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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on July 04, 2013, 02:59:50 AM
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Just went to watch The Lone Ranger. Johnny Depp killed as Tonto. That's about all I have to say good about the film other than the homage to The Wild Bunch at the beginning. It went rapidly downhill from there. The only thing they got right were the names. They completely butchered the story. It went from absurd to cartoonish to just plain bad. No spoilers here, but the Transcontinental railway didn't connect in Texas, there are no mountains in Texas and Monument Valley is in Arizona. Too bad because this could have been a really great film with a halfway decent script. Instead, I left wanting my $12.50 and 2 1/2 hours back. :mad:
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I didn't hear any complaints about the accuracy of U-571 from you? :devil
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I didn't hear any complaints about the accuracy of U-571 from you? :devil
Rabbit was small enough to reach those aft torpedo air pipes. What's your point? :neener:
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(http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv281/jmasch/RepublicofTexas_sm.jpg)
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You might want to look at the date of that map and/or learn Texas history. That is Texas in 1830. This is Texas in 1869 (timeframe of TLR):
(http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/L/Texas-johnson-1866.jpg)
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Just went to watch The Lone Ranger. Johnny Depp killed as Tonto. That's about all I have to say good about the film other than the homage to The Wild Bunch at the beginning. It went rapidly downhill from there. The only thing they got right were the names. They completely butchered the story. It went from absurd to cartoonish to just plain bad. No spoilers here, but the Transcontinental railway didn't connect in Texas, there are no mountains in Texas and Monument Valley is in Arizona. Too bad because this could have been a really great film with a halfway decent script. Instead, I left wanting my $12.50 and 2 1/2 hours back. :mad:
The majority of Monument Valley is in Utah, and Texas has mountains....
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/mountains.html (https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/mountains.html)
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...the Transcontinental railway didn't connect in Texas, there are no mountains in Texas and Monument Valley is in Arizona.
http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
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Ever wonder what Texas would be like if barbecue sauce was illegal?
Or better yet, what if barbecue sauce made in NY was the only legally available source? :rofl
http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
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I'll pass on it just because Johnny Depp is in it.
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"I think we shot in every single state in the American southwest," said Hammer. "I think we shot some of it in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and California."
None of it in Texas. Probably why it looks like the Rocky Mountains and not Texas.
Here's a pretty good review of it:
"'The Lone Ranger' is a drag as an action movie, it's not funny in its attempts at self-parody, and it feels like a Western made by people working off a checklist of tropes without ever really understanding the genre. Verbinski and his writers have taken a promising idea and put a silver bullet in its head."
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You might want to look at the date of that map and/or learn Texas history. That is Texas in 1830. This is Texas in 1869 (timeframe of TLR):
(http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/L/Texas-johnson-1866.jpg)
how dare they falsify an act of fiction with incorrect sets and stuff,, the nerve! If I were you I'd demand a refund as soon as possible!
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Had a feeling it was going to suck. Hollywood remakes of classic stories usually do because everyone wants to go overboard with taking creative license with everything anymore.
This is one of the reasons I dont bother to go to the movie theaters anymore. TV stuff is better then the crap Hollywood is coming out with
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I hear ya Dred. This was a rarity for me to see a movie on opening weekend, but it sounded so promising. There were a few bright spots. The homage to The Wild Bunch at the beginning was subtle and well written. Plus there was much less CGI than most "action" films. Real trains, real stunts, ect. Other than that it was a stinkeroo on a Pearl Harbor scale.
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and Texas has mountains....
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/mountains.html (https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/mountains.html)
They sure do hide them well. :D
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HAhahahaha none of those Texan mountains have a timberline. My house is actually higher up than 75% of those. Cheyenne mountain is just northwest of me and blocks the sun about an hour before official sunset.
Sorry but I live on the front range of the Rockies. Lived in Texas for a number of years and didn't think of their foothills as mountains.
