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Myspace Graphics Home myspace.com Myspace Graphics Myspace Graphics to spice up your site Myspace Graphics [ Myspace Graphics With Glitter ] [ More Myspace Glitter Graphics ] [ Even More Glitter Graphics ] [ Christmas Graphics ] [ Help with Myspace HTML Codes ] [ Custom Layouts ] One of the first things people do after starting a Myspace account is to search the web for ' Myspace Graphics ', ' Myspace animations ', ' Myspace Graphics Codes ' or something of the sort, in an effort to pimp out their site. One of the first issues most run into is that Myspace graphics can not be hosted at myspace. The graphic or picture must be located somewhere else on the internet and you must be able to hotlink to it (that is, simply enter the address of the picture on someone elses server). One place to find 'hotlinkable' background graphics for Myspace is Anime Cutie's hotlinkable Myspace backgrounds . If you find a photo or a graphic that you like, but the author does not explicitly permit you to hotlink, then simply right click on the picture, select 'save as', or 'save image as', and save it to your own computer. Browse to one of the many image sites on the internet that will allow you to create a free account, and upload a few images such as imgspot.com, photobucket.com or snapfish.com Myspace Graphics and Animations Here are few graphics to get you started! Just select one of the links above and to the right of the glittering pony, and you will be able to select from many Myspace Graphics . Business Web Design by Mojave Creations. Email us at sales@mojavecreations.com
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MySpace News MySpace News Close Window Feb. 23, 2003 MySpace LA Party #2! The first party in LA on November 11th, was a huge success. We're now readyto have the second official MySpace Party! It's this Saturday, February 28th at The Key Club onSunset. It's $10 before 10:30 and $15 after 10:30! All the DJs are MySpace Users, including DJ Motiv8, from Black Eyed Peas, Miss Watts & DJ HeavyGrinder! Click Here to read my journal for the complete lineup. Masuimi Max & Ann Poonkasem win the awards for farthest traveled, coming all the way from Texas and Florida for this event! E-mail me with comments/suggestions/bugs I'm here ! Jan. 29, 2003 Party Coming Up! It's been awhile, sorry. So the next LA MySpace party is going to be Feburuary28th, Saturday night at the KeyClub. There will also be a Miami Party on Feb 14th at ClubSpace. I'malso working on New York, Philadelphia, D.C. and Hawaii parties. All the details will be announcedsoon. Check out this pic from the first Miami party @ the Purdy Lounge. It was great to meet everyone inMiami. I was out till 6:00am and actually ended up going to the Marlin also -- it was like two locations for the MySpace party that night. There's not much to report with new features - most of the stuff we're working on is being developedoff site and will all be released in a few weeks. You should, however, check out the MUSIC , GAMES ,and FILM/TV page. Fun stuff! E-mail me with comments/suggestions/bugs I'm here ! Dec. 18, 2003 Your X-Mas Present! OK. So we decided to give you MySpace IM - Instant Messenger for Xmas. It went live a few hours ago, so there's bound to be a few bugs and might take awhile to getit running smooth. Here's how it works: First go to Home/Account Settings and check your IM privacy settings. You'll be able to set it so a) no one can IM you, b) only friendscan IM you, or c) so anyone can IM you. NOTE: if you have "hide online now" set to on in the regular privacy settings (also on the account settings page), then no one can IM you. When you want to IM someone, go to their profile and click "Instant Message". A window will pop up telling you if they are not available. If they are, you'll see the IM chat window. It starts with "Connecting..." This should only take a few seconds before the conversation can begin.Start typing. When done IMing someone, close your window, you can only have one IM window/conversationgoing at once. Also note the new "blocking" feature. If you choose to block someone, MySpace does NOT tell the other person they are blocked. But they won't be able to IM you or send you messages. E-mail me with comments/suggestions/bugs I'm here ! Dec. 5, 2003 MySpace Music! OK. Oh my.. since Nov 25 we've had a host of problems. One after another,you've experienced it, no doubt. But you keep logging in everyday, dealing with it, and saying kind words. How cool are you all? Thanks. I want you to know that when things go wrong weare ALWAYS