I watched this series when it first aired. Yes, I'm old. Gus, as portrayed by Robert Duvall, is my all-time favorite cinematic character. I'm glad you're enjoying the ride. 🙂
I watched it when it aired too, when I was about 4, because my parents thought I was too little to get what was going on. I've had a water moccasin phobia ever since. Great book and great series though!
I did too, then I read the book. This is a good as westerns get, for me, but I have to say that Blue Duck is as memorable a villain as anyone has ever put on TV.
I’m old too I reckon. I was 9 when this aired. I watched it on a Zenith console television. To this day I sit down and watch the entire series at least once a month. By far my favorite movie.
I was so upset when I finished the novel. I felt as if I'd lost my best friend (you spend some time with it, 1100 pages or so). Later this came out and I was blown away. Gus was larger than life in the book, and Robert Duvall brought that to the screen. Just an incredible performance. My favorite of his, and top five all time for me in movies, TV, whatever. Great performances throughout, but you really have to give props to Diane Lane as Lorena. Brilliant. I suggest you check her out as the female lead in The Oursiders, featuring young Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, and C.Thomas Howell. The novel is also a great read, written by a 17 year old young woman who goes by S. E. Hinton.
Blue Duck played by Frederic Forrest yeah he was also in Apocalypse Now 1979 he played a gunner on the Navy riverboat. One of the top rated movies of its time.
My all time fav novel. This adaption is excellent, as well. The relationship between Gus and Call is the strong backbone. Many side characters that you get invested in, also. So glad that you are reacting to it!!!!
This mini series is one of the best shows TV has come up with in the last few years. Every emotion is brought out and you never can predict how it will turn out or who will survive .
More from the book: when Gus killed his horse, he purposely slashed the carotid artery, because he knew the smell of horse blood would stop the horses of the pursuers in their tracks... you nailed it, Gus is a man of incredible 'metal'
I rented a laser disk version of Lonesome Dove on a Memorial Day weekend. Ended up watching the whole thing in almost one sitting. An amazing Western with great performances. Men and women, good guys and villains all portrayed with uncommon depth and insight.
Chris Coopers July is just another excellent performance. Gus on his own fighting the by himself could be my favorite sequence, followed by his treatment of the bartender……I think being older he is so easy to relate to….
Fun fact from the book: Dish got his nickname by coming in from the range once so parched, he drank the water the cook was using to wash the dishes, lol. He is a good man. Love your reviews.
Hi, Madison. Glad you're reviewing the best Western series ever written and created for television. It's so good, even my horse loves to watch it, and I'm not kidding. As a voracious reader of books, especially Westerns, I look forward to your first of hopefully many books to come. Blessings.
When Lonesome Dove came out as a TV mi mini series, I recorded it off the TV. Later I acquired a copy as a gift and as time went on I now have VHS, DVD and BLUE RAY. I watch this once a year or more. It is certainly one of the best westerns ever produced. The mini series follows the novel almost line for line. Knowing that I will tell you, Madison, that you are unprepared for the rest of the story much less the ending. I suggest when you're done with the reaction watch the "making of" video. Heres a nugget. The executive producer is a woman named Susanne DePass, a black woman born in Harlem and at the time worked for Barry Gordy of Motown fame. She said that she bought the manuscript from Larry McMurtry with 50 thousand dollars of Barry Gordys money. She had never produced anything but music recordings and LD was her first attempt as a film producer. It also was one of Dianne Lanes first film's. It holds a very special place in her heart. The "making of" is nearly as interesting and emotional as the feature. Ide like to hear from you when this reaction is finished.
My father 's good friend was a Lonesome Dove Fanatic. When he found out they were doing a Mini-Series on the book and not a big budget movie, he wrote Larry Jeff McMurtry a scathing letter. Larry Jeff McMurtry wrote him back and explained that the book was too long for a 1 1/2 hour movie. McMurtry went on to say the only way to accurately depict the book was in a mini series. My dad's friend framed that letter and hung it on the wall in his office.
@@joshlight6892 True, but he loved the book so much he thought the mini-series was a slap in the face. He came from the era that TV actors and movie actors were of different tiers and rarely crossed over. In his mind he thought the book rated a movie.
@@horseshoe2blah201 understood and if it were possible to make it a high budget movie I think they would have. But this mini series was about as good of an adaptation as I ever saw. I don't know if they could have done it better frankly. The cast was more than competent and honestly it was as good as any high budget movie.
