Into the West 6/10/05
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Into the West 6/10/05
Anyone planning on watching this? It looks like it will be really good. EW gave it a pretty good review (B+).
http://alt.tnt.tv/itw/#
As a fan of history and epic drama, I'm really looking forward to this one.
http://alt.tnt.tv/itw/#
As a fan of history and epic drama, I'm really looking forward to this one.
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Originally Posted by Red Dog
Sounds like a traditional Western, so I'll be passing. The only Western I have ever liked is Deadwood.
To me, a western is typically hero vs villain, gun shoot-outs, rough western towns, etc.
This is the history of America's move to the west.
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Originally Posted by DodgingCars
I don't think it sounds like a traditional western at all, but then maybe what we think is a traditional western is different...
To me, a western is typically hero vs villain, gun shoot-outs, rough western towns, etc.
This is the history of America's move to the west.
To me, a western is typically hero vs villain, gun shoot-outs, rough western towns, etc.
This is the history of America's move to the west.
Well, you're right, although I do expect to see some elements of that (gunfights, cowboys vs indians, etc) in this. While a huge fan of American History, the Western expansion is probably the least interesting period IMO. One man's opinion of course.
I'm sure it will be visually impressive though - particularly since I believe it is an HD presentation.
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Originally Posted by kvrdave
I plan to tivo and wait and hear if it was worth it. I did the same with Revelations, and decided not to watch it.
TV Guide said eh.
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Originally Posted by kvrdave
I plan to tivo and wait and hear if it was worth it. I did the same with Revelations, and decided not to watch it.
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I missed it last night, but will Tivo it tonight or Sunday night as it airs on TNT three nights in a row. It looks interesting to me and I'm not normally a fan of Westerns... guess it's different enough looking.
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I didn't hate it, and I'll probably finish it, but there were some really stupid and lame things about it, starting with the voiceovers, and including all the indian vision-junk... Not a very good script, frankly, for something with such an epic scope and such huge artistic resources behind it...
When the two main character/narrators met, I half-expected them to have a narration-battle... Wait a minute! *I'm* the narrator here!!
When the two main character/narrators met, I half-expected them to have a narration-battle... Wait a minute! *I'm* the narrator here!!
Last edited by adamblast; 06-13-05 at 10:57 AM.