GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
Nessieldwi
Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
Walter Sloane
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
amexspam
I can warmly recall western TV show tunes such as "Johnny Yuma was a rebel he rode through the west". And "All but one man died. There at Bitter Creek". And who could forget "da-dumb, da-dumb, da-dumb, dumb, dumb,de-dumb, dumb dumb" of The Wild, Wild West. And then there's Bat Masterson with "And those with too ready a trigger, Forgot to figure". And "He wore a cane and derby hat,They called him Bat". The show was okay. Paladin was more cerebral. Maverick was funnier. Cheyenne was pithier. Gunsmoke had a taller leading man. Bonanza had color. Even Yancy Derringer had better writing. But Gene Barry did an okay job of being a gentleman Marshall.
Tapestry6
This was a very cool series and the Western Channel (STARZ) is running the Bat Masterson marathon today 1/6/07. Yesterday they were running the Rifleman marathon with Chuck Conners. They will be airing these episodes daily at 4pm starting tomorrow. Bat Masterson series was short sweet and to the point entertainment. Gene Barry was obviously having fun in this series I know he played a character similar later on, only he changed his horse for a limousine. Each story was self contained. With really bad guys and of course the wimpy henchmen that would give up the information that Bat needed to get the bad guy. I spotted Ross Martin from the original Wild Wild West(Artemus) in one of the shows and as these other shows roll through I am sure a few other character actors will show up. If you get a chance between whatever football games are running take a peek this is entertainment not deep psycho-babble ;)
jonesy74-1
and Derby Hat. They called him Bat." I always wondered how you could "wear" a cane? Oh well.Boy, could that guy USE that cane, though. Hoooooey! He could trip you or bonk you on the head faster'n you could order up some prize-fight tickets.This was really an odd Western. I came across on old episode preserved on a DVD with several other old Western t.v. show episodes. A woman shows up in a scene and Barry gives her a google-eyed double take. Campy acting. But, much better than Wyatt Earp (Earp had been one of the real-life Bat Masterson's buddies), starring Hugh O'Brien, which tried to take itself seriously - but didn't succeed.Still, this was a fun show. I enjoyed it, even though I was but a tyke when it aired. It introduced me to Gene Barry, who would later star in "The Name of the Game" with Tony Franciosa and Robert Stack.I enjoyed Barry's cameo in the newly released "War of the Worlds" (Spielberg version).
helpless_dancer
Hollywood's version of the old west comes alive in this portrayal of a nattily dressed dude with a cool cane who bops thugs over the head instead of giving them a lead enema. Would be a very non-violent, politically correct law and order serial if done today. From what I have read of the real Bat Masterson, one could smell him coming from a quarter mile off and he was regularly drunk as Cooter Brown. I suppose this bilge gave the ladies another handsome actor to swoon over every thursday night while the hubby sat in his easy chair ignoring her except when requesting another brew. Gimme Roy Rogers or Lash LaRue any day over this dandified sissy. And that song! ...a man of steel the stories saaayyyy, and ladies eyes all glanced his waaayyy, the man who had the fastest guuunnn, they called him Baaattt, Bat Masterson! Drivel, absolute, vomitous drivel!