@@joshlight6892 I think the first great mini series television produced was Shogun. This mini series was full of movie actors, so he got what he wanted in the end. One of my favorite fun facts from this series involved Robert Duval. He was first approached to play Captain Call, but Duval had read the book. He said I'm playing Gus or I'm not doing it. His character was favorite part of the series.
Power and Control? It was the Madames in the old West that ran these western towns. They owned the salons, which meant that they were cash, gold, and silver-rich. So they primarily owned the Banks. And they hired the Pinkertons to be enforcers.
Those graves and that vista at 17:15 gets me every time. It makes me wonder how many hundreds or even thousands of people are anonymously buried in lonely, unmarked graves in Texas.
I can't wait another week for Part 3. As a side note I went to school with James McMurtry, Larry McMurtry's son who wrote the brilliant Pulitzer peize-winning novel Lonesome Dove so your reaction(s) gives me a homey nostalgia, which makes me want to read Gone Outlaw even more, which I also can't wait for.
I had read Lonesome Dove way back when I was in high school, junior year if I remember correctly. As I watched your reaction series, it started to come back to me. I think I’ll reread it again in the near future. The character of Blue Duck actually inspired a similar villain in my own series. What was initially developing as a series of short stories has quickly morphed into a whole novel.
11:25 the great and probably most underrated character actor Fredrick Forrest, Blue Duc. Most underrated as he retired very early in acting. You can see him in such classics as in Falling Down (1993), starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall (again), and Barbara Hershey, (who also is in The Return To Lonesome Dove, the 4 part sequel to this). Forrest also plays in the movie Apocalypse Now (1979), as Chef. Another movie with Robert Duvall and a big cast including Martin Sheen, and Marion Brando. And one of my favorite movies, Valley Girl (1983), with Nicolas Cage and Debra Foreman. Fun fact, Debra Foreman you can also find on Instagram as she has an account on it. You could probably say hello to.
Scene at the end with Gus saying they were at Adobe Walls...a famous battle between American Troops and Native American Indians took place there. The famous Kit Carson was involved.
You were trying to remember Dishwater (Dish) Bogget, ramrod, who loved Laurie from the beginning and never held her *occupation* against her. Eager to see your reaction to part 3, its a big one too.
Thanks for reviewing this, although I've watched it a dozen times I find myself wanting you to hurry up and get on to the next one because I know what kind of an emotional roller coaster you are going to be on as the story progresses. Im a huge LOTR fan but Lonesome Dove has been a part of my soul since the first time I saw it and is my favorite among the two.
I actually consider Lonesome Dove the "Lord of the Rings of Westerns" for both obvious and not so obvious reasons. While the triggers for each story are different, both involve a huge trek over great distances. Both contain various side-stories that emphasize growth, loyalty, transformation, friendship and loss. The not as obvious things being that both took more than a decade to complete (Authors take note.) and both stories are made stronger by the personal experiences of each author. My humble opinion, obviously. :)
Roscoe Brown character the dimwit from Arkansas the actor who plays him is genius Barry Corbin , he played in the TV series the late 80s Northern Exposure. Top-notch television and funny funny moments it's not a comedy but it has its moments maybe it is a comedy but it always takes me back home when I watch it. So many people that ran that TV series you would probably recognize. Thanks for doing this by the way I appreciate the time and effort.
Used to be a thing in the world known as Novels...there was also Epic Novels...and a period in the 80s that mini series, captured the vast timeline of characters and time frames..ROOTS, WAR AND PEACE, THE HOLOCAUST TO COME TO MIND...BUT LONESOME DOVE..captures it all!!!.. great reaction Madison.
Great reaction Madison! Could feel ur emotions and your surprise at the unexpected demise of supporting characters, was a shock to me the first time I watched this series, as far as Gus McCrea goes, this episode solidified him in alot of ppls(fans) minds, as an iconic character in this series, the tenderness, and compassion he showed for Lori, and what she went through, that was the best, I am sooo very glad your taking this journey, and enjoying this series, and there is alot more to come, give me a reason to look forward to Friday's!!! Thanks!! Take care Madison..👍👍👍👍👍
Madison, though they did an excellent job with translating the book to a mini-series, the book gives you so much more detail. You are going to love it!