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HAhahahaha none of those Texan mountains have a timberline. My house is actually higher up than 75% of those. Cheyenne mountain is just northwest of me and blocks the sun about an hour before official sunset.
Sorry but I live on the front range of the Rockies. Lived in Texas for a number of years and didn't think of their foothills as mountains.
Exactly, Buzzard. WWhiskey is just trying to drag a lame FW troll over here. If I posted it, it has to be wrong even when I'm right.
It's a terrible movie.
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They sure do hide them well. :D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Guadalupe_Mountains_and_El_Capitan_2006.jpg)
Guadalupe Peak 8,749 ft
(http://www.peakware.com/img.php?src=5732)
Bush Mountain 8,631 ft.
(http://www.summitpost.org/images/original/50750.JPG)
Shumard Peak 8,615 ft.
(http://www.5jperformancehorses.com/Photos%20for%20Sale/Bartlett%20Peak%20&%20Windmill.jpg)
Bartlett Peak 8,508 ft.
(http://www.christinevadai.com/west_texas/scenery.jpg)
Mount Livermore 8,378 ft.
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/11855104.jpg)
Hunter Peak 8,368 ft.
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/10267070.jpg)
El Capitan 8,085 ft.
Also ......
Blue Mountain 7,835 ft.
Emory Peak 7,825 ft.
Lost Mine Peak 7,550 ft.
Sawtooth Mountain 7,748 ft.
Mount Locke 6,781 ft.
Chinati Peak 7,730 ft.
San Antonio Mountain 7,031 ft.
Sierra Blanca 6,894 ft.
Cathedral Mountain 6,860 ft.
Mount Ord 6,814 ft.
Goat Mountain 6,725 ft.
Cerro Alto Mountain 6,717 ft.
Newman Peak 6,650 ft.
Cienega Mountain 6,580 ft.
Santiago Peak 6,521 ft.
Victoria Peak 6,432 ft.
Gomez Peak 6,398 ft.
Star Mountain 6,350 ft.
Old Blue Mountain 6,286 ft.
Elephant Mountain 6,230 ft.
Capote Peak 6,185 ft.
Casket Mountain 6,180 ft.
Cathedral Mountain 6,122 ft.
Mitre 6,100 ft.
Major Peak 5,882 ft.
Leonard Mountain 5,860 ft.
Sue Peaks 5,857 ft.
Borachio Peak 5,661 ft.
Ranger Peak 5,653 ft.
Dome Peak 5,360 ft.
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/mountains.html :D
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None of which look like this:
(http://www.collettevacations.com/Timages/Timages_2013/b282-1.jpg)
Technically there are "Mountains" in Texas. But it's a completely different environment and there's none of the lush mountain scenery shown in the film.
Oh, and horses can't fly. That's in there, too.
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I was talking to my squad-mate, Sik, who proclaimed that Texas mountains are entirely stealth. :D
We got trains and trees, too. :lol
(https://www.texasstaterr.com/images/album/32.jpg)
https://www.texasstaterr.com/gallery.php
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What's the highest point in East Texas... 600ft?
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HAhahahaha none of those Texan mountains have a timberline. My house is actually higher up than 75% of those. Cheyenne mountain is just northwest of me and blocks the sun about an hour before official sunset.
Sorry but I live on the front range of the Rockies. Lived in Texas for a number of years and didn't think of their foothills as mountains.
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What's the highest point in East Texas... 600ft?
"Go West, young man." :D
(http://www.texasmaps.us/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullSize/Texas-Elevation-Map.gif)
Texas elevation map
(http://www.exploringtheedgesoftexas.com/Edges_of_Texas_map.jpg) :salute :)
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"Go West, young man." :D
(http://www.texasmaps.us/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullSize/Texas-Elevation-Map.gif)
Texas elevation map
(http://www.exploringtheedgesoftexas.com/Edges_of_Texas_map.jpg) :salute :)
Look at that map. The Texas State Railroad in your first pic is located near Palestine. Palestine is the high point on the line at 423ft. None of the peaks (which are high desert) are above 8,000ft.
