Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Its warming up here in MN, but cloudy and sort of depressing. So I put the Rough Riders movie on the DVD player. I haven't seen it in years, but it is still a good show. Good combat scenes and the tight filming of individual actors really brought the danger of the battles to life. Weaponry for the most part was accurate, even to the one inch Hotchkiss revolving cannon gun, and Gatlings use. Colt 1895 machine guns and Maxim guns, plus some Krupp field pieces and Krags were in evidence. Edited January 30 by Tex Jones, SASS 2263 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Haller Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Also a most excellent soundtrack score by Peter (son) and Elmer (father) Bernstein (yes, the composer of the original Mag 7 soundtrack score!) as I recall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I myself really liked that bunch of dismounted Rough Riders with the left-handed Krags. I would like to find one, so I can have a mirror set - one right-handed one left-handed. They must be really rare though, because I've never seen one for real. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 im also enjoying this balmy minnesota weather - sorta - it means winter is that much shorter but expecting the other shoe to drop real soon , that said , nuthin wrong with a great movie or a good book , been doing both as this weather although inviting to go out , is really tuff on my arthritis pains as it seems to just settle in ands takes a while to recover from after you get back out of the exposure , im not complaining mind ya , just sayin , life is good , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Been awhile since I watched it. Thanks for the reminder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 One of the best scenes in the movie. In my opinion. The train is going south, to Florida where they're going to get on a boat to Cuba. Every town they go through there's a crowd of people waving flags and playing martial music and just shouting hooray. And they're going through some little town in the south, and there's this little boy-kid with an old man. The kid says, "They's wearin' blue, Grandpa. Is they Yankees?" Old man says, "They's Americans." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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