June 1, 2012
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Random Hatfields and McCoys thoughts
So, we watched the first part of History channel's #Hatfields&McCoys yesterday, filmed in grey-o-vision. Apparently, Calvin's dad wasn't lying when he said the world was black&white before the late 1930s. Anyway...
The lawyer dude? The Littlefinger of Kentucky. Or Tennessee. Or whatever redneck-infested hellhole this takes place in.
Me, during the show:"You know, if this was HBO, this scene would have full frontal nudity, would be 10 minutes long, and while they were making out, they would have told each other the history of the Civil War."
A lot of setup, and the fact I noticed this makes me uneasy, because I don't WANT to be one of those dain-bramaged Americans who can't watch something unless there's an explosion every five minutes. But I like the fact they're establishing the feud wasn't triggered by one random event, but was built up from multiple perceived slights and affronts.
Other than the sleazy lawyer, there's not a lot of clear-cut bad guys, or any attempt to stage this as one good, noble, and pure family vs. one evil, vile, family. It's just two families of inbred redneck hicks killin' each other.
I understand this was filmed in Romania. Two thoughts:
- I don't know why they bothered; there's plenty of places in Kentucky that still look just like they did in 1880.
- Now we know why Game of Thrones is running out of scruffy, unkempt, men.
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"McCoy." Hmm. Does that mean that in one of the Rainbow Connection universes, there's a Dr. Leonard Hatfield grumbling about transporters and the fact that he's a doctor, not something else?
Oh, probably.
It did occur to me that it might have been a factor in Gene's naming of the good Doctor, though it's hard to tell. "Inside Star Trek" showed long lists of potential names for Kirk (including Pike and April), as well as all sorts of considered names for what eventually became phasers.