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The Jonah Hex franchise also blends the Western with superhero elements. The film Western Religion , by writer and director James O'Brien , introduces the devil into a traditional wild west setting. Old Man Logan graphic novel combines the elements of superhero and post-apocalyptic fiction with western. In the s academic and critical attention to cinema as a legitimate art form emerged. With the increased attention, film theory was developed to attempt to understand the significance of film. From this environment emerged in conjunction with the literary movement an enclave of critical studies called genre studies.

This was primarily a semantic and structuralist approach to understanding how similar films convey meaning. One of the results of genre studies is that some [ who? For example, a very typical Western plot is that an eastern lawman heads west, where he matches wits and trades bullets with a gang of outlaws and thugs, and is aided by a local lawman who is well-meaning but largely ineffective until a critical moment when he redeems himself by saving the hero's life. This description can be used to describe any number of Westerns, but also other films such as Die Hard itself a loose reworking of High Noon and Akira Kurosawa 's Seven Samurai , which are frequently cited examples of films that do not take place in the American West but have many themes and characteristics common to Westerns.

Likewise, films set in the American Old West may not necessarily be considered "Westerns. Being period drama pieces, both the Western and samurai genre influenced each other in style and themes throughout the years. Despite the Cold War , the Western was a strong influence on Eastern Bloc cinema, which had its own take on the genre, the so-called " Red Western " or "Ostern". Generally these took two forms: An offshoot of the Western genre is the "post-apocalyptic" Western, in which a future society, struggling to rebuild after a major catastrophe, is portrayed in a manner very similar to the 19th-century frontier.

Many elements of space travel series and films borrow extensively from the conventions of the Western genre. This is particularly the case in the space Western subgenre of science fiction. Gene Roddenberry , the creator of the Star Trek series, pitched his show as " Wagon Train to the stars" early on, but admitted later that this was more about getting it produced in a time that loved Western-themed TV series than about its actual content.

More recently, the space opera series Firefly used an explicitly Western theme for its portrayal of frontier worlds. Anime shows like Cowboy Bebop , Trigun and Outlaw Star have been similar mixes of science fiction and Western elements. The science fiction Western can be seen as a subgenre of either Westerns or science fiction. Elements of Western films can be found also in some films belonging essentially to other genres. For example, Kelly's Heroes is a war film, but action and characters are Western-like. The character played by Humphrey Bogart in film noir films such as Casablanca and To Have and Have Not —an individual bound only by his own private code of honor—has a lot in common with the classic Western hero.

In turn, the Western, has also explored noir elements, as with the films Pursued and Sugar Creek. In many of Robert A. Heinlein 's books, the settlement of other planets is depicted in ways explicitly modeled on American settlement of the West. For example, in his Tunnel in the Sky settlers set out to the planet "New Canaan", via an interstellar teleporter portal across the galaxy, in Conestoga wagons , their captain sporting mustaches and a little goatee and riding a Palomino horse—with Heinlein explaining that the colonists would need to survive on their own for some years, so horses are more practical than machines.

Stephen King 's The Dark Tower is a series of seven books that meshes themes of Westerns, high fantasy , science fiction and horror. The protagonist Roland Deschain is a gunslinger whose image and personality are largely inspired by the " Man with No Name " from Sergio Leone 's films. In addition, the superhero fantasy genre has been described as having been derived from the cowboy hero, only powered up to omnipotence in a primarily urban setting. The Western genre has been parodied on a number of occasions, famous examples being Support Your Local Sheriff!

George Lucas 's Star Wars films use many elements of a Western, and Lucas has said he intended for Star Wars to revitalize cinematic mythology, a part the Western once held. The Jedi , who take their name from Jidaigeki , are modeled after samurai, showing the influence of Kurosawa. The character Han Solo dressed like an archetypal gunslinger, and the Mos Eisley cantina is much like an Old West saloon. Meanwhile, films such as The Big Lebowski , which plucked actor Sam Elliott out of the Old West and into a Los Angeles bowling alley, and Midnight Cowboy , about a Southern-boy-turned-gigolo in New York who disappoints a client when he doesn't measure up to Gary Cooper , transplanted Western themes into modern settings for both purposes of parody and homage.

Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West , most commonly between the years of and The genre's popularity peaked in the s, due in part to the shuttering of many pulp magazines, the popularity of televised Westerns , and the rise of the spy novel. Readership began to drop off in the mid- to late s and reached a new low in the s.

Most bookstores, outside of a few Western states, now only carry a small number of Western novels and short story collections. Literary forms that share similar themes include stories of the American frontier , the gaucho literature of Argentina , and tales of the settlement of the Australian Outback.

Television Westerns are a subgenre of the Western. When television became popular in the late s and s, TV Westerns quickly became an audience favorite. As demand for the Western increased, new stories and stars were introduced. A number of long-running TV Westerns became classics in their own right, such as: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp was the first Western television series written for adults, [38] premiering four days before Gunsmoke on September 6, The peak year for television Westerns was , with 26 such shows airing during primetime.

