So I watched and Egyptologist watches the mummy
Yes this is random late night during lockdown viewing. Shush ;)
This video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjFFrYEZsAQ
It's sweeet BUT The French Foreign Legion were in the area of Egypt in WW1 - you know just in case (it's totally fair she doesn't know that - I did research...for reasons... and know that - they are mentioned more in WW2 and the North African campaign, but yeah) Rick's comments later are given as 'it helps'. But yeah. (More entertaining is when I mentioned my research...last year, to da he was like 'it's the french foreign legion' and gave me side eye followed by the above.
There's so many really cool things she talks about though :)
Though like, I personally, always felt like the weird things they added to The Mummy that aren't even vaguely real are deliberately to make it clear that The Mummy isn't real. If that makes sense? (Like the five jars and the heart? It's all interconnected and woven in, so deffo seems deliberate).
(It's much more fun than the 'archaeologist is shown a video of clips of movies and critiques' because yeah, that's much more mixed. Like, you can tell which country an archaeologist trained by things they say)
Also - both those videos had a whole 'booby traps aren't a thing' but like, one of my lecturers specifically mentioned that some south american cultures did do booby traps. Like, it's not my area of specialism, but that always stuck in my mind.
And it should be noted I went on youtube to poke Bigfoot stuff - because folk lore is cool and the weird american docus on it are easy entertainment :D This entry was originally posted at https://weaselett.dreamwidth.org/209068.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
This video:
Click to viewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjFFrYEZsAQ
It's sweeet BUT The French Foreign Legion were in the area of Egypt in WW1 - you know just in case (it's totally fair she doesn't know that - I did research...for reasons... and know that - they are mentioned more in WW2 and the North African campaign, but yeah) Rick's comments later are given as 'it helps'. But yeah. (More entertaining is when I mentioned my research...last year, to da he was like 'it's the french foreign legion' and gave me side eye followed by the above.
There's so many really cool things she talks about though :)
Though like, I personally, always felt like the weird things they added to The Mummy that aren't even vaguely real are deliberately to make it clear that The Mummy isn't real. If that makes sense? (Like the five jars and the heart? It's all interconnected and woven in, so deffo seems deliberate).
(It's much more fun than the 'archaeologist is shown a video of clips of movies and critiques' because yeah, that's much more mixed. Like, you can tell which country an archaeologist trained by things they say)
Also - both those videos had a whole 'booby traps aren't a thing' but like, one of my lecturers specifically mentioned that some south american cultures did do booby traps. Like, it's not my area of specialism, but that always stuck in my mind.
And it should be noted I went on youtube to poke Bigfoot stuff - because folk lore is cool and the weird american docus on it are easy entertainment :D This entry was originally posted at https://weaselett.dreamwidth.org/209068.html. Please comment there using OpenID.