History YMMV / MajorDundee

* HoYay: A lot of the scenes of Dundee and Tyreen arguing evoke the image of bitter ex-boyfriends, bordering on FoeYay. Gomez and Potts have moments of drunken bonding suggesting this, too.

* {{Narm}}: [[spoiler:Everyone referring to O.W. Hadley as a boy before and after his death becomes incredibly, unintentionally hilarious due to the fact that it's blatantly obvious that actor Warren Oates was clearly in his mid-late 30s and no amount of make up could hide that fact.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: With so many beloved character actors on hand, including but not limited to Ben Johnson, Creator/BrockPeters, R.G. Armstrong, Slim Pickens, Warren Oates and Dub Taylor, there is sadly only so much screen time that can go around for them. In the case of Lt. Graham we even get TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, which is only glimpsed in the scene where Dundee, after returning from surgery and a drunken bender, chastises Graham for not carrying out his orders but Graham shuts him up with "You gave me a command. From then on ''I'' gave the orders." Graham says it with an unexpected forcefulness and pride, forcing Dundee to give him a cigar as a sign of respect. With all the scenes that weren't shot we can only wonder what happened with Graham in charge of the command.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: With so many beloved character actors on hand, including but not limited to Ben Johnson, Brock Peters, R.G. Armstrong, Slim Pickens, Warren Oates and Dub Taylor, there is sadly only so much screen time that can go around for them. In the case of Lt. Graham we even get TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, which is only glimpsed in the scene where Dundee, after returning from surgery and a drunken bender, chastises Graham for not carrying out his orders but Graham shuts him up with "You gave me a command. From then on ''I'' gave the orders." Graham says it with an unexpected forcefulness and pride, forcing Dundee to give him a cigar as a sign of respect. With all the scenes that weren't shot we can only wonder what happened with Graham in charge of the command.

* EarWorm: The jaunty "Major Dundee March" featured in the original release is very dopey and inappropriate for the material, sounding more like the ''Series/FTroop'' theme song than anything else. It's easy to see why Peckinpah hated it. But it's just so damn catchy, in a NarmCharm way.
-->''Fall in behind the Major!\\
Fall in and mind the Major!\\
Fall in and I will wager\\
That the Major brings all of us back!''

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Pretty much every article written about the 2005 restoration/re-release connected the film with the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. While Creator/SamPeckinpah later became an outspoken opponent of that conflict, the original script had been written in the early '60s while full-scale American intervention was barely underway when ''Dundee'' began filming.

* EarWorm: The jaunty "Major Dundee March" featured in the original release is very dopey and inappropriate for the material. It's easy to see why Peckinpah hated it. But it's just so damn catchy, in a NarmCharm way.

* CultClassic: Not one of the more famous films for either Creator/CharltonHeston or Creaotr/SamPeckinpah, or the who's who of character actors who populate the film, but between its director, cast, its legendary TroubledProduction and its reputation as "dress rehearsal" for Peckinpah's more famous ''Film/TheWildBunch'' has made it an object of interest among fans.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Pretty much every article written about the 2005 restoration/re-release connected the film with the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. While Creator/SamPeckinpah later became an outspoken opponent of that conflict, the original script had been written in the early '60s while full-scale American intervention was barely underway when ''Dundee'' began filming.

* CultClassic: Not one of the more famous films for either CharltonHeston or Sam Peckinpah, or the who's who of character actors who populate the film, but between its director, cast, its legendary troubled production and its reputation as "dress rehearsal" for Peckinpah's more famous ''TheWildBunch'' has made it an object of interest among fans.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Pretty much every article written about the 2005 restoration/re-release connected the film with the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar. While Sam Peckinpah later became an outspoken opponent of that conflict, the original script had been written in the early '60s while full-scale American intervention was barely underway when ''Dundee'' began filming.

* HoYay: A lot of the scenes of Dundee and Tyreen arguing evoke the image of bitter ex-boyfriends, bordering on FoeYay.

* {{Narm}}: [[spoiler:Everyone referring to O.W. Hadley as a boy before and after his death becomes incredibly, unintentionally hilarious due to the fact that it's blatantly obvious that actor Warren Oates was clearly in his mid-late 30s and no amount of make up could hide that fact.]]

* {{Narm}}: [[spoiler:Everyone referring to O.W. Hadley as a boy before and after his death becomes incredibly, unintentionally hilarious due to the fact that it's blatantly obvious that actor Warren Oates was clearly in his mid-late 30s.]]