Q&A: Everything BUT the Civil War

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  • @AtunSheiFilms
    @AtunSheiFilms  4 роки тому +845

    And the workplace comedy about Sneferu's pyramid would of course be called "Get Bent."

    • @sidarthurgortimer355
      @sidarthurgortimer355 4 роки тому +69

      I definitely want to see a whole video of "Atun-Shei's weird pitches".

    • @MrIanMason
      @MrIanMason 4 роки тому +4

      Perfect.

    • @werdw4849
      @werdw4849 4 роки тому +2

      LMAO!!!

    • @Fred-jx4bv
      @Fred-jx4bv 4 роки тому +4

      I figured it would be called 'salam, 'salam.

    • @roxyamused
      @roxyamused 4 роки тому +3

      This sounds so bbc4 or something

  • @kadmii
    @kadmii 4 роки тому +2693

    "Nobody wants to see 40 year old me doing Checkmate Lincolnites."
    au contraire, mon capitan!

    • @foyboy03
      @foyboy03 4 роки тому +88

      Discovered your channel thru Checkmate Lincolnites. And yes. Please continue. Educational and humor. That was amazing.

    • @ryanschaefer4847
      @ryanschaefer4847 4 роки тому +33

      I wanna see him do this at 70 😂😂

    • @richmcgee434
      @richmcgee434 4 роки тому +22

      On the one hand, I'd like to see him keep doing vids. OTOH, it's a pleasant dream that we might see the Lost Cause BS wither and die out by the time he's 40, at which point he'd have to move on to some other idiocy. Perhaps Flat Earth believers? :)

    • @hubertblastinoff9001
      @hubertblastinoff9001 4 роки тому +13

      @@richmcgee434 Wehraboos seem to still be going strong...

    • @jedidls
      @jedidls 4 роки тому +4

      I would LOVE to see him in a star trek style show (cause neu trek is...ehh...)

  • @learncat8771
    @learncat8771 4 роки тому +1293

    Legend says that to this day, the Californian Column is still marching west to Arizona & New Mexico.

    • @CommiTsunami
      @CommiTsunami 4 роки тому +63

      Reminds me of the Czech Legion

    • @slicershanks1919
      @slicershanks1919 4 роки тому +81

      They’re taking the long way round

    • @anthonyhayes1267
      @anthonyhayes1267 4 роки тому +50

      I heard they just marched up on the beach in Shanghai

    • @johnfraire6931
      @johnfraire6931 4 роки тому +13

      Ah, an unsolved mystery!

    • @MrMokele03
      @MrMokele03 4 роки тому +25

      Rumor has it that they are nearing Hawaii and that you may be able to see them if the water is clear enough

  • @OfficialGeneralGrant
    @OfficialGeneralGrant 4 роки тому +1647

    *W e s t*
    That would have been a very different kind of March to the Sea.

    • @King_George_VI
      @King_George_VI 4 роки тому +31

      That would have also been a rather pointless march what with there being no Confederate forces, forts, or any other assets there... lol

    • @ummdustry5718
      @ummdustry5718 4 роки тому +63

      Dark Comedy about a civil-war general marching his soldiers west during towards the confederacy, and being too stubborn and prideful to turn around, the company drops man after man in their circumnavigation of the earth until finally getting to florida in time for the war to end.

    • @oldmanmammoth5364
      @oldmanmammoth5364 4 роки тому +41

      Ulysses S. Grant we must go and fight Neptune!

    • @johnmccarron7066
      @johnmccarron7066 4 роки тому +17

      "...there's a lot of sand. And rocks....And sand."

    • @marccondon4136
      @marccondon4136 4 роки тому +3

      @@mikehawk6683 of course im sure every S2 was very special to him

  • @Pandaemoni
    @Pandaemoni 4 роки тому +546

    8:36 Young Cowboy: Teaches Eisenhower an "important" lesson about being an American
    Eisenhower: I have to build highways to avoid talking to locals next time I drive cross-country!

    • @jurtra9090
      @jurtra9090 3 роки тому +16

      Call of Juarez Gunslinger

    • @neilholmes8200
      @neilholmes8200 Рік тому +3

      @@jurtra9090 Came here to say that!

  • @williammcleod1496
    @williammcleod1496 4 роки тому +1022

    So I was gonna give myself a haircut too, but I've decided against it after watching this video, because personally I don't want to look like I'm gearing up to invade Poland. Unfortunately the direction I'm currently trending in is gearing up to take potshots at British soldiers from the Bogside, so I'm really in a lose/lose scenario here.

    • @Schaasgurkn
      @Schaasgurkn 4 роки тому +91

      That's not an invading Poland-look, he's looking like he´s eagerly waiting for a Smashing Pumpkins reunion.
      Personally I'm sad that he's not rocking the Jürgen Klopp in his Mainz 05 years anymore.

    • @spary5751
      @spary5751 4 роки тому +20

      Ooh ahh, up the raaaa

    • @spary5751
      @spary5751 4 роки тому +7

      That's the vibe I'm getting at least

    • @williammcleod1496
      @williammcleod1496 4 роки тому +19

      @@spary5751 It's not my fault the only face mask I own is a balaclava.

