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First look: Johnny Depp as The Lone Ranger's Native American sidekick Tonto
Daily Mail ^ | March 8, 2012 | Emily Sheridan

Posted on 03/08/2012 6:55:21 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Edited on 03/08/2012 7:16:52 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

After years of delays, the big-screen version of the popular Fifties show started filming last month.

And producer Jerry Bruckheimer gave fans a sneak peek at what to expect with the first photo of Armie Hammer as the Ranger and Johnny Depp as his sidekick Tonto.


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: indians; johnnydepp; loneranger; makebelieve; theloneranger; tonto
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To: Joe 6-pack
The Pirate flicks were great fantasy with really great visuals.

Davey Jones and his crew were awesome

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21 posted on 03/08/2012 7:19:19 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

Eh...may have to check them out.


22 posted on 03/08/2012 7:22:41 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: RightGeek

“Why does Tonto have a dead crow on his head?”

Just to be an authentic head.


23 posted on 03/08/2012 7:24:50 PM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: GeronL
I thought we were told that hiring whites to play minorities is racist??

But is it worse than hiring Canadians to play Americans?

24 posted on 03/08/2012 7:24:50 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Paparazzi mob senior citizen mistaking her for Lindsay Lohan (True Story))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sweet Jesus!

Hollywood quit messin’ with my friggin’ childhood.

I loved the Lone Ranger. Clayton Moore, and Jay Silverheels were the only Lone Ranger and Tonto I knew.

Who’s got that “Not this sh*&! again” photo?

It applies to this.


25 posted on 03/08/2012 7:28:13 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
First look: Johnny Depp as The Lone Ranger's Native American INDIAN sidekick Tonto

Fixed...there's no such thing as a "Native" American. No human is "native" to this continent.

26 posted on 03/08/2012 7:29:14 PM PST by montag813
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To: GeronL
I thought we were told that hiring whites to play minorities is racist??

Next thing you know, they'll get a black guy to play James West.

27 posted on 03/08/2012 7:29:57 PM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
First look: Johnny Depp as The Lone Ranger's Native AmericanINDIAN sidekick Tonto

Fixed...there's no such thing as a "Native" American. No human is "native" to this continent.

28 posted on 03/08/2012 7:29:57 PM PST by montag813
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To: Cicero
Armie Hammer, eh? He’s descended from the rich oil mogul who founded the Communist Party USA.

Armand Hammer, Arnie's great-grandfather, was the oil mogul.
Armand's father Julius was involved in forming the Communist Party USA.

It’s short for Armand Hammer, which was originally chosen as a pun on the Communist Arm and Hammer logo of the USSR.

The symbol of the USSR was a hammer and sickle. The symbol of the Socialist Labor Party of America, founded in 1877, was an arm holding a hammer. Julius Hammer was a member of this party before he helped start the Communist Party USA.

29 posted on 03/08/2012 7:30:33 PM PST by wideminded
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To: Shadowstrike

Why do they keep making movies based on old TV shows?

They are never like the original. They either make a spoof out of it, or make a “dark” version of the characters, or make it politically correct.

Have Hollywood idiots truly run out of new ideas for movies????


30 posted on 03/08/2012 7:36:04 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: RightGeek

I’ve heard of eating crow, but never wearing it.


31 posted on 03/08/2012 7:37:07 PM PST by 6SJ7 (Meh.)
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To: Oztrich Boy

As long as they get a real horse to play Hiyo Silver, and a real Swiss to play the William Tell Overture.


32 posted on 03/08/2012 7:38:54 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Free ThinkerNY

yes, because you wouldn’t expect them to cast a Native American as Tonto, now, would you?


33 posted on 03/08/2012 7:39:25 PM PST by LadyDoc
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Great, now they’re going to ruin The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s good names.
I was mesmerized by that show as pre-teen girl.


34 posted on 03/08/2012 7:49:58 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: dfwgator

Only whites could play Indians back them.

Some made the grade and some didn’t.


35 posted on 03/08/2012 7:51:47 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Depp? Indian? Super flick.. in my top five.

36 posted on 03/08/2012 7:54:16 PM PST by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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To: I see my hands

Dang. Someone else that has seen “Dead Man”.

Iggy Pop was a hoot!

“Stupid f-—ing white man”


37 posted on 03/08/2012 8:00:29 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: Dilbert San Diego

You got it.

You’d think (and it looks like you’d be right) that Hollywood has run out ideas.

If it ain’t Vampires, Werewolves or Zombies, then “let’s remake an old beloved t.v. show”

I even heard they wanted to do a big screen version of, Hogan’s Heros.


38 posted on 03/08/2012 8:02:08 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: massmike

Johnny Depp, as Tonto Kowalski.


39 posted on 03/08/2012 8:06:03 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: Dilbert San Diego

yes pretty much. its all about $$


40 posted on 03/08/2012 8:07:18 PM PST by RitchieAprile
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