"Texas Rising"

[Nathanb1]

Andy,
Talk about historical accuracy, who'd a thought they would remember to include that mountain, Nuestra senora de gran monten de tierra, course we Texans know it was bulldozed away in 1842.

The new trophy goes to you. I also wonder who they're gonna credit for the modern white cowboy hats on those Texans. Hey....why are they wearing used Civil War uniforms? Or cast-off VMI duds....couldn't really tell which.

And.....the Emily Morgan thing? A spy in Santa Anna's camp? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.

 

[Nathanb1]

I will not be watching.

I know.....that was my first impulse. By all means, sit and watch those cute little kitties of yours! It will be much more entertaining!

However, I'm seriously thinking of assigning it to my 7th grade Texas History kids....and making them find all the mistakes--from topography to the mountain behind the Alamo, to the white hats...and whatever else they can find. Could be their final....if they find as many as I see, they don't have to take their final!

 

[Nathanb1]

I knew those cliffs looked familiar. Filmed in Durango (Mexico)....right where John Wayne used to film all his later stuff. They'd have been better off in Chihuahua. Around Chihuahua City looks a lot like San Antonio. Wonder how much they had to pay the cartel?

 

[DanF]

If Texas is rising does that mean it was just half baked?

 

[Nathanb1]

If Texas is rising does that mean it was just half baked?

No, just that we're very yeasty.

 

[Allie]

The show will probably be more fun if you imagine it set in a fictional fantasy universe like Game of Thrones instead of expecting history. I'm totally in love with the scene-stealing no-dots Appaloosa at :30 though. He's going to eat that letter.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

The show will probably be more fun if you imagine it set in a fictional fantasy universe like Game of Thrones instead of expecting history. I'm totally in love with the scene-stealing no-dots Appaloosa at :30 though. He's going to eat that letter.

The trailer did have that Game of Thrones feel.

Slick editing, dramatic noises, neat camera angles . . . along with the required corpses & neck'id girl in the bathtub.

I was expecting to see a dragon fly over Santa Anna at the end.

 

[robert hayden]

This looks interesting:

I looked it up on IMDB, and the cast is interesting -- Bill Paxton as Sam Houston, Kris Kristofferson as Andrew Jackson, and Rob Morrow as James Fannin. (Morrow does conflicted indecision really well.) The cast includes some lesser-known figures as well, including David Burnet, Sidney Sherman, Big Foot Wallace, Jack Hays, Buffalo Hump, and Juan Seguin.

I also noticed that the characters of Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett are not included in the cast listing online. I don't know if that's an oversight, or reflects a decision to step out from the traditional way of telling the Alamo story. If it's the latter, it will be interesting to see how they pull it off.

The IMDB summary says it tells the story of the creation of the Texas Rangers, but the Alamo, Goliad and the Texas Revolution are (forgive me, Molly Ivins!) really just backstory to that. The story of the Texas Rangers needs more Jack Hays and Buffalo Hump and less Santa Anna and James Fannin.

I know it's the Ice Road Truckers History Channel, but I can hope (at least until Memorial Day).

Lets hope that this History Channel effort finally allows historical fact to reign triumphant over the Hollywood hype
type crud they have been producing.

 

[TinCan]

Oh that neck'id girl! Missed her the first time.

 

[AnActualUrrea]

This looks interesting:

I looked it up on IMDB, and the cast is interesting -- Bill Paxton as Sam Houston, Kris Kristofferson as Andrew Jackson, and Rob Morrow as James Fannin. (Morrow does conflicted indecision really well.) The cast includes some lesser-known figures as well, including David Burnet, Sidney Sherman, Big Foot Wallace, Jack Hays, Buffalo Hump, and Juan Seguin.

I also noticed that the characters of Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett are not included in the cast listing online. I don't know if that's an oversight, or reflects a decision to step out from the traditional way of telling the Alamo story. If it's the latter, it will be interesting to see how they pull it off.

The IMDB summary says it tells the story of the creation of the Texas Rangers, but the Alamo, Goliad and the Texas Revolution are (forgive me, Molly Ivins!) really just backstory to that. The story of the Texas Rangers needs more Jack Hays and Buffalo Hump and less Santa Anna and James Fannin.

I know it's the Ice Road Truckers History Channel, but I can hope (at least until Memorial Day).

This script is absolute twaddle! It was Urrea who sacked the Alamo. Santa Anna wasn't even there until the second battle was under way. Chalk up another one for no genuine research and Hollywood license to lie for the sake of a better story!

 

[Nathanb1]

Lets hope that this History Channel effort finally allows historical fact to reign triumphant over the Hollywood hype
type crud they have been producing.

Don't hope too hard.

 

[kepi]

I saw the ads for it. I hope I can watch on Netflix, Amazon, or on the History App because I dumped cable.

 

[JerseyBart]

This script is absolute twaddle! It was Urrea who sacked the Alamo. Santa Anna wasn't even there until the second battle was under way. Chalk up another one for no genuine research and Hollywood license to lie for the sake of a better story!

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[JeffBrooks]

As far as History Channel dramas are concerned, The Hatfields and McCoys was very good and Sons of Liberty was very bad. Let's hope this one is more like the former and less like the latter. As a Texan myself, I am certainly going to watch.

 

[kepi]

As far as History Channel dramas are concerned, The Hatfields and McCoys was very good and Sons of Liberty was very bad. Let's hope this one is more like the former and less like the latter. As a Texan myself, I am certainly going to watch.

Vikings is a good one.

 

[Nathanb1]

This script is absolute twaddle! It was Urrea who sacked the Alamo. Santa Anna wasn't even there until the second battle was under way. Chalk up another one for no genuine research and Hollywood license to lie for the sake of a better story!

Okay. I have to ask. Second battle? What in heaven's name are you talking about? Urrea was at Coleto and Goliad (and the less said about his part in that, the better), not the Alamo.

 

[K Hale]

Urrea was at San Patricio when the Alamo fell.

His diary: http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/goliadurrea.htm

 

[Nathanb1]

Urrea was at San Patricio when the Alamo fell.

His diary: http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/goliadurrea.htm

Yeah, I was just re-reading to be sure I was right. (I left that part out because we're about to get hit by a doozy and was in the midst of moving the car, bringing in Colonel Pointer, and shutting all the curtains in case the glass gets busted out of the windows. And there's a hook echo. Whoopee. I hate Spring.)

 

[Nathanb1]

The show will probably be more fun if you imagine it set in a fictional fantasy universe like Game of Thrones instead of expecting history. I'm totally in love with the scene-stealing no-dots Appaloosa at :30 though. He's going to eat that letter.

Like eating at Taco Bell. My daughter told me years ago, "It's okay if you pretend it's from a country you've never visited."

 

[kepi]

The show will probably be more fun if you imagine it set in a fictional fantasy universe like Game of Thrones instead of expecting history. I'm totally in love with the scene-stealing no-dots Appaloosa at :30 though. He's going to eat that letter.

As long as there are dragons.