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Which are the best miniseries ever?

Posted on 07/27/2014 7:40:44 PM PDT by MNDude

I don't watch TV much these days, so I can't say what have been popular miniseries in the past decade or so, but I remember there used to be big budget miniseries on TV all the time (A.D., The Winds of War, Roots. Etc). In your opinion, what were the greatest miniseries of all time?


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To: MNDude

Nominees: 1) Danger UXB, 2) Band of Brothers, 3) The Pacific, 4) I, Claudius, 5) Victory at Sea, 6) Horatio Hornblower, 7) John Adams, 8) The World at War.


121 posted on 07/27/2014 9:22:48 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: slumber1

I second that...

Lonesome dove


122 posted on 07/27/2014 9:24:21 PM PDT by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: Jane Long

Even back then, I can remember my mom saying that she thought Richard Chamberlain was gay. Her ‘gaydar’ was pretty strong. LOL!


123 posted on 07/27/2014 9:28:14 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: MNDude
Fall of Eagles

The First Churchills

The Wilderness Years (about Churchill)

124 posted on 07/27/2014 9:30:48 PM PDT by what's up
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To: BlueNgold
Lonesome Dove is going down as a unique American Gothic (whatever the hell that means).

It has a timeless feel to it. I watch it whenever I steal the remote from the wife and channel surf for a bit. There are certain parts that are my favorites, but the whole thing is such a compelling piece of work.

125 posted on 07/27/2014 9:33:50 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: what's up

Speaking of Churchill, Albert Finney as Churchill in “The Gathering Storm” was amazing....It’s one of my favorite all-time movies.


126 posted on 07/27/2014 9:35:35 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: yarddog

I didn’t like Roots either. There was not one white person that was trustworthy. They would appear to befriend the slave, and then would turn on them. It did nothing for race relations except to make them worse.


127 posted on 07/27/2014 9:37:11 PM PDT by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: MNDude
Jesus Of Nazareth

Band of Brothers

V

The Pacific

128 posted on 07/27/2014 9:42:04 PM PDT by Revelation Concepts
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To: MNDude

Band of Brothers
The Pacific
Hatfields & McCoys
John Adams

Thornbirds - memories of my Mom & I watching together.
Shogun - my Dad


129 posted on 07/27/2014 9:43:55 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: Fungi

“Cannot comment, do not own a TV.”

Thanks. Please continue to keep the rest of us updated
whenever you don’t have a comment to make.


130 posted on 07/27/2014 9:49:10 PM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: Fungi
Cannot comment, do not own a TV.

Gosh - they're really inexpensive these days. We may have one in the garage that you can have.

131 posted on 07/27/2014 9:49:11 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna
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To: MNDude

North & South


132 posted on 07/27/2014 9:49:14 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: yarddog
Masada was good but Peter O’Toole completely dominated the show.

Peter O'Toole was a genius.

133 posted on 07/27/2014 9:50:51 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna
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To: Migraine
And, if “24” is considered a miniseries, no others need apply.

If 24 is in then "Mad Men"is in too.

134 posted on 07/27/2014 9:53:04 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna
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To: xkaydet65

Oh that was so good! Thanks for reminding me of it! I’m going to look for it.


135 posted on 07/27/2014 9:54:15 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: FrdmLvr
Late for the party but I have to vote.
In chronological order :

Victory at Sea,
Shogun.

136 posted on 07/27/2014 9:58:12 PM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: Sivad

No comment.


137 posted on 07/27/2014 10:00:42 PM PDT by Fungi (Sarah rocks! OK, this is a tagline, I apologize.)
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To: Cry if I Wanna
I refuse to even own one, not even a similitude of one— which makes no sense. A TV, a cable connection, an Internet connection, suddenly that is serious money. I have however posted a real tagline. Don't look!
138 posted on 07/27/2014 10:05:09 PM PDT by Fungi (Sarah rocks! OK, this is a tagline, I apologize.)
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To: Cry if I Wanna

You can cry all you want.

http://www.artistdirect.com/video/roy-orbison-crying/93908
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjMNOouIb0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUtEn5tGsSI—too bad
Have fun.


139 posted on 07/27/2014 10:11:23 PM PDT by Fungi (Sarah rocks! OK, this is a tagline, I apologize.)
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To: MNDude
Windsor War; Shogun; Centennial; if you can tolerate its syrupy plot Thorn Birds and North & South.

I could barely tolerate Roots at the time but couldn't choke it down now, not with the Jeffersons in the W. House!

140 posted on 07/27/2014 10:13:51 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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