Cowboys and Aliens (2011)

[ace3g]

from my last post there seem to be interest for this film as well, so here is a photo they released during comic con

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/images/Cowboys-vs-Aliens-Comic-Con.jpg

[CubanSucks]

Any video anywhere?

[phyzik]

Any video anywhere?

There where some clips at the panel at comic-con. No trailer, just footage put together really quickly. They have only been filming for about a month.

Hopefully those clips will be released/leaked soon.

[ace3g]

here is the trailer, looks good

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/110723-the-trailer-for-cowboys-a-aliens

here is the trailer

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/cowboys-and-aliens.html?showVideo=1#movTitle

[MannyIsGod]

They filmed this here in Santa Fe and I got a call from the costume designer about possibly fitting some actors with contact lenses designed for special effects. We didn't end up doing it but I'll be interested to see what they did with the lenses.

The movie title sounds fucking dumb though. We'll see.

[CubanSucks]

Stupid fucking name but Jon Favreau has been the shit since Swingers. And Olivia Wilde is so fucking...:jack

[Medvedenko]

The trailer looks really good and the cast is awesome. It's definitely looking better than Green Lantern's trailer.

[phyzik]

Stupid fucking name but Jon Favreau has been the shit since Swingers. And Olivia Wilde is so fucking...:jack

I kinda like the name. I think its paying homage to the old school 70's and 80's flicks.

Plus, the comic that its based off of is called Cowboys vs Aliens.... so there you go.

[Duff McCartney]

They filmed this here in Santa Fe and I got a call from the costume designer about possibly fitting some actors with contact lenses designed for special effects. We didn't end up doing it but I'll be interested to see what they did with the lenses.

The movie title sounds fucking dumb though. We'll see.

I thought you were gonna say they wanted you to audition for one of the aliens.

[Duff McCartney]

Damn this movie looks awesome. I think Hollywood could stand to benefit from combining a few genres together.

I always thought making a horror western would be a good thing to have. Just like my idea for Predator but having it set during the 18th century in Europe. With primitive guns.

[tlongII]

Looks cool to me. I'll watch it.

[MannyIsGod]

I thought you were gonna say they wanted you to audition for one of the aliens.

Oh snap. Maybe I could pay off your old loans with the money if I got the part!

[BlairForceDejuan]

oh hell yes

[DPG21920]

Yeah, that looks solid. The cast is at least good, so they can probably make it at least decent. Cool concept.

There is a few interesting movies coming out. Even "Battle: Los Angeles" looks decent.

[Johnny RIngo]

Damn this movie looks awesome. I think Hollywood could stand to benefit from combining a few genres together.

I always thought making a horror western would be a good thing to have. Just like my idea for Predator but having it set during the 18th century in Europe. With primitive guns.

Horror-Westerns have been around for a LONG time, dude:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_West

Also, both movies are probably not all that similar but the first thing that came to mind when I heard about Cowboys and Aliens was Oblivion (1994):

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[Duff McCartney]

Horror-Westerns have been around for a LONG time, dude:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_West

Also, both movies are probably not all that similar but the first thing that came to mind when I heard about Cowboys and Aliens was Oblivion (1994):

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Right but when was the last movie they made that was a horror western? And I mean like real horror...not some bullshit like Jonah Hex that's more superhero.

[Duff McCartney]

Oh snap. Maybe I could pay off your old loans with the money if I got the part!

That would be good..student loans are a bitch.

[silverblk mystix]

Stupid fucking name but Jon Favreau has been shit since Swingers. And Olivia Wilde is so fucking...:jack

Fify.

You're welcome.

[CubanSucks]

Fify.

You're welcome.

So Swingers, Elf, and the Iron Man movies have all been shit? How the hell could anyone not love Swingers

[oh crap]

ana de la reguera :tu

[silverblk mystix]

So Swingers, Elf, and the Iron Man movies have all been shit? How the hell could anyone not love Swingers

Unless I misunderstood, Swingers WAS the last best thing he did,IMO.

[I Cut]

Looks stupid. It might be on account of the stupid title.

[symple19]

Saw the trailer while at the movies last night, looks horrible.

Oh, and the trailer for green lantern looks even worse...

[Trainwreck2100]

Saw the trailer while at the movies last night, looks horrible.

Oh, and the trailer for green lantern looks even worse...

james bond + indiana jones can't fail ever.

[phyzik]

New trailer

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Looks like a fun summer movie. Cant wait.

[Johnny RIngo]

The "graphic novel" the film is based on is so goddamned awful I never understood how it was greenlit into a movie in the first place. Just about the most bland, cliche-driven comic I've read in years. Seriously, this is type of shit I would have given away to my friends/cousins(I've done this before with really awful comics). I'm usually an advocate of source material when it comes to film/tv adaptaions but this is one of the few instances where I'm totally behind the filmmakers in doing whatever the hell they want with this project.

