The Hatfields and McCoys : Monday night, 8c History Channel

[SUPERCOACH]

I've been watching it.  I would have to agree with Ricky.  The vulgarity is out of control.  It adds nothing to the story and is only there for shock value IMO.  It is an interesting series though.

[BAMAWV]

I've been watching it.  I would have to agree with Ricky.  The vulgarity is out of control.  It adds nothing to the story and is only there for shock value IMO.  It is an interesting series though.

I've heard rough language before. Probably more historically accurate with the cussing. You can hear worse on any playground in America so this gives you the opportunity to point out to your children which words and terms you consider inappropriate.  The kids aren't hearing anything for the first time and you at least have some control in your living room (of course the big control--OFF).

I'm not sure when language restrictions stopped on TV. I guess this is the difference between pay TV (cable, satellite) and free TV through the airwaves (network broadcasting). But it seems worse in the last year.

[SUPERCOACH]

I think it is cable vs. airwaves.

I'm not talking about just the occasional bad word when you stub your toe (or get shot lol), or even a whole string of bad words.  I'm referring to things like what Mrs. McCoy said to Randall about bearing more children after he returned home from the war.  It doesn't offend me, in fact there is a very similar incident in the bible.  I just thought it was unnecessary, added nothing to the story, and was only there for shock value.  I think it is a very interesting story, and all of that stuff just gets in the way of telling the story.

I have my doubts that whole communities of supposedly church going folks really talked like that 140 years ago.  I think this is a recent trend that I first noticed in the movie Cold Mountain.  Contrast this to "Little House on the Prairie" or "Gun Smoke".  Those were probably too pristine, but I think the pendulum has definitely swung the other way now, by far.

[XBAMA]

something so far in the show they may have gotten wrong
the Hatfield-McCoy baby from Roseanna and Johnse died in real life .
at least that's what I was told ... Roseanna got measles and lost the baby


it's been good so far but they need to back off on the "western" flavor a little
or maybe it's because Costner is making more cowboyish  

[XBAMA]

ps
and Roseanna McCoy had black hair 

[XBAMA]

there is one other little "minor" detail ... it was filmed in Romania 

[2Stater]

it wasn't bad , had to wait until the grandson left so I missed the start
but got to see what I missed later ...
heck of a story , a different time , I have to wonder
how many of today would have made it back then ...

what Hatfield did after the battle with the Yankees ?
should McCoy have left for home with him ? or shot him ?

Forget the trip to the beach this summer and instead take the family to visit McDowell County, WV or Harlan County, KY. Enjoy a trip back in time but bring guns and ammo. LOL

The parts of WV and KY I'm talking about aren't listed in your travel guides and aren't close to the interstates. Neighbors setting fire to the homes of other neighbors, leading industry is copper and other theft, 3rd generation welfare, that use spot lights to fill their freezers and to rape, and then set fire to the human evidence. They'll lock you in the men's room while the entire bar fondles your wife. HTH

Sounds like the show "Justified" which is supposedly set in Harlan, Ky. Good show, BTW. Preacher, not a show for you.

Harlan County (KY) popped to mind simply because my Dad was born there. All those southern WV and eastern KY counties are smack dab in coal country. The miners and their unions, the wealthy operators and their gun thugs, is where the root of the evil developed.

Never saw the show but bet I would enjoy seeing the TV take on reality.

The season ended a couple of weeks ago, and doesn't start back up until January. I think you can Hulu season 3 episodes if you like.

[BAMAWV]

there is one other little "minor" detail ... it was filmed in Romania 

My bet on that one is so the movie company didn't spend the next 10 years defending personal injury law suits and workmans comp claims.

[XBAMA]

My bet on that one is so the movie company didn't spend the next 10 years defending personal injury law suits and workmans comp claims.

the location people spent three weeks looking over the land and
found it was almost identical the the real place
that and  Romania is apparently known for great stunt people  
which like you said cuts down law suits Click here for link

[BAMAWV]

The landscape in Romania does look a lot like the 3 or 4 county area of WV where I live. It does NOT resemble the area of WV where the fued took place. The mountains (hills) along the Kentucky - West Virginia border aren't any close elevation wise. Also the hills in Pikeville/ Logan area are extremely steep. But while the mountain vistas are well preserved where I live, the hills in coal country are deeply scarred by mountaintop removal and clear cut logging.

However, one section of coal country that is nice, mostly through coal company reclaimation is called the Hatfields and McCoy Trail. This has been set aside for hundreds of miles of 4 wheeler trails which has become quite a tourist draw. Somehow (probably by the cost of trail tickets) the state has managed to keep the local felons, psycopaths, moonshiners and crank cookers away from the tourist. I'll find a link later.

[SUPERCOACH]

Hundreds of miles of 4-wheeler trails sounds like a lot of fun.

[BAMAWV]

Hundreds of miles of 4-wheeler trails sounds like a lot of fun.

Is it possible the servers crashed on that sight due to the traffic of people that had watched the show. I can't connect with website-- its googled WV ATV Hatfields and McCoys will get you there.

[BAMAWV]

Hundreds of miles of 4-wheeler trails sounds like a lot of fun.

Is it possible the servers crashed on that sight due to the traffic of people that had watched the show. I can't connect with website-- its googled WV ATV Hatfields and McCoys will get you there.

I haven't been there but it seems they have bars, restaurants, and B&B accomodations along with the typical state park offerings of cabins, lean-tos and camp sites. ATV rentals and outfitters and trails marked and designated for all different proficiency levels.

[XBAMA]

if ya' get up to Pikeville tell Patty and Dwight howdy for me   

[BAMAWV]

Hundreds of miles of 4-wheeler trails sounds like a lot of fun.

Is it possible the servers crashed on that sight due to the traffic of people that had watched the show. I can't connect with website-- its googled WV ATV Hatfields and McCoys will get you there.

500+ miles of trails: Click here for link

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