What Happened to the Westerns?
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- What Happened to the Westerns?
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Judging by the sheer number of recent westerns I've been finding on streaming services lately, I'd say that there have probably been more westerns made over the last five-to-ten years than there were during any time after about 1980. These are mainly low-budget indie productions, but the major studios haven't exactly been flooding us with classics in any genre lately.
True. Some are pretty rough, but I've enjoyed a lot of the indie ones.
@@ArizonaGhostridersreally what needs to happen is these modern western writers need to dive into the public domain.
Grab some old cowboy pulps and scan the stories for a real go-getter or two, and adapt some of those old, often highly original short stories into motion pictures.
@@bar-1studios Good idea
Here in Japan the 'western' tab on netflix and disney+ has been redefined to mean 'non Japanese' and any search for clint or wayne brings up nothing.
The great actors are gone. You'll have to step up my friend.
Some of the coolest and most beautiful firearms are from that era. Although I watched "The Lone Ranger" every Saturday morning as a kid, I never REALLY got into Westerns until I found your channel. I'm officially hooked on both the films and guns of the Old West. Another great episode Santee!
That is so cool, Richard!
I loved The Lone Ranger as a kid!
Yup, as a kid in the 50's I'd watch westerns all the time. Couldn't get enough of 'em. Now, as an old man living in the woods of East Texas, I watch 'em all the time on DVD, or on my phone from the many offered to view. Nothing beats a good western!😁
Right
Just think, Santee, one day there will be cowboys running around in space with 3 eyed cows and drinking in a space saloon.
Watch Firefly you’ll love it 👍
Right?
I watched True Grit with my Grandpa when I was four years. We bonded over the Hateful Eight, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and Tombstone. I even showed these movies to the younger generation, such as my cousin and my second cousin.
Cool!
Thanks Santee. I do love my Westerns. They have always inspired me and made me love being a Westerner, having been born in the West! I was one of the fortunate ones who grew up watching westerns on TV. I do feel fortunate. After all, the shows I watched as a kid were what has inspired my collecting of old guns, or at least replicas of these older firearms. And, lest I forget, loving the desert scenes and mountains, because it's were I grew up. Thanks Again Santee.
You are most welcome, Ralph
This is a perfect reminder of the shows some of us grew up on, or knew about. Thanks, Santee... They'll never die out completely. A BIG Hollywood star would help do the trick.
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Yep
Another great episode, Santee! I agree about westerns. We do need more. Maybe folks like yourself and those who made the 12 westerns in 12 months will help make a big return of westerns.
I hope so.
I am glad that the internet has helped wrest control of some of the great TV shows of yesterday from the cold hands of Big Western. Thanks for the video, Santee!
Well said!
They’ll never truly die. We get a lot of NeoWesterners like Yellowstone or shows like the Mandalorian that are basically just westerners in space.
Yep
I've recently been watching heaps of the old westerns on UA-cam, so many for free.
I wouldn't consider those real westerns. With a few exceptions, the real westerns stopped being produced by the end of the 80's.
@@CaesarGB which is why I used the term NeoWestern.
Don't forget about Firefly! That 1 season Sci-Fi, tv show, was a space western themed Epic! One of my favorites!
Excellent subject! I think its interesting how the western movie evolved. Many western prior to the 1950s were comedies and / or musicals. The hero in an idealic story eventually ran its course and gave way to the revisionist western which could be very interesting in it's own right. Some westerns today could be described as cinical in nature, IMO with dark endings. I like the classic western the best even if its not realistic.
Yeah, we should do a video on the evolution of westerns!
Born in 1961. I grew up with “Bonanza” and “The High Chaparral”! The sweetest memories of my childhood!!! Thanks for that post! Keep up the good work! ❤️🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it
Guilty! I was one of those kids that grew up on TV westerns in the 50's. I grew up on a little horse farm, so it was fun watching these shows with my dad and grandfather, who were real cowboys. They would always laugh and point out things that did not happen in real life the way they were portrayed. My grandpa often stated he always wanted one of them 16 shot six shooters. Haha. Thanks for another walk down memory lane.
HAHA!
The Old West group I work with partners with a local excursion railroad during the summer. From what I hear from the train crews is that our Old West Train is their biggest money maker. We average about 200 passengers per train. The only one that comes close is their "Polar Express". Basically, Cowboys are more popular than Santa Claus! 🤠
Yeah, the Polar Express rights are owned my employer. Glad you are getting big crowds!
