Texas Rising

KRAM1 · May 26, 2015

Hey, History Channel.....how about a basic geography lesson! Geeeeeezzzzzzzz.....History Channel?

mattmartin817 · May 26, 2015

Hey, History Channel.....how about a basic geography lesson! Geeeeeezzzzzzzz.....History Channel?

I love to visit the beautiful cliffs of Gonzalez.

MeanGreenTexan · May 26, 2015

Hey, History Channel.....how about a basic geography lesson! Geeeeeezzzzzzzz.....History Channel?

Was commenting on that as well, but you know what they always say, "Can't let some geography get in the way of a good story".

I've personally always wondered what it would look like if the Alamo was situated in Big Bend country.

Green P1 · May 26, 2015

I love all of their mini-series.... Just don't expect any of them to be very accurate beyond names.

MeanGreenTexan · May 26, 2015

I love all of their mini-series.... Just don't expect any of them to be very accurate beyond names.

Agree.

Coffee and TV · May 26, 2015

I'm not gonna bother. My Texas History teacher friend was basically pulling her hair out last night.

Harry · May 26, 2015

My Dad said it was sort of like a Lonesome Dive series for Texas. Perhaps they made some editorial decisions?

ColoradoEagle · May 26, 2015

A historically and geographically inaccurate dramatization is still a gigantic improvement over their various pawn, car, and aliens shows. That network is an absolute train wreck outside of Vikings.

2012gradUNT · May 26, 2015

Its amazing that a channel who is supposed to based off of historical information is so bad at history.

Coffee and TV · May 26, 2015

A historically and geographically inaccurate dramatization is still a gigantic improvement over their various pawn, car, and aliens shows. That network is an absolute train wreck outside of Vikings.

Would highly recommend The Smithsonian Channel if you are lucky enough to have it on your cable subscription. It's what Discover/History/TLC channels used to be.

ColoradoEagle · May 26, 2015

Would highly recommend The Smithsonian Channel if you are lucky enough to have it on your cable subscription. It's what Discover/History/TLC channels used to be.

Smithsonian is very good, and yeah, like all three networks combined. You can actually get it free if you have a Roku, Apple TV, or Fire TV.

THOR · May 26, 2015

Would highly recommend The Smithsonian Channel if you are lucky enough to have it on your cable subscription. It's what Discover/History/TLC channels used to be.

mighty ships and mighty planes ftw!

Cerebus · May 26, 2015

So... SOOO many issues historically. I know you have to learn to look past some, OK a lot, of this. At a certain point it is too much. It's 1836 yet everyone is dressed in civil war surplus. The slang is wrong. The hair is wrong (clean shaven was "cool" at the time, not civil war era facial hair). The geography is terrible, they have the wrong Native Americans in the wrong places, etc etc. We do get to see Ray Liotta, which is nice....

Seriously I understand you have to give up some historical accuracy. At this point it would be liking making a movie about Charlie Chaplin's early years in Hollywood, but setting it in downtown Monahans and having all the characters speak like...well... Ray Liotta.

MeanGreenTexan · May 26, 2015

So... SOOO many issues historically. I know you have to learn to look past some, OK a lot, of this. At a certain point it is too much. It's 1836 yet everyone is dressed in civil war surplus. The slang is wrong. The hair is wrong (clean shaven was "cool" at the time, not civil war era facial hair). The geography is terrible, they have the wrong Native Americans in the wrong places, etc etc. We do get to see Ray Liotta, which is nice....

Seriously I understand you have to give up some historical accuracy. At this point it would be liking making a movie about Charlie Chaplin's early years in Hollywood, but setting it in downtown Monahans and having all the characters speak like...well... Ray Liotta.

"I always wanted to be a mute actor..."

Green P1 · May 26, 2015

Ya'll are making me wonder if it's even worth saving for later on the DVR...

CMJ · May 26, 2015

I feel bad for the head historian at the History Channel. Libby O'Connell is a nice lady, heard her speak several times. She must be pretty frustrated with the programming, of which I believe she has zero say over.

Probably gets a nice check though!

greenit · May 27, 2015

I can only assume RV was somehow involved?

UNTexas · May 27, 2015

Didn't y'all know random people escaped the Alamo by slashing throats and one even went on to seduce Sam Houston and Santa Anna thus winning the war from the sack?

The vast deserts of Gonzalez were impressive too. I road through Gonzalez on the Shiner GASP (Great Austin to Shiner Pedal) recently and barely made it through that desert and the damn mountains almost killed me.

There was no Army to defeat Mexico either, only a couple early Rangers. Like the great Warrior Chief Brendan Frazier who wielded a bow and arrow instead of silly guns.

This show is amazing. It's like the guys who made Team America made a movie about the Bin Laden raid. Instant classic...

UNTexas · May 27, 2015

I can only assume RV was somehow involved?

Can y'all please make this the best answer? Or best question anyway. Very funny. Love it!

Harry · May 27, 2015

I can only assume RV was somehow involved?

LOL.

greenminer · May 27, 2015

I can only assume RV was somehow involved?

During the series, MGC membership went up by 1. At a bare minimum, let's tip our hats to the man.

Cerebus · May 27, 2015

If you are going to watch something about the birth of Texas, Ken Burn's The West goes over it for most of an episode:

The Texas part starts about 15 minutes in, but I would highly recommend watching the entire series.

2012gradUNT · May 27, 2015

Didn't y'all know random people escaped the Alamo by slashing throats and one even went on to seduce Sam Houston and Santa Anna thus winning the war from the sack?
The vast deserts of Gonzalez were impressive too. I road through Gonzalez on the Shiner GASP (Great Austin to Shiner Pedal) recently and barely made it through that desert and the damn mountains almost killed me.
There was no Army to defeat Mexico either, only a couple early Rangers. Like the great Warrior Chief Brendan Frazier who wielded a bow and arrow instead of silly guns.
This show is amazing. It's like the guys who made Team America made a movie about the Bin Laden raid. Instant classic...

Lets not forget how the first thing Santa Anna does in the series is kill african americans....or slaves. Which didnt happen he let them go.

Or Sam Houston saying Texas was a "free" country when it was clearly not a free country.

The Karankawas were more canoe people and on the coast, if even around by this point in time.

Thats just one episode.

So much sh!t in one setting is hard to swallow, I have not nor will I finish the series.

Cerebus · May 27, 2015

The Karankawas were more canoe people and on the coast, if even around by this point in time.

Pineda ran into them in 1697, and they fought with Mexico during this war, so they were for sure around at the time. They were wiped out shortly before the Civil War.

CMJ · May 31, 2015

I don't usually mind historical changes as long as the movie/series is good. My problem isn't the inaccuracies - it's the show is just poorly written.