Texas Rising (3 Viewers)

Warrior said:
This reminds of that total POS the History Channel showed about the Battle of Gettysburg, it was two hours long, I think Ridley Scott was involved, all the Confederates had horrible teeth and were dressed in white shirts with brown vests, they made Gettysburg look like the Australian outback, Picketts Charge was a joke, there was huge mountain behind the Union lines.

The Alamo in this Texas Rising looked awful, not sure if it was a castle or a railroal embankment, but it was terrible.

And it wasn't in the middle of a desert either like in that cheesy John Wayne version, it looked like the one in the Ron Howard version with trees around it and a village nearby.

Get it right or don't do it at all..........
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I read that they filmed "That Gettysburg" in South Africa!! I avoid anything "History" puts out
 
The Hatfields & McCoys and The Vikings are pretty good.
Mark
 
As to History Channel's other dramatizations, I actually kind of liked Bonnie and Clyde from a couple of years back. Killing Kennedy was also well done, and provided a nice counter-point to Oliver Stone's ridiculous JFK.

-Moe
 
I am watching for entertainment sake so don't care about the location, accuracy etc. The only thing getting on my nerves so far is the music. There are somber moments with weird cinematic 1930s westerns music playing. I just find that it doesn't fit and detracts from what is actually happening. The other thing bugging me is the over exposed "sepia"ish nature of the filming. It is so bright with so many shades of brown.
Not enough to make me stop watching, just mildly irritating to me (I had to wear sunglasses to watch last night! :cool: )
 
Zach...

I'm like you...
I'm just watching it for entertainment...
not for a history lesson or 100% accuracy...

it's not so bad...^&grin
I know that's hardly a disclaimer to watch it...
but I'm enjoying it..

as far as entertainment is concerned...

I think there is way too much emphasis on the Yellow Rose of Texas...

you almost feel the city of Houston should have been named after her...
 
Still enjoying the action sequences although still a little irritated by certain things like the portrayal of Santa Ana and his 'girlfriend'. Also a little puzzled by the Texas Mahdi who is gathering his own army, who's professed religion is to 'kill Mexicans'. Was impressed by the Comanche raid on the family farm and the resultant tragedy. As entertainment, this show is ok, as history, not so much. -- Al
 
Agree with Al that the Comanche raid on an unfortunate settler family was fairly compelling. I'm still finding myself mystified by some of the plot threads, particularly the Clintonesque figure who seems determined to plow whatever fertile furrow it might be that peoples his path. I simply can't understand what that fella has to do with the broader theme of the series. It's sort of though the production folks are using him and his antics as filler until the next ad for Dodge trucks, "I've got roots, and I've got wings!" Sorry to be so negative.:redface2: However, some of Texas Rising makes no sense to me.

-Moe
 
The more I watch this, the worse it gets. It could have been done in two nights without stretching it out and filling it with all the other crap. Kinda reminds me of Houdini last year. I still can't bring myself to watch part two.
 
I DVR'd it. Watched about the first 10 minutes of episode one and erased the whole series. Enough said.
Gary
 
I like the part when the black Davy Crockett was dispatched by a Mexican officer at the Alamo's closing moments.And,and when prisoners were hogtied behind a soon to be assaulted Mexican buckboard.Didn't
Santa Anna say "no prisoners"?And Mexican arty took out a few Texians ..hmmm,weren't Texian casualties
VERY light at San Jacinto'?Ahhh Hollywood.
 
Tonight's episode was the best so far, IMO. The series managed to stay largely on-topic. The Texicans liquidated captured Mexicanos with complete abandon, turnabout is fair-play, I suppose you'd characterize the killings. Certainly couldn't have countenanced those events being white-washed.

A blood-coughing "Deaf Smith" struggled mightily with dispatching his horse. Be apprised, readers, Old Texas loved horses as much as anyone from Kentucky. Texans just went through them (and women) a hell of a lot faster.

Santa Ana gets captured and is used as a foil for making all sort of points about the war. His best line is likely not his own, "If I owned hell and Texas, I'd rent out Texas and live in hell." I only mention this because it's central to understanding how Texas was colonized and conquered by Los Anglos. Simply put, the creole population of Mexico weren't about to abandon the paradise of the Central Mexican highlands for what was viewed by most of them as a hell-hole to the north. They tried to settle parts of New Mexico that they found more appealing, but the Indians literally ran them out. California was much more amenable...but the Yankees had their eye on it, also.

Towards the end of the viewing, two loose-ends reappeared in high profile. I'm referring to the grim-reaper fella played by Ray Liota and the adventurer/bank-robber/womanizer that's been the target of my negative comments up the thread. Hopefully, the former will find religion in the last episode. The latter will probably get elected to Congress!

-Moe
 
I found this series mostly not watchable from the beginning to end. Every time I tuned in to try to give it a chance, the movie would almost immediately portray some scene that was not reasonable, not realistic, and, or not historical. This should have been advertised and marketed as a soap opera based on a few historical events, like Winds of War was to WW2.. ( Santa Ana shooting Houston )( the Mexicans actually fighting ) (the spy trying to shoot Santa Anna)( Santa Anna actually hanging around )( the TV battle lasting longer than the actual event ) all in just one episode, etc, etc, etc.. Hard for me to believe natural born Texans would actually buy into any of this bad story telling..:redface2:Michael
 
Michael is right...
this is not very good...

and if you're looking for a history lesson...
it's even more disappointing...

again...
I'm watching it for the entertainment value...
and it's short on that...

I will watch the final episode next Monday...
just to get closure...
but I can't recommend it or commit to ever watching it again...

it's just flat bad...

bad acting...
bad script...

really disappointed with all the hype promoting this series...
it's just flat bad...
 
Find the Ray Liotta character just annoying and distracting. Wasn't real impressed with the battle either. I got absolutely no feel for the overall action other than just a never-ending big brawl. Like others, I will watch the last episode just to watch it. Actually want to see if Liotta ends up as the president of the new republic. :rolleyes2: -- Al
 
lancer said:
Actually want to see if Liotta ends up as the president of the new republic. :rolleyes2: -- Al
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Nope, last I heard, he's living in Arizona under the witness protection program..............wait, that's Henry Hill from Goodfellas; sorry, wrong Ray Liotta character.
 
I haven't seen the series but Ray Liotta is great in those liquor ads he does.
 
Warrior said:
Nope, last I heard, he's living in Arizona under the witness protection program..............wait, that's Henry Hill from Goodfellas; sorry, wrong Ray Liotta character.
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Ray Liotta will always be Henry Hill in my book. I don't see how you could have cast a better movie than was done with Goodfellows.
Funny in real life Henry Hill was one ugly dude. I can say this since he has since passed.
Gary
 
gk5717 said:
Ray Liotta will always be Henry Hill in my book. I don't see how you could have cast a better movie than was done with Goodfellows.
Funny in real life Henry Hill was one ugly dude. I can say this since he has since passed.
Gary
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"How am I funny?" :wink2:-- Al
 
gk5717 said:
Ray Liotta will always be Henry Hill in my book. I don't see how you could have cast a better movie than was done with Goodfellows.
Funny in real life Henry Hill was one ugly dude. I can say this since he has since passed.
Gary
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You got that right; Goodfellas is one of those movies like you talked about; whenever it's on, I watch it. I've probably seen it 60 times, yet I still enjoy the dialog, the humor, the violence, everything about it.

That movie, The Departed and Saving Private Ryan; every time.

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread..........................
 
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