What Happened to the Space Western?

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The Space Western is one of my favorite genres of all time. Let's talk about what happened to it.
(Apologies for the few graphical errors in the final video. Adobe would not let me render the video without them for some reason)
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0:00 Intro
2:00 Gold Bars to Silver Screen
4:47 Pulp Fiction
9:27 Revisionist Future History
13:46 Do Android Cowboys Dream of Wrangling Electric Sheep?
19:32 Running In the 90s
22:46 You Can't Take The Sky From Me
26:21 Million Dollar Mandalorian
28:49 What Happened to the Space Western
34:00 The Point
🔗 LINKS 🔗
Star Trek pitch bible ➜ web.archive.org/web/201605121...
November 1933 issue of Weird Tales ➜ archive.org/details/Weird_Tal...
Galaxy Science Fiction back cover ➜ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ga...
Turkey City lexicon ➜ www.sfwa.org/2009/06/18/turke...
Tarantino interview ➜ danratherjournalist.org/inter...
Tarantino writeup ➜ www.spectator.com.au/2019/06/...
Space Western wiki page ➜ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_W...
Science Fiction Western wiki page ➜ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science...
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy ➜ books.google.ca/books?id=3JXn...
Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns ➜ books.google.ca/books?id=HDnH...
The Emancipation of Bat Durston ➜ www.spacewesterns.com/article...
History of the Hays Code ➜ www.american-historama.org/19...
Additional Hays Code info ➜ www.screenonline.org.uk/film/i...
Galaxy Rangers Rockets to Disc ➜ www.animationmagazine.net/200...
Spaghetti Westerns and Sergio Leone ➜ italysegreta.com/spaghetti-we...
Neo-Noir: The New Film Noir Style ➜ web.archive.org/web/201311042...
The Norton Book of Science Fiction ➜ openlibrary.org/books/OL74589...
Dissolving Literature and Film in Blade Runner ➜ link.springer.com/chapter/10....
‘Akira’ is Frequently Cited as Influential. Why is That? ➜ filmschoolrejects.com/akira-i...
Three Decades of Akira Slide Homages ➜ • Three Decades of Akira...
Cowboy Bebop x Blade Runner - Cycle of Influence ➜ • Cowboy Bebop x Blade R...
Firefly schedule released ➜ web.archive.org/web/201208051...
'Firefly' feature alights ➜ web.archive.org/web/201106291...
How the Space Western Evolved from Star Trek to The Outer Worlds ➜ www.escapistmagazine.com/how-...
The Mandalorian is described as Clint Eastwood in Star Wars ➜ ew.com/tv/2019/04/14/the-mand...
‘The Mandalorian’ Finally Beats Michael Scott and Co. in Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 ➜ variety.com/2021/tv/lists/tv-...
Jon Favreau and Pedro Pascal on Creating a Western on Steroids ➜ variety.com/2019/tv/features/...
'Star Trek' Lives Despite Taboos ➜ news.google.com/newspapers?id...

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@alicekingston8521 Жыл бұрын

One thing I love is the overlap between Space Westerns and Steampunk. Trigun has a ton of Steampunk influence as well.

@raw8814 Жыл бұрын

would love to see something like steamboys background used on a more "dark" story

@astro6009 Жыл бұрын

Two versions of retro-futurism, with a lot of overlap.

@notthis9586 Жыл бұрын

As in they both have tubey bits in their made up tech? Steampunk to my understanding is an aesthetic first, second, and third, and a "genre" 4th so unless space westerns have a lot of wood-boiler powered warp gates I didn't know about... I'm skeptical of this statement 😅

@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын

I fucking loved the oriental or wuxia inspirations from outlaw star, there really isnt enough sci fi that takes from chinese folklore and apparently i heard it was based on water margin and the warring states period

@TartarusHimself Жыл бұрын

⁠@@notthis9586they’re both sci-fi concepts with historically inspired aesthetics. One with a Wild West style and the other with an industrial revolution style

@LAK_770 Жыл бұрын

Bro, at your age I couldn't have made an analysis like this if a PhD wrote the script for me and put a gun to my head. Love your stuff man.

@zu_1455 Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@mostlyimpulsive3462 Жыл бұрын

This is oddly specific. Is that postdoc holding you hostage? Blink twice if you need help!

