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Title: Texas Rising
Post by: Leman on 23 January 2016, 05:15:50 PM
Anyone else seen this drama series about the rise of Texas, starting in the 1830s. It's a ten-parter on the History Channel on Tuesday evening. Unfortunately I missed episodes 1 and 2 (the Alamo), but saw episode 3 about the Goliad massacre. Slightly different from the description in James Donovan's book, but an entertaining watch all the same. Not certain about the start date - I'm assuming early 1830s - nor where it will get to by episode 10. I'm expecting San Jacinto in episode 4.
Title: Re: Texas Rising
Post by: Leon on 23 January 2016, 05:35:36 PM
I've been recording this one to do a 'batch' watch at some point in the coming weeks.  It looked like a decent cast, so hopefully it's worth watching.
Title: Re: Texas Rising
Post by: Steve J on 23 January 2016, 06:37:10 PM
Might see if I can get this on catch up with Virgin. If not it's bound to be on the internet somewhere. One advantage of having teenage kids is that they can help out old f*rts like me with stuff like this :D.
Title: Re: Texas Rising
Post by: barbarian on 24 January 2016, 05:08:47 PM
The show begins right after Alamo.
Title: Re: Texas Rising
Post by: Leman on 24 January 2016, 05:47:12 PM
You mean the Alamo wasn't even in the first two episodes?
Title: Re: Texas Rising
Post by: barbarian on 25 January 2016, 12:29:43 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: Texas Rising
Post by: John Cook on 01 February 2016, 08:22:11 AM
I'm afraid not Leon, in my opinion anyway.  I've seen the first four and I thought it was pretty poor, when compared with other historical dramas that have been produced in the US, and elsewhere for that matter.