I always love how inept Sharpe looks when he's dueling one-on-one. You can tell that he didn't get fencing lessons or go to a military officers academy. Pretty cool detail actually.
I think that one of Sean Bean's best acting moments is the little flinch he gives when he starts fighting Lord Keighley. It clearly takes him by surprise.
it's probably more than sean bean couldn't duel and there wasn't much time for choreography, rather than a well-thought detail that reflects the character's upbringing and training
@@DaveDexterMusic Bean is a classically trained actor whose, according to Wikipedia anyway, first professional acting role was as Tybolt. I'm pretty sure he can actually fight pretty. (Or, you know, pretend-fight pretty).
1:20 Stealing your enemy's bayonet and using it to avenge your comrades? That is soldiering! Also, I love how every one of Sharpe's climactic fights has him invariably get knocked down, with the enemy's blade at his throat, then the enemy monologues, and Sharpe kills him and monologues. Sharpe understands that a stabbing death is a slow one. Plenty of time for monologuing as they bleed out.
so not only did O'Rorke not learn to take care of his weapon, he was also dumb enough to try and attack Harper in hand to hand combat, an area that Harper clearly has the advantage in given his larger frame, brawling nature and years of experience.
They're odd battlefield relationship ended in bloodshed, as it inevitably must have. But it is a funny thing to consider, had Sharp and Loup been both born a century later, they likely could just as easily ended as brothers in arms against the Prussian Empire.
Of all the enemies that Sharpe faced, I think General Loup was the most thoroughly despicable. A truly evil man with neither pity nor conscience. The worst kind of sociopath.
@@jeric_synergy8581 In a way yes Hakeswille was worst in what he did however dispite it being his job Ducos was not abouve being just as bad just not with civillians as far as I can recall and in a diffrent way as he saved the torture for those he hated aka Sharp
It is kind of a theme in Sharpe. Then again, that theme is that most of Sharpe's opponents were nobles trained in formal swordsmanship while Sharpe rose up through the ranks, learning the sword more as necessity and winning with either underhanded tactics or after "losing." In other words, the noble won the fight, but Sharpe understands that "winning" is less important than living.
Has Sharpe ever won a sword fight straight-up, from pure skill? You’d think he’d pick up some lessons now and again, seeing how often he gets into them. Or at least be good regardless. But most of the time it’s the ol’ “they kick my ass, but I get them with one last daring move”.
Nope. Not even in the books either. He usually has to resort to "gutter fighting" since he's pretty much had no formal saber training. It'd be unfair to call him a novice swordsman due to the sheer amount of combat experience he had, but at the same time he outmatched in skill pretty much every single time.
I always thought it was so odd that the british officer who kicked his ass tried to pull out a gun after one headbutt. Like damn man, get up and finish!
I like Loup death in book better drowns him in a stream during a sword fight. That is after Juanita shoots him in the shoulder during the sword fight as he is about to kill Loup with sword. Harper empties his gun into Juanita.
I cannot remember it was a few years ago. A lot of differences Kieley committed suicide in a church and there was little reference to his wife. The book climax’s at Battle of Fuentes de Onoro.
@@Former_Halo_Fan The writer didn't forget about him, he was created for the TV series like Harris and so is only in books written during or after the show (Sharpe's Battle was published while the show was on the air, so he's in that one). Sharpe's Battle takes place last out of all the books not part of the original run (in late 1811) so it is his final appearance, which he does survive.
And O'Rourke is not a traitor in the books; in the final battle he loses his musket and starts beating up the French with a piece of timber he picked up. Badass AF :)
Fun fact. Sharpe is using a 1796 British Heavy Cavalry Saber while Loup is using a French Heavy Cavalry Saber or a French Dragoon Saber. Judging by Loup's blade it looks like a French Dragoon but I could be wrong.
I suppose there's little opportunity to develop one-on-one swordsmanship when you fight 90% of your battles with your mates at your side and your job is to cut as many of the other buggers down before they can do the same to you.
