Its all in the presentation. A hero's death is hard to take when they are killed by a coward.
Posts from SaddleTramp in thread „Duke's Movie Screen Deaths.“
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I agree with everyone else,
The Shootist and The Cowboys,
were sad and memorable scenes.
However, no one as mentioned the Sands Of Iwo Jima.
When watching the film again, we now know what is going to happen,
but I wonder how many of us were as shocked as myself,
when Duke was killed by a sniper!
Sands of Iwo Jima was a shocker but this was war and he died a hero and not by the hand of a coward (Cowboys) or the death wish of a dying gunslinger (The Shootist). In Sands of Iwo Jima aside from his squad and an astranged family he was just another marine who was loved by no one and who,loved no one. Sounds kinda calouse,don't it... -
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Hi
The Shootist was hard to take for many reasons, although as you say he was determined to go out on a high.
The Cowboys was bad because of the way it came about. For many years after Laura Dern was taunted at school by people saying that her father had killed John Wayn.
Regards
Arthur
The Cowboys was the worst for me. It is funny what you said about Laura Dern,I remember a interview with the girl who played Nellie Olson on Little House on the Prarie where she said people would throw stuff at her in parades and other functions because she was so mean to Laura Engels. It is amazing how TV affects our lives and temperement. I can't stand Bruce Dern in anything...You think the "Cowboys" had something to do with that????
