If they used the original clip as shown, it would've been the worst ending to a TV series ever. With a bit of editing, it in fact became the best ending to a TV series ever.
@miniman2132
6 жыл бұрын
What I find amazing about this ending is that it took a comedy TV series to make me truly understand the dread and horror of WW1. I’m only 26 years old, but I’m a lover of history, yet even I never really felt the impact of just exactly how much of themselves the previous generations gave. Haunting.
@gwynforanthony-ackery7770
5 жыл бұрын
Jill Anthony-Ackery
@ianedmonds9191
3 жыл бұрын
@@gwynforanthony-ackery7770 It was an amazing ending and it happened almost by accident. Necessity is the mother of invention. Luv and Peace.
@1daveyp
3 жыл бұрын
Surprising how often this is the case. If the fake shark in Jaws had worked as planned it wouldn't have been anything like as good as it turned out to be.
@GenericGooner
2 жыл бұрын
Blackadder: we have the worst ending to a tv series in the unused footage archive… Game of thrones: hold my Starbucks
@pauliejay4161
6 жыл бұрын
It is actually when the poppies appear that my emotion snaps. A beautiful field with a terrible past, but it's as if the war had never happened, and all of that suffering was for nought.
@Jack.K96
5 жыл бұрын
Field of red flowers as the bloodshed of soldiers who lost their lives in that battlefield
@killianoshaughnessy1174
4 жыл бұрын
All we have are the memories. Which is why we must never forget unless we will repeat the same mistakes the people in the past did.
@cov9290
3 жыл бұрын
War with outdated tactics. No wonder why is was so tragic
@cov9290
3 жыл бұрын
There’s a book called All Quite On The Western Front. It describes the horrors of the war better than anyone else. And it’s from a German perspective.
@sugarnads
3 жыл бұрын
@@cov9290 a war with tech and numbers noone had ever had to deal with before in a situation noone had ever had to deal with before. They didnt all sit down and decide 'yes lets all just build trenches and mow each other down in the thousands'. For fuq sake. There was a solid 6 months of manouvre warfare before both sides ran out of space trying to outflank each other. There was nothing 'outdated' about their tactics. They were in a battle environment NOONE had ever experienced prior. It took the allies 3 years to work out how to defeat such a solidly entrenched enemy. It took several major battles to work out how to even begin to survive in the mud and chaos of no mans land. It took 3 years to develop the necessary artillery and support weapons (ie tanks and radio equipped aeroplanes) AND figure out how to use the bloody things. Its so very easy to be so fuqn smart 100 years later from the comfort of a nice home etc. It took someone from the other side of the damned world (Monash in case youre wondering) to figure out how to win.
@Goatboysminion
8 жыл бұрын
Every time. Every bloody time I see this clip or the last scene, as it is shown on TV. I break down and cry. Those poor brave bastards. The finest final scene of any television series. Ever.
@Gadzinisko
7 жыл бұрын
Or those poor people slaughtered in the name of some line on the map, which is more of a message that the show is trying to sell.
@pspicer777
6 жыл бұрын
goatboyful, Well said.....
@albertgrant6670
6 жыл бұрын
Goatboy How true and how sad.What a waste of human life on both sides.
@carlosajames
5 жыл бұрын
Goatboy I do the same. Cause I think about my relative who was killed on the battle of the somme which this episode is about.
@carlmanvers5009
4 жыл бұрын
History has taught me two things. A deep respect for the people forced to fight in its wars. And a healthy mistrust of the people who profited from those wars.
@CaesarInVa
9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely the most brilliant and poignant ending scene of any series, ever. The whole slow motion timing and gradual fading achieved the effect of these once vibrant characters whom we had come to know and love seemingly fading back into distant history.
@andy2382
8 жыл бұрын
+CaesarInVa and always remember that these vibrant characters represent an entire generation of our relatives; real people represented by brilliant actors.
@SpartacusColo
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@1987MartinT
5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad they changed it. The ending they went with is one of the most haunting and gripping endings in TV history.
@Wizardaron
Жыл бұрын
They couldn't use it at all if it hadn't been edited
@pityu101
11 жыл бұрын
When i first saw it, many years ago, i became silent for hours. It has shocked me so much how comedy can literally turn into tragedy as Nightmeare said, and that the loss of these fictional characters can move the human soul so much... it is absolutely amazing, no doubt about it. It is really hard to express the feeling in words. At one moment i grin from ear to ear, and in the next one, i just cant help but stare bluntly at the screen in utter silence. THIS is what I call...a wonder.