The western isnt dead, it's just in a cultural lull. As you said, Santee, people love a hero- and I would argue, NEED their true heroes back...
They've just been victimized lately by a hollywood that's gotten "too big for it's britches."
Once "there's a new sheriff in town," the same thing that happened in the 80s will happen again: People will want movies with ACTUAL heroes- who "dispense much needed justice" and "win in the end."
Hang in there!
Yup
As a small child in the late 1950s to early 1960s, I was jealous of my older brother and sister who could stay up to watch TV after 8 pm. I remember hearing the theme music for westerns like Wagon Train when I was supposed to be asleep. They actually used orchestras for western theme music back then, and I I still think this music is lovely. I loved reruns of The Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy, and later Bonanza.
Great memories!
Love it, Santee! Thanks for the small cameo at 3:16, let’s hope for many more westerns to come!
You're welcome.
Those where the days. A handful of channels like yours have inspired me to try to do my part to keep them alive. I like doing videos of all types of guns but doing western style videos are my favorite to do. Good video santee keep them coming buddy
Thank You, A.R.
Growing up in the sixths and sevenths I think I watched every Western there was. They still are my favorite movies. The Duke was my childhood hero and reckon he still is ! Thanks Santee for keeping the Westerns around. Keep up the good work partner! You are appreciated Sir.🤠🇺🇲
Some of my favorite sayings come from the Duke like "No man alive likes to be called high smelling and low down." and "I put my hand on no man and I allow no man to put his hand on me."
@@tomjackson4374 that's right pilgrim. 🤠
Much appreciated.
Excellent episode Santee! I always love a good western! Grew up on them. Glad there is a resurgence. Have a great weekend! Cheers!
Thank You!
My Great Grandmother used to never miss an episode of the Lone Ranger on the radio.
My mother said very one had to be quiet when it came on. As a child I loved watching the Lone Ranger on the old black and white tv. I also loved watching The Rifleman.
I just finished watching The Young Riders series and really enjoyed it.
It's a good series.
Easiest amd most enjoyable job assignment I've ever had. "Keep watching Westerns." 👍🤠
Good!!
We need more westerns
yes
It was my late grandparents that got me into westerns. And I'm still full into it. Then your guys' videos on history from it increased my love of the Old West.
Thank You!
Thank you so much Santee: I still really enjoy the old westerns. They will never leave my love for westerns. PS. I checked on Amazon yesterday and they have your video. I an asking for one for Christmas. Can't wait to watch. Have a great weekend. :)
Thank You!
My favorite modern Western? Old Henry.
Definitely a good one.
"You would do it for Randolph Scott!" Speaking of westerns, THE VALLEY OF GWANJI was a wild one..I have a picture of me when I was 3 years old in 1956 with my cowboy hat and six-shooter..I still love Westerns...
So cool!!!
When I was a kid. One of my favorite TV Westerns was "Lawman" with John Russell. I even had a "Lawman" lunch box.
So neat!
Thank you for the accurate history of our National Favorite Story. I recognized many of the clips fondly. Academic researches on the western frontier is surprising. English speculators financed much of big ranching. The labor pool tending cattle was pretty evenly divided between newly freed Negroes, Mexican trained vaqueros, and unskilled white immigrants from "Back East". They soon learned to pretty much get along with rach other. Towns were built by freed former slaves called "Freetowns" and very quietly a Southern Arizona hand built Freetown yet exists created by a unique black cowboy Edward Keeylovko. I had the privilege of spending time with and photographing him. There few Hispanic cowboy movies. The only one I know is The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. Entertaining. There are more Black cowboy movies. One I recently obtained is The Outlaw Johnny Black. It is a very entertaining mix of traditional American plot with some Spaghetti Western bits, homages to Billy Jack, Terence Hill, Jacky Chan, Mel Brooks, and many others which escaped me. Good gun play and old style bar brawls all new versions. The stunt work was also novel and well executed. Plenty of drama, comic bits and self-aware satire. A very unique offering.
Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing the rest.
Damn, Santee! You have really NAILED it with the attire.
Everything we missed in the mid-period westerns: historical accuracy, careful curation, impeccable taste.
I've said this before, but still.
Kudos.
Thank You!
Some people call me Leroy the Space Cowboy, just me, my rifle and my Pygmy pony ricin’ the galactic range.
Yep!
Westerns use to be the primary fiction and action. Hell, Eisenhower use to binge read westerns, when pausing form kicking Hitlers as!
