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Hatfields and McCoys
« on: May 28, 2012, 09:42:49 PM »
On History Channel tonight through Wednesday (3 parts) with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton.

I've got the DVR set.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2012, 09:54:21 PM »
Same here.  We'll give it a go, see if it's any good.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2012, 10:04:24 PM »
Set the DVR a couple days ago.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2012, 10:09:25 PM »
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2012, 10:44:44 PM »
Thanks for the reminder! Already missed catching the first showing, but have the dvr set for the repeat.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2012, 11:33:12 PM »
Missed the show.

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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2012, 02:23:17 AM »
Well done, though a little hard to follow at first.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2012, 05:44:17 AM »
I was impressed with the period correct weaponry. Friends invited me to watch with them so I could translate Appalachian to English for them.  =D
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2012, 09:19:43 AM »
I thought this was a new movie.  Is this a documentary you are talking about or a mini-series?
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2012, 10:33:20 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on May 29, 2012, 09:19:43 AM
I thought this was a new movie.  Is this a documentary you are talking about or a mini-series?

It's a mini series. If you missed the 1st part, it will be playing again tonight (IIRC) and all three will be playing on Wed.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2012, 12:51:56 PM »
Not exactly uplifting entertainment, but interesting and well-produced thus far. Kevin Costner hasn't screwed it up.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2012, 10:20:35 AM »
So far so good, haven't watched part 2 yet though.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2012, 04:46:33 PM »
long show about feud is long
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2012, 07:03:46 PM »
DVR set to record all three parts.  Will watch later.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2012, 07:06:07 PM »
Quote from: Harold Tuttle on May 30, 2012, 04:46:33 PM
long show about feud is long

Long fued  ;)
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2012, 07:38:49 PM »
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Long fued  ;)

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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2012, 09:43:39 PM »
SWMBO and I finished part 1 this evening.  Not bad at all.  Costner has even done a decent job in this one.  Looking forward to watching part 2 tomorrow.  Everything on DVR.
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« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2012, 10:06:25 PM »
I'll be watching part 3 after the kids go to bed tonight.  Once I had all the characters straight it was pretty good.  A few areas where they took artistic license with the true history (e.g. the Civil War origins of the animosity can't be corroborated, and the lawyer's romantic interest in Roseanna is fiction), but overall reasonably close to what I've read about the actual history.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2012, 01:01:55 AM »
Watched it. Good bit I didn't understand due to the language barrier.

It wasn't bad. I find my tolerance for BS gets lower the older I get. Several times during the series I found myself thinking, "Why don't y'all just kill each other and get it over with."

Was stunned to see a truce was signed in 2003. A fight with your neighbor that lasts more than 100 years? Geesh.
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« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2012, 01:39:27 AM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on May 31, 2012, 01:01:55 AM
Watched it. Good bit I didn't understand due to the language barrier.

It wasn't bad. I find my tolerance for BS gets lower the older I get. Several times during the series I found myself thinking, "Why don't y'all just kill each other and get it over with."

Was stunned to see a truce was signed in 2003. A fight with your neighbor that lasts more than 100 years? Geesh.

After the hanging and prison sentences the feud was basically over (early 1890's).  The 2003 "truce" was purely symbolic, and likely tied to them being able to get publicity and therefore money. 
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« Reply #20 on: May 31, 2012, 01:44:23 AM »
Not sure how well it correlates with the truth, but I found the mini-series portrayed Devil Anse Hatfield in the more positive (or perhaps just less negative) light.  Randall McCoy was certainly shown as totally consumed by hatred and malice with no ability to forgive, or even call it quits.  A less comical, and far more tragic Black Knight in a way.  "Always victorious", even with all his limbs (in this case family members) cut off.
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2012, 02:42:11 AM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on May 31, 2012, 01:01:55 AM
Watched it. Good bit I didn't understand due to the language barrier.


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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2012, 03:36:50 PM »
My opinion: TOO MAY DAMN COMMERCIALS!! (and the same ones over and over to boot. let's take the caveman for instance...  [barf]

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« Reply #23 on: May 31, 2012, 06:14:19 PM »
I really liked the show a lot, I've spent some time in West Va and Tennessee & sometimes think about what it might be like to live there, its beautiful country.
 
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Re: Hatfields and McCoys
« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2012, 09:47:21 PM »
The show was filmed in Romania.  That was a surprise.
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