101 Things I Learned From Silverado - Silverado (1985) Discussion

[–] trekkie313 13 years ago

96. Old West historians make awesome commentaries.

"Listen, do you smell something?"
Ray Stanz-Ghostbusters

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[–] lexyladyjax 13 years ago

95. Cowboys will always be sexy.

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[–] jimelek 12 years ago

94. If a man steals your horse, then you can shoot and kill him and be on your way without a trial.

93. Don't mess with a black man and his Henry rifle.

92. Always ask for the good stuff.

"Good night, and grease for peace."

http://youtu.be/TBAuO1McLxg

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[–] Nikon11 12 years ago

91. If you steal a man's horse, check the bottom of the saddle, and scratch his name off and put your own there.

90. Hide money, water, and food in your union suit. Crooks won't take that from you.

89. Surprisingly, guns are not for rent.

88. Load your pistol first, before confronting an armed man.

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[–] TrumpIsAHump 12 years ago

87. All Jake did was kiss a girl.

86. A lady doesn't have to explain anything to a man as ugly as Tyree.

85. If the world doesn't fit, make alterations.

84. Today, Sheriff Langston's jurisdiction ends here.

83. Kelly should have listened to Stella.

82. Calvin Stanhope's mother is weird.

81. Paden loves a good smelly saloon.

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[–] MurphAndTheMagicTones 12 years ago

80. Silverado used to be a peaceful town.

79. Emmett can shoot a man who's standing still while draping himself off of a galloping horse with his opposite hand.

78. Paden's life had a lot of bad luck in it.

77. The Midnight Star waters down its whiskey.

76. Your payback for your land being overrun, your father being murdered and your sister being shot? You get to stab Jeff Goldblum.

75. Sheriff Langston is not from these parts.

74. Emmett is not Baxter, and Paden is not Holley.

73. $13 buys you one set of clothes and a crappy hat, but for $7 more, you can get one sweet revolver.

72. Some dogs you'll do anything for, even when you don't like them.

71. It is not required for a body to be cold before hitting on the widow.

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"You expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"---Goldfinger

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[–] muerte983 12 years ago

You can successfully infiltrate a rival gangs hideout without getting shot at if you run in pretending you are fleeing from a posse.

Racial tensions that erupt into brawls are hard on the peace and hard on the furniture.

While on horseback, if you get shot in the leg and drop your gun, double back around the barn and do a horsejump over your opponents head to knock him out when he comes by the barn door to look for you.

Too drunk to number these right now...

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[–] lexyladyjax 12 years ago

66. A grown man can't have a little boy with him everywhere he goes.

67. Jake never falls off his horse.

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[–] MurphAndTheMagicTones 12 years ago

65. Never be late. It's a bad sign.

64. It WAS a pretty sweet deal.

63. Rosanna Arquette won't always be pretty, but her land will be.

62. Ethan McKendrick changed his brand.

61. Watch what you say around Augie.

60. Does ANYBODY know where the dog is?

59. Paden's horse likes to make out with him.

58. Chicago was NOT wonderful back then.

57. Never leave your rifle too far away. You never know when you might need it.

56. Sheriff Langston's jurisdiction can be altered depending on the circumstances, such as his hat being shot off.

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"You think this is funny?"
"Well it sure as $#*! ain't sad."---Ocean's Thirteen

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[–] crood 12 years ago

55. Tyree, being Tyree shot the dog.

54. You die instantly from a being stabbed about an inch in the stomach.

53. Rosanna Arquette and Scott Glenn are the least romantic, most awkward couple in film history.

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[–] Nikon11 12 years ago

52. Bucket brigades suck for putting out fires

51. Anger can heal head injuries

50. Don't kidnap the boy

49. Trusting no one might be better than trusting everyone.

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[–] TheatreGeek89 11 years ago

48. I don't wanna kill you & you don't wanna be dead.
47. Emmitt is hard to kill.
46. All Jake does is kiss girls.

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[–] jroyster 11 years ago

Often times women are open to start new relationships 24 hours after their husband gets killed.

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[–] mcgill-646-33556 11 years ago

44. yes, revelations that family members have been kidnapped make bandages covering serious injuries redundant.

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[–] Chucktesta2574 11 years ago

43. There were only a couplea guys up there and Emmett was an a$$hole who was one of them.

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[–] El_Stone 10 years ago

42. Hangings don't always happen at sunrise.
41. Scott Glenn likes to get up pretty early.
40. Shooting while jumping sideways is a surprisingly effective way to kill people.
39. If you're on a wagon train don't put all your money in one box.
38. If you're on a wagon train and you do put all your money in one box, don't show that box to the strangers you hired to take you to Silverado.
37. Kevin Costner likes to hide under things.
36. Sometimes in a western, the cowboys don't run into any Indians.
35. There's a sandy desert somewhere in New Mexico or Arizona, that's too big to walk across. Even in the winter, when it's not hot, it's better just to lay your head on a rock and die.

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[–] freemanpatrick7 9 years ago

35. There's a sandy desert somewhere in New Mexico or Arizona, that's too big to walk across. Even in the winter, when it's not hot, it's better just to lay your head on a rock and die.

There actually is. It's called Glamis.

"Whatever happened to Fay Wray?"