One thing you will find, Madison, if you read the book. It takes a lot longer than watching the film, so you get to know each character even more deeply than you do in this great movie. And that means...it hurts a lot more when you see them die. (if you've grown to like them) It's a book that hits the reader very hard. *** The guy whose name you couldn't remember....that's Dish. Yeah, he's totally smitten with Lorena.
Hello Madison Thames, did you notice the gunshot ricochet that caused Gus' horse to begin to buck. That was a happy filming accident that was not quite to plan. Insurance company executives were hospitalized that day. An excellent display of Robert Duvall's equestrian skills. Tommy Lee Jones is no stranger to the western saddle either.
It's good stuff, isn't it? Nice one, Madison. 🙂 So, you've seen Open Range, now Lonesome dove, that leaves the 2 part "Broken Trail" to complete Duvall's unofficial cowboy trilogy. I'm sure others have suggested it already. I'll just add my voice to the masses, LOL! Put that one on one of your polls and it will work its way up to the top. And while I'm making suggestions, if you haven't already seen them, I should also add A River Runs Through It, and Legends Of The Fall as two more I think you will enjoy. More good stuff!
I'm watching along with you, one of my all time faves. Looking to see if you are as affected as I always am to a particular upcoming scene---great reaction as always.
@@gwh766 Thanks, it was so long ago. I think I remember a series or something after LD 2 that wasn't too well received. I don't know if that's the same one but the books are great.
One additional thought here. If Hitchcock's movie "The Birds" had stayed as true to the original book as "Lonesome Dove" does...it would have been 10 times better a film for doing so! Keep it in mind, and if you get the time, read not only "Lonesome Dove", but also read the short story "The Birds" by Daphne Du Maurier. You can find it online in PDF, and you can easily read it in just an hour.
Being from and still in East Texas, I can say, they could have filmed those characters and scenes today with only the addition of a few junk cars around the shack.
"Streets of Laredo" is a hell of an ending to the saga. James Garner, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Sonia Braga + Randt Quiad and Ned Beaty. & etc.--- Cpt. Call, Laurie, Pea Eye, Judge Roy Bean, John Wesly Harding...
In the book I remember getting quite invested in spunky Janie's story arc and was shocked when she was bumped off so unceremoniously. Blue Duck is quite a piece of work but not portrayed quite as I imagined him, something more brooding, sullen, laconic. Your comments on Lorrie's pursuit of happiness etc. were very insightful. Once again your character analysis helped me to appreciate what was going on in their heads. This adaptation seems heavily condensed. Thanks, Madison.
The other D named cowboy is Dish. Not going to spoil the next 2 episodes for you. Lots of ups and downs as you predicted. Keep a good grip on those reins Madison.
If you enjoyed Lonesome Dove, I highly recommend you watch and review another favorite western of mine, Louis L’Amour’s, Conagher, starring Sam Elliot, Katherine Ross, and Barry Corbin (he’s Roscoe in Lonesome Dove).
This is a great episode - a real gut check, for sure. Life was tough back then, especially on the frontier. But stay tuned - you ain't seen nothin' yet! Kudos, Madison, you are picking up on some of these Life Lessons. Wyoming Territory was the first in the world to empower women with the Right to Vote (1869) - you can figure why.
Actually, I hate to say it but Lauri isn't the true lonesome dove of Lonesome Dove. Keep watching, you're perceptive enough to realize that when it is finally revealed. That said, it's never declared who that is, you just kinda have to realize it when it happens. And, yes, it was this scene (14:22) that caught my attention with LD when I saw it. I loved how starkly realistic a choice it was given Gus' situation. And, yea... with this scene, (18:56) I knew I was hooked. Brilliant story telling all around.
Jake Spoon was a somewhat charming man...and a man of little or no character. Such people are not those you want to get tangled up with. It took awhile for Lorena to get that.
Yep. L.D. is great, one of maybe 4 best TV ever a Couple LeCarre spy novels on pbs, roots, Beatles Ed Sullivan ( don't laugh, that kinda changed the planet actually ). only thing - L.D. is tough > edit - for those few that haven't watched ......
I was a kid when we watched The Beatles on Sullivan. Our parents were horrified at their hair!! ....Other TV moment; As a kid we got to stay up late and watched the Moon landing (it was real, folks)...Yes, this movie is tough to watch but incredible
You must have broken up the episodes. I remember there being 3 parts...learning to enjoy the little things, one of many wise tidbits from Ol' Gus. Keep on rockin
When Lori finally cries and screams in Gus arms when playing cards ..tears my heart out every time.
