....Somehow I wish we got this in the film. Still I can name a few flaws. Namely an army with better weaponry (at the time) from cannons and rifles and pistols
You know... the funny thing is, the whole President Plot COULD have happened in the final movie. Just think about it: Slim was about to become the greatest rancher in USA, essentially owning all farmland and livestock in Texas. He'd be one of the first monopolies in America, and could easily lobby himself for president (in his Yance O'dell fake identity, at least).
People take exception to a steampunk space retelling of Treasure Island, yet they prefer an original concept of a outlaw using his hypnotic yodeling to brainwash an army of bovines to Washington D.C.
Now, if they had stuck with THIS being Slim's plan in the movie, it might not have saved Home on the Range, but Alameda Slim probably would have gone down in Disney history for the most INSANE plan for the villain
Was slim desperate or just stupid, did he really think that he could invade the White House with an army of cows? Apparently he forgot that the White House has guards and the guards have guns and cows are not bulletproof.
I really wish the original plot had been chosen for this. Slim wanted to defeat the Union with his cow army and take over. Would have been better than the revenge motivation...sadly, "Home on the Range"was the Disney movie that ended the 2D movies up until "Princess and the Frog"(the 2D movies, I do still enjoy a great deal more than the CG, but maybe it's just me).
This reminds me of an episode of QuackPack where they bust a criminal who's been stealing gators and Daisy guesses what his plan was only for that guess to be vastly better than the badguy's plan. Except here Slim tries to use the worse plan after his nephews came up with a good one.
A fat man bidding to become president plans to invade Washington using a herd of cattle brainwashed by his voice. It'd be funny if it was too ridiculous to be true. And yet...