Who's the Quickest Draw?

From Movies or TV

This article is inspired by my 2 youngest brothers. Anyone who has siblings, especially younger siblings, has been asked to mediate a disagreement or resolve a dispute between them.

Normally, when my brothers in question are going at it, their verbal battles are over important matters. For example, their last fight before this one, was over what movie character would you rather be - a Terminator or a vampire - more specifically, T-1000 from "Terminator 2" or Lestat from "Interview From The Vampire".

Their latest difference of opinions, was the hard-hitting question on every mature adult's mind - What movie or TV cowboy was the quickest draw?

See, they were watching the movie, "The Quick and the Dead", in the movie there's a gunfight tournament, where 2 gunfighters are matched up against in each other in a gunfight, then move on to face other winners, the last person standing is the winner.

That's when their little quarrel began. One brother said the Russell Crowe character would have beaten the Gene Hackman character, while the other brother said he didn't disagree with him, but thought the Val Kilmer character from the movie, "Tombstone", would beat them both. Their war escalated, and like any other highly contested intelluctual debates, points were made in such eloquent ways. I would share, but if I did, I would have to add "This Article Contains Adult Content" to this blog.

I just sat there reading a book. Well, not actually reading a book, more like re-reading the same page over and over, and still not retaining anything because I'm listening to the 2 knuckleheads. I know it's only going to be a matter of seconds before they ask me to settle it.

It got me thinking, I wonder who is the quickest draw. So I'm asking all you out there, especially you western fans. Here's some match-ups for you and a few other questions.

From TV who would win these match-ups:

1. Heath Barkley (Lee Majors) "The Big Valley" vs. Little Joe Cartwright (Michael Landon) "Bonanza"

2. Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood) "Rawhide" vs. Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine) "Deadwood"

3. Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) "Wanted:Dead or Alive" vs. Paladin (Richard Boone) "Have Gun Will Travel"

4. Matt Dillon (James Arness) "Gunsmoke" vs. Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors) "The Rifleman"

5. Who do you think is the fastest out of those 8 TV characters?

From the movies who would win these match-ups:

6. Cort (Russell Crowe) "The Quick and the Dead" vs. Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) "Tombstone"

7. Shane (Alan Ladd) "Shane" vs. Jimmy Ringo (Gregory Peck) "The Gunfighter"

8. Will Kane (Gary Cooper) "High Noon" vs. J.B. Books (John Wayne) "The Shootist"

9. Joe (Clint Eastwood) "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" vs. Harmonica (Charles Bronson) "Once Upon a Time in the West"

10. Who do you think is the fastest out of those 8 movie characters?

11. Who is the fastest out of all of them?

btw.. question #6 is for my brothers.

oh and if you're wondering how I got them to stop .. I told them that The Waco Kid (Gene Wilder) from "Blazing Saddles" would beat them both.

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