Anyone watching 1883?

[kent_island_sailor]

We decided to start at the beginning instead of watching Yellowstone.
We really like the show, but are wondering a bit about how realistic it is.
Were there still wagon trains in 1883? Wasn't it a lot less work to just buy a train ticket?
Would a Black man wearing a Union Army coat wander around Texas in 1883 without some MAGAs of the day going after him?
Was Fort Worth REALLY that wild in 1883? Was the local sheriff still just shooting criminals where they sat in the bar and not even making a pretense of stuff like a trial? The protagonist, James Dutton, twice shoots someone in town and no one seems very disturbed by it. They did have it coming, but still......
How does going from Tennessee to Portland go through Texas at all?
What was so bad about Tennessee anyway?
How the heck does Elsa Dutton's dress stay so sky blue once they are many days away from a laundry and she wears it every day?
Speaking of Elsa, were totally hot rebellious teens a thing in 1883?

 

[kent_island_sailor]

I haven't been near a laundry or a bath in forever and I wrangle cows all day. How doe my dress look?

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

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I haven't been near a laundry or a bath in forever and I wrangle cows all day. How doe my dress look?

i don't think you wear your sunday dress, everyday...

 

[Vgree]

It's entertainment, there has to be a certain amount of suspended belief.

I'm not sure about Fort Worth in that time frame, but there were definitely still places where law enforcement shot people fairly regularly. I had the luck of reading some very early records for a local county. Basically a log of their daily activity here in Oklahoma, much of it before Oklahoma was a state. Justice was quick for sure based on some of what I read. The first sheriff of said county shot three people in one year.

Even in 1910 in less populated areas it wasn't crazy to believe that someone could shoot someone and it be found justified right there on the street. It was rare, but once again it's TV.

Many people were fleeing the East at the time, land was hard to come by while out west it was easy to get. People were trying to make it!

I think the exact year is a little late for what is pictured, but I am not a historian.

 

[justsomeguy!]

It's entertainment, there has to be a certain amount of suspended belief.

This. Did binge the recent Yellowstone. Enjoyed it.

 

[kent_island_sailor]

It's entertainment, there has to be a certain amount of suspended belief.

I'm not sure about Fort Worth in that time frame, but there were definitely still places where law enforcement shot people fairly regularly. I had the luck of reading some very early records for a local county. Basically a log of their daily activity here in Oklahoma, much of it before Oklahoma was a state. Justice was quick for sure based on some of what I read. The first sheriff of said county shot three people in one year.

Even in 1910 in less populated areas it wasn't crazy to believe that someone could shoot someone and it be found justified right there on the street. It was rare, but once again it's TV.

Many people were fleeing the East at the time, land was hard to come by while out west it was easy to get. People were trying to make it!

I think the exact year is a little late for what is pictured, but I am not a historian.

I know..... I know..... Top Gun wasn't real either
It is really fun to watch and Sam Elliot was born for the role.
I just keep thinking that this looks more like 1853 than 1883.

 

[veni vidi vici]

1883 is the best of the lot
A few seasons of YS and then it gets repetitive
My wife has been watching the 1933 or whatever and some of the new YS but for me it like the chewing gum on the bed post

 

[Nettles]

I liked 1883 a lot but am not much of a YS fan. Agree with the improbable historical accuracy but personally, I would suspend belief to the point of flying monkeys to watch Isabel May tomboy around in that setting.

 

[Liquid]

1883 was the first 'western' to show the life and death reality of the Oregon Trail.

Go take a shit, get bit by a snake and die.

Cross a river, fall in and die.

Get the Pox and die.

Get attacked by white guys and die.

Get attacked by Native Americans and die.

Get stuck in bad weather and die.


There was no 'romantic washing' of that story!

 

[shaggy]

We decided to start at the beginning instead of watching Yellowstone.
We really like the show, but are wondering a bit about how realistic it is.
Were there still wagon trains in 1883? Wasn't it a lot less work to just buy a train ticket?
Would a Black man wearing a Union Army coat wander around Texas in 1883 without some MAGAs of the day going after him?
Was Fort Worth REALLY that wild in 1883? Was the local sheriff still just shooting criminals where they sat in the bar and not even making a pretense of stuff like a trial? The protagonist, James Dutton, twice shoots someone in town and no one seems very disturbed by it. They did have it coming, but still......
How does going from Tennessee to Portland go through Texas at all?
What was so bad about Tennessee anyway?
How the heck does Elsa Dutton's dress stay so sky blue once they are many days away from a laundry and she wears it every day?
Speaking of Elsa, were totally hot rebellious teens a thing in 1883?

