Texas Rising

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Oh no, we suck again?
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The History Channel has done well recently with mini series and this one looks great as well. Hope it lives up to the hype.
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Can't go wrong with Bill Paxton. Also worked with Trevor Donovan on a couple TV movies and he is a pretty solid actor.
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Looking forward to this.
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The butthurt comments on THC's facebook posts about this are good for some good laughs.
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I'm excited for this, just hope they don't "Hollywood" it up too much like they did with Sons of Liberty.
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Loved Paxton in Twister.
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The previews for it at the movie theater yesterday looked pretty solid.
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Hope it is better than the sons of liberty mini-series.
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Can't wait to see Bill Paxton say this to Santa Anna:

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I'm expecting some "liberties taken" with the accuracy but I wouldn't get bent out of shape about it if it's entertaining and done well.
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I'm expecting some "liberties taken" with the accuracy but I wouldn't get bent out of shape about it if it's entertaining and done well.
Sam Houston defeats the Mexicans by attacking them with the Battleship Texas at San Jacinto.

The Yellow Rose of Texas is Chris Colfer from Glee - Santa Ana is bi-curious.

The Texans lace the Alamo with explosives, then lure the Mexican army in. Slo-mo scene of Travis, Crockett and Bowie walking away from it as it goes up in flames.

Back story told in flashbacks of how Houston and Santa Ana were actually BFF in high school but went their separate ways.

Instead of a coonskin cap, Davey Crockett wears a do-rag, and is played by Kevin Hart.

The Massacre at Goliad is actually a friendly soccer match played by the respective armies that Team Mexico wins 11-0.

The first Texas presidential election ends a tie, and Sam Houston wins a dunk contest in place of a run-off.

Anytime Sam Houston asks his mentor Andrew Jackson )for help, he replies that the situation calls for "A little less talk, a lot more Jackson."
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Ready for this
512Ag
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Nicely done, MuckRaker96. Nicely done.
aggiedrew08
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DVR set to record
TennAg
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the French mobster from swat is pretty good
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The Texans lace the Alamo with explosives, then lure the Mexican army in. Slo-mo scene of Travis, Crockett and Bowie walking away from it as it goes up in flames.
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I'm expecting some "liberties taken" with the accuracy but I wouldn't get bent out of shape about it if it's entertaining and done well.
Sam Houston defeats the Mexicans by attacking them with the Battleship Texas at San Jacinto.

The Yellow Rose of Texas is Chris Colfer from Glee - Santa Ana is bi-curious.

The Texans lace the Alamo with explosives, then lure the Mexican army in. Slo-mo scene of Travis, Crockett and Bowie walking away from it as it goes up in flames.

Back story told in flashbacks of how Houston and Santa Ana were actually BFF in high school but went their separate ways.

Instead of a coonskin cap, Davey Crockett wears a do-rag, and is played by Kevin Hart.

The Massacre at Goliad is actually a friendly soccer match played by the respective armies that Team Mexico wins 11-0.

The first Texas presidential election ends a tie, and Sam Houston wins a dunk contest in place of a run-off.

Anytime Sam Houston asks his mentor Andrew Jackson )for help, he replies that the situation calls for "A little less talk, a lot more Jackson."
Good start but needs more PC. Need some racism, sexism, and of course some mistreated Native Americans.
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Some notable appearances in this.

Ray Liotta
Jeff Fahey
Jeremy Davies
Crispin Glover
Brendan Fraser
Kris Kristofferson
Thomas Jane
Christopher McDonald
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Getting awful reviews from the critics.
Cinco Ranch Aggie
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^ well then it must be awesome
bigbass1170
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Sounds like a bunch of Texas haters. **** em
Sex Panther
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It may not be good, but anything called, "Texas Rising" is gonna get bashed by anyone who isn't from Texas.
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"A little less talk, a lot more Jackson."
LawHall88
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I'm excited for this, just hope they don't "Hollywood" it up too much like they did with Sons of Liberty.



Like a King of the Hill episode:

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Episode 166 "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo" - Hank tries to teach Bobby about the Alamo after discovering that the new history textbooks in school contain pop history and things get worse when Hank's plans for an Alamo play include a director who wants to portray the American force as a bunch of drunken, doped-up, slave-owning, prostitute-loving cowards.
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Some notable appearances in this.

Ray Liotta
Jeff Fahey
Jeremy Davies
Crispin Glover
Brendan Fraser
Kris Kristofferson
Thomas Jane
Christopher McDonald


Basically I read that as Henry Hill, the Lawnmower Man, Corporal Upham, George McFly, Link from Encino Man, The crusty dude from Blade, the Punisher and Shooter McGavin all fight for Texas independence.
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Or Shoeless Joe Jackson

I like George McFly fighting for Texas though.

"Hey, you... You get your damn hands off Tejas Santa Anna!"
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I didn't know until watching the previews that apparently the topography of Central and East Texas during the Revolution was an arid region characterized by rock outcroppings and large mountains. I guess the Mexican Army must have blown all that up before they returned to Mexico.
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Although I'm not a fan of the rag, I thought the opening line of the New York Times review of Texas Rising was pretty funny:

"A lot of the heroes of the Texas Revolution died at the Alamo, including, apparently, most of the interesting ones."
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Watching this now... Man the landscape around Gonzalez looked different in 1836. Back then it was mountainous, and apparently adjacent to a massive canyon.
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It's like they're not even trying. I know they filmed it in Mexico, but it looks like they moved Gonzalez to Arizona. Everyone wants it to be a western. Just another image of the perpetual Texas stereotype.
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I didn't know until watching the previews that apparently the topography of Central and East Texas during the Revolution was an arid region characterized by rock outcroppings and large mountains. I guess the Mexican Army must have blown all that up before they returned to Mexico.


Well, you have to understand this was before the developers came through, flattened the mountains and planted pine trees in every yard of their master planned communities.
jja79
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Being a native of the Trans-Pecos I assumed they'd use a stereotypical landscape. Nothing against Gonzalez but it looks more like Mississippi than what people expect in Texas.
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So whose this guy who "escaped" the Alamo supposed to be???
Texaggie7nine
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Well the storm stopped my DVR.
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