😂

[@madelinejane9413]

As always, your delightful use of words has added a new phrase to my vocabulary: "self-destructively chivalrous." I'm going to have to use that.

[@lisaroper421]

I loved that one too!

[@chelseascreatures]

I can't help but imagine that Caroline had this video in the background, and perked up when she heard "enemies to lovers plot"

[@IAmTheAce5]

My dear Miss Bearup, you should know by now, you _cannot_ put us off ;)

[@seriousmaran9414]

Not even if she were to deny cheese? 😮😮😮

[@IAmTheAce5]

@@seriousmaran9414not even

[@weswolever7477]

@@seriousmaran9414. No one can deny cheese 🧀

[@ErnestLordGoring]

Why do I feel this comment stream is straight from some alt-reality version of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”?

[@IAmTheAce5]

@@ErnestLordGoring >D

[@XtoDoubt25]

Error Flynn was a great actor who I love seeing on screen. However your vibe check on Flynn is correct. He did some crazy stuff

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

ottercorrect?

[@thegneech]

This movie isn't the pure cheese of the Sea Hawk or the Adventures of Don Juan, but it's still some fine cheese, and I love it. Thanks for tackling it!

[@CH-wh7ee]

Alright - now it is time to review the films and sword fights of Douglas Fairbanks - the man who originated the Hollywood action hero and the popular sense of the swashbuckler. And he was a man gifted with genuine grace.

[@what4hats]

Prisoner of Zenda?

[@tonyjanney1654]

@@what4hats Which version? The 1937 Ronald Coleman/Douglas Fairbanks Jr., or the 1952 Stewart Granger/James Mason version. Or both, and compare them?

[@what4hats]

Was thinking the 1937 version. But a comparison would be interesting.

[@screwtape2713]

@@what4hats And of course, one simply can't overlook the 1980s version with Peter Sellers...

[@aDifferentJT]

Never apologise for a Yes Minister quote

[@canuckled]

Thanks for reminding me I haven't done my Yes, Minister Yes, Prime Minister watch throughs yet

[@TheeGoatPig]

I was on the beach this morning. Walking is difficult enough. I was thinking to myself that doing martial arts forms on it would be grueling, but rewarding. I can't imagine how difficult a fencing duel would be. Sand , as you said, is unrelenting.

[@thecatofnineswords]

Having spent many holidays on beaches as a kid, and later some kenjutsu training on sand, it burns your legs out incredibly fast. It's not for the faint hearted at all.

[@schonnj]

You had me at "Stabitha Christie".

[@tdavis2j]

Oh, hey, one of those rare wild sightings of Yes, Minister.

[@Derithon405]

When I was MUCH younger, I used to watch Captain Blood with my Grandparents. LOVED the movie as well as Robin Hood. Thank you for reminding me :)

[@shenencalhar]

Great Breakdown, Jill. What about doing another Tyrone Power flick, but this time continuing the pirate theme: The Black Swan.

[@KensaiProductions]

Another of my favorite Pirate Movies

[@roysutherland9729]

The Black Swan (1942) has one of the best last lines of any movie. Watch it! 🥰

[@johntabler349]

The final phrase where he fights George Sanders with Maureen O'Hara bound to the table in the foreground is cinematic brilliance

[@shenencalhar]

Never thought I'd encounter other Black Swan fans. 😀

[@johntabler349]

@@shenencalhar I saw it for the first time a couple of weeks ago, primarily due to my soft spot for Maureen O'Hara in action movies, and thoroughly enjoyed it

[@larsgottlieb]

Reading your book to bouts of laughter and incredulous looks from my partner

[@shawnholbrook7278]

I enjoyed my copy of your book, but my son wants his own copy. 😊 thankyou for the stabby stabby swish-swish. 🥰

[@GKViddingHD]

Of course some dudes will come up and tell you they could beat you in a fight *eyeroll

[@kiraworthington]

the way I tackled with Glee when I saw that little snippet from Yes Minister. it's nice to him not the only person who likes to watch strange BBC comedy

[@KosherCookery]

A Yes Minister reference? YES. Also, my maître d'armes trained under Faulkner in the 1970s. Said he really knew his stuff.

[@QALibrary]

Jill uses a great maximum flex by sponsoring her own video with her own book - very well done young lady - so far I have only brought two copies of the book and I am looking forward to her selling the film and TV rights - it would be great if her hard work paid off so much it paid for her house.

