One of the things I’ve always liked
about Vman’s blog is the shot of Tuco on the sidebar. “So goes Tuco, so goes Velociworld” he has stated, and he’s right.
Whatever the hell that means.
Anyway it occurs to me, in passing, that Tuco and Velociworld have a stunning sort of relativity to our world.
Hundreds of times, the scumbags put the rope around our necks. Hundreds of times, the rope comes tight, and you can feel the devil pulling at your heels. Hundreds of times, Blondie pulls the trigger. Each time, the cut is less clean, the rope is firmer, longer.
And finally one time Blondie comes to the conclusion that we are no longer worth the bullet.
We have Blondie in our sights, and maybe we can even smell the color of his fear as we watch him squirm. And then he steals the secret of our treasure, and expects us to treat him well until he gets us to the grave.
Fuck him. There is always more gold. Revenge is tastier than the biggest sacks of cash.
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I have no idea what any of that refers to. If I had to gun-to-my-head guess, I’d say a spaghetti western, probably with the word “Dollar” somewhere in the title. But that’s only a guess.
Joanna:
Yep, Og is talking about “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.”
Tuco’s character made that movie, IMHO. Without him, all you have is Clint and Lee riding around squinting at everything.
Bingo Joanna.
Og: “And then he steals the secret of our treasure, and expects us to treat him well until he gets us to the grave.”
Stealing the secret of our treasure ain’t gonna happen for Blondie any more than opening up the goose that laid the golden eggs did for it’s plunderers.
The trick I’ve been trying hard (in my lackadaisical way) to discover?
How to separate the plunderer class — who will always be there — from the omnipresent death culters who relentlessly whisper in their ears that they don’t need us geese to lay them eggs.
Your thought is an insightful one that, with some additional tinkering, could be useful in prying our two enemies apart and thus saving our skins once again. With God’s help of course.
“Without him, all you have is Clint and Lee riding around squinting at everything.”
What’s wrong with that? Clint Eastwood is a stud.
*makes a note to rent the DVD*
Tuco did make the movie, yeah.
But on the other hand, he was a complete bastard, so I can’t say I feel too sorry for him… and Blondie does leave him alive (and if I recall with a share of the loot) at the end.
(And remember that he isn’t forcing Tuco to participate in the scheme, even though he betrays him. Tuco’s in it for the money, voluntarily.)
Now, Angel Eyes… he got what he deserved.
Og, the phrase was one I used when things were going a bit south in the marriage. One day Tuco might be replaced by the Viet Cong spy being shot in the head, or the Buddhist monk immolating himself. That meant things were bad for Velociman. When Tuco reappeared, things were good again.
I always felt it was a joke to call Blondie the “Good”. Hell, he left Tuco 80 miles in the desert with no horse for no other reason than he got tired of him. That was almost a death sentence. Anything Tuco gave back to him was deserved. Still, compared to Tuco and Angel Eyes, I suppose he was good.
I just wish he’d stop writing such simpleton bullshit and start using a few odd bits of verse here and there.
“What’s wrong with that? Clint Eastwood is a stud.”
I always thought that Lee Van Cleef was teh hawtness in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. One of my favorite movie villains.
yeah, it was kind of a shame he turned into an innefectual old drunk, in the end. I like to think he developed the self-medication in response to the pain from his car accident, but maybe that’s just apologetics.
Hey Tam,
Here’s Lee Van Cleef in the climax to “A Few Dollars More”.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7sjne_for-a-few-dollars-more-final-duel
He did a nice job in that one too. His role was most satisfactory, also.