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(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg23/franksblog/Timberline-%20Texas%20Ridge%20%209-18-11/P1030294fix.jpg)
http://14erskiers.com/franksblog/2011/09/timberline-trail-to-texas-ridge-9-18-11/
Really nice there. :D
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Look at that map. The Texas State Railroad in your first pic is located near Palestine. Palestine is the high point on the line at 423ft. None of the peaks (which are high desert) are above 8,000ft.
And the argument you're inventing between us would be ........ :aok
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But where I'm from is the Texas Caprock area:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Caprock_Escarpment_Garza_County_Texas_2010.jpg)
It goes on for miles and miles and miles and miles ...... and there's a lot of these on them now:
(http://www.greatenergychallengeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Texas-Wind-Farm-MG-8625.jpg)
Which also go on for miles and miles and miles and miles. :)
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And the argument you're inventing between us would be ........ :aok
No argument. Just saying the Rockies shown in the movie ain't in Texas.
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No argument. Just saying the Rockies shown in the movie ain't in Texas.
I missed anyone disputing that. (http://images.zaazu.com/img/hello-hello-telephone-phone-smiley-emoticon-000317-large.gif)
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Yeah, I was really really insulted when I found out they didn't actually film "Apollo 13" in space.
I thought "The Lone Ranger" was fun. Exactly what I expected.
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I thought it was funny which is what it was supposed to be, i didn't go to see a documentary on the wild west.
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The real Lone Ranger and Tonto. :D
(http://myfavoritewesterns.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/tonto-and-the-lone-ranger.jpg)
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You guys need to have a cookie and relax. :) (Yes, I live in Skyrim...)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/fjord.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/lofoten.jpg)
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The real Lone Ranger and Tonto. :D
(http://myfavoritewesterns.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/tonto-and-the-lone-ranger.jpg)
you just used the word "real" for two fictional characters! :D
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you just used the word "real" for two fictional characters! :D
My point. :D
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You guys need to have a cookie and relax. :) (Yes, I live in Skyrim...)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/fjord.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/lofoten.jpg)
:O
hopefully I can return to my ancestoral home.
Btw how do you keep he dragons, necromancers, and horned bandits under wraps? :D
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Btw how do you keep he dragons, necromancers, and horned bandits under wraps?
There is a high probability of Gscholz being actually one of them ... :uhoh
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There is a high probability of Gscholz being actually one of them ... :uhoh
:eek:
:bolt:
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:rofl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLEo7H9tqSM
:noid
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Yeah, I was really really insulted when I found out they didn't actually film "Apollo 13" in space.
Well of course they didn't, since the moon landings were faked the movie Apollo 13 was more true to the story. So by extension from the Lone Ranger movie we can deduce that Texas is in fact a fictitious location faked with the best scenery from other states (including OK and KS).
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Yeah, I was really really insulted when I found out they didn't actually film "Apollo 13" in space.
I thought "The Lone Ranger" was fun. Exactly what I expected.
This.
I thought it was funny which is what it was supposed to be, i didn't go to see a documentary on the wild west.
And this.
I saw it today and I enjoyed it. It was a fun way to kill some time that I would have spent watching reruns on the Science Channel. It had some good suspenseful moments, some good action moments and appropriate placement of comic relief. The TCR was used simply as a tying point for the plot. Lush mountains were used because the mountains that Texas has are uneventful in the eye candy department. Saying that you didn't like it because it wasn't historically accurate is like saying you don't like Looney Toons because you can't survive a fall off a cliff, it was made by Disney after all.
The real Lone Ranger and Tonto. :D
(http://myfavoritewesterns.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/tonto-and-the-lone-ranger.jpg)
In regards to that, I think the characters in the remake were portrayed better historically (awe crap now I'm doing it) than what you posted. I didn't know they had the Village People in the 1860's.