Hell on Wheels: The Character of Cullen Bohannon (SPOILERS).

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3 жыл бұрын

In this episode of The Modern Western we look at Hell on Wheels and the character of Cullen Bohannon, to learn how the elements of character make a story more memorable.

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@byutube4360 3 жыл бұрын

HoW holds a special place in my heart, not many series or movies have a southern hero. Cullen is a fantastic Everyman character

@themodernwestern4681 3 жыл бұрын

Good point.

@MrLwr4444 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites

@woodlandreconjoshdrakes5509 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, usually the southerner is the antagonist. H O W is one of my favorites

@advictoriam3106 Жыл бұрын

I loved Hell On Wheels so much I legally changed my last name to Bohannon

@Something-Strange Жыл бұрын

Agree. Absolutely

@CharlesZane_ 3 жыл бұрын

The relationship between Cullen and the Swede has always reminded me of Batman and the Joker.

@melgibsonafter10beers 3 жыл бұрын

Or Roland Deschain and the Man in Black

@ilovebeinagirl 3 жыл бұрын

YES!!! That's exactly what i thought as i watched the series and wondered why i hadn't heard anyone else compare their relationship to them.

@Dereko123 2 жыл бұрын

Anson Mount recently voiced the Batman in the latest injustice movie

@abramsullivan7764 9 ай бұрын

@@Dereko123it's a shame that it not Kevin, and Mark.

@gemmajoseph3590 Жыл бұрын

I just love Cullen Bohannan. He held on to a measure of human decency when exposed to every ugly aspect of human character.

@KunjaBihariKrishna 3 жыл бұрын

The whole setup of season 1 is just so good.

@nawaralsabagh1329 Жыл бұрын

Cullen Bohannon is a badass western character and his Griswold Revolver

@Calypso694 Жыл бұрын

Just finished it today. Loved every minute. Cried a lot. Such a perfect show.

@stephaniesmith5974 2 жыл бұрын

Best series I have ever been lucky enough to watch. What a privilege.

@kciN1221 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent character breakdown. God how I loved this show and its storytelling. From the fiction to actual facts its definitely one of my favorites.

@dashreasinger1430 6 ай бұрын

Yep, and they added in little hints to other parts of history so well. Like Cullen meeting Custered there in the final episode, and showing a much more historically accurate Custered

@georgesandoval307 5 ай бұрын

Just watched the entire series for my first time and finished in about 2 weeks. Great show. Ashame I didn't see it when it first aired on TV. Glad I found it better late than never.

@randyussery1738 3 жыл бұрын

The best show/series I have ever watched!

@springersshop5839 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@smokndatkush 3 жыл бұрын

I actually shed a tear when he buried him all by himself

@Tvillian 3 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite shows and an all time great character

@themodernwestern4681 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@DAVID-ld9ll 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic western! Wished it was still on! Equal to Tombstone!!! Best series ever!

@salliehamel9363 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great series. I binge watched every series til the end.

@epicsshadesmaster-animatio4398 3 жыл бұрын

Bohannon is one of my more favorite tv show characters

@garrettsmith4760 3 жыл бұрын

I often thought about this character when playing red dead 2 and modeled my character after him

@sarahhensley4663 3 жыл бұрын

I always thought of red dead also!

@Mr99watup 3 жыл бұрын

I believe they made Morgan based on this character, only if they made the game as good as the show

@smokndatkush 3 жыл бұрын

Anson Mount was a big fan of the first red dead and based some of Cullens mannerisms after John Marston

@ChristinaDay-vi1yb 2 ай бұрын

The game is better than this show. I guarantee more ppl know Arthur Morgan then Cullen bohannon

@garrettsmith4760 2 ай бұрын

@@ChristinaDay-vi1yb Yeet

@MilkyKilky 3 жыл бұрын

Such an underrated show!

@Tirebay2 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you TMW for another great video. I think what Hell on wheels did, was show that there was good and bad people on both sides of the Civil war. The character of Cullen Bohannon was really well written.

@themodernwestern4681 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks G! I was just getting started unpacking that show with more videos but it's apparently coming off Netflix in January. So before I do more videos about a show people can't watch I want to make sure it lands somewhere else.

@davidbertrand6884 3 жыл бұрын

That was a really good series. Wish it had not ended......😢

@abramsullivan7764 3 жыл бұрын

Well I didn't want Breaking Bad to end but the show set during two years so Walt was on a break of death so he has no choice but to cook crystal meth pure and even kill people.

@Shibacki 5 ай бұрын

I recently finished watching this with my Dad. We've watched a lot together, but nothing has ever hit so hard. HoW is superb. We loved every episode.

@paulthompkins4150 6 ай бұрын

The Bohannan vs Swede rivalry was absolutely brilliant.

