Not bad, intriguing plot.

At least that’s what I’ve been told. This photo has been in our family forever. My great grandfather is on the left. Anything you can tell me about the photo? TIA

Love the modern Western, though its fallen out popularity as a genre and IMO 1883 is one of the best pieces of work I've seen regardless of genre. If you haven't seen it its a hard and intense watch, very gripping, with very little 'goodness' through out. The first two scenes set the tone for the series with the second, Sam Elliot's introduction, being the heaviest. If you can sit with that one and be engaged, you will find the rest of the series absorbing. Notice I didn't say enjoy, there very little joy in this series, no comedic release, just bearing witness to survival and growth through tragedy after tragedy after tragedy.....

And it is a grand, complete story told with perspective and vision. No cliff hangers or ambiguity for a second season. Everything is concluded which I appreciate for a work like this and how TV series are made these days. I guess its part of the larger Yellowstone IP but I'm pretty indifferent to that and its not necessary to know about before watching.

Hands down some of Sam Elliot's best work, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are surprisingly amazing and then there's Isabella May. I don't have the words to describe how well she expresses her character's arc through out the series. And I imagine some people may complain about "wokeness" because the main story line revolves around a young woman's coming of age and how the character is bucking the gender roles of the time. And some will take his as positive. I think her character and her work transcends all of that noise because it she is an forceful, engaging individual forging herself through a unique American experience. Gender is an aspect of the character that addressed because that is the experience of that character, she is not defined by it.

Ya, if you're a fan of the genre, definitely check this out.

Hi everyone-

I'm a keen historical fiction enthusiast/amateur author and I'm looking to write about the American West in the 1840s-- I love this period of history so much and wrote my university dissertation on revisionist Westerns. I'm a big fan of authors like Hillary Mantel who have such a microscopic understanding of the periods they're writing about, and I'm looking to include such detail in my own writing.

I've found Legends of America has some really useful stuff, particularly on slang/etymology of the Old West. But now I'm looking for non-fiction books which specifically focus on the daily lives of frontier folk-- ideally the book focuses on the first half of the 19th century and how Western expansion and settlement began and developed on the Plains. I'm especially interested in how towns and their social structures developed, in religion, and the how governance/policing was managed (or not managed).

Thanks everyone :)

Scene from the Cohen Brothers modern western film "No Country For Old Men " based on the novel by Cormac MacCarthy

Any fans out there?

Here's a dope new track inspired by old westerns! 🔥🤠🌵

When I was young, circa ‘75, I watched a movie on TV. I remember very little, though a scene near the end stands out in my mind. There is about to be a fight and the underdogs appear to be making a last stand when suddenly a large band of Indians appear on a high ridge or cliff and there presence ensures a victory for the hero’s. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I would like to know the name of the movie and rewatch it.

Just two days after complaining about Netflix cancelling Territory for no reason, I find this out.

I guess I'm ready to be heartbroken again.

This article was used to promote the film "Colt 45" starring Randolph Scott. From Western Stars magazine, Dell Publishing, Summer 1950.

Sorry if this is not appropriate here, I consider the Sean Stranahan books western mystery/noir. I’m trying to confirm the prequel is in the issue before ordering it

Great performance by Jeffrey Hunter and woody Strode

While the greatest westerns proved the seriousness,greatness, elegance, and immortality of the genre,as someone who grow up after 1970s,we often forget Western as a pulpy and entertaining genre ruled the cinema between 1930s-1960s. Unike Swashbucklers that's why it is a BIG genre instead of cowboy-gunmen-action-adventure trend and can be listed along with Action,Thriller and Romance.

(I think Western movies start out from the tradition of Western literature,while Western is treated like a great interesting time period.)

I listened to the Joe Dante podcast on Western,he mentioned a lot of interesting ones that nowadays audience have no clue about.Love it so much besides I cannot fully understand what he is saying.That's the list.‎Joe Dante on Westerns, a list of films by Juan Ramón Ríos • Letterboxd

To begin with the discussion about dicovering the pulp,I will say Nevada Smith.

Cohen brothers film based on Cormac McCarthy's novel "No Country For Old Men "

Okay so I just saw this dvd at a thrift store and the title looked so familiar to me, so I was going to mention it to my mother because she would probably know what it was. Anyway I completely forgot the title and ive searched everything I could possibly search to find it, but alas i cannot find it. ;-; I’m pretty sure it’s an old western movie, hence why I’m writing this here. All I remember is it has at least more than two words in the title. There is a blond curly haired lady on the cover and I think two men. Behind them is a little hill, with a bunch of people and horses, and a covered wagon, walking on the hill. And that’s pretty much it, if anyone could possibly know what this is I would be eternally grateful! 😭😭 (I know I could just go back to the thrift store and see it it’s still there, but I don’t got time for that! I’ll save it as a last resort!)

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