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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Monday movie
The Indian chase scene from Stagecoach (be sure to check out the Indian reloading at about 3:50; he’s sitting that horse just as easy as if he were relaxing in a Laz-E-Boy).
The use of the Perfect Arrow Coordination Ordnance @1.22 is pretty good stuff, no other way the Indians could have started off with such a good shot.
Perfect Ammunition for Commanche Operations seemed to be used throughout by the stage crew & passengers. They brought down a galloping Indian with Every shot.
Palefacewoman (And Child) Onboard was a neat emotive touch.
The rule of Perfect Angle for Cinema Objects is the only way Indians galloping behind were able to launch arrows that landed in the sidewall of the coach at 90 degrees @2.57.
2.34 & 3.25 saw Pretty Audacious Co-driver Orientation (considering he was using a shotgun, he was doing well not to be blasting holes in the roof of the coach)
They made their stuntmen of steel in those days. No way would I dare make a joke about the stunts @4.35 & 5.35. I take my hat off to those blokes. Whatever they were paid for those two stunts wasn't enough.
Steve: Your observations on the, er, interesting physics of ordance in that movie are spot on.
BTW, I too, have always been impressed by the stunts, especially that guy who got shot off the lead coach horses and dropped to the ground as the horses and coach bowled over him.
That was great, seeing all those old, familiar faces. And the stagecoach/Indian chase (even though, as a child I was familiar enough with horses to know a fast chase lasting that long would have seen all the horses dropping dead from exhaustion).
It's great to see Monument Valley, which really represents the vastness of the Dinetah (Navajo Nation). I love black and white, but it's a shame to miss the colors. My parents bought a horse that was from the Navajo res. Didn't know that it had been drugged. It took three riders to bring that horse back from Scottsdale where my sister and I had ridden to watch the Fiesta Del Sol parade. Kui wanted so bad to run hard. Most horses can't run long distances, but those res "ponies", and Arabians are the exception.
Side note: Later, sis was on the front page of the Phoenix paper for riding in that same parade. Different horse.
The use of the Perfect Arrow Coordination Ordnance @1.22 is pretty good stuff, no other way the Indians could have started off with such a good shot.
ReplyDeletePerfect Ammunition for Commanche Operations seemed to be used throughout by the stage crew & passengers. They brought down a galloping Indian with Every shot.
Palefacewoman (And Child) Onboard was a neat emotive touch.
The rule of Perfect Angle for Cinema Objects is the only way Indians galloping behind were able to launch arrows that landed in the sidewall of the coach at 90 degrees @2.57.
2.34 & 3.25 saw Pretty Audacious Co-driver Orientation (considering he was using a shotgun, he was doing well not to be blasting holes in the roof of the coach)
They made their stuntmen of steel in those days. No way would I dare make a joke about the stunts @4.35 & 5.35.
I take my hat off to those blokes. Whatever they were paid for those two stunts wasn't enough.
Steve: Your observations on the, er, interesting physics of ordance in that movie are spot on.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I too, have always been impressed by the stunts, especially that guy who got shot off the lead coach horses and dropped to the ground as the horses and coach bowled over him.
Never mind the guy riding the horse. I want that muley! That was what a 100-yard shot with buckshot? What was that thing choked -- sewing needle bore?
ReplyDeleteRichard: There was a swirling wind that day that kept the pattern intact. Would've worked all the way out to #9 birdshot.:)
ReplyDeleteStagecoach also featured one of the greatest opening scenes with Wayne standing in the middle of the road stopping the stagecoach.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the Rifleman's, ah, rifle was copied from that movie since the two are very similar with that oversized lever.
All CGI, every bit of it.
ReplyDeleteReally old guns, tho. The ones they use in movies these days never have to be reloaded.
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That was great, seeing all those old, familiar faces. And the stagecoach/Indian chase (even though, as a child I was familiar enough with horses to know a fast chase lasting that long would have seen all the horses dropping dead from exhaustion).
ReplyDeleteSteve, your observations were excellent.
Steve -- Bravo on the Precisely Attuned Cinematic Observations!
ReplyDeleteYojimbo -- sort of a bucknado, eh?
ReplyDelete-- Paco -- and Duke got the best closing shot in Western history in The Searchers...
It's great to see Monument Valley, which really represents the vastness of the Dinetah (Navajo Nation). I love black and white, but it's a shame to miss the colors. My parents bought a horse that was from the Navajo res. Didn't know that it had been drugged. It took three riders to bring that horse back from Scottsdale where my sister and I had ridden to watch the Fiesta Del Sol parade. Kui wanted so bad to run hard. Most horses can't run long distances, but those res "ponies", and Arabians are the exception.
ReplyDeleteSide note: Later, sis was on the front page of the Phoenix paper for riding in that same parade. Different horse.
Deborah Leigh