Shane

The more I watch this series the more I like it. It was made in the era where TV westerns were flooding the air waves so it may have got lost in the shuffle. As a huge fan of the movie Shane I was a little skeptical of how 5he main characters would be portrayed. Jill Ireland's role is the only one I'm a little disappointed in. On the other hand Bert Freeds role as Ryker is a step up from the big screen. He's just as grizzled and tough as the original but seems a bit wiser and more intelligent. He's probably my favorite character in the entire series. Like I said, too many other westerns, bad time slot , early cancelation. Too bad because the writing and character development was right up there with Gunsmoke. And that's saying something!!

If you ever get the time, watch it from episode 1 to 17. Fantastic show, I can watch it over and over. Very well done and great storylines. Give it a chance, not just one episode.

I saw one episode and I was pleasantly surprised. Seeing how I was flipping channels and ran into this western, I thought it was a movie. The end credits it was the Shane TV show. Well now I'd like to watch all 17 episodes sometimes. PS, Not sure which episode but it didn't have a working Gattling gun which was pretty cool.

Wonderful Movie. Top 5 on any Western Fan's List. Westerns were all over TV in The '60s. Was that what they were thinking? What was I thinking? It was 1969 before I saw The Movie Shane. I was just young enough to be 'Discovering and Exploring' Creativity. Shane opened me up to so much in the way of Production Values and Subtly as I embarked on a Media Career. How did George Stevens get The Dogs to do what they did? And that was just The Beginning! There was so much to explore! I became so obsessed that I drove to Jackson Hole Wyoming, found what was left of The Set and talked to some people who were there during filming. So....of course, I had to find all things Shane, including the TV Series. What a disappointment! It's almost unwatchable. I see that they brought Jack Schaefer in, who wrote the Novel, half way through the Season. I'm going to put it aside for a month or so and check out some of the episodes Schaefer wrote but......

How did this disaster happen? Did someone go back in time and mess with the space-time continuum? It's like you woke up and were living your bad dream, Shane's story but with new characters and a dull plot line...oh my gosh, what happened to Alan Ladd? How did these cheesy sets replace the real Montana mountain range? Who wrote these scripts? HELP me wake up!!