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Cindy Smith
Lyons , Ga
U.S.A.
31 May 2003
68.16.41.11
Hello I really enjoy westerns,I'm a big fan of The Big Valley.I really wish Hollywood would consider doing more westerns.Nothing like a great western.I just love all the old westerns,wish TV was as good as it used to be.I don't think Hollywood really knows how much people love westerns,or they would bring them back.

Lowell Stewart
West Plains, Mo.
28 May 2003
64.12.96.237
Nowadays its hard to find a hero. Someone who is honest, stands up for what they believe, and can get the point across without using language that would wilt a sailors ears off. The Duke is gone but still lives in our hearts. We only have Selleck and Elliott left to carry the torch on for the many of us who still hold on to the Western Era movies.

BONNIE ALLEN
chillicothe, illinois
USA
27 May 2003
64.212.137.71
Would some one start paying more attention to us who are true lovers of westerns?I would just love to see another LOUIE L'AMOUR movie with TOM SELLECK, ROBERT DUVAL, SAM ELLIOTT.There are so many garbage movies out there ,, its time to go back to good entertainment again.

Brittany Deyton
Burnsville, NC
USA
26 May 2003
65.217.42.22
We need some REAL cowboy movies, with actors that are really western!

Ruth Ann
USA

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25 May 2003
05:46:06
65.172.186.70
Please more Westerns, especially starring Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott. But Tom Selleck is the best. TV needs more family shows rather than those horrible shows like X Files, Simpsons, Dharma & Gregg, etc.

BJ Tucker
South Central, MT
USA
24 May 2003
216.146.100.171
I believe that Crossfire Trail was one of the best westerns to come out of Hollywood in years. The Greats would be proud. The Duke-John Wayne, Ben Johnson, Lee Marvin, Sam Elliott, Clint Eastwood etc. personify the American Cowboy. Tom Selleck is the new American Cowboy. I know real cowboys and they live the cowboy code Honesty, Truth, do what is right. These are ideas that never die, fade away or tire, Hollywood wake up and smell the camp coffee. We do not see enough of such real life Heroes. In this time of turmoil, our children need good role models, good and evil, right, wrong and we as parents need entertainment that has good guys and bad guys. Movies where the good guy wins. Hollywood the people have spoken; there is an untapped market, money to be made, Oscars to be had if you do it right.

Ed Costar
Oak Brook, IL
USA
23 May 2003
12.250.128.65
Hey, Hollywood! America needs heroes today more than ever. Sure, we've got our heroic soldiers, policemen, and firefighters. And they are doing a terrific job. But dang gum it, we need our Western heroes, too!

Doug Boyer
New Westminster
B.C.
Canada
17 May 2003
24.69.255.204
I and many of my friends are missing the magic of the old west. The western is a simple way to tell a great story. Everyone can relate to the earlier times....We are tired of the modern car chases, drug wars, and silly situation comedies. Help us to go back to a better time when real men and women worked hard and lived by their own honesty (at least the good guys).

Bronco
Crosswood ranch
Belgium
Belgium Europe
17 May 2003
80.201.176.21
Hello i am the ranchboss of a bunch of Wild west reanactors in Belgium. Every time i have to say that 80% of a western movie you see ,you have to forget. There are few Western movies,that are correct. Mister Selleck is the one with good movies,and he is a favorite in our ranch.Where are the rest of you? Are you not proud of the Heritage of the WILD West?

Ted Gay
Lebanon, OR
USA
16 May 2003
64.28.61.21
We need good, realistic westerns, wholesome for the whole family. We are also in need of some western heroes, with definite good guy, bad guy roles.

Jake Laubach
Emmaus, PA
USA
15 May 2003
24.229.97.43
More Westerns please! ... Americans never tire of our real and legendary history. The western is not dead only ignored by Hollywood slicksters who feel that modern cop-dramas and ghetto shootouts are more compelling. The themes of the Western transend time and are as compelling as any script set in modern time.

irakli makharadze
tbilisi
georgia
14 May 2003
212.72.142.91
we need more lee marvins, warren oates, ben johnsons and john waynes, we need more good old westerns

Marion C. Nunez
Baytown, Tx
USA
14 May 2003
68.136.160.11
Very informative, up-todate. I love westerns, especially if they have Tom Selleck in them, I'm a BIG FAN.

