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27th May 2008, 1:19pm
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#121 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Aye. It’s Indiana Jones. Preposterous is good.
Having said that, the series is so much better when dealing in faux-Christian and Medieval mythology. Because this new one doesn’t, it goes squarely in the box marked Temple of Doom.
Still but … third or fourth best Indy movie, it’s still an Indy movie! Bloody brilliant Sunday matinee tosh. I liked the addition of a period-accurate sidekick, too. The Indy movies were always as much homage to adventure serials as they were films in their own right.
Also, the little quips and references to other films were spot-on. Amazed they even squeezed in a Star Wars joke.
The one thing I could have done without were the prairie dogs. Bloody George Lucas and his bloody CGI critters. Worse than the Ewoks.
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27th May 2008, 1:23pm
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#122 | | Aurë enteluva Gallery SuperMod
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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27th May 2008, 1:37pm
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#123 | | Chips, motherfucker.
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dumbest ending in history? Yup.
Give a fuck? Nope, it was Indy.
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27th May 2008, 1:44pm
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#124 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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the fuck ?...! | http://www.biodex.com/radio/leadline...ne_003feat.htm
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27th May 2008, 1:47pm
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#125 | | Chips, motherfucker.
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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the fuck ?...! | Am i the only one who saw that bit and thought 'That does look kind of fun.'
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27th May 2008, 1:53pm
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#126 | | A Jubilant Mass Editor
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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the fuck ?...! | From a 1995 draft of the script. Apparently there was originally a secret compartment beneath the lead-lined item in question. This is what happens when scripts get kicked around for decades.
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27th May 2008, 1:53pm
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#127 | | catpie
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
it was awful. Awful awful awful after the first hour. If they'd just kept it to no aliens it would have been fine. Some of the crystal skull mythology they were going on was sort of truths, but aliens... baby jesus wept !
But yeah, I feel robbed of all my happy childhood Indiana Jones memories. Worst indiana jones film to date | |
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27th May 2008, 2:01pm
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#128 | | Fattly Drawn Boy Editor
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Originally Posted by fallen_nemesis it was awful. Awful awful awful after the first hour. If they'd just kept it to no aliens it would have been fine. Some of the crystal skull mythology they were going on was sort of truths, but aliens... baby jesus wept !
But yeah, I feel robbed of all my happy childhood Indiana Jones memories. Worst indiana jones film to date | At the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark a flying ghost thing screams into a man's face until it melts. Indy's always had stupid paranormal, mythological shit going on. It's part of the deal. | |
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27th May 2008, 2:07pm
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#129 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
You’re forgetting Les, people accept paranormal weird shit more easily if it’s got something to do with Christianity. The flying ghost thing was okay because it was God’s flying ghost thing.
That’s not meant to be as patronising as it sounds … I think the quasi-religious storylines of Lost Ark and Last Crusade work better because they extrapolate more. Tying in to hundreds of years of religious myth give the silly bits more weight. They didn’t do that for Temple of Doom and they didn’t do it for Crystal Skull.
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27th May 2008, 2:09pm
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Originally Posted by poprock You’re forgetting Les, people accept paranormal weird shit more easily if it’s got something to do with Christianity. The flying ghost thing was okay because it was God’s flying ghost thing. | I heard a decent argument that the aliens in the new one (I haven't seen it but I know there're aliens in it, thanks to a friend) represent secular mythology, where previously we've had Judao-Christian mythology (Raiders), Hindu mythology (Temple) and Christian mythology (Crusade). | |
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27th May 2008, 2:13pm
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#131 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Originally Posted by LesMTS I heard a decent argument that the aliens in the new one (I haven't seen it but I know there're aliens in it, thanks to a friend) represent secular mythology, where previously we've had Judao-Christian mythology (Raiders), Hindu mythology (Temple) and Christian mythology (Crusade). | Yep, that’s dead right. They’re meant to be an extension of Mayan/Incan myth. Or, more precisely, (spoiler) El Dorado and the Conquistadors.
There’s less explanation and build-up in this movie than there has been in previous ones. More character development takes the place of developing a mystery, I think. It’s a shame, because I reckon the prevailing trends in TV and film meant that Spielberg and Lucas could have actually gone further out on a limb with the historical mystery and clue trail than they did in the past.
Having said that, It’s an Indiana Jones movie! It’s great.
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27th May 2008, 4:30pm
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#132 | | Meat Festival
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I'd've preferred Shia LaBeouf and Scrubs Janny in one-another's role, but was able to see beyond the miscasting to the core of the work, and it was beautiful.
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27th May 2008, 4:37pm
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#133 | | Pillowpants Moderator
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I might take my dad to see this tonight or tomorrow during the day. He'll love it the rougue he is | |
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27th May 2008, 4:42pm
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#134 | | Lady Of War
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I liked it but i was still "eh" witht the ending. Stole my happy Indy film moments, I'd say im too old, i still love seeing Indy though and own the box set!
Good regardless but i felt kinda empty after it as if it had something missing
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27th May 2008, 5:15pm
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#135 | | A little glass vial?
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| Re: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It's utter nonsense, but it's Indiana Jones. I loved it. | |
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