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Bad guys who leave poems behind!?? !@#$%!!


What are the chances of watching two movies in a 12 hour period where the bad guy is a poet who leaves poems at the scene of the crime?

Last night I watched "Righteous Kill" and managed to fall asleep midway even with DeNiro and Pacino which just about sums up what this viewer thinks about that movie. (I get ill when I think of the potential this team would have been capable of with the right script and director. I guess $15 million is $15 million...) The mysterious bad guy is known as The Poet in this movie.

This morning I watched this 1947 western (titled "Cheyenne") in which the stagecoach robber (aka The Poet) also leaves a poem at the scene of the crime, in this case, inside the empty strong box.

Could these bad guys be distant relatives? Or better yet, could the script writers be distant relatives? Or is this just a simple case of Hollywood recycling and modernizing a script by borrowing ideas from the past? I guess I'm just watching too many movies. Can anyone suggest a good book?

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Must be reincarnation.

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The poet In the movie, "Cheyenne" is loosely base on the real life outlaw, Black Bart, who always left (BAD) poetry behind, and he woukd sign it, "The PO8"
(Say it out loud,then prepare to groan)

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I just finished reading "Comanche Moon" by Larry McMurtry. That was a pretty great story, but read "Lonesome Dove" and the rest of the series first if you haven't already.
GA

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The poet In the movie, "Cheyenne" is loosely base on the real life outlaw, Black Bart, who always left (BAD) poetry behind, and he woukd sign it, "The PO8"
(Say it out loud,then prepare to groan)

Lol...ahead of his time. That's like something you'd find in a text message these days.


Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.

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