    • @spary5751
      @spary5751 4 роки тому +5

      @@williammcleod1496 damn, I thought that was just a me thing

  • @kingsford6540
    @kingsford6540 4 роки тому +818

    The Dwight D. Eisenhower movie part was absolutely deranged. I love it.

    • @freedrivespace9275
      @freedrivespace9275 4 роки тому +26

      This video is 10 minutes old and this comment is 21 Hours. Yes.

    • @lonelyheartproductions5237
      @lonelyheartproductions5237 4 роки тому +10

      What about that Hitler movie? It sounds amazing!

    • @harmonlanager2670
      @harmonlanager2670 4 роки тому +6

      Lowkey, it’s pretty much the ending to Call of Juarez: Ballad of Silas Greaves.

    • @kingsford6540
      @kingsford6540 4 роки тому +7

      @@freedrivespace9275 I'm a patron we get early access

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 4 роки тому +2

      @@freedrivespace9275 Patreon.

  • @Phoenix-yv1sz
    @Phoenix-yv1sz 4 роки тому +475

    So you want “death of Stalin” but Egypt?....actually yeah that sounds great

    • @yezdanus
      @yezdanus 4 роки тому +13

      death of stalin in egypt, my thoughts exactly

    • @peytongonavy
      @peytongonavy 4 роки тому +27

      I'm chuckling imagining all the drama leading up to the collapse and to stop from feeling like it was all for nothing, they'd start celebrating in de-Nile

  • @roughseas3455
    @roughseas3455 4 роки тому +959

    I'm in a regiment in War of Rights and our regiment loves your "Checkmate Lincolnites" videos. Haha

    • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez
      @LadyTylerBioRodriguez 4 роки тому +10

      Ooooh which one?

    • @MCWren
      @MCWren 4 роки тому +25

      I’m in the 9th NY and a lot of us watch him too

    • @roughseas3455
      @roughseas3455 4 роки тому +20

      @@LadyTylerBioRodriguez 7th WI "Iron Brigade"

    • @roughseas3455
      @roughseas3455 4 роки тому +33

      @GamerKat'71 A public match? Maybe. Regiment wise? I'm having a good experience. Obviously with public matches there's little coordination going on. Regiments actually set up events on specific days to battle other regiments. Depending on the regiment you fight, they can be civilized or the most cancerous group there is. So far, Pickett's Brigade is very civilized and we're happy to fight them on matches.

    • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez
      @LadyTylerBioRodriguez 4 роки тому +4

      @@roughseas3455 I might wanna join that. My aunt is from Wisconsin and I know I had an ancestor who served on John Gibbon.

  • @ghouldishanimal
    @ghouldishanimal 4 роки тому +234

    When your 40, you'll be doing "Checkmate, Nixonites!"

    • @peterwindhorst5775
      @peterwindhorst5775 3 роки тому +3

      Nxon wasn't that soo bad... considering...

    • @WisteriaNerium
      @WisteriaNerium 2 роки тому +11

      @Chase Oliver It's a joke following the format of the videos, you dense?

    • @prezpolk4ever
      @prezpolk4ever Рік тому +1

      In fake Nixon voice, “Checkmate you damned dirty hippies.”
      “On todays episode, Estes Kefauver was a whiny little bitch. Why didn’t I have him killed during my vice Presidency?”

  • @alexross1816
    @alexross1816 4 роки тому +159

    "nobody wants to see 40 year old me doing Checkmate Lincolnites."
    WHO TOLD YOU THIS LIE?!?!?

  • @oldmanmammoth5364
    @oldmanmammoth5364 4 роки тому +362

    “And it is revealed that hitler is a master of Karate”
    Have this man not heard about Kungfury which has hitler as the Kung-Furher?

    • @ahwhite2022
      @ahwhite2022 4 роки тому +21

      I know I've never heard of it, but I also know I have a sudden strong desire to see it.

    • @oldmanmammoth5364
      @oldmanmammoth5364 4 роки тому +13

      AH White it’s on UA-cam and the music was made by David Hasselhoff

    • @khamulthewack4732
      @khamulthewack4732 3 роки тому +1

      *W H A T ?*

    • @oldmanmammoth5364
      @oldmanmammoth5364 3 роки тому

      @@khamulthewack4732 What are you confused about son?

    • @razagan1343
      @razagan1343 3 роки тому

      @@oldmanmammoth5364 how does that clown go into music? is it good?

  • @thetiffinbssociety
    @thetiffinbssociety 4 роки тому +432

    Your down-to-earth, non-snobbish, and oftentimes energetic enthusiasm for history and everything related to it is downright contagious. Loving all your videos, hope you can give more historical non-fiction book recommendations in the future.

  • @dxBIGBOSSxb
    @dxBIGBOSSxb 4 роки тому +318

    Take a shot everytime he says "Y'know"
    I died and was resurrected halfway in. Good shit.

    • @nomad155
      @nomad155 4 роки тому +6

      Snake!

