Gun fights. Lawlessness. An inexplicable thirst for justice. When it comes to movies, it doesn’t get much more American than the Western genre. It’s no surprise Western movies and TV shows have persisted even today in various forms. So grab your hats and let’s get into the evolution of the Western.

Timestamps

00:00:15 Intro

00:00:38 How Would You Describe A Western?

00:03:07 What Makes Westerns Such An Undying Genre?

00:11:03 What Are Some Great Examples Of Recent Westerns?

00:19:56 What Are Some Bad Examples Of Recent Westerns?

00:21:53 Tropes In Westerns: Protect Kids, Revenge Stories And More!

00:26:35 Tones In Westerns

00:28:27 Final Thoughts 

00:29:57 Conclusion and Special Shoutout!

References

https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/movies/shane-1953-1-1?utm_medium=textsearch&utm_source=google Shane

https://play.hbomax.com/page/urn:hbo:page:GYbI_uAQBXoajwwEAAAA7:type:feature?source=googleHBOMAX Book Of Eli

https://www.netflix.com/title/80200267?source=35 Ballad of Buster Scruggs

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9243946/ El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315342/ Logan

https://www.hulu.com/movie/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-101a4170-bff1-44ee-89f2-f919cc911651?entity_id=101a4170-bff1-44ee-89f2-f919cc911651 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1CkZO06Qg4 For A Few Dollars More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsZMSOFOjo A Fist Full of Dollars

https://www.netflix.com/title/70230640?source=35 Django Unchained

https://www.netflix.com/title/80064515?source=35 The Hateful Eight

https://www.funimation.com/shows/cowboy-bebop/ Cowboy Bebop

https://www.funimation.com/shows/trigun/ Trigun

https://www.funimation.com/shows/outlaw-star/ Outlaw Star

https://www.disneyplus.com/?cid=DSS-Search-Google-71700000065352001-&s_kwcid=AL!8468!3!610598193330!p!!g!!the%20mandalorian&gclid=CjwKCAjwrNmWBhA4EiwAHbjEQHMjgYQ71iC7jOQJzdfTriOLqp7nj_5T5brLzAAfUgdsbI96SMdGjRoCJA0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds The Mandalorian

https://tubitv.com/series/300007905/firefly?start=true&utm_source=google-feed&tracking=google-feed Firefly

https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/91f8bc30ce2e5bb0ad38f4fe2c8d7d4a?source=google Wind River

https://play.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GV7xwpQNK8MJfPwEAAAG_?source=googleHBOMAX&action=play West World

https://www.netflix.com/title/80067617?source=35 Into The Badlands

https://play.hbomax.com/page/urn:hbo:page:GYF5LGArS1MPDwgEAAABj:type:feature?source=googleHBOMAX Warrior

https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/video/8GlT7rfy91Idmi_OddInj3gT2pCYhBmM/ Shanghai Noon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ADeLjX5Tlo Shanghai Knights

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.b0a9f784-2ec3-56f3-0c16-74d94c65415b?autoplay=0&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb Once Upon a Time in China and America

https://play.hbomax.com/page/urn:hbo:page:GX-IlUgib1sIdmgEAAABv:type:feature?source=googleHBOMAX Mad Max: Fury Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPckyFubAms Waterworld

https://www.netflix.com/title/81077494?source=35 The Harder They Fall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXijb44EWZE True Grit

https://www.hulu.com/movie/an-american-tail-fievel-goes-west-91cddec0-25d0-4915-98b6-08cba79d475e?entity_id=91cddec0-25d0-4915-98b6-08cba79d475e An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

https://pluto.tv/on-demand/series/dr-quinn-medicine-woman?utm_medium=textsearch&utm_source=google Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

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