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| Cowboys, Indians, Aliens, but no Dinosaurs |
| 2008-06-16 |
| Robert Downey Jr. is in negotiations to star in DreamWorks/Universal's "Cowboys & Aliens," a pulpy mix of the sci-fi and Western genres that could serve as a potential 2010 tentpole. "Cowboys & Aliens" derives from a graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley from an original idea by Rosenberg. The story centers on an Old West battle between the Apache and Western settlers, including a former Union Army gunslinger named Zeke Jackson (Downey), that is interrupted by a spaceship crashing into the prairie near Silver City, Ariz. The story draws a parallel between the American imperialist drive to conquer the "savage" Indians with its advanced technology and the aliens' assault on Earthlings, who must join together to survive the invaders' attack. I think I'll wait for the live action version of Heavy Metal's Tex Arcana comic. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #16 Nothing beats "Invaders from Mars"....or "Them"...for that matter... |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2008-06-16 23:38 |
| #15 Gaaawd, almost 20 years later and PENN STATE INTEL-PYWAR - you know, the Mafia - is still going thru wid this flick??? SHARON STONE > YOU'RE A BAD BAD GERMAN...AND A NAUGHTY NAUGHTY NASTY BOY [Monty's Python LIFE OF BRIAN]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-16 20:34 |
| #14 The Valley of Gwangi is an excellent movie, available on DVD. One should try to find "NIGHT OF THE COOTERS" H.G. Wells' Martians make the mistake of landing in Texas. Due to the action taking place in Texas it is a SHORT story. "Night of the Cooters" by Howard Waldrop is in War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (Kevin J. Anderson, ed.). I have this book but haven't read it yet. (I thought you were kidding with the title, Bruce, but looked through the book to see if there was an equivalent, and -- har!) |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2008-06-16 19:47 |
| #13 One should try to find "NIGHT OF THE COOTERS" H.G. Wells' Martians make the mistake of landing in Texas. Due to the action taking place in Texas it is a SHORT story. |
| Posted by: bruce 2008-06-16 18:48 |
| #12 Actually I mean the state worshipping religion and it's prophet Marx. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-06-16 18:21 |
| #11 Barbara, I figured he meant communism. Actually, Hollywood will never attack either communism or Islam. Islam, because they are afraid of getting their heads cut off. Communism, for the same reason that I would never make a film attacking Catholicism: you don't make a film attacking the religion you practice. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-06-16 18:08 |
| #10 Must be communism, R-C - Islam has killed a whole lot more than that. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-06-16 16:35 |
| #9 BP, are you talking about Communism or Islam? |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-06-16 16:14 |
| #8 How's about a movie about a political ideology that's killed 100 million? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-06-16 14:55 |
| #7 Harry Turtledove did it better. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-06-16 13:09 |
| #6 Icerigger: You are probably thinking of Zone Troopers. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092298/ |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-06-16 12:49 |
| #5 Wasn't there also a cowboys and dinosaurs movie, with a stop-motion T-rex eating ranch-hands right out of the saddle? [races off to IMDB] The Valley of Gwangi. IIRC, it wasn't half bad. Ray Harryhausen animated the dinosaur. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-06-16 12:14 |
| #4 Or you can wait a couple a weeks, until I'll be taking pre-orders for the Adelsverein Trilogy - a gripping and dramatic saga about the German settlements on the 19th century Texas frontier. It has operatic levels of practically everything - true love, war, sudden murder, revenge, stolen children... and cattle drives. It will be officially launched December 10, all three volumes, but pre-orders will be delivered just before that date. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2008-06-16 12:05 |
| #3 There was a WWII USA vs Germans alien movie. Can't think of what the name was but I clearly remember seeing it in a rental store. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-06-16 11:57 |
| #2 Laaaaaaame. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-06-16 11:44 |
| #1 I've got to clean the blinds the day this is showing. And clean them for however many days it |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-06-16 11:39 |