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Lulz.  I saw this quote the other day on here.  Didn't recall it.  Randomly decided to watch Lonesome Dove for the first time since, oh, 1997.  There it is.  Love this series, but the geography is driving me crazy.  I'm guessing the series had to speed up the book - hence Gus seemingly ending up in the panhandle (Llano Estacado) just after Lane's character gets taken outside of San Antonio.

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The only TV we have at the ranch is a crappy TV/VCR combo I picked up at a pawn shop with Lonesome Dove playing on a loop.  I've seen it eleventy billion times.  Never gets old.  

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13 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Lulz.  I saw this quote the other day on here.  Didn't recall it.  Randomly decided to watch Lonesome Dove for the first time since, oh, 1997.  There it is.  Love this series, but the geography is driving me crazy.  I'm guessing the series had to speed up the book - hence Gus seemingly ending up in the panhandle (Llano Estacado) just after Lane's character gets taken outside of San Antonio.

I just finished the book a couple of days ago. Started watching the mini series yesterday. That's one thing that bothered me even in the book - some of the distances traveled in a short period of time on horseback. Also sometimes the geography is just plain wrong - mainly in regards to certain rivers' proximity/orientation to the towns/cities. My guess is that he was liberal in his use of "east" or "west" just as they probably were back then. That's how I justified it to my own brain. 

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2 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

I just finished the book a couple of days ago. Started watching the mini series yesterday. That's one thing that bothered me even in the book - some of the distances traveled in a short period of time on horseback. Also sometimes the geography is just plain wrong - mainly in regards to certain rivers' proximity/orientation to the towns/cities. My guess is that he was liberal in his use of "east" or "west" just as they probably were back then. That's how I justified it to my own brain. 

Got it.  I hate when folks pick nits, so I try not to do so.  They just about criss-crossed the state when heading north.

In reading about McMuttry, paint me surprised that he also wrote Terms of Endearment.  I had no idea.  Also, funny side note that you probably already know since you read the book.  The original town of Lonesome Dove was actually located in modern Southlake.  Weird.

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20 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Got it.  I hate when folks pick nits, so I try not to do so.  They just about criss-crossed the state when heading north.

In reading about McMuttry, paint me surprised that he also wrote Terms of Endearment.  I had no idea.  Also, funny side note that you probably already know since you read the book.  The original town of Lonesome Dove was actually located in modern Southlake.  Weird.

Dad gave us Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show. Son gave us Choctaw Bingo and Blackberry Winter. 
Not bad. 

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Well... just read that both TLJ and Danny Glover were 43 when they filmed the movie. I'm about to be 42. I guess some people just age differently. 

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8 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

Well... just read that both TLJ and Danny Glover were 43 when they filmed the movie. I'm about to be 42. I guess some people just age differently. 

The older the violin the sweeter the music. 

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13 hours ago, deadshank said:

I’d like to see the herd you and Jake Spoon could gather.  Herd o’ whores, maybe. 

My favorite part of that exchange is that Gus simply agrees with Call.  Grins and grunts with affirmation. 

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On 1/11/2024 at 8:55 PM, Knoxtnhorn said:

Lulz.  I saw this quote the other day on here.  Didn't recall it.  Randomly decided to watch Lonesome Dove for the first time since, oh, 1997.  There it is.  Love this series, but the geography is driving me crazy.  I'm guessing the series had to speed up the book - hence Gus seemingly ending up in the panhandle (Llano Estacado) just after Lane's character gets taken outside of San Antonio.

You probably shouldn't watch 1883 then. 

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