@pyropulseIXXI Жыл бұрын

I love extremely over hyperbolic statements

@Dr.W.Krueger 11 ай бұрын

Calling other people "Bro" might have something to do with it...

@Rockastorm 11 ай бұрын

@@Dr.W.Kruegerno it doesn't

@LegendStormcrow 11 ай бұрын

StarCraft was actually older than Firefly. It came out back in '98. Either it, or Brood War, it's expansion. It's still played to this day, and was likely the first televised e-sport.

@LegendStormcrow 3 ай бұрын

@@z28yeti I'm pretty sure it was an ongoing thing at that point. It might even be where G4 got their idea for showing competitive play in 2004 or so.

@dennisbergkamp17 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely ADORED Outlaw Star as a kid. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Bebop and Trigun too, but something about Outlaw Star really clicked with me. It’s an anime I don’t really hear people talk about much.

@alicekingston8521 Жыл бұрын

Outlaw Star is pretty awesome. Fun fact, it came out pretty close to Bebop, and I think because the two have pretty similar beats, and Bebop became a cultural phenom, Outlaw kinda got left behind. I think it also doesn't get talked about much because apparently it TANKED in Japan (which surprises the heck out of me).

@nutsbreaker481 Жыл бұрын

😊

@dmann1982 Жыл бұрын

I have Outlaw Star on DVD. It is still amazing, and I really want a Caster Gun from it.

@towardstar Жыл бұрын

OLS is my favorite out of all of them, none of them have the same sense of adventure. I was gutted there were two false starts on a sequel... and heartbroken again adult swim chose big O and FLCL but not Outlaw Star to bankroll for another season. It was never as successful in Japan as it was in America so after the initial attempt at another season fell through, it probably only could've come from cartoon network funding. Look up Outlaw Star: Sword of Wind and Outlaw Star: Retaliation. These were the names of the two different plot outlines for another season.

@towardstar Жыл бұрын

The thing about Outlaw Star is that the episode prologues build up this whole huge universe of which we only ever get a small slice. The villain in outlaw star is only the third highest ranking person in Space, and the other two are barely mentioned even.

@prototypelq8574 Жыл бұрын

One of the best thing about space westerns is how the 'western' parts of it brings up very interesting themes of exploration and morality, but also the Vibes TM. All of the space westerns listed in the video have a certified banger soundtrack, and that is awesome. Thank you for digging so deep into the history of the genre! P.S. Kudos for using I was the Sun, before it was cool and A Proper Story, and mentioning Borderlands and Outer Wilds!

@njnjco 11 ай бұрын

You can spun the fans, Spoil the scenes, But you can't take the sky from me.

@nevar108 Жыл бұрын

"Prospect" is such a hidden gem. The movie that started as a short, and was crowd funded into existance and done on insane budget.

@CosmoShidan Жыл бұрын

That is one of the best human centered space western films ever made, and is up there with Space Truckers, Space Sweepers, and Outland.

@devenscience8894 11 ай бұрын

Prospect ran in theaters in my area for only one night, but because I follow Dust, I got the tip off, and got to see it on the big screen.

@stupidmatua 9 ай бұрын

came here to say this. the world building, set design and performances were incredible

@zechsblack5891 8 ай бұрын

Found this randomly one night not having heard about it before. I played it expecting and wanting to watch a bad cheap scifi movie. I felt like my dog died when this movie was over. Haven't felt that about a show in a long time.

@barneymattox Жыл бұрын

Having discovered Firefly only as a result of it's cancellation, it was a bitter realization of how out of touch the networks and studios can be. Despite or because of growing up with Star Wars original trilogy and the Spaghettie Westerns, Firefly was and has been one of the most impactful series I've ever seen, only recently challeged by Andor. While I agree that it plays to it's trope, it goes so deep into the characters, environment, and personalities, that it rises above the more popular and less nuanced treatments in actually bringing you into the world and all of it's grit. Not to say that many others, particularly on the Japanese front don't also aohieve that. I just really lament not having seen where that story could have gone.

@717UT Жыл бұрын

I agree with you man. I wanted a deep dive into Book. I wanted to see some more flashbacks to Mal at the end of the war. There was a lot of stories to tell in that 'verse

@CosmoShidan Жыл бұрын

@@717UT Farscape will always be better than Firefly imo.

