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."

Comments

Figures

[Verteiron]

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.

Re:Awesome

[Verteiron]

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).

I'll admit it

[sirgoran]

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...

-Goran

No commentary track

[Scryber]

"We felt that because of bandwidth issues and, more importantly, the amount of information provided on the fourth disc, it would be redundant to include a director's commentary track on the title discs," Ward said.

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.

Re:Awesome

[Angry White Guy]

Personally, I think that Darth Vader's Imperial March was more ominous and evil than the Thuggee Ceremony.

Should John Williams ever pass away, he would leave a much larger impact on /. culture than the million deaths of Stephen King.

Finally

[imperator_mundi]

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.

Re:Finally

[Kithkill]

That's a good thing, though - it shows that there isn't a film to end all films. The Matrix and LOTR may be popular now, but give Hollwood another 20 years, and who knows what we'll be watching? Despite it all, the original spirit of those films is there on celluloid forever, and I for one will be buying the DVDs in order to partake of that special Indy magic. Extras are all well and good, and usually I love them, but this is one of those rare cases where I'll be buying the box-set just for the films, not for the whole package.

Re:Finally

[salesgeek]

Raiders was one of the few films that could have been made any time in Hollywood history and been a huge hit. It was simply a great film in all respects - and it was original.

The best movies are original fiction, most often not a movie version of a great book.

Re:Awesome

[letxa2000]

Really, I think the reason that most people are so down on the second film is that it's so "different" from the first one.

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.

Re:You also can't buy the movies separately.

[Jeff DeMaagd]

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.