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There's nothing wrong with a decent adaptation. I don't understand what all the fuss is about really. John Sturges puts cowboys in the samurai roles and gives his version of Kurosawa's 'Shichinin no Samurai' a Western (as in movie genre) flavour. Even Kurosawa has taken others' stories and adapted them to his liking (changing fundamental aspects of the base story), e.g. Shakespeare's 'King Lear' -> 'Ran'. We should judge this show on its own merits and dispense with all the "OMG!! Kurosawa will be spinning in his grave!!" comments...
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