Crowds are coming to the wilderness

[Darto]

Looks like the crowds are coming to the wilderness, wonder what motivates them? Same thing luring them as 200 years ago?

Some are visiting museums, some heading for the hills.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-re...-center-stage-1459111312?mod=wsj_nview_latest

 

[zimmerstutzen]

Anything that helps

But it isn't the sudden popular fad of the 1970's. We had Davy Crockett as the primer, the American Civil war Centennial and then movies like Jeremiah Johnson, the TV movie, How the West Was Won, The TV series Centennial after Michner's best selling book. Western Movies were still standard fare in Hollywood.

There was another small resurgence when the "Patriot" came out. Unless there is a steady diet of something to whet the public's appetite, the recent interest will be short lived.

 

[TNGhost]

Need a period TV series. :grin:

 

[Obi-Wan Cannoli]

The internet.

Dave Canterbury has 400k youtube subs alone and is a big proponent of his 20 gauge fowler, just to name one source. Traditional muzzleloading and wilderness activities aren't going anywhere, especially with the wild popularity over the last 10+ years in primitive skills, traditional hunting, and bushcrafting.

My only concern would be for the future of the high end professional, it is clearly a labor of love for them as they get paid no where near what their level of skill mastery is worth.

 

[smoothshooter]

Would be pretty tough to do a series like that nowadays.

Anything historically accurate would be short - lived. The Speech and Political Correctness Police would have it shut down by the third episode.

A lot of potential sponsors would be afraid to touch it because of negative publicity and boycotts.

A real shame, too.

 

[Black Jack]

Need a period TV series. :grin:

Actually we have one: "Turn: Washington's Spies", the excellent AMC series about the Culper spy ring during the AWI. New season start should be getting close.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

April 25. TURN

There was a show in the 1950's which started with some slight old west history skills as an intro to the story. Mostly Hollywood tricks, called Dickenson Powell's Zane Grey Theater. However Death Valley Days stuck more to historical docudrama stories about real events and people. Even Walt Disney did some nice Intros to history related shows. Combining the formats would permit historical accuracy and jump around in both history and geography to provide stories. The war over Georgia with Spain. The intrigue that led the king to grant pennsylvania, the war between maryland and pa over territory.

 

[Black Jack]

April 25. TURN

The intrigue that led the king to grant pennsylvania, the war between maryland and pa over territory.

Not to mention the Pennamite-Yankee war between settlers from Pennsylvania vs. those from Connecticut. As a Pennsylvanian I can say those Yankees can be troublesome. :grin:

 

[zimmerstutzen]

I live within a few miles of Springettsbury Manor, which was hurriedly set up to establish PA's claim to central York County before the Marylanders' invasion force got here.

There was also the Battle of the Severn, (March 25, 1655) when Puritans near Annapolis refused to pay taxes to the governor of Maryland. A force marched on them to forcibly take the taxes. The force was ambushed along the Severn river and the governor was hung. The Calverts had trouble getting a new Governor for two years. There are literally hundreds of pre revolutionary incidents that could be made into stories for shows.

 

[Nativearizonan]

We not only had more period stuff to watch, there was the baby boom, with so many of us at the same age at the same time.

I remember watching "World of Disney" every week. It might be a cartoon, but often it was various historic dramas: Swamp Fox, Andy Burnett, Elfego Baca, Kit Carson, John Slaughter, and of course Davy Crockett, to name a few.

Nowadays the best parallel is probably in the fantasy realm, which has mostly edged weapons, archery and other pre-firearm weapons; and they have spiked a pretty big industry in those.

Flintlocks are cool and they will return. It will take more than one top movie, though. I hope we hear of another one or two big production ones next year.

 

[TNGhost]

Would be pretty tough to do a series like that nowadays.

Anything historically accurate would be short - lived. The Speech and Political Correctness Police would have it shut down by the third episode.

A lot of potential sponsors would be afraid to touch it because of negative publicity and boycotts.

A real shame, too.

Not a problem for them, they would just rewrite history, as always lately, to fit their agenda, and have another tool for social engineering. :haha:

 

[tenngun]

I think on history channels Sons of Liberty and Texas Rising, both a bit less then historicly correct. Now they are about to release a remake of Roots. Having read the book before the mini series and having watched the Le Vare Burton version I don't have high hopes, although I am sure it will be politicly correct.
That said, death valley days, Disney movies, Wagon train and the Virginian, John Wayne ect gave us also PC western world, although that pc was to make our heroes bigger then life. I don't 'spect there is much light between John Wayne's Crocket or Fess Parkers Boone on one side and Decarpio or Gibson on the other.

 

[TNGhost]

I think on history channels Sons of Liberty and Texas Rising, both a bit less then historicly correct. Now they are about to release a remake of Roots. Having read the book before the mini series and having watched the Le Vare Burton version I don't have high hopes, although I am sure it will be politicly correct.
That said, death valley days, Disney movies, Wagon train and the Virginian, John Wayne ect gave us also PC western world, although that pc was to make our heroes bigger then life. I don't 'spect there is much light between John Wayne's Crocket or Fess Parkers Boone on one side and Decarpio or Gibson on the other.

Lots of "light" (difference) between that which celebrates ingenuity, ambition, victory and greatness, and that which espouses guilt, shame and blame for the same accomplishments.

One seeks to spur on to greater heights, the other only seeks to destroy.

 

[sidelock]

I'm watching every one as it comes out. I don't care if every detail of clothing, guns, etc. is correct, it's the history of the story I am interested in. I grew up near Yorktown and lived in York county 35 years. So I am a GW man. :thumbsup:

 

[tenngun]

That is a valid point, we were taught to be proud of our heroes not ashamed. I was thinking about hc when writeing.