Re: Soundtracks

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Posted by Gayle on April 20, 1998 at 09:53:17:

In Reply to: Re: Soundtracks posted by gus on April 20, 1998 at 08:56:53:

gus wrote:

While Hawkeye, and often times clint in his westerns(with the exception of Unforgiven) are almost like superheroes. Instead of x-ray vision, they have snake like reflexes and pin point accuracy, at any range. That is not a critisism....I love these movies, I just think Lonesome Dove is a story about heroes...that are REAL people too.

Hi Gus!

I like your observation about the hero qualities. And I agree that there is a point beyond which a reader or viewer cannot suspend reality to accept the hero's super-everything. It is much more enjoyable to read about people who, now and then, make a mistake or miss the target like the rest of us flawed "creaturs". As to Hawkeye, Cooper tried to make him humanly fallible, but he took his marksmanship to ridiculous levels - to the point that I found myself occasionally rooting for the opposition.

The characters in Lonesome Dove were wonderful, just because they were so human. That was a book I read more than once, and it was so perfect that I didn't even want sequels. As a novel, it was a SATISFYING experience.

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: gus wrote:

:  While Hawkeye, and often times clint in his westerns(with the exception of Unforgiven) are almost like superheroes.  Instead of x-ray vision, they have snake like reflexes and pin point accuracy, at any range.  That is not a critisism....I love these movies, I just think Lonesome Dove is a story about heroes...that are REAL people too. 

: Hi Gus!

: I like your observation about the hero qualities.  And I agree that there is a point beyond which a reader or viewer cannot suspend reality to accept the hero's super-everything.  It is much more enjoyable to read about people who, now and then, make a mistake or miss the target like the rest of us flawed "creaturs".  As to Hawkeye, Cooper tried to make him humanly fallible, but he took his marksmanship to ridiculous levels - to the point that I found myself occasionally rooting for the opposition. 

:  The characters in Lonesome Dove were wonderful, just because they were so human.  That was a book I read more than once, and it was so perfect that I didn't even want sequels. As a novel, it was a SATISFYING experience.


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