Been watching Longmire on Netflix, thanks to my wife's daughter who used her account to set it up on our TV. Never watched it when it was on regular tv, but now I'm hooked. Good show.
Longmire series
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THE PILGRIM
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One of my favs.
Have watched all of it.
It was filmed here in NM.
But it’s gone, gone!
Like a Turkey Through the Corn!
Have watched all of it.
It was filmed here in NM.
But it’s gone, gone!
Like a Turkey Through the Corn!
ericrlarson
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I loved that show and truly miss it.
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Sistema1927
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Good show, but I cringed every time that he cocked his 1911.
ericrlarson
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dscampbell
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The books it was based upon were and still great
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Leslie Sapp
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My wife and I just finished binge watching it. Great show!
I did notice a couple of firearms errors, though.
A. I never heard of firearms being "registered" in Wyoming, and it was referred to twice in the series.
B. I call BS on shooting a guy at less than 100 yards with a 300 win mag and finding the bullet in the body..... I guess its conceivably possible, but I'm still not buying it.
I did notice a couple of firearms errors, though.
A. I never heard of firearms being "registered" in Wyoming, and it was referred to twice in the series.
B. I call BS on shooting a guy at less than 100 yards with a 300 win mag and finding the bullet in the body..... I guess its conceivably possible, but I'm still not buying it.
Texas Star
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Why? Did he rack the slide and you figure he should have been carrying with cocked hammer and safety on?
I never saw the show. Think I did read a couple of the books.
The best series set in Wyoming is probably the Joe Pickett game warden one. If I go drink a cup of tea, I can probably recall the author's name. I talked awhile on the phone with him years ago. Seems a really nice guy.
He has a Remington M-870 shotgun and shoots a few pheasants, but isn't really a gun guy. He gets his gun info from a real warden, so what you read is what that guy uses. I wish he wrote Joe as being more in tune with his handgun. Still, he uses it better than Tony Hillerman's Navajo cop Jim Chee, who barely remembered if he was wearing his!
Later: The Wyoming author of the Pickett books is C.J. Box. Took a cup of Taylor's of Harrogate's English Breakfast tea, but I remembered. Didn't have to go look it up. BTW, he told me that if an animal is injured in a book, the PETA and other nut job activists (my description) will likely be all over the author. But Box does deal well with elk and pronghorn hunts in his books.
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I tried watching Longmire the first time around but I couldn’t get past the fight with Tribal Police and the table dancing female Deputy Sheriff. Too phony for me.
I’ve never had a problem working with Tribal Police and I have a friend who is a female City Police Officer and she is tougher than most male officers. She has earned my undying respect.
No offense intended but I guess I prefer a little more realism in my entertainment.
I’ve never had a problem working with Tribal Police and I have a friend who is a female City Police Officer and she is tougher than most male officers. She has earned my undying respect.
No offense intended but I guess I prefer a little more realism in my entertainment.
Targets Guy
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Good show, got better when it went to Netflix as we got a full hour of the show rather than the 40 minute hour the network gave us.
ericrlarson
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Coming from a law enforcement back ground, I found it pretty phony also. I guess what attracted me is that I’ve always dreamed about living in that part of the country!
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+1. I love Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, we RV through there almost every year.
Targets Guy
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I think the show was filmed in New Mexico.
THE PILGRIM
Member
You are correct , Sir.
I often recognize filming locations and scratch my head over others!
For example, Walt’s house is actually the Foreman’s house at the Valle Caldera. The town street scenes are Las Vegas, NM.
The indoor shots, including his house were shot on a soundstage in Santa Fe.
The series is an adaptation of the Longmire mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson. The story is set in northern Wyoming, but the series has been filmed in several locations in New Mexico, including Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Eagle Nest, Espanola, and Red River.
Absalom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Yep. New Mexico offers great tax incentives for movie and TV productions that film there.
It is said that this is the main reason why “Breaking Bad” was set in Albuquerque.
PS: Not to divert the thread, but I think using New Mexico for Wyoming is nothing compared to Buster Keaton in 1926 using a logging railroad in Oregon for the great locomotive chase from Atlanta to Chattanooga in “The General”
There was no CGI in 1926, so they dumped a real locomotive into the Row River (there only was one chance to get the scene filmed right) where it stayed for decades because they didn’t have the money to recover it.
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keith44spl
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It was kinda entertaining in a tv show kinda way.
I jest can't hardly get past that distressed leather overcoat.
A Carhartt jacket or chore coat would have been more commonly found.
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I jest can't hardly get past that distressed leather overcoat.
A Carhartt jacket or chore coat would have been more commonly found.
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I watched the series on netflix and enjoyed it enough that after finishing it for a while I hunted for another similar series.
For its dumbest episode I vote for Longmire settling the dispute with the survivalist cult with a duel between him and the cult leader. The cult had a census taker's body in storage, some members not including their leader had shot and killed a state trooper for walking in their gate to ask about some minor matter and they'd kidnapped and beaten Longmire's female deputy and a man. Longmire told the cult leader if he'd settle the standoff with a personal duel all the other members could walk free forgiven for all crimes. Standing about 12 feet apart they count to 10 and the episode ends with a double bang. There after cult members occasionally reappear in the series never having been prosecuted for the kidnappings and murders. Really? Oh well, it's Hollywood.
For its dumbest episode I vote for Longmire settling the dispute with the survivalist cult with a duel between him and the cult leader. The cult had a census taker's body in storage, some members not including their leader had shot and killed a state trooper for walking in their gate to ask about some minor matter and they'd kidnapped and beaten Longmire's female deputy and a man. Longmire told the cult leader if he'd settle the standoff with a personal duel all the other members could walk free forgiven for all crimes. Standing about 12 feet apart they count to 10 and the episode ends with a double bang. There after cult members occasionally reappear in the series never having been prosecuted for the kidnappings and murders. Really? Oh well, it's Hollywood.
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Well, I was always amused how he used to go into the big fight and use his thumb to cock his 1911 while it was still holstered. Also, I liked the distinct click it made when cocked. Amazingly, his thumb never slipped off the hammer, popping a primer, and blowing his foot off. Glad I didn’t learn how to handle a 1911 from TV.
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My biggest laugh with it was the snow storm of the century that shut everything down. It was filmed with about 1 1/2" on the ground. We don't even bother to shovel that little, knowing it will blow off soon.
We go through there too, we’ve got a lot of relatives in TX and NM.