@@HavokSage Yeah, and he spends most of them getting pasted before his "Bugger This" power activates, and he punches his opponent in the stomach, kicks him on the shin and chins him with his sword hilt 😛
Being the one alive at the end is all that matters. When your fighting for your life it's everything and anything to win. Sharpe was never a Zorro, but he knew how to utilise sword, fists, kicks, the environment and good old grit to get the win.
He was weilding a turret gun. They are an actual gun from this era but it's unlikely someone like Harper would actually be using one. The turret gun is the precursor to the modern Revolver in that it consisted of multiple barrels that had to be loaded separately. The barrels had a specialized cock which could hit a rear pin behind each barrel. Unfortunately these guns were over-engineered pieces of garbage, even when well-made. If I recall only certain British nobility only ever used them for sport and in the book I read one of the owners described the Turret gun as "Cantankerous and prone to outbursts."
It's a naval 7 barreled gun. In the books Sharpe buys it for Harper from a Chandler's shop. Harper is impressed with the gun after seeing it in action at Trafalgar. The recoil is so fierce that only the biggest, strongest men could use it. In the books Harper is about 6,5 tall.
This is why you wear thick gloves, grab the blade, and beat the living sh*t out of the the frog with his own sword. Only dead men fight like gentleman.
Loup was the only one that almost killed Sharpe in sword fight. He could be the second most adversary villain that Sharpe faced, beside Napoleon at the end.
Again and again throughout the SHARPE series, Richard Sharpe fights a number of personal combats and duels. His opponents always give Sharpe a second chance because they're cocky. General Loup did the same thing, instead of skewering Sharpe he takes time to boast at Sharpe. Then Loup makes the mistake of raising his sword point off Sharpe. Sharpe never, never, never gives second chances to opponents who give him a second chance. Sharpe gets up, gets his second wind, overcomes his opponent through ferocity and brute strength more than skill and kills his opponent...hard.
They should of thrown in a depth perception joke in there to go along with the south park quote, maybe having Sharpe at Loups mercy only for loup to totally miss his thrust
Everyone’s here talking about the “you’ve killed me sir” line, and I’m just over here wondering where I can find me some wonderful abomination of a 7 barreled street sweeper like what Harper has..
0:19 😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣 He must have Bruce Lee's 1-inch punch to drive a sword clean through a guy and 18 inches out his back. No blood! 🩸❌🩸 2:26 "You have killed me, sir." No 💩.
I have to say, this plot armour for Sharpe is particularly silly. Loup could have just pressed down with his sword and impaled Sharpe - there's absolutely no reason for him to raise the sword like that.
I always love how inept Sharpe looks when he's dueling one-on-one. You can tell that he didn't get fencing lessons or go to a military officers academy. Pretty cool detail actually.
Someone in the books does try to teach him proper fencing instead of "brawling with a sword". Can't remember the character who did though.
I think that one of Sean Bean's best acting moments is the little flinch he gives when he starts fighting Lord Keighley. It clearly takes him by surprise.
it's probably more than sean bean couldn't duel and there wasn't much time for choreography, rather than a well-thought detail that reflects the character's upbringing and training
Sharpe grew up fighting dirty. Loup was a gentleman, our Richard was not.
@@DaveDexterMusic Bean is a classically trained actor whose, according to Wikipedia anyway, first professional acting role was as Tybolt. I'm pretty sure he can actually fight pretty. (Or, you know, pretend-fight pretty).
1:20
Stealing your enemy's bayonet and using it to avenge your comrades? That is soldiering!
Also, I love how every one of Sharpe's climactic fights has him invariably get knocked down, with the enemy's blade at his throat, then the enemy monologues, and Sharpe kills him and monologues.
Sharpe understands that a stabbing death is a slow one. Plenty of time for monologuing as they bleed out.
I never noticed Harper taking the bayonet off.
"A good soldier always looks after his weapon, boy>"
O'Rourke never learned that lesson.