    • @CommiTsunami
      @CommiTsunami 4 роки тому +2

      Must have been sacramental wine

    • @jefflz72
      @jefflz72 3 роки тому +4

      But did you come back jacked with new karate skills

    • @neilholmes8200
      @neilholmes8200 Рік тому

      I haven't got enough alcohol lol

  • @novusregnum
    @novusregnum 4 роки тому +521

    That Bernie impression tho

  • @Dr__Money
    @Dr__Money 4 роки тому +231

    I play war of rights, we are constantly screaming checkmate Lincolnites

    • @beardedhistoryguy1863
      @beardedhistoryguy1863 4 роки тому +10

      also ZU! ZU! ZU!, YEE! YEE!, and BONZAI!!!!

    • @kingmalric9260
      @kingmalric9260 4 роки тому +5

      @@beardedhistoryguy1863 Dont you mean "Banzai"?

    • @johnjones_1501
      @johnjones_1501 4 роки тому +35

      I imagine if there are enough of you doing it, there are probably a bunch of neo-confederates on there using it non-ironically now

    • @AbsolXGuardian
      @AbsolXGuardian 4 роки тому

      At the Union or Confederate players? Because in the series, Johnny Rebel is the one saying "Checkmate Lincolnites", and it only makes sense if a Confederate player is saying it. I'm sure there would be plenty of players who are just like "mawhahah time to play a villian", but it would be mostly neo-confederates.

    • @Dr__Money
      @Dr__Money 4 роки тому

      @Samantha Rostova are you a child and if so do you take the officer role? Could be why

  • @tsdobbi
    @tsdobbi 4 роки тому +76

    "Nobody wants to see 40 year old me doing "checkmate lincolnites!" I mean, I don't know about anyone else, but I do.

  • @dragondrew2000
    @dragondrew2000 4 роки тому +1024

    "The prequels were irredeemably awful." - You're starting to sound like a Separatist.

    • @TheWhiterunGuards
      @TheWhiterunGuards 4 роки тому +50

      I think he is a sith lord

    • @wierdalien1
      @wierdalien1 3 роки тому +10

      @Daniel Wong not really. You would prefer a dictator over a democracy?

    • @darwinbodero7872
      @darwinbodero7872 3 роки тому +19

      Atun Shei is the sith lord we’ve been looking for

    • @RRW359
      @RRW359 3 роки тому +15

      I think he started sounding like a Separatist when he became the VVitchfinder General.

    • @Jeyeyeyey
      @Jeyeyeyey 3 роки тому +31

      the prequels are actually the best star wars movies
      also what the fuck, I think he legitimately got prequels and sequels mixed up

  • @egocyclic
    @egocyclic 4 роки тому +185

    I like the idea of an adventure/archeology movie. I'd like to see an older archeologist who's a swashbuckling adventurer but with really outdated, early-20th century views of non-Eurocentric culture and civilizations accompanied by a foil in the form of a newbie academic with a really empathic approach to considering the historical and social context of other cultures...but is put off by real field work.
    "This belongs in a MUSEUM!"
    "How about in a cultural center in its home country? And then we can go home"

    • @europadefender
      @europadefender 3 роки тому +2

      Hope there is a historical movie about Indonesia with some wet girl moments

    • @knuckl6972
      @knuckl6972 Рік тому +5

      So just frozen 50's man but with indiana jones

  • @Relfar2
    @Relfar2 4 роки тому +91

    What a damn fine Bernie impression

  • @Zogerpogger
    @Zogerpogger 2 роки тому +16

    The "marched west" gag is what made me fall in love with this channel.
    Instantaneously defeated the inevitable snide comments while proving yourself to be a humble man with a sense of humor capable of rupturing even old ironsides.

  • @wolight
    @wolight 4 роки тому +190

    Historical movie I want to see made before I die:
    The Battle For Castle Itter
    Historical TV series I'd like to see:
    A Ken Burns style documentary about The Cod Wars

    • @andrewseymour6371
      @andrewseymour6371 4 роки тому +5

      Castle Itter had something announced a few years back, supposedly in pre-production now but who knows if it'll actually come out.

    • @evansquilt
      @evansquilt 3 роки тому +4

      No, no. A Ken Burns-style documentary about the time the emus kicked the Australian army's ass, literally.

    • @evansquilt
      @evansquilt 3 роки тому +2

      @@MM-qi5mk - Did they do a Drunk History on that one? They really should have.

    • @Tigershark_3082
      @Tigershark_3082 3 роки тому

      I want to see a movie about Thud pilots in Vietnam.

  • @ohnenamen2843
    @ohnenamen2843 4 роки тому +24

    Atun-Shei Films in ten years: finally won the great revolutionary wars and is now the declared emperor of UA-cam

  • @TheIslandDivision
    @TheIslandDivision 4 роки тому +147

    "Sorry I made fun of your height. That was such a low blow" HAHAHA 🤣
    Tom Cruise jokes have saved me through the pandemic....

