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~~Leo656~~ · 02-09-2021, 12:27 PM

I've heard the rumors for weeks, but I don't know, man. By the end of Part II everybody's dead!

The only way I can see this working at all, is if they have Brushy Bill from Young Guns II be an unreliable narrator. Which would explain some of the historical inaccuracies from the first two, in some way. Like the fact that in real life neither Doc nor Chavez got killed and lived to be old men. It could work if they massage it a bit. They could still work with the theory that Billy survived the encounter with Garrett, while also telling a story that was closer to what actually happened to everyone else in real life after the fact, like having Billy under various aliases run into them here and there over the ensuing decades. That *might* work.

I don't know. We'll see. Young Guns I and II are my altogether favorite movies of all time, but this is bizarre. The story was over and done, everybody died, The End. This is one of the oddest things to ever bring back. It screams "Everybody else is doing it ("Way Too late" sequels), so why can't we?"

I'unno, we'll see. Part of what I loved about the first two was that aside from making a few characters composites and fudging the timeline a bit (and sprinkling in some outright fiction and lies for the sake of making a better movie, but not TOO much compared to most other movies), they're altogether the most accurate films ever made on the subject of Billy the Kid, the Regulators, and the Lincoln County War. Too many westerns are pure romantic fiction, even the most popular ones, but those two really played it straight. I mean the reality of what happened is such that you don't even NEED to fictionalize much of it at all to get a larger-than-life story.

If they end up saying "screw it, let's just do another one just to do it, to hell with historical accuracy and let's just have fun," I doubt I'd like that very much. It could be fun but I'd resent it, it would undermine the "purity" of the first two.

I'unno, let's see what happens, I guess.

02-09-2021, 12:27 PM	#2
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	I've heard the rumors for weeks, but I don't know, man. By the end of Part II everybody's dead! The only way I can see this working at all, is if they have Brushy Bill from Young Guns II be an unreliable narrator. Which would explain some of the historical inaccuracies from the first two, in some way. Like the fact that in real life neither Doc nor Chavez got killed and lived to be old men. It could work if they massage it a bit. They could still work with the theory that Billy survived the encounter with Garrett, while also telling a story that was closer to what actually happened to everyone else in real life after the fact, like having Billy under various aliases run into them here and there over the ensuing decades. That might work. I don't know. We'll see. Young Guns I and II are my altogether favorite movies of all time, but this is bizarre. The story was over and done, everybody died, The End. This is one of the oddest things to ever bring back. It screams "Everybody else is doing it ("Way Too late" sequels), so why can't we?" I'unno, we'll see. Part of what I loved about the first two was that aside from making a few characters composites and fudging the timeline a bit (and sprinkling in some outright fiction and lies for the sake of making a better movie, but not TOO much compared to most other movies), they're altogether the most accurate films ever made on the subject of Billy the Kid, the Regulators, and the Lincoln County War. Too many westerns are pure romantic fiction, even the most popular ones, but those two really played it straight. I mean the reality of what happened is such that you don't even NEED to fictionalize much of it at all to get a larger-than-life story. If they end up saying "screw it, let's just do another one just to do it, to hell with historical accuracy and let's just have fun," I doubt I'd like that very much. It could be fun but I'd resent it, it would undermine the "purity" of the first two. I'unno, let's see what happens, I guess.