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Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:42 am
by lilwhitelie
On history channel for 3 nights and so far it is really good. Kevin Costner plays a great Hatfield leader. Would have made for a great movie but would have been really long. Anyway a 3 night series is looking pretty good.

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 7:05 am
by RobertM
Yep, started watching last night also. Check listings if anyone missed it. They are rebroadcasting a good bit. Part 2 is tonight at 8

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:08 am
by bucks n beaks
+1. Very good so far. Can't wait to watch tonight and tomorrow night. I've been waiting on this for over a month when they first started advertising.

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:44 am
by DeltaCotton12
These folks were rough. Did not take much to get a bullet in the head back then.

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:55 am
by jdbuckshot
can't wait for tonight. i don't look forward to TV much. but this is a good one.

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:00 am
by sevenhead
For some odd reason it cracked my wife up to the point of tears when the woman said, "spill your seed outside of me."

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:02 am
by deltadukman
Thought it was very good and cant wait for tonight. Anyone have an idea as to how accurate this documentary is compared to real life?

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:12 am
by gsimpson
Costner was interviewed last week. He talked about all the reading and research that went into the accuracy. This is a great series.

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:17 am
by DeltaCotton12
deltadukman wrote:Thought it was very good and cant wait for tonight. Anyone have an idea as to how accurate this documentary is compared to real life?
I thought I remember reading that the brother who fought for the Yanks who was killed in the woods, he was found by tracks in the snow from the slave bringing food to him.

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:38 am
by matador1
If you've spent any time reading about the H&Ms and watched last night you can appreciate the accuracy. They "hollywooded" it some but stuck pretty close to the story. Can't wait for tonight.

"For the record I never questioned him fornicating with his dog". Classic!

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:19 pm
by Ster
DeltaCotton12 wrote:
deltadukman wrote:Thought it was very good and cant wait for tonight. Anyone have an idea as to how accurate this documentary is compared to real life?
I thought I remember reading that the brother who fought for the Yanks who was killed in the woods, he was found by tracks in the snow from the slave bringing food to him.
There are several good books that were written about this feud. I've read one of them and found that the History Channel's rendering is very close to what the Book I read presented.

Those were some very rough times. The nation had just endured the worst tragedy in its history, the civil war.

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 2:41 pm
by crow
In the late 50's early 60's there was a fued between two families in N. Winston County that was nearly as bad. I remember my parents and brother talking about it. Parents told my bro that he needed to stay off certain roads at night because it was dangerous. The two families still live in the area and still don't like each other. As I remember, three folks were killed over a woman...no law was ever brought in. A preacher intervened to stop it.

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 3:12 pm
by Ster
crow wrote:In the late 50's early 60's there was a fued between two families in N. Winston County that was nearly as bad. I remember my parents and brother talking about it. Parents told my bro that he needed to stay off certain roads at night because it was dangerous. The two families still live in the area and still don't like each other. As I remember, three folks were killed over a woman...no law was ever brought in. A preacher intervened to stop it.
Hatfield and McCoy feud led to 13 people dead and over 20 injured through its process. So bad was that feud that two Governors had to step in to bring it to a halt. I hardly would say that the Winston Country feud was "nearly as bad".

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:52 pm
by Wingman
Is Tom Berringer playing Jim Vance?

Re: Hatfields and Mccoys!!!!

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:41 am
by 3spop
Wingman wrote:Is Tom Berringer playing Jim Vance?

yep.