[@youremakingprogress144]

Mostly posting this to boost your algorithm clout, because you deserve it, but yay! I always enjoy your videos.

[@WalterWild-uu1td]

You really have to do 1940's "The Sea Hawk." While Flynn still doesn't fence as well as Rathbone or Power, he has improved since his earlier films. And The Sea Hawk is arguably his best swashbuckler film And he's less swarmy. (Opinion.) It's based loosely (very loosely!) on another Sabatini novel, "The Sea Hawk." Actually the only thing they kept from the Sabatini novel was the title... main character is changed from out and out pirate to a privateer for Elizabeth I. And Basil isn't in it...Flynn's two major fencing foes are a young Gilbert Roland (a really good actor) and a somewhat older Henry Daniell. But the choreography is splendid...and there's more Korngold music so the movie is worthwhile regardless of the story. Oh, and Flora Robson plays Elizabeth to perfection. And there's a monkey...how can you go wrong?

[@WalterWild-uu1td]

And my wife loved it so much for our wedding she and her professional seamstress sisters designed Elizabethan Court dresses (patterns from scratch) with her in pearl encrusted French silk (two trains, one 18 feet long for the wedding and one 3 feet long for the after ceremony dancing) and three ladies-in-waiting bridesmaids in Black, Purple and Royal Blue velvet and embroidery. Males in White Tie and Tails (I got to wear my medals!) and off to honeymoon. Six days short of nine months later our first son was born...and Christened "Geoffrey" after Flynn's character, Geoffrey Thorpe. (My wife adored Errol Flynn...vibes!)

[@shj2783]

Was going to recommend this one. It is my favorite Flynn movie and I love the final sword fight

[@philcrawford325]

For the Yes Minister clip alone, have a Like.

[@maleldil1]

As glad as I am that Jill took the time and considerable effort to write the book (which I loved), I'm _SO_ happy that she's making these videos again. Jill, you're awesome. Keep being awesome.

[@alexius23]

Errol Flynn was an overindulgent drinker & a horndog toward women. There was an expression, in that time, “in like Flynn”. It is clear that he & Olivia de Havilland had a long term relationship. When she spoke of him in later life, died in 2020 at age 104, it was with affection.

[@ZamboniZone]

Holy shit! I never realized "in like Flynn" was referring to Errol Flynn

[@tonywentworth9652]

@@ZamboniZone And now it makes sense.

[@bodan1196]

"Yes, Minister." Soo flipping funny.

[@cmm5542]

It just MIGHT be my favourite show ever. That or Hogan's Heroes. I alternate the series 😃

[@thork6974]

Was not expecting Sir Humphrey Appleby to make an appearance but he is most welcome

[@ThatKenpoGuy]

There is an attack in Italian style foil fencing called Passata Sotto which sort of involves stepping offline and attacking. Italian style wasn't quite as popular in America as French but I am sure the top level fencing masters were aware of it. Captain Blood's finishing move looked very similar to the concept. Great video, I love these reviews of movie fights!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

I'm curious, why was going offline not done in French style? Is it a result of the restrictions of Olympic fencing? Edit: for the second question mark.

[@ThatKenpoGuy]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher French fencing might have offline attacks, I just learned under a gentleman with an Italian style background and he definitely showed a few! It was interesting because he was in his 70s when I trained under him and the folks that taught him had been in their 70s and 80s when he was receiving his lessons. Essentially, he represented probably close to a 150 years of fencing and his style reflected a mindset towards fighting with sharps or not having modern fencing scoring systems. Distinct parries and definitive attacks were emphasized so judges wouldn't miss your scores. I think stepping offline and thrusting your opponent made it very clear who hit whom. Staying online is probably slightly more efficient and when you are more concerned with simply hitting the opponent faster and not worried about the judge missing a score, stepping around is just as necessary! I am not an expert so this is just my opinion and I definitely defer to anyone with more knowledge! :)

[@brendan722002]

Nice Sir Humphrey insert!

[@johnbiela9442]

1950, Cyrano de Bergerac, with Jose Ferrer. Next choice?

[@wartgin]

Yes, please 🙏

[@weswolever7477]

All this you might have said and more

[@johnbiela9442]

@@weswolever7477 If you were a man of wit and letters. Of wit, you have none. As for letters, you need but 3 to write you down: A-S-S. Ass. Love that movie. Took me a second.

