The biggest absurdity for me
is how the Deaf Smith character appears at multiple locations from scene to scene, including stopping at home for a quickie with his wife and a bit of gardening, all while rescuing orphans and stray dogs.
The dialog is worse than awful. Somehow I just knew that someone was going to exclaim "when you cut off the head of the snake, the body dies". I just didn't realize how quickly they would shoot that silver bullet.
The two dopey Junior Rangers were possibly the worst characters of the bunch. Their inclusion smacked of rotten cheese.
I kept comparing it to the silly/ridiculous Made For TV westerns and mini-series of the mid-70s to mid-80s. In truth, if that is what the network and producers were going for, they nailed it. They just need more feathered hair styles and muzak.
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Drago,
2015-05-31, 00:12
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- Entertaining with major points at least touched on - MR, 2015-05-31, 10:13
- Ptooey... -
JLF,
2015-05-31, 10:54
- "with Sterling Haden hoping the US calvary shows up" - cas, 2015-05-31, 11:25
- BTW it was filmed in Durango, Mexico - MR, 2015-05-31, 12:32
- The biggest absurdity for me - BC, 2015-05-31, 13:03
- Ptooey... - Boge Quinn, 2015-05-31, 14:15
- Ptooey... -
MR,
2015-05-31, 22:21
- Ptooey... - uncowboy, 2015-06-01, 11:36
- we barely made through one episode - bj, 2015-06-01, 22:13
- THEY LABEL IT IN THE BEGINNING AS - SIXGUNNER, 2015-06-03, 07:59
- And you were expecting what? - Charles, 2015-06-05, 08:49