working on it, around the clock. Thanks for being understanding! Now that all that headache is behind us, we were able to put up the newmusic page today, and music ranking. (Check the ranking section.) Check out these bands on MySpace and see how talented your fellowcompadres are. Hopefully we can get your favorite bands to play at the next MySpace party. :-) Check out these MySpace party pics. New York City MySpace Party, Dec 5th, Featuring Freddy & Cherub Cherub Bartending MySpace Party, Dec 5th MySpace Party Los Angeles, Nov 11th, Coolio Rap/Chick Dance Nov 11th, Chris & Shirt, Unknown cutie Nov 11th, MySpace go go booty Nov 11th, MySpace party people I'll post some more later.. kick down Gary, where's them photos?!? E-mail me with comments/suggestions/bugs I'm here ! Nov. 7, 2003 MySpace Party! Wooohoo. You people loved PacMan so much we're thinking of making it a permanent feature! So everyone's been asking. Here it is, the MySpace Party. Come & meet your MySpace friends in Los Angeles, at BARFLY, Tuesday, November 11th, 9:00PM . Meet yourMySpace friends @ 9:00PM. Networking Mixer lasts for 1 hour, then DJ/Dance from 10:00pm - 2:00am. YES, I will actually be OFFLINE! If the system goes down while we're at the party,then deal with it. You lose cause you didn't come to the party :) ! The first 50 guests will receive a myspace T-shirt. Thanks to GARY SATO, the MAN! Gary Sato, DMK and Myspace.com will be hosting the Official MySpace.comparty @ the Barfly on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood! We will be having a MySpace.com networking mixer from 9:00pm to 10:00pm. Doors open for dinner @ 8:00pm. For dinner/sushi bar reservations call 310-360-9490. The first 50 guests will receive a myspace T-shirt. Dance and party from 10:00pm to2:00am. 21 and over! Dress code: no shorts or overly baggy clothing. Tennis shoes ok. Valet parking $5. Cover charge is $10.00. Free with ticket until 11:00pm. Guest list for comp admission before 11pm without the invite:Gary@dmkworld.com E-mail me with comments/suggestions/bugs I'm here ! Nov. 4, 2003 New Features & More to Come It's been awhile. Sorry for not keeping you up to date. Lots of efforthas gone into keeping the site running fast. We had some problems yesterday, mostly last night. The speed problems are still intermittent and we are working on it right now. Everyday I get emails from people telling me how MySpace has become part of their daily life. So far people have wrote to me to say they'vemade new friends, found new band members, jobs, and even new relationships, all from the connections they made on MySpace. I love hearing that. :-) There are some new features: Classified Section Picture Ranking Online Now status in more places Find User interest search improved Improved Mailbox (Next/Previous + Better Navigation) General site navigation improvement We've got some really cool stuff in the works that you should see over the next few weeks. I'm having trouble keeping up with your mail; don't forget the FAQ is there to help you when I can't. E-mail me with comments/suggestions/bugs I'm here ! Oct. 10, 2003 Ooooh so many cool people here Hey Folks - The site was a little slow from 1:00pm--5:00pm today; we were installing a newimage server. WHY?? Seems you all like to upload lots of pics and we ran out of space! The last two weeks we've been optimizing the code, fixing tiny bugs, and adding new features. Most of the big things are still being developed, but here's what's new: Leave comments on pictures (OMG!) Hide your online status Block friend requests from people you don't know Approve comments before they're posted These last three options you can change on the Home/Account Settings/Privacy page. Please note we added an extensive FAQ to answer your questions. Also, glad to see how creative people are with HTML in their profiles.For help with designing your profile, go here . (Thanks Joe!) Be careful to codeproperly. If you don't close your tags, you'll botch the page and won't beable to view your friends and comments. E-mail me with comments/suggestions/bugs contact . Sept. 25, 2003 New Servers for New Users Hey Folks - So many new users in the last two days, so MySpace is going shopping. We just bought a big FAT chunk of hardware that we are installing tomorrow to bring the system back up to the fast speed you're used to. We won't leave you hanging, we'll keep adding as needed, and try to stay ahead of the curve next time. Thanks for your support. New Features: Group List/Group Profiles Empty the Trash (!) New look for Bulletin Board Mail Indicator Live Anywhere on the System