[@johnbiela9442]

@@weswolever7477 Then, as I end the refrain, thrust home!

[@CaedenV]

On the next female armor review we need a Pierce Index lol

[@sorewahimitsudesu]

Good gravy, I think the cover of that journal you flashed had a counter to the Verdadera Destreza "Mysterious Circle" style of Spanish swordplay. I recall Tony DeLongis complaining at length that he had worked it and the counter-counter to it into a fight in Queen of Swords but the director over-ruled him and replaced it with a cliché circle-disarm. From memory you're supposed to lock blades then step forwards in a sort of Fitzsimmons shift, grab the opponent's wrist, and then pass your blade behind your back and stab him. The counter is just a paintbrush-circle from the captured wrist.

[@eirikmellesdal]

Basil Rathbone is a splendid Sherlock Holmes

[@swampert564]

The best.

[@EriktheRed2023]

@@swampert564 Cough-Jeremy Brett-cough

[@swampert564]

That's a fair pick. I prefer the 30/40's movies to the 80/90's shows but it could certainly be reasonably argued in either direction. I can't help but picture Rathbone when I think of the character but Brett certainly put quite the stamp on it.

[@cmm5542]

He's pretty darn good.

[@johntabler349]

​@@swampert564I love both but I think Brett is more true to the source material and I probably give them the win by a nose, likewise Nigel Bruce was a delightful Watson but both Burke and Hardwick gave him a more faithful turn. Basil Rathbone was great at everything, including his guest starring roles on Jack Benny's radio show

[@jediping]

The Yes, Minister clip! Loved that show!

[@cmm5542]

'Thank you, Bernard.' 😆🥰

[@ErnestLordGoring]

It’s enjoyable - to quote Sir Frank - “in a cumulative sense, taken globally”

[@cmm5542]

​@@ErnestLordGoring'At the appropriate juncture; in the fullness of time . . .'

[@johnsullivan6560]

My lizard brain says your lizard brain is a poopy head! Wait, what were we talking about?

[@CAP198462]

Jill knows Yes, Minister 😊. Also, said it before the thumbnail is a fantastic example of the half good half evil character. The foil perfectly divides the two halves.

[@k1200ltse]

Damn you, your 'Stabatha Christie" quip had me choking on my coffee & laughing out loud. 🤣

[@trynda1701]

Another great Jill Bearup video! 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎 And never apologize for a Sir Humphrey shot, great link! 😃😃😃😃

[@rinkuraku5251]

"Stabatha Christie" I like that far more than is reasonable for a pun name.

[@Blokewood3]

From 7:13-7:23, It looks like Rathbone is desperately trying to make it look like a fight when Flynn isn't even moving.

[@JillBearup]

Those are counter beats, Levasseur is trying to bait a reaction from him. It is intentional, honest! (At least in that part)

[@Blokewood3]

@@JillBearup Rathbone has a tendency to do this in his other fights too, but he's usually good at making it look like he's trying to psyche out his opponent. But banging away for 10 seconds straight just looks ridiculous.

[@spinynrmn7121]

Getting all of this perspective on how sword fighting was in dramatic Hollywood movies really puts the comedic yet exciting fighting of The Court Jester into perspective. Thank you for the awesome education! 🤩

[@rksnj6797]

"Piratical Shenanigans". I'm going to use that! Could be a great merch quote!

[@bobgroves5777]

I hope you enjoy what you are doing, Jill Bearup. 'Cos I certainly do!

[@jamesmaclennan4525]

Flynn and De Havilland did simmering sexual tension in 11 movies making them the most paired romantic couple in the history of Hollywood. I would still like to see Jill look at the fight between Tyrone Power and George Sanders in the Black Swan or the classic one between Ronald Coleman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr in The Prisoner of Zenda

[@ErnestLordGoring]

Another vote for The Prisoner of Zenda

[@alexius23]

This film was Flynn’s first Hollywood production. When he began shooting he was hesitant and almost nervously shaking. His trade craft quickly improved. Warner Brother even reshot some scenes with the more confident Flynn.

[@electricVGC]

Yes, minister

[@MobiuSphere]

I have to say, my lizard brain is with you. Errol Flynn never did it for me either

[@ForestGreen88]

Never let someone gaslight you into disbelieving your lizard brain. Your lizard brain is usually correct.

[@poonyaTara]

I had intended to hit the like button sooner, but I rewatched the vid for "Just Stab Me Now" first. (I'm in Chapter six now--it was a busy weekend--and it's even better than I'd expected.)

