CHANNAIN'S BLOG
A Whole New Way to Watch Westerns
Saturday, June 11, 2005 5:12 PM
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: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...
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I lean more toward the classical westerns like Stagecoach, The Searchers, Fort Apache, Rio Bravo, and The Undefeated .
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
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