Wed, Jun 14 2006

Marshall to play bounty hunter?

I was a loyal viewer of the TV series "Have Gun Will Travel", so with the news that rapper Eminem will play a modern version of Paladin, I'm clenching my teeth a bit. The original series was a Western. It may have been a Western of its time, but it was a Western. Making a modern film version with a mere glance at the old concept, while freely using the same title, seems a bit cheesy to those of us who watched Richard Boone's character set people straight.

The idea of including rap music does nothing to sway me in this project's favor. I'm wishing they would just leave that title out completely. In fact, there's still time for them to change their minds. Why try to cheat moviegoers by cashing in on a title they're only planning to trash in terms of the time period and setting?

They could at least make it a time travel film. "Have Gun Will Travel" any place, any time period. Now, that might actually be fun to watch--but only with a good soundtrack that doesn't come across like a feature-length rap music video.

I'm really trying to keep an open mind. They're not making it easy.

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