Yep
Giday Santee on yu.
A nuther great video.
Keep up the good work .
And I will be watching for your next weekend video 🤠❤
Thanks 👍
I think the Western movies and TV kinda died off like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is dying a slow death now. Too much stuff of low to mediocre quality writing. Though the Westerns suffered from a type of cynicism about America, the Old West and Old West legends that arose in the late 60s and 70s and gained steam in the 80s and 90s. The MCU similarly suffers from some forced narratives and tropes from one side of the political spectrum which make audiences as cynical about them as any 3rd rate Western. Ultimately the cure for both, even if it's a long slog agains the cynicism, is better writing. Sensible and logical plots, characters audiences can care about, and ideals audiences can get behind.
We went through a period of depressing westerns which didn't help. Now people were associating westerns with a sad existence in an untamed land. Luckily, people are sticking to a better recipe now. One that harkens back to the heyday of western cinema.
another awesome job , I've been watching westerns since I was a kid, still watching them just about every day. thank you again
You're very welcome.
Great video, Santee, but you failed to mention perhaps the greatest Western ever: Deadwood!
Good series
Quick and the Dead. Another is the remake of the magnificent 7 the original is a awesome movie too🤠
Good choices.
A dedicated video on sci-fi westerns (movies, TV and video games) would be a welcome addition
ok
Thank you very much. Have a beautiful and blessed weekend.
You as well.
My grandfather is the one that got me into westerns and military History. I wanna thank yall arizona ghost riders. Because yall helped me take the step to get into the reenacting world and soon I will be making my first old west kit.
That is so terrific! Congrats!
Star Wars was a Western that took place in a Galaxy Far Far Away in the future and in space.
yeah
Must admit, I do like to watch.
What's it like being internet famous, Santee? 🤠
HA!
Even the great space opera/saga was heavily influenced by Western films.
May the Force be with ya Santee.
Thank You!
I grew up watching westerns. My favorite cap pistol was the Mattel Shooten-Shell which shot plastic bullets. Sure wish I had one of them today. They were great cap guns.
Yeah, you can probably find one on eBay
I wonder how many of those westerns will be on the big screen next year? I stream like every one else but my favorite way to see a movie is in the local theater.
I agree!
I thought Star Wars episode 4 was supposed to be a western like movie according to its creators
Yup
Been enjoying both Lawmen: Bass Reeves and the new season of Billy the Kid and Old Henry from a few years ago was pretty damn amazing. Godless and The English were more noir westerns I guess but I really liked those too. Been quite a few movies over the last 10 years too, some pretty rough indie projects and some noteworthy semi-big budget ones. Old Henry, Bone Tomahawk, Sisters Brothers and Hostiles...but yeah, definitely nothing like the '50s and '60'. That being said, just because a western is old doesn't mean it's superior, I've tried to watch quite a few "classics" that just don't gel with my tastes!
The westerns being put out by the major studios, though few, have been really excellent - good acting, good stories, good cinematography. Perhaps it is better that they are not being churned out like they once were.
Yeah, even some of the ones NOT put out by major studios are excellent.
Yeah, some are rough. Low budget and Independent films have that challenge of not having Hollywood money.
my dad was a kid in the prime of when westerns were popular. he grew up watching bonanza and all those other shows from that era. i first got into westerns when i played the first red dead redemption about 13 years ago. and i just loved the genre. and after i played the game i was watching so many westerns. i always thought if video games were as advanced as they are now back in the 1950s or 60s. there would be hundreds of red dead games by now.
Yes, there would.
Can you do a video about Airplane in the old west please. 🙂
hmmm.....I'll look into it.
I grew up on westerns. John Wayne might as well been a member of my family. If there was a John Wayne movie on, I can promise you we'd watch it. My brother and I probably watched The Cowboys a 1000 times growimng up. I always imagined myself as the little kid with the giant gun. 🤣🙂
Cool!
I would have to say my all-time favorite western is The Outlaw Joesy Wales. Second is Pale Rider. Sometimes I get in the mood for The Unforgiven. Thanks for today's subject.
Stay safe out there, and take it easy man.
Good choices!
What is the rock formation in the beginning of your video look like it was on the TV show Airwolf
Mountain here in Tucson
BEST big screen movies viewed since 2000. True Grit Remake with Jeff Bridges. News of the World with Tom Hanks. Bone Tomahawk with Kurt Russell, Westerns are far from dead. Just pushed aside by wokeism... Sad.
