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Indiana Jones coming to DVD in November
DaSpudMan writes "The "Indiana Jones" trilogy, one of the most requested film series for the DVD format, is finally slated for worldwide release Nov. 4 as "The Adventures of Indiana Jones -- The Complete DVD Movie Collection," a box set that will include a fourth disc specifically dedicated to bonus materials."
Ah, just in time to be bought by the truckload, before the DVD set that includes movie #4 comes out.
That assumes, of course, that movie #4 turns out to be worth paying money for.
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Yeah. like I really want to watch Short Round and Kate Capshaw again. And I barely remember the third one.
It's like the Alien movies, who wants all of them?
I would be happy to pick up just Raiders, though.
Jon Acheson
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Contrary to popular belief, a lot of people like Temple of Doom. While it's a radical departure from the storyline of the first movie, and the story is hokey, well, it's still pretty damn cool. And John Williams's score for the Thuggee ceremony gives me nightmares. It's the single most evil piece of music I think I've ever heard (except for Wumpscut).
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I'll buy them. Maybe not as a boxed set, but I'll buy them. There are only a few movies IMO that are worth owning. Since I have kids, there is far too much crap on regular TV so it's nice to have something they can watch over and over. On the plus side, it's also something I don't mind watching over and over. Trust me, you can only watch Lion King and Little Mermaid so much before you want to go Postal...
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Bullshit. Just tell the truth: For whatever reasons, Spielberg doesn't do commentaries. However I don't see why some other producer (Luca$) or writer (Kasdan) couldn't have provided a commentary. Citing "bandwidth issues" is a laugher. And I for one prefer to actually have a commentary while the movie is running. Just not the same hearing production insights on a bonus disc.
Funny how everyone is quick to bash MPAA, yet just about everyone here will fork over $50 for some pieces of plastic...
Heh, yeah right. Lucas and Ford have kept wistfully remarking that "yeah, we'd like to do a fourth movie one of these days, that'd be great" for 15 years now without ever getting around to it.
In the meantime, Harrison Ford has reached retirement age and isn't getting any younger. Sorry, folks; I'm afraid various video games and comic books are as close to "Indy 4" as we're going to see.
Personally, I think that Darth Vader's Imperial March was more ominous and evil than the Thuggee Ceremony.
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Should John Williams ever pass away, he would leave a much larger impact on
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Once upon a time Mr Lucas was the coolest guy in hollywood one and Indiana Jones and Starwars were the trilogies... millions of fans dreamed if they could ever see a fourth Indy film or a new Starwars stuff.
Present day: Lord of the ring and Matrix are the trilogies, nobody is really excited 'bout Episode 3 and even worse too many remember Mr Lucas as the man who created Jar Jar Binks...
so there's no reason left to delay the DVD edition of Indy, hype about it is shrinking not growing.
The reason I think people are so down on the second one is two things:
1. If you want gross-out factor, you go to see some gross-out movie. Raiders wasn't a gross-out film, it was a fun movie with a decent plot with some special effects to help where necessary. But nothing was done just to be gross and disgusting as was the case in Doom.
2. Raiders and Last Crusade are based on things which many people consider historic. I.e., the Ark of the Covenant existed and really is "lost", and the chalice of the last supper obviously existed (he had to drink out of something!). Wheter they had the powers attributed to them in the movies is certainly open to discussion, but the movies were based on historical artifacts and placed in the Nazi era. Take some historical objects and have fun with them. In Doom we're talking mass child abductions and glowing Shakras that make the fields green. Please...
And I, for one, thought that little Chinese kid was just annoying. I think he was placed there for comic relief, like Jar Jar, but I think it failed miserably. Raiders was "funny" because of what Harrison Ford brought to the film, not because of some useless and silly 9-year-old running around saying stupid lines in less-than-understandable English. That's not my idea of funny and I think it further detracted from the second film. You notice a silly character such as that wasn't needed in the first or third movie and they were much funner to watch.
I know that's what I do.
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A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
I don't see what the point is in wanting them separately, the entire box looks pretty well priced to me. Is there a movie in this set that is significantly below standard? I figure if the movies were released separetely, you'd find them for $20 each, so even if one movie is only worth half that of the other two, you'd still get a pretty decently priced set.
Psychologically, yes it was. The baddies in this movie are so bad that it was absolutely necessary for the story to show them getting their comeuppance in an extraordinarily gratuitous manner.
The chilled monkey brains bit in the second movie? No, I never worked out why that was included - it would upset plenty of people, and could offend people with Indian backgrounds.
I guess it shows that even Spielberg makes mistakes.
Best wishes,
Mike.
They're so corporate now, anything they produce is so mechanical, so by the numbers that it's hardly an art form anymore, it's a style. You could easily see the same story and visual structure in EVERY spielberg and Lucas film. (emphasis mine)
Ahhh... but you forget one crucial part of your argument. Spielberg and Lucas created that style. They changed movies forever. It is not surprising that a generation raised on that style expands on it, and bitches about it while the old fogeys don't get any other great and brilliant flashes.
Bobby Knight also invented the moving offense. A generation later people who grew up on the moving offense see its flaws, pick it apart, and innovate on it. They then proceed to beat him soundly on the court.
Ted Turner invented sattelite superstations and 24/7 worldwide news availability. He is also getting his butt kicked by the new generation as well.
This is all a very, very, natural process. Including the people that bitch about how the old generation has "lost it." Nonetheless, arguing about it is ridiculous. They were the first, and respect is due.