[dragonwriter]

> And Blazing Saddles is the poster child for "could not get made today" arguments.

Blazing Saddles was the poster child for that when many of the movies that argument is now made about were made, too.

Because its the kind of movie that could never be made, except that it was. And if there was a Mel Brooks-in-his-prime now, the modern equivalent (which, presumably, Blazing Samurai this year will not be) could get made today.

[Apocryphon]

Going from a cowpoke to a bushido setting? How very Westworld.

[dragonwriter]

> Going from a cowpoke to a bushido setting?

That's not the biggest change:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Samurai