Things horses only do on the screen

Be noticeably 4-5 different horses depending on the skillset required or. Spirited TB for the stunt rider, cobby type for the actor. Have obvious white bits painted on them.
No spooking at random twigs or funny looking pigeons. No yawning or pulling faces.
little_critter said:
I noted the other night while half watching a John Wick film that it was convenient there was a horse, fully tacked up with boots on, tied up ready in the middle of the night for him to escape on.
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With its convenient trick riding saddle 🤣

All horses are trained to double barrel when you slap their bottoms. That would be extremely inconvenient.
 
Cortez said:
Drama requires the suspension of belief in order to work. It's not intended to be real, we have our lives for that......
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I keep having to tell this to my OH. We recently watched Broadchurch (yes, we are years behind!) an he was persistently telling me that’s not how policing work. I was like ‘Yeah, and Grange Hill isn’t representative of teaching. It’s the telly, babe!’
 
southerncomfort said:
I never got past the first episode of The Walking Dead.

No horse is just going to stand still and let zombies eat it without putting up an almighty fight and kicking a few of them in to next week!

(Also...zombies can be killed by gunshot but still manage to take over America, where literally everyone has a gun..?)
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It takes a head shot to neutralise a zombie. There may well be more guns than people in the USA, but most of the gun owners are probably crap shots, and there are places where probably less than 10% of the people own a gun.
 
Starzaan said:
Live in their tack, ALWAYS.

The best representation of horses in media I have seen is in The Banshees of Inisherin. The horses make normal horse noises, and when one of the equines dies, the way it is portrayed it totally accurate. I didn’t realise how angry it makes me watching horses constantly whinnying and making sex noises in most films and series, until I saw that and realised how much calmer I was when watching 🤣
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Interesting about Banshees, I thought the implication was meant to be that the animal had vomited (all that diced carrot!)
Was it choke then?

eta Whatever - it's a lovely lovely film
 
cauda equina said:
Interesting about Banshees, I thought the implication was meant to be that the animal had vomited (all that diced carrot!)
Was it choke then?

eta Whatever - it's a lovely lovely film
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It was supposed to have choked on the finger..... I liked the film, with reservations, (and the spotty cob belongs to a friend), but the prosthetic dead donkey wasn't very convincing - far too light when he was pulling it into the far too shallow grave - but I didn’t let it disturb the narrative for me.
 
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Cortez said:
Drama requires the suspension of belief in order to work. It's not intended to be real, we have our own dreary lives for that......
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Yes, you're right.
It's not just drama, it's the documentaries too
Everything truck related is banned in our house . I often wonder if it's the same for any profession or pastime .
 
Starzaan said:
I didn’t realise how angry it makes me watching horses constantly whinnying and making sex noises in most films and series
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Ummm - horse sex noises? I appear to have lived a sheltered horsey life so far, my gelding is generally interested in grass and playing with small ponies and I am loathe to have 'horse sex noises' added to my google searches..
 
luckyoldme said:
Yes, you're right.
It's not just drama, it's the documentaries too
Everything truck related is banned in our house . I often wonder if it's the same for any profession or pastime .
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Can’t watch veterinary documentaries at all, I can watch All creatures great and small but that’s it
 
I have just watched the Flicka/Thunderhead movies on DVD. The first two are some of my favourites, the 3rd one is rubbish and not like the books at all
They always leave me with a few questions:
Did/do stallions have enormous herds of mares, and do they fight to the death?
Did American ranchers let their valuable brood mares and stallion have free range over the prairies?
Why are wild horses in American movies nice looking, thoroughbred types?
Why are horses kept in corrals with no grass, hay or water, but the surrounding area is grassland?
 
malwhit said:
I have just watched the Flicka/Thunderhead movies on DVD. The first two are some of my favourites, the 3rd one is rubbish and not like the books at all
They always leave me with a few questions:
Did/do stallions have enormous herds of mares, and do they fight to the death?
Did American ranchers let their valuable brood mares and stallion have free range over the prairies?
Why are wild horses in American movies nice looking, thoroughbred types?
Why are horses kept in corrals with no grass, hay or water, but the surrounding area is grassland?
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'Cos it's America innit? Most of those things are pretty accurate (except for the all mustangs are nice looking, they are mostly light TB type though). Keeping horses in corrals is for ease of catching, they don't necessarily live in them full time.
 
Cinnamontoast said:
I keep having to tell this to my OH. We recently watched Broadchurch (yes, we are years behind!) an he was persistently telling me that’s not how policing work. I was like ‘Yeah, and Grange Hill isn’t representative of teaching. It’s the telly, babe!’
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Ah silent witness.... And yet I still watch.
 
Cloball said:
Ah silent witness.... And yet I still watch.
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I realise this is a bit off topic, but programmes based in labs and the characters use a centrifuge and no-one EVER balances it! :mad: :mad: :mad: :D

For the horse related bit (and the history bit) the use of stirrups in films set in ancient times... I know, I know, they need to keep the actors safe, but it still bugs me!
 
Kunoichi73 said:
I realise this is a bit off topic, but programmes based in labs and the characters use a centrifuge and no-one EVER balances it! :mad: :mad: :mad: :D

For the horse related bit (and the history bit) the use of stirrups in films set in ancient times... I know, I know, they need to keep the actors safe, but it still bugs me!
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Stirrups were introduced to the British Isles by the Vikings (and to Europe by the Mongols......who got the idea from the Chinese), so it really depends on the historical time period. And yes, safety would dictate the use of irons for the actors, although there are "ghost" stirrups that can be used which are pretty much invisible.
 
malwhit said:
I have just watched the Flicka/Thunderhead movies on DVD. The first two are some of my favourites, the 3rd one is rubbish and not like the books at all
They always leave me with a few questions:
Did/do stallions have enormous herds of mares, and do they fight to the death?
Did American ranchers let their valuable brood mares and stallion have free range over the prairies?
Why are wild horses in American movies nice looking, thoroughbred types?
Why are horses kept in corrals with no grass, hay or water, but the surrounding area is grassland?
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I follow a couple of pages on FB that photograph wild horses one is an an American one called Chasing Horses
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Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates

Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates. 7,381 likes · 2,657 talking about this. “To advocate for the proper management of the wild horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park"
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and one is the Snowy River Brumbies. I have to say the majority are physically stunning., tough and beautiful. Most are originally descended from imported riding horses.

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My horse Edward has obviously watched too many horse films because he has an enormous repertoire of neighs and other vocals to communicate 🤣
 
Cortez said:
Stirrups were introduced to the British Isles by the Vikings (and to Europe by the Mongols......who got the idea from the Chinese), so it really depends on the historical time period. And yes, safety would dictate the use of irons for the actors, although there are "ghost" stirrups that can be used which are pretty much invisible.
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I'm generally talking about Ancient Rome/Greece/Egypt stuff. That's interesting about the "ghost" stirrups. I'd not heard of them, thank you. :)
 
It bugs me when you see a medieval film. And the local hero rides a Spanish horse. Flowing mane. Usually black. No .. they would own a hairy old cob or Welsh 😀
 
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