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"Hell on Wheels" - Tyson Rayles - 08-18-2013

Anybody still watching it?

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - teejay - 08-18-2013

Um , is it about a teenager who is texting while driving ? Eek

T

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - lajry - 08-18-2013

Tyson Rayles Wrote:Anybody still watching it?

Of course we're watching it. What is it? Icon_lol

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - MasonJar - 08-18-2013

Yes. Watching via Netflix. New season has just been posted, but I'm not there yet.

Andrew

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - lajry - 08-18-2013

Does it have anything to do w/ RRs?

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - Brakie - 08-19-2013

And I thought you was asking about 2D Armored Cavalry Regiment since their motto is "Hell on wheels" silly me... 357

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - Tyson Rayles - 08-19-2013

Andy it starts out being about a confederate looking for revenge against some yankees for killing his family at the end of the civil war ( in the interest of accuracy actually the war of succesion ) and morphs into the building of a RR to the west coast.

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - teejay - 08-19-2013

...a Confederate stage coach driver who is texting while driving ...... Icon_lol

T

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - MountainMan - 08-19-2013

I've been watching it steadily since it began. It has a lot to say about the cultural and social mores of the time.

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - Genetk44 - 08-19-2013

Just watched the first 2 seasons on Netflix...watching the 3 season now. I like it.

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - Tyson Rayles - 08-19-2013

T it had to be a yankee driver, the rebs couldn't afford cell phones after the war! Eek

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - Steamtrains - 08-19-2013

Tyson Rayles Wrote:Andy it starts out being about a confederate looking for revenge against some yankees for killing his family at the end of the civil war ( in the interest of accuracy actually the war of succesion ) and morphs into the building of a RR to the west coast.

To be really accurate...it was the war of secession...

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - Tyson Rayles - 08-20-2013

Sorry about the spelling error.

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - gregamer - 09-01-2013

Hell on Wheels depicts the lives and struggles around building the Union Pacific Railroad. While it's not a historical series, it does have some historic characters (like Thomas Durant) and provides a great feel for what it would have been like to build a railroad across a hostile frontier. I love the series. It plays on AMC, and Netflix picks it up.

Re: "Hell on Wheels" - Tyson Rayles - 09-01-2013

As luck (or the lack thereof) would have it AMC has become too popular due to shows like Walking Dead/Hell on Wheels and Breaking Bad that the Dish and Cable companies are dropping it from the lower price packages. You can go to AMC's website and watch this seasons premire but all the following shows can't be watched unless you are subscribed to one of the Dish/Cable companies that have a contract with AMC (in which case you have already watched the show on TV 35 ) thereby losing thousands of viewers. Oh well ..............................