Movie Theater Shane

[sirhrmechanic]

One of my favorite books as a kid was Shane...

About the underdog taking out the bullies. And how a gunfighter was the hero.

The movie with Alan Ladd (I know, a peter-puffer... ) is still a great flick.

Was the prototype for Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider. Which was also awesome. But Shane was still the original.

Anyhoo... was on TV today and I recorded it and am totally enjoying watching it. But the book was still inspirational as a kid. So many amazing lessons in Shane. Which, I guess, was the point of it all!

America!!!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

And also sort of a prototype for one of my favorite John Wayne movies... The Shootist. Lauren Becall and Ronnie Howard.

Some amazing American themes there.

Sirhr

 

[SONIC SAAMI]

Didn't know Alan Ladd was a pole smoker.

 

[7.62willdo]

Didn't know Alan Ladd was a pole smoker.

Really you didn’t know he was a turd burglar……..

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Man who Shot Liberty Valance had the same themes...

For those of us who grew up on these movies... we hate bullies of all kinds.

And recognize that they can be dealt with only one way. And it ain't by Jawing with them.

All kinds of bullies. Swamp bullies. Commie bullies. SS bullies. Klan bullies. Democrat machine bullies. Klinton bullies... Bullies. One way to deal with them.

By being a better gunfighter. And standing up for the greatest of American values. Those of the sharecropper... the sodbuster... the underdog.

If you know you know.

Sirhr

 

[SONIC SAAMI]

Really you didn’t know he was a turd burglar……..

Nope I did not.
With who was he playing hide the sausage?

 

[MtnCreek]

Didn't know Alan Ladd was a pole smoker.

It wasn't because he's a nice guy that he didn't poke the farmers wife that was wanting it.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

It wasn't because he's a nice guy that he didn't poke the farmers wife that was wanting it.

When everyone knows he really wanted to cornhole Joey Starrett...

Just sayin.

The book was better.

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

And the "bang bang" theme was reflected in Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West".... another incredible Western that followed on from Shane.

This was a movie that set a standard for 40 years.

Sirhr

 

[SONIC SAAMI]

TUBI

 

[diverdon]

Shane the book was an absolute classic. One of the finest stories I ve ever read about having integrity before anything else.

The movie had no nuances and reflected little of the emotion of the characters. And nothing of how hard farm life was back then.

 

[Maggot]

One of my favorite books as a kid was Shane...

About the underdog taking out the bullies. And how a gunfighter was the hero.

The movie with Alan Ladd (I know, a peter-puffer... ) is still a great flick.

Was the prototype for Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider. Which was also awesome. But Shane was still the original.

Anyhoo... was on TV today and I recorded it and am totally enjoying watching it. But the book was still inspirational as a kid. So many amazing lessons in Shane. Which, I guess, was the point of it al

America!!!

Cheers,

Sirhr

I'll see your Shane and raise you an 'Old Yellar'.

 

[n2ishun]

I see your old yeller, raise you a shane, and then play my trump card.
How the West was Won.

 

[Maggot]

I see your old yeller, raise you a shane, and then play my trump card.
How the West was Won.

I dont see that as a Trump but a good try.

 

[Fig]

Shane did not die in the book. Did he die at the end of the movie?

The starkness and simplicity of the movie is what makes it great.

 

[BCP]

Alan Ladd

I liked the one where he has to get his dog back from the bad guys.

 

[Sako man]

The movie with Alan Ladd (I know, a peter-puffer... ) is still a great flick.

Wait what?

Well... his son Jr. went on to produce Star Wars and Brave Heart, good shit right there!