02-28-2015, 10:56 AM
(02-28-2015, 09:41 AM)Elkhound Wrote: My initial inspiration was "Higlander: the Series" and "Forever Knight", which frequently if not always had flashbacks to where Duncan or Nick remembered some time in the past where he dealt with a similar situation, or met some historical figure.
Yes, that is similar to what I was thinking...perhaps in a more dark Oliver Twist way, however.
@Samsarilian. I do understand that many people are not comfortable with horses, but a lot of people don't realize that during the 18th and 19th centuries (the era of Brothers Grimm), most people never owned or rode a horse. City folk were not comfortable with them during those eras either; yet (authentic) horsepower was the main way to travel besides walking. Unless a person was quite wealthy and owned land and horses or could afford to stable them, they hired cabs (the original cabs were called handsome cabs, small neat horse drawn carriages if you've never heard the term) or hacks to take them where they needed to go. They also "hitchhiked" on the back of farm wagons if they were headed out of or into town.
People who've never even stood near a horse take carriage rides in NYC, in Charleston SC, in Savannah GA, and elsewhere every day with no challenges other than stepping up onto or into a carriage.
In other words, the entire historical episode could be made without a single person mounting a horse. Of course, if any of the cast were a confident equestrian already, that could be highlighted in the episode as well. And then there are always the stunt doubles...for any athletic scenes...same as Grimm uses now for all the fight and explosion scenes.
"Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today." ~Mark Twain