'Hey Hollywood, The World Wants & Needs MORE QUALITY Westerns!
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Joe McClure
Coweta
OK
USA
Yes
09 May 2002
21:07:41
63.159.95.170
PLEASE! PLEASE! More good movies with a Western theme. Old West or Modern Day Westerns. Hollywood uses the same plots over and over with different settings and eras. Why not Cowboy or Western settings or the Rodeo Arena ( 8 Seconds was great ). I'm tired of "Action Movies". Western theme movies can still be Murder Mysteries, Courtroom Drama, Love Stories, Comedies, Adventure, and all the other. Why do they have to be set in LA or NY. (Dallas was a hit TV series). There are Cops & Robbers in Laramie, WY, people fall in love in the Oklahoma Panhandle, there is adventure in Canon City, CO, funny things happen in Corpus Christi, TX, they have lawyers and courtrooms in Missoula, MT. Try some imagination! Every Roughneck in the Oil Patch and every Rodeo Cowboy in Wagoner County Oklahoma knows every street and neighborhood in NY and LA. It's been spoonfed to us for the as long as we've been watching TV or going to movies. If we wanted to see that much of it we would have moved there. We've seen the Skyscrapers, show us the Mountains. We've seen the Freeways, show us some Prairie. We've seen Central Park, show us a Canyon. We've seen the Mercedes, show us a Quarter Horse. I'm through whining now. Thanks for the forum.

C. Benjamin
Montana City
Mt
USA
Yes
08 May 2002
21:03:30
161.7.223.251
Good old western movies are still a great hit in my home. I love the old styles and the awesome stories that show a unique part of our American history as well as being just good entertainment. And I think they sell well enough to be good for your business, too. Let's give it a try, OK?

Mary Jo
Lake Tahoe
Ca
USA
Yes
08 May 2002
05:33:31
209.253.231.141
You betcha, I want more westerns!! Always my preference when it comes to movie watching..dont even bother much with movies or T.V. anymore because its anything BUT westerns!!!!

Rod Boyer
Helena
MT
USA
Yes
06 May 2002
17:58:17
205.218.0.250
Westerns which express values of family, community, and tolerance of different ethnic backgrounds would go a long way toward improving current unrest.

Kathy
Kempton
Pa
USA
Yes
04 May 2002
05:36:42
63.214.206.170
There are alot of western fans out there who will eat up a good western with a spoon, c'mon Hollywood!

Tommy Phillips
Oklahoma City
O.K.
USA
Yes
04 May 2002
00:29:12
205.188.192.36
I don't think the fact that Hollywood isn't producing westerns is the problem. The studios are going to make the kinds of movies that line their pockets with the most MONEY!! If they can't make millions of dollars in the first few days of showing, they aren't even going to consider production. I think the problem is that the American movie-going public doesn't care about westerns as much as it used to. And it may be the fact that the majority of the people who still love westerns, just don't go to the movies much anymore! Look at the incredible success of "Cross-Fire Trail", would that entire audience of several million got out of their recliners to drive to the noisy and expensive mega-movie-mall? I don't think so. If I had to invest my life savings in a western, It would be a "made for cable" movie. But I do have a suggestion for Hollywood, "do your homework". We want authenticity. Look at the fan reviews that are written all over the internet, "Ride With The Devil!" was generaly considered a "masterpiece",(there is that "authenticity"), while "Texas Rangers" was pretty much labeled "garbage". So, perhaps we can make a deal with the major motion picture studios, if they start making great westerns again, we will get out of the house and spend our money!!

Albert T. Souder
Easton
Pa.
USA
Yes
29 Apr 2002
01:51:31
64.12.103.43
Please make more western movies for those millions of us that were brought up with all the heros of the old west. I am 60 years old, but I still enjoy western movies most of all. Having been in public relations for 35 years I know that most men (& many women) enjoy the western movie best of all!

dwyatt bull
lake worth
fl
USA
Yes
28 Apr 2002
14:06:23
205.188.201.148
I love westerns. Especially ones with historical interests. Please comsider doing more of them.

