Traditional
7.7
3 Godfathers
(1948)
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Diversity: Low
Bandits of the Badlands (1934)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
A re-edited, digitally colourised and re-scored version of vintage black and white Western 'Blue Steel', complete with contemporary, pulse pounding music. The re-edit brings 'Blue Steel' down to a 22 minute short version. Melgrove, the town's leading citizen, is intending to deviously buy the worthless town, which actually stands on top of a huge gold mine.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
A re-edited, digitally colourised and re-scored version of vintage black and white Western 'Blue Steel', complete with contemporary, pulse pounding music. The re-edit brings 'Blue Steel' down to a 22 minute short version. Melgrove, the town's leading citizen, is intending to deviously buy the worthless town, which actually stands on top of a huge gold mine.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around a lone lawman bringing justice to a lawless territory, championing individual heroism and the restoration of traditional law and order against criminal elements, which aligns with conservative values of individual responsibility and a strong, just authority.
This 1945 Western features traditional casting with a predominantly white cast and no evidence of intentional race or gender swaps for established roles. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, consistent with the genre and era, without incorporating any explicit DEI themes or critiques.
Secondary
The film subtly portrays Christianity as a foundational moral framework within the frontier community. Characters associated with upholding justice and order often embody virtues aligned with Christian ethics, implicitly positioning the faith as a positive influence against lawlessness.
As a typical B-Western from the 1940s, 'Bandits of the Badlands' focuses on conventional Western tropes and characters. There are no discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the film's plot or character arcs, resulting in a classification of N/A for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
Based on available plot summaries and cast information, the film 'Dreamers' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Consequently, an evaluation of its portrayal of such elements is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This 1934 B-western film is an original production and not an adaptation of existing source material with established character genders. All characters are considered new and original to this film, thus no gender swaps occurred.
This 1934 Western film features original characters typical of its genre and era. There is no evidence of it adapting pre-existing source material with canonically established characters whose race was subsequently changed, nor does it depict historical figures with altered racial identities.
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