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[–] stones78 10 years ago

54. That bothered me too.

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[–] signlady 10 years ago

34. You can spew coffee, fall over laughing, and/or get a knot-pain in your side from laughing so hard at the things you learnt from Silverado ...

33. When practicing for definite up-coming gun fights with the bad guys, keep a knife on you so you can cut the rope with your free hands, in case they find you right after you emptied your pistols, and lasso you around the torso.

32. practicing for definite up-coming gun fights, be sure you are really far enough out in the vast desert that no one can hear you, or find you.

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[–] signlady 10 years ago

31. If your friend has been hog tied and is being bullied by three bad guys, and one of the bad guys has rode a horse over him a couple of times, and you arrive 'just short' of your friends death, simply shoot one of the bad guys in the hand and take their horses away so they have to walk back to town. This was sufficient punishment for bad guys the old western days.

30. Letting really bad guys live after 3-4 times they couldve easily been shot insures an extensive shoot-out scene in town ...

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[–] signlady 10 years ago

29. Always wear long johns that are real baggy in the crotch ...

28. If you ride out of the bad guys barn where you've been hiding, you can ride across his porch and shoot thru thru a couple of windows before you know exactly where all your guys are . . .

27. Sheriffs remove their hats before a show-down even when its really sunny.

26. Even if your brother-in-law & sisters house burnt down, and they are still in slings & bandages, you can still go ahead and leave town, and they should load up in a wagon and ride out past the edge of town to say goodbye to you.

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[–] signlady 10 years ago

25. Even when the saloon is empty, dead bodies get removed pretty quick from the porch during shoot outs ...

24. The man who owns the general store displays his porceline dishes outside prior to a shoot-out ... even the old west had insurance schemes ...

23. Regardless of how small a town was, people still had to 'hide and watch' to find out what was goin' on ...

22. If you run the gambling in the saloon you are extremely dispensable and can have no job security.

21. Everyone casually trusts any stranger who comes to town, even if he is a gambler named 'slick' and is probably jewish.

20. During a shoot-out in town the sheriff can just casually sit on the porch of the jailhouse ina rocker polishing his badge.
He will not even accidently get shot untilit jis turm to paeticipate.

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[–] MurphAndTheMagicTones 10 years ago

19. No matter who you are, you'll get a first-class hanging in Silverado.

18. Blind Pete is an expert lock picker but not a good prognosticator.

17. Never shoot anyone while holding a coffee. You WILL spill.

16. Missouri posses don't care if you are dealing with a dog one of your gang shot.

15. Jake didn't have to buy; he was at the Midnight Star first.

14. Give the guns you stole from a quick-draw artist back from him and you get to live through at least the morning.

13. If you eat breakfast in Turley, order extra biscuits.

12. Sometimes it's OK to have someone try to kill you. It's an excuse to get up.

11. Someone give Emmett a drink before he dies of thirst!

10. If you want your uncles to ease up the restrictions on jumping onto a horse, just get kidnapped.

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"After a third date, women start expecting things."
"Like a fourth date?"---My Boys

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[–] signlady 10 years ago

(lol!!)

9. Jake can drop down from a weighted, sqeaky pully immediately behind two bad guys and they wont even hear him and turn around til the weight drops at which point jake has drawn two guns and shot both of them.

8. If a couple of strangers keep starin' at your wife and comment on how pretty she is, its none of their business, but do NOT go off and leave her ...

7. There is no silver, silver-smith, place to cash in silver, or a silver mine in Silverado ...

8. If you're hiding someone in a shed below some second story windows, AND you're a midget, be sure to look up when you sneak out for help ...

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[–] signlady 10 years ago

5. Regardless of how vast the territory and how miniscule the population is, chances are you will still be found by someone even if your lying in.the middle of a desert at deaths door.

4. Emmett & Mal are really good at showing up just before youre dead...

3. At a town picnic, the bad guys can ride in shooting up stuff, knocking stuff over, knocking people down, and trying to burn buildings, seriously endangering the lives of women, children, and the elderly, but the good guys mostly just watch and dont try to stop this UNTIL the bad guys shoot a citizen ... apparently THAT'S the signal to start shootin' the bad guys ...

I defer to another writer for the final 2 revelations ... and add this note; in spite of these humorous little gaffs, I still love the movie, own it, and watch it when I go thru all my westerns ... ; )

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[–] tkema497 10 years ago

2. Don't hire the sheriff from "First Blood" to run your town.

1. When one of the main antagonists says at the end, "We'll be back!" - that doesn't necessarily mean there's going to be a sequel. What a tease.

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[–] freemanpatrick7 9 years ago

2. Don't hire the sheriff from "First Blood" to run your town.

That one wins my vote for the best out of the bunch.

"Whatever happened to Fay Wray?"

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[–] Blackarachnia-XXX 8 years ago

Special Mention: Kevin Costner is actually an adept acrobat who can spin round and round on a square overhead beam in a barn, and climb around like a monkey in a jail cell - and also incredible at twirling and spinning both pistols in his hands around really fast in tandem.

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[–] dirtyoldhawg 10 years ago

101a. Hanna Conrad (Rosanne Arquette) will not always be pretty, but her land will be.

Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I'd hate to start smacking you like I do DiNozzo.

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