While I scribble away on my 2007-vintage CAD software and Word 1997 edition, I believe I’ll fire up the two-part 1997 TBS TV movie, “Rough Riders.” I’ve loved this flick for decades (uuuuughhhhh…. Iiiiii’mmmm ooooollllld); it’s an entertaining retelling of the story of Theodore Roosevelts “Rough Riders” in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. As it was directed by John Milius (director of the original “Conan the Barbarian” and the original “Red Dawn”), you *know* it’s going to be good. Throw in Sam Eliot and Gary Busey, Dale Dye and R. lee Ermey and, come on. You *know* you want to watch it.
For years I’ve watched this on an increasingly scratched up DVD. But now it seems to be on YouTube, at apparently – somehow – higher resolution. I haven’t watched the YouTube version yet, so I don’t know if it’s borked in any way, but I’m going to assume that it’s fine.