    • @kamrynm9780
      @kamrynm9780 3 роки тому

      Ah a fellow Islander. All the best to you, comrade

  • @muovi2463
    @muovi2463 4 роки тому +97

    I also hate when my beer disappears.

    • @giordanobruno1333
      @giordanobruno1333 4 роки тому +8

      I’ve learned to turn the negative into a positive.
      Whenever my beer disappears that means that ones done, and it’s time for another beer.

    • @ChaseMcCain81
      @ChaseMcCain81 3 роки тому

      @@giordanobruno1333, lol

    • @norealtalentproductions8051
      @norealtalentproductions8051 3 роки тому +1

      *insert joke about Stalin removing people from pictures *

  • @tristanogrambuckley4945
    @tristanogrambuckley4945 10 місяців тому +1

    Currently listening to the "Get Bent" pitch, and I'm just so impressed that this is the *second* piece of absolute gold you've pitched in this video. I'd watch the hell out of both of these movies, or at least the second one. The Eisenhower one does sound a little self-important, on second thought. But someone would like it.

  • @thrownswordpommel7393
    @thrownswordpommel7393 3 роки тому +10

    About the Snaferu pyramid: I'd like to take a moment to introduce people to less well-known architectural failure: the leaning tower of Soloturn, Switzerland. It was built as a watchtower, and its base is an irregular pentagon. Due to its complicated shape, the architect had a lot of trouble making the whole thing work, and after various attempts at preventing the building's top part from looking too weird, he alledgedly killed himself. He accomplished the great feat of making the tower look all wrong *no matter* which angle you're looking at it from.

  • @DBREW
    @DBREW 4 роки тому +11

    notes:
    - Do Checkmate as 40 yo you
    - Eisenhower movie. Please make it.
    - Sneferu: the Office. Please make that too.
    - Best Historical Stand up set or sketch?
    - Watching early 90s vernacular in old english through the outro was terrifying

  • @andrewslatonfreeman4617
    @andrewslatonfreeman4617 4 роки тому +42

    I'd love to see a video about Bleeding Kansas and the participation of Native Americans in the Civil War

  • @UnknowableThen
    @UnknowableThen Рік тому +8

    If you suddenly had to pay to view UA-cam channels, you would probably be the only one I pay for, your content is so informative yet so funny and original.

  • @davidweihe6052
    @davidweihe6052 4 роки тому +15

    Minor correction: The Interstate System is not yet finished, we just stopped major new construction, like European cathedrals that took over 3 centuries, technically.

  • @spac3n1nja
    @spac3n1nja 4 роки тому +26

    That was a GREAT Bernie impersonation! Pleasantly surprised!

  • @ieuanhunt552
    @ieuanhunt552 4 роки тому +89

    I've been watching the Vlogbrothers for over 10 years. I thought o would never want to see a 40 year old Hank Green. I was wrong.

  • @messman10
    @messman10 4 роки тому +40

    "Made fun of your height [...] such a low blow."
    I love accidental jokes.

  • @Nunyo-Bizznez
    @Nunyo-Bizznez 4 роки тому +234

    That haircut looks like it’s about to secure a home for our white children in the Sudetenland

    • @beverlybalius9303
      @beverlybalius9303 4 роки тому +2

      Nunyo-Bizznez lol!

    • @sethhatfield6293
      @sethhatfield6293 4 роки тому +19

      Nunyo-Bizznez Idk I get more of a early 20th century marxist vibe from it, the n@zis usually didn’t part it in the middle like that

    • @jabscha7051
      @jabscha7051 4 роки тому +27

      @@sethhatfield6293 I was going to say, the cut itself may be Nazi but the center part makes it Kpop lol

    • @Youtubeisntlettingmeuseczech
      @Youtubeisntlettingmeuseczech 4 роки тому +1

      Sudety patří Československu.

    • @zainmudassir2964
      @zainmudassir2964 3 роки тому +1

      Any room for brown kids? 😳

  • @nickklavdianos5136
    @nickklavdianos5136 2 роки тому +4

    At about 19:00 you can spot the base of Frozen 50s Man.

  • @blakerierson3165
    @blakerierson3165 4 роки тому +33

    Regarding the highway expansion I can not recommend “Well, There’s Your Problem” podcast enough. They do an episode on the development of highways and roads in general and the subject is far from cut and dry like you stated it.

    • @juanjuri6127
      @juanjuri6127 4 роки тому +5

      big rec for WTYP even if dne's solo content is better

    • @casey6556
      @casey6556 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah during the entire section he was talking about how easy travel is in the US I was shouting to myself “Only if you have a car! The US had great trains pre-Interstate!”

    • @lordpelagius5078
      @lordpelagius5078 2 місяці тому

      The classic assumption of people who drive that everyone else can drive

  • @mosfet74
    @mosfet74 4 роки тому +26

    Dude, yours is the first channel in a long time that I really enjoy. I'm from the dense south, but absolutely love your scathing humor about the lost cause. Ever been to the Chickamauga Battlefield in northwest Georgia? I live in rock throwing distance from it. I would absolutely love to hear your take on the Battle of Chattanooga/Chickamauga! I hope "Checkmate Lincolnites" will not go away anytime soon. Keep up the hard work! Thanks!