Steve Anderson
Ardmore, Ok.
USA
14 May 2003
69.8.21.49
I read the article on Tom Selleck and really liked it. I think Tom needs to make more westerns. They are the best thing on t.v., but there aren't enough of them. A person can only watch reruns for so long. ... TOM, PLEASE, MORE WESTERNS!

Ramona Fridley
Ocala, FL
USA
10 May 2003
205.188.209.105
I miss the stories,I miss the good old boys and most of all I miss the scenery,so lets make more westerns

Fred Shaw
Milford, OH
U.S.A.
09 May 2003
171.75.112.106
We finally have reached a time in our history when we have the opportunity to tell the truth in Westerns without meekly giving in to stereotypes because they are expected. Organizations such as the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS)and the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) have produced a subculture within the U.S. who not only love the classic Western but also have a tremendous insight to actual stories, relationships, lifestyles, clothing, goods, in short, true Western culture. Tom Selleck has done excellent work in bringing his characters in line with this new truth. .... This also is a time when other cultures of the West can be explored. ... We want more quality, truthful Westerns from Hollywood. It's great to learn while having fun!

douglas g campbell
bakersfield, ca
usa
08 May 2003
12.151.176.10
....We need more of these good films.

Briana
Camden, ME
US
06 May 2003
161.15.50.6
I would love to see more Westerns being made! It seems to almost be a lost art in the movie's.

tom bentzen
Issaquah, wash
USA
06 May 2003
65.212.169.3
Please make more "Selleck"-like westerns! I want to see Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott in movies together again PLEASE! This is a very untapped market. Thank you

Tammie Payne
Ellijay, GA
USA
05 May 2003
66.44.192.108
I feel we need more down to earth films and tv shows on tv. .... Children need shows to show where this country came from and how it was built. Not [how to] get rich quick -- show them what America stood for then and now.

J. M. Bryant
Providence, R. I.
U.S.A.
05 May 2003
152.163.189.234
...Keep your reality t.v. and the rest ot the swill, and give us back the American cowboy! A true American hero!

Dawn Monroe
Ottawa, ON
Canada
04 May 2003
66.185.84.197
More westerns please. The values, the action, the heroes, both men and women can provide the youth of today with good entertainment and good learning! TV Series that have solid life values, solid family values. I am a fan of The Big Valley and it would be great to have a solid series like that again!!!

bill hathcock
perry, ga
04 May 2003
162.39.250.146
I'm a western movie fan. i love watching westerns. I would like to see new western movies being made. Tom Selleck does a great job in western movies. i would like to see Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott make another movie together. Cowboy movies are a dying breed, we need to keep the sprite alive, by making more western movies.

Ron Curtis
Terre Haute, IN
USA
02 May 2003
24.160.197.169
I really enjoy western movies, especially films with Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, and Tommy Lee Jones. Are there any new films in the making?
Entertainment Editor's Note: Yes, there are several feature-length westerns in various stages of production. More information & interviews will be appearing onsite in the future. For the latest, just check our monthly section on Entertainment News.

Ralph Miller
Vallejo, CA
USA
02 May 2003
67.116.228.244
I agree completely with what Robert Youngblood wrote. I'm tired of the superficial garbage like 'Texas Rangers' that Hollywood tries to pass off as Westerns. ...There is really a lot of material left unexplored. ...With today's advanced film techniques, such a penetrating director as Scorsese could investigate the profound ambiguities of the shadowy regions where lawmen crossed over into gangsters and then crossed back again, as well as the timeless tension between ex-Rebs and Yankees, and the reckless cattle culture that was the real Tombstone. ....We need westerns. They are the pith and pitch of American culture, and one reason we are so effete and repellently bourgeois today is that we don't have them to watch anymore. More, please!