Jellystone is just people shooting each other with no repercussions, so they are staying true to the brand... (just finished season 2) Lets see.. Kill a dude on the res.. Well, burry him and no repercussions.. Kill a guy on Jellystone.. NBD bury him and no repercussions... Kill someone by a creek.. Well... Shoot at a helo.. well.. Be a meth head.. Well.. Kick the shit of someones kid and get killed No cops, but repercussions(dead)..... Walk into the grocery store and the bananas are brown.. Burn that bitch down.... Seems to be a theme...

 

[peragrin]

Th ok corral shoot out was 1881. Wyatt earp died in jan 1929.
Electricty to majority of americans didnt happen until after the 1930's
Women got the right to be equal to men in 1920 with womans sufferage.

 

[Crash]

Hayden led his geological expedition to Yellowstone in 1871...

Butch Cassidy and Sundance had their run in 1889-1891...

In 1919, Dwight Eisenhower participated in the first Army transcontinental motor convoy. The expedition consisted of 81 motorized Army vehicles that crossed the United States from Washington, DC, to San Francisco, a venture covering a distance of 3,251 miles in 62 days. The expedition was manned by 24 officers and 258 enlisted men. Their over the road average speed was 10 miles an hour.

The West was not very settled (i.e. with good roads, telegraphs, etc, etc.), in reality, until after the start of WWII.

 

[Snaggletooth]

In 1919, Dwight Eisenhower participated in the first Army transcontinental motor convoy. The expedition consisted of 81 motorized Army vehicles that crossed the United States from Washington, DC, to San Francisco, a venture covering a distance of 3,251 miles in 62 days. The expedition was manned by 24 officers and 258 enlisted men. Their over the road average speed was 10 miles an hour.

Do to thisse earley expossiure, DE basicalley inventted the Interstatte Highway System.

 

[billy backstay]

I liked 1883 a lot but am not much of a YS fan. Agree with the improbable historical accuracy but personally, I would suspend belief to the point of flying monkeys to watch Isabel May tomboy around in that setting.

Yeah but, she's barely out of teenage-hood!!

The suspension of belief in reality that really gets me is on all the TV shows where people fire 30 shots from a handgun with a 6 shot capacity clip!! No reloading required!!

 

[justsomeguy!]

The suspension of belief

Point of order; It's actually the suspension of disbelief.

 

[Snaggletooth]

where people fire 30 shots from a handgun with a 6 shot capacity clip!! No reloading required!!

Licke you saide, suspensione of disbeliefe is required.

 

[Dog 2.0]

I'm going to have to check it out. We have been watching current YS and decided it's just the Sopranos with cowboy hats.

 

[kent_island_sailor]

I'm going to have to check it out. We have been watching current YS and decided it's just the Sopranos with cowboy hats.

The Sopranos was a good show, so that is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[shaggy]

I'm going to have to check it out. We have been watching current YS and decided it's just the Sopranos with cowboy hats.

Sopranos with a bunch of Dynasty/Dallas thrown in(too much IMHO but wifie loved those shows back in the day).. Needs more boobs... LOL

 

[claudiajohnston]

We decided to start at the beginning instead of watching Yellowstone.
We really like the show, but are wondering a bit about how realistic it is.
Were there still wagon trains in 1883? Wasn't it a lot less work to just buy a train ticket?
Would a Black man wearing a Union Army coat wander around Texas in 1883 without some MAGAs of the day going after him?
Was Fort Worth REALLY that wild in 1883? Was the local sheriff still just shooting criminals where they sat in the bar and not even making a pretense of stuff like a trial? The protagonist, James Dutton, twice shoots someone in town and no one seems very disturbed by it. They did have it coming, but still......
How does going from Tennessee to Portland go through Texas at all?
What was so bad about Tennessee anyway?
How the heck does Elsa Dutton's dress stay so sky blue once they are many days away from a laundry and she wears it every day carpet removal san antonio?
Speaking of Elsa, were totally hot rebellious teens a thing in 1883?

Pretty solid show. Apparently, it's the prequel to Yellowstone. It's pretty gritty with lots of killing. I'm 2 episodes in, I think there are only 3 out right now. It's definitely worth checking out, one of the best shows I've seen lately