Well. He did. He just can't put it to use now.
@@dashwhatchamakalit True. I think he got the point.
@@danielhaire6677 Damn you for that joke
Pat taught him well.
Harper was on the wrong side.
It's the French who helped Ireland
Harper taking out O'Rorke was always one of my favorite scenes in this episode
"You have killed me, sir!"
"You bastard!"
Sharpe is now South Park
Underrated
I wonder if that was the intent 😜
@@robcandy9273 No, this was made before South Park first aired.
@@g00gleminus96 darn
Wow
You've killed me sir! I say that at the end of every shift xD
"When its time to shoot, shoot, don't talk". Tuco in THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.
If I had a pound for every time Sharpe said "you bastard"
The ole "bad guy talks instead of kills" scene.
@@chainsoar So true haha
good guys rely on it .
So, plot armor can even protect Sean Bean.
Sharpe spent a good chunk of the fight standing around calling for Loup.
"...and ends up getting killed." Loquaciousness is a deadly weapon.
so not only did O'Rorke not learn to take care of his weapon, he was also dumb enough to try and attack Harper in hand to hand combat, an area that Harper clearly has the advantage in given his larger frame, brawling nature and years of experience.
Well, he is Irish!
O’Rourke did have the bayonet and a longer reach
Never fight the Irish at close range.
The bayonet is like a spear, he should have won. He had the reach for sure. Just plot armour or the other guy was just trash.
@@tilasole3252 If he'd advanced slowly, he probably would have. But he charged, Harper dodged, and then he was too close to escape.
For Ireland Harper?
No...for me
based
The best delivered 'BASTARD' in the series by Bean in this one.
"Ya fat bastd" always gets me 😆
I guess you could say... Sharpe threw him for a Loup.
boo
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
Now that's punning
Ba dum tss
Achievement Earned:
*FILTH*
"You have killed me, sir"
Lord Kiely goes out...like a proper gentleman.
The whole "I speech before I am killing my downed opponent while there is a weapon just an inch from his hand" is hilarious :P
That's how it goes.
Kind of like a Bond villian...
Not to mention how he lifts the sword above his head when all he had to do was lean in to it. XD
Aka monologuing
So cliche... fucking hell.
How Shakespearian of a death for Lord Kiely. "You've killed me sir!"
Because of the budget, the melee was about thirty men making themselves busy milling around without causing too much damage.
Yeah, it's really, really bad.
which is fine, the appearance of action is more important
@@skipads5141 let’s see you do better with the same budget and safety procedures of the time.
@@mckenzie.latham91: Monty Python did way better with a smaller budget and only 6 actors.
I guess Sharp’s sword is now “In the Loup”
The dad jokes are strong in this one
I think it was Lord Kylie's
The number of times he's been disarmed in a duel but not kille. He has to pay the price for that for the rest of his entire career.
Now that's plot-armoring.
Gonna have so many aches and pains in old age. Rheumatism, here he comes.
They're odd battlefield relationship ended in bloodshed, as it inevitably must have.
But it is a funny thing to consider, had Sharp and Loup been both born a century later, they likely could just as easily ended as brothers in arms against the Prussian Empire.
Too bad a century later the generals stayed behind the lines and used Napoleonic War tactics against machine guns for 4 years.
If Loup had been born a century later, he would have been able to commit even more war crimes.
Of all the enemies that Sharpe faced, I think General Loup was the most thoroughly despicable. A truly evil man with neither pity nor conscience. The worst kind of sociopath.
You forgot Hakeswille and also Ducos sir
I wouldn't say that he had no conscience. He was loyal to his own men.
@@Wenchework , Hakeswille was the worst (best) in that he was supposed to be on the British side. Ducos was just doing his job.
@@jeric_synergy8581 In a way yes Hakeswille was worst in what he did however dispite it being his job Ducos was not abouve being just as bad just not with civillians as far as I can recall and in a diffrent way as he saved the torture for those he hated aka Sharp
Eh. My least favorite hero escape. The "I will now allow you to kill me while I gloat" idiocy.
