Cowboys and Aliens (2011)

[Pyan]

Looks interesting...

Sorry about that - YouTube have pulled it due to "multiple copyright infringement issues"

 

[J Riff]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Might make a good doublefeature with The Valley of Gwangi

 

[Dave]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Rednecks & Predators 2012 HD

 

[No One]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Rednecks & Predators 2012 HD

Hahaha!

Hadn't heard about this one (Cowboys & Aliens that is, not Rednecks & Predators). Thanks Pyan.

Whatever the result, it kind of demands to be seen.

 

[Ursa major]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Here's Wiki's page on the film:

Arizona Jones and the Raiders of the B-Ark.
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[Ursa major]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Sorry for the double post; entirely unintentional.

 

[Dave]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

This actually looks good, a stupid title, but now I realise it is Steampunk I'm more interested.

 

[reiver33]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Yeah, I'd go and watch that...

 

[TK-421]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Saw the trailer for it at the cinema before Harry Potter. Not sure what to make of it. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford is a good combo and Daniel looks downright nasty. Heard a few chuckles in the cinema after the trailer ran as well as some "cool!"

Could go either way.

Personnally, I'm stoked for True Grit.

 

[Decker]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

I've read that there's something of a controversy over the source material for this one.

 

[Daisy-Boo]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

What controversy would that be Decker? It sounds interesting. The source is a graphic novel - am I right?

 

[Boneman]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Wow, that was quick - can't watch the trailer anymore!!!

Did see the trailer at the cinema, and I will be going to see the film. (Orl right, I'll own up - I have a cineworld unlimited pass; for £14.99 amonth, I can go and watch four films a day, thirty days a month...)

Not that keen on alien-kills-everyone genre, but the casting intrigues me.

 

[Decker]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

What controversy would that be Decker? It sounds interesting. The source is a graphic novel - am I right?

Well... allegedly. Turns out there's a script by the same name that's been floating around since the late 80s that's very similiar to the GN, but you see the writers' names nowhere on any movie publicity. I found it on Facebook. There's also another prior GN called "Wayout West" that also was originally entitled C&A. That one I found on Amazon.

 

[Pyan]

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(Orl right, I'll own up - I have a cineworld unlimited pass; for £14.99 amonth, I can go and watch four films a day, thirty days a month...)

Not that keen on alien-kills-everyone genre, but the casting intrigues me.

If you use that pass to the fullest, I don't see that you can avoid "alien-kills-everyone" films...

 

[Daisy-Boo]

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Thanks Decker. That is interesting info.

 

[Boneman]

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If you use that pass to the fullest, I don't see that you can avoid "alien-kills-everyone" films...

Yeah, I can - I just watch a good film twice, or three times... It's annoying having to get up and replenish popcorn, though. Ah the good old days, when the Usherette came round with the ice creams. There's a niche market that someone is missing there...

 

[clovis-man]

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Looks like fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az3z1Ih6VSI&annotation_id=annotation_849935&feature=iv

 

[Decker]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

Thanks Decker. That is interesting info.

Here are links. The first is to the original screenplay, free to read:

http://kvisit.com/Sx7qhAQ

And to "Wayout West", which one must buy:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1460970764/?tag=brite-21

 

[clovis-man]

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I was thinking the connection was pretty recent, i.e.,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_%26_Aliens_(comics)

 

[Decker]

re: "Cowboys and Aliens" 2011

I was thinking the connection was pretty recent, i.e.,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_%26_Aliens_(comics)

Yes, that's the official version of events. My point was that I felt the graphic novel mentioned there was derivative of those other two sources, especially the early script, to the point where I smell a rat.

If you're interested here's an interview with Tom Arvis, who wrote Wayout West. The discussion about the matter is about a third of the way down the page:

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/...eet-a-local-cartoonist-a-chat-with-tom-arvis/