I'm not sure I understand torch technology...

[Silvercrest]

I like it in movies where a character enters a tomb or some-sort that's been unoccupied for centuries and the character picks up a torch, or lights a wall torch and both work and burn perfectly

Or they were already lit before the character came in!

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

What sort of technology did they have in the middle ages that we no longer have?

Midichlorians.

Shut the Hell up. That never happened.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

Shut the Hell up. That never happened.

Your blood is infected with sentient microscopic creatures that feed on ambient magic. Teddy bear aliens eat people. If you fall on your magic sword, it will cut you in half. There are giant centipedes specially trained to kill you in your sleep. Slug aliens are sexually attracted to female humans. If you're really evil, your eyes will eventually change color. Star Wars.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

What sort of technology did they have in the middle ages that we no longer have?

Midichlorians.

Shut the Hell up. That never happened.

But if it's not midichlorians, then whose voices are in my head telling me about the Will of something called "the Force" and something about a Prophecy and a Chosen One and Balance?

 

[captcalhoun]

Terry Pratchett made a gag about caves always beinig lit for the hero, even if it's only a faint eldritch glow...