The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)

From Wiki- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold is a 1958 American Western film in Eastmancolor released by United Artists. The second of two theatrical features specifically based on and continuing the TV show The Lone Ranger it stars Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, reprising their roles from the TV series.^[1][2] The first feature film was 1956's The Lone Ranger. No further films based on this specific version of the characters were made after this one.^[3] back to me:

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Wow, I do not have a lot of labels for this sort of thing.

Curse Of the Undead (Trailer, 1959)

                  Sorry, I am not in the mood to watch this one again.  It isn't bad, but...

641. Directed by (the great) Jack Arnold - book review!

                        Jack Arnold was such a great director, and I am glad this book exists to see he gets his due.

560. Death Rides a Horse (1967) in review!

             This is the first time I have ever seen this movie.  This sort of experience gets rarer as a person gets to be of a certain vintage.

Death Rides a Horse (1967)

From Wiki- Death Rides a Horse (Italian: Da uomo a uomo, lit. 'From man to man') is a 1967 Italian spaghetti Western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law.  Back to me: This starts out as a typical revenge western, but Lee Van Cleef steals the show.  I will be reviewing this sometime in the near future, so I would check it out if you want a good movie to watch.  It is available on the Internet Archive.

536. Two Gun Kid #89 is too-fun kid!

              and now for something completely different... a Marvel Western comic book review!

484. That Hollow Mountain has a Beast in it!

        This is the first cowboys vs a dinosaur movie that was unleashed on the big screen.  It is a sentimental favorite of mine.

Beastly Ads!

 I really enjoy this movie, and this ad is pretty darn cool.  More tomorrow!

Yvonne De Carlo--Clancy Lowered the Boom

            

Wild Wild West 1065-1969

 

From Wiki- The Wild Wild West told the story of two Secret Service agents: the fearless and handsome James West (played by Robert Conrad), and Artemus Gordon (played by Ross Martin), a brilliant gadgeteer and master of disguise. Their mission was to protect President Ulysses S. Grant and the United States from all manner of dangerous threats. The agents traveled in luxury aboard their own train, the Wanderer, equipped with everything from a stable car to a laboratory.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962

Mostly from Wiki- Sometime in the early 20th century, U.S. Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard and his wife, Hallie, arrive in Shinbone, a frontier town in an unnamed western state, to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon. When asked by the local newspaper editor why a senator would attend the funeral of a poor rancher, Stoddard answers with a story that flashes back 25 years.  The whole story then shows how big ol' bully Liberty Valance gets his just rewards and how the legend of the man who shot said bully begins.

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

Two Gun Kid 89 (Sept, 1967)

 

As a rule, I was never into westerns too much.  Not movies, books or even comic books.  I would read the comic books, especially the Marvel ones, since Stan tried to interject some of his soap opera writing in there, but there was always a rotating cast for most of the stories.  Except the Two-Gun Kid.  He was not a misidentified outlaw, like the other two rannies pictured on the cover.  He also had the obligatory secret identity.  This is the story of how Two-Gun met Rawhide and Colt for the firs time.  Naturally, it involves a misunderstanding, but none of our heroes fight each other.  It is a good little story and the badguy confesses to Two-Gun.  All this in only 17 pages!

The "Legend" of the Lone Ranger (1981)

How does Hollywood screw this up?  It's a great concept and they still turned it into a stinker.  It could have been great.  I have been a fan of the Ranger since as long as I can remember- possibly the third hero I ever discovered, after Batman and Spider-man.  I had watched a lot of the original series, though early on I did not know of his origin or the two serials.  I loved Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.  So when this movie was released I wanted to see it. 

The Great Taos Bank Robbery (and other true stories of the southwest)

This is a book my sister wanted me to read.  I'm two stories in and it's well written and so far quite humorous.  The book was originally published in 1973 and contains nine stories and author's notes, all in 173 pages.  The tales range from one page to about thirty.  I've not read any books by Tony Hillerman, but he's a family favorite.    There might actually be more stories, as I see there are a few subtitles after the larger titles.  I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the book.

Curse of the Undead (1959)

 

This was just on Svengoolie last night.  I had seen it many years ago, back on KWGN Channel 2.  There was no description in the TV Guide, or perhaps it said "Horror" or "Drama".  TV Guides were not always sure about what genre of movies that were being aired back then.  So it was a surprise to see a vampire walking around in the Old West.  He was also a fast draw as well.  He's sort of an anti hero here, since he wants to help the woman against the evil human, but then he keeps biting her.  I didn't remember much about it for years, aside from the final shootout.  Spoilers-

a Wild Wild Book

 

I got this a couple years ago, I think.  I then had to purchase the entire series on DVD so I could watch while I read the book.  It's been worth it, as this book just adds to the excellence that is the series.  I had the first season on DVD several years ago, when it first came out, but since the whole run is available for about half the price, I jumped on that deal.  I got both book and DVD set on Amazon.

Stronger vs Titan

OK, this is such a great series, I have to finish watching it soon. It's great that someone subtitled it. Obviously this scene was influenced by the spaghetti western genre, right down to the music. It's pretty cool to see Stronger riding a horse.

Firefly (2002)

OK, so I'm 11 years late to this party.  or maybe not.  I like Joss Whedon, watched all of BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and all of ANGEL, even those damn confusing parts with Cordelia toward the end (really, what the hell was that?) and greatly enjoyed THE AVEMGERS.

but I hadn't watched this or any of his other shows when they aired.  there's so much genre stuff to watch now that it's hard to keep track of everything, much less watch it.  so I skipped this.  of course, I saw there was a movie made to wrap up some things, and then have talked to fans of the show. 

still, I never thought I needed to watch it.

Best of the West / Johnny West

my brother had a TON of these toys. horses, dolls and all the other fun stuff. I never played with them much, aside from making them battle my Mego heroes as giant villains. I don't know how many of these toys there were, but it seemed like a lot.