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The same could also be said for the Wild West, and even the greater Old West period in general.

jasonwatkinspdx 4y ago
It's interesting how genre fads have come and gone in the Hollywood era. For a while there swashbucklers with Errol Flynn et all were the biggest thing ever. Now that along with westerns are nearly a dead genre.
- kadoban 4y ago
  Westerns have been reincarnated a bit here and there. The Mandalorian is a really good western for instance. Firefly as well, some years back. Westworld too. Some of the other Star Wars stuff is pretty western too, the non-main Disney movies.
  - BuckRogers 4y ago
    Wouldn’t Pirates of the Caribbean count as a massive success as a swashbuckler revival? It’s a much bigger success than any recent western.
    - kadoban 4y ago
      Seems like it's a good one, yeah.
  - jamesjamesm 4y ago
    There's been a few other great ones as well that I can think of: - No Country for Old Men - Django Unchained - True Grit - Brokeback Mountain
- chongli 4y ago
  Indiana Jones and Han Solo are two other examples of popular swashbucklers in recent times. Robin Hood has been popular for as long as narrative film and television have existed (not to mention centuries earlier in print), with shows and movies coming out every couple of years and only a few gaps here and there. And then there are many super heroes that fit the bill as well! This kind of character archetype is timeless for a reason: it’s been part of western culture for so long that it’s become part of western identity!
- squarefoot 4y ago
  Superhero movies might have replaced them now that quality FX can make them more credible.
xkcd-sucks 4y ago
The funny thing about the Wild West thing is that it had some basis in reality (i.e. theft, raids, ranching "wars", territorial disputes, extrajudicial punishment, etc), but was romanticized into a genre through contemporary journalism and theater in the Eastern USA around the same time that it was actually happening the Western USA, basically mid 19th century to early 20th century. One pretty good book on this subject is "A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham"

It's interesting how genre fads have come and gone in the Hollywood era. For a while there swashbucklers with Errol Flynn et all were the biggest thing ever. Now that along with westerns are nearly a dead genre.

kadoban 4y ago
Westerns have been reincarnated a bit here and there. The Mandalorian is a really good western for instance. Firefly as well, some years back. Westworld too. Some of the other Star Wars stuff is pretty western too, the non-main Disney movies.
- BuckRogers 4y ago
  Wouldn’t Pirates of the Caribbean count as a massive success as a swashbuckler revival? It’s a much bigger success than any recent western.
  - kadoban 4y ago
    Seems like it's a good one, yeah.
- jamesjamesm 4y ago
  There's been a few other great ones as well that I can think of: - No Country for Old Men - Django Unchained - True Grit - Brokeback Mountain
chongli 4y ago
Indiana Jones and Han Solo are two other examples of popular swashbucklers in recent times. Robin Hood has been popular for as long as narrative film and television have existed (not to mention centuries earlier in print), with shows and movies coming out every couple of years and only a few gaps here and there. And then there are many super heroes that fit the bill as well! This kind of character archetype is timeless for a reason: it’s been part of western culture for so long that it’s become part of western identity!
squarefoot 4y ago
Superhero movies might have replaced them now that quality FX can make them more credible.

xkcd-sucks 4y ago

The funny thing about the Wild West thing is that it had some basis in reality (i.e. theft, raids, ranching "wars", territorial disputes, extrajudicial punishment, etc), but was romanticized into a genre through contemporary journalism and theater in the Eastern USA around the same time that it was actually happening the Western USA, basically mid 19th century to early 20th century. One pretty good book on this subject is "A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham"