The Lone Ranger

annis · Post by **annis** » Sun March 11th, 2012, 11:11 pm

OMG- first pictures of Johnny Depp in the forthcoming Lone Ranger movie- what is this- Tonto of the Caribbean?!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog ... ohnny-depp

I thought the bizarre headgear must have resulted from the costume designer's overindulgence in some mind-altering substance, but no-- apparently it was inspired by the equally inauthentic painting shown in this blog post!
http://nonnativenativeart.blogspot.co.nz/

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Sun March 11th, 2012, 11:42 pm

No. No. No.

Scurries off to share link on FB. Thanks Annis

rebecca · Post by **rebecca** » Mon March 12th, 2012, 1:29 am

[quote=""annis""]OMG- first pictures of Johnny Depp in the forthcoming Lone Ranger movie- what is this- Tonto of the Caribbean?!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog ... ohnny-depp

I thought the bizarre headgear must have resulted from the costume designer's overindulgence in some mind-altering substance, but no-- apparently it was inspired by the equally inauthentic painting shown in this blog post!
http://nonnativenativeart.blogspot.co.nz/[/quote]

LOL @ Tonto of the Carribean

that gave me a chuckle.

Bec

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Mon March 12th, 2012, 10:02 am

[quote=""rebecca""]LOL @ Tonto of the Carribean

that gave me a chuckle.

Bec

[/quote]

I thought exactly the same.

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Mon March 12th, 2012, 3:27 pm

Oh, no! Loved the Lone Ranger growing up. Now that the pirate's bird has left the shoulder and moved to the head, I'll never get that image out of my mind!

wendy · Post by **wendy** » Mon March 12th, 2012, 4:18 pm

Trust Johnny to overshadow the lead character!

erechwydd · Post by **erechwydd** » Tue March 13th, 2012, 7:55 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]No. No. No. [/quote]

Probably the sentiments of the crow, too.

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Tue March 13th, 2012, 9:28 pm

They're recycling costumes again aren't they? Didn't Bruckheimer produce the POTC movies too? Putting a bird on top doesn't make it look new. This is like when MGM reused leftover costumes from Gone With the Wind for Pride & Prejudice. Ridiculous.

bevgray · Post by **bevgray** » Tue March 13th, 2012, 9:36 pm

Yes, and the director is the same as the Pirate movies, too.

As for the bird, all I can think of is the pirate hat with the seagull sitting on a skeleton from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland and Disneyworld. Makes me so homesick for Virtual Magic Kingdom where I had that hat for my little avatar. Sigh.

I enjoyed the Pirate movies (always like fun buckle swashlers from Douglas Fairbanks on). I'll reserve judgement until I see it. I do know it was an on again/off again project due to budgeting. Depp apparently took a huge pay cut because he's very anxious to play Tonto.

annis · Post by **annis** » Tue March 13th, 2012, 11:29 pm

Apparently Johnny Depp recently told talk show host Larry King the Lone Ranger script was "very funny" and likened the character to Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates films.

"What I like about Tonto, what I feel good about Tonto is that I feel like he's - you know when I came up with Captain Jack, I thought, 'Okay, I've really arrived at something different here', and Tonto feels right on par with Captain Jack.

"It feels like another Captain Jack to me."

Yep, Johnny, we get that - saves having to work up a new character role, right? He clearly hasn't arrived at something different for poor old Tonto