Unlimited Friends! Can Change Email/Turn off email reminders Bug fixes you'd never notice! Again, email me with any issues - contact . Sept. 19, 2003 Pre-Dodgers Update Many new users, glad to see you all here! Bad news: you still can't delete your trash. Good news: do you really care? We'll have this in soon. We promise. Bulletin deletes will be there soon as well. Hopefully most of you have checked out some of the new features: Journal lets you edit, delete, and add to other people's journals Journal lets you add images and links! (Woohoo!) Search lets you sort by new users, recent logins, or most recently updated Mail shows you who you've replied to You can see who's online (!!) And check out Ashley's profile, she's outta control! MySpace is going to Dodgers-Giants series and will NOT be working this weekend. So no new updates until Monday. Again, send feature suggestions/bug fixes to me and we'll take care of it as soon as we can! Click here to send. Sept. 12, 2003 What's Going On?! There's a reason this page is so cheap looking. We are working nights & weekends to improve MySpace; no time to make a polished News page! Until today, we'd been adding new features every few hours. We just added a new "Group Profile" feature. Check it out! Now you won't see anything new until Monday. We are doing some 'behind-the-scenes' work until then. You will soon be able to: Delete comments added to your profile Delete comments added to your journals Delete and edit your own journals Delete bulletin posts Empty your Trash! woo-hoo View all the Info people enter under "Edit Profile" Add more info to your profile Do more advanced profile searches See replies clearly with better text formatting in messages Of course, these are small things--not features, but "fixes." You can expect some great new features coming soon. We need your help. If you're interested in promoting MySpace, send me a message. Also send me a message with any questions/suggestions for future improvements to the site. You can e-mail me by clicking here . Tom Close Window
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The Wild Bunch (1969) The Wild Bunch (1969) Greatest Films ( www.filmsite.org and www.greatestfilms.org ) With descriptive review commentaries and background history on many classic, landmark films in cinematic history, especially American/Hollywood films. Including posters, Academy Awards history, film genres, film terms, film history by decade, trivia, and lots of lists of 'best' films, stars, scenes, quotes, resources, etc. Buy This Film On their way to rob the train, Pike tells Dutch how he originally wounded his leg, in the third flashback of the film [the third restored scene essential to understanding Pike's motivations by depicting his possible goal of having a family life, by illustrating Pike's consistent series of miscalculations or mistakes that hurt the people closest to him in his life and caused him to feel like a repeated failure.] He was once involved in a love affair with a woman named Aurora (Aurora Clavel) that he wanted to marry - a married woman whose husband had deserted her. Pike arrived "two days late" without explanation or apology, for a love-making rendezvous, bringing conciliatory red roses and groceries. After being slapped and told by Aurora that her husband wouldn't come back, he thoughtlessly and carelessly let down his guard, which ultimately led to the loving woman's death before a night of love-making. He was shot in the leg by the irate, vengeful returning husband of the woman he loved. When the hateful man appears, he is first reflected in the mirrored door of the dark bedroom's armoire behind her: She had a husband. If I'd had any sense, I'd have killed him. He wasn't around. I got careless. One night, he walked in on us. Got her with the first shot. Got me here with the second. Then the damned coward turned and ran. Although Pike didn't catch up with the cowardly killer, he admits that his guilt and the painful past still haunt him: "There isn't a day or an hour that passes that I don't think about it." Vowing to prove himself and vindicate himself in front of his comrades, Pike decides to sacrifice himself in one last job for the cause, promising: This is our last go-around, Dutch. This time, we do it right! The superb action scene of the train robbery begins with views of passengers aboard the train - the sleeping bounty hunters, incompetent cavalry soldiers (earlier called "green recruits, not worth a damn") and a vigilant Thornton who has anticipated their plan. When the train stops to take on water from a tower, Angel is hiding in