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The Western: What happened?
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Posted on 09/05/2007 4:37:36 AM PDT by 7thson
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To: johnny7
"I'll be your Huckleberry..... "
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posted on
09/05/2007 6:52:13 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: 7thson
Good recent ones? Any of them with Robert Duvall or Tom Selleck is worth watching.
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posted on
09/05/2007 6:53:20 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: 7thson
High Plains Drifter (not just my favorite western, but my second favorite flick of all time - right behind The Devil’s Advocate)
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Silverado
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posted on
09/05/2007 6:53:54 AM PDT
by
DangerDanger
("Libertarianism is the Heart and Soul of Conservatism." - Ronald Reagan)
To: Dick Vomer
LOL... “You're no daisy...”
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posted on
09/05/2007 6:58:55 AM PDT
by
johnny7
("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
To: Mr. Jeeves
Tom Selleck does good westerns... 'Crossfire Trail' and 'Monte Walsh' come to mind.
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posted on
09/05/2007 7:11:36 AM PDT
by
johnny7
("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
To: 7thson
The Searchers
Lonesome Dove
Monty Walsh (TNT original?)
The Last of the Mohicans (I know it was an Eastern)
Electric Horseman
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posted on
09/05/2007 7:16:45 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(As usual, following a shooting spree, libs want to take guns away from those who DIDN'T do it.)
To: Mr. Jeeves
You bet. Duvall and Selleck. Broken Trail was good and that was very recent.
To: 7thson
Hollywood managed to destroy yet another genre (see also: romance, whodunits) by injecting PC and the gay agenda.
20th century directors and studios gave us Westerns.
21st century directors and studios give us gay cowboys, sheepranchers, call them what you like.
To: johnny7
"You're no daisy! You're no daisy at all. Poor soul, you were just too high strung".
" It would appear that the strain was more than he could bear.
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posted on
09/05/2007 9:17:07 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: Dick Vomer
“Say when...”
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posted on
09/05/2007 9:28:12 AM PDT
by
johnny7
("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
To: 7thson
High NoonHands down. Also had the best theme song.
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posted on
09/05/2007 12:36:46 PM PDT
by
bruin66
(Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
To: 7thson
My favorite westerns: “Shane,” “High Noon,” “3:10 to Yuma” (the first one),”Ride the High Country,” “The Wild Bunch” and “The Stalking Moon.” Yes, the classic western is a re-enactment of the conflict between good and evil. It is mythical, not realistic. But the really goods ones are very, very convincing (”Shane,” “The Stalking Moon”). The ‘modern westerns (High Noon, 3:10 to Yuma) are somewhat contemporary social critiques, disguised as westerns, but, still, pretty darn good. :)
“What’s deservin’ got to do with it?”
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posted on
09/05/2007 8:59:45 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Wednesday, August 29, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: DangerDanger
You are right on:
High Plains Drifter - absolute classic film
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Unforgiven
schu
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posted on
09/05/2007 9:03:56 PM PDT
by
schu
To: 7thson
My take - the western is a basic good versus evil storyline and Hollywood got out of that business years ago when it started to embrace multiculturalism.
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
I realize it Clint is billed as The Good, but really there are no good guys in that movie. Or really any of Leone's westerns.
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posted on
09/05/2007 9:04:25 PM PDT
by
Mr. Blonde
(You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
To: 7thson
“There are not too many American art forms that are original. Most are derived from European art forms. Other than the western and jazz or blues, that’s all that’s really original.”
comic books
rock and roll
the mystery novel (thank you Edgar Allen Poe)
there are more
He’s myopic.
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posted on
09/06/2007 7:01:33 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
To: Jack Hammer
He also forgot that the westerns he made were shot in Europe by a European director and scored by a European composer (and I’ll mention the Japanese source of the stories he appeared in).
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posted on
09/06/2007 7:03:01 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
To: Smokin' Joe
“...Quigley Down Under....”
Now that’s a western. In fact, it’s so far west, it would be shorter to go east to get west.
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posted on
09/06/2007 7:21:58 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
To: johnny7
How about “The Sacketts”? That was a good flick. Selleck and Sam Elliott were great in it.
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posted on
09/06/2007 7:25:16 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
To: weegee
In fact, I will go out on a limb and say that once your art form becomes European influenced, it tends to be degraded.
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posted on
09/07/2007 3:37:21 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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