Centenial series

Started by Leo Tanner, January 28, 2009, 03:03:03 PM

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Leo Tanner

January 28, 2009, 03:03:03 PM
Was given the 6 disk set the other day :)
     We're still on the first disk, but if the rest of it is as good, this is some outstanding work!  Top notch cast, excellent story line, and colthing and props are right on (the first two chapters are 1790's-early 1800 so will see how they do as time progresses).
High marks all around from the Tanner homestead.
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Texas Lawdog

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January 28, 2009, 05:40:57 PM
If my memory serves me correct, NBC aired Cenntienall in Oct. 1978 and ran through March, 1979.
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Leo Tanner

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January 28, 2009, 05:46:34 PM
That's what the info on the box sez.  26 hours plus bonus features.  Prolly look at them when were done sometime next year ;D
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Leo Tanner

#3
January 31, 2009, 12:27:17 PM
Well we're on the third disk now and the story has moved onta cattle drivin.  Still good.  The cocinero is a great character.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Leo Tanner

#4
February 10, 2009, 08:28:39 PM
Finished the 5th disc last night.  Still good, but not compared to the first couple episodes  It's almost like they switched directors at one point.  Some interesting plot lines have evolved and all the gear seems to be correct for each period they go through.  This set was a gift and I haven't looked up the dollar value on it, but if it's whithin reason I'd reccomend it.  Gonna be strange to finish it, we've been working on it so long. 
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Will Ketchum

#5
February 10, 2009, 09:08:39 PM
I remember the mini-series.  It was a great book and the series followed it fairly well.

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Leo Tanner

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February 13, 2009, 01:43:05 PM
Well we finished it.  I gotta say it was good all the way through the second to last episode.  That one ended everything nicely and completed the story.  Then comes the last episode, it was awful.  All of a sudden it's 1978 and Andy Griffith, who is thinking about writing a book about the town, starts investigatin stuff.  It like watching an episode of Matlock.  I guess it has it's purpose, but fer western fans, I'd just skip that one an call it good after chapter 11.
IMHO.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Capt, Woodrow F. Call

#7
February 16, 2009, 12:38:54 PM
I love that series, :D Robert Conrad in the first series is playing outstanding well, well everybody does, but that trapper is a hard case ;D
I agree with you the last chapter, it is little bit confuse :-[


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#8
June 08, 2009, 11:54:48 PM
I tried to buy the "Centennial" VHS series of tapes some years back. Some clown was trying to sell an unopened VHS set of "Centennial," for $800.00. He is still trying to sell it for $800.00!

I almost spent $120.00, which was the original price for the Centennial VHS tape set. However, I just wouldn't turn loose of that much money, for VHS tapes.

Then a short while back "Centennial" was released on DVD, at a list price of $59.99. I found it for $39.99, and bought it. I liked it all the way through. The fur trade era of "Centennial," was the part I liked the best.

Bill
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