@717UT Жыл бұрын

@@CosmoShidan Honestly, I wasn't as big of a fan of Farscape. Just didn't do it for me the same way Firefly did.

@CosmoShidan Жыл бұрын

@@717UT Firefly never worked for me, as I felt that the series revolved too much around Mal, other times I felt that only one joke per episode was funny, the aesthetics tended to clash with one another, a lack of conflict insofar as it felt that there was a mouse, but no cat to really make for a compelling thriller, and that the series felt like it was spinning off of a series but with nothing to spin off of. That is, I felt the backstory was really lacking in the pilot, and that everything in it was crammed, especially the character intros of which I couldn't remember the names of whom. No offense, but I didn't feel a real connection with the characters or the situations. As for Farscape, it had everything that I felt Firefly was lacking as listed above imo. Though another series that I prefer over Firefly is Starhunter, which came out 2 years before, and has concepts and situations that Joss Whedon took a few cues from.

@717UT Жыл бұрын

@@CosmoShidan See, and everything you listed is the opposite for me. I would have love half a dozen seasons to tease out more stories and characters. I'll have to look up Starhunter. This is the first time I heard of it.

@theomninerd Жыл бұрын

As someone who has given a number of panels on space operas and space westerns and their relationship, I appreciate how extremely thorough your sources are.

@keiyangoshin3650 Жыл бұрын

I share the love for space westerns. Akira, Blade Runner, Star Trek, Trigun, Firefly, Cowboy Beepop, just to mention my favourites, were masterpieces. If it wasn’t for the Mandalorian I would have forgotten about this genre entirely. As always Lextorias, absolutely excellent video, well documented and passion. Thank you for sharing! 👍❤️

@mr_indie_fan Жыл бұрын

I love space westerns too, but blade runner really isn't one..... Its cybernoir (cyberpunk + noir), But it's not in space.

@keiyangoshin3650 Жыл бұрын

@@mr_indie_fan - I guess you’re right. It just had that futuristic vibe that inspired other sci-fi movies and such.

@imaXkillXya Жыл бұрын

Psycho-pass season 1, ghost in the shell, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners are really good cyberpunk anime

@arealhumanbeing4651 Жыл бұрын

Akira is more sci-fi or just cyber punk then precisely a space western. but it definitevly is a cool anime fr

@notthis9586 Жыл бұрын

I too love space westerns like 'Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True' 'Weekend at Bernies, and 'Outlaw Star'

@carltonbauheimer Жыл бұрын

Chronicles of Riddick is Conan the Barbarian in space, which is appropriate for this video because a some of the original Conan stories shared a lot with Westerns.

@blackjac5000 7 ай бұрын

Considering Robert E. Howard was a Texan, that tracks.

@avataravatar-cp8in Жыл бұрын

Babe wake up, Lex posted a vid 🗿

@Zackaria_sMax Жыл бұрын

IM UP!.... 😾

@jeremyscungio16 Жыл бұрын

This isn't Mr T Lexify

@whiteydiamond Жыл бұрын

Lol you're an incel

@DeckDogs4Life Жыл бұрын

I definitely enjoy the space western genre. I think the blend really just appeals to that human desire for exploration, wonder, and a sense of freedom while mixed in with danger and hardship. Plus, it makes a lot of sense to blend science fiction and western given the fact that future explorers may very well end up creating a brand new "wild west" throughout the galaxy and universe, setting up unlikely settlements in backwater planets full of danger like how settlers in the west settled in unlikely areas filled with danger, wether it be from the people they displaced to be there or just the harsh environment.

@MstrCorrin Жыл бұрын

Given Kurosawa's influence on westerns, you can throw every space samurai film in there as well. In fact, I'd say that because the tropes that define this identity are both few and specific, you can see it spread in everything from Fantasy to Cop Drama to Teen Dystopia.

@reidsimpson4213 Жыл бұрын

That's a big part of Star Wars. What are Jedi if not Samurai space Wizards?

@user-cv2hq4nx8r Жыл бұрын

The Mandalorian also sees the influence of lone wolf and cub

@RedSaint83 10 ай бұрын

One of the best random bargain bin purchases I ever made was picking up a Kurosawa DVD set with Seven Samurai in it. Wow. Shame I don't have a DVD player anymore, but at least I still have it on the shelf.