@daxdenton2289 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite videos about this amazing amc tv Series and is very insightful he’ll on wheels is without doubt my most favorite tv series I was extremely sad to see this series end i am afraid there will be nothing like it once in a lifetime series to watch and it is a Honor to have a opportunity to watch

@redbeard9996 Жыл бұрын

The part that got me the most was after that scene where Bohannon burries his friend. When you see his walls finally collapse as cries spew out of him like a waterfall. I've never seen a more realistic scene of a man's strength let go. It felt so primal and guttural.

@kuroihagane 3 ай бұрын

Cullen Bohannon is awesome. Thank God I had the opportunity to watch this show!

@dan97526 3 жыл бұрын

After enjoying your other work, watching this prompted me to give HOW a chance. I recall years ago seeing the trailers and, despite my interest in westerns, i thought it looked too stylized and too socially "modern" to appeal to me. However, after watching all five seasons in about a week's time i was pleasantly surprised. It is excellent and was a story that deserved to be told. Many thanks.

@ChristinaDay-vi1yb 2 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing. The commercials made th show look tacky. And very deadwoodish....which is not a good thing. Deadwood took revisionist western too far. This show done it perfectly

@SuzanneFulbright-ix2yw 11 ай бұрын

That show was so awesome. Love it, and the cast was effect.

@loriaversher5477 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this. It was one of the first shows I binged.....

@nevyncochran8181 3 жыл бұрын

Are you ever interested in making a video on Sicario? One of my all time favorites and definitely holds a place in the line-up of Neo-Westerns.

@JACK27909 3 жыл бұрын

Just a powerful scene. Love this show! I thought this was Anson Mount best work! All good things have to come to an end.

@themodernwestern4681 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can really tell when the team hits their stride.

@paulacurtis1874 3 жыл бұрын

@@themodernwestern4681 ---- No Anson Mount is not done with his Great Acting. He is now filming his new Startrek: Strange New Worlds series in Canada. He started it about 2 months ago. He will be reprising his role of Captain Pike. I'm so excited to see him getting his own TV series again. This came about because the Fans Screamed to the Network to give Anson Mount his own TV series being Captain Pike again. Everybody loved him as Captain Pike.

@abramsullivan7764 6 ай бұрын

@@paulacurtis1874I haven't seen Star Trek: Strange New World.

@jennifergainesbf53 Жыл бұрын

I love 💕💕 me Some Cullen Bohann

@timsim1940 3 жыл бұрын

It was definitely an amazing show!!!

@joshuatraffanstedt2695 3 жыл бұрын

Love bohannon but Elams character was one of the best in television history.

@MountainGhost-de1vt 2 жыл бұрын

That was really great!!!

@SlamDunk514 3 жыл бұрын

BEAR KILLER GOT BiG MAGIC!

@ryanperrigo7838 Жыл бұрын

Hands down my favorite TV series, right next to Peaky Blinders

@Aviator-Chicken 3 жыл бұрын

I know the actress who played Lilly wanted to leave the show and that’s completely fine but where I have a problem is the direction the show took after it. It was still good but at the end of the day but having the Mormons almost shoved down your throat was a big turn off and it was Interesting at first but when they kept up with it and even the pregnancy arc it just lost me.

@ilovebeinagirl 3 жыл бұрын

The only problem I have with the show--but it's not a big one--is that Bohannan never found that last Union soldier who killed his wife. i wish he would have by the end of the series and just decided not to kill him to show how his character had moved inform being a Destroyer to a Builder. I mean, granted, that point was made well enough I fell by the end, but for closure to that story arc and since that's the premise that the show started and was initially advertised on, I wish it had been completed. I also wish it would've turned out to have been someone that we'd known all along in the series who turned out to be that soldier. That would've been a surprise and an exciting twist.

@lsauthor 3 жыл бұрын

I love that I found this channel! You are killing it man! Thank you for the work that you do. Do you ever think you'd do a video on Blood Meridian? I know it is a novel but it's a pretty wild take on a western. I'd be interested in your thoughts. Keep up the great work!

@themodernwestern4681 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comments! There are some really great books out there that I hope to discuss soon. One of my favorites is McCarthy’s “The Road.” The most horrifying story a father could conceive!

@lilmancc35 2 жыл бұрын

Cullen is the first hero i ever seen come out of mississippi, and he is the epitome of the south, both in the past and in the present. A soldier and a worker that holds family close. And when you mess with our family, you mess with what makes us hole. He also embodies the change of the south during that time. All while being a BMF. His character growth is insane also. And the amount of pain he went through brings a tear to my eye. The only thing i think they struggled to show about where he comes from is how close we hold our religion, even if it may not seem so.

@christophereichten9005 Жыл бұрын

You don’t have a monopoly on loving family and bring religious. Now I’m sure you will respond with some Lost Cause bull poop.

@lilmancc35 Жыл бұрын

@@christophereichten9005 never said we did. I simply said that he was a very good depiction of life in the south. Specially back then, and thats part of his character. Sorry to somehow offend you with a comment from idk how long ago.

