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dantastic's review against another edition
3.0
When barbed wire comes to the Texas panhandle, the rich ranchers start fencing off the open range and pushing out the common cattlemen. That is, at least, until the Lone Ranger and Tonto get wind of things...
Some of my earliest memories are of watching the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger in the mornings before school. Since Mark Russell is my favorite of today's comic writers, I snapped this up for Western Comics Month.
The art by Bob Q does a good job of conveying the not completely serious portrayal of the proceedings. I'd say he's Joe Kubert influenced but with a more cartoony style. His Tonto seems like a legit bad ass.
Mark Russell's cynical sense of humor is apparent. The cattle barons come off like clueless super villains. Connor, the cannibal they hire to catch the Ranger and Tonto, is something out of a Garth Ennis tale. There's a fair amount of humor and a heaping helping of violence.
Some parts didn't seem quite right to me, though. The Lone Ranger is kind of a dumb ass. I like this bad ass competent version of Tonto but it seems like it's at the expense of the Lone Ranger. I'm not saying he should be the Batman of the Plains but he seemed like a greenhorn a lot of the time.
The Lone Ranger: The Devil's Rope is a fun western tale set during the decline of the old west. 3.5 out of 5 silver bullets.
Some of my earliest memories are of watching the Clayton Moore Lone Ranger in the mornings before school. Since Mark Russell is my favorite of today's comic writers, I snapped this up for Western Comics Month.
The art by Bob Q does a good job of conveying the not completely serious portrayal of the proceedings. I'd say he's Joe Kubert influenced but with a more cartoony style. His Tonto seems like a legit bad ass.
Mark Russell's cynical sense of humor is apparent. The cattle barons come off like clueless super villains. Connor, the cannibal they hire to catch the Ranger and Tonto, is something out of a Garth Ennis tale. There's a fair amount of humor and a heaping helping of violence.
Some parts didn't seem quite right to me, though. The Lone Ranger is kind of a dumb ass. I like this bad ass competent version of Tonto but it seems like it's at the expense of the Lone Ranger. I'm not saying he should be the Batman of the Plains but he seemed like a greenhorn a lot of the time.
The Lone Ranger: The Devil's Rope is a fun western tale set during the decline of the old west. 3.5 out of 5 silver bullets.
helpfulsnowman's review against another edition
2.0
This was okay, but I'm not sure how this connects to Airheads, the film about three dopes who break into a radio station in order to...get their song played? I can't remember exactly.
I just read the Wikipedia, and I think officially the most interesting thing about Airheads is that it was filmed in the same location as Die Hard. Airheads is kind of reverse Die Hard: group of guys take hostages to get what they want, but in Airheads, the hostage takers are the good guys. Pretty much. Sort of.
Although this is also a pretty good portion: "In 2002, the film was shown on Estonian TV, with the word "retards" being subtitled as "tiblad", a word with an entirely different meaning. Eneken Laanes, the translator of the subtitles, apologised for the translation error, stating that she was unaware of what "tiblad" meant."
Also, Brendan Fraser, in his young hunky phase, which preceded his adult hunky phase, actually sang the Lone Rangers' hit song, and he wasn't terrible.
Also, Steve Buscemi, of this time, would be a perfect Monster Magnet.
I just read the Wikipedia, and I think officially the most interesting thing about Airheads is that it was filmed in the same location as Die Hard. Airheads is kind of reverse Die Hard: group of guys take hostages to get what they want, but in Airheads, the hostage takers are the good guys. Pretty much. Sort of.
Although this is also a pretty good portion: "In 2002, the film was shown on Estonian TV, with the word "retards" being subtitled as "tiblad", a word with an entirely different meaning. Eneken Laanes, the translator of the subtitles, apologised for the translation error, stating that she was unaware of what "tiblad" meant."
Also, Brendan Fraser, in his young hunky phase, which preceded his adult hunky phase, actually sang the Lone Rangers' hit song, and he wasn't terrible.
Also, Steve Buscemi, of this time, would be a perfect Monster Magnet.
willdrown's review
4.0
A funny, satirical take on an old iffy property, done with the kind of passion that lacks from most of Dynamite's books. Russell is a shoo-in for stories that reimagine old tales and, while this one isn't the most biting, it's certainly a fun ride.
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