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The good news is Disney just released a teaser for the movie at Comic-Con.

The bad news is the teaser isn't on the internet yet so we'll have to wait a day or two to see it.

The best news is this description from Ain't It Cool indicates the movie heavily centers around the railroading industry.

As soon as they get the trailer up on the web I'll post back with a link to it.

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Originally Posted by Rusty Traque:
Originally Posted by N.Q.D.Y.:
Originally Posted by MartyE:

You forgot the really bad news...

 

Sadly Johnny Depp is still in it.

What's wrong with Johnny Depp?  I happen to think that he's actually a pretty good actor.

Ummm....

 

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As a member of KISS, maybe.

 

These two will be hard to beat:

lone-ranger

 

Rusty

What's the symbolism of that dead bird on the "new Tonto's" head and why is the new "Lone Ranger" sporting a star? Is it an identity thing? HMMM, I'm sure seeing this flick isn't on my bucket list.

 

 

LIGHTEN UP.  Look at things with an open mind instead of your preconceived ideas of what you think the movie should be.

 

The Dark Knight trilogy is far superior to any of the previously made Batman "movies".

 

The latest two (3rd here soon) James Bond films are also more impressive than the most recent previous JB outings.

 

Camp is no longer where it's at.

 

Fred

Originally Posted by Rusty Traque:
Originally Posted by N.Q.D.Y.:
Originally Posted by MartyE:

You forgot the really bad news...

 

Sadly Johnny Depp is still in it.

What's wrong with Johnny Depp?  I happen to think that he's actually a pretty good actor.

Ummm....

 

AneR6i8CAAEmUMv.jpeg

 

As a member of KISS, maybe.

 

These two will be hard to beat:

lone-ranger

 

Rusty

 

 

He may be attired rather strangely, but it doesn't detract from his acting ability, which in my opinion, is very good. Don't forget, the costume, dialogue and role played are primarily determined by the director and screenwriter. It takes a good actor to turn those visions into a worthy performance. 

I'm also with Fred and Nicole. This is not your childhood Lone Ranger TV Series and makes no pretense at such. If that's what you're looking for then you will be disappointed. But dissing a movie and the actors because the film doesn't meet your preconceived notion of what it should be is...well, silly.

Originally Posted by DennisB:

I'm also with Fred and Nicole. This is not your childhood Lone Ranger TV Series and makes no pretense at such. If that's what you're looking for then you will be disappointed. But dissing a movie and the actors because the film doesn't meet your preconceived notion of what it should be is...well, silly.

Hollywood's success rate on remaking TV shows has not been good.  Perhaps we'll be surprised by good writing, superb acting and Tonto not coming off like a Jack Sparrow clone.(Maybe, that's why the bird's on his head???

 

If it succeeds, more power to them.

 

Rusty

Well, I see I am not alone in being a fan of Clayton Moore and the "real" Lone

Ranger.  Even as a kid I did not care for fantasy superheroes...and so do not have

the first Superman comic book in my attic, and have seen none of those movies, past or present.  I as a kid read a lot of Zane Grey and recently did not like the one "Pirates" movie I saw...campy and hokey...   Like my trains, I like my fiction realistic.  One of Grey's books has taken me to Death Valley several times... and to the ghost towns and railroad sites there in the desert, such as the side door caboose at the stone station in Rhyolite, and the Laws station on the Carson and Colorado.   I will wait and see what is previewed about railroads in this film, but if it is campy, blahhhhh....and Buzzardhead and Starcrossed shown on here ain't an encouraging lead in. (I also did not think the remake of "True Grit" was anywhere near as good as the John Wayne version).

For those of you wondering why Depp is playing an Indian there are two reasons. 

One, he's part Cherokee and Creek Indian, based on a Kentucky great-grandmother’s ancestry.

Two, he's the one who wanted to make the movie and wanted to play Tonto.  Without him there would not be a new Lone Ranger movie coming out because he's the only one with enough Hollywood clout to make it happen

 

As for the bird on his head, some Indians dressed just like that

I was never a fan of the original TV show. Not that I disliked....just wasn't into the type show.  As far as Depp...I've liked most of what he has done...and if there are lots of trains...I'll see it.

I doubt many here saw 'Priest' and while I waited until it was shown on the movie channel I watched it because half the movie takes place on a steam punk style train. The movie was OK....but the train super cool!!

So the same with Lone Ranger....I'll see it and decide weather it's good or not AFTER....

There you go again James, interrupting some brilliantly subjective assumptions with historically sound fact.

The next thing you are going to try and tell us is that the Lone Rangers mother never failed to recognize him when he worn his mask.

 

Or, that an Indian would never ride into town every week to get his butt kicked for some some dude wearing a silver embellished, skin tight, jump suit and white pearl handel guns.

 

Now because of folks like you who go around filling kids heads with things like the truth Holywood is forced to produce characters based on history books rather then some preconceived notion.

 

Boy, what a kill joy you are.

Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Originally Posted by iakobos:

 Without him there would not be a new Lone Ranger movie coming out 

 

And the down side of that would be...........?

People who really enjoy the Lone Ranger story, in whatever adaptation is released would miss out on that piece of entertainment. That would be a downside for them.

 

Sure there are many people who condescendingly look down their nose at it. There are others who will snidely disparage Johnny Depp. I don't much care for him myself, but I certainly respect the fact he is very accomplished, is personally very successful and at a relatively young age can pretty much do what he wants within the limits of the law for the rest of his life. Nice position to be in.

 

Everyone has different tastes. It's really not for anyone to say the world would be a better place if there was no more strawberry ice cream because some guy likes vanilla better.

 

Lighten up. Live and let live. If a Lone Ranger movie comes out with Johnny Depp in it, your life won't be worsened. 

Originally Posted by gg1man:

 

Boy, what a kill joy you are.

Yes I know being a kill joy is a tough job but someone has to do it.

 

Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Originally Posted by iakobos:

 Without him there would not be a new Lone Ranger movie coming out 

 

And the down side of that would be...........?

Now you're the real kill joy.  I'm not a huge Depp fan but I don't dislike him either.  I have always liked the Clayton Moore/Jay Silver Heels Lone Ranger and Tonto.  (I even own the Lionel Lone Ranger set.)  I despised the Legend of the Lone Ranger that came out in the 80s.  It was a real let down. 

 

I don't know how this new movie will turn out.  It may be great and it may be a dud.  What I do know is trains are supposed to be featured prominently in the movie which I think everyone on the board loves but some of the disparaging remarks against the movie leave me wondering.  So to recap: No Depp, no Tonto, no Lone Ranger and No Big Train Sequences on the big screen.

I don't think gen 'X' or is it 'Y'(?), will ever like the new Lone Ranger Movie. The only attraction is Johnny Depp. Dark Shadows didn't do that well recently, so I think that Ranger is going to flop. The baby boomers won't like it either, because it will be compared to the TV show. Pirates was cool because it was campy and appeared to a larger & younger audience(they all went on the ride and like it!).

The last question: do you think it will have the 'William Tell Overture"??? (that would be a deal breaker, with today's sound)

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