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BBM and Lonesome Dove
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: twtplanner on January 13, 2009, 05:53:19 pm ---This is a great book and great mini-series. There's even the ol' mysterious line "I swear" said by Newt Dobbs (Rick Schroder) towards the end of the story, when the cattle drive is complete, and one of the drovers who is Newt's best friend, decides to leave. When he rides off, Newt is watching him go and says the line to himself.
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:o Wow! I haven't gotten to that part yet! But, it seems like a really interesting point for the BBM/ LD comparisons!
ifyoucantfixit:
I watched the mini series, and also read the book. For those of you who have not done so. Let me tell you. The series is exactly like the book.
I had watched the series. Then was compelled to read the book,(To get more detail) but it had no more detail. The conversations and everything
were the same. I will say however, it has been a lot of years since I read it. I have rewatched the series again however. I loved it.
The casting was perfect, and the whole feel of it was wonderful. Maybe I should read the book again.?
I never watched the second series either.
mariez:
--- Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on January 13, 2009, 06:36:37 pm ---
I watched the mini series, and also read the book. For those of you who have not done so. Let me tell you. The series is exactly like the book.
I had watched the series. Then was compelled to read the book,(To get more detail) but it had no more detail. The conversations and everything
were the same. I will say however, it has been a lot of years since I read it. I have rewatched the series again however. I loved it.
The casting was perfect, and the whole feel of it was wonderful. Maybe I should read the book again.?
I never watched the second series either.
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Janice, I agree that the mini-series is one of the best, and most faithful, screen adaptations I've seen. And I think the book is so rich in wonderful detatils that it can be read over and over.
You know, I just thought of a non-literary BBM/LD connection. Linda Cardellini (Cassie in BBM) played Clara in the Comanche Moon mini-series. Comanche Moon is part of the LD series, and is the direct pre-quel to Lonesome Dove and the sequel to Dean Man's Walk, the book where Call and Gus first meet.
Marie
retropian:
I watched the series on DVD not too long after BBM came out. I remember L.M. talking about how he had wished he's written BBM and questioning himself as to why he didn't think of it 1st and he mentioned Gus and Woodrow. SO, I watched it, and like it too. One of the DVD extras was an interview with L.M. circa 1989 when the series was made. He talked about how in literature a story involving a pair of friends is almost invariably patterned after "Don Quixote". I posted on IMDB ages ago about this. His point was the pair exchange qualities or character traits by the end. Frequently one character is a "dreamer" and the other a "realist", but in the end the realist adopts the dream of his friend as his own. That interview really made me think of Jack and Ennis and what L.M and D.O. were thinking when writing the screenplay. Did Jack and Ennis exchange character traits? Did Jack become the realist at the lake scene and finally give up on his dream of the sweet life with Ennis? Did Ennis after the lake scene, after the scene with Cassie "girls don't fall in love with fun". become open to following that dream?
serious crayons:
Hi A and everybody! I can't join the book club right now, unfortunately, because I have too much work-related Required Reading at the moment. But I wanted to tell A what a good idea this is. I saw the miniseries when it was on. I tried reading the book afterward, but experienced that unfortunate "saw it before I read it" syndrome and just wanted to skip ahead to the good parts, so I gave up (same thing happened to me with Sophie's Choice). Anyway, so I can't participate much, but I'd love to drop in now and then to see the discussion. Have fun!
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