watching it tonight all the way through with a couple of my Marine buddies who have never seen it. good times.

money well spent jake, both times.

only chance he's got at an education out here is listening to me talk.

I can't abide rudeness in a man. Won't tolerate it.

He had a fine tenor voice.

Losers who havent seen lonesome dove before.

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"If all you can do is talk guff, go tell it to the Devil"

well in their defense they are from up north. i gotta give them credit for sitting there straight through it.

Girls yourself. Aint Christmas neither.

What's good for me might not be good for the weak minded.

Gus McCrae: Only way to get better food around here is by shooting Bolivar. And another thing, Bol, I want you to quit whackin' that dinner bell for supper. You can hit it at noon if you want to, but lay off doin' it in the evenin'. See, a man with any sense at all can tell when it's sundown, without you whackin' that bell.

Bolivar: General Robert E. Lee freed the slaves. I can whack it if I want to.

Gus McCrae: It was Abe Lincoln that freed the slaves, Bol, not General Lee.

Pea Eye Parker: He didn't free Mexicans, anyway, Bol. It was Americans he freed.

Gus McCrae: You're in over your head, Pea. It was a bunch of Africans Abe Lincoln freed. No more American than Call here.

Woodrow Call: I'm American! By God!

Gus McCrae: You was born in Scotland, as I recall. You was still draggin' on the tit when they brought you over here.

Woodrow Call: I reckon I'm as American as anyone from Tennessee.

letters- that dialogue, and the one between gus and call about maggie are my two favorites of the movie

One of the best westerns made.

favorite book ever

love the miniseries

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Sitting on the low bluff, watching the moon climb the dark sky, he felt the old sadness again. He felt, almost, that he didn't belong with the very men he was leading, and that he ought to just leave: ride west, let the herd go, let Montana go, be done with the whole business of leading men. It was peculiar to seem so infallible in their eyes and yet feel so empty and sad when he thought of himself.

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Call - Whats Dish Boggot doing on the porch?

Gus - Sleepin, 'less you woke 'em.

Never trust a man who would rent a pig.

I'd like to see the herd you and Jake would round up... a herd of *****s... maybe.

Gus: He's like me.

Call: You mean lazy?

Gus: I mean mature. You ain't gonna see him get riled up about crossing a little river.

Call: Well, hell, Gus, you don't get excited about anything, except biscuits, maybe.

Gus: You bet.

Call: And *****s.

Gus: Mmm-hmm.

By God, Woodrow, you just don't get it, do you? It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living!

Gus and Call might be the best combo of all time.

Just from the little I've seen of the Commanchee Moon trailers....I am concerned about the Gus/Call casting.

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Just from the little I've seen of the Commanchee Moon trailers....I am concerned about the Gus/Call casting.

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Yeah, the casting of Cowboy Wayne from Saving Silverman as Gus does not exactly excite me.

Now, casting Eomer from LOTR as Call was a much better decision, comparatively.

I also like who they cast as the women:
Elizabeth Banks (Beth from 40 Year Old Virgin; I think she was also on Scrubs as J.D.'s Baby Mama) as Maggie
Linda Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks, Velma from Scooby Doo) as Clara

But Cowboy Wayne?? REALLY???

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not exactly

"He can't hit nobody from there he's just wastin' his bullets."
- Monkey John

Well then...let us have the exact phrase. Don't have the book in front of me....not sure I even have it anymore.

go rent Rescue Dawn and you will change your mind about Zahn.

Well we don't rent pigs, and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop

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go rent Rescue Dawn and you will change your mind about Zahn.

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I hope you're right. I really do.

onearmy...yours is better.

I'm not sayin' I did and I'm not sayin' I didn't, but I will say this: a man who won't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough.