Of course, that isn’t exactly the kind of talk our antihero takes kindly to, and he reminds her of that.īut since Amanda Waller is nothing if not always prepared, she was ready for exactly that response, and tells him that she can call in folks “not from this planet” to stop him if necessary. “This is your only warning,” she tells him, letting him know in no uncertain terms that Kahndaq is now his “prison,” and that she’ll turn a blind eye to whatever he wants to do to protect his homeland, as long as he stays within its borders. In a truly boss move, Waller can’t even be bothered to show up in person, so she sends her message to Black Adam via a hologram projected via a drone. It was Waller who deployed the JSA to investigate Black Adam’s return in Kahndaq, and it was a Task Force X black site that Teth-Adam was held at after he voluntarily gave up his powers. Waller, of course, has no fear whatsoever of bad folks in the DC Universe, considering that she has long managed Task Force X, better known as The Suicide Squad. To subscribe, click here.Right before Superman arrives, the newly-minted Black Adam (in a truly awesome comics-accurate costume) gets a message from ARGUS director (and Suicide Squad taskmaster) Amanda Waller about how she sees his place in the DCEU. Originally published in the February 2009 issue of Wild West. Some members of the stellar cast are somewhat wooden or not gritty enough, but the restored clarity and uplifting music carry us along like one big happy pioneer family. John Ford, George Marshall and Richard Thorpe (not credited) directed other segments. Other top action scenes include rafts running the rapids and outlaws shooting it out with the good guys on a moving train carrying rolling logs. Later Indians do what Indians often do in Hollywood- attack a wagon train-but that sort of thing was known to happen in the real West, too, and it makes for a good show. Indians are given short shrift, but they are not treated badly in fact the film makes a point of saying how the native tribes were mostly living at peace with each other and the mountain men before the settlers and miners moved to the neighborhood. So How the West Was Won looks good again, but how does it hold up more than 45 years later? Well, just fine if you like action and big-name stars and believe the West was won by courageous and spunky white men and women, some of whom can sing and dance real good. This new edition of the MGM classic is spread over two discs, while the third disc contains a comprehensive documentary about the “Cinerama Adventure.” The West never looked better, with colorful vistas galore (yes, Monument Valley makes an appearance) and plenty of pretty and/or familiar faces-Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, George Peppard, Eli Wallach, Richard Widmark, Robert Preston, Karl Malden and Lee J. Now comes a DVD version that digitally unifies the panels into a seamless single widescreen image. While the Cinerama image was breathtaking on the big screen, it did not translate well to VHS and then DVD, because the seams between the three panels were visible. created this epic in 1962 for Cinerama, a format using three projectors to create a widescreen image on a 146-degree curved screen. Three-disc special,Warner Home Video, 2008, 164 minutes, $29.98. Wild West DVD Review: How the West Was Won Close
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