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Andie, The Thorn Birds was pretty big and I thought about it (and North And South) but was nowhere close to those others as I remember it.

Posted by zork Oct 6 '14, 10:12

And I had happened to have read TBs before I knew about the mini-series coming.

The book was, of course, much better.

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Shogun is my favorite 70s miniseries. - Mel Profit Oct 6, 11:40
Never saw Angel Heart, but I wonder if that controversy was pretty much because it was Denise Huxtable -- nm - con_carne Oct 6, 10:27 1
- trivia fact: her characters name in that movie was Epiphany -- nm - Epiphany Oct 6, 10:33
Lonesome Dove -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 10:13 16
- Poor Ricky Schroeder. Damn moccasins! -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:14 15
  - remmeber the guy that got bit in the face by the water moccasins? Ew. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 10:19 11
    - that was Ricky! -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:20 10
      - (no it wasn't) - Beaker Oct 6, 10:21 6
        
        Hmm. I coulda sworn. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:22 5
        
        wasn't it the Irish guy? -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 10:24 1
        
        yup -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 10:25
        
        And it's Rick Schroeder. You are double wrong! -- nm - con_carne Oct 6, 10:23 1
        
        He'll be 85 years old and I'll still call him Ricky. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:24
        
        Ricky made it out West - LD spoilers - Beaker Oct 6, 10:23
      - (Which was shocking to me, as that was the only actor 12-year old me recognized in this) -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:21
      - really? I thought it was another guy! -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 10:21 1
        
        it was -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 10:21
  - I love Gus -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 10:15 2
    - and were these books before or after Game of Thrones? cause - major Lonesome Dove spoilers - Beaker Oct 6, 10:17 1
      - especially - LD major spoilers - Beaker Oct 6, 10:27

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Andie, The Thorn Birds was pretty big and I thought about it (and North And South) but was nowhere close to those others as I remember it.

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