I'm your huckleberry

It intrigued me to learn today that big nosed Kate, Kate Elder, Kate Fisher, Kate-- oh, well, she had 3 or 4 other aliases, but it was all the same dame...she was the Wild West prostitute famous for shacking up with Doc Holliday-- anyways Doc Holliday's favorite paramour lived until 1940, died at age 90. It's interesting how some life spans will straddle different eras...how one person who witnessed the shootout at the OK Corral would endure into Prohibition, the Depression, see the rise of movies and the automobile. I can't help but imagine such a life as some broad lensed, epic sweepage of time, but I'm sure Kate didn't have that kind of perspective on it.

Now, conversely, Doc didn't live to see 40. Although Doc Holliday has got to be one of American history's all time biggest rock stars. I feel certain of it. I do realize however, that I owe much (probably MOST) of that certainty to watching Val Kilmer play Holliday in Tombstone. Come to think of it, Val Kilmer very likely initiated my interest in Jim Morrison too. I've never seen his portrayal of John Holmes in Wonderland, but if I were to rent that one, I would no doubt develop a 70s porn fixation shortly thereafter. Did I mention that watching Kilmer in Willow resulted in my having a longtime fixation on longhaired warrior midget sidekicks. I should clarify-- I mean sidekicks to midgets not midgets who are sidekicks. But of course I am only jesting.

I did just recently buy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and finally got around to watching it last night...
That was muy muy bueno.

Also , I'm very much looking forward to this TV movie this coming November. And not only due to the Kilmer factor. I adore the TV movie Lonesome Dove and this is part of that franchise. Now mind you, I can only vouch for the excellence of the very 1st Lonesome Dove movies as I've not seen any of the other 3 seemingly substandard prequel/sequel deals that followed LD. I watched the miniseries on account of this bizarro Tommy Lee Jones fetish I have and really enjoyed it. I have subsequently found that I enjoy "pert near" every Western that features Robert Duvall (not sure if I've mentioned it before, but AMC's Broken Trail was totally kickarse..) Now Commanche Moon doesn't have Jones or Duvall going for it but it does have Val so I'm willing to give it a shot on that fact alone. Oh, and Steve Zahn plays a young Gus Macrae. Steve Zahn is just adorable.