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<blockquote data-quote="synecdoche" data-source="post: 1696452" data-attributes="member: 11977">Heh heh, I am writing my MA thesis on Westerns (five Wyatt Earp films, to be exact).&nbsp; The Western's big decline did come in the 70's.&nbsp; You see several Westerns used as counter-culture films, either by dissecting the genre as an expression of American imperialism (ie Vietnam).&nbsp; The Western cowboy became sort of synonymous with America (not that it hadn't been before) and so this symbol of the American cowboy sherrif globo-cop was not very popular for a few years.&nbsp; That said, occasionally you see little bursts when the genre seems to be &quot;coming back&quot; and entertainment magazines will publish articles with titles such as &quot;THE RETURN OF THE WESTERN.&quot;&nbsp; The best recent one was in the early 1990s, with Unforgiven, Tombstone, and Wyatt Earp, which produced two excellent films.&nbsp; I do remember a few years back when there were a number of Westerns released involving current young actors (there was one about the James gang, and another called, I think, Texas Rangers).&nbsp; More recently we had Open Range, which was very interesting to me because it was in many ways a return to the old fashioned Western.&nbsp; Anyway, to me, they are still very cool. and I hope to pick up Sidewinder (makes note of the above plug).&nbsp; Side note: Alzarius, we're from the same generation, and I felt the same way until I watched Tombstone, and then Unforgiven.&nbsp; This led me back to some of the classics, and I haven't looked back.&nbsp; If you're interested at ALL in the genre, check out those two, as well as the so-called &quot;man with no name&quot; trilogy, and The Wild Bunch.&nbsp; Then, check out some of the older films.&nbsp; High Noon is truly an amazing piece of work.&nbsp; Maybe not as action-oriented as He-Man and Transformers, but they can be just as much fun.&nbsp; Plus they can be a great source of plots for gaming. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="synecdoche, post: 1696452, member: 11977"] Heh heh, I am writing my MA thesis on Westerns (five Wyatt Earp films, to be exact). The Western's big decline did come in the 70's. You see several Westerns used as counter-culture films, either by dissecting the genre as an expression of American imperialism (ie Vietnam). The Western cowboy became sort of synonymous with America (not that it hadn't been before) and so this symbol of the American cowboy sherrif globo-cop was not very popular for a few years. That said, occasionally you see little bursts when the genre seems to be "coming back" and entertainment magazines will publish articles with titles such as "THE RETURN OF THE WESTERN." The best recent one was in the early 1990s, with Unforgiven, Tombstone, and Wyatt Earp, which produced two excellent films. I do remember a few years back when there were a number of Westerns released involving current young actors (there was one about the James gang, and another called, I think, Texas Rangers). More recently we had Open Range, which was very interesting to me because it was in many ways a return to the old fashioned Western. Anyway, to me, they are still very cool. and I hope to pick up Sidewinder (makes note of the above plug). Side note: Alzarius, we're from the same generation, and I felt the same way until I watched Tombstone, and then Unforgiven. This led me back to some of the classics, and I haven't looked back. If you're interested at ALL in the genre, check out those two, as well as the so-called "man with no name" trilogy, and The Wild Bunch. Then, check out some of the older films. High Noon is truly an amazing piece of work. Maybe not as action-oriented as He-Man and Transformers, but they can be just as much fun. Plus they can be a great source of plots for gaming. ;) [/QUOTE]

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