WarrenJ Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Generally speaking, I probably have a few years on you . . . http://objflicks.com/thoseoldwesterns.htm Just the same, you might remember some of these . . . There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved. - Ludwig von Mises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimD Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I lived all of that. The big screen acting, filming, editing, and plots were primitive by 2008 standards but that is what we had. Saturday matinee serial episodes and "Pathe News" (with dramatic two week old film of WWII scenes) was the big deal. Jim Drive your car. Use your cell phone. CHOOSE ONE ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 It seems that the Western as a genre has pretty much run its course. Kids grow up with Transformers and talking books, not cap guns and Tonka trucks, or even Hot Wheels. And, baby dolls that went "waaa" when turned over have given way to Barbie dolls that trot out the dating game to the delight of our five-year-old little girls. Bicycles and doll houses have given way to texting and cell phones. This generation doesn't find romance in the frontiers of our grandfathers. We ARE their grandfathers. They are the digital natives. Consider the most active moviegoers, the age group 14 through 30. They were born between 1978 and 1994. The Viet Nam war was over before they were born. They were between 7 and 22 years old when 9/11 happened. They don't know what a typewriter is, and a clutch pedal has about the same meaning to them as a spark advance lever on the steering wheel has to us. What's a Western Movie to these people? Perhaps about the same as a Renaissance move to us, and they happen about as often -- one every few years. A really good Western, with 21st Century movie-making capabilities, and a script, actors, and execution to match -- a move forward with the best Hollywood has to offer now, not a retro-movie? Perhaps a blockbuster. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Thanks Warren. That was a nice trip down memory lane. It was appreciated. When I was about 10 or 11... I like to have beat myself to death ... learning how to POP a whip like Lash LaRue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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