Hatfield's and the McCoys

[johny112]

Surprised theres not a thread about this yet.

So i watched the mini series and gotta say its pretty good. Im sure its not 100% accurate, but there is alot of history in this. So whats your thoughts?

 

[DSB65]

i thought it was pretty good..

 

[johny112]

So be you Hatfield or be you Coy?

 

[H R Puff N Stuff]

i wonder if the phrase " the real mc coy " came from them

 

[Kush2180]

"the real mc coy" came from the crisps...

 

[obijohn]

It was very well done. But goddam, that fucking "ICE ROAD TRUCKERS!" that was constantly on the upper right corner of the screen really distracted me from the show. I can fast forward thru the ads, but not that.

 

[CR500ROOST]

It was good.

 

[johny112]

It was very well done. But goddam, that fucking "ICE ROAD TRUCKERS!" that was constantly on the upper right corner of the screen really distracted me from the show. I can fast forward thru the ads, but not that.

I watched it in demand so either there wasnt any ads during the movie or i didnt pay attention to them. And just fast forward it through the commercials.

 

[Ringsixty]

Watched it and it was very good.

 

[johny112]

So which family would yall side with?

 

[smoke and coke]

i used the dvr and recorded it and fast forward the commercials. i really liked it and they did a good job at making it so neither side was better or worse than the other. i suppose there was tention between them before the actual feud. kinda silly it starts with a so called stolen pig, but i guess i would still be a hatfield fan.

 

[johny112]

To me the hatfields were greedy. It started more from the McCoy brother being killed supposedly by a Hatfield. And just snowballed from there. I agree it was very well done.

 

[Corso312]

I liked it...just caught up on y dvr last night...would have been better if it were like a deadwood for 2 seasons but I enjoyed it...both families fucked up..one disowns daughter and the other was going to kill their son. Tom berenger looked the part but his accent was awful.

 

[Carne Seca]

i wonder if the phrase " the real mc coy " came from them

The real McCoy" is an idiom and metaphor used in much of the English-speaking world to mean "the real thing" or "the genuine article", e.g., "he's the real McCoy". It is a corruption of the Scots "The real MacKay", first recorded in 1856 as: "A drappie o’ the real MacKay," (A drop of the real MacKay), and this is widely accepted as the origin.

Wikipedia.

 

[doc111]

To me the hatfields were greedy. It started more from the McCoy brother being killed supposedly by a Hatfield. And just snowballed from there. I agree it was very well done.

It was AWESOME! I prefer the Hatfields to the McCoys. Randall was a whiney little bitch who was envious of "Devil Anse" Hatfield's success in the timber industry. He had a LARGE family to take care of! I'm not mad at the guy for being a "business man".

 

[pushu]

I thought parts 1 & 2 were very good but part 3 sucked big time. 1&2 were more like a documentary that was belivable and part 3 was like a shitty made for tv movie

 

[cannabineer]

The real McCoy" is an idiom and metaphor used in much of the English-speaking world to mean "the real thing" or "the genuine article", e.g., "he's the real McCoy". It is a corruption of the Scots "The real MacKay", first recorded in 1856 as: "A drappie o’ the real MacKay," (A drop of the real MacKay), and this is widely accepted as the origin.

Wikipedia.

I'd heard that it was referent to a diamond called the McCoy. However I'm not finding any info to corroborate. I was fished in by a pre-Internet version of a blog post. cn

 

[Winter Woman]

I can't believe I watched this thing for 3 nights and then it had such a lackluster ending. It's almost like they ran out of money and had to it stretch.

 

[Corso312]

the first 2 were good and the third felt very rushed and slammed together.