10 things the History Channel's 'Texas Rising' got wrong about the Battle of the Alamo

[TexasTowelie]

SAN ANTONIO — The star-studded miniseries, "Texas Rising," initially billed as a 10-hour program that chronicles the final weeks of the Texas Revolution, is in fact historical drama, with steamy romance, campy dialogue and fictional characters.

TV critics and history buffs have pointed out creative liberties the series has taken. It also should be noted what the series has gotten right, including some gritty, gruesome special effects.

The main plotline, focusing on a psychological chess match between Texian Gen. Sam Houston and Mexican Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna, is a unique Hollywood treatment of the war for Texas independence.

One early scene shows Santa Anna recalling his participation in the 1813 Battle of Medina, while serving as a young officer under Spanish rule, as an event that shaped his harsh style of leadership. That battle, somewhere south of San Antonio, was the deadliest conflict ever on Texas soil, claiming the lives of about 1,000 rebels.

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[northoftheborder]

1. I watched the first night, and that was enough.....

...I haven't read what others have criticized, but it is historically inaccurate, poorly acted and directed. But what really got me was the ridiculous landscape. It must have been made in the Arizona or New Mexico desert. The south Texas plains look nothing like that. Movies like this one is why so many people who've never been to Texas think the whole state is a desert.

The History Channel continues to disappoint. What a wasted opportunity.