    • @bonniea8189
      @bonniea8189 4 роки тому +1

      Haha I know where Chickamauga is because that's where Corey Forrester's from.

  • @stormstaunch6692
    @stormstaunch6692 3 роки тому +12

    4:29 “It was not a foregone conclusion at all that violence wouldn’t result from contested elections”
    Oh boy, that didn’t age well at all.

  • @Jessie_Helms
    @Jessie_Helms 2 роки тому +5

    21:51
    That’s it, Shakespeare’s mission has been completed

  • @masterfulfrost911
    @masterfulfrost911 4 роки тому +15

    I feel like no one is asking the hard hitting question of "Am I allowed to still like Firefly?" Such a good show

  • @alex_roivas333
    @alex_roivas333 4 роки тому +85

    idk, i would say the civil war was the result of the american revolution's post-revolutionary violence being kicked down the road, lol.

    • @CommiTsunami
      @CommiTsunami 4 роки тому +30

      Trickle down secessionism...

    • @mpetersen6
      @mpetersen6 4 роки тому +18

      The flaws in the Constitution can largely be traced to South Carolina. The perennial problem child

  • @Steelcityreader
    @Steelcityreader 4 роки тому +12

    As a new Lincolnite, I would love to see you at 40 years old still educating people. But that’s just me.

  • @pda00124
    @pda00124 4 роки тому +1

    Ahh yes, the video that led me to War of Rights. I haven’t had this much fun in a game in quite a while, so thank you Atun-Shei Films!

  • @insertcolorfulmetaphor8520
    @insertcolorfulmetaphor8520 4 роки тому +19

    You did not just say "that was a low blow..." whilst making that apology to Tiny Tom Cruise...
    Holding my sides and laughing my arse off

  • @mollywantshugs5944
    @mollywantshugs5944 3 роки тому +3

    Your idea for a modern take on The Mummy sounds hilarious and something I want to see

  • @louthegiantcookie
    @louthegiantcookie 4 роки тому +111

    The 1990s called, they want their hair back.

  • @TheJazzax
    @TheJazzax 4 роки тому +1

    Honestly you make some of the best entertaining historyish content on UA-cam. Thank you for being consistent with your craft, I think the results speak for themselves. When you said you were thinking of quitting UA-cam I could only empathize with what must be sometimes exhausting and frustrating work. But from a fan, I love it! I binged all your videos (almost) when I found your channel. At first I was a bit put off because I didn't really understand what the tone of your videos would be. After the first few minutes though I was in fully enthralled. Your style of storytelling (Shakespeare video for example) is brilliantly unique. Keep up the good work!

  • @THEDOCTORMAN124
    @THEDOCTORMAN124 3 роки тому +8

    Your take on Adolf as a JoJo's villain is hilarious, and deserves to be enjoyed by all

  • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez
    @LadyTylerBioRodriguez 4 роки тому +51

    More old English meme songs when? I want something bad like Taylor Swifts Reputation sung by our beloved Witchfinder General while he's in the shire from whence he came.

  • @hemmingwayfan
    @hemmingwayfan 4 роки тому +14

    As an Egyptophile I wholeheartedly endorse a work place comedy about Sneferu's pyramids

  • @giordanobruno1333
    @giordanobruno1333 4 роки тому +19

    The first two senators from California.
    1850.
    John C Fremont. Everybody knows him, famous union soldier. Took California with only one murder. He was such a character.
    Who was the other guy? A character in his own right. Gwinn. A southern sympathizer. His grave/mausoleum in Oakland’s Mountain View cemetery, is a pyramid. The Gwinn mine produced gold until WW2, when it was flooded. They ran him out of the state during the civil war.

    • @alvansmith2304
      @alvansmith2304 4 роки тому +6

      US Grant describing why he voted for Buchanan: “I knew Fremont.”

  • @CaptainKirkDiggler
    @CaptainKirkDiggler 4 роки тому +21

    You do impressively detailed and clever impressions/characters. So... how do we get you on Saturday Night Live fella? Writing or on the cast? Let's get this going lol!

  • @zyzor
    @zyzor 4 роки тому

    Another atun-Shei to make my day

  • @DrBochen
    @DrBochen 4 роки тому +11

    The short movie you described is basically the plot of Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Slightly different but still Nice.

  • @PhillyPhanVinny
    @PhillyPhanVinny 4 роки тому +1

    This channel is becoming elite

  • @ComradePhoenix
    @ComradePhoenix 4 роки тому +9

    That OP Baby Got Back was amazing.
    BTW, have you ever thought about doing some historical videos on towns in the local area that have been wiped away because of hurricanes, such as Ruddock?

  • @LuCa8_
    @LuCa8_ 4 роки тому +2

    I really have high hopes for this channel man I haven’t been watching it for thaattttttt long but it’s grown so much so quickly I remember it being like 47k yesterday and today it’s 48!!!!! And when I first subbed it was like 39k I believe but I love this channel and it’s so great to have another history UA-cam channel that is actually likeable so I hope your channel goes high, thank you.

