From: russell-watson@comcast.net   
      
   On 12 Jun 2005 06:13:36 -0700, birdbrain@dontemailme.com (Gune E.   
   Byrd) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >russell-watson@comcast.net says...   
   >>   
   >>Anybody catch the first episode last night?   
   >   
   >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.   
   >   
   >I'd be interested in hearing your views on the   
   >entire series - and on the cinematography aspects   
   >of it too. I'll be watching in future for it on   
   >DVD since I do have a DVD player with my computer.   
   >   
      
   Cinematography-wise it's a beautiful production. It's in widescreen   
   and you get a real sense of the vast spaces, even on TV. I'm a   
   life-long southerner and am used to woods everywhere you look. My   
   first trip "out west" I was driving the late shift. We stopped for gas   
   in Amarillo and I racked out while one of my travelling companions   
   took over the driving. When I woke up sometime shortly after daybreak   
   we were in New Mexico. I was awestruck by the vastness of the   
   landscape, and all I could think was what a set of balls the first   
   person to ride across there on a horse must have had. I haven't made   
   it to the Dakotas or Montana or Wyoming yet but am looking forward to   
   it. I'm sure that they have a lot of the same sort of "Oh my God!"   
   impact when seen live for the first time.   
      
      
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