1883

[wood714]

Reason enough for me to watch it!

He's cool and she's most pleasing to look at.

 

[smithra_66]

If I were to eschew products and services from those who hold different leanings and gun views than I do then I would have scant to watch, read, listen to, eat, drink, wear, drive or ride in.

You'd have to turn to the summit of American entertainment...Golden Age Hollywood (1920s - 1960s) and associated TV shows from 1950 - 1970.

Sooooooo much great content, no wokeness to deal with, very pro gun.

Pretty much all I watch now!

 

[GaryS]

I sort of watched one episode of "Yellowstone" back in November. We were in a hotel and had a limited number of channels. The profanity turned me off since it was gratuitous, not necessary to advance the story line.

As to the rest, my favorable opinion of Elliot changed after seeing him in "The Ranch."

Oddly enough, my wife who doesn't like westerns watched every episode.

Can't stand Sam Elliot's views on gun control
Can't stand Tim McGraw's views on gun control
Can't stand Faith Hill's views on gun control.

Couldn't deal with the constant F-Bombs
Couldn't deal with the stupidly over the top gratuitous violence

Tuned out about the time the woman on the train started beating on the blonde girl.

Won't be back

 

[sigp220.45]

You'd have to turn to the summit of American entertainment...Golden Age Hollywood (1920s - 1960s) and associated TV shows from 1950 - 1970.

Sooooooo much great content, no wokeness to deal with, very pro gun.

Pretty much all I watch now!

Except Senator McCarthy said they were all commies.

 

[smithra_66]

Except Senator McCarthy said they were all commies.

Some were I'm sure...but they had to hide it!

Unlike today where they openly flaunt it and actually get credit for it!

There was actually a massive conservative movement in Hollywood back then spearheaded by all the studio execs and many of the top actors. Imagine that today.

 

[Puller]

There's no new episode this week so we need to wait another week for S01E06 to drop.
Will next episode reveal Miss Dutton is pregnant?

Appears the answer is no. I thought the way they showed she was not pregnant was unnecessarily crass.

 

[smoothshooter]

I watched the first episode. No need to watch anymore.

I think it is a first-rate western.
Not sure what you were expecting it to be or why you do not like it.

 

[Racer X]

All that foul language is giving me the vapors!

Then down some laudanum and a calomel purgative.

 

[UncleEd]

Worked with a young lady
whose ancestors settled in
Nebraska.

She admitted that her family
was rich and had a two-story
10-room soddy by 1880 and
that everyone in the family
wore shoes.

Pioneer days were already
over.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

Both of these are mostly just soap operas in a older western setting?

My favorite soap is "Blue Bloods" which is on NBC with no profanity (12th year). Tom Selleck is great as a NYC police commissioner.

Blue Bloods is on CBS on my TV.

 

[jimmyj]

In one of the episodes one of the characters said the railroad was too expensive

I have a couple of observations from a historical context (yeah, I understand it's a Hollywood production).

The show indicates the wagon train assembles and starts the trip from the sin city of Fort Worth, Texas. I did a simple Google search of railroad maps in 1883, and they show that Fort Worth was a major railroad hub. In fact, the women of the Dutton family arrived in Fort Worth by train.

So, since they were headed to Montana, makes one wonder why they didn't utilize the railroad to get to at least Salt Lake City or Denver. They only had the one wagon so they could have easily freighted their belongings part, if not most, of the way.

One of the characters said "the railroad was too expensive"

I don't think cost is the issue as James Dutton (played by Tim McGraw) doesn't seem to have a cash flow issue as indicated in the first couple of episodes. Whereas, before the war, wagon train would have been THE way for pioneer families to migrate to the west and northwest, by 1883 the railroads were pretty well established and continuing to grow.

 

[jimmyj]

Why does Shea and Thomas wear badges?

 

[Puller]

Why does Shea and Thomas wear badges?

Shea is a Pinkerton agent, I assume Thomas is as well.

 

[sigp220.45]

The shark has been jumped.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Yeah I watch it. And will continue. F bombs don't bother me and if you're looking for something historically accurate, watch a documentary.

It's entertainment. That's all.

 

[Puller]

The cinema graphics with the impending storm was pretty cool. Couldn't tell if it was real or CGI.

 

[pantannojack]

Outstanding miniseries!

I have not quite figured out why a family from Tennessee would go through Texas to get to Oregon.

Maybe it was the cheaper gas.

 

[wood714]

I swear she looks better every episode!

 

[tripledipper]

The shark has been jumped.

Definitely. In that time period our relationship with Native Americans was still tense at best. The Comanche Tribe, Lords of the Plains, were already in Reservations by then after a defeat in 1870, but I just don't think they would be intermingling with settlers or coming to their defense. Don't mean to offend anyone by asking, but could a Native American forum member or a history buff please comment?

 

[ddixie884]

I may be wrong but I was under the impression Custer had a minor disagreement with the plains Indians in 1876.