I watched this series when it first aired. Yes, I'm old. Gus, as portrayed by Robert Duvall, is my all-time favorite cinematic character. I'm glad you're enjoying the ride. 🙂
I watched it when it aired too, when I was about 4, because my parents thought I was too little to get what was going on. I've had a water moccasin phobia ever since. Great book and great series though!
The philosopher/warrior. Iconic role. Loves the needle too, doesn't he?! nobody's safe from his little jabs.
The original Frank Burns! (MASH)
I did too, then I read the book. This is a good as westerns get, for me, but I have to say that Blue Duck is as memorable a villain as anyone has ever put on TV.
I’m old too I reckon. I was 9 when this aired. I watched it on a Zenith console television. To this day I sit down and watch the entire series at least once a month. By far my favorite movie.
I was so upset when I finished the novel. I felt as if I'd lost my best friend (you spend some time with it, 1100 pages or so). Later this came out and I was blown away. Gus was larger than life in the book, and Robert Duvall brought that to the screen. Just an incredible performance. My favorite of his, and top five all time for me in movies, TV, whatever. Great performances throughout, but you really have to give props to Diane Lane as Lorena. Brilliant. I suggest you check her out as the female lead in The Oursiders, featuring young Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, and C.Thomas Howell. The novel is also a great read, written by a 17 year old young woman who goes by S. E. Hinton.
I felt exactly the same way. It was just crushing.
Blue Duck played by Frederic Forrest yeah he was also in Apocalypse Now 1979 he played a gunner on the Navy riverboat. One of the top rated movies of its time.
My all time fav novel.
This adaption is excellent, as well. The relationship between Gus and Call is the strong backbone. Many side characters that you get invested in, also. So glad that you are reacting to it!!!!
This mini series is one of the best shows TV has come up with in the last few years. Every emotion is brought out and you never can predict how it will turn out or who will survive .
I've been waiting for a reactor to watch Lonesome Dove 🕊️ glad it's you 😆
More from the book: when Gus killed his horse, he purposely slashed the carotid artery, because he knew the smell of horse blood would stop the horses of the pursuers in their tracks... you nailed it, Gus is a man of incredible 'metal'
larry mcmurtry said in his mind that newt was the lonesome dove
Love Frederic Forrest as Blue Duck - a great Disney name for evil incarnate! He's doomed since Madison has wished upon him a slow and painful death.
I rented a laser disk version of Lonesome Dove on a Memorial Day weekend. Ended up watching the whole thing in almost one sitting. An amazing Western with great performances. Men and women, good guys and villains all portrayed with uncommon depth and insight.
Chris Coopers July is just another excellent performance. Gus on his own fighting the by himself could be my favorite sequence, followed by his treatment of the bartender……I think being older he is so easy to relate to….
Fun fact from the book: Dish got his nickname by coming in from the range once so parched, he drank the water the cook was using to wash the dishes, lol. He is a good man. Love your reviews.
Hi, Madison. Glad you're reviewing the best Western series ever written and created for television. It's so good, even my horse loves to watch it, and I'm not kidding. As a voracious reader of books, especially Westerns, I look forward to your first of hopefully many books to come. Blessings.
When Lonesome Dove came out as a TV mi mini series, I recorded it off the TV. Later I acquired a copy as a gift and as time went on I now have VHS, DVD and BLUE RAY. I watch this once a year or more. It is certainly one of the best westerns ever produced.
The mini series follows the novel almost line for line. Knowing that I will tell you, Madison, that you are unprepared for the rest of the story much less the ending.
I suggest when you're done with the reaction watch the "making of" video. Heres a nugget. The executive producer is a woman named Susanne DePass, a black woman born in Harlem and at the time worked for Barry Gordy of Motown fame. She said that she bought the manuscript from Larry McMurtry with 50 thousand dollars of Barry Gordys money. She had never produced anything but music recordings and LD was her first attempt as a film producer. It also was one of Dianne Lanes first film's. It holds a very special place in her heart. The "making of" is nearly as interesting and emotional as the feature.
Ide like to hear from you when this reaction is finished.
My father 's good friend was a Lonesome Dove Fanatic. When he found out they were doing a Mini-Series on the book and not a big budget movie, he wrote Larry Jeff McMurtry a scathing letter. Larry Jeff McMurtry wrote him back and explained that the book was too long for a 1 1/2 hour movie. McMurtry went on to say the only way to accurately depict the book was in a mini series. My dad's friend framed that letter and hung it on the wall in his office.