@veryanonymous3630
3 жыл бұрын
I think the best way I can sum up the ending is that when all the jokes and silliness started to fade away the characters became incredibly dignified, embracing honesty, mutual respect and courage as they approached the end. And then they were sent to die by idiotic aristocrats that truly didn't hold any value for human life.
@jameswright5268
7 жыл бұрын
Director-Your acting in last scene wasn't so Impressive and Convincing,So we have to shoot it again. Baldrick-My lord,I have a Cunning plan.
@charlietheanteater3918
5 жыл бұрын
James Wright As cunning a Fox professor of cunning and Oxbridge
@tomkreft2447
10 жыл бұрын
Editors: saving the goddamned day. :)
@stuartkenny7430
4 жыл бұрын
I've always said that the power of editing can make or break a film or TV show, editors are an invaluable part of the team, always listen to their advice and ideas.
@ENCHANTMEN_
3 жыл бұрын
Star Wars: A New Hope
@simonandkarennash243
7 жыл бұрын
Old soldiers never die they just fade away. A deep touching tribute, the final result could not have been more sensitive and respectful.
@simonandkarennash2124
4 жыл бұрын
@liverpoollishgirl Yes and it's always the young who have to pay the terrilbe price. To your point that we repeat the mistakes as they fade our species can't help itself. through the millennia we slaughter ourselves, I despair as we will never learn.
@VeracityLH
4 жыл бұрын
Which makes one wonder: what happens as we age that lets us be okay with killing our young this way?
@Trikeboy2
12 жыл бұрын
The finest moments in British Comedy. Not much else has moved me to tears. Even watching this documentary of them creating it has moved me. So glad they had decent film makers on that show.
@magna4100
2 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw this was in late 1992 when Blackadder 1V was being repeated on BBC2. The scene was so unexpected and so very powerful. I've seen it many times since and it punches me in the gut every single time. It has never lost it's power. That field of poppies with the sweet song of Skylarks floating above it was once soaked with the blood of British soldiers. Holy Ground.
@battaliance
Жыл бұрын
Soaked in the blood of soldiers not just British. The Germans were lied to and conscripted just as our soldiers were. Hate people that just completely disregard the other side. They were only doing as they were told as well.
@karpizan
6 жыл бұрын
“Unfortunately, the plan had one fatal flaw “ “What was that?” “It was bollocks” The lunacy and tragedy of WW1 summarised to a T.
@mrwri
9 жыл бұрын
Still makes me cry.
@danthewatcher9681
8 жыл бұрын
+Meester Writer I know *cries* HUUUUUG MEEEEEEEE!
@markmewordz6860
6 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a regular serving soldier in 1914. He fought at Gallipolli and the Somme, where he was gassed ... which eventually killed him. He maintained, to the very day he died, that his generation were lied to. Do not, like sheep, follow your leaders into war.
@stuartdodgson3360
5 жыл бұрын
Devastating story.
@TheTaterTotP80
4 жыл бұрын
Terrible, RIP to him. He is with you and Family forever. However Sheep are not mindless followers, no Life is. All Life is lovely, great and should be Loved, cared and Respected. The problem is the malice of Humanity.
@mariahcarey9470
4 жыл бұрын
What gas was it?
@whoami30204
2 жыл бұрын
Turn imperialist war into civil war
@Steinstra-vj7wl
Жыл бұрын
...like the Ukraine war: stay out !
@joeavent5554
3 жыл бұрын
I am 58 and still cry thinking of those men who died on the Western Front. This last scene truly made the series worth making and watching.
@summerteeeth
5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the broadcast ending for the first time, with no prior knowledge of how the series ended. I found it a surprising, but fitting ending. Surprising, because it was not a very 'Blackadder' thing to happen. Fitting, because it paid tribute to the fallen.
@VeracityLH
4 жыл бұрын
It makes one abruptly remember,, much as the showrunners did, that in the end, WWI was no laughing matter. The fact that they did make us laugh up until the end is testament to how brilliant this series is.
@stevemale9936
2 жыл бұрын
I also watched it and it is probably the only "water cooler" moment I recall at work, the next day. A colleague said his wife thought it was terrible and didn't understand, whereas we all agreed to a man that it was the only way they could have ended the series. The programmes got better as they went one. I am not a fan of the first series but Black Adder II, III and IV were exponentially improved and brilliant. They all gave a hilarious interpretation of their respective periods but nothing like Black Adder Goes Forth, which managed to mix pathos, tragedy and humour in a way never seen before or indeed since. I recall Tim McInnery being asked if they'd do another series and saying no because they were "all young and beautiful back then", plus they finished with the classic "leave them wanting more". An absolute masterclass in entertainment programme making.
