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A Whole New Way to Watch Westerns
Saturday, June 11, 2005

The "What Westerns do you like" question has been asked again. It's an old topic, but I like that it keeps coming around on the threads. It gets people to thinking about the olden days and bringing the names of good old unappreciated western classics to light.
Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I lean more toward the classical westerns like Stagecoach, The Searchers, Fort Apache, Rio Bravo, and The Undefeated .
I just saw "The Last Command" and discovered an actor named Sterling Hayden this morning. I wouldn't say it will be a favorite, but it got me curious about the actor. While I was watching it, though, I also discovered that I have a new way of watching westerns...

I'm finding lately that there isn't a western made that couldn't be improved with a space ship or touches of technology in the Firefly 70/30* format.

Take Rio Bravo , for instance. It is probably my all-time favorite because it shows several different facets of quiet strength, and because the first time I watched it all the way through was with my Dad who also loved it. I used it in a Typography project and re-did the movie poster. This was before my Firefly obsession fully kicked in.

But what if ...

... Pat Wheeler's wagon train had instead been a cargo ship.

... When Nathan Burdett came into town, he did it on a hover skiff.

... What if the hotel had various holographic amenities in the dining room and an automated bartender that had a tendency to break down and that's why Feathers got hired.

Although I would hate to lose Carlos and Consuelo, what if the comedy relief owners and operators of the hotel were fiesty Chinese instead of high-strung Mexican?

Leaving out the robot bartender... does that sound like a Firefly episode to you?

*70/30 - 70% real, 30% fantasy

COMMENTS

Monday, June 13, 2005 4:53 AM

WEICHI


If you like Sterling Hayden - check out "Asphalt Jungle" and "Dr. Strangelove" and dont forget his wonderful turn in "The Godfather"


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