Into the West

[Plenty Fox]

Thank you, kind sir ! I believe the thread is under Native Issues and starts out with 'NEW MOVIE'...

I should add, the other thread is a great one started by WhoMe and also discusses his film project--I hope we all get a chance to see that!!! Should be great!!!

[Dawgwhisperer]

Thanks, Plenty.....I found the thread. FYI.......The Dawg is a woman....haha I really like some of the stuff you've put on this thread. Very informative and some I'm gonna copy and keep. Feel free to share things with me in general like ya have. I love to learn......

[OlowanWi]

Thank You!

I've noticed on both of the threads related to Into The West a certain number of folks are volunteering their comments, primarily criticism, and they haven't even been watching the series. Does that make sense? Nada. If you haven't watched it, you don't have anything to say. We can all sit here and moan about how Natives have been treated historically--that's nothing new and, frankly, that's another thread... The two threads about Into The West are about that movie's depiction specifically. Seeing the previews only, in no way qualifies someone to critique the whole series... but perhaps I should be posting this on the thread "What gets on your nerves" elsewhere in this forum. However, it is frustrating to try and have an informed and intelligent conversation about something and then have someone chime in that hasn't even watched the show. Just my two cents.......Next week is the final episode...fasten your seatbelt, we're in for a bumpy ride...

You are so right about that. I have had people tell me that ITW is horrible, and they will never watch it, because of the disrespectful way they show the sundance. I say, whats to be ashamed of? The series isnt showing any actual ceremony that shouldnt be filmed, just an artistic representation, which I felt held the spirit of the ceremony without going to far. It wasnt accurate, no, but did we really want it to be? Nope!
Sometimes I think people get up in arms over things that they don't really know about because they mistakenly believe that it is the popular opinion. They lose credibility, and prove their narrow mindedness, and in the long run, cause more dissension and confusion than necessary.
Sorry for sounding hard, but we can help so much more if we form our OWN informed, well thought out views and opinions.

[Plenty Fox]

Thanks, Plenty.....I found the thread. FYI.......The Dawg is a woman....haha I really like some of the stuff you've put on this thread. Very informative and some I'm gonna copy and keep. Feel free to share things with me in general like ya have. I love to learn......

Sorry. That's the problem with this internet stuff!

[Plenty Fox]

Sometimes I think people get up in arms over things that they don't really know about because they mistakenly believe that it is the popular opinion. They lose credibility, and prove their narrow mindedness, and in the long run, cause more dissension and confusion than necessary. Sorry for sounding hard, but we can help so much more if we form our OWN informed, well thought out views and opinions.

Part of the child development, personal development process is to feel comfortable and secure enough with 'doing our own homework' and forming our own opinions. Some of us will always go through life 'parroting' what they've heard at home without going through the process. I'm not saying that once having gone through the process one won't emerge from that exploration holding the same or similar opinion as the parents or other family; but at least the stage of growth has taken place, as it should. I think that, and the normal human need to feel a part of something, causes folks to 'detour' and instead of going through the process they are quick to side with whatever the 'popular' opinion is on any given issue. that's part of the problem with our political system, too. Voters see a 'party' label on a candidate and there goes that chad!!

[Dawgwhisperer]

We've been talkin' about this whole thing so much, I'm going to miss it when the series is over this week. Hopefully, it will continue for little while. Then I'll start checkin' out some of the other "issue" threads.

[Plenty Fox]

We've been talkin' about this whole thing so much, I'm going to miss it when the series is over this week. Hopefully, it will continue for little while. Then I'll start checkin' out some of the other "issue" threads.

I know what you mean; I've been planning my whole life around these epidsodes!

Hey Dawg; is that a guinea pig dancing? Cute!

[Dawgwhisperer]

The AV is "Ninja Hamster".....I keep lookin' for those that fit my personality or make me laugh for one perverse reason or another. You're the therapist.....what does it all mean? (Maybe I don't want to know)