[@TimmyB1867]

I could beat you in a fight, and probably most of the folks who come out of the woodwork to claim they could beat you in a fight...but I can be absolutely certain you could make a fight look far far more entertaining and visually appealing than I ever could. because I may have decades of learning to fight, all I know about stage combat has come from your exceptional videos.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

Yup, biiiig difference between fighting, and looking like you're fighting without anyone getting hurt.

[@jrstoelting]

I remember watching a video that included a sword match, kendo I think it was. It was some circling, a couple probing swing. And then swing swing, point. It was exciting and interesting, but not entertaining.

[@techheadfred]

Bought the last copy of Just Stab Me Now from my local Dymocks last week. Finished it already and love how you fleshed out both stories 🙂 The commentary on the Errol Flynn movies has been great to watch, keep the content coming! The Yes, Minister reference was also a nice touch!

[@Haematite]

my friends and I call "Knife sharpening" "Highlandering" due to the prevalence in the tv series

[@gregoryvn3]

Oh my gawd, you're right! 😅

[@lorewalkermaohao4602]

1:24 made me laugh a bit too hard because I love that series.

[@paleosuchustrigonatus9023]

"Piratical shenanigans" - perfect! 😂😂😂😂

[@JK-zx3go]

I'm sure you could take most of the Bros in a fight with pointy things.

[@jaciem]

Oh my gosh, Yes, Minister! I never missed an episode of that on my local public television stations BritComs segment when I was teen. Such a nice little addition.

[@swampert564]

If you can contain your skin-crawlies about Flynn (entirely reasonable, that dude was quite the notorious character to put it lightly), it would be cool to get a video about The Sea Hawk. It's another fun swashbuckling pirate movie (privateer technically). It doesn't have Basil Rathbone but the always nice to see Claude Rains is in it. The sword fight at the climax is a classic one too. It's also directed by Michael Curtiz like this one and Adventures of Robin Hood. Unrelated to that, I'm reasonably sure that I could not in fact beat you in a fight.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Curtiz and Flynn didn't get along well, but they could make some good films.

[@ghost307]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher The true sign of a professional is being willing and able to do your best with people you don't particularly like.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

@@ghost307 Considering that Flynn allegedly threatened Curtiz with a sword when he saw that Curtiz had had the safety sleeves on the swords removed, I'm not sure if I'd classify their relationship as professional.

[@swampert564]

Honestly as far as Flynn doing crazy shit goes, threatening Curtiz for making the movie more dangerous seems down right reasonable. Obviously wildly unprofessional from either of them but I digress.

[@ghost307]

Everyone should have walked off the set until the actor stopped treating a deadly weapon as a toy. Deadly weapons should ALWAYS be treated as deadly weapons. I'm looking at you, Alec Baldwin.

[@leftcoaster67]

Bonus points for including Sir Humphrey.

[@newperve]

"Oh Errol, i would give everything just to be like him." "You sure about that?"

[@3kids2cats1dog]

yes minister

[@therealkillerb7643]

Would love for you to do an analysis of the 1970's Three Musketeers (the one with Michael York). I grew up on the Flynn/Rathbone style of fencing and was shocked by what appeared to be "real" sword combat in this film.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Did you hear that Christopher Lee was almost wounded because Oliver Reed was going at him without regard to the choreography, and Lee was hampered by his eyepatch?

[@ala5530]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher To quote one of the other swordsmen (it might have been Christopher Lee, but I have a feeling it was one of the stuntmen) in that film "Oliver Reed fights for keeps"

[@cmm5542]

​@@eldorados_lost_searcherThat . . . totally sounds like Oliver Reed!

[@weswolever7477]

I remember watching it in the theater and knowing that it was going to be good just from the opening credit sequence

[@therealkillerb7643]

@@weswolever7477 Same; I think I saw it at the base movie theatre at RAF Lakenheath when it made the AFEES circuit. Loved the choreography because we had never seen such "visceral" sword fights before. I have tried to find a copy to see how time has changed my memory but the film has been remade so many times...

[@ChrisLichowicz]

I read the book by Rafael Sabatini in the Marines. I was stunned by the fact that the book was exactly as the movie, but longer. It's like 3" thick! This is one of my most favorite movies.

