Seven minutes is all it took to pop me out of the History Channel’s Texas Rising event that they’ve been advertising for weeks. Texan Army Camp – Gonzales is a picturesque mountain hilltop – a location found NOWHERE in Texas (well maybe Big Bend) this is Texas people. It’s big. It’s flat. Very flat in most places. Especially around Gonzales.
If I’m not mistaken this is part of a location used for Dances With Wolves‘ final sequence. Not Texas, in any case. I did end up watching the whole thing, just like the guys at Texas Monthly. I agree, it could have been much better, it could also have been much worse.
Postscript
This was a facebook status that I updated and then backdated to the blog. This was probably the last thing I watched Bill Paxton perform in before he died. It makes me kind of sad that this was the last thing I saw from him, but I know that the making of it meant a lot to him. I’ll try to remember it with that in mind.
