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
Landman TV Series
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Larry
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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It's 1883, lol ! Yep, they can do without a lot of the foul language !
DWalt
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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.
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sigp220.45
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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.
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.
Delta Expatriate
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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.
DWalt
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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.
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The language in the show and Billy Bob Thornton's ex-wife's behavior in the show or a little off-putting to me. Hard for me to believe the people that operate at that level really live and talk like that but then maybe I'm just naive
Ali Larter looks good even with a potty mouth.
I happen to know every four letter swear word ever invented, plus more than a few longer ones. But I don’t use them unless I am alone and really annoyed at something.
It wasn’t always like that. I would drop F bombs regularly, until I caught myself doing so in front of a very elderly lady. It made me stop and think how professional it was. It took a while but I finally weaned myself from the habit. Now I see it as a product of a mind that knows no better. It does sometimes irk me when it gets used where it doesn’t need to be used, in print and on TV or in movies.
It is somewhat amusing that in the U.S., where some much milder words are considered profanity on TV and in the news, that F bombs are so prevalent in entertainment.
Does entertainment follow real life or imitate it? Dunno!