George Cornett
LongBeach
Ms.
USA
Yes
27 Apr 2002
11:00:15
52.128.30.16
Western life as portrayed in the western movies tells of a time that will never be again. It is fulfillment for many of us who by mistake was born in the wrong time. It is indeed nostalgic but it feeds the western soul whose need is to sense and experience the vast open plains and rugged lifestyles of the past. It is something which I want my children to feel and appreciate. My heroes have always been cowboys.

John Bourdage
San Antonio
Tx.
USA
Yes
26 Apr 2002
04:06:32
165.121.31.81
The Western is the only American Film genre that we can truely call our own. It is not dead and will never be dead. Hollywood is just too concerned with the 90210 crowd to make good westerns with good stories and good actors. Cases in point: the recent films, "American Outlaws" and "Texas Rangers". Both poorly made, poorly written, poorly acted, and just not thought out. We need John Ford! There are good western stars out there that are not being utilized. Stars like Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Buck Taylor, Bruce Boxleitner, Kevin Costner, Brad Johnson, Terrance Knox, and Tom Berenger. There are thousands of stories out there waiting to be told that never been touched. Both Fact and Fictional! We are extremely tired of the same garbage that Hollywood has been turning out over and over again. That's why I'm looking forward to Ron Howard's upcomming movie on The Alamo. It'll be a western and with Howard at the helm, it'll be a good one! Speaking as someone who spent 25 years as an actor and have two westerns under my belt, I can tell you that Westerns are desperately needed. The time is now! Wake up Hollywood and get back in the saddle again!

Marty Smith
Mesa
Az
USA

25 Apr 2002
23:35:11
198.81.16.33
The opening of the American West was an exciting and formative time for our country. I would like to see new and historically reasonable films dealing with such rich subject matter. Thanks for your consideration.

J.P. Smith
Mesa
AZ
USA
Yes
25 Apr 2002
23:04:48
198.81.17.164
Make films that celebrate Pioneer Spirit and self reliance. I'll watch that!

Tommy Bailey
Chesnee
SC
USA
Yes
24 Apr 2002
21:12:03
207.144.131.80
I would like to see more westerns on TV and at the movies. Westerns are a great way to show our children the true american hero.

Becki Pinkley
Fredericktown
MO
USA
Yes
24 Apr 2002
03:23:51
65.224.30.71
because they bring us in touch with a time that even though it was not as fast paced it was just a challenging and much more unpredictable and I feel it puts us in touch with our roots

Dennis Fabel
Wilmington
OH
USA
Yes
19 Apr 2002
01:43:54
67.250.228.24
The American West will always be a popular world-wide venue with high entertainment value. When Japanese professional golfers wear cowboy hats as their signature fashion statement, you know that the West has an appeal that transcends culture and crosses oceans. Please produce more historically correct realistic movies; thank you.

Glen Enloe
Independence
MO
USA
Yes
18 Apr 2002
18:28:15
12.28.13.62
As Mark Twain would probably have said: "The reports of the death of the western film have been grossly exagerated. The Old West is as American as apple pie itself. The first thing people from other countries think of when they think of America is the cowboy. It's something that doesn't grow old or go out of style. Yes, Hollywood, we've had enought car chases and teen movies--we need more westerns! When the western and the Old West are no longer relevant, I fear that then America as we now know it, will no longer be relevant.

JIM COOK
AUSTI
TEXAS
USA
Yes
18 Apr 2002
02:16:41
24.27.32.189
SO MANY GREAT WETERNS READY FOR THE SCREEN . MY FAVORITE BRULES

MARY BLACK
Albuquerque
NM
USA
Yes
17 Apr 2002
00:38:49
198.81.16.171
I would very much like too see some good Western Movies. Am really tired of all this trash being made in Hollywood now. To go back to the good old days of the Western Movies and some of the good old T.V. shows . What ever you can to bring this all back. From a Country Girl who was raised in Ala. But who has lived all over,but my days of a Simple life and the Movies we saw when I was a kid.I WOULD LOVE AGAIN. Thank you for this wonderful web site!! Read the West. I go to it each day when I get on my computer. Love everything you have up here. Thank you: Mary Black

Arthur Willenbrecht
Oakland
CA
USA
Yes
13 Apr 2002
03:42:05
198.81.16.48
I always end my week with a good western movie. Starts the weekend with a relaxed body and mind. Bring on some new westerns!