@kakkakapwppwow 9 ай бұрын

Gintama my beloved

@NickCombs Жыл бұрын

The journey of exploration and struggle on the frontier of human civilization is timelessly fascinating. Match that up with smart but flawed characters, novel discoveries, and tense action, and I'll always be hyped for more.

@KryyssTV 11 ай бұрын

I think it's more fundamental than frontier life. When you look at the rise and fall in popularity, you can see thay occurred in the midst of turning points in society. Eras of politcal, social and economic upheaval where the "you vs life" themes of westerns (space or otherwise) became very relatable. In the 30s you had the fallout of WWI and the build up to WWII, in the 60s you had the Cold War and in the late-80s to 90s you had a social shift towards antiestablishmentarianism which caused civil unrest and uncertainty about the future. It's no surprise then to see The Mandalorian gain significant traction during a global pandemic,which reignited the vs life sentiment, but to then see it lose appeal as people forget how fragile society is and return to the self-delusion that they're not actually living on the frontier day after day.

@MeatyYogurt Жыл бұрын

The Adventures of Brisco Country Jr is 100% Sci-fi western with zero space involved so I could understand why they'd count as separate categories

@SoulBroRyu Жыл бұрын

I'd say it counts since Westworld is also cited. Great series that I wish lasted more than one season.

@nathanielholzgrafe5274 Жыл бұрын

Great topic to pick, especially after you watched Trigun: Stampede. Lex, your content is consistently engaging and I love your deadpan/dry wit. Also, it's always fun to mention how the tropes and ideas behind "Westerns" have leaked into other genres. Breaking Bad, for example, uses a lot of character and scene structure from Westerns. Standoffs in the desert, the hyper masculine 'ideal', a literal train robbery... Great stuff.

@Ce13stialBunny Жыл бұрын

Space Western and Vampire Western are both criminally underrated and underutilized genre

@hamishblair7504 Жыл бұрын

Don’t think I’ve seen/read a Cowboys vs. Vampires story, but, that actually sounds badass AF! Recommend suggestions?

@Ce13stialBunny Жыл бұрын

@@hamishblair7504 for movies I suggest A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Vampires (1998) and Near Dark (1987)

@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын

Dont forget space sci fi vampires like with the book blindsight

@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын

Vampires get seziures when they see right angles not due to the holy cross but they are confused by geometric shames, its like when elipsy happens in humans etc

@hamishblair7504 Жыл бұрын

@@NeostormXLMAX so when they need your permission to enter your home, they’re really distracting themselves from…geometry?..with…social formalities? I’m down for that head cannon, it’s stupid but, so is twi-shite.

@xzaram9965 Жыл бұрын

The choice of Rimworld background music is amazing and fits thematically. Great video Lex!

@AntiAnathema 11 ай бұрын

Also noticed that, along with Bastion's soundtrack

@happy-kh4uk 9 ай бұрын

Hardspace: Shipbreaker too! Absolute banger soundtrack.

@CronyxRavage Жыл бұрын

This is just an amazing love letter to counter culture's envelope pushing of traditional values and shows the serendipity behind the unlikely emergence of multiple genres and how their tropes cross pollinated eachother and the seamless line threading through Wagon Train, Star Trek, Bladerunner, Akira, and The Expanse. The narrator is great, very knowledgeable and upbeat, with clear love of the subject matter and a wistful enthusiasm to share the knowledge without being dry or lecturing. Probably the most interesting and nostalgic feeling video I've seen in months.

@Majin_Rei 8 ай бұрын

couldn't agree more

@snowmanii Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you for mentioning Outlaw Star along side Cowboy Bebop and Trigun.

@CantankerousDave Жыл бұрын

22:45 - Outlaw Star borrows heavily from early pulp sci-fi, made obvious from the "Astounding Tales!"-ish pulp covers in the closing credits. The show's space travel is lifted from E.E. Smith's Skylark series, in which the mysterious extraterrestrial "metal X" makes FTL possible, as well as lingo like ether and sub-ether. There's even an assassin who has a freaking Lens on his hand.

@dphalanx7465 Жыл бұрын

That's a show that would have been nice to have another season.

@michaelyoung7261 Жыл бұрын

The end where you started talking about the history and current events at the time of creation for each of the examples really made me realize that media and history and culture is more closely tied together than I often think. It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of analyzing something in isolation from the world it was created in, but a full and well rounded understanding of everything really brings things into perspective. Thanks for tilting my world view.