the water chute, and the others emerge from under the tracks. Angel, Pike, Dutch, and Lyle seem to outwit Thornton by uncoupling the engine and shipment of crates of guns from the passenger car, and pulling away from the rest of the train. Thornton, who is prepared for their scheming heist, has horses ready to pursue the engine. During the exciting chase, Angel saves Dutch from falling beneath the wheels. The bounty hunters pursue them on horseback, but are unable to catch up to the swift train. At a rendezvous point down the tracks, Tector and Sykes are waiting. The train's cargo (of grenades and rifles) is unloaded and transferred onto a wagon and hauled away. Pike then reverses the train's engine, and sends the hijacked front portion of the train speeding back toward Thornton and into the stranded cars on the track. Anticipating the bounty hunters' and cavalry chase, Pike sets dynamite to explode the main bridge across the Rio Grande River on the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Before the dynamite detonates, Pike removes his hat and gallantly but defiantly gestures toward Thornton in a magnificent salute. The explosion is so violent that Pike and his horse both flinch convincingly when the charges blast. When the bridge collapses and Thornton's half-a-dozen men and horses plunge into the water, the long-lens prolonged, slow-motion images are aesthetically and expressively violent. Due to the success of their getaway, Pike is restored to his esteemed place of leadership by the gang, and the outlaws share a drink from a common whiskey bottle while on horseback. They burst out in laughter when an empty bottle reaches Lyle. They know that Thornton has only been temporarily delayed, as Sykes reminds them: "He'll be along..." Just before Pike and the gang deliver their load of guns, General Mapache's forces, lacking the stolen guns to protect themselves, are surrounded and beseiged at the Las Trancas train station by Pancho Villa's revolutionary troops. The general's forces have temporarily left Agua Verde and taken a train there to retrieve a telegram message from the Bunch about their looting of the US munitions train. Mapache nervously stands his ground defenseless on the train tracks, as shells explode around him. He fearlessly refuses to scurry for cover, acting heroically for a young, wide-eyed telegram delivery boy (dressed in military clothing) who stands nearby, salutes, and admires his newfound hero's courage. The delivered telegram informs Mapache that the train has been successfully assaulted and Pike has acquired the arms shipment ("the gringos assaulted the train, they got the guns"). The boy salutes the general, and they walk calmly together toward the train as the scene ends. Meanwhile, Thornton is ashamed of his small force of men, and condemns his inept bounty hunters. He wishes that he was with Pike instead: And what do I have? Nothin' but you egg-suckin', chicken-stealing gutter trash, with not even sixty rounds between you. We're after men, and I wish to God I was with them. The next time you make a mistake, I'm gonna ride off and let you die. And Pike suspects that Mapache may double-cross them when they meet near Agua Verde to exchange the guns for gold: I figure that damn General will try to take this load without payin' for it and shoot us in the bargain. Only thing that'll change his mind is if somethin' would happen to these guns. The gang finds a belt-fed Maxim machine gun in the haul, and Pike wants to learn about the new advanced weaponry: What I don't know about I sure as hell am gonna learn. Angel's revolutionary followers surreptitiously surround them in their rocky hideout and leave with a case of guns, fulfilling Pike's earlier bargain with Angel. The villagers could have taken the entire wagonload of munitions if they had wanted. Pike knows their potential with the proper leadership: If they ever get armed with good leaders, this whole country will go up in smoke. A little later, a concerned Mapache watches empathically as his bloody, wounded men are treated following their struggle with Villa's forces. He is reminded: "With the new guns and ammunition, this would never have happened." In a tense standoff when they meet to trade with Mapache, the Bunch is cornered and trapped by Mapache's followers lined on the tops of steep canyon walls, led by Herrera (Alfonso Arau). Pike forestalls their intentions to claim the arms without making payment, by threatening to touch a lighted cigar to a fuse attached to sticks of dynamite to blow everyone up: Pike: Any trouble, no guns for the General. Herrera: