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The Civil War 25th Anniversary ed., Ep 1: A

Posted by con_carne Sep 8 '15, 11:32

I don't know that I ever watched this series from the beginning, so this was nice.

I like the very beginning: the farmer who owned a field where one of the first skirmishes happened thought he had better move. The house he moved to was called Appomatox Court House.

Shelby Foote remastered, woot.

Oh and the part at the end with the soldier's letter is just great.

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I was crying by the end of the intro and...the ending with that letter is in the discussion for best thing ever done in TV. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 8, 12:25
I watched Texas Rising so ya'll didn't have to - skip it. And someone yank Chad Michael Murray's SAG card stat - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 11:44 11
- Brendan Frasier was laughably, horrible in that -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 11:48 7
  - also - I sort of loved it for the history of Texas but I did see " holy shite, Texans have been stupid for years!" spoils - I guess - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 11:52
  - holy shit, talk about a weak link - he was the whole damn chain - horrible casting -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 11:50 5
    - they were all pretty bad (and I like alot of the actors that were in it) Jeffrey Dean Morgan needs to return to Supernatural already -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 11:53 4
      - agreed. It was horrible writing and it suffered over all - but I got a lot out of it. Oliver Martinez had fun with Santa Anna. -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 11:55 3
        
        I sorta want to hate-watch this now. -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 12:08 2
        
        I think my love of Bill Paxton pulled me through. Try a few episodes. Its basically an upper level Lifetime movie with violence - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 12:16 1
        
        this is just sounding better and better... -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 12:20
- re IM: L3 and ha! -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 11:47
- He was passable on Agent Carter. -- nm - Inigo Sep 8, 11:47 1
  - yah, he was fine there. -- nm - b. Sep 8, 11:48
There is a cool moment in Wm. Faulkner's UVa lecture tapes where he mentions Shelby Foote as a rising author of promise - jangles Sep 8, 11:41
yep - loved it. - Diva Sep 8, 11:39
Damn. Has it begun to broadcast? -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 11:35 4
- Psst. It's been streaming on Netflix for a while now. -- (link) - ML Sep 8, 11:47
- On most PBS stations, yep. Ep 2 airs next Monday -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 11:38 2
  - our main PBS station WGBH is airing them all week long. Ep 2 is tonight. Eps 3&4 are on this Wednesday. -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 11:40 1
    - Thanks, looks like ep 2 is tonight for me as well! -- nm - con_carne Sep 8, 12:13
My money is on Cap. - Spawn Sep 8, 11:34

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