@giovlms Жыл бұрын

So thrilled to see The Expanse getting some love

@SaltedMallows 4 ай бұрын

I am so glad you’re giving respect to Tri-gun’s name. It’s surprisingly niche among the broader pop culture despite it being just as impactful to the genre as bebop.

@raulins100 Жыл бұрын

I love the smooth black bar transitioning and also the names of media used always present. Obviously the rest of the video needs no separate comment, it's amazing!

@5001Fergies Жыл бұрын

It wasnt until i played the “Bounty of Blood” dlc of Borderlands 3 that it hit me that borderlands has always been a space western. They fully dive into the western side of that theme in that dlc but the more i thought about it the more i realized that the borderlands games really are space westerns down to the core, and that just made me love it even more

@videojeff01 11 ай бұрын

I have no problem with a space western being about nothing but a cowboy out in space or on an alien planet fighting robots and aliens. One thing I loved about BraveStarr were the background paintings. Still some of the most beautiful and wondrous to this day.

@cobensalazar5492 9 ай бұрын

This is easily one of the greatest and most impactful video essays I've ever learned. This video essay culminates the question that I struggled to realize and could not answer myself, that being why I felt a connection and love between western, science fiction, film noir, and cyber punk genres and ultimately why they meld together so well. I knew I loved them, but I could not understand what it was about them that I loved. This realization without the understanding made finding media that fit this strange but fascinating niche extremely hard to find. Many shows are easily recognizable as "space westerns" however, as mentioned in this informative video essay, there are many films and media that visually are not easily identified for being "space westerns", or perhaps more appropriately identified as "cowboy bebops". Lextorias explained it best when stating that Space westerns (or cowboy bebops) are the culmination of it's parent genres and all their traits and tropes. In closing, this video helped me realize what I was looking for and better understand why I was looking for it. I certainly did not understand every point and argument made in the video essay the first time around, especially since I am still not entirely sure what makes so many space westerns tick, but having watched this essay, I plan to create a log of all the films and media that fit this niche and dissect the commonalities between them so I may easily identify a space western/cowboy bebop when I see one; Which I greatly appreciate the number of films cited in the essay and plan to watch many of them. On another note, I'm happy to have found this video and am excited to see what other videos your channel holds in store (new subscriber). Thank you for organizing my thoughts on the matter and thank you for this amazing informational video essay.

@DutchThriceman Жыл бұрын

Man if I could re-experience The Expanse all over again I'd be so happy, probably my favorite show ever to date.

@treborkroy5280 Жыл бұрын

I've been meaning to start this show.

@devoncahill7088 11 ай бұрын

Read the books! They're freaking awesome!

@Arassar 11 ай бұрын

Don't get too attached to it. Or stop reading after like book 4.

@devoncahill7088 11 ай бұрын

@@Arassar i dont get why people say that. Book for wasn't bad, and it just got cooler and cooler. I think the last half of the series is superb. If anyone's hesitating about reading the series, READ IT, ITS AWESOME! Edit: im on my third read of the whole series, i love it that much!

@davidhoracek6758 Жыл бұрын

This was very eye-opening for me. I feel like we're reliving the 1950's and American filmmaking is suffering under a new Heyes Code. Obviously the 2023 rules are different, but they are, if anything, even more limiting on what thematic explorations are allowed. I don't think I realized how Italian western movies basically ended that Heyes Code era nightmare. Today I see the whole internet heaping praise on a movie from Finland - Sisu - that does stuff that American movies can't do anymore. It's not especially amazing, but it feels fresh because it breaks so many of the California moviemaking rules. I really love the idea that some foreign movie studio can take advantage of the new American political puritanism and actually make good movies and get rich. If it happens, Hollywood will deserve it.

@BlueVoicesThis Жыл бұрын

Loved this! I'm very much someone who is quite picky when it comes to sci-fi media I consume as the genre is very hit or miss for me but I think space westerns tend to be the ones I got to a lot under the sci-fi umbrella I guess because it mixes some other elements that appeal more to me than a very overall sci-fi adventure; cowboy bebop and trigun being big examples for this and the fact outlaw star has been on my to-watch list for many years now. Keep up the good work, really enjoyed the video!