Ha, ha, ha. Very smart. That's very smart for you, damn gringos. So nobody can rob the guns. Pike: Nobody. Herrera: I am not afraid. They are not afraid. You blow up the wagon, you die. Or we kill you pretty soon. But we are amigos. Dutch: Show 'em boys. Tector and Lyle pull off a cover to reveal the awesome machine gun; a shot is fired by one of the Mexican gunmen, and Pike immediately lights the fuse to show that he means business. As it sizzles in his hand, Herrera begs Pike: "Please, cut the fuse!" The trigger-happy gunman is shot and killed by his own troops, punished for endangering the safe delivery of the rifles. On his own terms, Pike tells Herrera that they will trade the guns the following day with the General in a rendezvous at Agua Verde. As agreed, Pike rides into the General's fortress to trade the guns for money, but to prevent a possible double cross and ensure payment, he will exchange guns for gold only in gradual allotments. Pike brings in information about the first shipment of four cases to Agua Verde, in exchange for $2,500: When I get my share of the gold, twenty five hundred dollars worth, I'll tell you where four cases are. The others are waiting for me back at the wagon. If I don't show up pretty quick, they'll blow it...The quicker I get back, the quicker you get the next load...Up the arroyo about two miles, you'll find three cases of rifles and one case of ammunition hidden in the bush. To inspire good will, Pike promises the General that although the machine gun was not part of the original transaction for 16 cases, it will be presented to him. As Pike rides away, the General beams: "I trust him." The Gorch brothers are chosen for the next exchange of cases, along with the machine gun, followed by Dutch and Angel for the final exchanges. After the gun has been presented to Mapache, his men fire it with no knowledge of how it works. In the comic scene, people duck for cover and pottery is shattered, as the wildly-aimed gun shoots up the entire compound. When it is thought that the gun is finally silenced, Mapache holds it in his arms - and it starts firing again, blasting hundreds of rounds of bullets. In the final exchange of information about the location of the remaining cases, Dutch and Angel ride in to collect their share of the loot, but Mapache knows of Angel's deceit and betrayal - that he has diverted one case of the stolen guns to arm Mexican revolutionaries. Dutch's coverup isn't convincing: "(There were) sixteen cases of rifles. We lost one on the trail." It is learned that the grief-stricken mother of the young Mexican's girlfriend betrayed him to Mapache (Lyle later characterizes it this way: "Her own mama turned him in like some kind of a Judas") to find justice for her daughter's murder. Sensing the danger he is in, Angel attempts to ride to freedom, but is seized and brought before the chieftain. Outnumbered and outgunned by Mapache's forces, Dutch is torn between his own safety and loyalty. He decides to claim that Angel is indeed a thief, abandoning him: "He's a thief. You take care of him." Now that Mapache is supplied with guns for his 200 men, returning to rescue the young gang member would be suicidal, as Pike summarizes: "No way at all." While Sykes is riding to rendezvous with the rest of the Wild Bunch with pack horses, the gang watches as Thornton's bounty hunters open fire and Sykes is seriously wounded in the leg by Coffer. Dutch is angered: Dutch: Damn that Deke Thornton to Hell! Pike: What would you do in his place? He gave his word. Dutch: Gave his word to a railroad. Pike: It's his word! Dutch: That ain't what counts. It's who you give it to! Running short of water and "tired of being hunted," Pike decides to go back to Agua Verde and seek refuge there with Mapache's protection: Pike: Let the General take care of those boys [the bounty hunters]. Lyle: You're crazy. That General would just soon kill us as break wind. Pike: He's so tickled with those guns, he'll be celebratin' for a week and happy to do us a favor. Thornton's not gonna follow us in there. While they're busy pickin' over Freddy (Sykes), we'll find a back trail off this mountain and head for town. Dutch: What about our gold? Pike: We'll take one sack to pay our way. Bury the rest - together. After the wounded Sykes [shot in the right thigh, but later seen with a bandage on his left thigh] has been pursued into the hills by the bounty hunters, and thereafter approached from behind by a Mexican revolutionary with a machete, Pike and the four remaining members of the Gang ride back into the General's compound at Agua Verde. A