Western Genre Fan Appreciation

[Vibranium]

The Guns of Will Sonnett is a really good tv show, it kind of feels like a samurai tv show.

I always felt "Have Gun, Will Travel" was like that as well

[Inkthinker]

The film version of Appaloosa is a damn near perfect adaptation of the novel. If you enjoyed it, there's three sequel novels that carry the story forward.

[Ood Omega]

Finally got time to watch Hang 'Em High, don't know why I waited so long to watch it. This movie has alot going for it. Lots of action right from the beginning and it does a good job at keeping that pace (or at least keeping me interested). Marshal Cooper is easily one of Eastwood's coolest roles! Was that Dennis Hopper who played the crazed prisoner that was chained up and gets shot? The casting in this movie is phenomenal, so many good actors. Just about everything about this movie is on-point; from the writing to the cinematography, the direction, even the score.

the True Grit remake was very good IMO

Unforgiven, Silverado, and Tombstone are pretty awesome films

Loved Unforgiven! Gene Hackman was great in that movie.

There was a western horror movie that came out a few years ago called The Burrowers that wasn't too bad.

I watched this on Fearnet awhile back and really enjoyed it. The design of the Burrowers creatures was super creepy and they could do a modern sequel easily.

Speaking of Western/Horror genre mash-ups or the Weird West as its officially called, there is another film Fearnet played called Dead Birds. A group of thieves who after a robbery seek shelter for the night at an abandoned mansion on a plantation. The house and its supernatural residents start picking the thieves off one-by-one. Its a really good horror movie and as a period piece its also on-point.

[Simbob4000]

Falling into that category of not quite being a western, crime, or horror movie, kind of like No Country for Old Men does, is: The Killer Inside Me.

[Ood Omega]

Just watched Cowboys & Aliens, gotta love the Weird West sub-genre. Thought it was pretty well cast especially the supporting characters and Daniel Craig did a good job with the accent. The time period aspect was very well done and as a result the spaceships and aliens didn't seem too far out of place. I am definitely interested in checking out the comic. Has anyone read it? Is it worth checking out?

[RoyalTailor]

Just watched Cowboys & Aliens, gotta love the Weird West sub-genre. Thought it was pretty well cast especially the supporting characters and Daniel Craig did a good job with the accent. The time period aspect was very well done and as a result the spaceships and aliens didn't seem too far out of place. I am definitely interested in checking out the comic. Has anyone read it? Is it worth checking out?

I've only read the first issue of the Cowboys and Aliens comic and it was pretty good but I think the movie was a million times better. I loved it. In terms of a modern Western movie which are lacking these days I liked it FAR better than True Grit. Another thing that is lacking these days in good Westerns is Cowboy video games which is why I'm excited about this: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennifer...ricones-sound/

[Vibranium]

so yesterday as I was chilling, a favorite TV movie came on

The Gambler:Luck of the Draw...which was the 4th in the Gambler TV films starring Kenny Rogers as Brady Hawkes, a professional gambler but this film is unique as it has appearances by a number of characters from Western themed tv shows throughout the years...from Chuck Connors "The Rifleman", to Gene Barry "Bat Masterson", and James Drury and Doug McClure from "The Virginian"

it was really cool because I grew up watching reruns of those shows with my great uncle (who was a big western fan)