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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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One thing I've noticed is that at some point they stopped making TV shows and movies set in the past and went to making everything science fiction and fantasy.

I didn't learn about vaudeville or butter churns or knights in school, I saw them in media.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

There's still a ton of historical media too. From my past three months of watching:

  • Gladiator II
  • John Adams
  • Taboo
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • Beneath Hill 60
  • When Evil Lurks
  • Life is Beautiful
  • A Haunting in Venice
  • Wolf Hall
  • The Terror
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Gonna add The Last Kingdom to this list. Super cool show about the Viking invasion of England in the ~~11th~~ 9th century, it's got like 5 seasons and a movie to cap it off. Highly recommended.

Edit: I'm a dummy 🤪

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

At the risk of being cliché, I recommend the original books by Bernard Cornwell!

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