“…I’ve never seen a rattlesnake, especially in an exposed area like that.” I grew up in Jack County Tx working on my dad’s single-pole work over unit. At 17, I got a pumping job and in 2 years personally killed 4 rattlesnakes on the job, 3 on hard packed oily ground within 10 feet of an oil tank, completely exposed laying in the sun. Also shot a cotton mouth on the job.
2:40 duh, its a drama not a documentary. it aint even a "docu-drama". the "landman" part of it is just the setting dude, its there to provide colour. The main course is the family drama and the interpersonal relationships.
Love watching all of your takes on this! I just started with a company out of Dallas and I work the Bakken asset in North Dakota as a Revenue Accountant and have been wondering how different it is in Texas than other states. I loved the speech about how much in our daily lives that the Oil and Gas Industry touches! Not a big fan of all the drama and I have been saying since 2009 that the industry does not put anything out there educationalwise to the general public! I rate Tommy's speech as an 8.5! Have to wake people up as to how much the industry touches their everyday lives.
I def appreciate the guy on-camera wearing a hat. The douchiness drips off the guy not on camera, in so many of his comments and how he phrases them. And bless his heart, he’ll never even obtain any self-awareness for this to bother him.
NextEra/FPL (Florida Power & Light) starting out in Abilene own a metric shit ton of windmills. At one point they were going back and forth with Iberdrola out of Spain for who had the biggest fleet & power. Also, listening to y'all makes me miss the hell outta land work... almost.
"Jaguars"... Bwahahaha!!!! We were doing due diligence in Borden Co, staying in Midland, and my buddy was striking out on every parcel. In a terrible mood, after running damn near out of gas and having to ask the Sheriff in Gail for a gallon or two to get us to Lamesa... he unilaterally decides we're going to "The Jag" for $5 table dance night. His night ended when a stripper miscalculated how tall her heels were, and kicked him in the head.
This will bring much attention to this industry yes it’s dramatic but just like Yellowstone it will catapult the industry like it did for the cowboy way of life.
The "Drama" is going to keep the viewers coming back. "Yellowstone", "Dallas" even fvcking "X-Men" or "Batman: The Animated Series", it's about the soap opera. Whether it be Cattle Ranchers, Oil Men, Law Enforcement, they are all simply framing devices for a Soap Opera. The "framing" is the only difference between Primetime Dramas and Daytime Television. This is just an observation.
Exceptional job men. Having worked derricks on AW Thompson rig 7 a triple and Halliburton out of Odessa in the 70-80s. Love your take on the details of the show and the reality of a true Landman. Can’t wait for your thoughts on ep 5.
Don't over analyze this show remember its a TV show, I've been in the North Slope fields, kinda shows what it's like, the drama has to be there to keep viewers, and sponsors
The wake scene was a great way to create some empathy for the protagonist. In screenwriting they call it “The Save Cat Moment”. I find the show entertaining, I like the cinematic colors, mildly realistic but at least the scenes look like they were shot in West Texas. The dialogue is way too chirpy for me, just too much snarky comments that don’t move the story forward they actually slow the action down because we have to take time to listen to all this unnecessary banter. From a writer/landman perspective I have worn both hats. I have run 16:27 title, and leased land. I have also had Landmen come to me about leasing my family’s minerals. Nobody and I mean nobody would be a smart ass like this Monty character especially before you have the lease in hand. I am referring to his derogatory comments to the rancher. Every Landman myself included is nice courteous and almost willing to bend over backwards to get the lease signed. You want friendly relations with landowners (surface and mineral). Not this pompous, entitled attitude. That style wouldn’t work on any royalty owners I know. I understand it’s not a documentary , I am just clarifying.
12:37 You guys are talking about shooting the zone behind the pipe but instead the Monty character says “we need a frack job? “Maybe what he meant was an acid job. I didn’t see any frack trucks on location. I think what they needed a roustabout crew, a gang truck. I know it’s not supposed to be to realistic but if you stray too far from reality the audience will eventually question it. People know when they tune it they’re not tuning in to watch a sci-fi fantasy where aliens are flying in space. I don’t think it’s genre bending show. They assume it will be a drama with a taste of grounded reality.
im sorry but your comment on showing to much drama. ok im going to take a sec and go look at imdb to see what type of show it is. ok im back so it looks like IMDB says its a drama not a documentary
Rigs use gensets at least all the ones I have been on site. That said, there is a push for local mini grid, or grid tie type stuff as we move forward... But generally you still see a few diesel or now gas gensets powering the rigs. Same for frac.
About the alternative energy operating wells im a lease operator in Colorado and we use solar. I run gas wells not pumpjacks and there sure as hell aren’t windmills but all the wells i run all have solar panels and marine grade deep cycle batteries.
“…I’ve never seen a rattlesnake, especially in an exposed area like that.”
I grew up in Jack County Tx working on my dad’s single-pole work over unit. At 17, I got a pumping job and in 2 years personally killed 4 rattlesnakes on the job, 3 on hard packed oily ground within 10 feet of an oil tank, completely exposed laying in the sun. Also shot a cotton mouth on the job.
