Top ten dumbest Indy moments

Author: Octorox
Date: 25-Feb-2010, 9:01 PM

Author: Octorox
Time: 25-Feb-2010 9:01 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesnintendonerd?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/13/_CNQQbotPmE

I know it's not Star Wars but close enough. Totally forget about that inflatable raft scene, almost as bad as anything in Indy 4.

Author: EyeShotFirst
Time: 26-Feb-2010 11:47 AM
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Temple of Doom had so much wasted potential. I still enjoy it, but it could have been just as good as Raiders with the right direction. I think George and Steven had a good idea, they just didn't execute it right.

It had it's good moments, but the bad ones outweighed them. I can look past the cheesey lines and annoying screaming.

Crystal Skull was an instant failure from the beginning. I was dying to see it, but for some reason I knew it was going to suck before I went to the theatre. I ignored my gut feeling and later wished I hadn't.

People wanted to see a new Indy film, but the smart thing to have done was to have left it alone.

I can live without another film. I read all the novels when I can and I find them rather enjoyable. Indiana Jones in film, ended for me with Last Crusade. I can bitch about Indy 4 for days, but is easier to just forget about it. I have done that with the Star Wars prequels, so I can do the same with Indy.

It isn't just Lucas and Spielberg destroying great franchises either. I cringe at the New Battlestar Galactica and the piece of Craprica. It is the nature of hollywood to do that. They take a big name and roll out their wheel-barrels to collect the money, whether or not they respected the franchise. George and Steven just happened to do that to their own franchise, making themselves look terrible.

"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas

Author: Vaderisnothayden
Time: 26-Feb-2010 4:17 PM
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EyeShotFirst said:

Temple of Doom had so much wasted potential. I still enjoy it, but it could have been just as good as Raiders with the right direction. I think George and Steven had a good idea, they just didn't execute it right.

Doom was sigificantlly better than Raiders.

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 26-Feb-2010 4:22 PM
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Vaderisnothayden said:

EyeShotFirst said:

Temple of Doom had so much wasted potential. I still enjoy it, but it could have been just as good as Raiders with the right direction. I think George and Steven had a good idea, they just didn't execute it right.

Doom was sigificantlly better than Raiders.

Ugh...is there supposed to be this much blood when I bite my tongue?

;-)

Author: Vaderisnothayden
Time: 26-Feb-2010 4:32 PM
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Ow, that must hurt.

Author: captainsolo
Time: 26-Feb-2010 5:42 PM
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Temple isn't the best film ever made but it gets way too much flak.

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Author: TV's Frink
Time: 26-Feb-2010 5:58 PM
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I agree...and I really liked Infodroid's edit.

Author: Put Captain Solo in the Cargo Hold
Time: 26-Feb-2010 10:32 PM
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Temple of Doom is classic Indy in his best.

"Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory".

"You don't believe me? You will Dr. Jones, you will become a true believer".

"He no nuts, he's CRAZY!".

"Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali... in HELL!".

Author: zombie84
Time: 26-Feb-2010 10:42 PM
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Personally, I find Temple of Doom the best of all the films. I know the characters are a bit caricatured, and I know Raiders is much better made. But I can't resist the whole "Weird Tales" angle of the film. Sacrificial death cults in underground lairs brainwashing people with voodu and ripping people's hearts out in fire sacrifices. Count me in. Temple of Doom is the closest I have ever experienced to one of those Haunted House amusement park rides. And it has a really genuine intention to scare you. Spielberg is apologetic about it nowadays and tries to pass the buck onto Lucas, but you can tell he was firing on all cylinders to make it a the most terrifying thrill-ride he could. I can forgive the raft scene, and the monkey-brains scene, and the character of Willie on the basis of all this. It's part of the charm. Either you like horror-pulp or you don't, if you do you probably will find all of this is part of the genre, if you don't then you can always watch Raiders and its remake. :P

You know, the stupidest Indy moment for me was always the boat sequence at the start of Last Crusade. How does Indy get back to shore??? Temple of Doom, I can forgive any absurdity because its basically a comic book, but Last Crusade is more in the vein of a realistic family drama in a lot of ways, probably the most down to earth of all four, so this really stands out as unrealistic and convoluted.

Author: TMBTM
Time: 27-Feb-2010 5:31 AM
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Doom > Crusade.

Author: Johnny Ringo
Time: 27-Feb-2010 7:53 AM
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Put Captain Solo in the Cargo Hold said:

Temple of Doom is classic Indy in his best.

"Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory".

"You don't believe me? You will Dr. Jones, you will become a true believer".

"He no nuts, he's CRAZY!".

"Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali... in HELL!".

how could you forget -

"Hold onto your potatoes!"
;)

Author: skyjedi2005
Time: 27-Feb-2010 12:00 PM
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I prefer Indiana Jones before Lucas was seduced by CGI. He ceased to be George Lucas and became Darth Lucash, the good person he was, was killed from a certain point of view.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.