[Johnny RIngo]

Right but when was the last movie they made that was a horror western? And I mean like real horror...not some bullshit like Jonah Hex that's more superhero.

A good portion of these films are terrible but I'm only noting them because you asked for films in this genre. Also, more than a few are present-day Westerns(Carpenter's Vampires, Near Dark, etc)

Television

"Twilight Zone" The Grave (1961) - Old West lawman Conny Miller visits the grave of a man who he failed to track down to prove he was never afraid of him but gets more than he bargained for.

"Tales From the Crypt" - ep26 - Carrion Death (1991)- An escaped con running for the Mexican border ends up killing a state trooper named, but in the process gets cuffed to him and has to drag the heavy corpse across the desert to freedom. To make matters worse, he finds himself stalked by a hungry abnormal vulture.

"Tales From the Crypt" - ep 46 - Showdown (1992)- After killing a Texas ranger, a remorseless gunslinger gets his comeuppance when all of his past victims come back to haunt him.
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Movies

Ravenous (1999) - Captain John Boyd's promotion stations him at a fort where a rescued man tells a disturbing tale of cannibalism.

Dead Birds (2004) - A group of Confederate soldiers who hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.

The Burrowers (2008) - In the Wild West a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances

Copperhead (2008) (TV) - Small town in the Wild West is attacked by poisonous snakes.

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990) - Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town

Ghost Town (1988) - A modern-day deputy tracks an abducted girl to a ghost town, and the spirits of the past who took her.

Grim Prairie Tales: Hit the Trail... to Terror (1990) - Two travellers, one a well to do young clark on the way to a reunion with his wife, the other a feral bounty hunter meet at sundown on a lonely prairie and agree to swap stories to pass the time.

Eyes of Fire (1983) - A preacher is accused of adultery and he and his followers are chased out of town and become stranded in an isolated forest which is haunted by the spirits of long dead Native Americans

Scream (1981) - A group of friends on a rafting trip down a river stop in at an old ghost town to spend the night. Soon their rafts disappear, and then they begin to be eliminated one by one by a mysterious killer.

Near Dark (1987) - A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.

John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) - A vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to endure sunlight

The Supernaturals (1986) - Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training exercise. Unfortunately, it is the site where a bunch of yankee soldiers murdered a town of confederates. The corpses of the dead soldiers rise up to wreak revenge.

From Dusk Till Dawn series

Tremors 4 (2004) - A prequel to Tremors (1990), the founders of Rejection Valley and how they defended it against the dirt dragons AKA graboids.

Ginger Snaps 3 (2004) - Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves.

Dust Devil (1992) - A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.

BloodRayne: Deliverance (2007) (V) - Rayne, the half-human/half-vampire warrior, ventures to America's 1880's Wild West to stop the vampired Billy the Kid and his posse of vampire cowboys.

Seven Mummies (2006) - Six escaped convicts and their female hostage make a desperate run for the Mexican border, where they stumble across a lost treasure of untold wealth, and find certain death instead on the Arizona desert.
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Books/Comics

A shit ton of books/stories by Joe Lansdale("On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with the Dead Folks" for example)

I haven't read all that much comics with this type of theme but the ones that immediately come to mind:
Preacher - Saint of Killers mini-series(unbelieveably awesome)
Jonah Hex(nothing like the movie in that it's actually GOOD)
El Diablo(mini-series from Vertigo)

[DPG21920]

Anyone watch this yet?

[BlackSwordsMan]

I was going to but I tripped over a dead body and as I shrugged it off because I'm deep and edgy my capt jack sparrow wallet must have fell out my trenchcoat. =[

[DPG21920]

So edgy and dark.

[desflood]

It was enjoyable. Despite having a very talented cast it never came across as one of those movies that takes itself too seriously. Just what I wanted it to be - a big, loud, blow-shit-up summer flick. 7/10 for sheer mindless entertainment.

[Trainwreck2100]

it was good enough to be worth watching it really suffers from its tit;e though

[TimDunkem]

Gotta love the Weird West. I plan on seeing it soon.

[Blake]

Idea guy: "ok.....how bout we make a movie with cowboys and aliens in it?

Hollywood producer: "my god......it's brilliant."

[Blake]

This movie blew :td

[Wild Cobra]

This movie blew :td
Regardless, at some point I will buy it and add it to my BluRay collection.

At least the concept is unique.

[TE]

Didn't really get around to liking this flick.

[tlongII]

The movie was good!

[Borosai]

I thought it was going to be good. It wasn't.

But I did finish watching it, so it's good enough to watch. Once.