Picking a winner

About a month ago I wrote a post about the upcoming movie Cowboys & Aliens. Well, the other night while waiting outside the theater to see TRON (future post), I saw this poster.

And then I looked again...

 

Wow. Wranglers are meant to be tight (see Where have all the cowboys gone?), but they were never meant to do that. 

Good ol' Cowboys versus Indians

Wait. Scratch that. Cowboys &  ALIENS. As I have said before, I love it when filmmakers match up unconventional combinations of people/things to fight each other. (See Hey Michael. Sorry your movie sucks.) The ingenuity of pitting Cowboys against Extraterrestrials boggles my mind. It has the potential to be ridiculous/hilarious or it could be completely awesome. I know what you're thinking. You're asking, "But Bob, it sounds so absurd and unorthodox. How could it possibly come out on top?"

For one, we are combining Western with Sci-Fi. Both are phenomenal on their own. Who is to say that they won't blend well. Maybe they'll synergize and make all of our minds explode. Maybe this is cinematographic PB&J in the making! The result could be legendary. I'm just wondering why it hasn't been done before.

For twos, producers include Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard. Hollywood's greatest, right? I mean, Spielberg has his ups and downs, but Ron never let's me down. With their powers combined I imagine that a pretty high baseline will be set.

And three, the acting talent. That's right, friends. Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, and Daniel Craig. I know, right? How can you pack so much awesomeness on to one screen in just two hours? I don't know. Again, my brain is imploding.

All the ingredients are right and I'm hopeful. So we'll see if this pans out to be PB&J (Peanut Butter + Jelly = Heaven) or fruit cake (fruit + cake = nasty crap).