COSTNER'S ISSUE WITH "YELLOWSTONE'S" SHERIDAN IS TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE

TROUBLE IN SHANGRI-LA - As the finger pointing has started to take center stage on the production of the final season to one of the biggest shows being presented by Paramount, many people have lost sight on who started the whole thing to get Kevin Costner to want to leave the show. YELLOWSTONE [YS] is one hell of a series, but even though it has it's many faults, story telling with character developments that has so many cracks, that the toughness of just a few characters make the fans of the show forget that the series truly has no ending...or a lack there of. And for a series that was allegedly written in 2013, why is there a sudden shock that the leading actor [and Executive Producer] is complaining that the series has long run it's course and that the series creator is just now stalling to end the show?

The YS plot establishments are all over the place, so much so, that the series writer has had to try and develop several off-shoot shows to tell the whole family history, leaving many to wonder "who is related to who?" and "how does this tie in with that?" - I presented a theory in a recent blog review of one of Taylor Sheridan's earlier works, WIND RIVER, a movie that had it's moment of wonder, but then a complete failure with an ending so bad that, I was completely confused about how Sheridan sold this film to anyone. Especially since the cast of the film was filled with some talented veterans, i.e. Elizabeth Olson and Jeremy Renner; and some actors that eventually were entrusted to perform brilliantly on YS. To put it clearly, Sheridan has a reputation for writing bad endings to good ideas.

Costner has made it clear that YS was never intended to go beyond five years of production and that he's felt that Sheridan has dragged the the show in so many directions that it's impossible for the series to end after this fifth season, that is currently on hold as Sheridan has been forced to rewrite a ton of it. With only a handful of episodes left, there's no doubt that Costner's character [John Dutton] has to be killed off to make any sense of the irregularity of story arcs that the series currently presents to it's fans. I'm sure Sheridan is under a lot of pressure now and Costner called him out on his previous work and told the now cocky show's creator, "Lets get this thing done!" - Especially since it's no secret that Costner is back to working on full feature films and is now claiming that he will never work outside of that medium again.

Sheridan's reputation in Hollywood has been under fire lately. Insiders say that the writer/creator is full of himself and holds an ambitious attitude against anyone that questions his writing. His ego is costing many of his other streaming series to take a ride on the back burner until he finishes scripting the screenplay on YS. Many feel that he has too may pokers in the fire and he can't control the pacing of writing for each series under his control. It could be true, I've watched most of his series and I feel that all of them have the same motif in constructive writing; bad guys that take a turn for making good decisions while staying bad guys. Not that it's a bad idea, but over time, the stories become dull and then he tosses in another story arc to loosen things up and prolong the series for another episode or two. One thing is for sure though, Sheridan has top names of veteran actors working on all of his projects and that formula keeps his work alive on the streaming circuit.

The question now is, when will the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, or Jeremy Renner get tired of Sheridan's ambitious ego and take a leap from his series work like Costner did?

1923 WILL BECOME AN INSTANT "CULT CLASSIC" FOR SERIES TELEVISION

🎥🎞️Series Review🎥🎞️ - 1923 - Paramount Plus - Starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. Created by Taylor Sheridan, writer and creator of YELLOWSTONE. This mini-series is a fantastic period piece production, taking place shortly after World War I and follows a prequel path [and background] to the Yellowstone Universe. The show takes place in Montana and at the cusp of Cowboy Justice beginning to lose it's flavor as a more civilized America begins to grow.

What you can expect from this mini-series is some true grit, some very valuable dramatic storylines, and of course, some nail biting action sequences that help develop the Dutton Empire which is cursed with outside sources always trying to take their land away. Being a mini-series, the directors have very little time to set forth character development, but it is done with a style all it's own and in my opinion delivers at least two characters [played brilliantly by Brandon Sklenar and Julia Schlaepfer] who dominate the mini-series with a torrent love affair that occurs in the then wild African landscapes that is perfect for the Dutton lore when dealing with passion and love. Mirren performs brilliantly with an Irish accent, that existed heavily during 1920's America when immigrants filled the land with their stubborn pride and need to share their homeland wisdom. She's come a long way once playing the role of "Morgan Le Fay" in 1981's EXCALIBER.

THE GOOD. This series has a superior cast; adding to that the talents of James Badge Dale, Jerome Flynn, and Timothy Dalton, all who are veteran actors and have been part of some previous huge productions. The cinematography is absolutely breathtaking and the detail to bringing back 1923, crossed with a western "cowboy" feel with a touch of the roaring twenties is just a sight to behold in itself...why?...because this is how it actually happened in history; no need to tear it down. At the time, the American culture was taking shape and many people were forced to change their ways to become more civilized. There's a taste of this new way of purging the "old ways" with a side plot concerning how Native American women were sent to schools in an attempt to force them to abandon their on culture and become "American." Sheridan apparently did his study and brought a new insight into U.S. History and the constant struggle to control and maintain what as earned to blood and sweat.

THE BAD. There are just too many plots and stories going on at the same time. Just when your getting the handle on one story, your thrust into another, then back and forth, and then you won't see what's happened with the story you truly want to follow until the next episode. And of course, this being Dutton lore, don't get used to seeing a character you like for far too long...some of them people you like might get killed off.

POST MORTEM. Taylor Sheridan has brought forth a new and fresh breed of scripts to the Hollywood Universe and his “Urban Legend Tall Tales of Yellowstone” are surely the best things being taken from script to screen in a unique, down to earth style, that many have been hoping to see for a long time. 1923 was way better produced, acted, and presented than the 1883 series launched two years ago. There's quality here, not only with big names, but the trust to present good storytelling with veteran actors who actually give a damn about how their performances can make a mini-series show BIG!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [5 of 5 Stars]