You'd be surprised how many people say to me every day, "Wait, you still film westerns here? They are still making them?"
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Yellowstone is a great modern "Western".
YES
Am I the only one to notice the huge difference in acting quality between the 50's-70's westerns and police shows and such ?
I'm nit an expert on dramatic acting, but there was a lot of terrible acting to be found from extras...etc on Dragnet, Adam12 Rockford files and Energency.
Every single party scene of young people or teenagers was the same terrible generic " groovy " rock , they leaned too heavy into the supposedly common sland and lingo, and the dramatic performances were just aweful.
My theory is that the formula was well established and there were plenty of seasoned actors experienced in westerns while there weren't many for police shows and such because they were a newer genre.
That doesn't always seem to be the case though because you'll find new young actors on westerns doing just fine.
Maybe it was the writing ?
Extras don't usually have lines, but I get you. It could have been a combo of the writing and the acting.
@@ArizonaGhostriders maybe extras wasn't the right word.
It's like the random bank robber Matt Dillon arrests vs the liquor store robber Reed and Malloy arrest.
Only the reoccurring characters of the police shows give good performances, while acting across the board was better in the westerns.
A while back I was in the hospital. I was telling a young nurse a story about Wyatt Earp. At the end she asked, "Who"s Wyatt Earp?"
OUCH
I was working retail a few years back, and ringing up a customer and noticed the name Earp on his credit card. Of course I asked him about it (he was a distant cousin), and he said that not many people recognize it. I'm wondering if it's a bit regional. I'm an Okie who mostly grew up in California, but I'm living in Georgia now. Old West stuff in general doesn't seem to be on people's radar quite so much here.
Which Audie Murphy movie is that clip from? I have numerous of his movies in my collection, but this one doesn't ring a bell.
The Quick Gun, 1964
@@ArizonaGhostriders Thanks, will check it out.
There are cross overs like Forefly/serenity. But kt is unfortunate that names like Randolf Scott, or even Erryol Flynn have gone to the wayside
Aww, that happens with all the old actors. Ask a young person if they know who Fred Astaire is.
@ArizonaGhostriders I work for a company who makes video games, they have a hard time knowing Clint Eastwood let along Ginger Roger's.
Everyone knows it was Buzz Lightyear and those "Space Toys".
HA!
Maybe they aren't as popular because they aren't a nickel anymore like when my dad went.
Maybe
There are tons of recent westerns available on services like Amazon Freevee and the Roku Channel, for the price of having to watch a couple of ads every 10-20 minutes or so.
"Here comes Santa Clause. Here comes Santa Claus..." Okay, I get that part...
But why am I supposed to write down "Santa Claus lane"?
HA!
Maybe you should do a modern Western? Something in a post acapoclyptic, Western world... with Zombies!?... And Democrats!? Then it becomes a Turkey Shoot Fest! 😂
LOL!
I think Firefly and Cowboys and Aliens were good examples of western Sci Fi. The Yellowstone series is a good example of contemporary western.
Absolutely. Mandalorian is too.
I’ll be doing my part! Can’t wait to see your part! Thank you for this!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸
Thank You!
I will never stop watching westerns. One of my absolute favorite genres since I was a kid. - okay, I suppose I will stop watching eventually. When I am dead, dead, dead. May God have mercy on my soul.
HA!
There wasn't a non-valid point in this video. LONG LIVE COWBOYS! (and western culture)
Thank You!
I am building a Western Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Your videos have been a lot of help with research and new equivalents to what's in the game.
Good
Man you showing that old Westerns channel footage brought back sooo many memories! 😁😁😁😁
When was that footage from? Late 90’s maybe?
Yeah
I've read that Star Wars was just another Western, projected on a futuristic Sci-Fi background...and I agree that basically, it is.
Westerns will never die.
True!
Thanks Santee. My kids love John Wayne movies. Side note, my Grandfather, along with several others, opened Buckskin Joe's in Colorado all those many years ago.
Very cool!
I was waiting for you to say Blazing Saddles happened. It didn't kill the western, obviously, but it lampooned classic, cliche-filled westerns out of existence.
Oh there were other spoofs. Rustler's Rhapsody, Three Amigos, etc.
Another great video. 30 in 2024?! Any of them western steampunk?
Maybe!
I really thought the "rural purge" would be mentioned. When Hollywood decided to shift from shows with traditional values (rural America) to more progressive themes (big city). This included westerns, of course.