@@horseshoe2blah201 surprised he didn't realize that. No way you could do Lonesome Dove justice in a hour and a half movie.
@@joshlight6892 True, but he loved the book so much he thought the mini-series was a slap in the face. He came from the era that TV actors and movie actors were of different tiers and rarely crossed over. In his mind he thought the book rated a movie.
@@horseshoe2blah201 understood and if it were possible to make it a high budget movie I think they would have. But this mini series was about as good of an adaptation as I ever saw. I don't know if they could have done it better frankly. The cast was more than competent and honestly it was as good as any high budget movie.
@@joshlight6892 I think the first great mini series television produced was Shogun. This mini series was full of movie actors, so he got what he wanted in the end. One of my favorite fun facts from this series involved Robert Duval. He was first approached to play Captain Call, but Duval had read the book. He said I'm playing Gus or I'm not doing it. His character was favorite part of the series.
My favourite movie and my favourite book!
Power and Control? It was the Madames in the old West that ran these western towns. They owned the salons, which meant that they were cash, gold, and silver-rich. So they primarily owned the Banks. And they hired the Pinkertons to be enforcers.
Those graves and that vista at 17:15 gets me every time. It makes me wonder how many hundreds or even thousands of people are anonymously buried in lonely, unmarked graves in Texas.
I can't wait another week for Part 3.
As a side note I went to school with James McMurtry, Larry McMurtry's son who wrote the brilliant Pulitzer peize-winning novel Lonesome Dove so your reaction(s) gives me a homey nostalgia, which makes me want to read Gone Outlaw even more, which I also can't wait for.
And James is a pretty good musician! I have listened to quite a few of his songs over the years. I think my favorite is "Choctaw Bingo".
@@scorpiouk5914 Choctaw Bingo is just outstanding.
James plays the Jimmy Rainey character in Lonesome Dove.
I had read Lonesome Dove way back when I was in high school, junior year if I remember correctly. As I watched your reaction series, it started to come back to me. I think I’ll reread it again in the near future. The character of Blue Duck actually inspired a similar villain in my own series. What was initially developing as a series of short stories has quickly morphed into a whole novel.
11:25 the great and probably most underrated character actor Fredrick Forrest, Blue Duc. Most underrated as he retired very early in acting. You can see him in such classics as in Falling Down (1993), starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall (again), and Barbara Hershey, (who also is in The Return To Lonesome Dove, the 4 part sequel to this).
Forrest also plays in the movie Apocalypse Now (1979), as Chef. Another movie with Robert Duvall and a big cast including Martin Sheen, and Marion Brando. And one of my favorite movies, Valley Girl (1983), with Nicolas Cage and Debra Foreman.
Fun fact, Debra Foreman you can also find on Instagram as she has an account on it. You could probably say hello to.
Scene at the end with Gus saying they were at Adobe Walls...a famous battle between American Troops and Native American Indians took place there. The famous Kit Carson was involved.
You were trying to remember Dishwater (Dish) Bogget, ramrod, who loved Laurie from the beginning and never held her *occupation* against her. Eager to see your reaction to part 3, its a big one too.
There’s a saying “the trail is the thing not the end of the trail. Travel to fast and you miss all your traveling for.” -Louis LAmour
Thanks for reviewing this, although I've watched it a dozen times I find myself wanting you to hurry up and get on to the next one because I know what kind of an emotional roller coaster you are going to be on as the story progresses. Im a huge LOTR fan but Lonesome Dove has been a part of my soul since the first time I saw it and is my favorite among the two.
I actually consider Lonesome Dove the "Lord of the Rings of Westerns" for both obvious and not so obvious reasons. While the triggers for each story are different, both involve a huge trek over great distances. Both contain various side-stories that emphasize growth, loyalty, transformation, friendship and loss. The not as obvious things being that both took more than a decade to complete (Authors take note.) and both stories are made stronger by the personal experiences of each author. My humble opinion, obviously. :)
Roscoe Brown character the dimwit from Arkansas the actor who plays him is genius Barry Corbin , he played in the TV series the late 80s Northern Exposure. Top-notch television and funny funny moments it's not a comedy but it has its moments maybe it is a comedy but it always takes me back home when I watch it. So many people that ran that TV series you would probably recognize. Thanks for doing this by the way I appreciate the time and effort.