  • @scumworld841
    @scumworld841 4 роки тому +32

    What exactly did Napolean do that was so bad? I know he imposed his nation-state system on Europe but beyond that didn't he usher in more modern practices? (By the way I'm not a Napolean stan I just don't know a ton beyond textbook stuff and I find Atun's position interesting)

    • @anthonyhayes1267
      @anthonyhayes1267 4 роки тому +31

      Executed POWs, left his men behind in Palestine, lied to get the French people to support him against the 7th coalition, lied to the various peoples of Palestine to get their suport against the British. Essentially he didn't give a rat's ass about anyone's wellbeing if it hampered his selfish ambitions

    • @ciamciaramcia99
      @ciamciaramcia99 4 роки тому +20

      @Usahnaym He did plenty bad things, some neccessery, some not. His treatment of Haiti will forever be a stain on his legacy. Yet, if you we judge all of his accomplishments, you have to agree he did more good than bad. He brought revolutionary, enlightment values to many parts of europe like Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain, Croatia. His napoleonic code is a foundament of continental law system and vast improvement upon absolutist or even feudal laws that were present before in countries he conquered. He helped abolish serfdom not only in parts of europe he controlled but also pressured other countries like for example Prussia to do the same. He spread liberal and egalitarian values through out europe which endured even after his defeat. He was not a bloodthirsty warlord as british propaganda portaited him, contrary the only war he started in europe was the russian invasion of 1812, although even there he had reasonable casus belli, because russian Tzar broken the treaty of Tilsit by opening trade with the british who were the real warmongers of Napoleonic era. Also, for some nations like Italy and especially Poland, he was a liberator and is very popular to this day. Even in countries that didn't appreciate his army's presence, he advised soldiers not to abuse the populace, like in an order to his army in Egypt, when he told his soldiers to be tolerant to local muslims, not offending their customs and treating them equal to christians or jews.
      @@anthonyhayes1267 So he lied? Like every other politician ever. What a monster.

    • @robertgibson6687
      @robertgibson6687 4 роки тому +3

      No Napolean, then who knows how long the the HRE lingers on.

    • @hrotha
      @hrotha 4 роки тому +23

      I thought the 21st century had taught us that trying to export your allegedly more enlightened political system to unwilling parties through highly destructive wars is not a good idea

    • @Winaska
      @Winaska 4 роки тому +17

      I totally understand the "NO" in response to Napoleon.
      Think about it: without Napoleon there is no German unification or a weakening of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. There is also no nationalism movement of 1848 and Metternich, et al. Without any of that that there is none of the political and military chess that led to The Great War. AND of course The Great War gave us WWII, and WWII gives us the Cold War and all of our problems we have now.
      But of course there would have been no Napoleon without the French Revolution.... but that's wouldn't have happened if King Louis hadn't blown the French treasury on the American War of Independence...and he wouldn't have done that if the Seven Years War hadn't left a sour taste in the Bourbon's mouths...and the Seven Year's War wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for a 22 year old Virginian too cocky for his own good who overstepped his governor's orders and shot a French ambassador dead in a small glen in The Laurel Highlands on the American frontier.
      So George Washington is to blame for the last 266 years of western history.

  • @toniwilson6210
    @toniwilson6210 2 роки тому

    Extra value with that gem segment at the end.

  • @michaelo4563
    @michaelo4563 4 роки тому +15

    Would love to hear your take on WW2 reenacting. I imagine there will be the same comments about 300 lb soldiers with iphones.

  • @XLRAshon
    @XLRAshon 4 роки тому

    This channel needs to go viral

  • @madhatter9124
    @madhatter9124 4 роки тому +4

    3:33 dodging the question like Dumbledore did about looking into the mirror

  • @hallamhal
    @hallamhal 4 роки тому

    Snefru's bent pyramid has been my favourite ever since I built it in Pharaoh 😆

  • @aliince9372
    @aliince9372 4 роки тому +7

    "I made fun of your height"
    "Such a low blow"
    o.k.

  • @CALLOFDOOTY16
    @CALLOFDOOTY16 4 роки тому +2

    I love that you use Spyro the Dragon music in your videos!

  • @Bagster321
    @Bagster321 4 роки тому +3

    Prequels had "Duel of the fates"
    Tbh I like the prequel movies and love the prequels lore. Clone Wars tv show definitely made me appreicate the smaller things going on during ep.2 and 3.
    Plus always gotta love the prequel memes.

  • @CroninPAHS
    @CroninPAHS 3 роки тому

    Thanks!

  • @flamebird2218
    @flamebird2218 4 роки тому +8

    5:57
    "Athens or Sparta?"
    What if you choose Macedon?

    • @aidenwilson164
      @aidenwilson164 3 роки тому +1

      Macedon is best Greece. Screw the Byzantines, screw Sparta, screw the Mycenaeans, Alexander is number one,

    • @timtheskeptic1147
      @timtheskeptic1147 3 роки тому +1

      You have to edit the game file first if you want to play Macedon.