That may have had a little to do with it. No more than sci-fi and huge budget action movies.
You doin a larrupin fine job of larpin the westerns. 😂 Much appreciated. I also subscribe to "A Word on Westerns". Thanks for sharing.
Thank You! Yeah, they are great.
Well really, Star Wars is just a space western, Darth Vader is the gunfighter dressed in black, they are using blasters and light sabers instead of six-guns. Only thing missing is Luke using the force to call after Obi-Wan Kenobi. "Come back Obi-Wan, come back."
Just before we got TV in 1954 parents took family to house of someone Dad worked with to see his TV, I remember hearing him say that on Saturday they showed westerns all day, so we went back next Saturday and watched from morning thru The Late Show. Only two channels were available in that little Western town of about 800 pop, A lot of people still had pastures and small barns, some were then used for large gardens, but now (I live only about two hours away) I they all have houses or double-wide trailers on them. Now population is about 1200, but there around 2000 in the cemetery.
Yep!
I remember that Chevy debuted the Camaro's first commercial on Bonanza, the car came up out of a volcano, that was a cool commercial. Used to get a mixed Saturday morning of cartoons, Sci-fi & Westerns, the Lone Ranger, Annie Oakley, Rin-Tin-Tin & Sgt Preston of the Mounties, Rex Allen, we only got 3 channels but each channel had a western on it. Have a good 'un Santee, and thanks for another great Saturday Morning.
Much appreciated!
My maternal aunt still watches westerns, I've recently myself started reading The Gunsmith and Lady Gunsmith (the second one ties into the first one with the main characters of both knowing each other, the main character of The Gunsmith having trained The Lady Gunsmith), they are kinda...pulpy if you get my drift on what kind of stuff you'll find in them but they are good series. Heck The Gunsmith is sitting currently at 433 (!) volumes...and I've only got 2...one was a gift and I bought the first for myself just recently....I need a LOOOOT of space for them lol.
The theme park thing? Oh yeah that brings back memories...I got some old beta max camcorder tapes of my times at Ghost Town in the Sky. It was a western theme park built on top of Buck Mountain in North Carolina...a good day trip theme park for me and my mother who adored westerns. It's been abandoned for years and the place is currently going under a lawsuit to determine ownership of the property on Buck Mountain is going on right now though there are people that want to reopen the park....I miss that place and hope one day it'll be back.
My mom and I used to watch an American Gladiators style show called Wild West Showdown in the early 90's...2 years ago some amazing person uploaded the entire series onto UA-cam on the channel "Hosts at Home"...I honestly thought I'd NEVER see that show again as this was in the age before companies thought to put shows like that in bundles for people to buy and watch later after it's out of production. An old cartoon show I used to watch called "Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa" is getting a reboot from what I understand...it was a show about a wild west town on a mesa populated by anthropomorphic animals, specifically a lot of cows (though some and some horses were STILL normal so they had cattle drives with...cows herding cows.) what did the "C.O.W" stand for? "Code Of the West" a set of rules the heroes lived by...which the leader made up as he went along sometimes but always a good...man? at heart.
The heroes were Marshall Moo Montana, who was the leader, The Dakota Dude, and The Cowlorado Kid...lot a pun names. They got around the "Guns can't shoot bullets" rules of the time by having the guns shoot themed items...like Marshall Moo Montana's gun shot sheriff stars. Word is The Nacelle Company is looking to reboot the series along with an all new toy line...as of August 11th this year, that's what they plan to do so maybe next year I'll get to see the show again, hope they do a good job.
Appreciate the comment.
Shows like “The Mandalorian,” were based on the western theme. Still, movies like “The Sisters Brothers” and “Old Henry” were very well done, just not well known.
So right!
My old man 92 watches them constantly. I got sucked into Audie Murphy and Hopalong Cassidy. Nice when the good guy has morals.
Yep!
Star Wars is a Western Series. Good beats Evil. Quick Draws, bad guys, sidekicks the lot.
Yep
In Star Wars the Clone Wars, there is a bounty hunter named "Cad Bane" who looks remarkably like Lee Van Cleef's western characters. So even Star Wars had Western inspiration.
Absolutely.
The Red Dead series of video games has been extremely popular. People still play RDR2 daily. One of my favorite movies, western or not, is the 2010 version of True Grit. I think interest in the western genre isn’t dwindling, it’s just that Hollywood is too busy remaking the same movies over and over to try anything new or exciting.