loud fireworks celebration is in progress. In a drunken display of debauchery, Mapache crudely drinks in his open carful of whoring women as it drives in circles, dragging Angel in the dust from a rope tied to the rear fender. Children gleefully shout and run after Angel's body as it is pulled around in the dirt by the car. Pike and Dutch are both appalled by the new invention, used for torture: Pike: God, I hate to see that! Dutch: No more than I do. Pike demands Angel's release in exchange for half of his robbery take/share: "I want to buy him back." Mapache refuses (he claims that he doesn't need gold), and Lt. Zamorra invites them to join the joyous party instead - with whores and whiskey: "Why don't you go and get a drink, enjoy yourself, there are women everywhere?" While Pike responds, "Why not?", Dutch mutters, "son of a bitch," as his commentary upon Angel's torture. [This is one of many instances of the use of language that demystifies and shatters the ideal of the romanticized West within the film.] While the men seek solace in the company of young Mexican whores and ignore Angel's plight, a disheartened and concerned Dutch waits outside and whittles on a piece of wood (possibly remembering how Angel saved his life on the train). Meanwhile, Pike enjoys the company of a young woman, whose crying baby on the dirt floor reminds him of the family he might have once had with Aurora [and reminds him also how he acted wrongly in her defense]. While dressing in the adobe room, he watches as the beautiful young woman delicately cleanses her upper chest with water from a basin. When he offers her payment, she expresses humiliation or disappointment, causing Pike to experience troubling, remorseful second thoughts about being oblivious to one of the Bunch. After finishing the remains of a whiskey bottle, Pike makes a silent decision - to rescue their Mexican partner and Bunch 'family' member - Angel. [Throughout his past, Pike had abandoned or betrayed his partners by not sticking with them (e.g., Crazy Lee, Buck, Angel, Sykes, and Deke), but now, he acts otherwise.] The two Gorch brothers argue with another of the whores regarding her payment price, claiming they earlier bargained a two-for-one deal. Shortly afterwards, a steely-eyed and determined Pike enters their room and summons the men to help their Mexican comrade Angel, in one final act of redemption, without any explanation: Pike: (flatly) Let's go. Lyle: Why not!? As they leave, a tiny sparrow tethered to a string [the string recalls the rope that tied Angel behind the automobile] that Tector was idly playing with, lies panting and dying on the ground - a foreshadowing of the fate of the Bunch. Encouraged by their unspoken, heroic, and courageous decision to arm themselves and save one of their own, Dutch joins his comrades. Pike's victory in his final robbery heist cannot be savored - he must lead his group to uphold its honor, to live up to its pronouncements on solidarity, to commit itself to a futile but necessary action, and to nobly sacrifice itself for the persecuted and captive Angel in a final showdown. The four load their rifles and march across town - four abreast, reminiscent of the walk to the classic O.K. Corral in other westerns - to confront the drunken Mapache, who holds court next to the machine gun, his proud possession mounted on a table. Pike demands the return of Angel ("We want Angel"), now bloodied, maimed and near-death from torture. Mapache appears to comply, assisting Angel's walk over to them and then cutting his wrist ties with a knife. But in a brutal, full-frontal view, Mapache slits Angel's throat and is immediately killed in retribution by Pike and then by Dutch and Lyle. The precipitation of their last stand - a violent, seven minute bloodbath counter-attack of monumental proportions in the open courtyard - is delayed with a longmoment of silence. With their guns drawn, the four men are able to hold off hundreds of surprised and dumbstruck Mexicans, which now stand leaderless and still for several seconds, gaping at what has happened. Warily and then gleefully, Pike and Dutch smile and laugh, realizing that for an instant, they just might succeed. Pike whirls around - not a single soldier moves. However, they are outnumbered, surrounded, and condemned to die in the pending climactic battle. [Other classic last stands in westerns include The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Professionals (1966) .] Choosing his next target deliberately, Pike fires on Mapache's German advisor Mohr and kills him with a single, well-placed shot - and