  • @Horizontalvertigo
    @Horizontalvertigo 3 роки тому +1

    That mention of a Californian column immediately made me recall a really strange tidbit of Australian history trivia; in 1854 during the gold rush here in Victoria we had one of our few instances of outright rebellion against Crown authority, basically, the Crown taxed the miners too much and it turned into a heated gamer moment. The reason why the Californians sparked my memory, was that there was a heap of Cali goldminers who gleefully joined the rebellion and organised themselves into a unit of "dragoons" and it's terribly amusing imagining a heap of cowboys armed with Colt revolvers facing off against the redcoats in the Strayan bush.

  • @imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158
    @imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158 4 роки тому +12

    I went to the Philippines around Christmas and I’ve gotta tell you, driving around in a country with poor infrastructure REALLY makes you appreciate those American highways

  • @thomasbrennan6303
    @thomasbrennan6303 3 роки тому

    Aw dude that Napoleon response was such a tease.

  • @jabscha7051
    @jabscha7051 4 роки тому +7

    Man I am staying here on earth even if it kills me, Mars is just Nevada without blue skies

  • @Josieschultz009
    @Josieschultz009 4 роки тому +1

    I think your next video should be talking about certain historical riots, love your content so glad I found you!

  • @matthewarsenault6216
    @matthewarsenault6216 4 роки тому +12

    I'm not saying Napoleon was necessary a good guy but I think you could debate the changes that happened because of him we're positive

    • @Winaska
      @Winaska 4 роки тому

      I totally understand the "NO" in response to Napoleon.
      Think about it: without Napoleon there is no German unification or a weakening of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. There is also no nationalism movement of 1848 and Metternich, et al. Without any of that that there is none of the political and military chess that led to The Great War. AND of course The Great War gave us WWII, and WWII gives us the Cold War and all of our problems we have now.
      But of course there would have been no Napoleon without the French Revolution.... but that's wouldn't have happened if King Louis hadn't blown the French treasury on the American War of Independence...and he wouldn't have done that if the Seven Years War hadn't left a sour taste in the Bourbon's mouths...and the Seven Year's War wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for a 22 year old Virginian too cocky for his own good who overstepped his governor's orders and shot a French ambassador dead in a small glen in The Laurel Highlands on the American frontier.
      So George Washington is to blame for the last 266 years of western history.

    • @matthewarsenault6216
      @matthewarsenault6216 4 роки тому

      That's why is debatable Germany today is a great nation as far as world war one goes I blame everyone. but Napoleon did bring the ideas of liberalism that affected Nations long after he was going but I'm afraid this debate is way too complicated to debate in this matter. it's one of those debates I love to argue without having a firm stand on anything. there might not be a correct answer he did good he did bad he did Inn between

    • @matthewarsenault6216
      @matthewarsenault6216 4 роки тому

      You're correct about no World War World War II no Cold War but we don't know it could have been worse the first world war ended many royal families and brought about Democratic systems

  • @TheGorillaMan412
    @TheGorillaMan412 4 роки тому +1

    This channel reminds me of Scott the Woz or Smosh except with history instead of video games. I love it.

  • @henrik2518
    @henrik2518 4 роки тому +5

    Now I have to re-watch all the videos and keep meticulous records of all the homoerotic content - for science! (and for the Witchfinder General..)

    • @inTIMMYdator44
      @inTIMMYdator44 4 роки тому +1

      Clearest example is imo is his brandon f video, but also union and confederate soldier def got somethin on the side lol. Maybe its just that i imagine as many possible gay undertones as possible

  • @stuka4487
    @stuka4487 2 місяці тому +1

    3:32 with subtitles is an often asked question.

  • @calebl6609
    @calebl6609 4 роки тому +7

    Just here to feed the algorithm

  • @gameprose4293
    @gameprose4293 4 роки тому

    Just going to say this. I've been thoroughly entertained by you content. It randomly showed up in my recommendations and I'm glad it did.

  • @davididiart5934
    @davididiart5934 4 роки тому +5

    Damn! That’s a great Bernie impression!

  • @martinelliotedwards1883
    @martinelliotedwards1883 4 роки тому +1

    You should do a video about how truly awesome and underrated president Grant was, and how he’s unfairly portrayed by lost cause people as drunk, butcher, and corrupt. Grant is a truly incredible person.

  • @PalmelaHanderson
    @PalmelaHanderson 4 роки тому +6

    The American revolution (specifically the aftermath of the revolution) is certainly an outlier in history in how peaceful the new country was after the revolution. Certainly it was because the social order remained largely unchanged for the vast majority of the population, but that was at least initially true for most revolutions in Latin America 30-40 years later, as well. I suppose the United States could very easily have gone down the same path as Colombia or Mexico. Compared to other violent revolutions like in Russia, Haiti, China, or France, where the social order was completely overturned it only ever seemed to lead to even more bloodshed and misery. I feel unqualified to give on opinion on the argument of "revolution vs. reform," because in those revolutions, the social order WAS completely broken. The people (legitimately) felt they had no other recourse than the violent overthrow of their oppressors. Maybe there was no other option. But then you have situations like Canada, in which they just kind of gradually chipped away at their independence through reform over a long period of time, and look at where they are today.
    It's an argument that doesn't have a simple answer. Canadians were never starving in the streets or being massacred wholesale, though independence movements certainly grew massively after each World War. Even then, though, they just didn't want the Monarchy deciding their foreign policy; they were totally fine being left in the Commonwealth.

