tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post8238464817164020372..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: On Hypocrisyblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-606875986628799822008-07-09T18:19:00.000-07:002008-07-09T18:19:00.000-07:00Hell, yeah! Loved "Deadwood". Been thinking about ...Hell, yeah! <I>Loved</I> "Deadwood". Been thinking about getting it on DVD.<BR/><BR/>It may interest you to know [kaff] that Al Swearingen has stopped by Althouse a lot lately.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-42449641610064666872008-07-09T18:18:00.000-07:002008-07-09T18:18:00.000-07:00That's true: The sherrif was almost always a calmi...That's true: The sherrif was almost always a calming influence. But not always. And you had to wonder how those people survived--like in <I>Shane</I>--when they'd allow themselves to get runned over so easily.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-37986747412780387582008-07-09T17:33:00.000-07:002008-07-09T17:33:00.000-07:00I just got my new Deadwood DVD's and I am in Heave...I just got my new Deadwood DVD's and I am in Heaven. I hope you caught the series, but if you didn't check it out as they are replaying it on HBO.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-72083771646894781052008-07-09T17:32:00.000-07:002008-07-09T17:32:00.000-07:00Yeah but in live, almost everyone always does the ...Yeah but in live, almost everyone always does the wrong thing even when they are trying to do the right thing. That's how life is most of the time.<BR/><BR/>Most westerns don't really have a lot of pussies in them. More often than not the townspeople want to get into it or join a posse. It's law enforcement that tries to tame it down and not let it get out of hand. More often than not the townspeople just want to hang somebody and the marshall has to stop it.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-23577008180130388602008-07-09T17:10:00.000-07:002008-07-09T17:10:00.000-07:00Actually, I have that problem with a lot of wester...Actually, I have that problem with a lot of westerns, but High Noon in particular: How is a western frontier town populated entirely by pussies?<BR/><BR/>In Ox-Bow, nobody does the right thing, actually, so it makes a bad example for these purposes.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I just saw <I>Trumbo</I>, and will review shortly.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-68988837246075783972008-07-09T09:35:00.000-07:002008-07-09T09:35:00.000-07:00Calling High Noon a great western is like calling ...Calling High Noon a great western is like calling Buggsy Malone a great gangster movie.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-86337191267508454352008-07-09T09:34:00.000-07:002008-07-09T09:34:00.000-07:00High Noon is one of my least favorite westerns bec...High Noon is one of my least favorite westerns because it just isn't real. The fact of the matter is that vigilante justice was a big problem in the old west. Most of the pioneers were former army members or hunters and just really violent men who weren't afraid to mix it up. What was more true to life was what actually happened in Northfield Minnesota when the James Gang tried to rob the bank. The citizens of the town who were law abiding dull "square heads" all ran and grabbed their guns and shot the shit out of the robbers who thought they could do what they wanted. They shot them full of holes and effectively ended the career of the James gang. A great recreation is in the movie the Long Riders where you see the aftermath of what happens when the citizens get involved.<BR/><BR/>High Noon is a McCarthyite allegory where the liberal writer whose name escapes me, (Foreman) and the producer/director want to stick it to the conservatives. A more realistic and moving Western that addresses these issues in a more historical manner is the great movie The Oxbow Incident with Henry Fonda part of a posse that becomes a lynch mob. It is true to what really happened in the old west while preaching to the liberal choir with an anti-death penalty thread that is a lot more effective than any Sean Penn/Susan Saradon screed. <BR/><BR/>I just hate it when people cite High Noon as a good western when it is really namby pamby commie liberal bullshit in a cowboy hat. Jeeeez.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.com