The Paddock

...and the moral of the story is.... "When there's no HATE left in your heart, you can die peacefully" - JJ

He did. Powers Boothe is good too. I forgot to mention him. He's always good.

If you're talking about Jim Vance, believe it or not, that's Tom Berenger.

Just finished up the third part this morning. Amazing. Very, very well done. Kevin Costner killed.

Agree 100 percent. I'm a big Costner fan and think he does really well in roles like these. Open Range was fantastic. They really don't make enough westerns. How many bad westerns can you think of over the last 20 years.

I'm also a sucker for historical pieces and this was really, really great. Especially because so much of the history is so localized to this region.

Speaking of Costner, watched JFK the other night. Such an underrated movie and kind of unnerving the amount of evidence that may suggest the government had something to do with killing its own president.

From what I read, the series seemed pretty historically accurate.

While the McCoy guy that quoted the bible the entire series went bat shit nuts. . .

He should have went with Hatfield when he left, lol

I lived in eastern ky when I was much younger. Lived just outside of Pikeville, about 26 (although it always seemed like an hour and a half drive lol) miles away in a township/village called Kimper ky. Anyways, my parents knew a woman who was "Bad" Frank Phillips great grand daughter.

As for the show, wow. Awesome. I think it was Fish that posted about Costner and Open Range, but I agree 1000%. I gotta admit, I may have had a slight mancrush on Devil Anse's character. Lol. But several others fide really well. BERENGER! You kiddin me?! He may have stole the entire movie. Paxon showed some real range as well. Yeah there were a few inaccuracies (such as the reason the 3 McCoy boys held Johnsie over night intending to kill him at dawn...that wasnt over Roseanna...most the problems between Tolbert McCoy and Johnsie Hatfield were over liquor as they shared the same profession although Randel didn't know for years, but I understand you have to enhance the TV viewing experience as well. Overall, they imo, did one hell of a job introducing and painting a picture of both families. Imo Devil Anse and Randell McCoy were both men of honor in their own ways but were bound by family and neither could walk away until it was too late and so many had died.

Anyway, how awesome was that mini series? They continue to follow that model, bring in an excellent cast, choose another polarizing story to tell, and we will see the History channel evolve into something different than Your normal premium movie channels.

Damn I hope the learn front this lol

...and ran out the back door of the house, leaving his wife and kids to be exposed th danger and/or killed.

I thought the series was pretty good. I'd stop a bit short of "awesome," as others have suggested, but the acting was top-notch. How they put together that kind of cast for something that wound up airing on The History Channel is shocking.

I thought the script was weak in spots. They could have done this in less than three, two-hour episodes. Of course, it could have been more, too, with better writing.

Pet peeve: The Jonsy stuff with Roseanne. Total garbage, a Romeo-and-Juliett hook intended to keep women interested in watching. Let's face it: It's a pretty brutal, ugly, "man-type" story without that, and they're gunning for the biggest audience possible. (Don't get me started on that subject. It has ruined so many good things in the history of entertainment, most recently "The Office," which has sucked ass since the whole Jim-and-Pam storyline took precedence. But I digress...) Jonsy was supposedly a player from day one, and hooked up with whoever would have him at the time. He wasn't this "Mr. Sensitive" that they portrayed in the mini-series.

I think we're eye to eye on the entire miniseries. It was good but well short of awesome. I can't add anything to your comments about the lame romeo and juliet hook. That was spot on. This was no Roots or Lonesome Dove. That's for sure. Better acting than both of those though.