At least six of them were connected in some extent to Wyatt Earp: Future entries in the genre would incorporate elements from other genera, such as crime drama and mystery whodunit elements. In the s and s, hour-long Westerns and slickly packaged made-for-TV movie Westerns were introduced, such as: Lonesome Dove and Dr.

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As well, new elements were once again added to the Western formula, such as the Western- science fiction show Firefly , created by Joss Whedon in Deadwood was a critically acclaimed Western series which aired on HBO from through A number of visual artists focused their work on representations of the American Old West. American West-oriented art is sometimes referred to as "Western Art" by Americans. This relatively new category of art includes paintings, sculptures, and sometimes Native American crafts. Initially, subjects included exploration of the Western states and cowboy themes.

Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell are two artists who captured the "Wild West" on canvas. The popularity of Westerns extends beyond films, literature, television, and visual art to include numerous other media forms. With anime and manga , the genre tends towards the Science fiction Western [e.

The story follows racers in a transcontinental horse race, the "Steel Ball Run" race. Western comics have included serious entries such as the classic comics of the late s and early s such as Kid Colt, Outlaw , Rawhide Kid , and Red Ryder , cartoons, and parodies such as Cocco Bill and Lucky Luke. In the s and s, Western comics leaned toward the Weird West subgenre, usually involving supernatural monsters, or Christian iconography as in Preacher. However, more traditional Western comics are found throughout this period e. Western arcade games , computer games , role-playing games , and video games are often either straightforward Westerns or Western Horror hybrids.

Other video games adapt the Science fiction Western or Weird West subgenres such as Fallout , Gunman Chronicles , Darkwatch , the Borderlands series first released in , Fallout: New Vegas , and Hard West Western radio dramas were very popular from the s to the s. Sixgun first broadcast in , Have Gun—Will Travel first broadcast in , and Gunsmoke first broadcast in Westerns have been showcased in short episodic web series.

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After the Super Bowl win, Parcells retired as a coach in In , Parcells came out of retirement to become the head coach of the Patriots, another struggling franchise at the time. Once again, Parcells changed the fortunes for the team and led them to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXI during his fourth season as their coach, although the game ended in defeat for the Patriots. Amid conflicts with Patriots owner Robert Kraft , he left the franchise after their Super Bowl loss and became the head coach of the Jets for the next season.

Under Parcells, the Jets went from having only one victory in the previous season to obtaining a winning record, and they reached the AFC Championship Game in his second year with the team. After three seasons as the Jets' head coach, Parcells retired for a second time in , but came back to football in to become the head coach of the Cowboys. He coached the Cowboys for four seasons and helped them qualify for the playoffs twice, although the team was eliminated in the first round each time. His life story, "Parcells: Parcells was born in Englewood, New Jersey , on August 22, He grew up in the nearby town of Hasbrouck Heights.

Parcells is of Irish, Scottish, English, and Italian descent.

Prior to his sophomore year in high school, the Parcells family moved a few miles north to the town of Oradell , where he attended River Dell Regional High School. While he was at River Dell, he was routinely mistaken for another boy named Bill. As he had always disliked his given name of Duane, he decided to adopt Bill as his nickname.

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Parcells was an athlete as a youth. He was large for his age 6'2" upon entering River Dell , which enabled him to become a standout player on his high school's football, baseball, and basketball teams. His basketball coach at River Dell was Mickey Corcoran, whom Parcells considers to be "next to my father Upon graduating from high school, Parcells arrived at Colgate University. As a freshman, he was offered a contract by the Philadelphia Phillies. His father disapproved of a career in sports and wanted him to study law, so the younger Parcells declined the offer.

1. He comes from an athletic family

He soon transferred to the University of Wichita now known as Wichita State University , where he played linebacker and earned a physical education degree. At the conclusion of his playing days, Parcells decided to pursue a career in football. He began as an assistant coach at Hastings before moving on to Wichita State , Army —69 , Florida State —72 , Vanderbilt —74 , and Texas Tech — In , he became the head coach at the Air Force Academy for one season. While serving as linebackers coach at Army , Parcells was also a part-time assistant basketball coach for Bob Knight during the —67 season, which led to their longtime friendship.

In , Parcells accepted an offer to become the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants under head coach Ray Perkins but, before the season started, he resigned and took a job with a land development company in Colorado. While living in Colorado, Parcells became a season ticket holder with the Denver Broncos.

Parcells called it the most miserable year of his life. Feeling dissatisfied with his life away from football, Parcells returned to the sport in as the linebackers coach of the New England Patriots under Ron Erhardt. The following season, Parcells was approached once again by Perkins to join the Giants' staff as an assistant coach, and Parcells accepted the offer.

As defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, he was allowed to change the team's 4—3 defense to a 3—4 system. When Parcells took over in , the New York Giants were a team that had posted just one winning season in the previous ten years. In his first year, he made a controversial decision to bench Phil Simms in favor of Scott Brunner.

