Display MoreI regret I wasn't clearer, Batjac. My intent was to underscore that someone was unfamiliar with the Hatfield and McCoy feud. Of course, I'm old enough to have met the original participants.
Thanks for the chance to clear that up.
We deal in lead, friend.
Surely not
I agree that it seems impossible that an adult American hasn't heard of the H&M feud. I have heard of it all my life.
Them's fightin' words, Batjac.
We deal in lead, friend.
Which ones? That it wasn't as good as Lonesome Dove, that I like Costner or that somone adult enough to reply to an article on TV ratings had never heard of the Hatfields and McCoys?
Watched all six hours of it and was pretty impressed. It wasn't Lonesome Dove but it was an interesting six hours with great photography and a good cast. I've always liked Costner.
I was surprised when I went to the link in May2's post and saw responses by people who had never heard of the feud before the miniseries.??????
[quote='The Irish Duke','http://dukewayne.com/bb/index.php?thread/&postID=112064#post112064']The Magnificent Seven Dwarfs is one of the best laughs ive had in ages, I think it's telling that given Dukes been dead 40 years now they've only properly remade one of his movies, with the remake culture now in hollywood I think they would have made far more but they realise that the Duke is the Duke and he's much too individual too recycle the way they seem too with everything else.[/QUOTE
Found this in a response to an article about the possibility of a ne MAG 7 movie. Max Rockatansky Junior writes:
on May 22nd, 2012 at 10:25:50 PM
My secret wish has been fulfilled.
Tom Cruise will get the Yul Brynner role, shave his head, get cancer, become all anorexic and palid and then die.
Display MoreThe problem with your choices some are really too old. Selleck is in his mid 60's, Willis is almost 60, Downy is in his 40's. The rest might work out. I like these men, but just too old to make this movie work.
Maybe we should just get the cast for The Expendables and get them for this movie. We'd get Willis in the deal. Just think about the age. Let's not do this movie.
Didn't they try to do another movie or TV show on this?
CheersHondo
Watched Selleck as Jesse Stone from the Parker "Paradise, Mass" novels last weekend. The only character of the seven that he could pull off now is maybe Harry Luck. If someone wanted to try to remake the 7, and I don't think anyone ever should, they are 15 years too late. Cruise might have played Chico against Willis as Chris and Selleck as Vin in 1995, but now I can't imagine Cruise as Chris or Vin or Chico, and you know he wouldn't accept one of the other four. Overall a bad idea that will produce a bad movie.
Looking forward to seeing this in the $5 bin at Walmart.
I've seen the commercials for Hatfields and McCoys and am really looking forward to it. Good cast, good story basis. If the script and camera work are good this could be great.
