On Whining About Bad Televisual Representations of the Terror! With a Necessary Exclamation Mark!!~~

[maelicia.livejournal.com]

I think it's my duty as an Angry Citizen(ess) to share my self-rightous outrage, and my favourite topic to share it is on All The More Or Less Bad And Terrible Representations of Robespierre, Saint-Just, Couthon, etc. In Films And, Sometimes, Novels.

First of all, I analysed the photo I posted earlier further (I was about to leave when I did that post, so I didn't have time):

Apart from Couthon, whom we won't even speak about, what is wrong:



1. That guy as an emo haircut.
2. Why is that guy having a red sash? Is it PROTO-SOCIALIST Collot or Billaud? And why is Robespierre the only one standing out again with his tricolor sash? They all had tricolor sashes!
3. I suspect that guy is Carnot: because he is adopting a falsely military "yo" attitude with his sword and all, except he clearly has the type of haircut that would be popular during the Empire, or the Consulate, or whater: A LOT LATER THAN YEAR II. Idiots. Also, that person doesn't know where to put his cocarde. Really not.

Someone noted how Robespierre looked a lot more masculine (!) for once. And so does that "Saint-Just" apparently. BUT THEN, suddenly, I spotted something that seemed dead wrong with that horrid Saint-Just's hand: is that a ring there? A ruby ring? And, perhaps, two rings?

Oh, but wait a moment, Robespierre's got a ring too:



They're making a British statement on Prop 8. Oh yes they are.

And they fail at everything. Unless it's part of the plot and they have secret poison rings. Who knows.

Comments

[tuica.livejournal.com]

Couthon looks like my great grandma and it's unsettling me terribly. I can't look at anyone else, I just instantly see... Couthon. Also Maxime's "wig", or rather, something someone cut out of a 1970s rug. And his pants... what? They look very... they're very prominent. I can't look away. And the way he's got his leg is a clear invitation to not look away.

[maelicia.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! That's what he made me think of that I couldn't quite spot! An old woman. I crossed many who looked vaguely like that. -_-

And, um, yes, Maxime is trying to prove his virility to Danton, but then Danton would note the ring and lawl even more while screaming FAIL.

[missweirdness.livejournal.com]

It's making me have bad thoughts here..*takes a breath* it's like he wants us to see what's there..O.o i saw that but couldn't explain all that..