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Regardless of content ... it is beyond me how someone could put together a production that is frequently totally inaudible! Yes I'm talking about all the courtroom recordings that sound like they were captured by a 1970 cassette recorder from Radio Shack (the one that was $9.99). The fact they would not take the time to augment with subtitles tells me this is a very questionable and lazy production.

Regardless of content ... it is beyond me how someone could put together a production that is frequently totally inaudible! Yes I'm talking about all the courtroom recordings that sound like they were captured by a 1970 cassette recorder from Radio Shack (the one that was $9.99). The fact they would not take the time to augment with subtitles tells me this is a very questionable and lazy production.

Regardless of content ... it is beyond me how someone could put together a production that is frequently totally inaudible! Yes I'm talking about all the courtroom recordings that sound like they were captured by a 1970 cassette recorder from Radio Shack (the one that was $9.99). The fact they would not take the time to augment with subtitles tells me this is a very questionable and lazy production.

I love a great western series ... especially one that provides the historical context of the settlement of the west. 1883 (2022) ... Hell On Wheels (2011) ... Into The West (2005) ... Deadwood (2004) ... and Centennial (1978) are great examples.

Sadly, How The West Was Won isn't ... and to be honest it has not aged well at all. It's all there ... the worst of the late 70's television miniseries. We're talking B grade actors ... bad acting ... poor direction and a really weak script that fails to tell a big story.

My biggest complaint is the incongruity ... the inconsistencies ... between season 1 and season 2. It's like season 2 is a whole new show and the season 1 cliff-hanger is a total after thought. Combine that with the late 70's made for TV quality and I was looking for the doors.

My advice ... don't waste your time on this 46-year-old made for TV schlock! Focus on the series I mentioned above.

POST: Godless (2017) is by far the best western miniseries ever! It is light in historical context but man is it outstanding in every other way!!!

This is a great documentary ... about a great president!

It cannot be denied that the first African American president would need to be a great man ... much like the first African American major league baseball player (let's hope you know who that was). Simply put, it's not an easy row to hoe and you need the greatest courage and conviction

Let's be real ... BHO is a great person ... a great human being ... a person who lives to make the world a better place ... and most importantly a person who lives a moral life. To be honest he is the man they told us in Sunday school to emulate ... he is in fact a great "role model."

Haters should know that this is not an unbiased documentary. It is a puff piece that admires the man for all he has accomplished and all he aspires to be. That said ... those with closed minds ... those with prejudiced minds ... should go and watch something else because they will not like what they see. So why watch it? Why make yourself angry? Why make others angry?

In the end this documentary must be judged as a "puff piece" about a man that is not only historically significant but is greatly admired by a huge number of fellow Americans ... and I for one loved it!