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And along the way, they lose some of their comrades, like Bill Coleman, who hangs himself because five Comanche had their way with his now-ruined wife during a raid on Austin.
Of course, our heroes find a little time for romance. Scull fills in some gaps, his self-importance, careerism, and willful blindness alluding to the complexities and flaws that comprise American Western myths.
RATING 4/10
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Comanche Moon (2008)
Steve Zahn plays Gus McCrae and Karl Urban is Woodrow Call in this mini-series following the exploits of author Larry McMurtry’s famous Texas Rangers from the late 1850s to the period just after the Civil War.
During that time, they ride off with their leader Inish Scull in search of a horse thief named Kicking Horse, are sent to rescue Scull when he’s held captive by a Mexican bandit, set out on the trail of a vicious Comanche named Blue Duck and wind up being introduced to a wanna-be town called Lonesome Dove.
Some of those missions are successful, some aren’t.
Cause you won’t.”
Richard King, talking about how Lonesome Dove got its name: “Curious, what sticks and what doesn’t.”
Inez Scull, upon her husband’s return: “The fool. When one of his men points off in the distance toward a band of Comanche, suggesting these might be appropriate “foes,” the captain is adamant.
And I mean to kill them to the last man. Buffalo Hump continues to lead his people against the encroaching Caucasian intruders and we follow his story to the end, and his tale becomes a symbol of the weakening state of the once proud and free native peoples. Instead, he contemplates the future, when all the Indians will be gone or contained. In summary, this book is fun, easy to read, well-paced, and well written and you should read it.
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Inish Scull in Comanche Moon (2008)
Memorable lines:
Inish Scull, pointing to a Comanche camp: “These torturing fiends down there are the best and most capable opponents I’ve ever faced.
Book Review: Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry
Comanche Moon is the second book in the Lonesome Dove series and continues the journey of Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae as they try to tame the west from a dwindling but wildly fierce number of hostile Comanche tribesman.
Much as the series is dedicated to filling in backstory for Gus and Call, it jumps in and out of multiple plots, which means Scull is not on screen nearly enough and the titular Comanche are reduced to stereotypes.
These include Buffalo Hump, a once mighty warrior and band leader now aging out of his role and aware of the writing on the wall.
Call, McCrae, Pea Eye, Deets, Newt, and many more characters are all there and we finally get to see the evolution of Call's relationship with Maggie, the whore whose son Call won't claim.
Oh, an extended portion of the film is devoted to the story of Scull’s capture and eventual rescue.
Don’t worry, a mystical parrot and jaguar show up to help save the day – I kid you not – while, back home, Scull’s wife is busy bedding one Ranger after another. He is a self-admitted adventurer, a seemingly farsighted one who anticipated the coming War Between the States.
Blue Duck never got along with his father and his disrespect for the old ways leads to him being cast out by his father.
On the other side of the fence, we get to meet the incomparable Captain Inish Scull and the eccentric Famous Shoes. And his decision to send his Rangers home so he can pursue the “felonious foe” Kicking Horse (Jonathon Joss) does lead to some confusion and a plotline that vaguely resembles that of The Searchers: as soon as they arrive home in Austin, Gus and Call are sent back out by Governor Elisha Pease (James Rebhorn) to retrieve him, an assignment they will pursue for months, repeatedly returning to base and departing, their horses enduring long months of hard riding.
He’s not looking forward to such a day, he tells Gus McCrae (Steve Zahn): “I’m a fighting man, Mr. McCrae. While all of them take advantage of the reputation it affords them — as untamable manly men, only rarely alighting among civilians and ever ready to venture forth — they tend to see Rangering as a job, not a moral mission.