Here’s Wikipedia’sdefinition: A science fictionWestern occurs in the past, or in a world resembling the past, in which modernor future technology exists. The anachronistic technology of these stories ispresent because scientific paradigms occurred earlier in history but areimplemented via industrial elements present at that time, or because technologyis brought from another time or place. The genre often overlaps with Steampunk.
Afterwatching Cowboys & Aliens yesterday, I started to wonder if there were moremovies that mix sci-fi elements with a western setting.
Aliensattack a Western town!
Ghost Rider
In the AmericanOld West, the Devil, Mephistopheles, sends his bounty hunter of the damned, theGhost Rider, to retrieve a contract for a thousand corrupt souls from the townof San Venganza. Given that the nature of the contract would give Mephisto thepower to bring Hell to Earth, the Rider refuses to give him the contract andgoes into hiding. (Wikipedia)
Back to theFuture Part 3
On November 12,1955, Marty McFly discovers that his friend Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brownhad become trapped in the year 1885. Marty, with Doc's 1955 self, uses theinformation in Doc’s 1885 letter to locate and repair the DeLorean. Whileretrieving the car, Marty spots a tombstone with Doc's name, dated six daysafter the letter. Learning that Doc was killed by Biff Tannen'sgreat-grandfather, Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, Marty decides to go backto 1885 to save Doc. (Wikipedia)
Wild Wild West
Army CaptainJames West and U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon have to stop a gigantic mechanical spiderand its owner Dr. Arliss Loveless. This one is steampunk-y.
Except for Ghost Rider, I've seen them all.
I love the ideaof mixing a Western setting with aliens or modern technology (not only steampowered machines).
Do you know morefilms that could be categorized as Sci-fi western? Or maybe even books? I'd love to read sci-fi western books!
