We watched The Hatfields and McCoys on History last night

[MerryBlooms]

Not bad, we'll watch the remaining 2 pts.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I thought it was excellent. We'll be watching too.

My son really enjoyed it. He had never really heard about the Hatfields and McCoys, which surprised me.

[MerryBlooms]

2. There was a new western type of series advertised

I'm looking forward to that. I'm not sure how many years it's been since there was a western series... hopefully it's a nice change from the so called 'reality' shows.

[global1]

3. Too Violent, Too Much Vigilanti Justice....

If you can call that justice. I know it's on the History Channel and being pawned off as history - but with the Trayvon/Zimmerman shooting and the NRA pushing guns and the continuous shootings all over the country I'm afraid that many people will be getting the wrong idea.

[FarPoint]

4. I'm enjoying the series...but something is missing..

Can't quite put my finger on it. I think a deeper development of the characters would be helpful. It tells the story in historical actions without evoking a lot of passion for any character. Also, more information, feeling for the culture and circa would connect the story in a way the viewer could identify more with the events. For having such star actors in the series I expected much more. I give it a 6 out of 10.

[one_voice]

5. I dvr'd all three parts...

looking forward to watching.

[skippercollector]

6. engrossing

I was quite engrossed in the mini-series. I knew the basic story, but had to look up some of the information on the families after watching it. I had no idea both families had so many children!

[skippercollector]

7. a few questions

The people who weren't killed--how did they die?
Why was Cottontop the only one who was put to death after the trial with the others getting life in prison? Was it because he killed a woman?
After the feuding ended, how many of the children in each of the families survived?

[grasswire]

8. I watched all three episodes on Weds. night.

Blah.

After a while, the tit for tat killings got boring and disgusting. Maybe that was the ultimate point -- the futility of the feud; the ignorance of the micro-culture.