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Anders This is a great movie. I was surprised you didn't comment on the Biblical imagery though - water from the rock, ritual anointing of warriors for the Holy One, leading people out of slavery, the Pharao's army coming after them with their chariots, searching for the Holy Land, etc. This is a much much better Exodus movie than the Exodus movie. Now, for the ridiculousness: a) Petrol is scarce, which makes it a display of power and wealth to drive these gas-guzzlers. It is the same thing that makes people buy a watch for $280,000 - it's a way of saying "Look how rich and powerful I am". And since gasoline apparently spoils after 6-12 months, there's no use in stockpiling it anyway. b) Presumably the Immortan Joe turns on the water once per day and the people have to gather it up then. c) Breast milk... well, it's richly symbolic. Joe provides them with mother's milk, he is their mother as well as their father. Presumably they eat other stuff as well. There was a Celtic ritual of patronage in the 6th century where the client had to suck on the patron's hairy man-nipple. Same symbolism.
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November 1, 2014 20:16:06
Jason Youngberg Yes. We need more videos about the history of the other civilizations outside of "the West". I hope you include explanations about their culture and how it's different than ours. (Remember that "different" doesn't mean better or worse.)
November 2, 2014 00:33:49 · Reply
Arturo Gutierrez yes! We've finally reached the samurai side of history.
November 2, 2014 16:43:59 · Reply
David Hueso My favorite :D
November 5, 2014 15:27:55 · Reply
Fredegar Deepdelver Love Extra History to death, but where is the Patreon or Milestone goal for more Extra Credits? Or is it not feasible to write more, or longer episodes of that, even if you get a bunch of artists? I had the impression that up until now, the art was the main bottleneck.
November 3, 2014 13:20:54 · Reply
Extra Credits We would need to clone ourselves another James. I believe science is hard at work on that, but until the breakthrough, Extra Credits will be on a regular weekly schedule. That being said, we are looking into expanding the Patreon for the rest of our shows. We just don't want to bite off too much at once, or rush into it unless we're sure we can do cool things!
November 5, 2014 03:36:41 · Reply
August 31, 2014 02:36:19
Lars Händler I am from Germany and graduated high school (better the equivalent we have here) with focus on German history. Your video is very well researched and does a perfect job to describe the complex geo-political situation prior to WW1. The only thing that stings me is the flag you use for Germany. The black, red and gold flag for Germany was adopted after WW2.
September 2, 2014 10:22:51 · Reply
Extra Credits Yeah, we realized that error after the video had already been released, and wish we could go back in time to change it. Our writer was preparing for a convention during the last week of production for this episode, so he didn't get a chance to give this the final fact-check. Hopefully future episodes will see these sorts of errors ironed out!
September 2, 2014 23:15:38 · Reply
Lars Händler It is not a grave error but the black, red, yellow flag symbolizes the federal republic or modern post WW2 Germany. Germans tend to be a bit touchy about this because the German Reich of the late 19th until mid 20th century is not exactly something we are proud of.
September 3, 2014 08:58:14 · Reply
Tomer Michael I love the sandwich story as much as the next guy, but if I'm not mistaken, it actually traces back to a Portuguese fiction novel from 2001... http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gavrilo-princips-sandwich-79480741/
September 13, 2014 07:51:28 · Reply
Michael Waisfeld I find it quite funny watching this as while living in Israel. Quite literally living with the consequences of the war (like I can literally see the separation wall ((amusingly originally a British idea)) from the Palestinian authority as I'm writing this). Definitely the single most pointless war ever fought by human kind.
October 13, 2014 10:12:36 · Reply