From: me_buck@hotmail.com   
      
   On 12 Jun 2005 06:13:36 -0700, birdbrain@dontemailme.com (Gune E.   
   Byrd) wrote:   
      
   >>Anybody catch the first episode last night?   
      
   I did.   
      
   >This is one of the few times I regret not having   
   >a TV. The reason being that some of the filming   
   >of this series was accomplished locally where   
   >I live, at the still-used pre-Civil War post,   
   >Fort Stanton. Many of the "extras" are locals,   
   >several of whom I know personally, and others   
   >from the local Mescalero Apache reservation.   
      
   You're in an historically significant place!   
      
   >I'd be interested in hearing your views on the   
   >entire series - and on the cinematography aspects   
   >of it too.   
      
   It has awesome cinematography - a grand $50 million Steven Spielberg   
   production. It so far avoids being trivial, excessively sentimental,   
   or politically correct.  There's a spectacular scene where the Lakota   
   run that buffalo herd off a cliff.  No PETA members allowed.  There is   
   extensive treatment of Lakota religion, which is unusual since many   
   nations would not want their practices filmed and displayed.  The   
   producer had Lakota advisors to help keep things accurate.   
      
   >  I'll be watching in future for it on   
   >DVD since I do have a DVD player with my computer.   
      
   Where you are you can probably get major networks from low power TV   
   translators for free, but to watch this you'd likely need a satellite   
   dish and subscription. Charter Cable in Ruidoso surely has the TNT   
   channel - maybe you could go visit friends.  It will be repeated a lot   
   but I bet will be on DVD in short order - that's the new trend for   
   movies and big TV series.   
      
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