@YourFriendlyNeighbour
5 жыл бұрын
The first world war ended 100 years ago today. What better way to celebrate than with the final moments of Captain Blackadder and his dugout comrades.
@YourFriendlyNeighbour
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly. War is the most unnessasery thing to ever happen in "politics"
@looseSpark
12 жыл бұрын
I'm welling up even before the final scene comes on. I can't believe it still has this effect on me even after 20 years!
@Sgt_Bill_T_Co
2 жыл бұрын
It was, is and always will be a tear jerker for me. So many young lives lost because of a few old men and their greed. - Even 104 years later we see something similar unfolding in Europe.
@marcstixdavey
11 жыл бұрын
I just saw this episode last night. What a way to end the series - from comedy to tragedy in a few short minutes. I, like many others, felt a chill go down my spine as they went over the top and six years of good times came to a sad end.
@pauldh62
Жыл бұрын
I recall seeing it in 1989 and I firmly believe now as I did then that it was one of the finest scenes to ever be depicted in British comedy. I was laughing one moment only to be hauled up by my boot strings, hopelessly saddened the next at the true pathos of what had been presented. The site of those bloody fields of Flanders now, all grassed over, with the credits rolling in silence brought respectful gravitas that curiously complimented the flippant and irreverent humour that so characterised this series.
@Dites1954
13 жыл бұрын
This is, without doubt, the most apt and perfect ending to any tellivision series. It ended with a meaning.
@Jack.K96
6 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece of human kind. Top of the line British comedy at it's best with a deep political message in the end.. makes me shivering each time I watch it. Seen it a day before I was recruited to the army as a symbolic thing and a day before the end of my service. Right now. Can't describe how much I got connected to this series. I'm 21 years old, my dad got me to know it for the first time. Privileged
@keylime6101
10 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was extremely well done and wraps it up perfectly.
@AdyB2008
3 жыл бұрын
This is why you should always listen to every person on your team, regardless of their position. All together, a fantastic job that still gives me a lump in my throat.
@sengork
10 жыл бұрын
Very symbolic ending indeed.
@Mavakor
13 жыл бұрын
I was so shocked when I saw this as I was expecting them to survive. My whole family was watching this and I think we were silent for five minutes after that.
@zakelwe
8 жыл бұрын
shows good they can be off camera. The bird song is epic too. Pictures and sound. That what makes everything brilliant.
@darrenwilson8042
2 жыл бұрын
Quite simply the finest ending on British TV ever - I remember watching it as a young man when it went to air and I was choked and in tears - after all those laughs the series gave us the final act was to prove the futility of war
@ricarleite
10 жыл бұрын
This is art from adversity, creating something on the spot, with no resources, from the little material you had available. This sort of art died with the advent of computers.
@user-vh6ts9uf6c
10 жыл бұрын
But you wouldn't be able to make that comment without the internet so...
@edbadyt
9 жыл бұрын
Good point but the comment doesn't matter. No-ones comments have ever mattered and never will do. All hail the internment where people can talk shite and no one listens :-)
@tardiskeeper6
9 жыл бұрын
ricarleite It's like the iconic TARDIS sound and materialisation effect
@caelvanir8557
7 жыл бұрын
No, the situation they found themselves in (Not much to work with, little time, etc) is still common. Ingenuity didn't die with the computer. It just make it easier for more people to be able to create scenes like this.
@ricarleite
7 жыл бұрын
Lord Caelvanir Today they could just create CGI soldiers coming out of the trench and get the shots they wanted. Would it have the same impact?
@RubyMarkLindMilly
4 жыл бұрын
The drums the poppies the music my God If your British this really does get to you never forgotten never forget
@gordon2d
13 жыл бұрын
I still can't watch the final scenes without my eyes watering up. I feel certain that whatever crew was assembled, they could not have bettered this ending, even if they were still trying to this day. Shows what can be achieved by people that care about what they are doing. A most worthy memorial to the several million young men from all across the world whose lives were snatched from them.
@WC3POchannel10A
15 жыл бұрын
The story behind one of the best scenes in television history in my opinion. Also a great example of a production team working together to make a scene that was ok, into something great.
@pipenissen
14 жыл бұрын
Pretty good idea with the poppies and the birds! That created an epic sense of the actual battlefield as it remains... So serene. And such a bloody history. Incredible!
