Anyone read any of the books?
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Anyone read any of the books?
Maybe Walt is playing with the hammer while it is holstered. [dig]
I have been meaning to pick up one of the books. I know Walt is much older in the books and there are other significant character differences between tv and book versions.
You've overlooked the different grips and focused on the hammer??? I like it (guns in movies & tv) in general when you clearly see a Glock, then a Beretta for the up close.Quote:
Originally Posted by CHA-LEE
OR BETTER YET Someone pulls away, rides in on, or has a Harley sound and it's a friggin 250 off road.
I like tire screeching sounds in dirt and on grass. The guy who adds tire squeel sounds to cars making minor movements in parking lots on shows like Cops, must laugh it up while raking in the dollars.
Wife and I started watching it last night. Go through the first two episodes.
I lived in Wyoming for 5 years when I was in school and I retired from the WY NG so I feel sort of like an "adopted" Wyomingite, and I'm always interested in how the Cowboy State is portrayed in pop culture.
I like it OK so far, except that my wife asked "So, does somebody get murdered in this town every week? That's a higher crime rate than Denver!"
I was kind of hoping for a long, serialized story line like Breaking Bad (I think BB has pretty much ruined me for almost any TV show, it was that good.)
A few observations:
1. Does anyone know where it's filmed? The scene in Episode 1 where they were at the rifle range looked EXACTLY like the rifle range in Laramie. And most of the other scenes look very authentically Wyoming, too. The "town" scenes could be in parts of Laramie but they could almost be anywhere in WY, maybe Riverton or Lander? Possibly DuBois?
2. Glad to see I'm not the only one who's annoyed as hell about the way Henry talks. What the hell, this isn't some 1950's Western! I'm surprised the AIM or some other activist group isn't lighting them up with hate mail for stereotyping.
3. Amish/Mennonites in WY? Someone's got their "Flyover states" mixed up, big time.
4. "I'll see if he has any guns registered to him." That kind of talk will get you shot in Wyoming. :rolleyes:
Anyway, we'll probably keep watching. As the wife says, we pay for Netflix, might as well. Not like there's anything decent on regular TV. I'm hoping they'll pick up more multi-episode story lines instead of neatly resolving the conflict in each hour. That's going to get tiresome.
I love the scenery shots. That's another very "breaking bad" style of thing but with mountains and prairies substituted for New Mexico's deep blue sky and rocky desert.
Oh, I forgot to add: Has anyone else here read any of C.J. Box's books? This reminds me a LOT of those, except that the main character is a sheriff instead of a game warden.
Never mind question 1. Filmed in New Mexico according to teh interwebz.
Actually makes sense. Closer to big cities and they should have a longer filming season. Winter comes early to WY. We normally got measurable snowfall in the first week of September and often our last measurable snowfall was around Memorial day.
#2: being involved with the rez in 3 states. I can say the way he talks isn't out of the ordinary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinjmpr
#3 http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/WY/Bas...te-School.html
https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/ca...nnonite-church
http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wyoming_%28USA%29
In my job a spend a lot of time on the phone with people from the Rez (mostly in New Mexico but some in WY and MT.) The Indians I talk to do have a distinctive way of talking but that ain't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
And AFAIK Mennonites don't shun technology the way Amish do. I don't even think the Rumspringa is a Mennonite tradition, pretty sure that's an Amish thing.
Longmire is like adult Scooby Doo.