THE LONE RANGER

"YES HE IS SEXY IN ANY TIME" NOT! he would have been called allot of things and one being fag. HE is not a malely man.

Updating it for a new fans of cowboys? Well yes and no. The only one was a little "funny" with all the white. It is nice that he is in more realistic colors but it would be nice to see him in realistic clothes too.

It is going to be cheese TV show but then again what WB show is not? To much Teany bopper show for a real network. But of the WB or UPN it will work. To bad they couldn't make it a little more manly and not all for the females. What about us Guys out here?

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Yeah, uh, nice subject-name for the discussion thread, really narrows it down.

Anyway... I'm not attacking Chad Michael Murray, except for his ill portrayal of an expected manliness of the Lone Ranger. The real culprits I'm at odds with here are the casting crew. I will admit, yes, I AM jealous. I'm jealous that he's getting rich and famous (compared to me anyway) and all he has to do is keep his androgynous appearance. I mean, I feel cheated by how society has raised me to commit to one gender identity (that being 'male') so as not to confuse the ladies and maybe even be attractive to them, but it seems to be the case that what the little girls are wanting (or being 'taught' to want) are the pretty, pretty, cutsie sissy-boys (or "hot", as you girls put it) that Mr. Murray seems to exemplify.

Now I realize that the WB has been casting actors like this from the get-go, and it's never bothered me because I never watch them, but they're really taking some artistic license (overstepping their bounds, that is) when they resurrect a masculine-idolized hero from our TV/radio history of westerns and turn it into their newest 'backstreet boy'. Like I said before, I would understand it if they called it "The Young Lone Ranger" but I think it would still tick off a lot of old-school fans because a lot of things were changed, like his name and history.

A new generation of cowboys? What is that supposed to mean? Cowboys don't get to carry over into a new generation! They are timeless and they belong in the "Old West". To modernize a period in our history is paradoxical by its very nature. And the Old West is not a place for new garage bands to promote their wannabe Top 40 hit (ok, ok, some of them are good but the fact still stands). Don't be surprised if you find Britney Spears guest starring in an episode and introducing this strange "pop-rock" music to the natives.

I'm straying here, as I'm sure I could write all night about all of the things I find objectionable about this remake, so I'm just going to stick to my original subject -- The Lone Ranger was a "man". A "man's man", mind you. A much feared, avenger of justice. He was never cute. Yeah, yeah, I know times have changed, it's what the girls want (and who am I to argue that), but keep in mind that this is the southwest region of North America during the nineteenth century. This is a very unforgiving setting for anyone. Now you take someone who looks anywhere remotely as "cute" or as "hot" as Mr. Murray and throw him into this rugged no-man's land, and you'll be sure see him bent over a saddle 'squealing' the William Tell Overture before the opening credits can even run.

Of course, I can't tell you or anyone to not love it. I mean, it's just a matter of opinion. I'm just trying to be conservative as to seeking some bit of dignity that the original Lone Ranger is worthy of; I'm just trying to be objective as to seeking SOME bit of realism in this western farce... not that the old westerns were historically accurate but at least they were all fearsome leathery men... I mean, come on... that's at least a fact. And kung-fu? Ok, I know the art of Kung Fu pre-dates the Colombian contact, but Chinese railroad workers were... oh, why beat a dead horse.

Alan