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ironpham · 11-25-2010, 07:03 PM

Yahoo! Movies: Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011) - IMDb

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In Silver City, Arizona, Apache Indians and Western settlers must lay their differences aside when an alien spaceship crash lands in their city.

Am I crazy, or is this a terrible concept turned into something amazing?

Fremen · 11-25-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ironpham

Yahoo! Movies: Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011) - IMDb

Am I crazy, or is this a terrible concept turned into something amazing?

Sounds amazing all the way, not a terrible concept at all.

'Course, I'm a lover of Westerns and Sci-fi stories.

Plan9 · 11-25-2010, 11:43 PM

This sounds like a crowd pleaser. That and my woman will go into a crush coma when she sees Craig and Ford on the screen at the same time.

Jetée · 11-25-2010, 11:49 PM

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Jake Lonergan has come to town.

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The Year is 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger named Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford). It's a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveller Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse of former opponents — townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors—all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

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jewels · 11-27-2010, 05:44 PM

I just may have to see this one!

tasineah · 11-27-2010, 09:42 PM

Grasshopper Green · 11-28-2010, 06:20 AM

We saw a trailer for this at Harry Potter. I kept waiting for it to be an anti-cell phone advertisment or spoof or something. Hubby was as excited as a kid at Christmas, so I'm assuming we're going to see it.

Craven Morehead · 11-28-2010, 08:51 AM

Its an interesting concept. Why not? Why should aliens only visit earth in the 20th and 21st centuries. Why not in the 19th? There are certainly theories that aliens visited primitive cultures, why not cowboys?

Might be a fun flick.

Baraka_Guru · 11-28-2010, 10:50 AM

The cool thing about this is that the setting precedes the popularity of science fiction. As an example, it predates War of the Worlds by over 20 years.

So mainstream Americans--and in this case Arizonians---in 1873 may not have any predetermined ideas of extraterrestrial life coming to Earth. Before this concept became mainstream, things which could not be explained were usually the work of the devil or the denizens of Faerie.

Like the one line in the trailer, "Are these demons?"

Charlatan · 11-28-2010, 03:46 PM

I can't wait to see this. It looks very cool.

Jetée · 04-29-2011, 02:48 PM

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Baraka_Guru · 04-29-2011, 02:54 PM

It's still looking really good. That's a good sign.

Zotz · 04-30-2011, 10:44 AM

I'm intrigued. I hope its good!

11-25-2010, 11:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	This sounds like a crowd pleaser. That and my woman will go into a crush coma when she sees Craig and Ford on the screen at the same time. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

11-27-2010, 05:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
jewels Eponymous Location: Central Central Florida	I just may have to see this one! __________________ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. Mark Twain

11-27-2010, 09:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
tasineah Crazy Location: NE region of the united states	OMG!

11-28-2010, 06:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	We saw a trailer for this at Harry Potter. I kept waiting for it to be an anti-cell phone advertisment or spoof or something. Hubby was as excited as a kid at Christmas, so I'm assuming we're going to see it. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

11-28-2010, 10:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	The cool thing about this is that the setting precedes the popularity of science fiction. As an example, it predates War of the Worlds by over 20 years. So mainstream Americans--and in this case Arizonians---in 1873 may not have any predetermined ideas of extraterrestrial life coming to Earth. Before this concept became mainstream, things which could not be explained were usually the work of the devil or the denizens of Faerie. Like the one line in the trailer, "Are these demons?" __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

11-28-2010, 08:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	Its an interesting concept. Why not? Why should aliens only visit earth in the 20th and 21st centuries. Why not in the 19th? There are certainly theories that aliens visited primitive cultures, why not cowboys? Might be a fun flick.

11-28-2010, 03:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	I can't wait to see this. It looks very cool. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

04-29-2011, 02:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	It's still looking really good. That's a good sign. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

04-30-2011, 10:44 AM	#13 (permalink)
Zotz There's someone in my head, but its not me	I'm intrigued. I hope its good!