Posted on 02/07/2023 8:47:56 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Unless you use a VPN and a torrent site.
Schedule probably plays in. He’s a movie guy. TV show shoot schedules are a grind. And apparently he’s got a thing he wants to do. Hard to do around a 65 shoot day schedule.
Because it’s a business. When something makes money you keep at it. Think of it like oil scouting, when you find a nice deposit you put more wells in it to get all that black gold out.
Meanwhile of course they are doing other stuff, looking for other deposits like Joe Pickett, and working existing deposits like Star Trek.
1883 lost me when when they had Elsa Dutton talking like a stoned Millennial who couldn’t figure out which bathroom to use.
The first season is like Dallas, but with nudity.
Apple TV had the whole season for $25 (I think.). Paramount sucks.
Is Alex Baldwin available.
The First Mate and I binged ‘1923’ Sunday evening S1-1 thru S1-5. Great series though I could have done with less of the brutality in the girls school. I understand that ‘1923’ is to be two seasons of eight shows each, so lots more to come.
We love ‘Yellowstone’ also warts and all.
If you’ve liked 1923, you might like the movie I mentioned as well, “Legends of the Fall.” Anthony Hopkins is great. I’m not a big Brad Pitt fan, but definitely one of this better performances. It’s somewhere between a romance guys can enjoy and a guy flick chicks can enjoy.
I watched Dallas sometimes when it was a thing, but I can’t really say I enjoyed the drama of it all. Very much like a soap opera. I don’t need to see the nudity stuff either.
I don’t remember what show it was, but there was something very popular a few years ago. I was asking a new friend about it who had been watching it, and she said, well, if you can get past the nudity, and then get past the violence, it’s an interesting show. Needless to say, I never watched whatever show it was with that description. Not that I’m a prude. I just don’t need to see stuff like that every time I turn on the tv. There’s so much bunk shoved in our faces without having to choose to watch it. I think, too, there are plenty of shows that I do watch that have enough of the trash in them already. Gotta be careful with how much of that I consume.
Does he sing or play an instrument?
He said a few seasons ago he didn’t like being away from his family for so long while they are shooting.
I watch a lot of shows and movies and always give a fair warning about the content to folks that may find it offensive.
That misses the details of how "the train station" worked. It was not dumping bodies "off the side of the road" but was off the top of a remote ravine that sloped into a neighboring state where the bodies were virtually inaccessible and would simply not be found or looked for. Dutton and other cattle barons who used "the train station" to dispose of problem bodies did so with the tolerance of local lawmen who were aligned with them and part of the Western code that some SOBs deserve killing.
There are many examples of that sort of thing, it being an elaboration and institutionalization of the common criminal maneuver of dumping bodies in remote places and on the other side of jurisdictional boundaries.
And yes, Yellowstone often veers into soap opera, but soap opera is usually based in truth even as it suffers from too much compression of time so as to intensify the drama. The bar fight with Beth Dutton reminded me of an incident from years ago when my father was a circuit judge and my sister -- a Beth Dutton type in personality and looks -- got her picture in color on the front page of the local newspaper when she was called to testify for the defense in a trial of two DEA agents falsely accused of walking out on a bar bill.
The episode was a set up in order to wreck the DEA led task force that was getting close to how the local drug trade was protected. My sister got sucked in because she went for a drink with a court reporter friend who was dating one of the DEA agents. The bar owner -- a prominent local businessman -- arranged the entire incident. My father was furious because he had warned my sister never to go into that particular bar even though it was a bright, shiny, popular place full of tourists. My father knew who the crooks in town were.
The success of Yellowstone and other Taylor Sheridan series come from an emphasis on story and character with a lack of wokeness. Golly, who ever suspected that our entertainment industry was still capable of that sort of thing.
I appreciate that.
It’s pretty woke. But it’s got horses and nice scenery.
I watch it. But, I think the quality has been lacking this year. Taylor is stretched pretty thin these days.
Yellowstone is not woke though in comparison to other popular entertainment these days. Granted, Indians are treated too sympathetically, but the local tribe is also shown at times as cruel, scheming, and aggressive like everyone else. And Californians get shown in a bad light and then wrecked in a satisfying manner, from oily developers and arrogant wealthy part-time residents to a trespassing motorcycle gang.
Yellowstone also has also had some terrific gunfights. I cannot recall anything on recent contemporary series TV drama that comes close to the gun battles at the end of season three. And the Duttons and their cowboys are always ready to defend themselves and exact payback when they are wronged.
Also, the main characters in Yellowstone frequently toss off memorable conservative lines that are near unimaginable in any other show. No wonder Hollywood mostly critics hate the show.
You ever watch “The Mayor of Kingstown?” That’s another of his. Much more urban…but very gritty.
#5 I want Mel Gibson to show up as an enemy of Stallone : )
Kevin Costner and Matthew McConaughey are dull.
Great minds!
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