Caught the two mini series when televised, great to revisit them. What a great bonus to be able to catch up on earlier Gus, Woodrow et al plus later James Garner portrayal of Woodrow.
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Excellent.thank you.
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Lonesome Dove is the best western series ever made for TV. What more is there to say.
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Good value great product
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An epic of a weston
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If you like your westerns with a lot of grit and a great story, then this is the DVD for you. It tells the tale of Gus and the Captain from young men to old in over 14 hours of adventure. It is the story of men who lived by a code, which wrong or right they would follow to the death and how as the west became civilised they have to adapt. I have been after this DVD for a while and buying it on Ebay was by far the cheapest way.
Bought this collection of DVD,s as I had seen the Main DVD Lonesome Dove and enjoyed it - this collection has all four DVD,s in a package - The cost was reasonable and I had doubts about the possible quality at the cost - but these DVD,s are excellent quality and I have enjoyed the 2 DVD,s that I have watched so far - both in quality and content.
This is basically for my fathers collection,, He loves these types of films and its alot easier to find the on Ebay,, Also picked up the other Lonesome Dove films too,,I have also bought then off Ebay for other Family members..Films can be alot cheaper than the stores.
I started off by reading Larry McMutry's masterpiece when I caught an episode of Lonesome Dove on TV at a friends house. I wasn't able to watch any more episodes after that but the books drew me into the story of Gus, Captain Call and Newt. I read the others and have re-read them several times. I found the TV series almost as good as the printed word - the characters became as well known to the reader as friends and the TV casting in all of them is masterful. I've just learned than Larry McMutry wrote Brokeback Mountain - this comes as no surprise. His outstanding talent as a writer shines through in all his works.
Anything in it to dislike? Only one part for me. The boys went from being young Rangers in one episode, to middle aged ones in the next. (Mind you, I think that happened to me somewhere along the way, as well.)And it's a pity that the same cast didn't stay for the whole job. Sum cudn't cos they was dead, but you know what I mean. Anyhoo, if you like westerns that you can thoroughly enjoy, safe in the knowledge that you will watch this one again sometime and enjoy it just as much, this is the one for you. So get your things out, stick a disc in and shout "yahoo!!" or whatever it is they shout. ("yeehar," maybe?)I love it, me. Apart from those boys getting old too quickly. Could I be watching these in the wrong order? First time I've done a review. Wossit mean? J.R.
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