12/11/2022 0 Comments Movies like cowboys and aliensEvil Is Hammy: Harrison Ford really piles on the gruff, threatening voice when he appears to just be a sadistic villain, but lightens up on it as the character's Hidden Depths are revealed.This later expands to include a tribe of Apaches and Lonergan's old gang. Enemy Mine: Dolarhyde, Lonergan, and the townspeople working together to beat the aliens.This makes more sense when it's revealed she's not a human and turns out to be an alien. Emotionless Girl: Ella sort of comes off as this as she's particularly and uncannily calm in most of the situations she gets into.(Although Lonergan calls him Colonel at the end, out of respect.) Don't Call Me "Sir": Dolarhyde, a colonel in the The American Civil War, hates being referred to by that title.A Dog Named "Dog": The dog that follows Lonergan around - nobody bothers to give it a name except Emmett, who calls it "Dog".Died in Your Arms Tonight: Happens twice: first with the preacher and second with Nat.Deadpan Snarker: Jake does this even when not talking.Cool Versus Awesome: Cowboys and Aliens.Conveniently Timed Attack from Behind: When Dolarhyde has run out of bullets while facing one of the aliens in combat, the alien lets out a Roar Before Beating but is then shot in the head by Doc from behind.Convenient Cranny: Emmett hides from an alien in one.The riverboat, the house Jake was living in, the bandits he worked with, the Indians to help him regain his memories, and the spaceship itself, all out there in a line and in easy riding distance from each other. that everything they need to run into is pretty much all lined up on the route they take while following the trail of the alien. Colonel Badass: Although he's not in the army anymore, Dolarhyde has the requisite military rank.Ella, another alien, says that she came from beyond the stars, giving the impression of an angel. They're most often called demons and the cast never thinks of them as being technologically advanced. Clarke's Third Law: The aliens are never called as such.The answer is the lit cigarro he's been smoking the whole scene. Cigar-Fuse Lighting: After one of the bandits drops all the matches off a cliff, he asks how he's going to light the dynamite.Chekhov's Skill: Doc learning how to shoot.The fact that the town is a mining town.The scorching effect of the aliens' gold-mining device.Butt-Monkey: Percy becomes this to Lonergan in the first part of the film.But Now I Must Go: Lonergan rides off at the end, even though Dolerhyde and Sheriff Taggart urge him to stay.Turns out he does, but they fail to collect. ![]()
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