We've been binge watching Longmire on Netflix. Now I know they're just actors playing a role but I can't help thinkin', an Australian playing a Wyoming Sheriff and a Filipino playing an American Indian.
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Yes they do, that's why we're still binge watching them.But they're playing their roles very well!
Don't want to burst bubbles, but there is NO County 24 in Wyoming.
rog8732
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Dang ! Next thing you'll be telling us that straining button on deputy Vic's shirt is never gonna bust.
About the American Indian character, in the books he is a big guy, so it seemed odd to me, at first, that in the show he is on the small side.
I go back and forth on Longmire. At first I liked it a lot, and then I didn't. Recently I started watching it, occasionally, again.
I go back and forth on Longmire. At first I liked it a lot, and then I didn't. Recently I started watching it, occasionally, again.
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There's no Absoroka county but that's little stuff.
I've always gotten the impression that the books were based on Johnson county and a few of the lines in the script in season one that dealt with location confirmed that in the TV series as well.
So....noting 10 murders in season one I assumed a population of about 8500 in the mythical Absoroka county and came up with a murder rate of 117.6 per 100,000. That compares to 54.6 per 100,000 for Detroit, 18.5 per 100,000 in Chicago, and 13.9 per 100,000 in DC.
Absoroka County is apparently a really tough neighborhood.
Don't forget it's all filmed in New Mexico.
This is notable in the episode with the dead possum - a critter than isn't found in WY at all, and certainly not in northern WY.
vigil617
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So, um, I missed everything after that top button remark....
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Wyatt Burp
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Lou Diamond Phillip's dad was, or is 1/4 Cherokee (yeah, I looked that up). So he's technically OK here. I think he's great in the role. In the original Magnificent Seven a German played the Mexican kid, and a Jewish actor played the bandit leader. That worked out good. But sometimes it doesn't...
CATI1835
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So, um, I missed everything after that top button remark....
In the books, Vic has very dark hair. But I am not complaining...
FlyTyinFool
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I like the show. It's entertaining.
And, yes, Vic's pretty easy on the eyes.
As far as murder rates on TV shows... Don't go anywhere near where Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote - Wife's favorite show) is located. Someone dies every week. Her tiny hometown of Cabbot Cove must have the highest murder rate in the world!
And, yes, Vic's pretty easy on the eyes.
As far as murder rates on TV shows... Don't go anywhere near where Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote - Wife's favorite show) is located. Someone dies every week. Her tiny hometown of Cabbot Cove must have the highest murder rate in the world!
Targets Guy
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Midsomer Murder has a good rate as well
Spoiler alert: the show is not filmed in Wyoming either. It is filmed in New Mexico. If you watch carefully over the different seasons, you can pick up some clues to that.
Also, something that has irked me ever since I saw it: In one scene Longmire was going into a possible shootout and they showed him cocking the hammer while his pistol was still holstered. Looks to me like he is packing a 1911. If so, nobody does that except somebody determined to shoot himself in the foot.
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mrchuck
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A .45 Colt automatic that is "cocked and on safety" is perfectly safe.
That is called condition 1.
For over 32 years, I carried my duty weapon this way, everywhere.
Perfectly safe, and when drawn for action, you only had to push the safety lever down, and it was ready.
I have also become a real fan of "LONGMIRE".
We have even watched the 6 other episodes on "Netflix".
I have heard that it has sponsors for next year's viewing.
I believe the Boston Mafia will become involved more though.
And I do not like this "chapter" about them.
That is called condition 1.
For over 32 years, I carried my duty weapon this way, everywhere.
Perfectly safe, and when drawn for action, you only had to push the safety lever down, and it was ready.
I have also become a real fan of "LONGMIRE".
We have even watched the 6 other episodes on "Netflix".
I have heard that it has sponsors for next year's viewing.
I believe the Boston Mafia will become involved more though.
And I do not like this "chapter" about them.
See post number 9, it's all ready been covered there...
I carried both a 1911 and later a Hi Power in Condition 1, and I'm in agreement with Rivoak here - and also with you, I think you just mis interpreted what he is saying.
Yes, if a 1911 is cocked and locked it's in Condition 1 and that is the normal carry condition for a 1911, or other single action semi-auto equipped with a manual thumb safety.
However, if you reach down and cock a 1911 in the holster, then it means you started out in Condition 2 (hammer down on a loaded chamber and not on safe). Condition 2 is the worst way to (safely) carry a 1911, as it takes fine motor movement to cock the hammer and that's both slower and harder under stress than just racking the slide to go from Condition 3 (hammer down and unlocked over an empty chamber) to Condition 0 (cocked on a loaded chamber with the pistol off safe and ready to fire).
However cocking the hammer to go from Condition 2 to Condition 0 in the holster is farm animal stupid as you'll defeat the grip safety while drawing it, and if your finger finds its way into the trigger guard while drawing the pistol under stress, you run the risk of shooting yourself in the foot.
I suspect all three of us are in agreement on this.
But...cocking a pistol adds drama, and directors care a lot more about drama then they do accuracy or safety.
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So, um, I missed everything after that top button remark....
I really appreciate the wardrobe person's priorities here.
But if I was a deputy in a county with a murder rate of 117 per 100,000, *my* tight shirt would be covered up by my Class IIIA body armor. I'd be seriously considering Class III ballistic plates front and back as well.
I'm so glad the director elected not to go for authenticity there...
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rog8732
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Deputy Vic don't need no stinking armor !
