1985 film Firefly fans should check out.

Silverado was OK. But the two westerns that bring Firefly to mind for me are, The Searchers with John Wayne as Ethan Edwards and The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Ethan Edwards has a lot of characateristics that bring Mal to mind, especially the "Dark Mal" that we didn't get to really see on TV. He never officially surrendered at the end of the civil war. He's tough as nails and is meaner than an angry snake. Mal's knowledge of Reavers reminded me of his knowledge of the Commanche.

The plot of Josey Wales reminds me of Firefly. You have this civil war vet, who refused to surrender, and ends up the protector of a mixed bag people moving west.

As I write this Rooster Cogburn is on AMC and Katherine Hepurn's character is saying prayers over the men they just shot. Seemed rater "Bookish" to me.

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Originally posted by Channain:
Not what I would call the greatest western of all time, but if it's Firefly-like Westerns you're looking for, I got one.

"Two Mules for Sister Sara"

Now. After you fellas pick yourselves up from falling on the floor laughing, here's some food for thought:

Whore who pretends to be a righteous upstanding nun played by the lovely and fiesty Shirley MacLaine.

Nefarious-type gun slinger with a mind for larceny and an eye for a pretty face, played by none other than the man himself, Clint Eastwood.

Big bad man - French, not Mexican for a change - bent on terrorizing an entire countryside.

Mexican Rebels bent on saving countryside from the big bad Frenchie.

Gunfire, horses, theivery, lust, and do-gooding topped off with really bad whiskey. Doesn't get any more Firefly than that.

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Excellent movie Channy, and overlooked by many as a western classic. I would say it is in my top ten favorite Eastwood movies.

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I once watched "Rio Bravo" very late at night with my father and that movie will forever remain in my heart as my all-time favorite western.

As for Tombstone, I have only one thing to say -
Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday, "I'm your huckleberry."

hoo-SHA

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Rio Bravo was a western great. AMC plays it once evey month or so.

I liked Val Kilmer as Holiday in "Tombstone". I thought he acted circles around everyone else.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Excellent movie Channy, and overlooked by many as a western classic. I would say it is in my top ten favorite Eastwood movies.

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it also never fails to make my father laugh.

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Rio Bravo was a western great. AMC plays it once evey month or so.

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I have it on tape - I NEED it on DVD.

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I liked Val Kilmer as Holiday in "Tombstone". I thought he acted circles around everyone else.

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He usually does, no matter what he's in. But as Doc Holliday, he was AMAZING.

"Where's Wyatt?"
Doc: "Down at the river. Prob'ly walkin' on watah."

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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