Larry Dixon
Morehead
Ky
USA
13 Apr 2002
00:30:57
207.51.236.203
A good Western is pure entertainment.....

Carolyn
Omaha
NE
USA
12 Apr 2002
17:26:56
68.13.18.189
We need real cowboys today! Please!!

David L. Althouse
Oklahoma City
OK
USA
Yes
08 Apr 2002
01:45:53
64.12.104.38
First of all, thanks for the many quality western films over the years! The only movies I will pay to go see at the theatre are westerns (unless my wife and two daughters drag me to see something else). If I don't have a good western to watch either at the theatre or on video, then I just read books. As you might guess, then, I read a lot of books! Please make more western movies! When Hollywood does make western films, they are usually awesome! Thanks for listening....David Althouse.

gregory p keiser
medway
ma
USA
Yes
06 Apr 2002
09:45:28
209.240.222.32
With the horrible content of many of todays movies, Westerns are a great way to get back to our morals. Today we have Sam Elliot, Tom Selleck, Wilford Brimley, and others to carry on the torch from the Duke, Gene, Roy, Hoppy, and all. With so many great Spur winners and other fine western authors out there the history of the true west can be shown.

Mark Pizzolatto
Colorado Springs
CO
USA
Yes
05 Apr 2002
05:22:08
66.1.240.76
Now is the time for western movies to be reborn. It has been stated that the movies set in real time is the cause of so much violence today, but it seems crime and violence during the days of the westerns were much lower. They were always simple, slower paced than the fast paced, high tech, special effects of movies set during modern times. Some ideas would be books that have been made into audio tapes like Louis Lamour's books.

todd cochran
eclectic
al
USA
04 Apr 2002
21:21:58
205.188.197.26
more westerns please.not enough of them anymore

Valysa McClendon
Hendrix
Ok
USA
Yes
03 Apr 2002
18:37:30
63.65.151.218
at last I find out i'm not the only one waiting for the good old day's of Bonanza and Gunsmoke and Rawhide why don't they put anything on t.v. or the big screen worth watching????? count this cowgirl in!! Valysa McClendon

Hugh K. David
Brighton
England
Yes
03 Apr 2002
09:59:29
62.64.250.100
More westerns, definitely - but not like recent rubbish - even abroad we are not going to settle for the likes of American Outlaws and Texas Rangers, not when we can still go back to the greats beautifully restored on dvd. Take a leaf out of TNT's book - a good novel + talent x money = quality western entertainment. Explain to me how the likes of Buffalo Soldiers and The Virginian could be prevented from having cinema releases? There are so many novels crying out for adaptation if you are stuck for ideas, Hollywood, and I'd say you must be right now. MORE WESTERNS, NOW!

Larry Letemplier
Carleton Place
ontario
Canada
Yes
03 Apr 2002
03:52:25
64.230.51.167
Please,Hollywood, give us more westerns, especialy those in the tradition of Louis L'Amour.

Terry Harknett
Lyme Regis
England
Yes
02 Apr 2002
15:03:30
213.122.170.10
The Western is not dead. It is just taking a well earned rest while the science fiction/fantasy genres bleed it totally dry of characters and plots. Then it will return, refreshed and ready to again provide first class entertainment sans boring special effects and characters of cardboard talking total nonsense for 90% of the time. I hope!!!

jcseskin
midwest city
ok
USA
Yes
02 Apr 2002
07:53:23
12.74.158.200
yes, more westerns please. don't kids play cowboys and indians anymore. all that stuff went out with the reformative '60's and '70's. No more guns and holsters for kids, or cap pistols. Groups of people were stepping forward and pointing out injustices that were being done to their particular ethnic group. No more cowboys and indians. persay! But they make a good western every once in awhile nowadays. Forinstance, "All the Pretty Horses." I am from Massachusetts and was thoroughly convinced by Matt Damon, that kid from Mass. He convinced me that he was a midwesterner cowboy kid. Also, good movie. Come on, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone and YES, Bogdonovich(sp?), please make some good westerns. Find a real person character, like Ben Johnson who had a fascinating life and make a movie about him. Thanks.

