how were those knights not mistaken as KKK members in the streets - The Last Templar (2009) Discussion

[–] prometheus1816 15 years ago

In the book, they kind of were. But Tess recognized the Templar Cross.

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[–] Knary50 15 years ago

Well Klansmen have pointy hats with no armor and feature a small white cross on a red circle with a drop of the blood of christ in the center on the upper left chest of the robe. Templars feature a large red cross and wear armor. Any one making the mistake would know the first thing about either group.

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[–] mbedner3420 15 years ago

No one could make that mistake? Not even at first glance in New York at night while driving their cars. get real.

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[–] robinboone 15 years ago

I said the same thing to my hubby! They seemed like they were coming across as KKK which I believe they wouldn't have lasted a block in NY or anywhere-someone would've "taken care" of them pretty darned quick. I just thought that I was the only one who noticed the KKK theme instead of the Knights Templar.

This movie seemed more like a slow motion train wreck that I could not tear my eyes away from. I really don't believe I actually lasted past the "to my father" toast.

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[–] receivingme 15 years ago

To be honest, this was the scene that made me close the book in disgust, so I'm not surprised that people didn't like it on TV either.

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[–] wizardnh3 15 years ago

how can you see the kkk when they do not wear helmets they wear hoods the only reson you saw that is because that is what you wanted to see

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[–] robinboone 15 years ago

Probably just like the poster above me said:

"No one could make that mistake? Not even at first glance in New York at night while driving their cars. get real."

If you caught that out of the corner of your eye, especially while driving and not staring at it trying to make out what you are actually seeing....the mind will process KKK-or at least it did to me within the first couple of secs.

Just my take,
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[–] MikeCzech 15 years ago

Not a bad point. The Templars were actually genocidal death squads who murdered any non-christians, including jews, between Europe and the Holy land. Not all that different from the KKK.

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[–] robinboone 15 years ago

Good point, and so true.

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[–] OhNoMySwordIsGone 15 years ago

I wear a red cross around where lot of black people are, I have never been shot up or ask if I was KKK! people know what a red cross is and a KKK symbol is.

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[–] robinboone 15 years ago

Again repeat:

"No one could make that mistake? Not even at first glance in New York at night while driving their cars. get real."

It wasn't the fact of the red cross. It was the how the whole thing was portrayed and what the mind will process within a few secs....especially if you don't know the factual differences and identifications of the two. The mind will process KKK because most people don't know the visual character differences of the two...nor do most care.

Do you also where a white robe with armor and your red cross, carry a flag that most people cannot recognize and ride a horse while carrying a sword around your friends? I beg you, try it next time and see what happens.

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[–] bogwart-1 15 years ago

Genocidal death squads. Wow, what an imagination.

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[–] BigRich 15 years ago

They probably weren't mistaken as KKK because they didn't even remotely look like KKK!

I'm trying to grasp your logic. How were those knights not mistaken as KKK? Mistaken? By who? The cop that got killed? Obviously he could distinguish between a dark ages knight and a knight of the klu klux klan. And if by chance people were that ignorant, what did you expect to happen? It was a movie and it was scripted this way...extras don't ad-lib!

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[–] bluude 15 years ago

The KKK was originally modeled after the Templars and other religious knights when they were first conceived. Although being in the post civil war they did not have metal helmets to wear so they wore white hoods to conceal their vigilante approach to law enforcement.

While it sounds racist to say today, The KKK was originally seen as the savior of the south from all the newly freed slaves after the war. Former slave owners (white and black) were scared and they needed protection.

This group later became a racist group however, and just went after minorities instead of being a temporary police force against the anarchy of former slaves.

So yes, The KKK do look a bit like Templars, not the other way around.

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[–] BigRich 15 years ago

Not to be condescending, but I really didn't need a history lesson on the KKK. I know my history on the KKK. My point to the OP is that "most" people that know anything about the KKK would automatically associate the KKK with the white pointed hats (even thought they're costumes do come in assorted colors, but the pointed hats is the main thing that captures your attention). Since the pointed hats were absent from these "templars", I find it hard to believe that anyone, even in New York, would mistake them for KKK - Especially since those 4 horsemen looked as if it they were part of the event.

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[–] bluude 15 years ago

I wasn't arguing with you Bigrich, I was just saying the KKK's outfits were modeled after the Templars and other religious knights. I was actually arguing with the people that said the Templars looked like KKK since it was the KKK that chose to look like Templars.

But I agree that the helmets did make them look like knights and not KKK members.

People just love to cry racism these days though, and I am sure some racist gang member might have shot one of them and used the "Looked like KKK" defense anyway. After teaching at an inner city school I will be the first to tell you that many black gang members in American cities think they are allowed to beat up, stab, or shoot anyone that is being racist and is not black. I had two white students killed for this reason over a 3 year period.

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[–] BigRich 15 years ago

Not to be condescending, but I really didn't need a history lesson on the KKK. I know my history on the KKK. My point to the OP is that "most" people that know anything about the KKK would automatically associate the KKK with the white pointed hats (even thought they're costumes do come in assorted colors, but the pointed hats is the main thing that captures your attention). Since the pointed hats were absent from these "templars", I find it hard to believe that anyone, even in New York, would mistake them for KKK - Especially since those 4 horsemen looked as if it they were part of the event.

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[–] clytamnestra 13 years ago

so i wasn't the only one who had to look a second time before realizing this wasn't kkk on my tv-screen.

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[–] aphroditediamondglamour 13 years ago

LOL!!!

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