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Speaking of SW...
Prediction.
People will prefer KOTKS over Indy 5, just like many prefer the PT over the ST.
Prediction.
People will prefer KOTKS over Indy 5, just like many prefer the PT over the ST.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (June 30th, 2023)
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People will have to make a choice.
For instance, I think Last Crusade is silly. But miles better than Skull.
I expect the same sort of comparison. Skull is horrid. But miles better than Indy 5.
For instance, I think Last Crusade is silly. But miles better than Skull.
I expect the same sort of comparison. Skull is horrid. But miles better than Indy 5.
Omg what levels of bad do you need to be to make that leap....
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Kathleen Kennedy levels of bad.
I disagee. Nazis in it and no Mutt instantly makes this a better movie.
There is truth to the above. In that limited qualification.
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I didn't mind Mutt. I didn't like how he was used or that he kept calling Indy old man. I just thought the film was overcrowded, with Mutt, Marion, and the crazy old guy all joining Indy. Maybe they thought a literal family adventure was different and fresh, but it just didn't work for me. Indy needs his space. Maybe one sidekick at a time, like in most of the films, and not a group of people where he just becomes part of it, as opposed to the focus of the scenes.
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The monkeys, ants and prairie dogs also crowded it up.
They thought since old Indy couldn't do too much action, they'd clutter it with characters.
This new one at least seems less... casted. But we're still in for the finger-wagging toxic male stuff... where Indy will learn "talking" works better than "fighting"... since he's too old to fight anyway.
They thought since old Indy couldn't do too much action, they'd clutter it with characters.
This new one at least seems less... casted. But we're still in for the finger-wagging toxic male stuff... where Indy will learn "talking" works better than "fighting"... since he's too old to fight anyway.
If Exposition has a Name... its must be Indiana Jones.
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Supposedly Ford might be out for 3 months.
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Meh, all the Indy films have lots of exposition.
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John Hurt, Ford, and Karen Allen....that's a lot of old people, come to think of it.
And Winstone, the triple-crosser.
Add Spielberg and Lucas to that too.
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As the Indy films went along, they had an increasing problem of having Indy spending time 'herding' more and more useless people that are detrimental to him during fight/danger scenes.
Raiders: Marion = 50% useless
Temple: Willie = 100% useless, Short Round = 50% useless
Crusade: Henry = 75% useless, Sallah = 75% useless, Marcus = 100% useless
Skull: Mutt = 75% useless, Marion = 95% useless, Oxley = 95% useless, Mac = 100% useless
By this pattern, Indy 5 will have him herding 5 useless people!
Raiders: Marion = 50% useless
Temple: Willie = 100% useless, Short Round = 50% useless
Crusade: Henry = 75% useless, Sallah = 75% useless, Marcus = 100% useless
Skull: Mutt = 75% useless, Marion = 95% useless, Oxley = 95% useless, Mac = 100% useless
By this pattern, Indy 5 will have him herding 5 useless people!
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Short Round was the hero of TOD.
He was Indy's getaway driver in Shanghai.
Broke Indy out of the Black Sleep of Kali.
Saved Indy from the rock crusher by fighting Zalim Singh for the voodoo doll.
Without Shorty he'd probably have died at least a couple of times. Then ROTLA would never have existed.
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Or being herded by 5 people at this point.
That's an interesting way to look at the films. And a good reason they get worse in descending order.
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