2:40 duh, its a drama not a documentary. it aint even a "docu-drama". the "landman" part of it is just the setting dude, its there to provide colour. The main course is the family drama and the interpersonal relationships.
You guys need to remember that this is drama not a doc. The more you go into the details the more people will switch off.
...what were you expecting us to discuss?
Love watching all of your takes on this! I just started with a company out of Dallas and I work the Bakken asset in North Dakota as a Revenue Accountant and have been wondering how different it is in Texas than other states. I loved the speech about how much in our daily lives that the Oil and Gas Industry touches! Not a big fan of all the drama and I have been saying since 2009 that the industry does not put anything out there educationalwise to the general public! I rate Tommy's speech as an 8.5! Have to wake people up as to how much the industry touches their everyday lives.
I def appreciate the guy on-camera wearing a hat. The douchiness drips off the guy not on camera, in so many of his comments and how he phrases them. And bless his heart, he’ll never even obtain any self-awareness for this to bother him.
He’s definitely sensitive. Missed the whole point of the “sexiest” stuff was supposed to be part of her strategy.
NextEra/FPL (Florida Power & Light) starting out in Abilene own a metric shit ton of windmills. At one point they were going back and forth with Iberdrola out of Spain for who had the biggest fleet & power. Also, listening to y'all makes me miss the hell outta land work... almost.
"Jaguars"... Bwahahaha!!!! We were doing due diligence in Borden Co, staying in Midland, and my buddy was striking out on every parcel. In a terrible mood, after running damn near out of gas and having to ask the Sheriff in Gail for a gallon or two to get us to Lamesa... he unilaterally decides we're going to "The Jag" for $5 table dance night. His night ended when a stripper miscalculated how tall her heels were, and kicked him in the head.
This will bring much attention to this industry yes it’s dramatic but just like Yellowstone it will catapult the industry like it did for the cowboy way of life.
The "Drama" is going to keep the viewers coming back. "Yellowstone", "Dallas" even fvcking "X-Men" or "Batman: The Animated Series", it's about the soap opera. Whether it be Cattle Ranchers, Oil Men, Law Enforcement, they are all simply framing devices for a Soap Opera. The "framing" is the only difference between Primetime Dramas and Daytime Television. This is just an observation.
Pretty much
Exceptional job men. Having worked derricks on AW Thompson rig 7 a triple and Halliburton out of Odessa in the 70-80s. Love your take on the details of the show and the reality of a true Landman. Can’t wait for your thoughts on ep 5.
Hope you check it out!
Don't over analyze this show remember its a TV show, I've been in the North Slope fields, kinda shows what it's like, the drama has to be there to keep viewers, and sponsors
The wake scene was a great way to create some empathy for the protagonist. In screenwriting they call it “The Save Cat Moment”. I find the show entertaining, I like the cinematic colors, mildly realistic but at least the scenes look like they were shot in West Texas. The dialogue is way too chirpy for me, just too much snarky comments that don’t move the story forward they actually slow the action down because we have to take time to listen to all this unnecessary banter.
From a writer/landman perspective I have worn both hats. I have run 16:27 title, and leased land. I have also had Landmen come to me about leasing my family’s minerals. Nobody and I mean nobody would be a smart ass like this Monty character especially before you have the lease in hand. I am referring to his derogatory comments to the rancher. Every Landman myself included is nice courteous and almost willing to bend over backwards to get the lease signed. You want friendly relations with landowners (surface and mineral). Not this pompous, entitled attitude. That style wouldn’t work on any royalty owners I know. I understand it’s not a documentary , I am just clarifying.
Its not a documentary man
12:37 You guys are talking about shooting the zone behind the pipe but instead the Monty character says “we need a frack job? “Maybe what he meant was an acid job. I didn’t see any frack trucks on location. I think what they needed a roustabout crew, a gang truck. I know it’s not supposed to be to realistic but if you stray too far from reality the audience will eventually question it. People know when they tune it they’re not tuning in to watch a sci-fi fantasy where aliens are flying in space. I don’t think it’s genre bending show. They assume it will be a drama with a taste of grounded reality.
im sorry but your comment on showing to much drama. ok im going to take a sec and go look at imdb to see what type of show it is. ok im back so it looks like IMDB says its a drama not a documentary
The gang is just too passionate 😅
9:20 who got a teams message
Toohey would be the only one of us that would ever have Teams open
Rigs use gensets at least all the ones I have been on site. That said, there is a push for local mini grid, or grid tie type stuff as we move forward... But generally you still see a few diesel or now gas gensets powering the rigs. Same for frac.
About the alternative energy operating wells im a lease operator in Colorado and we use solar. I run gas wells not pumpjacks and there sure as hell aren’t windmills but all the wells i run all have solar panels and marine grade deep cycle batteries.
that Boar guy looks so familiar... Great podcast.
yea tis is going over yalls head but go off
well gas generators
I couldn’t watch the entire episode
Where are you all hiding episode 4