Kind of like a Bond villain...
If your gonna run me through then run me through, don't talk.
Poor work ethic.
It is kind of a theme in Sharpe. Then again, that theme is that most of Sharpe's opponents were nobles trained in formal swordsmanship while Sharpe rose up through the ranks, learning the sword more as necessity and winning with either underhanded tactics or after "losing."
In other words, the noble won the fight, but Sharpe understands that "winning" is less important than living.
moral of the story: don't talk so much when fighting is still to be done.
Yeah Oberyn Martell did same mistake :D
That’s poor soldiering
Has Sharpe ever won a sword fight straight-up, from pure skill? You’d think he’d pick up some lessons now and again, seeing how often he gets into them. Or at least be good regardless. But most of the time it’s the ol’ “they kick my ass, but I get them with one last daring move”.
I know right? Taking on officers trained since youth to handle a saber, veterans of the battle and dueling fields.
Nope, nor does his blade - a heavy cavalry sword compared to the officer's sabre - aid his 'skill' as such.
Nope. Not even in the books either. He usually has to resort to "gutter fighting" since he's pretty much had no formal saber training. It'd be unfair to call him a novice swordsman due to the sheer amount of combat experience he had, but at the same time he outmatched in skill pretty much every single time.
he's a rifle not an hussar
I always thought it was so odd that the british officer who kicked his ass tried to pull out a gun after one headbutt. Like damn man, get up and finish!
I had Jon Snow down just like this. No flowery speech but a Craster wife shivved me from behind. Fookers....
Craster's wifedaughters are the worst.
You died as you lived-unpopular in the night watch and crasters wives.
Karl Tanner deserters always loss
Even in another universe we know who this fookin legend is.
I like Loup death in book better drowns him in a stream during a sword fight. That is after Juanita shoots him in the shoulder during the sword fight as he is about to kill Loup with sword. Harper empties his gun into Juanita.
Did Perkins die in the book also?
I cannot remember it was a few years ago.
A lot of differences Kieley committed suicide in a church and there was little reference to his wife. The book climax’s at Battle of Fuentes de Onoro.
@@LandersWorkshop No. The writer just forgets about him at some point, and he's never mentioned again.
@@Former_Halo_Fan The writer didn't forget about him, he was created for the TV series like Harris and so is only in books written during or after the show (Sharpe's Battle was published while the show was on the air, so he's in that one). Sharpe's Battle takes place last out of all the books not part of the original run (in late 1811) so it is his final appearance, which he does survive.
And O'Rourke is not a traitor in the books; in the final battle he loses his musket and starts beating up the French with a piece of timber he picked up. Badass AF :)
Fun fact. Sharpe is using a 1796 British Heavy Cavalry Saber while Loup is using a French Heavy Cavalry Saber or a French Dragoon Saber. Judging by Loup's blade it looks like a French Dragoon but I could be wrong.
recognising your sabers? That's soldiering...
...or in this case Marine'ing
This fact ain't fun. It ain't even interesting
@@engasal For you.
@@engasal Speak for yourself.
Cool Sword Lore👌
Nothing beats the awesomeness of Sean Bean calling someone "Bastard!!!"
"You've killed me sir"
Hell yeah!!!
3:31 Ugh! Swords! My only weakness! ... Next to bullets and fire!
cqtaylor “ i suppose nothing hurts you”
“only pain”
@@TheGmodParty The only thing that can kill me is death!
Sharpe on weapon accuracy +10
Sharpe on leadership+10
Sharpe on sword skill..........Chat has closed.
Sharpe is a crap swordsman but a great battlefield solider.
I suppose there's little opportunity to develop one-on-one swordsmanship when you fight 90% of your battles with your mates at your side and your job is to cut as many of the other buggers down before they can do the same to you.
