Jordan Bradt: One
fine day, I met a movie entitled COWBOYS
VERSUS ALIENS. My dad bought the
Blu-Ray disk for my mother because one of her favorite television sitcoms is THE BIG VALLEY. Well, this movie is nothing at all like that
show. For a wondrous compare and contrast list, please read on.
Character
Development: TBV allows you to follow
the Barkley family through their trials and tribulations. In CVA,
you sort of follow a group of men and one alien woman as they embark across the
desert-area. My favorite TBV character is Heath; in CVA, I hated them all equally. Yes, I didn’t care enough about any one
character to hate him or her more than the others.
Awesome
Male Protagonist: TBV has Heath, the illegitimate
Barkley son; he can do anything, and he’s sexy. He takes off his shirt a lot.
Woohoo! CVA has Jake; he can also do anything. Heath and Jake can both take
out a man in a single swipe of their fist. Jake also took off his shirt a
lot. He’s buff, but I didn’t find him
sexy or hot.
Supporting
Female Role: TBV has Audra, the young
Barkley daughter. She’s gentle and
beautiful, sometimes flighty, but her golden heart always shines through. CVA has Ella, an alien disguised as a
woman. She stares. A lot. She sacrificed herself at the end, so I guess
she also has a golden heart.
Native
Americans: Both the movie and the television show have Native American
characters, who are sort of the bad guys, but also pull through when their help
is needed.
Mexicans:
Again, both shows have them, sometimes as positive characters, sometimes as
bad.
Outlaws:
Both have lots of outlaws! TBV keep
them as the bad guys. The Barkleys come
shining through to vanquish evil and save the day. In CVA,
the outlaws become the good guys and help terminate the aliens.
Overall,
while I adore science-fiction, I prefer TBV
over CVA. There’s something thrilling about a family
struggling to survive through everyday trials in the 1800’s, as opposed to
aliens trying to steal 1800’s American gold while operating on human victim.
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