Paramont Plus new TV series starring Billy Bob Thorhan.
Just viewed the first two episodes- WOW !
If Texas Ladies are awesome like the ones on the series. I want to be 60 years younger and move to Texas

Like the show as well, although I could do with a bit less of the overemphasis of Tommy's 17 yo daughter in her underwear. Tommy has some great one-liners.

I thought she was one of the best things about the show.

For the record she's Michelle Randolph, and is 27 years old. She's also one of the main characters in the series 1923.

Glad to hear she is 27 and not 17 if she is running around in her underwear on TV....

(Now what channel was that?)

PARAMOUNT PLUS

Anyone else think that Taylor Sheridans' dialog writing is way over the top? Every show I've watched of his leaves me wondering who, exactly, talks like that to their coworkers. Last episode of Lioness has the squad leader yelling at everyone half the time. This shows weakness in my mind and not someone who should be "in charge" of anything that uses weapons.



I'm so over this guy myself.

Have to laugh that his new series premier always starts at the end of a Yellowstone episode on Paramount, but....if you have been hooked you can continue to watch on a pay for view "streaming " channel, Paramount +. Nope, I'll pass !
Pay more than enough for commercial filled tv programs as it is.

Art imitating life.

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Release the Kraken

I love the show, and I’m not a big Taylor Sheridan fan.

My youngest is a roughneck in a west Texas oilfield. He has a GED and makes more than twice what my daughter does with her Masters.

Its also worth it to see Billy Bob in all his glory.

Also, its “Landman” not Landsman if you’re looking for it.

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For y'all that were offended due to a lovely young woman being shown in her underwear. Here is a picture that's probably right up your alley of the same girl in her role on the series 1923.

Good show but not smart killing off the best actors on the show in the first episode. The son working with them was the best

Living in Oklahoma and Texas most of my life, the oil business has always been a huge topic of conversation with many friends and family members being employed by it. I've known many landmen over the years and of course, they see less in their entire careers than what was seen in the first couple episodes, but that's tv for you. Whats annoying to me with Landman and Yellowstone is how no one can speak a sentence without saying the F word 5 or 6 times. I'm in the construction business and even the most ignorant rednecks I'm around rarely talk that way, there are a few but not very many.

I imagine the first episode was a teaser and that those actors are probably too costly for a whole season.
Landman is a much better show than the most recent season of Yellowstone which so far is embarrassing.

I was surprised to see Michael Pena and Emilio Rivera have such a short run, especially since I liked their characters. The kid was in Justified and The Son - nice to see him getting some work.

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I never would’ve guessed that they were the same actress. Thanks for the info.
Larry

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Miss Buddies crsides & fat tom

I've always liked Billy Bob Thornton's characters. He's aged well. Good show, a 21st century western, and so far no gun fights. But the plot still turns on people being killed...

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Taylor Sheridan has probably over stretched himself and will run out of ideas for further plots. Will some of the characters on Yellowstone move over to his promised "666"? Lioness probably will not go another season. What happened to "1923"? Landman will have at least another season. It's easy to get confused with so many plots going on simultaneously. That said, he is a good writer.

I REALLY liked 1873 and 1923 and don't know why they got dropped?

Second season of 1923 is currently being filmed in Butte, Montana, and wherever else . They put out a casting call a couple weeks ago for extras... a couple hundred miles south of me, and too far to go to be interested, lol !

BTW ...1883 was originally supposed to be a one season mini-series depicting the beginning of the Yellowstone series as we know it. Everything I've seen and read, says it was designed for one season only, and there is not a follow up
. It pretty much ended on the very last episode.

I thought the young girl that portrayed Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s daughter did an amazing job. Tim and Faith did too. I liked 1883 better than 1923, but will definitely watch season 2 of 1923.
Larry

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Isabel May... Elsa Dutton was also the narrator of 1883. She sounded as good as she looked.

I've heard she will also be the narrator of season 2. At least we'll still get to hear her.

Maybe season 2 of 1923, there is NO season 2 for 1883 .

I really liked 1883 because of the people involved and sorry it was just the one season, but it was meant to be.

I enjoyed 1923 and the cast as well and I was glad to hear that season 2 is finally becoming a reality.

In the beginning I tried my best to like Yellowstone but just can’t do it. Too much foul language and drama.

I watched both seasons of Tulsa King and enjoyed it. I used my headphones because of the language.

I watched about 30 minutes of Landman the other night and I know that the foul language can be toned down some and be more presentable for family viewing.

I know Taylor Sheridan is one fine writer and producer but I think he can take some well deserved lessons from the likes of Clint Eastwood, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, and you get the idea. They didn’t talk like that.

Sorry, I got off the subject of Landman, the series with Billy Bob Thornton. I hope the series does well and will watch some more of the episodes.

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On the Llano Estacado

It's 1883, lol ! Yep, they can do without a lot of the foul language !

I assume without knowing that “Landman” in this series refer to the people who do oilfield lease title work. I used to hire them to run titles for me. Not a particularly exciting job. They spend much of their time in courthouses researching land and mineral title records. That is a big deal in Texas and can get very complicated. In Texas, title to minerals and title to surface land are separate. And there may be hundreds of mineral rights owners in a specific lease. And they also are involved in buying and selling mineral rights.

The title does indeed refer to Billy Bob’s job title, which has been expanded considerably by Taylor Sheridan beyond securing land rights to include all kind of fixer duties.

I’m fine with the language but even I have to admit the daughter’s very specific response to Billy Bob’s question about being “safe” with her new boyfriend left me blinking.

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Yep. I have spent much of my working career as a self-employed petroleum landman doing work through "lead brokers" contracting with different energy concerns. Most of my work has been in my home state of Mississippi, but have also worked in my early days (late 1970s & 1980s) in Arkansas, Texas, Alabama, Nebraska, Michigan and Indiana, living in hotel rooms for long stretches. I have spent countless hours in Courthouse record rooms, trying to determine mineral ownership. Mississippi law generally seems to follow Texas law and treats severed (title wise) minerals as real property. I have also contacted mineral owners, prepared leases, and bought leases - mainly title work and lease acquisition. In my early days, it seemed that you ran your tiltle and bought your leases. The better part of the last couple of decades, it seemed most jobs had some working on title and other on leases, and I wound up doing title mostly. I haven't had any landwork in five years now. I miss the old days, and have known some real characters in the business.

The show is set in Permian Basin. I had an opportunity to go out there back around 2017 - maybe 2018, but couldn't get some things situated at home to make it doable.

While I have known some crazy things happening in the business, I do think the show was a bit of a stretch.

My work was mainly in the Permian Basin and in getting division order title opinions straightened out for property sales. Division orders basically determine how much income each participant having an interest in a producing oil or gas property gets from oil and gas sales. And there are several types of participants. It can get nearly incomprehensible to anyone who is not in the oil business. Being a landman is not an occupation I would pick as a basis for a TV series.