@alexvaldiers9788 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video. There is so little talk online about Space Western, it's hard to find people seemingly interested in it. I'm about to launch my massive Space Western book series, 'The Raoke Gang', it's good to see some people out there still care about Space Western. And yes, all those films you mentioned are clear influences. You could add 'Cobra' an 80's anime which was extremely popular in Japan and Europe

@hunterhicks6726 Жыл бұрын

Nice. I just started watching trigun and cowboy bebop. I love space westerns.

@yehusinede9913 Жыл бұрын

watch outlaw star, it's almost criminal to not mention it alongside cowboy bebop and trigun when all three aired on adult swim. i believe outlaw star was the first to be aired out of these series in japan, but i don't know what the adult swim timeline was.

@CantankerousDave Жыл бұрын

Outlaw Star premiered on Toonami in January of 2001, and Bebop started in September. (The home video releases were produced at the same time. I know because I was given the choice of translating either Outlaw Star or Bebop, and I picked Outlaw Star.) Trigun didn't premiere until 2003.

@kenziewrenreads3157 Жыл бұрын

Gahhhh I’m obsessed with Trigun again after watching Stampede so can’t wait to watch this 🙌

@harrisonbush1400 Жыл бұрын

Your style of videos, while not new, are very well put together and very enjoyable considering the range of media you cover. Excited every time I see one of your videos drop! Don't stop man!

@Lextorias Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it 🙏

@BananLord Жыл бұрын

In this genre, I recommend Vampire hunter D (the books and movies). It's a SFF western. It has dhampir vampire hunter on a horse dealing with sheriffs sitting in his way of hunting in a western-like world and all that western stuff run through a fantasy lense and it takes place thousands of years in the future, with all those laser guns and technology and forgotten technology and space travel and mechanical horses and weather controllers and mutated monsters.

@starkilleranthony Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Always saw D as a western at heart

@notcarson2227 Жыл бұрын

Bro watched tri gun once and made a whole video on the genre

@anszjaa 10 ай бұрын

It's so smooth and easy to watch. I like how you make connections so far into the past. Draws a bigger picture and make you learn more than you came for

@Belbecat Жыл бұрын

The way you used a Bastion song to bring in the Mandalorian section caught me so off guard lol

@idlemindedmage6925 Жыл бұрын

It worked so well.

@ryanor2081 Жыл бұрын

Seeing StarCraft II on the showcase of space western in the footage examples opened a spur of joy and nostalgia that is hard to fully explain.

@majorbones251 11 ай бұрын

Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are two of my all time most favorite shows.

@realmzjetter409 Жыл бұрын

I'm a little more staunchly in the camp of listing Cowboy Bebop are more of a space noir more than a space western, though as your video's detailed, it would be difficult to tease out any single genre thinking from it and still have the same great show.

@NZLion Жыл бұрын

Nice use of the Bastion soundtrack. A couple of American shows that were missing from the 80s/90s are Earth 2, and The Adventures of Brisco County Jr

@NathanielJordan85 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the FANTASTIC siting of all the music used in this video! I'm compiling mood playlists for a space western TTRPG and part way through this I knew I needed to listen to the whole list to add more! Thanks for collecting so many and cataloguing their use so well! I'm honestly about as excited about that playlist as I was this video! Great work!

@twicedeadmage Жыл бұрын

Gotta love the blending of Westerns and Scifi. Great stuff

@alien5589 Жыл бұрын

I love that this is over music from Bastion. Such a good game

@OniNoSweeney Жыл бұрын

Phenomenal use of music; I picked up on the Bastion soundtrack right away. I am surprised you didn't mention my favorite anime of the genre from the 80s: Saber Rider and The Star Sheriffs. However, such a good deep dive on Galaxy Rangers did make up for it! Excellent video, high praise!

@willtews955 Жыл бұрын

Killjoys is a really good space western to watch. I'd consider it a very high scifi tv series. It's about bounty hunters. If I said more it would spoil the show.

@thisrandomdude_ Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic work, I don't know how to describe it! I loved the transitions you used for the aspect ratio shifts, they were very well-done and let immersion stay intact. The script was top-notch, I can only imagine how many attmepts it must've taken to record those lines 'cause damn hahaha. It's clear you put an absolute frick-ton of research into making this analysis, and boy did it deliver what it set out to find!!! p.s. I didn't see any of the graphical errors you mentioned in the decription while watching. Even if they were there, they weren't noticeable enough to break my immersion or even momentarily distract me. So dw don't overthink it.

