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To avoid some of the negative associations of the most famous Ranger-Tonto origin- where Tonto virtually gives up his life to become the white hero's sidekick- young Tonto and young John Reid become bonded in childhood, when the Indian boy takes the white boy into his camp following the death of John's parents. Interestingly, the later film probably borrows more of its basic elements from the 1981 film, particularly in respect to a Lone Ranger who begins as a bit of a dude, and whose brother is more at home in the Old West than he is. Its worst sin is the opposite of Verbinski's flick: where the 2014 Ranger is overblown, the 1981 Ranger- boasting five talents working on the screenplay- is simply pedestrian. Seeing this iteration of the Lone Ranger today, in the wake of the lively but hollow LONE RANGER of 2014, the 1981 film doesn't seem so bad. However, though Hollywood expressed interest in a lot of franchises- including, incredibly enough, PLASTIC MAN- the possibility of more big-time movies of this type was killed for a time by three major flops: FLASH GORDON and POPEYE in 1980, and LONE RANGER in 1981. Hollywood obviously sensed the public's possible enthusiasm for properties that either derived from comic books or had "comic-bookish" reputations.
#THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER 1981 MOVIE#
shouldn't that be told somewhere in the article? it was also the last movie this guy made - 78.43.41.Whenever I've mentioned THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER in conversation, it's usually been to allude to its role in arguably killing off a spate of "comic book movies" that might have come arisen in the wake of the box-office successes of STAR WARS, SUPERMAN, and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. he was the one that replaced clayton moore for a few years when he wanted too much cash. John hart has been the 2nd lone ranger out of the original series. In the original legend, the Lone Ranger used silver bullets to remind him to use his gun sparingly and to respect human life. Any thoughts? 97.73.64.144 ( talk) 21:43, 27 April 2012 (UTC) I've only seen part of the movie, but I recall a scene where Tonto encouraged John Reid to use silver bullets simply because they were "more accurate". I've never seen this movie all the way through, so I don't know if that's true. If I remember correctly, they particularly despised the violence, especially since one of the hallmarks of the Lone Ranger was his respect for human life.
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I know Siskel and Ebert (then the hosts of PBS' "Sneak Previews") were among the critics who panned this movie.
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* Septegram* Talk* Contributions* 04:16, 7 September 2009 (UTC) Why did critics pan it? If that's not too much trouble, of course. Perhaps someone who's seen this thing could at least grace the article with a bleedin' plot synopsis? And Kudos to whomever cleaned this thing up, a 100-fold improvement over how it once appeared! RoyBatty42 ( talk) 17:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC) Plot? RWardy 17:39, 12 September 2007 (UTC) Budget and Revenue Ĭan anyone find a source for the film's budget and box office returns? I remember it being massively over budget, one of the most expensive films that year (think it was priciest Western ever made at that point) and for years considered one of Hollywood's biggest flops. This article has had its infobox tag removed by a cleanup using AWB.Īny concerns please leave me a message at my talk page. From a complete lack of sources, false information and inane trivia (the complete song lyrics?) to an overall lack of proper tone this thing needs a top to bottom rewrite RoyBatty42 18:26, 21 February 2007 (UTC) Removal of "needs infobox" tag Wow, it's rather amazing how bad this article is.