Cowboys and Aliens

**Dee Lurpa** · March 9th, 2011, 12:52 PM

Who's excited by this movie coming up this summer?

DL

**saintjon** · March 10th, 2011, 06:15 AM

I will give it a go at some point just to see what they do with Harrison Ford. It looks all right and I know John Favreau is way into it.

**Dee Lurpa** · March 10th, 2011, 08:40 AM

I found a script called Cowboys and Aliens, it has its own Facebook page (called, appropriately, cowboys and aliens screenplay). Here's the link from FB:

http://kvisit.com/Sx7qhAQ

Be interested to know what people think... is this the source material for the graphic novel and film?

dl

**Dee Lurpa** · June 2nd, 2011, 11:02 AM

Saw the trailer on TV the other night. Looks pretty cool.

**Dee Lurpa** · June 10th, 2011, 12:28 PM

and yet more source material - "Wayout West", a comic that came out in 2002.

**Dee Lurpa** · June 14th, 2011, 11:18 AM

Wayout West is here:

http://www.amazon.com/Wayout-West-Tr.../dp/1460970764

**Dee Lurpa** · July 25th, 2011, 10:14 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rev...-review-214687

**Chuffalump** · July 25th, 2011, 01:39 PM

You're pretty keen on this film aren't you?

**Dee Lurpa** · July 25th, 2011, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by Chuffalump

You're pretty keen on this film aren't you?

Well... it's getting a lot of press here in the US but nobody's talking about where the original idea came from.

**martielillycrop** · August 10th, 2011, 02:20 AM

TBH I thought someone was having a larf when I saw this advertised. I suppose with James Bond and Han Solo both in it, it should be good, but I dunno...

Does anyone know if it's set off-Earth (a la Firefly) or in the past (a la the awful High Plains Invaders)? If the latter, surely there'd be something in the history books about it? Or are we talking conspiracy theory here?

**JimF** · August 10th, 2011, 02:37 AM

Originally Posted by martielillycrop

TBH I thought someone was having a larf when I saw this advertised. I suppose with James Bond and Han Solo both in it, it should be good, but I dunno...

Does anyone know if it's set off-Earth (a la Firefly) or in the past (a la the awful High Plains Invaders)? If the latter, surely there'd be something in the history books about it? Or are we talking conspiracy theory here?

It is set in the old west. The characters and the aliens are both fictional. I don't think there is anything inheirently problematic with setting any alien invasion story in the old west over modern day.

It is actually an entertaining action movie, sure there are a couple of eye rolling moments, but I enjoyed the ride.

**Dee Lurpa** · August 10th, 2011, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by JimF

It is set in the old west. The characters and the aliens are both fictional. I don't think there is anything inheirently problematic with setting any alien invasion story in the old west over modern day.

It is actually an entertaining action movie, sure there are a couple of eye rolling moments, but I enjoyed the ride.

Agreed, Jim. Nothing wrong with it at all.

As for the eye-rolling moments... how about the entire notion of a highly advanced, space-faring civilization coming umpteen gazillion miles to mine gold on a planet full of pesky "insects" (since we're told this was their reason for being here, and no other), when all they'd have needed to do was drop in on virtually any uninhabited rocky planet to do so, or even just mine the asteroid belt of this or any other solar system?

When your bad guys don't have a solid premise, you don't have much of a movie.

**JimF** · August 10th, 2011, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Dee Lurpa

Agreed, Jim. Nothing wrong with it at all.

As for the eye-rolling moments... how about the entire notion of a highly advanced, space-faring civilization coming umpteen gazillion miles to mine gold on a planet full of pesky "insects" (since we're told this was their reason for being here, and no other), when all they'd have needed to do was drop in on virtually any uninhabited rocky planet to do so, or even just mine the asteroid belt of this or any other solar system?

When your bad guys don't have a solid premise, you don't have much of a movie.

I agree with that. you need a well motivated villian. Coming here to steal our gold is just a cut above they've come here to steal our water.

**Dee Lurpa** · August 10th, 2011, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by JimF

I agree with that. you need a well motivated villian. Coming here to steal our gold is just a cut above they've come here to steal our water.

And arguably a cut above at that, Jim.

At least the aliens in the original script that I linked to in an earlier post, and from which the graphic novel was shamelessly ripped off, came here to eat people!

**DailyRich** · August 12th, 2011, 12:21 PM

This would have a been a pretty great Western if it hadn't been for all the damn aliens getting in the way. And yeah, the gold thing is stupid, especially considering they could have done it without kidnapping humans at all. I blogged about the film here. In short, great cast let down by a bad script.