3:10 To Yuma and Ben Foster put a worm in my brain, just remembered another good "modern" western: Hell or High Water (2016).

No Country for Old Men was western-adjacent, and was of course great. But it already got discussed here recently.

Blazing Saddles was a good western.

It actually included the N-word so it may one day be subject to Fahrenheit 451.

I am actually a fan of Lenny Bruce who ridiculed all the shock of mere words.

Ted Lasso is an amazing show.

Rick and Morty is way more amazing than ****ing Ted Lasso!

Solar Opposites is pretty great too if you can get past the main character sounding exactly like Rick.

I've only driven stick on simulators. I have the paddle shifters as well, and I can put the stick into manual mode and shift almost as you would with a manual (no clutch tho obviously). I was told by a sports car enthusiast group I'm a part of that I shouldn't touch these modes without knowing what I'm doing or I'll **** up the transmission. Hilariously my '12 sonata has the paddle shifters too but I've never touched them or felt the need to.

Manual is definitely cool as are those little knob shifters. With this car though you need to order it custom if you want manual - most drivers of these cars don't prefer it at all, interestingly. I really like the technology in these cars nowadays though. I can go into my launch control settings and change what RPM the car will shift into certain gears so you can pretty much make it do whatever you want. The car will rev match much better than I ever could too which is hard to do correctly unless you really know what you're doing with a manual transmission.

The car is advertised to get 4.7 0-60 but I can only get ~5.2. Still haven't played with my settings to try to improve it, but it's really fun. The car keeps all of these performance metrics where you can get your best times for various things like 0-60, 8th and quarter mile, etc.

paddle shifters are great for going in a straight line. racers love them.

get in the hills with a bunch of winding turns and they are a death wish

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le sighhhhh

I'd say the same about Blazing Saddles.

Visiting some friends recently, during dinner we somehow got on the subject of movies that could not be made today, as they were shot/written in the old days.

Of course, Blazing Saddles right at the top of the list. Also Bad News Bears. I mentioned Arsenic and Old Lace, I'm sure we thought of others I've forgotten.

Jfc, every kind of movie is being made today. You can find way more offensive stuff now than ever. You won’t find as much offensive stuff in MAINSTREAM humor, but there is far more offbeat humor available today.

I will never understand this whining about what “can’t be made today.”

That's quite the hot take.

Then you just aren’t watching the right shows/services/channels. I simply don’t understand how people can say that Blazing Saddles or The Office couldn’t be filmed today. They absolutely could, and still are.

I could be wrong in that my bubble isn’t a typical one, but I personally still find and enjoy “offensive” humor without issue.

Well those are two very different things.

Blazing Saddles can't be made today. Stormfront or 4chan would have to be making movies.

aggravating circumstance to the offense!

I have to agree with de captain & Dodger. Quite a hot take.

First, there was no whining involved; just an observation. I made no comment on whether that's a good or bad thing.

Second, there is zero chance that Blazing Saddles gets made today. None.

For the record, I think that's a sad thing. Especially in this specific instance, since Bart is a true hero in this movie. He overcomes the town's ignorance and racism to be accepted.

As R*R said earlier (my emphasis),

Didn’t intend to single you out, I was speaking generally. It is a complaint I hear often, both on these forums and r/l.

I’m willing to concede that it’s a hot take, but it’s still my take nonetheless.



As an aside, Blazing Saddles is great but is not a great western.

well sure, any movie can be made these days and find it's way to some random broadcast platform, but Blazing Saddles was released in theaters and was nominated for three Oscars. at the time it was one of only ten films to gross over $100 million box office.

speaking of pseudo westerns, has anyone else seen Jarmusch's Dead Man from the mid-90s? that movie was a trip.

Yeah need to be a tad drunk or high to watch that. Robert Mitchum was awesome in that.

Any good Robert Mitchum or I guess while where at it Jim Jarmusch films? Recently saw, “The Friends of Eddie Coyle”, I liked it.

Why wouldn’t they make Blazing Saddles? Is it the use of the N word? Anyone seen Django Unchained.

Jarmusch wrote Ghost Dog starring Forrest Whittaker with the soundtrack by RZA. probably not for everyone but i enjoyed it and actually played it again immediately after watching it for the first time (thanks Blockbuster).