then Mapache's two seconds-in-command (Herrera and Zamorra) are shot, followed by Mohr's aide. The real, pitched battle in the fortress then begins in one of the most complex, highly-edited sequences ever filmed. It is truly an orgy of slaughter in one of the bloodiest scenes ever filmed, as the four remaining outlaws take down as many men as they can. Although some of the Wild Bunch hold off the troops momentarily by using grenades and by commandering the machine gun [the ultimate symbol of the new industrial society] and firing it with orgasmic intensity, they are soon wounded - first Tector and then Lyle (both at the machine gun) fighting side by side, then Dutch, and finally Pike. Dutch takes cover behind one of the prostitutes, using her as a shield. Trying to find cover, Pike backs into a room where a woman appears reflected in a mirrored door of her wardrobe. He fires at the reflection, killing a half-clad officer hiding behind the door. He turns away from the Mexican whore, who leers at him and suddenly shoots him in the back. He reflexively turns and fires directly into the chest of the woman, crying out: "Bitch!" [The use of this expletive was unusual in a western. For Pike, elements in the scene brought back the thought of the earlier scene of Aurora's death in her bedroom.] The two brothers are the first to be killed. Pike then takes charge of the machine gun, blowing up boxes of grenades and explosives to decimate even more of Mapache's army. A young child in an ill-fitting army uniform fires the first of many fatal shots into Pike's back at point blank range. He dies still clutching the gun's trigger with its nose pointed upward, with Dutch calling out to him and falling by his side to join him in death. In their violent deaths, they have become liberated. Images of death and slain bodies surround the compound - vultures sit in anticipation on the town's walls, and peasant women in black mourn the fallen where the wounded still move among the dead. Now that the General's army is no longer a threat, Thornton and his men ride into the town to take stock of the slaughter. The vile, 'vulturish' bounty hunters scurry around, picking over the bodies (searching for boots, gold fillings, and watches), as Thornton sadly finds the corpse of his once closest friend and mourns his death. Eyeing Pike's Colt .45 pistol still in its holster (unused), Thornton claims it for himself - paying homage to the bygone past by inheriting the talismanic object. The scurvy bounty hunters claim responsibility for Pike's death: Look at it. We got 'em all. Do you see? There he is. There's Pike. You ain't so damn much now, are you, Mr. Pike? After slinging the bodies of the dead men in the gang over their saddles (as Harrigan wanted), the bounty hunters find Thornton sitting in the blowing dust at the wall (outer gate) of the town, electing to stay and not return to the U.S. with them. Exhausted, he feels that his debt to Harrigan has been paid. The other remaining Mexican survivors of the battle slowly file out of the town with what they can carry. In the distance, Thornton knowingly smiles when he hears the echoes of death in the whistling wind - the revolutionary rebels (or the cavalry that had earlier fired upon the bounty hunters at the bridge) have probably executed the worthless bounty hunters. A few moments later, a rescued Sykes rides up with the revolutionaries and elder Don Jose from the village - they find Thornton still sitting by the wall. Sykes confirms the fate of the bounty hunters and then asks if Thornton wishes to search for new adventures: Sykes: I didn't expect to find you here. Thornton: Why not? I sent 'em back; that's all I said I'd do. Sykes: They didn't get very far. Thornton: I figured. Sykes: What are your plans? Thornton: Drift around down here. Try to stay out of jail. Sykes: Well, me and the boys here, we got some work to do. You wanna come along? It ain't like it used to be , but, uh, it'll do. They both laugh - they and the revolutionary Mexican peasants are rid of their oppressors. Thornton mounts his horse and decides to ride off with them and join in the Mexican Revolution, thereby forming a 'new' Wild Bunch with Sykes, one of its original members. Former 'reincarnated' images of the members of the old Wild Bunch, when they would sit around together (and engage in laughter - linking them to Sykes and Thornton), and when they rode away from Angel's village, flash momentarily onto the screen as the end credits roll up (accompanied by a reprised chorus of La Golondrina ). Created in 1996-2005 © by Tim Dirks. All rights reserved.