Why do the people in the (old) westerns, 50s-60's
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I agree. I never understood it either. What if you come upon water now you have nothing to put it in.I think it is just drama...............................Like saying I am about done and now I am going on guts alone, but its dumb.
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It's in the script. 6 -
or they go into a saloon after a long ride in the sun and ask for whiskey....and how come the star of the western TV shows only owns one shirt and vest, including Ben Cartwright who has tons of money.. 0 -
What percentage of throw away extras get gut shot and are able to commit suicide rather then suffer the Dante's inferno meets book of job meets revelations ground hot day horror that in connected with being gut shot - and every one of them wants a drink of water...
Bad memes and bad movies.
Mike
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How many times has Matt Dillon been shot in the left shoulder? 0 -
And they hardly ever reload. 0 -
Best I can find , Matt got shot a total of 56 times of which I think the left shoulder was a favorite target . He also shot /wounded/killed around 407 folks over the years . Winningest gunfighter in history !
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Deep breaths. They are just movies.
Deep breaths.
In, out. In, out.
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don't know why but I never saw one ask the bartender for a lite beer either................... 3 -
Well maybe one time a glass of milk or a sasparilla or a grape knee high - with of course poor responses from such tap pullers and shot pourers - you owe me $5 for the who're and $5 for the whiskey...
Riders of the purple sage and wearers of the purple weal (who was that masked man???)
Mike
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When I take a look at those old westerns today what I notice most is how BAD the acting was!! 0 -
I still can't get enough of them... 9 -
Many times the revolver used has no front sight and it drives my wife nuts......because I am pointing it out.What caliber are those dinky little cartridges in the loops on Matt Dillon's gun belt in the later shows ?No way they are .45 Colt.Why does Steve McQueen (Wanted:Dead Or Alive) lug around that heavy belt full of .45-70 rounds when he has no use for them ?
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Yes, yes, but it makes me wonder why it is in the scripts. Hell I would be a hore picking up all those Colts and Winnys that were left laying. Plus, you can't have to many canteens.KenK/84Bravo said:Deep breaths. They are just movies.
Deep breaths.
In, out. In, out.
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My latest, was watching "Where Eagles Dare."
Clint Eastwood was dispatching German Soldiers left and right with his Supressed firearm.
Later in the movie, when it became critical, he was sneaking up on a German Radio Operator with a Knife. (WTH?) After the German heard him and sounded the alarm, Richard Burton shot him from across the room with the same suppressed firearm.
Okay...............................yeah, that makes sense.
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I've got some of them canteens and guns that they left in the desert.
Some of them old Winchesters and Henrys would still shoot straight for 300 yards after being thrown into rocks and dirt. Some of them lead bullets really make a loud ricochet sound after hitting wood and them 1 inch thick rotten boards will stop a bullet fast. Lots of Indains (redskins) got shot from their horses but no horses ever got hit with a bullet.
Looks kinda like Biden will be asking for my old rusty guns and canteens soon if things don't change. (the guns and canteens were empty when I found them, did not find any saddles)they always carried their saddles with them until death.
If he wants my other guns I'll give them my bullets first. (Matt had the right idea)
They hung horse stealers in them days. (method of transportation to get to work) Why don't they hang car thieves now days?0 -
I always enjoyed watching The Rifleman just to see Chuck Connors rapid fire his Winchester from the hip. He admitted that it had been modified so as to pull the trigger every time the lever came back. That's OK; 'Make it talk while the bad guys drop!' 0 -
On "The Rifleman"- little time travel paradox. Show was set in the 1880s. Rifle used was a Winchester Mdl 1892. Whoops! 0 -
Aw come on, throwing away the canteen underscores that they are out of water. They do it for the slower members of the audience who probably won't understand why they threw away the canteen. Back then, Colt SAA's only cost about $30, why carry all that extra weight around when the movie armorer will come pick it up anyway. 0 -
most of the "bad guys" died no matter where they were shot and some movies no blood was even lost after being hit several times a bit of a twist or make some last statement the fall over with a little drama dead . now if its a good guy being shot even multiple times there 99% likely to live and have a nice looking gal nurse them back to fight another day .
a pistol can shoot some one a 100 yards off while both are on horseback on a full run but a rifle 20 feet away and they miss
and some how the other fellow always knows when his foe is out of bullets by hearing the gun hammer fall no matter the distance . then the gun is always throw at them in a last ditch effort .
and like early versions of the a team and sheet metal LOL any piece of wood was bullet proof unless it was more dramatic to see holes punching thru the wall but never hit any one .
I truly like the westerns and even but I also know just enjoy the show don't try and make any of the gun battles fit into real life
no matter how good some one is with so many shooting at them seems like dozens in some shows a stray or lucky shot is going to get them3 -
Those empty canteens are heavy out in the desert. Also the empty canteens are mockery of what used to contain only to remind and play head games.
"Good Guys" don't pick from the dead. Like Samurai movies (A.K.A. Japanese Westerns) only low life scums go through the dead.Only thing holding Matt Dillon's shoulder (I reckon it's burger) is the shirt or all the remnants of shirts in the wound.
As for Steve McQueen's "Wanted: Dead Or Alive" lugging around that heavy belt full of .45-70. He's looking for the day he gets back the rifle for those cartridges some low life took from him.
I thought The Rifleman's rifle had that screw that touched off the trigger as the loop slammed home.
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Listen Up Pilgrim !“What’s the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you get experience? Wrong decisions.”...“Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.” ...“Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.” – John Wayne0 -
Never understood why they threw away their guns when they ran out of ammo either. 3 -
Why was every barn or stable building constructed of vertical boards spaced at least a half inch apart? 0 -
Movies need real people as editors/advisors why do they make the music so loud you can't hear the people talking? Why do they bother to film sections you can't see it's so dark? A zillion stupid things in movies. Why do the victims always go in the haunted house? 0 -
Lumber shortage, plus it lets the wind blow through, green font.truthful said:Why was every barn or stable building constructed of vertical boards spaced at least a half inch apart?
Still love all those westerns, really do. Todays "movies" have all special effects, LOUD noise and just to me not worth the time and money, plus I am still boycotting Hooly-weird people.0 -
Sam, I dunno how many times old Dillon got shot in the left shoulder. What I do know, is that I was shot in my right one, and it sure wasn't like on TV! (Ya don't fix those with a bandanna.) 0 -
Half inch gaps in wood siding, most likely put up green then dried out, shrunk. 0 -
ChrisStreett said:Sam, I dunno how many times old Dillon got shot in the left shoulder. What I do know, is that I was shot in my right one, and it sure wasn't like on TV! (Ya don't fix those with a bandanna.)
Miss Kitty didn't tend your needs !
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On the TV show Superman, when the bad guy empties his 38 into Superman with no effect, and THROWS the empty gun at him..... why does he duck??? 9
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