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Thread #32571   Message #428929
Posted By: catspaw49
29-Mar-01 - 10:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Unwritten Rules of the Movies
Subject: RE: BS: Unwritten Rules of the Movies
Special Rules for B Westerns

The Hero can take an unlimited amount of punishment in a fistfight and at worst have a cut lip.

A Hero's revolver can hold an inlimited supply of ammunition; the villain's holds 6 or less.

If a Hero does not sing and play a guitar, his sidekick must.

All Sidekicks, even with musical ability, must have a humorous character flaw or act goofy.

The "Love Interest" of the Hero must play "hard to get" in the first scene where they interact......after that she is hopelessly in love.

Horses must have names and be smarter with better acting ability than the Hero.

Indians can shoot bow and arrow from horseback at a fleeing stagecoach from 100 yards.......and hit the driver.

Indians can also carry several gallons of kerosene for making the flaming arrows.

It is not considered good form for the Hero to show his shooting prowess too early.

After rain, hail, snow, heat, dust storms, and 800 miles on the trail, the Hero will be "April Fresh," and his hat will be clean and well blocked....the sidekick can be a bit scruffy under any conditions.

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There must be about a thousand of these..........

Spaw