I have a sneaking suspicion that Alex is not their target audience ;)

You are a sick, sick little man, you know that?

I liked III waaaay better than II, which isn't saying much.

Like most series, the first one was great enough to inspire the crappiest set of lame sequels.


I waited till III was Netflixable, and I'll be doing the same with any subsequents. Johnny Depp used to have my respect for his acting choices. No longer.

Honestly, I'm not sure what the target audience is for a Lone Ranger movie. The octogenarian crowd, nostalgic for the days of radio drama probably aren't going to fill the theaters.

Even as a five year old watching it on Saturday mornings after cartoons wrapped up I recognized that it wasn't a very good TV show.

And the prospect of what they'll do to make it modern in its sensibilities makes me cringe, especially since it is just Batman with horses.

Danny DeVito should play the Lone Ranger.

Abe Vigoda

Just saw III last week. Basically unwatchable. Just left it on in the background while I did other stuff. I would say it was equally bad as 2. When they introduced the weird sea monsters, that was enough for me.

Way to take a movie that was surprisingly good (I) and turn it into something that was surprisingly bad.

I think Klinton Spilsbury (the last guy to play the Lone Ranger, live action, in 1981) is still alive. He should get the role. Since that was his last (and only) Hollywood role, he could probably use the paycheck.

While the Kracken is at least a familiar sea legend, I do agree with you to the extent that there ought to be more old-fashioned swashbuckling and less magic/lazy screenwriting. More Erroll Flynn, less Ursula the Sea Witch.

The target is 11 year old boys. The Boy was just asking me about a 4th movie. Unfortunatly, I have seen all 3 movies more than I would care to admit.