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The Lone Ranger: A First Look
July 2nd, 2013 | Me

Posted on 07/02/2013 8:45:56 AM PDT by Allah AtBar

I attended a screener of the Lone Ranger movie last night, the director Gore Verbinski dropped by and introduced the opening of the film. In summary (and without spoilers): The Lone Ranger character starts out as weak and naive and ends the movie as a weak and naive but now following Tonto. I struggle to remember if any of the white male characters were portrayed as anything other than evil, racist, greedy, inept, or religious zealots. Even the military is not spared; the cavalry captain is portrayed as Hollywood’s stereotypical ”General Custer” type replete with Van Dyke beard and long hair. Other irritations: The band is knocked off the stage while playing the Star Spangled Banner, only the villains speak of love for god and country, only the evil characters use guns to kill people and even Gettysburg is mentioned but only as a rational of why the bad guy is bad. This is not a movie to see during the week of July 4th.


TOPICS: History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: armie; cinema; disney; film; gore; hammer; johnnydepp; lone; loneranger; movies; ranger; review; theloneranger; tonto; verbinski; western
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To: Allah AtBar; Big Giant Head

That’s too bad. After seeing the previews on Friday, it was on my definite maybe list. :(


61 posted on 07/02/2013 10:19:18 AM PDT by Marie Antoinette (:)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Ever see The Manitou?

"The machines' manitous are focussing their energies through Karen!"

62 posted on 07/02/2013 10:20:21 AM PDT by GSWarrior (When someone points at the moon, don't stare at his finger.)
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To: Allah AtBar

63 posted on 07/02/2013 10:21:03 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Allah AtBar

I like Lone Ranger too much to see this one. I’ve grown really weary of the “let’s take an old property and make it WHACKY” thing Hollywood is into these days. I’m OK with remakes and such, that’s been the stuff of Hollywood for a long time, but I get bored with them feeling the need to make fun of the material, and when I’m a fan of the original it’s kind of insulting.


64 posted on 07/02/2013 10:24:15 AM PDT by discostu (Go do the voodoo that you do so well.)
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To: GSWarrior

Oops. Not Emmerich....Bruckheimer....same difference.


65 posted on 07/02/2013 10:26:35 AM PDT by GSWarrior (When someone points at the moon, don't stare at his finger.)
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To: discostu

Could not agree more. Hollywood seems to exist for no other reason than to destroy old TV programs that I used to enjoy.


66 posted on 07/02/2013 10:36:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: who knows what evil?

I saw that movie last night. It was great to see.


67 posted on 07/02/2013 10:38:29 AM PDT by Texas Yellow Rose
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To: headstamp 2
Similar to the wholesale stupidity of the Green Hornet movie.

I absolutely agree!

68 posted on 07/02/2013 10:39:33 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Allah AtBar

I would think Native Americans have a lot to find offensive in Depp’s portrayal of Tonto.


69 posted on 07/02/2013 10:44:44 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: katana

Tony Hendra was a National Lampoon writer. He did several Grimm-type fairy tale parodies as well as lots of other cynical and sarcastic essays. He published a bunch of them in “The Book of Bad Virtues”, which was itself titled as a parody of William Bennett’s ‘Book of Virtues’.

I think my favorite story, though a bit apocryphal, was of the life and times of the Singing Nun, a one hit wonder in the 1960s, with her song ‘Dominique’, who after she arrived in the US went bonkers and stayed that way. She eventually insulted the Pope to his face, dated Hell’s Angels founder Sonny Barger, became a “leather nun” in San Francisco, and generally went completely nuts.


70 posted on 07/02/2013 10:47:20 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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To: The Great RJ

Jay Silverheels was at least an actual Indian (from Canada, I just learned) who always played it straight.

He died in 1980. Was cremated and had his ashes scattered over the Six Nations Reservation.


71 posted on 07/02/2013 10:48:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Williams
I liked the Green Hornet movie. Go figure.

Both the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet were created by a man named George W. Trendle. The Green Hornet, a.k.a. Britt Reid, is a descendant of the Lone Ranger, a.k.a., John Reid. Trust me. I know about this.

72 posted on 07/02/2013 10:50:30 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Sadly, we have met quite a few nuns who were nuts. A few of them were even relatives. It led my mom to develop this theory that a lifetime of celibacy has very detrimental effects upon the female brain.


73 posted on 07/02/2013 10:51:05 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Charles Martel

Tonto is Spanish for ‘fool’, if I recall correctly. I guess Depp is fulfilling the role.


74 posted on 07/02/2013 10:53:42 AM PDT by Ingtar (Everyone complains about the weather, but only Liberals try to legislate it.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

chastity, is its own punishment


75 posted on 07/02/2013 10:56:59 AM PDT by Einherjar
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To: Allah AtBar

You know what my biggest question about the movie is? Who the hell is Armie Hammer. Then I found out that is Father is CEO of the Armand Hammer Foundation and I figured out how he gets work.


76 posted on 07/02/2013 11:24:31 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Texas Yellow Rose
It was great to see.

Sure was...a reminder of better times...

77 posted on 07/02/2013 11:33:06 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Didn’t know that about the Sister. Just looked her up on Wikipedia and the story there isn’t quite so sordid but I’ll take your word for it. Those Belgians can be a little unstable. I remember seeing her sing on the Ed Sullivan Show and if anyone could be cute and adorable in a full habit she was.


78 posted on 07/02/2013 11:59:07 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; Radagast the Fool

***I wonder if Klinton Spilsbury has a cameo?

It seems he never worked again.***

Well I would not want to either if the movie poster made him, holding a silver bullet, look more like he was holding a tube of lipstick.


79 posted on 07/02/2013 12:23:39 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

***you know exactly who he is when he speaks.***

Same with Clayton Moore. His voice is one of a kind! I heard the TV in another room, and recognized his voice!

Went to see, and it was HIM without his mask! It was THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO.

He was also in the cliff hanger series THE PERILS OF NYOKA. No mask.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138194/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1


80 posted on 07/02/2013 12:30:45 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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