Posts by Peridot

Quote from alamo221

Last nites HGWT episode on WC with Gene Lyons as a gunfighter was sure reminiscent of The Shootist.

IMO Episode in Laredo is superior to The Shootist (don't shoot! don't shoot!) only because the characters and their motivations were better thought out. The flaws in the film came from the script (IMHO).

In The Shootist the three bad guys at the end were cyphers, generic targets. IMO it's more interesting when there is some understanding of the reasons for the conflict. Richard Boone thought so, too. His line, 'That was for Albert,' was his own idea. (I'm paraphrasing the line, I don't have the DVD/BluRay as yet, but it's on my Xmas list.)

Quote from ethanedwards

There is one already, here on Page 2
Classic TV Westerns- Have Gun - Will Travel.

Thanks for the link. I missed it somehow.

More buzz on the HGWT film has John Revolta (Trevolta) starring as Paladin. IMO he's too short and too heavy to carry off the character, not to mention he's balding these days. We need a solid strongly trained actor of much greater stature and talent to carry off the role of Paladin. Revolta had options for ten years and did nothing to move the project forward. There's no news on the Revolta side of the HGWT front. Perhaps his option's expired.

Nathan Fillion could carry off the role. He's physically fit and has the size and presence to be Paladin, not to mention he has the acting chops. In addition, he can ride well. Adam Baldwin could be Paladin as well. At 6'4" he also has the physical presence, not to mention he has the acting talent. Baldwin also happens to have a scar on his face. This could come in handy for a man who portrays Paladin, who is a world-weary type IMO. Richard Boone had a 'rode hard and put up wet' look and Baldwin has a similar look.

What keeps me up at night: a fear that some 'brilliant' Hollywood type will decide the original HGWT concept was a winner and they'll do it that way for some bizarre reason: Paladin as a modern detective. Without all the period detail it won't be a Western at all. *shudder*

Have Gun - Will Travel
Hec Ramsey
Wild Wild West
Cimarron Strip
The High Chaparral
F Troop
Daniel Boone
Branded
Maverick

I don't seem to find a thread in Classic TV for Have Gun - Will Travel. Will it be forthcoming?

Quote from Gorch

Two more that I'd like to see are "Rio Conchos" with Richard Boone, Tony Franciosa, Stuart Whitman, Jim Brown and Edmund O'Brien and "The Deserter" with Slim Pickens, Woody Strode, Pat Wayne and Richard Crenna.
The Fox Movie Channel ran Conchos a couple times but these need to me restored and issued in widescreen.

We deal in lead, friend.

Rio Conchos is available for around $10 on eBay and Amazon.