I am recording them. I got about 3/4 through the first episode last night. It is good entertainment value. I am unsure of the historical accuracy.
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I am recording them. I got about 3/4 through the first episode last night. It is good entertainment value. I am unsure of the historical accuracy.
I believe it is a little "hollywooded" for effect.
1870's and they had NO law in the east.
More law in the west. Hmmm.
Saw the Discovery channel doc on the forensic investigation a few years ago. They showed some pretty interesting facts but the movie again is a little over the top I think.
It was a real fued: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfiel...0%93McCoy_feud
are you serious?Quote:
Originally Posted by trlcavscout
Yeah I heard the same thing, BS. My dad's mom was born and raised in Wheeling, WV. Her family has been there since before the American Revolution, and she used to tell me stories about the feud that was still happening when she was a girl. In the hills of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee there was no law after the War of Northern Aggression as my Greatgrandma Margaret would say. There remains little law today way back in the hollers there. I have family there that the last time I was there 20 years ago had no electricity no running water just hand pumped wells. I think it's a little Hollywooded up but so far not bad. I am through the first episode.Quote:
Originally Posted by funkymonkey1111
If the movie is really accurate, those folks sure drank one hell of a lot of shine. [Coffee][Coffee][Coffee]
Still difficult to believe that they were so easily riled up to fight and kill each other.
Drinking shine is a sport out there.
Fucking history channel. Whatever happened to the history part of it?
The next historical program is 9am friday morning. The next 36 hours are filled with swamp people and pawn stars.
it was entertaining but too much like network tv
Not overly historically accurate. Started off that way too since nobody really can say what started the feud but the series basically puts ALL of the potential causes into the plot so nobody can say anything about 'That's not how it started...' because just about every alleged cause was played out in the opener. So far it's entertaining but I wouldn't put any weight in any of it other than as entertainment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rooskibar03
All I got to say is it's easy to feud when every single member of each family is sauced 24/7/365. [Swim]
I haven't seen it yet but figured based on the cast it would be pretty good. Not historically (history channel is not about history) but probably better than most of the crap on the tube.
On a side note - I was surfing through the channels in the hotel and ran across 'The devils ride'. I'm a lifelong biker, not a 1%'r by any means, but have friends and acquaintances in many an MC. I seriously thought it was like RENO911, but supposedly it's a real MC... What's next ? Crack house makeover ?