The result was a disastrous 3—12—1 season during which the Giants surreptitiously offered Parcells' job to University of Miami head coach Howard Schnellenberger after a week 14 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals ; however, Schnellenberger declined, and Parcells remained as head coach. After this dismal first season, Parcells made Simms the starter again.

The team's record improved to 9—7 and 10—6 over the next two years, and earned them their first back-to-back playoff appearances since — In , he led the Giants to the first of two Super Bowls. In the season , the Giants compiled a franchise best 14—2 record and the first of three division titles. Parcells is credited as the first coach to be doused with Gatorade at the end of a Super Bowl, which led to a Super Bowl tradition.

While there are some claims that Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka had been doused a year earlier, [18] NFL Films president Steve Sabol has stated that he can find no evidence to support it in any footage he has reviewed and that he believes the tradition started with Parcells and Jim Burt.

Following the Super Bowl win, Parcells was courted by the Atlanta Falcons to become the head coach and general manager of the franchise. Parcells led the Giants to a second Super Bowl in The Giants began the season 10—0, and finished 13—3 , but lost Simms to injury late in the season. Playing with a back-up quarterback in Jeff Hostetler and a year-old veteran running back in Ottis Anderson , the Giants convincingly defeated the Chicago Bears in the divisional playoff, 31—3, and won in dramatic, come-from-behind fashion over San Francisco , 15—13, in the NFC Championship on a last-second yard field goal by Matt Bahr which was set up by a Roger Craig fumble caused by nose tackle Erik Howard.

Super Bowl XXV proved equally exciting as the Giants used tough defense, and a ball-control and power-running Erhardt — Perkins style offense to stop the Buffalo Bills , 20—19, whose own last-second yard field goal attempt by Scott Norwood missed wide right. During his coaching tenure, the Giants had secured three division titles , , , had only two losing seasons the Giants went 6—9 during the strike year of and tallied an 8—3 playoff record.

Parcells, along with former Giants head coach Tom Coughlin , have both made the NFL playoffs five times as Giants head coach, and the two Super Bowl titles they each have won with the Giants have occurred in their fourth and eighth seasons with the franchise, respectively. Following retirement, Parcells spent time as a football analyst for NBC Sports from —, working as a commentator. In , Parcells made a handshake agreement to become head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. At the last minute, Parcells opted not to take the job.

Parcells did not feel the situation was right for him at that time. Within two years, he coached the team to a 10—6 record and its first playoff game in eight years. In , he led the Patriots to their first division title in 11 years, and only the second and third home playoff games in franchise history. Parcells left the Patriots after disagreements with owner Robert Kraft. He had effectively been the team's general manager since arriving in New England, but felt Kraft would not allow him enough input in player personnel decisions.

Upon his departure, Parcells famously stated: Although Parcells had decided to leave New England, his contract did not allow him to coach anywhere else. New England threatened legal action against Parcells and the Jets, but NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue brokered a deal between the two sides, with New England releasing Parcells from his contract and the Jets giving New England a third and fourth round pick that year, a second-round pick the next year and a first-round draft choice the year after that.

Jets owner Leon Hess gave Parcells complete control over football operations, the main sticking point in his dispute with Kraft. Parcells again orchestrated a remarkable turnaround in his first year with the Jets. In his first season with the Jets, the team barely missed the playoffs with a record of 9—7 the Jets were the year before Parcells arrived, and had won a total of 10 games in the previous three seasons combined. He also has another dog named Chase, who was actually stolen after someone cut a hole through Elliott's fence to get the dog.

Fear not, Chase returned to his owner. Elliott apparently dubbed the "Year of the Wolf. The homie ezekielelliott came thru n got hit up today!!!! A photo posted by Rj tattoocartel on Mar 7, at 7: A photo posted by Ezekiel Elliott ezekielelliott on Jan 31, at 5: One fan also got an amazing tattoo of Zeke and Dak Prescott. Check it out here. The Ohio State Buckeyes might have been able to compete for back-to-back national titles had it not been for a loss to Michigan State last season.

Elliott wasn't happy after the game. He only had 33 yards rushing on 12 carries.

The 33 yards was by far his lowest total of the year and it was his only performance where he didn't surpass the century mark. He said the following to cleveland. I'm disappointed in the situations that we were put in, and I wish it all played out differently," Elliott told the site. In the one drive that we had where we kind of had some momentum after we scored on the strip-sack, the plays we ran, we ran a lot of gap schemes and we were gashing them.

You guys saw that on that drive. We had a lot of momentum. Apparently the message was received the next week. Urban Meyer called up 30 running plays and Elliott had rushing yards. Ohio State beat Michigan that week The Buckeyes played a game against Michigan before finding out that Karageorge died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

For me, personally, that was my first time losing someone that I was very close with. Came a long way. A photo posted by Ezekiel Elliott ezekielelliott on Apr 28, at 9: Dawn Elliott holds baby Ezekiel. Dawn, the mother of the Cowboys running back, was a track star in the heptathlon at the University of Missouri. Elliott shares agents with the Hall of Famer and grew up emulating his style and sought him out for tips to become a complete running back.

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