Mike Patterson
Cerro Gordo, CA
USA
30 Apr 2003
148.78.243.51
I love a good western. Always have...always will. ...I need a good dose of the Code of the West more and more often from Hollywood. I live in a ghost town. For me, "western" is a reality.

steve dirksen
redlands, CA
USA
25 Apr 2003
198.81.26.207
I'm glad to hear some [new] westerns are coming out. We need westerns to counter the current wave of comedy/action movies that only glorify the brutality/stupidity of men or the sterotyping of women as easy/victims. I personally would like films depicting mature western male/female characters that are coping with situations historical/fictional that gives the viewer a sense of honor about their struggles.

Tammy Gislason
Innisfail
Ab
Canada
24 Apr 2003
24.64.65.247
Please bring back the Silver Screen Cowboys! As a western entertainer, I see and hear the desire of the public everyday to have the return of great western movies and what they stand for.

Ross G. Shaw
Fairfield
Ohio
U.S.A.
24 Apr 2003
66.144.8.175
America should ALWAYS be producing more Westerns! I'm doing my Masters degree in American frontier history, and my thesis is that our frontier heritage is what has made the United States such a great country: our past has shaped our present, and will continue to shape our future. The American film industry should recognize that, and continue to make Westerns, as well as other movies that reflect America's "wild and woolly" history. Kudos to Tom Selleck and TNT for making such great films, especially January's "Monte Walsh." It is the perfect representation of my idea, that though America goes forward, it can never forget its past: our history will always be around, influencing what we do and how we do it. I personally encourage Hollywood, as well as independent studios, to continue making good, solid Westerns and histories like "Monte Walsh," "Tombstone," and "Gods and Generals."

steven M. Ulmen
Rochester
MN
USA
24 Apr 2003
205.185.149.234
A good western is like a good contemporary story or even a good fantasy story...it tells an interesting tale and delivers a moral message the reader can relate to. It is also good escapist entertainment and it keeps the mind focused and sharp. Westerns can and should be based on our heritage, our past, and thus educates as well as entertains. No other genre is as uniquely qualified to both teach and entertain as is the western.

James M. Shay
Wichita, Ks
Sedgwick
24 Apr 2003
198.81.26.207
Dear Sir: It would be so nice of Hollwood to produce more Western movies. There is a vast audience that loves to watch good Western movies. Please produce more. Thank you.

Robert C. Youngblood
Graham
Texas
U.S.
23 Apr 2003
216.88.225.247
I've read your interviews with Tom Selleck, Barry Corbin and other celebrities in this magazine and find their comments about not enough good Western movies being made to fit right in with my own thoughts and those of a good friend of mine. I have been trying for many years to sell Western screenplays I have written, but to no avail. I can get people to read them and that's as far as it goes. I am currently writing and producing a Western-themed historical documentary about an event that occurred in the late 1800's and my on-screen host, narrator and partner in the project is a man who spent 40 years working in Hollywood as a top stuntman and actor. He and I have been friends for many years and we have over those years had many conversations about how to rebirth the Western movie, not just for ourselves, but, for all the people we encounter who say they sure wish somebody would make a good Western movie. My friend has told me many stories about his years working with stars and famous directors on Westerns, especially the "Big Cowboy" himself, John Wayne, and I can feel his nostalgia for the return of Western movies as he talks. The problem for us, and I suppose other actors and writers who would like to produce Westerns is money, or the lack thereof. Those with money won't invest in quality Western movies. Here in Texas, even in this depressed oil-state, you can still go out and find people who will invest in an oil well, knowing in the back of their mind that it will probably be a dry hole, but they'll invest anyway-it's an oil well. Ask them to invest in a Western movie and they will run backward from you faster than if you brandished a skunk's butt at them. My friend still makes an occasional screen appearance and much like Corbin and a lot of the other cowboy actors, donates his time to many charity events and enjoys himself, but it's a poor second for all these wonderful people to be growing old and not being able to share their talents with the world on a genre that the monied big shots in Hollywood want to overlook. It's a shame that all we have to look forward to is an occasional "Texas Rangers" or "American Outlaws" piece of garbage that lets some Hollywood bubble gum-star ride a horse and shot a gun. That's my comments, thank you very much.

rick hurst
victor, mt
usa
23 Apr 2003
198.81.26.207
When I was a kid ...it built character to see John Wayne doing what was right and just. And because people will pay to see them. Cop films are a dime a dozen but not westerns. Basically our kids need hero's again!! Someone to BE LIKE!!!