@monstermonty9074
4 жыл бұрын
You could say who ever had the idea to put poppies at the end had a very cunning plan
@Torahboy1
4 жыл бұрын
In 2018 on Remembrance Day, I pulled my bus over to the roadside just before 11am to observe the 2minute silence. As I do every year. Some teenager wanted to get off during the silence. I ignored him. He got stroppy with me. How I didn’t punch him in his face, I’ll never know....
@howdoiputthecheeseintheove8437
2 жыл бұрын
God bless the editors for doing their work in fixing up that badly planned ending into possibly the best ending in TV history
@JavertRA
4 жыл бұрын
So glad they came up with this - though a less effective alternate could have been to have Blackadder say his last line and them shoot over the top with the camera staying fixed on the wall of the trenches as they disappear over it. You only hear sounds of guns and bombs then gradually the slow soft music. Just came to me. But the one they came up with - genius.
@fredferd965
4 жыл бұрын
It does NOT matter how "accurate" that going over the top scene was. What matters is what the scene was saying - and it was saying a lot. Those men were our friends, our families - they were us. This is a companion piece to the song, "The Green Fields of France."
@KitKat_Kt
2 жыл бұрын
Oof. Feels. I still remember seeing this on PBS for the 1st time so many years ago at like, 12 or 1am, and just sitting there silently, kind of in shock and crying over the ending. Fantastic editing choice.
@reiverraider4887
2 жыл бұрын
I've seen that ending a hundred times. Still gives me goosebumps and brings a year to my eye. Brave lads.
@NPA1001
7 жыл бұрын
A combined effort to produce a work of absolute genius...👏👏👏
@borja1000
8 жыл бұрын
amazing how that epic scene was created! real art-works!
@TheBaconBootsShow
7 жыл бұрын
Goes to show not only the power of editing, but the incredible creativity behind the series.
@heronoverdose
2 жыл бұрын
In typical British fashion one of the best ending of all time was not planned strictly speaking by bumbled into. Brilliant!
@joewilliams2944
Жыл бұрын
Without question, the best piece of television ever.
@johncarmichael1299
6 жыл бұрын
This was one of THOSE TV moments that effected me on many levels......... the futility of it all.....perfect end to an amazing series....
@brontewcat
3 жыл бұрын
Even with someone explaining - the field of poppies and the birdsong hits home.
@oldskoolfool141
3 жыл бұрын
I'm pathetic, even with them breaking it all down it still makes me weep like an idiot, my god did the editors go home happy that day
@rnw2739
2 жыл бұрын
Slow motion and slowed down audio improves it undoubtedly, but let's have it right - It is the addition of Howard Goodalls piano playing the 'Blackadder' theme tune in a more melancholic tone that makes this ending absolutely heartbreaking.
@moominpic
10 жыл бұрын
I hadn't seen this episode before I sent my brother a video for xmas one year... He was sitting in Kuwait, about to take part in the liberation as part of the first Gulf War.... My mother wasn't too happy when she saw it later...
@siyabongamngomezulu9743
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing such a human moment for posterity.
@johnroyce8355
10 ай бұрын
The first time I watched this, I cried. Truly a beautiful tribute to the brave souls who gave their lives in ALL wars. It still makes me weep every time I see this. Thank you to all involved, this is a television great.
@NikSwiftDigs
7 жыл бұрын
If they had stuck with the original ending I think it would have gutted the whole show. I mean everyone dying and Blackadder just faking it? That goes beyond his usual levels of nastiness into really quite sociopathic. All Blackadder's kind words in the trench immediately before would have become meaningless. Of course the originally-intended ending wouldn't still make me cry every time I watch it like the good one does...
@hawkerhellfire9152
7 жыл бұрын
What you see there is everyone dying and then Rowan Atkinson breaking character and getting up to have a word with someone, nobody was happy with that as an ending.
@ThemeParkChomp
6 жыл бұрын
Nikolaus Cox You’re watching unedited tape reels there, so Rowan getting back up isnt part of the plot, it’s just a fluffed take. Nobody was happy with the shoot, Rowan knew it and got up “miffed” mid shot.
@Euroviking86
6 жыл бұрын
It wasn't a good take and Rowan knew it, hence why he broke character. But he flat out told John Lloyd that he and the cast refused to retake it, because it was just too traumatizing for them to shoot.
@dunebasher1971
6 жыл бұрын
Except that if you look carefully at the original studio footage presented in the clip above, you can see that there are *at least* two different takes of them charging at the camera, one with Hugh Laurie's head right down and one where you can see part of his face. So they did the whole thing at least twice, neither take was completely right, and they ran out of time to do any more.
