144257, this reminds me of a little rant i once had. Posted by ricky_BUTLER, Mon Jan-23-06 03:48 PM
>Tresvantsyism killed the western as we know it. > >Let's say Hollywood actually decided to start making Westerns >again... who could they cast? Mark Ruffalo in a re-make of >Fistful of Dollars? Orlando Bloom as Shane? This reminds me of >that post about James Bond no longer having chest hair... it >all ties into the same thing. The "ideal man" is an ever >changing thing, and these days, he tends to prefer spooning, >eating Yoplait, and watching Rob Reiner movies in the dark to, >you know, shooting first and asking questions later.
speaking of remakes, i've wanted to see a Run Man Run remake for a while. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062825/
>I could honestly see Westerns making a comeback very soon, >especially with the Git-R-Done political mindscape that seems >to have a huge chunk of this country on lock. But I can't >think of too many actors who could really pull it off.
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