Used to be a thing in the world known as Novels...there was also Epic Novels...and a period in the 80s that mini series, captured the vast timeline of characters and time frames..ROOTS, WAR AND PEACE, THE HOLOCAUST TO COME TO MIND...BUT LONESOME DOVE..captures it all!!!.. great reaction Madison.
North and South?
@@orangewarm1 OMG.. North and South!! Good call! Great!!
@@orangewarm1 another I couldn't think of but couldn't remember, THE THORN BIRDS!!
SHŌGUN ⛩️🏯👺🎴⚔️
The book is my all time favorite. The movie stays truer to the book than any other i've read & watched. Gus is my favorite literary & movie character.
Great reaction Madison! Could feel ur emotions and your surprise at the unexpected demise of supporting characters, was a shock to me the first time I watched this series, as far as Gus McCrea goes, this episode solidified him in alot of ppls(fans) minds, as an iconic character in this series, the tenderness, and compassion he showed for Lori, and what she went through, that was the best, I am sooo very glad your taking this journey, and enjoying this series, and there is alot more to come, give me a reason to look forward to Friday's!!! Thanks!! Take care Madison..👍👍👍👍👍
Gus was a man of not only great courage, but great heart. That's a hell of a combination.
James McMurtry, Larry McMurtry's son, plays the character Jimmy Rainey in this. He is a excellent songwriter and musician.
I'm glad you are enjoying this series. I remember this being one of my favorite book series and you have inspired me to re-read all of them again.
I had a friend waterskiing on Bastrop Bayou run into a nest of moccasins. But we got him to the hospital in time.
Nice to see you in your element and feeling it all. Cheers Madison.
Madison, though they did an excellent job with translating the book to a mini-series, the book gives you so much more detail. You are going to love it!
Hope that you watch the whole story. There's also Return to Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo, Dead mans Walk and Comanche moon
Matilda ate that big turtle-/-you might need it to cut a string.🎞🎞🎞
I've fallen off a horse just like 14:03 (no one was shooting at us, it was a scary plastic bag). It's a hell of a jolt!
Man!! Those plastic bags are absolutely terrifying! 😂❤😂
I love all the lonesome dove novels I read them over and over
One thing you will find, Madison, if you read the book. It takes a lot longer than watching the film, so you get to know each character even more deeply than you do in this great movie. And that means...it hurts a lot more when you see them die. (if you've grown to like them) It's a book that hits the reader very hard. *** The guy whose name you couldn't remember....that's Dish. Yeah, he's totally smitten with Lorena.
Hello Madison Thames, did you notice the gunshot ricochet that caused Gus' horse to begin to buck. That was a happy filming accident that was not quite to plan. Insurance company executives were hospitalized that day. An excellent display of Robert Duvall's equestrian skills. Tommy Lee Jones is no stranger to the western saddle either.
It's good stuff, isn't it? Nice one, Madison. 🙂 So, you've seen Open Range, now Lonesome dove, that leaves the 2 part "Broken Trail" to complete Duvall's unofficial cowboy trilogy. I'm sure others have suggested it already. I'll just add my voice to the masses, LOL! Put that one on one of your polls and it will work its way up to the top. And while I'm making suggestions, if you haven't already seen them, I should also add A River Runs Through It, and Legends Of The Fall as two more I think you will enjoy. More good stuff!
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Take a glance at "COMANCHE MOON " to fill in some of the holes for Gus and Woodrow.
It's more than that. and yes.
I'm watching along with you, one of my all time faves. Looking to see if you are as affected as I always am to a particular upcoming scene---great reaction as always.
I read another novel by this author 'Streets Of Laredo". I don't remember it's relation to this series, but I remember loving it!👍👍
Sequel
@@gwh766 Thanks, it was so long ago. I think I remember a series or something after LD 2 that wasn't too well received. I don't know if that's the same one but the books are great.
One additional thought here. If Hitchcock's movie "The Birds" had stayed as true to the original book as "Lonesome Dove" does...it would have been 10 times better a film for doing so! Keep it in mind, and if you get the time, read not only "Lonesome Dove", but also read the short story "The Birds" by Daphne Du Maurier. You can find it online in PDF, and you can easily read it in just an hour.
Being from and still in East Texas, I can say, they could have filmed those characters and scenes today with only the addition of a few junk cars around the shack.
