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Sunday Night Lament - Too much to watch!
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 14, 2008, 09:52:23 am ---Not being a LOTR fan, I wasn't really familiar with Karl Urban, whom I'm liking as Woodrow Call. I was laugh-out-loud surprised to learn from IMDb that he had appeared as Julius Ceasar in both Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. I remember him as Ceasar--I remember the haircut! :laugh:
Elizabeth Banks (Maggie) is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. :D
Spoiler Comment:
This is the kind of historical fiction that makes me want to research more of the history. The notion of Comanches attacking the state capital of Texas as late as 1858 sounds a bit far-fetched to me. I'd like to know if that really happened. I couldn't find anything in my own library at home to prove or disprove it.
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Yes, I went through that "where have I seen that guy" thing when I saw him in LOTR and was LOL that he'd been in the Xena series. I think he may have even played Cupid in a couple of episodes. ;D
One good role he's had since LOTR is as the villain in the second Jason Bourne movie. He played a bad Russian agent. 8)
I'm glad you saw the "Comanche Moon," too. I have only the vaguest idea of the story line. Let me know if your research turns up anything helpful. :)
Jeff Wrangler:
Re: Karl Urban
--- Quote from: Meryl on January 14, 2008, 03:52:30 pm ---Yes, I went through that "where have I seen that guy" thing when I saw him in LOTR and was LOL that he'd been in the Xena series. I think he may have even played Cupid in a couple of episodes. ;D
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Yes, he did. Those appearances are included in his listing at IMDb.
Front-Ranger:
Any comments about the windup of Commache Moon? I missed 90% of it due to teenage shenanigans in my household.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 16, 2008, 04:57:56 pm ---Any comments about the windup of Commache Moon? I missed 90% of it due to teenage shenanigans in my household.
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Final installment airs tonight (Wednesday). I'm enjoying it. At one point last night I more than half expected Linda Cardelini to say to Steve Zahn, "I just don't get you, Gus McCrae." ;D
Thanks to our Texas history researcher extraordinaire moremojo, it appears that the Comanche raid on Austin is a figment of Larry McMurtry's imagination.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 16, 2008, 05:26:11 pm ---Final installment airs tonight (Wednesday).
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Spoiler (except the series is over):
I was watching Wednesday night and thinking I could see something Woodrow Call had in common with Ennis. Call could probably have had more happiness in his life if he had brought himself to marry Maggie Tilton, but he didn't. :(
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