American Primeval series

[bigbluedon]

Anyone watch it yet? Thoughts? I finished it today.

 

[ManitouDan]

It was Meh' Not even good enough to remember any details from 3 days ago .

 

[christophero]

Are we talking about a remake of the British dinosaur show? Haven't seen it but I enjoyed the British one.
(if it's not this post will look silly)

 

[JumperJack]

I’ve watched 3 episodes, I think it’s pretty good. The topic of how the Mormons came to settle there is not one I’ve seen in a film so it’s interesting. I don’t know how accurate.

Being honest about the sheer brutality of the frontier is what makes it strong IMO.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

Pretty good I thought.

Makes the Mormons look terrible

 

[vhcat70]

Good, not great. Worth the time, like 4.5 hours for six episodes. Nice 4-sided fight between Mormons, regular settlers/miners, Injuns, and Army.

 

[vhcat70]

Pretty good I thought.

Makes the Mormons look terrible

They weren't?

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

They weren't?

I dont know much about Mormon history other than their absurd founding. I mostly just know present day Mormons and well, they're overly nice ppl.

 

[GJNorman]

Great show! It’s has it all. Blood, betrayal, bondage, burning, briger and Brigham young.

 

[SkyPrince1]

I’ve watched 3 episodes, I think it’s pretty good. The topic of how the Mormons came to settle there is not one I’ve seen in a film so it’s interesting. I don’t know how accurate.

Being honest about the sheer brutality of the frontier is what makes it strong IMO.

The show is based around the Mountain Meadows massacre and is said to be a historically accurate portrayal.
Any fans of 1883 should like this show.

 

[FirewithFire]

It's okay. I think someone must have paid for all the gushing reviews. Takes some liberties with history. Makes the Mormons look pretty bad. Makes the natives look not so great. Lots of blood, bit of rape, predictable plotline. Having a female Shoshoni chief was fairly ridiculous as well.

On the plus side Betty Gilpin is a great actress.

 

[SkyPrince1]

It's okay. I think someone must have paid for all the gushing reviews. Takes some liberties with history. Makes the Mormons look pretty bad. Makes the natives look not so great. Lots of blood, bit of rape, predictable plotline. Having a female Shoshoni chief was fairly ridiculous as well.

On the plus side Betty Gilpin is a great actress.

I think the massacre was pretty spot on historically.
Of course BY denied any involvement and was never implicated.
At least two Mormons were executed for their role in the attack.
The fort was real and was burned.
Jim Hickman was real so was Bridger.
Have no idea if a Shoshoni female chief is plausible

 

[FirewithFire]

Have no idea if a Shoshoni female chief is plausible

No woman was officially ever chief of a major native tribe until recently when Wilma Mankiller was elected chief of the Cherokees.

Pine Leaf (Woman Chief) is a debatable figure in history. Some say she was Crow, some say Shoshoni, but most of the known story came from a mountain man. Did she exist. Idk. It fits for TV I suppose.

Everything else was close enough. I don't think BY ever left his throne but it makes for good TV.

The Mormons weren't any angels back in the day. They wanted their own nation and weren't afraid to use violence and fraud to get it. They were kicked out of Illinois, Ohio, NY, and Missouri. The latter going so far as to use the penalty of death for any that remained. That execution order wasn't lifted until 1976.