Marc Bagwell
Oklahoma City
OK
USA
Yes
28 Mar 2002
23:25:09
63.156.54.242
Westerns are the only true American art form. They also happen to be in demand by video renters. I know, I have a video store and I keep hearing from my customers, "When are they going to make a new western?!" So I asked the people at my wholesaler the same question. With all due respect, now we're asking you. Well?

Fabrizio Salmoni
Torino
ITALY
Other
Yes
27 Mar 2002
14:52:02
213.156.35.135
Also in Italy, we badly need some new good western movie. Our audience and friends often ask about this.

patricia turner
Arlington
tex.
USA
Yes
26 Mar 2002
14:29:55
67.234.65.84
Well , finally a place to complain. Yes, i would like to see more Westerns return to t.v. and the big screen. What kind of movies they have out there now i don't got ot see -we did see Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter -exceptions. I recently saw Tombstone and I enjoyed it even if it was a bit-bloody? I belong to a local history group and no we don't do re-enactment events- we do first person interpretations of famous Texas historical persons in period costumes. Why , when they do attempt to make a modern Western don't the Hollywood types ever consult with the local history groups -like the D.A.R., the Buffalo Soldiers , Daughters of Texas and groups like mine-Texana Living History Associa.?We present history as thought these people were actually in your classroom or church and the responses we get back are amazing. I think there would be more interest in Westerns if the right people campaigned for them. Like Sam Elliott and Buck Taylor and James Arness, and others. The lack of talent in Hollywood writing is very obvious this past t.v.season.The Tick? What was their thinking when they put out that kind of show? Yes we need Westerns again -ones with quality writing like the High Chaparral, Bonanza, and Gunsmoke had . If the movies are too modern historians notice and they rant and rave for years . Me ,I still like John Wayn'e Alamo regardless of the flak it receives from my history group and other people . The music score to that movie was 90% of what made it good and regardless of what a local t.v. critic in the paper here said this weekend I thought Laurnce Harvey was fine.I grew up watching the John Wayne version and yes I realise it isn't exactly historically correct but ,SO?I believe part of the Hollywood craft of entertaining is to tell us a good story and keep it as accurate as possible. Like not showing a girl in a 1930's dress in a Western-some early John Wayne black and white did just that! You can't please all of the people all of the time but someone needs to attempt to bring back Westerns just so that [art of America's past is 'nt lost .Hum they seem to be fascinated with showung the Maffia and 1920' and 1930's mobster garbage all the time instead of Westerns. I hate it when they letter-box wide screen Westerns like How The West was Won- the greatest Western of them all- it just takes away from the scenery.Bring back our Westerns! Patricia

Clint D. Thompson
Kemp
TX
USA
Yes
25 Mar 2002
16:51:42
205.188.201.199
Theres nothing like a good western movie, I think that hollywood don't make more western movie is that it's to hard to make a old fashion type of a movie that the whole family can watch that don't have bad langauge as every other word in it and etc...... and etc. It would be to much of a challenge for them and today actor and astress.

Eric Herring
Flagstaff
Az.
USA
Yes
23 Mar 2002
20:16:03
198.81.16.182
more westerns, please.eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Alexis L. Young
Harpers Ferry
WV
USA
Yes
23 Mar 2002
11:14:44
205.188.196.53
The"Western" is America at one of its most exciting stages of growing and forming. It is one of the watershed times that has helped to shape our morality and definition of "united" in United States of America. It is important to keep these moral values and the togetherness of our growing as a nation to show our upcoming generations of what America was, can be, is and what direction we are going. Mr. [Sam] Elliott has served us as a wonderful reminder of this time along with so many other fine actors of the Cowboy gendre. We need you. Don't stop. The Cowboy embodies the idea of freedom which is America and why we are the great nation we now must defend. Keep the cowboy alive to remind us that "Go West young man" can still be done whether it be in just our minds and hearts.

Steven R. Horrocks
Draper
UT
USA
Yes
22 Mar 2002
20:47:36
163.248.7.13
All stories can be told as a western. We watch films to vicariously live, experience, an enjoy something besides our own world.

