Television, drug of the nation

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lynx in reply to @chez_jay

Star trek is cowboys in space.

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chez_jay in reply to @lynx

Reuse of Western locations, notably Vasquez Rocks is a factor:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_productions_using_the_Vasquez_Rocks_as_a_filming_location

Also seen in recent Westworld.

What we think of as classic 'Western' landscape is actually a bit of desert with rocks in, just inside a 30 miles-from-Hollywood union rule - which isn't much like Montana/Dakota/Idaho/Wyoming.

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lynx in reply to @chez_jay

When I was told about Vasquez rocks, I was amazed how often it appeared then remember that the frog sound used in movies is just the ribbit sound frogs make is just from an area of southern California

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