@grendelum
5 жыл бұрын
The key thing you’re missing is that they only had a few minutes on that set... they got there just at the end of the day and only had time for one take and some close ups...
@Danjs112
3 жыл бұрын
Its probably the best tribute they could have given. Its one of the few scenes that it all dawns.
@OriginalNotNyanCat
3 жыл бұрын
Greetings form 2020, on the eve of the most dangerous election. This scene still crushes the heart. No more dictators and tyrants for the love all that is good.
@rajeevbat
14 жыл бұрын
@katiegreenaway I cry when Hugh Laurie says "sir.. I'm scared sir".. a man as blind and brave as him in the war also felt scared in the end.. heartbreaking!
@rbz12run
13 жыл бұрын
I'm just so thankful for the existence of the whole Black Adder body of work. It has brought laughs (and even the tears at that ending) that are priceless. :-)
@NPA1001
3 жыл бұрын
The best ending of any TV series ever.
@West_Coast_Mainline
3 жыл бұрын
This was the most brilliant ending scene of anything The characters we all knew going over the top Wether they will live is known, and the answer is no It goes from comedy to tragedy
@lexkanyima2195
3 жыл бұрын
But it's so well done
@CF1975
14 жыл бұрын
I always hear that many people found the ending of this series extremely schocking. Obviously it does not end well, but I always believed it worked very good and it was perfectly edited, in combination with the music and because of that there was something very melancholical about it. The ending of Blackadder II, with the shot of Queenie and her entourage with their throats cut, was much more schocking to me, but that also worked for that series.
@jackotrades50
13 жыл бұрын
I first watched the final scene in 92 or 93 i think i was 12 yrs old then it made me cry then and today 20 yrs later it is still sad .. .. Blackadder series a re just awesome !
@Russell101
2 жыл бұрын
I've loved Blackadder since I was a child and had watched all the previous series before this, so the ending of this one was truly powerful and unexpected and in a grotesque way quite beautiful in the sense that comedy took a back seat for a moment and let the horrors of what war must be like take centre stage for a moment.
@johnnydiamondsmusic1673
3 жыл бұрын
As an vet I got emotional when I saw that. Brilliant poignant end to a great series.
@delilaha
13 жыл бұрын
this ending actually makes me tear up...it's so good!
@belchnasty
4 жыл бұрын
It still gets me everytime
@Infinitelure2008
13 жыл бұрын
Very much appreciated seeing this. Even after having watched how it was done, the moving of the closing scene still remains unblemished. Thanks again.
@healthmatters5987
8 жыл бұрын
brilliant ending to a brilliant series
@belindacrisp7078
2 жыл бұрын
When this first started I was going to say how they might have thought it was embarrassing but I cried my heart out. By the end I was crying again.
@hamohash666
9 жыл бұрын
Respect to them for making this, love it x
@ruffian1868
14 жыл бұрын
BUT....what about the music. That piece is one of the finest, most poignant pieces of music ever !
@alexamerling20
13 жыл бұрын
RIP to all who served during this terrible war and the second war as well.
@pixelfibre
14 жыл бұрын
Pure gold. Nothing has even come close to finishing a sitcom. So much to say.
@MikeJones-xw3te
2 жыл бұрын
Lost my Great Grandad in the First War, wounded at Sulva Bay with the Manchester Regt, died of other wounds in 1917, from a blue on blue, with 8 others. Grandad survived 2nd war, from the beginning, even evacuated from Dunkirk. Real dad served fighting the Mau Mau and Yemeni terrorists. I served in Britain's forgotten war, Op Banner. God bless all the brave souls in all recent conflicts, stay safe.
@fletch61
4 жыл бұрын
Watched at the time of transmission...sat at the end in stunned silence !
@GuitarNovice100
14 жыл бұрын
I can go over these episodes day after day and still not get bored.. amazing stuff!
@harrysagma
8 жыл бұрын
saddest thing i saw on tv,thanks
@paulcrisp9861
2 жыл бұрын
What a beautifully haunting and poignant ending to such a great programme, it just sends a shiver down my spine and a tear to my eyes. ❤🇬🇧❤🇬🇧❤🇬🇧 jan 2022
@FangedBeauty
12 жыл бұрын
chills man...the ending still gives me the chills. A scene I will carry with me for the rest of my life.
@am2261
2 жыл бұрын
They went from jjjuuuuuusssssst about f*#king up the ending to making it the best, most iconic ending of any series ever. Good job.