Christina Kemp
New Orleans, LA
USA
23 Apr 2003
137.30.149.140
To Hollywood: Please make more westerns. ...America wants more quality entertainment. ...Western movies embody the American spirit and how our country was settled as well as the beautiful landscape of our homeland. Come on, bring em back, we want em!!

Alan North
Van Horn, Tx
21 Apr 2003
12.37.55.116
[ A note to Hollywood] : You don't get a dime out of me until you start making westerns again.
Entertainment Editor's note: Dear Allen - Good news. You just might want to start saving your spare change - I'm happy to report there are indeed a number of westerns filmed, in the can & ready for release later this year, as well as several currently in development (which may show up as late as 2005), PLUS a few more that are currently on this summer's production schedule (slated for release in 2004). There's something a-coming for everyone, young and old. Be sure to keep American Western Magazine online at ReadTheWest.com bookmarked because we've got some great interviews booked for this year.

Ginny Rowden
Lonedell, Mo
USA
20 Apr 2003
209.248.39.125
Monte Walsh was the greatest! We need more movies like that. Maybe some Louis L'Amour stories also.

Mark Moscatello
Bronx, NY
United States
17 Apr 2003
65.202.13.252
Bring back westerns to hollywood. Post-9/11 we need westerns. Please.

Carol Post
Yucca Valley, CA
USA
17 Apr 2003
24.53.40.54
Living here in Morongo Basin, gives us Pioneertown, CA which is an old western movie town, and can be again. We are always finding ways to educate the visitors in Pioneertown about the old westerns, and the real history of the old wild wild west. Please bring us movies about famous western people. Thank You

Edward Smith
Glenside, Pa
USA
08 Apr 2003
68.80.245.170
I loved Monte Walsh and would like to see more films of this genre. It's about time that someone explored their artistic ability instead of relying on high tech special effects and pyrotechnics. The American cowboy epitomizes the true spirit of all Americans, the spirit that makes America what it is today. Why not give people what they are asking for, more great films like Monte Walsh. Cowboy Up Hollywood!

Jill McGrath
Madison, KS
06 Apr 2003
63.91.17.34
I would love to see more quality westerns made more frequently. Many country folks do not go to the movies because they are filled with science fiction & urban themes we just don't identify with. We would appreciate your thinking of us too!

Joe Beakey
Tucson, AZ.
USA
03 Apr 2003
198.26.130.37
I praise TNT for making good Western movies. I have a vast collection of John Wayne and other Western Movies. The grandkids age 9 to 14 enjoy watching all of them, when they visit. Beats most of the trash on Prime Time TV. "More Westerns Please"

Don May
Katy, TX
USA
02 Apr 2003
64.221.30.140
The Western was the first movie and needs to continue. ...Tom Selleck has inherited the crown from the "Duke" and Clint Eastwood. We need more of his Westerns and need to develop new actors (and give them a place to work) that portray (and live) the "Cowboy" way. Simple honor, truth, loyalty etc. is what we need and the Western is the only venue that consistently delivers. I, and the vast number of my friends and acquaintances, watch all of the old Westerns over and over again because they are good, entertaining and honest.

Claire Hurt
Covelo, CA
United States
30 Mar 2003
66.81.120.236
Most important of all is our youngsters. In a true version of the western cowboy and his history and present way of life, he comes as close to anything we have in this day, as a hero, and our children definitely need them. They have color, charisma and true grit and have always had. A good story is rare these days and this war we watch hour by hour has to be countered with some balance where our little folks will realize that freedoms are worth everything.

Albert & Carol Thornton
Paradise, Texas
U.S.A.
19 Mar 2003
65.163.255.74
Western movies are just plain American! You don't have to be a cowboy to enjoy the westerns. Children to senior adults enjoy westerns also. It is part of our background, history. Please make more good western movies

Ed Collier
Prescott, Az
USA
19 Mar 2003
24.116.67.254
The Western Movie is not dead. It is still the only type I will spend my money on. Please don't jazz them up to make them relevent to a teenage audience. Keep them true to the Western Genre. There a lot of us 50-plus types who have extra money to spend on our entertainment.