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Thanks for helping to keep the Old West alive! I think the book A Legend Untold by C. Brent Jones would make a great Western movie! 😂
Yep
Every time I ride my motorcycle. I always feels like I riding horse. In the weekend every one like to hang out in the cafe or departmemtstore but I love to relax in the paddy field, in the wind under the blue sky . By love from Thailand, Thai 21st century cowboy.
Right on
Thanks for sharing , I'm 62 years old and still enjoy them.
Thank You!
Alabama hills and the museum in Lone Pine California keep the spirit going. Both great places to visit.😊
Thanks!
From my understanding, Westerns were made as often as they were because they were cheap to make. Horses being phased out for vehicles left a lot for production companies to use (and fatally injure, as in the infamous 1939 Charge of the Light Brigade sequence); there were a lot of guys who'd grown up riding and could be either background actors, stuntmen, or actors; and safety regulations and insurance weren't as high a priority as today. So, whenever someone like John Ford wanted to make money, he'd make a western.
Eventually, horses became less common and more expensive, riders became less ubiquitous and more expensive, safety and liability became a thing and added to the costs, and the profits began to suffer. So the studios cut back on the number of western projects they'd greenlight. Eventually, we ended up in the dark times of the late nineties, early naughties, where we went almost a decade without big westerns.
Now, there's more interest being drummed up by the exact opposite of the concept of the western: video games! Not saying it's a bad thing, but I find it ironic, and heartwarming that younger kids are getting into the genre.
I've tried to get my own into westerns, but they don't seem to be interested at the moment. Oh well.
Thanks for the video, Santee. I hope I added to and didn't detract from your points. See ya on down the trail!
That info is valuable!
I love your channel! I watch it all the way from Brazil(!!) We can relate to westerners, we have at least 3 different "cowboy cultures" here... so yeah you're international my man 😂
Love that! Thank You!
GLEN FORD USED A GANGSTA GRIP!
That means he was the first….
Maybe!
Hey Santee, I wonder if you've played the Call of Juarez games. I'd love to hear your opinion on especially Bound in Blood and Gunslinger of the series. They're pretty cheap on steam too and are some of my favourite shooters
I love the Call of Juarez. Last one I played was like a graphic novel. Very fun.
I watch the Classic old TV Westerns every night. On my TV it has 3 Channels devoted to the old TV Western and 1 Channel that shows them at night, heck I go to bed with Have Gun Will Travel.
Cool!
Great episode Santee! I hope that they start making a comeback. You should consider an episode on Audie Murphey. There's a great museum dedicated to him in Tombstone.
SO I hear!
Besides Clint Eastwood
All the actor's I grow up watching and liking has all passed away and went to that big silver screen in the sky.! So most westerns just aren't the same anymore.
Sure there's been afew that I enjoyed watching and rewatching
But we all can't live forever just on the TV or movie screens thank you as always great job on video and content.
Thank You!
Westerns have always entertained me and inspired me. You were spot on here about Western culture still being of the culture. Libs have tried to mock Westerns and even make their own 'Westerns' but they really hate the America that Western cinema and pulp fiction represent.
They can hate it if they want. People are still making westerns and that ain't gonna change.
We just got done filming our western movie here in Globe called “The Dog Bite Murders” it’ll be out in 2024 sometime no earlier than the fall
Great to hear!!
As much as traditional westerns had fallen out of the mainstream in the 70s, I've always found it interesting how many sci-fi films were really thinly adapted westerns. Take away the spaceships and lightsabers and Star Wars was pretty much a western story.
It is.
Regardless if Hollywood is making them as much as they used to or not, the Western will never truly die. The stories of the Frontier have an allure to them that I think will always intrigue us, and of course has many great stories to be told, both real, and fictional.
Absolutely. Well written.
Hostiles and others show the genre is in good if revisionist hands. Homesman was superb and in Butchers Crossing quite challenging
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Westerns will always be in vogue as long as they have a great storyline and decent cast. Tombstone and Unforgiven were both released during the low period of Western film making, and both were huge hits. At the same time though we've seen plenty of stinkers recently.
Also a lot of good ones that never really got the notice. Hostiles, Old Henry, the Kid, Sisters Brothers, etc.
The problem with the big studios making westerns is that they'll put junk in them and their not wholesome where the whole family can watch. My grandfather and me would watch them together. I thought it was neat. I still have them on the shelves in my DVD collections.
I've been in a bunch of western films that are from the family channel idea so they are wholesome. They are beeing made...which is great.