[@screwtape2713]

Jill, if you are looking for old movie fights to review (and enjoy), you might like Quentin Durward (1955) with Robert Taylor playing Sir Walter Scott's title character. Quentin Durward is a Scottish knight serving the French king in late medieval France. Several good action scenes and a climactic sword fight with the physical villain (as opposed to the political ones). The fight ranges through a church in a town that's being sacked. It ends at the top of the belltower with the two men swinging past each other on the bellropes. It's been several years since I saw it, but I think the church is also on fire by then, just to add a little extra urgency to the situation...

[@abigailbaldwin4224]

"Stop trying to reason my lizard brain out of something it didn't reason its way into" perhaps my favorite way of telling people on the internet to knock it off

[@RichardLightburn]

Captain Blood has the best music: a topic very well outside your topic, but very true.

[@owensalter1633]

Love these videos. Knights, outlaws, pirates, Court jesters, Jedi - now, what about the Musketeers?

[@palmersperry]

1:19 Hmm, that’s a bit like Yes Minister. 1:24 Ah! I see I’m not the only one who thought that!

[@tyrannicpuppy]

I'm not sure how best to make such a recommendation, nor am I aware of how easy this movie would be to find in your country (it was difficult to find here in Australia). But the Errol Flynn reminded me of a 1982 film called, imaginatively enough; The Pirate Movie. And then only because it opens with a bloke commenting that folks hear 'Pirate' and think the likes of Errol Flynn. Understandably, it is a pirate movie, but it's basically a wonderful spoof on The Pirates of Penzance filmed in Werribee Mansion and Loch Ard Gorge here in Victoria. And it has a couple of ok sword fights, but one great one. It's approximatly halfway through and goes for about 5 minutes. Moving through several locations and I think would be awesome to see you breakdown. It's not as magnificent as The Princess Bride, but I spent a significant portion of my childhood rewatching both. I have always found it a bit of good fun. Unsure of what the swords are, but a side character compares it to a still from the Rathbone Zorro fight you've broken down, and to my untrained eye the swords look similar.

[@paulnicolosi4792]

I lived very close to that filming location near Laguna beach. The spot is called Monarch cove, or Three Arches. When I was there in 03, it looked very much as it does in this clip. Very little change. Having been there I can see how the edits were made during the duel. It’s a beautiful beach…

[@Jay-ql4gp]

Vibes are vibes. And they're valid.

[@bryansmith1920]

Jill lovely to see you again, mind you, I couldn't imagine a time spent watching Erol and Basil, without hearing your, Dulcet voice in my head, pointing out, our ordinary human faults 😂😂😂

[@victoriabarclay3556]

I love these golden age fight choreographies. yes, the Mark of Zorro is incredible. Also, the Court Jester. I remember when I saw the Princess Bride, I thought that fight scene held up to the gems of the 30's and 40s. the first "modern" movie that I appreciated the fencing scenes.

[@DTavona]

Your advert worked. Bought the book, read it, loved it, and reviewed it on Amazon. Great video and, a great book. Slainté

[@garylh1462]

Really loved your comments here. I've long thought Errol Flynn was on the skeevie side, so I'm with you there. Also, the remark about biting when they grapple corps-a-corps was perfect. Even a Three Stooges (Nyuk Nyuk) poke in the eye would be appropriate. Ralph Faulkner is a big time hero of mine (my cardiologist actually studied in his salle back in the day). Anyway, loved this one; thanks!

[@nettie607]

I totally agree w/your vibes on Errol Flynn. I much preferred Tyrone Power. That fight in the Mark of Zorro is so wonderful. And Power could act, as opposed to Flynn. Have you talked about the fight scene in Scaramouche?

[@josephkarl2061]

We all love a swish and a smile 😜😂

[@RenegadePaladin]

12:13 This is how you get Olympic fencers who come over to the SCA or HEMA. Their blade mechanics tend to be scary good, but step off line and they get super confused for the first several times until they adapt. 😁

[@pronkerpronker6708]

Wonderful and wonderfully fun commentary, thanks for posting.

[@petercabanillas244]

Least we forget Tyrone Power is a U.S.Marine. He should be able to fight. Excellent content.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Very nice video. Since watching _V for Vendetta_ I've been mildly curious about _the Count of Monte Cristo (1934)._ Maybe that's a good B&W movie with sword fighting scene(s) to analyze?

[@mr.zafner8295]

Hey, this was really fun. Your videos are consistently really fun. Thanks for contributing; thanks for making the world a better place.