Hatfield family. Devil Anse is second from left behind the kids. See how close the costuming in the movie is to the real thing? Those were people you didn't poke.
Posted on 05/28/2012 6:17:39 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Who cares? I’m going to watch “Storage Wars” and “American Pickers”. You can learn more history from them than from a bunch of rednecks shooting each other for practice.
This is an interesting movie about a time in our history were the folks actually had to take care of their problems on their own.
Just finished. Not bad.
I’ll come back for part two.
Gees some darn violent scenes. But that is war.
Truly liked the GEICO commercial too !! Very well done.
Excellent catch. I didn’t.
Looks like a back to back replay right now. Yep it is.
I am addicted to storage wars! I don’t know why..they are all full of it...Maybe it’s the thrill of the hunt.
Pawn Stars fan here.
“I don’t tolerate fake accents”
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Me neither. I grew up in Boston and some of the Boston accents I’ve heard are so bad it’s hard to believe. I’ve turned off shows because of it.
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Well, they sure do a lot of spittin’.
I think it’s amazingly compelling, from acting to sense of place. Surprised it’s so good. The writers have some southern soul.
You're definitely right about that. Sad, isn't it?
*sigh*
book mark
Pawn Stars. The old man is a hoot, but I love Chumley (sounds like the name of shark bait). He’s the “Baby Huey” of the pawn shops.
Barry Weiss. That’s who I watch for on “Storage Wars”. He’s extremely funny and you never know what he is going to dress up in or drive in.
“Of all the storage units I’ve ever been in, this is one of them”.
If you remember what he said to the wife of the auctioneer, you’ll understand how sharp he is (about diving into ### for cover).
Jerrold’s wife is a hoot. She’s really very funny in a subtle kind of way, and cute as a June bug.
Dave Hester: You kinda of hope that a big box will fall on him when he’s being extremely nasty.
Well, it certainly holding our interest. I am surprised Mrs. Pharmboy likes it so much.
I took the personality test and yep, I’m a McCoy.
So far, so good. Costner is really doing a great job. Think I have more respect for him as an actor.
A very good movie and surprising that it is sticking so close to the real history. That was a rough part of the country. It still is. The folks there will tolerate a visitor for a day or so, but beyond that, you are not “from” there, and thus the subject of suspicion. Great place to go see the history though.
I have family called Chumley LOL
In real life I think he is a partial owner of the store.
Gotta love Chum for his fearlessness and good heart.
I like the entire crew.
Most rural areas, you have to prove yourself. Now in my old area (North Michigan), you won't be driven out, but you got to make it through a couple of winters to really be "one of us".
Hatfield family. Devil Anse is second from left behind the kids. See how close the costuming in the movie is to the real thing? Those were people you didn't poke.
Heckfire, I've been that way all my life.
1. Grown adults saying they can't handle all that violence on TV
That does not apply to me.
2. I'd rather read a history book than watch a movie
That does apply to me.
3. I don't have cable (or don't have a TV.)
That does apply to me.
Don't even mind the fact that they're posting on a thread that apparently has no interest to them.
I went down to the river because the bait camp has cable and I thought they might be watching it but they were watching something else instead. So I came home and got back on FR hoping for some commentary but all I got was inane posts such as yours.
See y'all tomorrow.
Looks like the olde timey pics but my family never had guns.
I got Grand Uncle Roys Tiple and Fiddle hangin on the wall here
Folks don’t realize this was not so long go.
Devil Anse & Randle McCoy. Kevin Kostner really does look like Devil anse, but the guy playing Randle does not look like him.
“they are just so far apart”
I dont know that neither looks like neither
I totally agree. But for some reason, whenever there is a post about a TV show or a movie, the "I haven't seen a movie or television since 1973" crowd on Free Republic always wants to chime in.
There is nothing inane about my post. It seems every time on this forum when somebody posts a thread about a movie or TV show, the "I haven't seen a movie or TV show since 1973" crowd wants to bombard the thread telling us all how they don't watch TV or movies.
I remember when FR was an excellent forum; when people had something relatively intelligent to say, and it was spelled correctly.
I remember when people didn't copy and paste Bible scripture to Business/Economy threads.
I remember a time at FR when a person that posted a ridiculous Vanity post, for example, asking how to find size 14 shoes, then the post was probably pulled.
But like I said, weirder and weirder every year.
Ditto
I remember when people didn't copy and paste Bible scripture to Business/Economy threads.
I remember a time at FR when a person that posted a ridiculous Vanity post, for example, asking how to find size 14 shoes, then the post was probably pulled.
Shoot, I don't remember none of that. I'm perty new 'round here and even if I wasn't, my memory is kinda cloudin' up.
Had a hard time keeping up with who was in which family, but it appears the Hatfields had more smarts than the McCoys. Maybe the McCoys had more intermarriages?
It is interesting for the history.
Don’t have cable— but I wonder if they interviewed a Preacher
I know named Hatfeild— who has lived with this history even before he answered the call to preach. —I doubt it—such
human interest stories seem less inviting if one chooses a
way of peace rather than the Hollywood way of violence and sex.
My poor braindead disconnect the name is of course Hatfield.
Not the transposed i/e of my original reply.
In 2000 Mr. Mercat and I went to Jessamine County KY to find an old graveyard where my ancestors are buried. Jessamine is one, maybe two counties west of where the Hatfield/McCoy feud happened. We drove for hours on tiny little golf cart roads in our rented motor home. We ended up in front of a one room store, no proprietor but unlocked, with two old boys out front on the loafers bench. They not only knew where the graveyard was but one of them had helped dig the most recent grave which was, I think, in the early 50s. He said it was in July and hot and dry and they dug all day and when they had about gotten deep enough they came upon someone else who got there first so they had to fill it up and start over. So we took their directions and drove on and found the place where the two old folks who were working on it stood, staring at us like we were from Mars. The woman showed us not only the graveyard but where the log cabin had been, apologizing for the fact that her cattle had pushed it over. I have a worked stone rock from the chimney sitting on my shelf. Years later, we were named as respondents in a quiet title because the people who had been working that piece of _______ forsaken land for generations had never had title to it. In fact, no one had. My sixth great grandfather had homesteaded but no one every troubled to deed it.
Your reply was very interesting. My gradmother’s family was from Harlan, KY and it was told to me we still had family in the mountains, but to visit you’d have to call so and so who in turn would get with someone else who would make a point to go and visit with the kin in order to make sure you wouldn’t get shot paying a visit. Tough is right and maybe a still or two involved. :)
Costner was wonderful in Open Range. He was good in The Postman It was a movie that I did not think I would enjoy, but I did.
I missed this last night but History channel is starting it at 6 pm with pt 1 and then part 2 right after ... right now.
;o)
That was very interesting, Mercat. Looking up old family lines is a lot of fun sometimes. I am hoping to go to S.C. this summer to find the graves of my early American ancestors. We have traced our line all the way back to William the Conqueror. (yeah, I know, everybody is related to some famous person, but we are Stewarts so we are entitled, literally).
LOL. Tough yeah, but they don’t run stills any more. They grow pot.
Thanks for the heads up. We are recording the whole thing. I’m sure it will be available on DVD at a later date.
“New Gauley River Bridge”
Looks familiar. Is that another name for the New River Gorge Bridge?
You are right.
Its the New River Gorge Bridge.
Ok, thanks for letting me know.
That pic makes the New River Gorge Bridge seem much smaller than I remembered, so I thought maybe they had built a smaller version over the Gauley River that I didn’t know of.
Ive never been to either.
I always go to the Youghiogheny river.
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