@@Zombiewithabowtie he ends up in so many duels though hahhahahah
@@HavokSage Yeah, and he spends most of them getting pasted before his "Bugger This" power activates, and he punches his opponent in the stomach, kicks him on the shin and chins him with his sword hilt 😛
@@Zombiewithabowtie haha yea, he has zero fancy dueling ability.
Being the one alive at the end is all that matters. When your fighting for your life it's everything and anything to win. Sharpe was never a Zorro, but he knew how to utilise sword, fists, kicks, the environment and good old grit to get the win.
I like how O'Rourke charges Harper even though Harper is twice his size.
Saw the actor who plays him in a Belfast music shop buying CDs quite a few years ago, he was a big guy.
the french dragoon uniform look badass.
John ham Hussar uniform?
I think it's hussar because of the sky blue...they have helmets though...
But why do they have fur ?
@@LePoilu warmth
@@braydengoins6604 dragoon units never had fur
Given that this is Sean Bean, I honestly thought he was going to die in this scene.
A...death doesnt want Sharp yet. Sharp has more bloody Officers to Kill.
I think Brigadier General Loup was one of this shows best villains
There is actually a wolfish quality to this feller
No one says: “You... BASTARD!” like Sharpe! 😂
😂
"You have killed me, sir!"
Seriously, did nobody in the writer's room pause at that and think: "Wait, that's one of the shittiest lines in history!"
I think it's pretty realistic that a dying man would not deliver a long shakespearean speech with its last breath, but rather a stunned remark.
It's hardly the only time it's been said by a dying character on screen. It's not even the only time in the Sharpe series.
The line is no different to the anonymous diary found during the US Civil War that read "Cold Harbor, I was killed."
Shanking the man who killed Perkins using his own bayonet? Now that's soldiering!
"When you have to shoot shoot don't talk."
In this case it's stab 😜
"Colonel Kiley lead the attack and died bravely, sir, fighting Brigadier Loup."
all of the actors of sharpe did a great job god bless thr actors🙏😀
Thanks for letting us see "Sweet Justice", beautifully served!
Just watched it last night on Amazon!?! It is a fantastic series. Good watch
Harper apparently has the Super Shotgun from Doom 2, just fire it in the vague direction of 5 guys and they all die.
He was weilding a turret gun. They are an actual gun from this era but it's unlikely someone like Harper would actually be using one.
The turret gun is the precursor to the modern Revolver in that it consisted of multiple barrels that had to be loaded separately. The barrels had a specialized cock which could hit a rear pin behind each barrel.
Unfortunately these guns were over-engineered pieces of garbage, even when well-made. If I recall only certain British nobility only ever used them for sport and in the book I read one of the owners described the Turret gun as "Cantankerous and prone to outbursts."
It's a naval 7 barreled gun.
In the books Sharpe buys it for Harper from a Chandler's shop. Harper is impressed with the gun after seeing it in action at Trafalgar.
The recoil is so fierce that only the biggest, strongest men could use it. In the books Harper is about 6,5 tall.
Im waiting anxiously for the next! So good to watch this frog dying
Sharpe the wolf hunter. Irish fought well
You have killed me, sir 😂
"When you have to stab...stab! Don't talk!
Soft boiled eggs and thin strips of buttered bread- that's what i call soldiering!
'You bastard' love how Sharpe said that.
"you have killed me Sir"
This is why you wear thick gloves, grab the blade, and beat the living sh*t out of the the frog with his own sword. Only dead men fight like gentleman.
It was game over when Sean Bean said _"Bastard"_ after that it was simply him hold back his rage.
Of all the sword fights this one by far looks the best
Sharpe almost always seems to be injured when facing the main antagonist.
Loup was the only one that almost killed Sharpe in sword fight. He could be the second most adversary villain that Sharpe faced, beside Napoleon at the end.
Who else notices that Sharpe ALWAYS loses the start of a duel then wins lol.
In a way, he’s like Rocky.