@AzA609 8 ай бұрын

Incredible video! I learned a lot and was engaged all throughout.

@ChillinGames 11 ай бұрын

you cant have such a big section on cyberpunk without name dropping the book that invented the term!! Neuromancer, Gibson's 1984 sleeper hit, invented the term cyberpunk, cyberspace (and that whole concept, 10 years before the internet was a thing) and the matrix (the movie being basically blade runner to electric sheep for this book). That said, great video man!! on my (second) favorite genre!! :D Also, i know Cowboy Bebop is a work of art but why is Trigun not mentioned more??? its such a fun romp!

@xy2447 Жыл бұрын

holy fuck such a great video, simple enough to understand, yet still makes you think about all of the past and present of space western and cyberpunk in general

@nadine3193 Жыл бұрын

I have always loved anything with a space western feel to it, but i had never thought too much about what i really liked about it, or even what makes a space western! Really enjoyed the video and learnt a lot. Thank you :)

@Karmasu_L Жыл бұрын

Came out of curiosity. Stayed for the surprisingly insightful and inspiring breakdown. Thanks for making this.

@NashiXBatsu Жыл бұрын

You are really good at making documentary style videos and the topics you choose are very interesting to say the least. Keep up the good work.

@pranavgoli9148 Жыл бұрын

Great video, I was kinda curious if there are Space Westerns you have seen that aren't as well known but are definitely worth watching

@fusedfetus Жыл бұрын

Also a huge fan of space westerns so I'm glad you made a video about it!

@kyrasoze516 10 ай бұрын

Firefly and The Dark Tower, two of my favorite things ever, mentioned in the same video. Happy place.

@ProDoc18 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! Im currently in the process of writing a book and this gave me an idea for it while I was on my commune from work. Awesome work and keep it up!

@sir_ridley3886 Жыл бұрын

I'm not convinced this isn't an excuse to spread the Hardspace OST. Great stuff all the same

@richardmcgowan1651 Жыл бұрын

Season 1 of the Mandalorian was built on a idea Lucas had for a Boba Fett film or TV show. Disney bought the idea for the show when they bought Star Wars from Lucas. The Expanse works because the belters are the cowboys (but could be the native Americans) and Earth and Mars are the sheriffs. Or Earth and Mars could be the North and South in the civil war.

@envyfallz Жыл бұрын

i’m half way through this video and its soooo good, keep it up bro

@Ashorisk 11 ай бұрын

awesome Video ! i really enjoyed it - brought back a lot of memories ... and even something i havent watched yet

@statz3697 Жыл бұрын

This one’s gonna be a banger

@Chezbo Жыл бұрын

The Dark Tower is definitely my favorite set of novels.

@lordmango6060 Жыл бұрын

Yo this video came up on the algorithm. Never watched your stuff before, but this was awesome man. Thoroughly enjoyed your delivery. I'm subscribing!

@RodrigoBarbosaBR 11 ай бұрын

Amazing work with this video. Really impressive.

@montanaadams452 Жыл бұрын

If there is one thing that I learned in this video it is that Trigun was remade in the 2020s and I never heard about it.

@Lextorias Жыл бұрын

you might like my last video

@BlooCollaGal Жыл бұрын

What Happened to the Space Western? Same thing that happened to every other Western.

@Lextorias Жыл бұрын

yeah I say that in the video

@BlooCollaGal Жыл бұрын

@@Lextorias Forgive me, I have a habit of commenting as soon as the video starts.

@BlooCollaGal Жыл бұрын

@@Lextorias Also deep cut X-Men reference: "what happens when a toad is struck by lightning?"

@FreelanceDev4life 9 ай бұрын

Excellent! Absolutely excellent perspective.

@bjcovertaction Жыл бұрын

This video was both educational and inspiring. I learned a bit more about the roots of my favorite genre. But this video also gave me elements to ponder with respect to how a story told through the lens of Americana-in-space would be compelling with respect to what's going on in the world today. Thanks. Great work.