    • @pattersong6637
      @pattersong6637 2 роки тому +1

      Saying the social order remained unchanged is really bold considering something like 5% of the population, mostly upper class but not wholly, were expelled as Loyalists at the end of the war. Some 100k people were chased out to settle in Canada or Britain or elsewhere. It's one thing to say the American Revolution was the victory of one faction of the elite over another, but the Loyalists were definitely a pretty high social position group of people in general and they were overwhelmingly chased out for good.

  • @thezpn
    @thezpn 4 роки тому +1

    For a great historical workplace comedy, Id reccomend Plebs, a British sitcom about clerks and a slave in Rome. Some of the comedy is like the Flintstones ( How did ancient people do otherwise modern things?) but much of the comedy stems from Roman society, religion, economy, and fashion.

  • @ieuanhunt552
    @ieuanhunt552 4 роки тому +13

    My favourite star wars movie was the last 4 episodes of The Clone Wars.

  • @jliller
    @jliller Рік тому +1

    When I started term paper in high school World History class, my topic was "Why Napoleon was bad for Europe." After doing the research, I changed my topic to "Why Napoleon was good for Europe."

    • @ebbu.planespotting1903
      @ebbu.planespotting1903 Рік тому

      I agree i've read a lot about the master of Europe and it is indeed sad how he propagandized by the English into this monster.

  • @jamrhein2
    @jamrhein2 4 роки тому +6

    Wow that ended up sounding way more aggressive. Will there be an iTunes release of your dope cover? Would love to request it at a wedding.

  • @luisrivero7975
    @luisrivero7975 4 роки тому

    I'm impressed you know about the Bent Pyramid. The Meidum Pyramid was an even better of them figuring out how to build Pyramids for Snefru.

  • @captainpandabear1422
    @captainpandabear1422 4 роки тому +8

    I'd love to see 40 year old you doing Checkmate Lincolnites.

  • @vaughanb1963
    @vaughanb1963 4 роки тому

    I honestly didn't expect such a response to my question! Thanks so much

  • @RebelSandGaming
    @RebelSandGaming 4 роки тому +8

    Why is it we Americans never really mention the korean war and glance over it in history books

    • @nutterbotter8308
      @nutterbotter8308 4 роки тому +5

      Usually because in most US history classes the Vietnam war is the next thing you learn and you can imagine that teachers would take a-lot of time teaching that

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony 4 роки тому +3

      I mean shit in like 20-30 years. I wonder what what things will have to get cut out to fit late 20th & early 21st century stuff for American history.

    • @peterwindhorst5775
      @peterwindhorst5775 3 роки тому

      Because the Korean war has not yet ended. It is only a cease fire.

  • @DanielG411
    @DanielG411 4 роки тому

    Saints fan, Mr plinkett fan, historian, anti-'great man', this is the best channel I have discovered in years

  • @scifience8297
    @scifience8297 4 роки тому +19

    Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? it´s not a story the jedi would tell you

    • @darthdarthius4672
      @darthdarthius4672 4 роки тому +4

      It's a sith legend

    • @wp9746
      @wp9746 4 роки тому +1

      @@darthdarthius4672 Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith

    • @theily1724
      @theily1724 4 роки тому +1

      Don Cossack
      so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life...

    • @jdotoz
      @jdotoz 9 місяців тому

      IrOnIc

    • @lordpelagius5078
      @lordpelagius5078 2 місяці тому

      I keep getting confused with him

  • @johnschwartz5
    @johnschwartz5 4 роки тому +1

    Wow that Bernie impersonation say spot on!!

  • @neilsharpson996
    @neilsharpson996 4 роки тому +4

    "I made fun of your height, and that's such a low blow."
    🤐

  • @MistermistTheOne
    @MistermistTheOne 4 роки тому

    History and Spyro music, another great Atun-Shei video.

  • @matthewwedge6416
    @matthewwedge6416 4 роки тому +7

    Son is studying up in his history class about the civil war of the United States, and likes all of your historical knowledge..but all he wants to know after shareing this vid is Do you skate verts or trick board? Those 8.25 or 8.5’s ? Indi or krucks? Spitfire or 🦴 .
    SMH! Buy him books , send him to school and oh look a squirrel...

  • @remysmith8743
    @remysmith8743 4 роки тому +2

    I adore your videos. You and I would surely disagree on many topics, mostly politically, but in the end we’re on the same side. Truth. History. Caring about people. Keep making your videos I’ll keep watching.

  • @buddylight2871
    @buddylight2871 4 роки тому +3

    So about the History Channel's Grant miniseries that just released...

  • @vikpolyak
    @vikpolyak 4 роки тому

    Didn’t know I needed that rendition in my life, but all the better for it.