Again and again throughout the SHARPE series, Richard Sharpe fights a number of personal combats and duels. His opponents always give Sharpe a second chance because they're cocky. General Loup did the same thing, instead of skewering Sharpe he takes time to boast at Sharpe. Then Loup makes the mistake of raising his sword point off Sharpe. Sharpe never, never, never gives second chances to opponents who give him a second chance. Sharpe gets up, gets his second wind, overcomes his opponent through ferocity and brute strength more than skill and kills his opponent...hard.
Yeah, realism and this show never cross paths.
Skipads so you think it’s unrealistic that people give chances like that? Or that someone with sharpe’s skill couldnt beat Loup?
I notice the French have a reaction time of like 10 seconds whereas everyone else has a reaction time of 0.2 seconds like any normal human has
It's never a good idea to have an enraged Harper stalking you.
I feel like every duel Sharpe rights, he fights already injured
Patrick with the kill of the season.
the wolf guy looks pretty cool
They should of thrown in a depth perception joke in there to go along with the south park quote, maybe having Sharpe at Loups mercy only for loup to totally miss his thrust
General Loups got to be the inspiration for Commander Wolffe in the clone wars
Loup's undoing -- he had to monologue.
Everyone’s here talking about the “you’ve killed me sir” line, and I’m just over here wondering where I can find me some wonderful abomination of a 7 barreled street sweeper like what Harper has..
Abomination is right. It's the Nock Volley Gun.
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Imagine your last words admitting defeat... man
Hearing the intervention from MW2 in the background really throws me off.
Monologuing instead of killing - the mistake of every villain!
Hero Loup is unbeatable, even by another hatless!
"You have killed me sir" how British
Now thats a proper looking villain!
Never monologue before the killing stroke.
is that Oliver Cotton as General Loup?
Yep!
"you were beaten by a palace guard" - cutting
Of course the first thing Sharpe says is, "you bastard..." What else would he say?
Wait
A PRESS GUARD
So they were just merchants beating trained soldiers🤣🤣
Sharpe was a palace guard I think
@@shivensharma1637 Sharpe was never a palace guard, that would be the Irish Company
Palace guard.
SantomPh but then why would sharpe say palace guard when he killed loupe
@@shivensharma1637 Because he was overseeing them.
Getting stabbed with your own bayonet? Now that's soldiering.
0:19 😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣 He must have Bruce Lee's 1-inch punch to drive a sword clean through a guy and 18 inches out his back. No blood! 🩸❌🩸 2:26 "You have killed me, sir." No 💩.
Sharpe doesn't look fit for this duel after the gunshot wound on his arm.
So Sharpe looks like he is fighting a Bond villain. Nobody one-ups Alec Trevelyan!
just saying... his wife didn't cry for very long, must've seen Bean and been like "oh, there is a better man."
ladies prefer alpha male
Way to have boyfriend's back there lady. Wait until bad guy is on top of him before shouting a warning.
Benedict is the guy from casualty 😂😂
Awesome
2:40 : prepare to meet a REAL warrior, fouquer!
Am I the only one who found Lord Kiley handsome?
Who gives a crap about a bunch of marvel characters? I want a Sharpe/Hornblower crossover.
Or what about with Aubrey? All around the same time, right?
In the books, Sharpe fights Loup in a river and drowns the officer.
Love me some Sharp. But... yay melodrama.
Harper pulling a Sgt Slaughter in GI Joe the movie about 170 years early.
0:09 Taking out a Jamiroquai tribute act gathering? Now that's virtual insanity.
Anyone else think Loup looks like the green guy from ghengis khan’s moskau music video?
I have to say, this plot armour for Sharpe is particularly silly. Loup could have just pressed down with his sword and impaled Sharpe - there's absolutely no reason for him to raise the sword like that.
Loup didn't take Tuco's advice, "when you gotta shoot...shoot, don't talk".
Didn't Sharpe steal the guys pants in the book? that was the best part lol.
when you have to stab, stab! don't talk