@receptorpol
8 ай бұрын
Ye rI clearly remember watching it alone at home and remember clearly how I was stunned, emotional and angry all at once. Could not get it out of my mind. Incredible that it was junior production staff who came up with the final ideas. Bravo. BBC at it's best.
@AH-be6bu
7 жыл бұрын
Victory snatched from the jaws of defeat.
@nafereuskortex9055
2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this for the first time assuming they would do something funny for the end like they did with other seasons but I won't forget this particularly the poppy transition.
@VeracityLH
4 жыл бұрын
Before editing: "Holy crap, what are we going to do with this?" After editing: "Holy crap, look what we did with this!"
@jmcallion2071
Жыл бұрын
Shows what a little thinking can do, still after 30 years has the power to move that imbedded lump of flesh that each of us has- the heart!!😢
@carlmanvers5009
4 жыл бұрын
Art can be at its finest when it's truly collaborative.
@PrivateCitizen84
10 ай бұрын
When life throws a spanner to the face and I can't duck dodge dip dive dodge it I just think of this one scene. I still didn't have it bad as those guys back in the WW1 day. I count my blessings for sure.
@Birdieupon
12 жыл бұрын
Ah, the days when the BBC made classics, instead of occasionally making things which are not garbage.
@rnw2739
2 жыл бұрын
Nowadays, as anti-British as the BBC is, they would replace the sombre piano version of the theme which plays over their deaths with audience laughter.
@schizoidboy
14 жыл бұрын
@rajeevbat That's the real turning point in the episode when George a real dim bulb realizes that he could be killed just like his friends. From then on the mood is barely laughable and it just sets us up for the ending to come. It's just brilliant and moving.
@Bombaman5632
12 жыл бұрын
This is one great piece of editing!
@DeafFret
11 жыл бұрын
war is a wicked thing ding-a-ling-a-ling
@johnmunro4952
Жыл бұрын
I still remember watching this when it aired. Incredibly moving. Most unexpected.
@dantaylor7344
7 жыл бұрын
I think the waiting to go over was probably worse than actually going over. Mind would go to mush, many of them did. Poor sods.
@TheAngelOfDeath01
7 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the sounds of battle all around you, deprived of sleep, food, rest, and the smell of gunpowder, blood, mud, murky water, etc. God what a hellish nightmare.
@dwaipayanroychowdhury7035
7 жыл бұрын
Dandruff as a substitute for sugar and mud water as a substitute for coffee .
@bobbyewing2486
7 жыл бұрын
Lions led by donkeys.
@richardharrold9736
5 жыл бұрын
That's a myth, created by Alan Clark to sell a book. Something like eighty British Generals died in active service in WW1. Even among the survivors, there were some great men, like General Allenby, whose only son was killed in action.
@CEngelbrecht
4 жыл бұрын
@@richardharrold9736 Then why the flying fuck did they keep sending them towards machine gun fire? For four bloody years.
@thehandoftheking3314
4 жыл бұрын
@@CEngelbrecht they tried to figure out different ways to fight, both sides and all armies did. The war wasn't the simple run into MG fire that pop culture claims.
@backtothefifa1059
3 жыл бұрын
Hardly a myth, considering it was being said about the British troops since the Crimean War
@carolinecharleston8672
10 жыл бұрын
Mind. Blown.
@biggles1111
13 жыл бұрын
It is very tastefully done, isn't it? After all, up to this point, they had done a comedy show about one of the most horrific wars to ever sunder the world, and here, in the last few minutes, they remind people that for those who where there, for all those soldiers, it aws most certainly not a laughing matter.
@swiftgames5382
Жыл бұрын
Still sends shivers down my spine when I see this, after all those years.
@awinbisa
Жыл бұрын
The transition from the past, where there is sufficient distance to make it funny, into the present with the poppy field and birdsong, is just gut wrenching. Suddenly you realise this craziness that you’ve been laughing about actually happened. The bodies are still in the landscape. And for what?
@SirBoggins
Жыл бұрын
Through just one screw-up, they made one of the GREATEST endings to a changing ever....😢
@michalbukvai7548
5 жыл бұрын
Good thing that editors came with a very cunning plan sir.
@jamesluby6705
2 жыл бұрын
The ending could be considered providence, like surviving a war, bloody lucky, how appropriate. I love that... 😊
@kh-19636
3 жыл бұрын
Even more poignant when you remember some of the young men who died were barely out of their teens. Sent to war never to return.
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