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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Griffon" data-source="post: 736101" data-attributes="member: 9425">An opposing view humbly submittedOK, I admit the martial arts thing as it was done did not belong. It probably was an influence from Brotherhood of the Wolf, but I liked that movie. It was good action-adventure fun. And I think that we have to forgive a little when it comes to WB's obsession with pretty people. Why? Because it lets us look at pretty people! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Tonto's sister was hot!Seriously, though, the Lone Ranger deserves a comeback. It was one of the coolest TV shows ever. I grew up watching reruns of the original series in both B&W and color. I think this version is more acceptable than most modern reworks of classic TV series. Here are a few counterpoints to some of what has been said here in no particular order:Clothing: Actually, I thought the clothing for the most part was fairly good. The people in the background and minor characters had the best "period" wear in the show, but the main characters weren't as far off as you might think either. I believe what you are seeing is the fact that modern styles borrow from the past, especially in the last decade or so. Its a backlash against the absurdity of the eighties. I saw no clothing or set prop that did not exist in the old west. Age: Historically speaking, the main characters in this show are a little too old if anything! A cowboy/gunslinger/etc. in the old west was commonly a teenager or early twenties. Just like our D&D parties of adventurers. A 40 year old was an old man back then. As late as 1900 life expectancy in the US was 48.2 for a male and 51.1 for a female. A 24 year old male had lived half of his lifetime already. An american male's life expectancy didn't break 60 until circa 1940.Superhero?: He** yes! The Lone Ranger is a superhero! Masked hero protecting the innocent and fighting evil. Duh. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> Indian Mysticism: Again, I admit the martial arts thing was a bit bizarre, but I really thought that the Native American mysticism was a good addition to the story. It was never overly hokey or taken over-the-top as is so often done to the supernatural in mainstream TV. Silver as an Indian spirit guide was genius! I think that in 1949 when the original series first aired Native American mysticism and spiritual beliefs were not very widely known about. If they had been, we would have seen more of it in the show. In 1949 very few non-Native Americans could tell you what a "visionquest" was.This is by no means an equal to the original series, but it was a lot better than I expected, and it would make an acceptable series IMHO.You may now throw rocks and vegetables at me...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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