No one is making you watch them.
Let people who enjoy these films enjoy them.
Let people who enjoy these films enjoy them.
Spoilers Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny grade and discussion
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And no one should have the right to stop me from commenting on them either. Or expressing my opinion.
Because they (most of the time) make money.
They're not telling you to stop.
Simple. Something new is too much of a risk.
No one is doing anything of the kind. Disagreeing with someone’s opinion is not oppression. If one’s posts start disappearing without explanation or one is ejected from the BBS, again without explanation, then that’s a different matter.
Well....
Third, as far as I'm concerned, as it was a natural conclusion and almost washed away the sins of Temple of Doom.
Aside from the undeniable truth that studios are largely bereft of true talent with few exceptions, when all else failed, they paid attention to those "talents" in the business and screaming fanbases that wanted old franchises to return, whether its Indiana Jones, The Terminator, Halloween*, Rambo and any other series you can think of. No matter how underwhelming so many of the productions were/are, clearly running on a nearly empty creative gas tank, the studios will push forward, ignoring any unavoidable sign of diminishing returns.
*Yeah, before someone is triggered to say Halloween Kills made a profit, the point is about its creative value (an observation that can made about every film in the line since 1981's Halloween 2).
Emphasis on almost.
i haven't seen the movie yet (because most of my family didn't seem excited to see it...now 1 daughter is kinda interested).
So i live on the SOuth Side of Chicago, where usually we have several nearby theaters....but looking up today, most o those are NOT showing Indy 5... and those that are, in addition to being much further out, have limited times.
Kinda discourging for me, and with my schedule, it might be hard for me to take time to see it now.
Just wanted to point that out...i mean not quite as bad as The Flash (Indy is #8 so far this year for In-Year releases, and Barbie had just surpassed it);
Just wondering if you guys had any thoughts on that?
So i live on the SOuth Side of Chicago, where usually we have several nearby theaters....but looking up today, most o those are NOT showing Indy 5... and those that are, in addition to being much further out, have limited times.
Kinda discourging for me, and with my schedule, it might be hard for me to take time to see it now.
Just wanted to point that out...i mean not quite as bad as The Flash (Indy is #8 so far this year for In-Year releases, and Barbie had just surpassed it);
Just wondering if you guys had any thoughts on that?
Coming back from the cinema, what sticks in the mind the most is how fucking abhorrent and genuinely nasty Voller's personal bodyguard, Klaber, is as a bad guy (the outright nastiest since those child abusing, human sacrificing cultist slavers from Temple - the assorted other Nazi and Soviet antagonists were generally speaking pantomine "informed evil" alongside Uncharted 4's Shoreline mercs).
Mads' Voller (said to be a star scientists at NASA and implied powerful industrialist) seemed to combine the suave intellectualism of Belloq with the smarmy creepiness of Toht....
Mads' Voller (said to be a star scientists at NASA and implied powerful industrialist) seemed to combine the suave intellectualism of Belloq with the smarmy creepiness of Toht....
I know this really isn't about Indy 5, but the movie inspired me to go back and watch the Young Indy Chronicles.. Damn.. The production values of that show were incredible. I had also forgotten that a very young Elizabeth Hurley played his love interest for a while. I loved the show when it had its all-too-brief run, but now I'm really coming to appreciate how cinematic they wanted it to be.
One of these days, I'll finally watch that show...
A little easier now that it's finally on Disney+.
A little easier now that it's finally on Disney+.
Because every time they try something new it's a complete and total bomb, but some franchises are bringing in over a biliion dollars. The studios aren't going to waste their time making movies that people aren't going to go see.
As much as it pisses some people off, movies and TV shows are a business, so they're going to operate like a business, and that means doing whatever is going to make them the most money. As much as people like to talk about them as art, at least with the big studios, the artist side of things is always going to be secondary to the business side.
Totally worth it. You can see what his experiences as a youth helped shape him as a man. I’ve been binging the Sean Patrick Flannery episodes and they are so much better than I remember. If they ever decide to reboot in the near future, I think he could handle it.
Just thinking about the expense it took to produce this show boggles the mind.
Oh and seeing the actor who played Belloq again, playing a good guy was a treat!
I've always been a big fan of Sean Patrick Flannery (The Boondock Saints, The Dead Zone when it was good, etc.) so having not watched this show isn't from a lack of desire, I just simply haven't gotten to it. Like I said, it's a lot easier now that it's on Disney+.
...until it goes back in the Vault, of course.
...until it goes back in the Vault, of course.
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Wasn't she the English suffragette, who's basically Indy's one true love? And then Jane Wyatt plays her older version opposite George Hall's Old Indy when they reconnect at the end of their lives?
Abraham Lincoln fought them, so I'm sure they exist.Are you sure vampires don't exist?
Correct. Though I had forgotten about their interaction as their older selves. I miss them having the Old Indy bookends.
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