Wild wild west8/10/2023 "The wild wild west" has a lot of similarities with "Mission : impossible". The series also makes reference to classic sci-fi novels such as : "The incredible shrinking man" in The night of the raven, "Frankenstein" in The night of the big blast, "The time machine" in The night of the lord of limbo. The whole show is a crazy circus : a madhouse. Without forgetting the flamboyant Count Manzeppi, of course, in The night of the eccentrics and The night of the feathered fury. The most clever device created by him is the painting-traveling machine in The night of the surreal Mc Coy. Miguelito Loveless, the genius prankster dwarf. Above all, the regular outrageous villain that sums up the flavor of the series : Dr. West, the tough-as-nails dandiest dude secret agent with his fancy train and his fancy costumes full of hidden weapons (I like the knife boots and the sleeve-gun, re-used by Martin Scorsese in "Taxi driver") who works with his partner : the dashing Artemus Gordon aka Arte who is an expert in masks, bombs, magic tricks and acting the president Grant and the Colonel Richmond. In my opinion, the most important aspect of this unusual drama comes from the characters : James T. In other words, something that is very, very rich, colourful and varied and far away from today's imagination. This show has a huge identity : the leitmotiv music and its different themes, the title design (the freeze frame sketch), the bizarre universe and the foe-characters (secret society, mad inventors, wizards, monsters, revolutionaries, corrupted politicians, putschists), the disguises and the gimmicks, the gorgeous women, a special sense of humour combined with camaraderie, action and stunts. "The wild wild west" is the most eccentric espionage series that blends the Ian Fleming's James Bond character, the western genre and the Jules Verne's fantasy world into a baroque and glamorous extravaganza.
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