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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Thats just crazy talk, I was referring to sixties styling you uncouth fellow. I must of seen every sixties spaghetti western imaginable, all top notch entertainment, everyone of them.
I'm not a fellow, sister.

"Spaghetti westerns" are one thing. Italian directors like Sergio Leone left a strong legacy of the cheap but good western movie. This is where Clint Eastwood made his mark.

But westerns on TV are quite another thing. Nothing "spaghetti" about them, unless you watch them while eating a reheated can of Spaghetti-O's.


Originally posted by Suzianne
I'm not a fellow, sister.

"Spaghetti westerns" are one thing. Italian directors like Sergio Leone left a strong legacy of the cheap but good western movie. This is where Clint Eastwood made his mark.

But westerns on TV are quite another thing. Nothing "spaghetti" about them, unless you watch them while eating a reheated can of Spaghetti-O's.
There are not a few excellent TV westerns, Bonanza, Kung Fu (not a typical Western but the same kind of genre), Alias Smith and Jones all top notch entertainment!! Spaghetti 'O's don't you mean Spaghetti hoops you uncouth colonial?



Originally posted by robbie carrobie
There are not a few excellent TV westerns, Bonanza, Kung Fu (not a typical Western but the same kind of genre), Alias Smith and Jones all top notch entertainment!! Spaghetti 'O's don't you mean Spaghetti hoops you uncouth colonial?
The best spaghetti western has got to be "Once Upon a Time in the West".

Charles Bronson with his harmonica .... classic !!

I believe the movie got a Best Picture Oscar.


Originally posted by mghrn55
The best spaghetti western has got to be "Once Upon a Time in the West".

Charles Bronson with his harmonica .... classic !!

I believe the movie got a Best Picture Oscar.
yes its classic, especially the rail yard scene, 'you brought two horses too many.' 😀

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This confirms my suspicion all along that SW are children's films. Lucas' best work was THX 1138, imo.

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Originally posted by mghrn55
The best spaghetti western has got to be "Once Upon a Time in the West".

Charles Bronson with his harmonica .... classic !!

I believe the movie got a Best Picture Oscar.
It won some awards in Europe, but not an Oscar. It is one of the few Westerns with a real part for a woman, not merely as a tag-along to the gun-slinger.

The role of the ice-cold bad guy was quite a departure for Henry Fonda; it startled some audiences at the time.

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In other words, they're films for everyone!

We love them!


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I don't really count myself as a consumer of sc-fi - hence my failure to watch any Star Wars films (and despite my devotion to the Start Trek franchise) - but I must admit that I have started to dabble in TV sc-fi of late and have been getting some entertainment out of newish stuff - Revolution, Dark Matter, Killjoys - Firefly (admittedly, some years ago) - Almost Human - Minority Report (TV version) - Humans - Limitless - The 100 - Defiance...


Originally posted by FMF
I don't really count myself as a consumer of sc-fi - hence my failure to watch any Star Wars films (and despite my devotion to the Start Trek franchise) - but I must admit that I have started to dabble in TV sc-fi of late and have been getting some entertainment out of newish stuff - Revolution, Dark Matter, Killjoys - Firefly (admittedly, some years ago) - Almost Human - Minority Report (TV version) - Humans - Limitless - The 100 - Defiance...
Not a consumer of sci-fi.......dude.....you watch more sci-fi than sci-fi geeks!


Originally posted by radioactive69
Not a consumer of sci-fi.......dude.....you watch more sci-fi than sci-fi geeks!
I've gone from watching scarcely anything ... to being content to graze on chips watching low budget soap operas in space with leather pants and sparks coming out of consoles in every episode.


Originally posted by FMF
I've gone from watching scarcely anything ... to being content to graze on chips watching low budget soap operas in space with leather pants and sparks coming out of consoles in every episode.
You don't need the leather pants to watch them. Just put on a pair of trackies and relax.


Originally posted by radioactive69
You don't need the leather pants to watch them. Just put on a pair of trackies and relax.
If I'm sure my house is secure, all my owls and gerbils are bedded down, and I'm not all out of sofa shampoo, I see no reason to wear anything.

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Originally posted by FMF
... I see no reason to wear anything.
Your neighbors might, so draw the curtains.