This may be the most random review of a period drama you’ll ever read

What do people look for in a good period drama? A strong plot? Beautiful costumes? Historical accuracy? Apparently not, if this review is to be believed.

beginning 2019 with the best review of a period drama i’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/IYuU8nqAG0

— mere (@mere_lyn) January 1, 2019

It’s astonishing to think that there are people sitting around bracing themselves for hearing that same annoying horse again in period dramas. The post unleashed a multi-person tirade about similar issues, such as these:

See also, the cart trails you see in every historic or fantasy setting, with two neat lines for the wheels and untouched grass growing in the middle. The kind that motor vehicles make and horse drawn carts absolutely do not, on account of having a bloody great horse in the middle

— Mr. Vile (@Mr_Vile_) January 2, 2019

Hollywood:
*shows literally any species of bird
*red-tailed hawk call

Also:
*night time in any location
*Sierran tree frogs are somehow there

— Jennifer Thomas-Bryant (@LadyCorax) January 2, 2019

There is a recording of children laughing that is used over and over again. At this point every time children are on screen I am on edge *waiting* for it.

— Partly Potato (@kathbaird) January 2, 2019

The call of the Australian Kookaburra (laughing birds) is the 'generic monkey call in a jungle' sound in every jungle setting
(and there was a 'generic police radio sound' that I first heard in the very first GTA, which is now in every police drama)

— Philipp Bayer (@PhilippBayer) January 2, 2019

Character: *raises barrel of rifle, slightly, without it touching anything*
Foley Artist: Yeah, we better chuck a rifle down a flight of stairs.

— Dave Gibb (@carnivoredaddy) January 2, 2019

One person had a suggestion for a more realistic sound effect for horses.

I spent a few months around horses about a year ago. Based on that experience, I’d say the proper sound effect for horses should be really loud farting.

— Andrew Gray (@hgzinc) January 2, 2019

That ought to silence the naysayers.