"Streets of Laredo" is a hell of an ending to the saga. James Garner, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Sonia Braga + Randt Quiad and Ned Beaty. & etc.--- Cpt. Call, Laurie, Pea Eye, Judge Roy Bean, John Wesly Harding...
Read the novel. Several great movies are adaptations of Larry McMurtry's novels.
In the book I remember getting quite invested in spunky Janie's story arc and was shocked when she was bumped off so unceremoniously. Blue Duck is quite a piece of work but not portrayed quite as I imagined him, something more brooding, sullen, laconic. Your comments on Lorrie's pursuit of happiness etc. were very insightful. Once again your character analysis helped me to appreciate what was going on in their heads. This adaptation seems heavily condensed. Thanks, Madison.
Blue Duck in the novel was nightmarishly evil. He killed without blinking.
The other D named cowboy is Dish. Not going to spoil the next 2 episodes for you. Lots of ups and downs as you predicted. Keep a good grip on those reins Madison.
If you enjoyed Lonesome Dove, I highly recommend you watch and review another favorite western of mine, Louis L’Amour’s, Conagher, starring Sam Elliot, Katherine Ross, and Barry Corbin (he’s Roscoe in Lonesome Dove).
Yay!! Can't wait! 😀
One of the bandits who try to rob Rosco is Larry McMurtry's son
Good job lady
This is a great episode - a real gut check, for sure. Life was tough back then, especially on the frontier. But stay tuned - you ain't seen nothin' yet! Kudos, Madison, you are picking up on some of these Life Lessons. Wyoming Territory was the first in the world to empower women with the Right to Vote (1869) - you can figure why.
Actually, I hate to say it but Lauri isn't the true lonesome dove of Lonesome Dove. Keep watching, you're perceptive enough to realize that when it is finally revealed. That said, it's never declared who that is, you just kinda have to realize it when it happens. And, yes, it was this scene (14:22) that caught my attention with LD when I saw it. I loved how starkly realistic a choice it was given Gus' situation. And, yea... with this scene, (18:56) I knew I was hooked. Brilliant story telling all around.
Jake Spoon was a somewhat charming man...and a man of little or no character. Such people are not those you want to get tangled up with. It took awhile for Lorena to get that.
Steve Buschemi has never been greasier.
You're going to have to watch "Return to Lonesome Dove" to find out what happened to Lori, Call, and all the rest of the gang.
Janey dying is what made me stop reading the book the first time around. It took me years to try again.
Watch Castaway/Tom Hanks
Roscoe, Joe, and Janey’s deaths were genuinely shocking 😢
Part 1 was kind of dull but now part 2 was cooking with grease.
I think its time for return to lonesome dove. Takes a bit to get into bitbwell worth it
This is a great show, but the novel is a masterpiece. I hope that you let us know what you think of it after you've read it.
This particular episode showed the brutality that could happen. This portion was definitely hard to watch.
Damn, TH-cam slacking with the notifications :/
Madison, for your next novel, you could do worse than study Larry McMurty. I think he's heavily influenced by Faulkner.
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The horse keeps tossing it's head because it's being "short reigned"
Needs more slack in the reign.
Yep. L.D. is great, one of maybe 4 best TV ever a Couple LeCarre spy novels on pbs, roots, Beatles Ed Sullivan ( don't laugh, that kinda changed the planet actually ). only thing - L.D. is tough > edit - for those few that haven't watched ......
It was post civil war. And this is about a cattle drive, not some SJW crusade.
I was a kid when we watched The Beatles on Sullivan. Our parents were horrified at their hair!! ....Other TV moment; As a kid we got to stay up late and watched the Moon landing (it was real, folks)...Yes, this movie is tough to watch but incredible
You must have broken up the episodes. I remember there being 3 parts...learning to enjoy the little things, one of many wise tidbits from Ol' Gus. Keep on rockin
There’s actually 4
July is a bit of an idiot. If a woman runs away you let her go. Plus he didn't guard who he was supposed to.
yeah, but Blue Duck would've slaughtered him too, most likely
It's odd. I have no, well , I don't identify with women. I identify with the men.
C'mon Madison enough with the Westerns
So... you're asking a soon-to-be Western author not to watch westerns? Kinda like asking a baker not to buy wheat, isn't it?
You should watch a western. The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford. Brat Pitt n Casey affleck , based on true story