Kathy Fisher
Paradise, Tx
USA
18 Mar 2003
65.163.255.209
Please make more GOOD Westerns. Hollywood please hear our pleas. Good Westerns with good stars such as Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, and such. Monte Walsh was a great movie

Frank Holmes
Colorado Springs, Co
United States
14 Mar 2003
63.230.71.150
Need more good western movies such as Monte Walsh, Dances with Wolves, Unforgiven,etc. I would go to the movie theater a lot more if there were more good westerns. Thanks, Frank Holmes

Hugh Wolfe
Springfield, OR
USA
12 Mar 2003
67.250.136.123
Previously owned a video store and in looking back over the records the Western was the one genre that never sat on the shelf for long collecting dust! Sci-Fi would sit there for 6 months at a time, Comedy and Drama did pretty good, but the Western was always being rented, and asked for!

John Saville
Browns Mills, NJ
USA
12 Mar 2003
68.44.174.223
There is nothing like a western to show the right & wrong of a situation. ...I enjoyed them as a kid, and I enjoy them still.

Howard G. Bridges III
No. Hills, CA
USA
10 Mar 2003
198.81.27.7
With others calling the President a 'Cowboy' one would think the REAL cowboy should be shown to all. "Cowboys" are not bang-bang shoot-em-up types. The Cowboy Way is to defend women ,children and the weak. To not start trouble, but not shy away from it! We used to see that kind of thing every day, on TV and in real life. Thanks for your Time.

Joe Russo
West Chesterfield, MA
USA
10 Mar 2003
64.12.96.237
More Tom and Sam movies. Just make them!

JEAN WALKER
KANSAS CITY, MO
USA
09 Mar 2003
209.240.198.60
I have been a westerns fan all my life even as a kid. gunsmoke, bonanza rifelman etc. It is good family for the family to watch things together the kids i`ve helped raise watched the Duke movies with me and loved them. we need these kind of movies back.Please

brad norman
stewartville, mn
07 Mar 2003
67.233.80.163
more movies like monte walsh please

T.J. Sheehan Jr.
Chicago, IL
U.S.A.!!!!!!
07 Mar 2003
205.188.209.109
Any true American wants and needs to see The Real West up on the big screen or on TV. Thank God for the likes of Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, and Old Dobe Carey..who's still with us and keeps the spirit of Duke,Ward Bond,Hank Worden,Ben Johnson and JOHN FORD alive so that a whole new generation can know what it was like to have QUALITY WESTERNS,and be entertained over and over.God Bless Our Legacy..and God Bless the USA.....TJ.

Lily Sampson
Mount Uniacke, NS
Canada
07 Mar 2003
24.138.51.173
.... I don't watch tv or go to the movies much now as Westerns are so few. Thankfully there are still Western books. The Western is not dead. Please, Hollywood, wake up. Thank you.

BONNIE
chillicothe , IL
USA
05 Mar 2003
Please make more westerns,we need to preserve this heritage,, love all the LOUIE L'Amour , especially with stars such as tom selleck,sam elliot,robert duval,,would love to see one with all these stars , and why not a series again ?

Bob Richards
Union, OR
USA
05 Mar 2003
With the sucess of Monte Walsh and Crossfire Trail it would seem that there is a good market for westerns.

TJ Cantin
Manhattan, MT
America
02 Mar 2003
It is time to put our western heitage back in our American homes.The west is a big part of what and who we are.It is time to bring the western movie back!!!

Penelope French
Pendleton, OR
USA
02 Mar 2003
I am delighted to find this website and the opportunity to let someone--anyone--hear from this family regarding the nearly total lack of westerns being filmed today. We did enjoy "Monte Walsh" (thank you, Tom Selleck), but it's been a long time since anything like that was available. Please, please consider our plea and start making western movies again. The world needs real heroes!