Estella Peters
Paramount
CA
USA
Yes
21 Mar 2002
20:59:40
65.197.243.126

there is rodeo/cowboy film that was suppose to be released a year ago. It's called Ring of Fire, and stars some big names, Sutherland, Hannah, and Redford's son i believe. Now I have wrote to a few studios inquiring about who has this films since the studio that made it closed their doors. I have only one studio that emailed me back to let me know that is wasn't one of their. Hollywood needs to know that there are so many of us out there that enjoy these films rather than the gang banger and horror films. come on look how much attention NFR and PBR are get. Vegas sales out months in advance of these venues.. WAKE UP HOLLYWOOD.

Greg Schmidt
Las Vegas
NV.
USA
Yes
21 Mar 2002
16:05:38
24.120.87.71
Dear Sir or Ma'am, When things are changing so drastically each and every day in our world, it is sad to think of such a rich and wonderful time period as the "Old West" would die along with those changes. I grew up as a child watching westerns on t.v. and I can only hope that the media that has the means to revive this period in our history will awaken to the challenge and bring the "Old West" back to life on the big screen. Thank you.

pat lauro
farmingdale
N.Y.
USA
Yes
19 Mar 2002
05:20:10
205.188.198.173
I was born in the late 40`s and grew-up on HOPPY, ROY, THE RANGER,GENE, and a host of other hero`s. I grew-up to learn right from wrong, good from bad,yes from my parents, but more so frpm my hero`s. I can`t remember the last time I sat down to watch a good western. What happened to the day`s when nobody got killed, no blood was shed and good always beat evil. nowdays you can`t watch a movie without either sex, or a gallon of blood being shed. They wonder why when we have childern who grow up,who only want to be in gang`s. Where is the morality they used to show on our western`s, today Maybe if they showed good quality Western`s again, where a child could go see how he,or she, should be when they get older and how they should act toward`s their fellow man. Maybe if they bring back good quality western`s we can truly return to those trilling day`s of yesterday when a child could dream about growing up like his hero, instead of freddie. Now especially in these times after sept.11,we need all the hero`s we can get.

Mike McFarland
Aladdin
WY
USA
Yes
18 Mar 2002
03:17:50
216.16.23.183
Just because the Duke is dead, doesn't mean we have to bury the Western with him.

Denny King
Canadian
TX
USA
Yes
17 Mar 2002
18:34:36
208.5.143.233
Everybody enjoys a good western.

Ray Clark
Waterloo
Ia.
USA
Yes
16 Mar 2002
22:45:40
12.219.8.106
No westerns leaves me nothing to watch.

Tink Mercado
Clio
CA
USA
16 Mar 2002
21:40:22
216.198.114.70
I'd appreciate some good ol' happy ending, good guys win/bad guys loose, traditional cowboy movies! Good westerm music wouldn't be bad, either.

Steven (Poncho) Forber
Newton-le-Willows
Lancs
England
Yes
16 Mar 2002
15:33:59
194.117.133.118
Wake up Hollywood and small the coffee! More westerns are needed these troubled days to provide the true heroes for the next generation to look up to and admire. I have been a western fan and re-enactior all my life and feel starved of my favourite genre. But it is nice to know that I am not alone. Adios, mi amigos, Poncho-Arizona Ranger(UK)

bill thornley
spooner
Wis.
USA
Yes
15 Mar 2002
22:45:10
64.91.16.150
It seems to me that today more than ever, America needs heroes. And what better hero for our kids to look up to than a cowboy? They represent everything that is right with this country, strong, solid individuals with character and morals that are seldom seen today -- except in westerns. I remember the days of my youth when my heroes ranged from Matt Dillon to Daniel Boone, from James West to John Wayne, and wish to God that my son had some solid role models like them to look up to today. We eagerly await the next Sam Elliott or Tom Selleck western, but they sure dont appear often enough. And why cant TV have just one or two westerns for those of us who love them so much? How about a TV series starring Sam, Tom, and maybe the likes of Lee Majors, James Arness, Barry Corbin, Chuck Norris, and Robert Conrad? (And there have to be some good young actors out there who would be great on horseback!) America would tune in faithfully each and every week for a good western. Why do you think Walker, Texas Ranger lasted so long? Good American values and heroes. Walker didnt believe in political correctness, just righting a wrong. All Hollywood gives us today is urban trash, foul language, sex, and comedy that isnt funny. We need a western, especially in the wake of Sept. 11. As long as there are cowboys, well have heroes.