@christophereichten9005 Жыл бұрын

@@lilmancc35 Who taught you to be so passive aggressive? That’s our talent. Does it come naturally to you good folks?

@lilmancc35 Жыл бұрын

@@christophereichten9005 who said i was good? But kinda in our blood. Ever heard a southern person say bless your heart? Thats not a very nice thing to hear because they are basically calling you stupid.

@christophereichten9005 Жыл бұрын

@@lilmancc35 Yeah I also know you used hang folks for trying to make decent lives for themselves

@MrChristianDT 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, they may have slightly looked at Cullen & Elam's relationship through a modern lense, but that doesn't necessarily mean that something like that was physically impossible back then, especially coming from someone who had survived way too much & stepped back from the rest of the world because of it. Also, he wasn't exactly 100% the nicest guy in the world to Elam at all times.

@ScoundrelSFB 6 ай бұрын

I broke down when Cullen did....

@donnelson4140 3 жыл бұрын

Now caught up with your channel, from the beginning. Great work! Looking forward to see where you’re going from here.

@themodernwestern4681 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don. Unfortunately I’ve got more ideas than time to make them. More on the way!

@Granolacowboy44 2 жыл бұрын

@@themodernwestern4681 is there still more on the way? I love your videos and I’ve been dying for a year now lol

@Swilarel 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@themodernwestern4681 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@robertayoder2063 3 жыл бұрын

Loved it watched it more than once

@FreshPotatoes1116428 Жыл бұрын

His character is in my top 3👍👍🕴️

@Ga22th 9 ай бұрын

HOW and rdr2 are similar and i love them both with everything i have

@nichellegerkin1677 5 ай бұрын

I'm curious why the final season was left out entirely. I loved it, and there were some powerful scenes with Mei where you can see Cullen still struggling with the killer in him who doesn't think he deserves love or happiness. I can see why it would be controversial, but his arc definitely didn't end with Elam.

@ChristinaDay-vi1yb 2 ай бұрын

Because the show was supposed to be canceled. Hardly any of the original members make an appearance. They had to come up with a story for Cullen without the sweede, the hatches, Durant, elam, and the whole fifth season is us getting to know the new cast...then the show is over.

@BeelzebubBeelzebub 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, Because, Beautiful 10:15 About to be so mad Like What We Fighting For

@ClickL3 2 жыл бұрын

Please upload more content. Hope all is well.

@sigurdfenrisson2446 Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this video several times over a few years… and, still, all I really see is my southern American father and German/Norwegian immigrant mother families going through the trials and tribulations presented them by participating in the so-called “American dream”. I’m probably gonna watch the series again now… but , shit man, nothing about it is easy.

@jaredhoffman9569 7 ай бұрын

Only issue i ever took with this show was the killing of Elam

@ChristinaDay-vi1yb 2 ай бұрын

I love the show..but i hate how the revenge gets sidelined after season 1. It losea its soul more each season

@huntress2u4life68 3 жыл бұрын

I think Kevin, is a strong Kurt Russell, doppelganger.

@themodernwestern4681 3 жыл бұрын

I wish!

@huntress2u4life68 3 жыл бұрын

@@themodernwestern4681 If you had his moustache from Tombstone... Yes Sir ee.

@MrTjmadlock Күн бұрын

Bohannon or Jax teller ?... both are top characters

@jesseostone386 3 жыл бұрын

3:28 Can’t get a good look at the flag in the background, but it looks like a modern one. Anyone get a good look? 🇺🇸

@kodakwhite4706 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure that's why it's purposely blurred

@ChristinaDay-vi1yb 2 ай бұрын

I dont know who i like better. Cullen or arthur morgan. So close

@9822703 Жыл бұрын

i'm curious how thus could be revisionist at all. it is fiction and their friendship begins on mutual circumstance that draws them closer together.

@caelroighblunt1956 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting... You have played the heavy in Westerns before. If not you are suited to it. No offense but if I were Longmire, Raylan or Bohannon, well if you were the doer of the bad deed... see ya.

@judsongaiden9878 3 жыл бұрын

Cullen is less like Loki and more like Abaddon. Well, to be fair, he pales in comparison to Abaddon, but he's just a man, so we have to cut him some slack.

@rexaca1826 2 жыл бұрын

they dont make good shows like this anymore

@sergoldenhandthejust1495 Жыл бұрын

Always thought he was a real person???

@barrymchugh5612 Жыл бұрын

The show definitely suffered when Common's character was killed off & I didn't like it one bit!

@WalkerOne 2 жыл бұрын

I think the last few seasons got off track. They weren't as good.

@kodakwhite4706 2 жыл бұрын

Dispite the liberal agenda in the show this is literally my favorite t.v. series of all time

@19Marksman79 9 ай бұрын

You are imagining things. This show aired and ended before wokeness ruined TV shows. The agenda was to entertain, and it did just that. My favorite show as well.