The Lone Ranger release (After the 2014 Razzies)

Those of us who grew up with the Lone Ranger, either on radio, comic books, or television hold those times dear because those programs and others like it helped teach us about good vs. bad, right from wrong.  It was part of the "good times" for us.  The new movie and they way the Lone Ranger is portrayed just might be infringing on sacred ground......our Lone Ranger.

TEX

Steve

Frankly, the Lone Ranger movie was probably less about making a movie and more about building another movie franchise.

Rusty

Well, despite what the critics say, I'm going to see it as soon as it reaches these shores. The critics have slammed a large number of films that I have really enjoyed. 

c.sam:  LIONEL has had the Lone Ranger rights & has had a train set with subsequent add-on cars on sale for several years now.  Lionel had timed the set with what was to have been the original release date of the film.   But the film was beseiged by massive budgetary & production problems, causing such a delay.    See link at www.lionel.com :    http://www.lionel.com/Products/Finder/ProductDetail.cfm?ProductNumber=6-30116&expandBranch=0&Keywords=Ranger&CategoryID=0&RailLineID=&CatalogId=

I have to disagree - After Earth would take the title as the worst Summer movie of 2013 so far...

No, no, a thousand times NO! 

Don't forget the Bond movie "Goldfinger" when Oddjob took the gangster's car and put it in the crusher (along with the gangster), crushed it into a cube, then lifted it with a magnetic crane and dropped it in the back cargo bed of Oddjob's Ranchero and drove off without the Ranchero's suspension collapsing or the tires exploding under the sheer weight of the crushed car; as if crushing a car into a smaller cube is going to make it lighter. 

But it was a great flick; one of the Bond classics. 

RadioRon - Yes, I remember that Lionel has produced a Lone Ranger set, but the MTH Ten-Wheeler is a much better representation of the film locomotive for certain. Considering that many here are slamming the film for it's 'fantacy' interpretation of the LR Tradition, I felt that the suggestion was warranted! 

AMCDave -  I hope you proceed and post some photos soon of your train!

I know we'll be putting something together as a diorama for the club's portable layout starting SOON...

if you want to create a fantasy, be creative but don't take a classic and make a joke out of it.

the Wiz and ET were written as fantasies, the Lone Ranger was not.

Was just telling my wife that this thread is on its 7th page and she asked what eveyone thought of the film. When I told her of the poor reception from many of you and most from people who won't go see it for themselves, she said "Tell them to go see it - it's a fun movie". That's all we expected and enjoyed it. She also said "The trains were worth it!"

And they were..

Remember too that this is geared to younger kids so much of the action (like a horse running atop moving cars) was 'normal' for that age group. It was really refreshing not to have to listen to the awful language that is so common today.

I get it. You want to see the Lone Ranger as you remember him from the TV series.

I was a huge fan of the Batman in comic books. However, when the campy TV series came out I was disappointed because it didn't match up with the more serious Batman. The recent Batman films are more true to the character as I saw him. Yet, there are those who don't like these rather dark films because they are such a departure from the TV series. The point is, neither take on the character is wrong or bad, they're just different.

And yet, when they made the Maverick movie in 1994, they managed to be relatively true to the 1950's TV series.  Yeah, Gibson was a little hammy, but the overall feel of the movie was similar to the series.

Disney apparently made a decision to make a Johnny Depp movie and not a Lone Ranger movie.

Rusty

You probably would have liked Batman: The Animated Series from the 1990's.  That's the one I grew up with, and the one that comes to my mind when I think of Batman.  From what I understand, this series was more heavily inspired by the original 1940's comic book series.

You know I will.....I'll have to sneak it by Allen Miller lest it disappears!! 

my wife made the observations that there seemed to be three different movies in there and they couldn't decide which one to make, so they made them all in parts.

regardless, we both liked it and i appreciated the quirkiness.

the stunts were very much fun.

Two and a half hours of pure, unadulterated, mindless fun.  Just got back and my wife and I both enjoyed it.  As the credts were rolling she looked over at me and said "how can anybody not like that movie?"  I just don't know.

Yeah, I'm old enough to remember Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheals.  I watched that TV show all the time.  This was different, this was a more modern take showing what's possible with todays actors and technology.

