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re: Lonesome Dove ..... one of the best scenes about life and death
Posted on 4/9/17 at 7:47 pm to vuvuzela
Posted on 4/9/17 at 7:47 pm to vuvuzela
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I'll check it out
The show is very good and is very true to the book but I felt I was lucky to read the book first. It's a awesome read.
The show is a bit dated, imo. Still great but it's distinctly 80s
Posted on 4/9/17 at 8:46 pm to Dire Wolf
Diane Lane is still beautiful today, but she was unbelievably good looking in Lonsome Dove.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 9:24 pm to Dire Wolf
What in particular is dated? are there any special effects that would be different if it was filmed today? The dialogue and wardrobes would all be the same.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 9:31 pm to Dire Wolf
Deets' crushed me as a kid. Sean's just freaked me out and made we wary of god damn water moccasins.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 9:35 pm to biglego
The ONLY thing I think that is "dated" from a production value is the lightning strike that moves across the top of the cattle herd. That is it. The rest is perfect imo.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 9:37 pm to Honest Tune
Yeah that's the only thing I can think of too. That lightning strike could use an updating.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 9:39 pm to biglego
The buzzards were obviously kites.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:09 pm to SetTheMood
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Deets' crushed me as a kid.
I'm a-comin', Deets. I'm a'-comin'.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:15 pm to Methuselah
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But when it was his own death, Gus was like "carry my corpse all the way back to San Antonio and bury me in the pecan grove besides the river."
Based on a true event.
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A cattle rancher and pioneer of the cattle drive, Oliver Loving, along with Charles J. Goodnight, developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail.
Born in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on December 4, 1812, Loving, the son of Joseph and Susannah Mary (Bourland) Loving, grew up to be a farmer in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky. He married Susan Doggett Morgan in 1833 and ten years later, he and his brother, and sister, along with their families, moved to the Republic of Texas. There, he acquired over 600 acres of land in Collin, Dallas, and Parker Counties, where once again, he farmed and worked as a freight hauler.
In 1855, Loving moved his wife and seven children to what is now Palo Pinto County, Texas, where they first ran a country store near Keechi Creek and Loving started his ranching career. By 1857, he owned some 1,000 acres of land and a large cattle herd. He soon began to drive his cattle northward, often through dangerous territory, making good profits from the demand for beef. Successful in these early cattle drives, he soon earned the nickname of "The Dean of Texas Trail Drivers.”
During the Civil War, Loving was commissioned to provide beef to the Confederate forces, a profitable move in the beginning. However, when the war was over, the Confederate Government reportedly owed him more than $100,000 and their money was worthless.
Sometime later, he met Charles Goodnight, a former Texas Ranger and Indian Scout. With Loving's knowledge of cattle and Goodnight's background as a Texas Ranger and an Indian Fighter, the two hatched a plan to run cattle from Fort Belknap, Texas to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and northward into Colorado and Wyoming. This new trail, through dangerous Indian country would become known as the Goodnight-Loving Trail.
In June, 1866, they set out with some 2,000 head of cattle and 18 armed men to blaze the Goodnight-Loving Trail from Texas to Colorado. This went on to be a well traveled route to both Colorado and Wyoming.
Upon reaching Fort Sumner, they sold beef to the army for $12,000 in gold. Loving continued to drive the rest of the herd to Denver, while Goodnight returned to Texas for a second herd. The profitable venture led to more drives, including a partnership with John Chisum.
However, in the summer of 1867, when Oliver Loving went ahead of the herd to negotiate contracts, taking only one trusted scout with him, he was attacked by Comanches and seriously wounded. Though he was able to reach Fort Sumner, New Mexico, he later died of his wounds on September 25, 1867. Goodnight continued the drive to Colorado, but later returned for Loving's body and returned it to Texas, where he was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Weatherford.
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Posted on 4/10/17 at 1:41 am to i am dan
Mouse
(I read the book)
(I read the book)
This post was edited on 4/10/17 at 1:44 am
Posted on 4/10/17 at 6:52 am to T-BRO
The world needs more Petes and Deets.
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