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Forum Topic: Are Westerns a dying genre?

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ngman7

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It seems like they don't make western-style films anymore. Is there a reason for that?

I think the last good western I recall seeing was Posse.


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Any reasonable movie nowadays is a remake of an older movie or just a movie version of something like a comic book. Westerns are around, but few and far between, not particularly good either.


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Because only gay people like cowboys now.

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ummmmmmmmm 3:10 to yuma..great movie (western)

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Does "There Will Be Blood" count?

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At 6/26/08 12:41 AM, GoForthAndDie wrote: Does "There Will Be Blood" count?

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Every movie today is a ripoff of a ripoff of a remake of a sequel of a classic, or a movie made from a popular book/comic book/video game/TV show. No exceptions.

But seriously, the current trend in the movie industry is toward movies based on popular comic books or similar superhero-based stuff, not based on the stories of the Wild West. Iron Man? The new Hulk movie? Yet another Batman? Ah well, better than ghetto movies glorifying gang-related violence and crime.

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At 6/26/08 12:39 AM, SymbolCymbal wrote: ummmmmmmmm 3:10 to yuma..great movie (western)

yeah, that was one of the best ones. And what about No Country for Old Men? Maybe it wasn't cowboys but it seemed westernish

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At 6/26/08 12:47 AM, KittyKrew-Moderator wrote:
But seriously, the current trend in the movie industry is toward movies based on popular comic books or similar superhero-based stuff,

I can remember when animated films were all the rage.


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I'm sure they'll start making them again. They may have overdone it in the 60s.

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I always thought of it as a sub-genre for action movies. There's a whole encore channel for them.

I believe the mob movies are the next westerns

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too many action films take place in new york.

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no they are not a dying genre

they are a dead genre


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Oh, by the way, a banned man on AIM says to tell you that No Country for Old Men is a recent Western. He'd post it here himself, but... Like I said, he's currently banned from BBS posting.

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At 6/26/08 01:10 AM, KittyKrew-Moderator wrote: Oh, by the way, a banned man on AIM says to tell you that No Country for Old Men is a recent Western. He'd post it here himself, but... Like I said, he's currently banned from BBS posting.

When did Deadwood come out?


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Oh god, I fucking hope so.


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Westerns are everywhere.

They aren't just cowboys, it's a general style of animation. Simple dialogue or something, stuff like that.

Star Wars for example was a western if I'm not mistaken.

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At 6/26/08 01:52 AM, JackPhantasm wrote: Westerns are everywhere.

They aren't just cowboys, it's a general style of animation. Simple dialogue or something, stuff like that.

Star Wars for example was a western if I'm not mistaken.

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