David Carr
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
USA
Yes
15 Mar 2002
20:43:50
152.2.81.234
Westerns capture American history at a time when laws and values were being shaped by the people who lived them. These stories are literally stories of the edges in our past, and how those edges extended, became communities, and connected human beins to the landscape. Westerns also tell the story of the great American genocide, the mindlesss destruction of the buffalo, and the exploitation and theft of America's natural wealth. These are important stories to tell because we have so much to learn from them.

Carol Garrett
Norfolk
VA
USA
Yes
15 Mar 2002
01:48:20
65.120.52.19
HEY, WE SUBSCRIBED TO THE WESTERNS CHANNEL JUST BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD ISN'T MAKING ANY DECENT MOVIES. WE WANT TO KEEP THE OLD WEST ALIVE & WE USED TO HAVE SOME GOOD OLD FASHIONED HEROES. WHERE HAVE ALL OUR HEROES GONE? THEY ARE ALL DEAD. TOO BAD WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE WE CAN LOOK UP TO LIKE WHEN WE WERE KIDS. HOPE SOMEONE SEES THIS THAT WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Mark Conley
High Ridge
Mo
USA
Yes
15 Mar 2002
00:17:32
205.188.200.163
There are many excellent true life stories that are a part of our history, that would make for some really good entertainment. Hollywood you need to hop to it.

Guy Gilchrist
Huntsville
Ontario
Canada
Yes
14 Mar 2002
21:11:38
216.94.255.123
When I was growing up all my hero's were cowboys and now that we have lost most of them there is a definate void in my life. from them I learned about respect and honor something my kids have not had the oportunity to learn. Please bring back the westerns, its part of our heritage. Lets not forget about Roy, Rex, Gene, Hoppy, 7 all the rest of our hero's. Oh yea and dont forget their music thats so important too. Thanks everyone & until our trails cross again may the Good Lord take a likin to ya.

Ridley Kessler
Durham
NC
USA
Yes
14 Mar 2002
21:03:35
152.2.181.124
Dear Hollywood,TV Producers, and Publishers, As a consumer I buy westerns and read and collect them. I am also an avid fan of movie westerns. I go to see them on the big screen and buy the VHS versions (and soon the DVDs). I encourage you to make and write more westerns. There are a lot of young people who are interested in them also. Help us out here and help yourself at the sametime! More is better.

Tom Orlowski
Acushnet
Ma
USA
Yes
14 Mar 2002
11:16:32
141.154.71.159
I don't know why it is but one of the best books that should be made into a movie is the Louis Lamour book " Flint ", has never been done. I can see either Sam Elliot or Tom Selleck in the title role with Virgina Madson as the wife and Katherine Ross as the ranch owner. Ed Harris would also be good in the film.

Deborah Topic
Indiana
Pa
USA
Yes
11 Mar 2002
01:19:57
216.41.226.116
I would like to see a special all day of movies with Sam Elliott in them

Peter and Sandra Sheean
Springwood
NSW
Austrailia
Yes
10 Mar 2002
03:14:32
203.35.8.210
Please give us more quality westerns. Lets put the true values back into society through the unique drama of the old west

Kevin E. Flanders
Gilford
NH
USA
Yes
07 Mar 2002
22:37:14
207.5.243.127
Peeeeeleeeeeze...........dump the cyber psycho trash movies and go back from whence we came. Just because Roy, Dale and Trigger are gone, doesn't mean we couldn't adapt some of today's morality to the western theme.

jon horner
belfast
Ireland
Other
Yes
07 Mar 2002
15:47:22
193.113.48.17
i have always enjoyed a good western since a small boy and still now i am not so small. i am increasingly concerned about the falling output of films in this genre. it is a fantastic and exciting time in history and should not be ignored by film makers to the degree it is.

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