While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
我一直不排斥各种科技带来的便利，但比起克隆个自己陪伴别人，我更喜欢意识上传延续自己的idea。毕竟男主使用这功能没花钱，而商业化以后一定更贵吧，到时候没钱的人们，要从治病还是为家人服务里选一个了，而如果把这个选择权给家人，会有更多有趣的故事吧。
7.5/10，前面一小时很无聊，后面开爽扳回来一些，古恩水平也就这样。哈莉撒花、雨中打戏有创意，最后"星战"也够爽，故事还是那老一套，叙事特别是前半部分非常割裂，何况剧情还蠢。短评里有和海王比的？还有dc最佳啥的？不好意思算了吧别丢人了。btw国产剧如果再拍手撕鬼子，咱还需要个鲨鱼王或者starro
天鹅挽歌，比想象中🉑️，导演细腻得有两下子，精准展现了各种情绪和气氛及种种过度。画面很干净很舒服，和苹果手机一个感觉哈哈。科技可以是爱的延续。我的Mahershala又回来了[色]看不够哇。
和《杨之后》一样探讨科技与人的情感主题。感觉这样的类型更适合做成《黑镜》小而美的故事，做成电影反而冗长。
挺欢乐的，大sha鱼挺可爱的，血浆变成鲜花蝴蝶也挺符合社会主义核心价值观。
滚导之前驳斥斯科塞斯关于漫威的言论时候说“那是他还没看过我拍的电影” 显然放开了制作预算和尺度限制的滚导在自杀小队尽显了自己的“视听风格” 而关于这到底是艺术还是“财富密码”的争论将持续下去 但对这一套于我是满足的 至少从开场一首“those are people who died”伊始 自杀小队就比银护而言更与cinema重叠
如果“我”是值得信任的
滚导之前驳斥斯科塞斯关于漫威的言论时候说“那是他还没看过我拍的电影” 显然放开了制作预算和尺度限制的滚导在自杀小队尽显了自己的“视听风格” 而关于这到底是艺术还是“财富密码”的争论将持续下去 但对这一套于我是满足的 至少从开场一首“those are people who died”伊始 自杀小队就比银护而言更与cinema重叠
很多电影都对克隆人做过预言和探讨，但随着热度退去，已经很长时间没有出现优秀的探讨克隆人的电影了，直到今年的这部——《天鹅挽歌》。
只是希望，因为快绝望
要是“我”做得更好
我再也不想看任何口碑爆了的超英片了
“我”在历史长河中一直以谦虚寻找发问但神化自我的方式存在的，一直在找的那个神其实就是自己，只是一遍一遍的试图验证这个事实。片中人类攻克精神构成之后，研发团队忽略这么巨大的精神信仰崩塌，仅仅为了守护所爱的人不心碎，但出轨的时候又不假思索。人类真的是复杂又可爱的生物啊。
我觉得也没那么牛逼吧，是画面稍微微上乘，还有些讽刺和黑色幽默，但DC粉吹的太高了，看完了反而有些失望。有冲击力的画面也没多少，老鼠都变可爱了，但我想不明白，大boss海星未免太cult了吧？一点都不恶心，看着挺没劲儿的，大场面也没多少，看完就记得小丑女一个人闯出囚禁他的这一段儿，戏剧性的花儿伴随着杀戮绽放，剩下真没啥大场面。
阳光温暖我的脸庞
想起13年的Her。A swan song is the final performance of an actor, singer, composer, poet, or the like. According to folklore, swans sing most beautifully before they die, and hence this phrase came to be used to describe someone who was leaving in style.
唯有爱是永恒
借着科幻的外壳，讲的还是伦理探讨。题材不算新颖，但胜在拍的真挚感人，很容易就会有带入感，尤其阿里的演技太赞了，超级感人。天鹅为谁而歌，swan song for every single one
我挚爱的一切
这个分数偏高了。讲述了一个安静的普通的故事。男人绝症，克隆人顶替他的位置，最后留下了一段克隆人让妻子看着自己眼睛的视频，说了我爱你。
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