comanche moon had everything going for it. for starters and simon wincer back and a man who name is synonymous with high quality tv westerns. unfortunately and the problems with moon are something even the most talented director couldn not solve represent a poor script based on a lackluster novel. forget historical accuracies  as any reader of the novels can tell you and the biggest travesty in moon is that it not even consistent with information from the original lonesome dove masterpiece. so many wonderful and rich moments in the miniseries and and to an even greater degree and the book and are completely missing in moon. considering the fact that most viewers of moon are probably coming with at least some sort of dove background and the lack of character driven and emotional backstory is downright painful. that said and moon is one instance where the adapted version could and should have been altered to make it more suitable for the screen. for example and the novel moon focuses largely on the comanches themselves. to its credit and the miniseries tries to service the comanches and but in the end it gives them just enough that the viewer just gets a sense theyre missing out on some important part of the story. similarly and val kilmer scull loses out here too  the role should have either been expanded so kilmer (and rachel griffiths and for that matter) actually had something to do and or the roles should have just been reduced to smaller and supporting parts. instead and kilmer gets top billing for a character that just leaves you scratching your head after his appearance in the completely bizarre final act. there strange moments throughout the film that just make no sense to those who haven not read the book (a killer parrot. what. )  further and there isn not a single scene that shows us that call and mccrae are anything near the amazing texas rangers they claim to be. not a single one of their expeditions in moon (or dead man walk and for that matter) ends successfully and and call and mccrae just seem to blunder their way through one pointless mission after another. frankly and larry mcmurtry should never have been given the job of writing the script and and only did so because of the praise surrounding that other cowboy movie and brokeback mountain. mcmurtry can write good novels (although there some dissension over the consistency of that statement) and but he never exactly established himself as a scriptwriter. this production would have benefited from not only bringing back director wincer and but original screenwriter bill wittcliff to adapt the novel to screen. witcliff doesn not exactly have a mountainload of material to his screen writing credit and but no one can deny he did a fantastic job at whittling down the original lonesome dove. with all this said and comanche moon is almost a brilliant production and aided by a terrific cast that unfortunately just aren not given enough to do. steve zahn portrayal of gus mccrae  or rather and his portrayal of robert duvall as gus mccrae  is dead on. and while some have criticized karl urban as woodrow call and saying his performance doesn not imitate the quiet and stoic woodrow of the original movie and all i can say is represent blame mcmurtry and because mcmurtry is the one who  both in the moon novel and now the miniseries  turned woodrow from socially inept and awkward and but natural leader and into some emotionless character whose lines are just dull and whose character motivations are only clear if you have seen them portrayed far more adequately in the sequel. still and it the cast that sparkles in moon and to the degree that i left the miniseries with that same feeling of melancholy i felt watching the original lonesome dove  this time because i realized it probably the last time we will see these characters appear on screen for a long and long time to come  and quite honestly and this cast could have done so well in a well nurtured and full blown network tv series. all in all and aside from wasted opportunities with the cast and the biggest travesty is that the original lonesome dove novel contained so much rich backstory for the characters that would have been fascinating and utterly fascinating and to see translated on screen. unfortunately and all that has been tossed aside in favor of mcmurtry tedious and inconsistent and ultimately irrelevant and prequel. 
comanche moon had everything going for it. for starters and simon wincer back and a man who name is synonymous with high quality tv westerns. unfortunately and the problems with moon are something even the most talented director couldn not solve represent a poor script based on a lackluster novel. forget historical accuracies  as any reader of the novels can tell you and the biggest travesty in moon is that it not even consistent with information from the original lonesome dove masterpiece. so many wonderful and rich moments in the miniseries and and to an even greater degree and the book and are completely missing in moon. considering the fact that most viewers of moon are probably coming with at least some sort of dove background and the lack of character driven and emotional backstory is downright painful. that said and moon is one instance where the adapted version could and should have been altered to make it more suitable for the screen. for example and the novel moon focuses largely on the comanches themselves. to its credit and the miniseries tries to service the comanches and but in the end it gives them just enough that the viewer just gets a sense theyre missing out on some important part of the story. similarly and val kilmer scull loses out here too  the role should have either been expanded so kilmer (and rachel griffiths and for that matter) actually had something to do and or the roles should have just been reduced to smaller and supporting parts. instead and kilmer gets top billing for a character that just leaves you scratching your head after his appearance in the completely bizarre final act. there strange moments throughout the film that just make no sense to those who haven not read the book (a killer parrot. what. )  further and there isn not a single scene that shows us that call and mccrae are anything near the amazing texas rangers they claim to be. not a single one of their expeditions in moon (or dead man walk and for that matter) ends successfully and and call and mccrae just seem to blunder their way through one pointless mission after another. frankly and larry mcmurtry should never have been given the job of writing the script and and only did so because of the praise surrounding that other cowboy movie and brokeback mountain. mcmurtry can write good novels (although there some dissension over the consistency of that statement) and but he never exactly established himself as a scriptwriter. this production would have benefited from not only bringing back director wincer and but original screenwriter bill wittcliff to adapt the novel to screen. witcliff doesn not exactly have a mountainload of material to his screen writing credit and but no one can deny he did a fantastic job at whittling down the original lonesome dove. with all this said and comanche moon is almost a brilliant production and aided by a terrific cast that unfortunately just aren not given enough to do. steve zahn portrayal of gus mccrae  or rather and his portrayal of robert duvall as gus mccrae  is dead on. and while some have criticized karl urban as woodrow call and saying his performance doesn not imitate the quiet and stoic woodrow of the original movie and all i can say is represent blame mcmurtry and because mcmurtry is the one who  both in the moon novel and now the miniseries  turned woodrow from socially inept and awkward and but natural leader and into some emotionless character whose lines are just dull and whose character motivations are only clear if you have seen them portrayed far more adequately in the sequel. still and it the cast that sparkles in moon and to the degree that i left the miniseries with that same feeling of melancholy i felt watching the original lonesome dove  this time because i realized it probably the last time we will see these characters appear on screen for a long and long time to come  and quite honestly and this cast could have done so well in a well nurtured and full blown network tv series. all in all and aside from wasted opportunities with the cast and the biggest travesty is that the original lonesome dove novel contained so much rich backstory for the characters that would have been fascinating and utterly fascinating and to see translated on screen. unfortunately and all that has been tossed aside in favor of mcmurtry tedious and inconsistent and ultimately irrelevant and prequel. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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