Talk:Rawhide (TV series)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:21, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Trail[edit]

The drive regularly took the Sedalia trail and you would think they would come across the same people and same towns regularly in the series, but they never did. (193.250.58.174 (talk) 21:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Television Shows Are Not Always Accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.70.42 (talk) 11:30, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DVD[edit]

In the United Kingdom (Region 2), online retailer Amazon UK is selling the DVDs.

Rawhide - The Complete Series 1 (Release Date 15th November 2010) Rawhide - The Complete Series 2 (Release Date 11th April 2011) Rawhide - The Complete Series 3 (Release Date 4th July 2011)

Typical of the movie industry, they'll release the 8 seasons, one at a time for about £15–25 a season, then right at the end expect a "Complete boxset" with all 8 seasons plus more extras, that only costs half as much as you've already paid, and takes up a third of the space on a shelf. So unless you're absolutely desperate for the set, better to wait a few years and get it all in one set for far less. Trust me.. they did it with Columbo, Star Trek, Doctor Who, CSI.. et al. I don't know how people are fooled anymore. Regarding the article, seems the Region 2/UK releases have either been stopped or are a long way behind the R1 and R4 (why did Australia/NZ get the entire US show first?) - whether that's due to poor sales, slow production, or release agreement issues, I don't know. If someone can keep this article up to date regarding future releases, it would be great. Ma®©usBritish^{chat} 12:10, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Synopsis[edit]

The Synopsis section is too long; one of these days I'll break it down, and expand the cast section to absorb the material about characters' comings and goings. —Tamfang (talk) 04:04, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The synopsis is not that bad. White Arabian mare (talk) 19:02, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Photography and Production Values[edit]

Rawhide is arguably the best-photographed American B&W series. It's not uncommon to see characters lit from the side or beneath (especially bad'uns), German expressionism I've never seen elsewhere. Production values are high, too, with static mattes used to change the background (eg, the smoke of a prairie fire visible behind the mountains). Explosions are sometimes enhanced with animated "buists", a similarly uncommon effect. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 23:49, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Similarities to Gunsmoke[edit]

The general nastiness and brutality of Rawhide is similar to Gunsmoke's, also produced by Charles Marquis Warren. Warren supposedly hated Wagon Train and wanted to (figuratively) kick that show in the teeth.

Season 7 Repeats[edit]

Several of the episodes in Season 7 were essentially repeats of earlier season episodes. The ones that I have watched were not rebroadcasts of previous episodes. They were different versions of previous episodes -- including different actors and slightly different story lines. My belief is that they were shot earlier in the same season as the similar episodes because some of the earlier characters (viz., Pete Noland & Hey Soos) who had vanished in earlier seasons were suddenly returned with no explanation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoseHawk (talk • contribs) 15:07, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]