Rhea Glasson
Stitzer, WI
USA
01 Mar 2003
Hey, Hollywood, PLEASE make more westerns like the likes of Monte Walsh. What a classic movie. The junk that is in the video stores now days is awful!! Why would you think people want to see that kind of crap. Monte Walsh was terrific and I would pay to have more like it.

actor Rick Ravanello
"Sugar Wyman" - Monte Walsh 2003
USA
Date: 26 Feb 2003
Wow, great site. I'm writing from the crazy world of Los Angeles. Wishing I were back in the saddle riding with the great cast of Monte Walsh. I heard about your site through a friend and I must say, AWESOME!! ...Thank you, American Western Magazine, for this great site and sound board for true western fans. I am proud to now be a member.
Editor's Note: Hey, thanks for stopping by and joining up, Rick! You had said it was a "life-changing experience being a part of Monte Walsh," and we look forward to telling our readers more about that, as well as what else you've been up to out there in LaLa Land....in a future online issue of American Western Magazine.

Frank Tucker
Union City, TN
USA
21 Feb 2003
209.173.39.180
I am going to date myself but westerns got in my blood whan as a child I would go to the Saturday afternoon matinees....Most westerns back then were cheesy sometime and a major stretch on the credibility department, but they were honest and clean....It was something the whole family could enjoy. I am still hooked on everything western. I love the horses,saddles,clothing and out of doors scenes. And yes the gun rigs, but most of all I love the good guys!!

Maxine Buchholtz
Glenwood Springs, CO
USA
21 Feb 2003
67.26.54.145
Love the stories and people of the American West - please make more.

Clarence Moore
Snellville, GA
USA
21 Feb 2003
172.170.18.224
Please make more western movies.

Raphe A. Whaley
Union City , Tn
US
20 Feb 2003
208.183.225.4
The western reflects America's past and gives viewers a good window into America's past. The western is a unique American art form.

Michael Creech
Avon, IN
I very seldom go to the movies anymore, but I go see every western possible, even if it does get bad reviews. Like my father once told me, "Son, there are no bad westerns, it's just that some are better than the others." If TNT had released any of it's westerns to the big screen, I would have gladly paid $12.50 to see them. Please, make more westerns!
Editor's Note: With all due respect, we believe there are such things as bad westerns. There's no excuse why Hollywood can't do quality all the time...after all, they are supposed to be professionals at what they do.  "More QUALITY Westerns!" remains our plea.

Matthew Drazan
Minneapolis, MN
USA
20 Feb 2003
204.31.32.139
Western Movies depicting Cowboys and Cowgirls showcasing American independence,code of conduct and fortitude is needed to reflect our true desire and aspirations.

Gerald Harris
Chicago, IL
USA
20 Feb 2003
205.188.209.109
This movie was fantastic [Monte Walsh], I enjoyed it and Crossfire and would buy both on DVD. The only thing missing was any hint that black cowboys existed. Hopefully in his next endeavor Tom Selleck will show that the west was just a bit more "colorful".

Julie Atchison
Austin, TX
USA
20 Feb 2003
152.163.189.234
Dear Hollywood, Why have you forgotten the Western movie? Do you think that people won't pay to see one? Americans have been turning to simpler and more heartfelt past-times. We've been rudely reminded of what's important. Families want to spend time with each other. Of all the movie choices, the Western satisfies all members of the family with an energetic plot, acceptable languange, and natural settings in "America the Beautiful." Hollywood, it's time for you to show us your "True Grit!" We're tired of waiting.

Morrie Oppenheim
Antioch, Ill 60002
United States
19 Feb 2003
209.112.91.129
To show our children what the west was really like and to preserve a great heritage. I Like when actors like Tom Selleck talk about keeping the parts they play as original as possible.

Jo Ann Shortell
Hawaii
USA
19 Feb 2003
63.10.149.139
I would love to see western movies come back into play. We who are interested in such appreciate the history and golden days of how our nation was formed through the hereos of the west. I truly would embrace western movies and on TV as a come back. There is too much left unexplored and the stories untold. Make a grand production and lets do it! I want to see and believe your re-creation. Go for it!

george c
wakefield, yorkshire
United Kingdom
14 Feb 2003
20:16:31
62.60.121.124
more ,more ,more ,more, westerns the world is jam packed with western fans who would , like--no, demand -- more western films

Monette Bebow-Reinhard
Abrams, WI
USA
14 Feb 2003
206.40.117.230
We have yet to see all that the exciting west had to offer in terms of movie material. There are so many areas left unexplored, and it was a fascinating period of our history, one which has not been repeated anywhere ever. So much of what has been made into movies in the past has been one-sided, almost inhuman in scope and now we have the chance to really explore what the west was like, in all its raw, wild, human glory, all the mistakes, all the survival, all the diversity! This was a period of west-ward movement, of immigration where people had to find new ways to live, to communicate. The themes left unexplored are mind-boggling.