@andreworders7305 Жыл бұрын

Gene Roddenberry might be the only person who considers Star Trek a Western

@Shamax0 Жыл бұрын

Just started watching the clip, so will have to edit my comment later, but I really liked the Trigun rebootmakeprequel - maybe even more than the original - but yeah, hopefully we get a bit more of the space western genre

@VikingRobotNinja Жыл бұрын

Dude this is so good! Been looking forward to this one and hot damn did you knock it out!

@tortoisesoup16 Жыл бұрын

I love your music choices for the video!

@ghost.2527 Жыл бұрын

heres a better question: Why's there barely any steampunk westerns? that'd be such a cool combo that when is done is so obscure. Steampunk just needs more attention in general.

@CosmoShidan Жыл бұрын

Because there are issues such as having to explain how technology that didn't exist in the 19th century such as aeroplanes are possible, and to do so would mean to incorporate time travel or visiting space aliens. So it's hard to pull off.

@NZLion Жыл бұрын

The only one that immediately comes to mind is Wild Wild West

@CosmoShidan Жыл бұрын

@@NZLion Now that show is a rare case where wireless telegraph, acetylene torches, smoke bombs, television, radio transmitters are present, though it's not really explained how those technologies are able to exist in 1878. Although there was one episode with the late Ricardo Montelbond that involved time travel, so that may be were Dr. Loveless and Aretamis Gordon got their tech.

@linnaung4716 Жыл бұрын

I love how Trigun Stempede is more fast pace compared to original Trigun series. Studio orange is really outstanding in making the show from a decade ago fit perfectly with modern standards and style.

@GnarledStaff Жыл бұрын

Damm. I spent a good few werks listening to the lofi album that you've been playong throughout thos video amd every chord is making me nostalgic.

@happyslapsgiving5421 9 ай бұрын

6:35 Can we all take a minute to appreciate that cover, though? The old man is painting, and the shy alien behind him going: "Is that me? Really? You're doing my portrait? Get out! You shouldn't have..." 😱😚 At least, that's what I see. 😅

@notaninquisitor7274 Жыл бұрын

The best implementation is by being counter-culture. Anti-conservative, anti-capitalist in fundamental nature because it exists on the fringe of society, where the policing of the status quo is weakest. It reflects the oppression of the natural world, outsiders, and the individual. As long as conservative/capitalist culture remains dominant the "spacewestern" type of genre will repeatedly revive.

@stinkytoy 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Instant sub. I love firefly and the genre as a whole. Cowboy beebop is on my list of things i must watch!

@james_baker 3 ай бұрын

never thought I'd hear Firefly and High Plains Drifter mentioned in the same video. Nice work. 😻

@Jpan4 Жыл бұрын

Well done these were all fantastic works! Some nowadays don't vibe with the older stuff whole loving the new, never knowing what they are missing out on.

@nikitosnu 9 ай бұрын

Great video! I would definitely add Vampire Hunter D to the list. It’s a unique mix of western, sci-fi and a gothic vampire story. A really good anime too. A must watch for sure

@NormanconEVE 9 ай бұрын

Ahhh the use of the Hardspace Shipbreaker OST is so good. I'm going to go complete a few now

@theutopian402 Жыл бұрын

You absolutely 120% just got a new subscriber and I’d love to see you tackle the topic of Cyberpunk like you had mentioned in the video. This is phenomenal 👌🏾

@brwaters4924 8 ай бұрын

You just gave me a massive watch / reading list.

@DAGGER479 Жыл бұрын

Love it bro keep up the phenomenal work

@Aargo999 Жыл бұрын

Superb vid on a beloved genre.

@JRock3091 11 ай бұрын

I found Trigun recently on DVD and got the whole series. I absolutely loved watching it late nite on cartoon network. Is a must watch anime.

@basilreid257 Жыл бұрын

An excellent enthralling thesis on pretty much all the genres I love. ❤ thanks a bunch showing the origins and whys and evolution of modern storytelling and society self reflection. 👍🏻

@schaedou Жыл бұрын

amazing video lex 👍

@MrPingn Жыл бұрын

A damn good breakdown of the genres.

@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 Жыл бұрын

I just found you but it was awfully nice of you to make you channel and videos SPECIFICALLY for me apparently. so thank you for that!

@theexpert758 11 ай бұрын

Hey man saw you got rid of a community post. Just wanna say you're the man and I hope all going well. You're like top 3 channels on KZfaq so I'm invested lol.