tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post6301864907661046418..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: On the WesternTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-1833488177499376962016-12-19T04:59:40.264-05:002016-12-19T04:59:40.264-05:00Firefly is a "science fiction western" s...Firefly is a "science fiction western" similar to how the Dark Tower is a fantasy western. Like I said in the comment above, my question was about a pure Western with no fantastic elements. Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-22568160395024618762016-12-18T21:58:28.258-05:002016-12-18T21:58:28.258-05:00You absolutely can set westerns in a made up place...You absolutely can set westerns in a made up place. Sure. Firefly is definitely a western. I think westerns are more than just their setting. 'ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696955787843448807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-46166820605326490712016-12-09T09:13:39.040-05:002016-12-09T09:13:39.040-05:00Good post. I like the idea of all these locations...Good post. I like the idea of all these locations within the territory of "The West." Tends also to teanscend time period too, as director Walter Hill proved, transplanting A Fist Full of Dollars to the Prohibition for Last Man Standing.<br /><br />Also, I believe that was a Gatling Gun (which would be period-appropriate) in A Fist Full of Dollars, not a machine gun.Smokestack Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253933872608999580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-85452917493292010242016-11-23T14:09:50.129-05:002016-11-23T14:09:50.129-05:00Your talking about genre fantasies (i.e. things wi...Your talking about genre fantasies (i.e. things with fantastic elements like magic or psi powers) set in a Western like setting. We've got that. What I said was without those elements. Like the Western equivalent of an adventure story set in a fictional country.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-46796191164511719522016-11-23T12:22:43.141-05:002016-11-23T12:22:43.141-05:00Why would that be too far? I've actually long...Why would that be too far? I've actually long thought that fantasy as a genre could do with another baseline besides Medieval swashbuckling action stories. Sure, sure—there are vaguely Asian and vaguely Middle Eastern and even vaguely African "traditional" fantasies, and more recently, we've even got modern day noir-like urban fantasy. Why not western fantasy in a completely fictional secondary world?Desdichadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774274812688958457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-51329885359235339752016-11-22T06:39:57.969-05:002016-11-22T06:39:57.969-05:00@Anthemata - Sounds interesting!
@Uncle Sam - You ...@Anthemata - Sounds interesting!<br />@Uncle Sam - You are right (or at least its a fantasy combo of a Mitralleuse and a Maxim). Comes from writing posts from memory and not bothering to check my facts beforehand.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-79193990595026031232016-11-21T21:44:17.138-05:002016-11-21T21:44:17.138-05:00"Darkness on the Edge of Town." The sett..."Darkness on the Edge of Town." The setting is modern Ireland, the story concerns two young girls with an unhealthy relationship investigating a horrific mystery, but the film is a Western. It took me a while to figure it out, but it definitely is. I recommend you check it out, as perhaps a good fringe example of the genre. Anathematahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03459426255827443025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-35782937978919966212016-11-18T22:53:43.832-05:002016-11-18T22:53:43.832-05:00Apparently there are Westerns set in the steppes o...Apparently there are Westerns set in the steppes of Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osterncgeiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07737867949880580716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-19577336610109583842016-11-18T20:18:30.613-05:002016-11-18T20:18:30.613-05:00Interesting thoughts. I have one quibble though. T...Interesting thoughts. I have one quibble though. The gun monkey/jerk in me demands it. The WWII machinegun in Fist Full of Dollars was actually a Mitrailleuse. Which went into production in 1866. Now if you are arguing the ammo magazine supply of the realistic volume of fire from such a device. I am totally behind you.Uncle Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969604988029765607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-74871558125078484962016-11-18T15:05:46.091-05:002016-11-18T15:05:46.091-05:00I always considered the location rather than the g...I always considered the location rather than the genre.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-92169004223168454542016-11-18T13:42:50.682-05:002016-11-18T13:42:50.682-05:00Well, I would argue none of those things are actua...Well, I would argue none of those things are actually adaptations of Red Harvest (which, of course, isn't Western) and only resemble it in some basic ways. Certainly basic action/adventure plots can be replicated in a lot of different drag. Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-67749401075804450052016-11-18T10:32:27.539-05:002016-11-18T10:32:27.539-05:00Well, considering Red Harvest works equally well a...Well, considering <i>Red Harvest</i> works equally well as Prohibition-era gangsters, Japanese ronin, and Western gunslingers, yeah, I think you can divorce the Western from its trappings. See also <i>Outland.</i>trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.com