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Subject:
Sci-fi using Western genre characteristics
From:
Bet MacArthur <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 20 Nov 1997 01:31:11 -0500
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On Nov 11, Kerry Thompson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I am a student in an introductory level film course at >Fitchburg State
College in Mass.  I am researching science >fiction films that are made with
the typical Western genre >characteristics.
 
I'm not certain Michael Crichton's 1973 'Westworld' would qualify, but
there's always 'Mad Max' and 'The Road Warrior'.
IMHO, the 'Alien' #1 & #2 also would qualify (the 'bad guy comes to town and
gets everyone but the hero' motif).
Bet MacArthur
Cambridge MA
 
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