I rarely go to a movie with any expectations other than "enjoying the show".  I'm hardly ever disappointed.

This one will be a Blue Ray purchase when available.  a 'feel good' movie, like The Graduate.

I just got back from my 2nd viewing. STILL had fun. And the 50-60 folks that saw the 3 pm show seemed to agree as they were talking among themselves about parts they liked etc. It ain't for everyone....but that's why Hollywood makes 100's of movies a year!

PS....those worried that the box office numbers would make it a good time to buy Disney stock......the stock price went up 1.5% AFTER weekend box office numbers were published.......

100's of movies.  I remember when they built one of the first muti-plexes in Houston:  TWO SCREENS!  You went to the movie(s) which were being shown, or you just stayed home!

I'll probably catch it Sunday.

You shouldn't have to wait long...give it a week or so.

I sure hope so......I need screen grabs to use in building those silver ore cars!!!

And it will save me some time from trying to scour the internet now for those behind the scenes photos with the "Constitution" locomotive!  I have ready candidates for that in G and HO, I've got the green and smokebox colors, so I just need to look it up for lettering style and placement!

No date for DVD/Blu-Ray has been announced.  It will be interesting to see what Disney does with the residual releases; my guess is, however, that nothing on DVD will be released until the movie plays out its run internationally.  Figure...the first week of November or late October for theU.S. DVD/Blu-Ray.

I will be VERY surprised if you have to wait that long to see it on DVD or Blu-Ray.

No DVD or BR until the PPV and OnDemand plays out. I bet Oct/Nov too.

General rule of thumb is if the movie is released in the Summer, the home release will take place to start up the Holiday buying season, so these movies will start being released in mid to late October.

I preordered Star Trek Into Darkness on Blu Ray and it's slated for possible October release.  I think Iron Man 3, the first big movie for this season, is due in late September.

you're comparing apples to lemons...

Rotten Tomatoes; Tomatometer Ratings:

Star Trek Into Darkness ... critics 87%, audience 92%

The Lone Ranger (2013) ... critics 25%, audience 68%

i'll go with a late summer DVD release. kids will still need somewhere to go and that's mostly what summer movies are about.

Wow, you brought back some memories for me.  I can remember going to see it with my Boy Scout troop back in the 60's.  It was shown in Panavision with 3 projectors.  I saw it at the old Nixon Theater - big art deco setting with balconies and long rows.

The buffalo stampede was amazing.  Because of the way it was filmed and projected, you thought you were IN the stampede.  And yes, there were lots of train scenes.

As for the Lone Ranger, I heard Disney spent $250M making the film and $175M marketing it - OUCH.  Mickey might be reduced to having to scrounge for cheese!

George

I went and saw the Lone Ranger today. If you take it for the tongue-in-cheek action/comedy it is, it is quite entertaining and actually a pretty good movie. I would see it again.

BTW Star Trek hits the shelves on September 10th.  Blue Ray and DVD.  So the Lone Ranger most likely will be October.

At last, the Lone Ranger has opened here in Holland. I went to see it tonight and was very impressed. The film was even better than I had expected and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. (OK, apart from the heart eating bit, but I closed my eyes for that bit.)

I think that Mr Depp played Tonto very well, and the that whole film was extremely well made. 

As far as I am concerned, this film deserves at least 2 thumbs up. 

Good for you Nicole!!! The major reason the film 'failed' was the press it received before it was shown to the public!!!!  The vast majority of those that went to see it, know it wasn't Inception, enjoyed it.  Hammer came out this week and blasted the press for killing, in his opinion and mine, the film before it was shown.

Well, the 2014 Razzie Awards came and went last night, just before the Oscars of tonight.

The Lone Ranger pulled out with one award for worst sequel, prequel, rip-off, or remake, but managed to stay with only one.

Honestly, I think every other award was deserved, but the other choices for this category make The Lone Ranger look like True Grit by comparison.

BTW Dave, I did manage to make some progress in the title-metioned project. The stack has come off and the tender is being fitting for a cover over the wood load. I will get more into the project when school lets up...

They could have sut 30 mins from the movie, to get rid of some subplots not needed for the story, and had a better, tighter movie.