Debbie Lyle
Sweet Home, Oregon
USA
14 Feb 2003
209.206.177.72
It's been a long dry spell since "Lonesome Dove." We sure would like to see more great ones like it.

Ben Greberman
Lafayette Hill, PA
USA
12 Feb 2003
64.12.103.31
The Western is the "only" pure American film..It teaches and inspires the lessons of good vs. bad, honesty vs. decit, and hard work and justice will always prevail..Something that's missing in today's films..Let's bring back wholesome entertainment to our families and especially to our kids.

Anita Tabbytite
Scottsdale
AZ
USA
12 Feb 2003
205.188.209.109
I'd like to see more Westerns on TV and hope Hollywood continues to make them.

Tom Ezell
Dryden, TX
USA
12 Feb 2003
168.58.33.202
The American people need to realize that life wasn't always as easy and automatic as it is today... Westerns not only entertain, but also educate our young people....

Mark Grisham
Fort Worth , TX
USA
10 Feb 2003
68.116.155.160
I believe that the western genre is alive and well as witnessed by the recent successes of the TNT network and other films in Hollywood, notably those produced by Clint Eastwood. While there have been failures, these were often of obviously poor quality. If you make a good movie, regardless of its subject, people will watch. And in the U.S. people will watch westerns!

Monty Thornburg
Flagstaff, Az
USA
07 Feb 2003
66.250.68.40
Bring back the good westerns. It's good family viewing. I like for people to see what it's like in the days of yesteryear, also what's going on in the modern-day cowboy and the people who work cattle and going from the old-fashioned...cattle drive to the modern day's of putting them in a truck and driving that like I have done for over twenty years. I wouldn't trade this life for anything else....It is also a dying trade that I would like to get my grandsons doing when they get older to keep the cowboy(cow-hand) way of life alive.

Matt Meagher
Alexandria, Va
usa
07 Feb 2003
68.49.236.26
Please make more good westerns like Quigley Down Under, The Man From Snowy River, Unforgiven, etc. But, please, don't make any more cheesy movies like American Outlaws!

Tom Murphy
Dallas, TX
usa
07 Feb 2003
4.18.85.2
the old west is part of american history,and to include the american indians also. the american cowboy story,plus the black cowboys also, stories need to told truthfully.

Becky Long
Winfield, KS
USA
07 Feb 2003
68.103.51.69
Please continue making westerns. 'Monte Walsh', 'Crossfire Trail', 'The Cowboys', 'Sons of Katie Elder', etc. all are wonderful movies for the whole family. I like not worrying about love scenes that are too sexy for the kids to see and I'm tired of language that isn't allowed in my house being paraded across the big screen as if it should be acceptable anywhere. Please make more quality movies like westerns.

Marie Moloney
High Ridge, MO
USA
06 Feb 2003
205.188.209.74
Hollywood has lost sight of the true moviegoer. They seem totally devoted to the notion of desperately reaching for the young 'airheads' in their targeted demographic numbers in the hopes of selling all of those carefully placed products in movies. The general public is tired of the well-worn remakes of mediocre ideas. As soon as they wake up and hear us softly dozing in our chairs they might start taking note and offering something original again; good stories with believable plots, dialogue that wouldn't make a Marine blush and a wardrobe director who works with more materials than Spandex and cheap leather. I don't expect anything to change from these comments, but I do feel better for having penned them! Fan of a Good Story.

Mildred Bartlett
Oregon, IL
USA
04 Feb 2003
208.1.86.185
People today badly need to see the values of the old west! For that matter, what I see of much of the new west.

William C. Parker III
Saraland, AL
01 Feb 2003
192.208.44.100
The western has everything that a person wants in a movie: good guys, bad guys,sexy saloon gals, indians, fights, guns, campfires, cattle, comedy ,horses, hats, buffalo, and some of the most beautiful scenery ever caught on film.

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