How do I get back into Indy?

[LostArk]

I was very hyped before/during/after the Indy 4 premiere, and was an active member here. I'd make sure I read all the comics and watched all the episodes, The Raven was basically my Summer. I have since lost EVERY once of fandom for Indy.

So how do I get back?

[Lonsome_Drifter]

Re-watch the movies, read the novels, even try writing a fanfic?
I have grown bored of certain things that I am a fan of, but the old fire always burns again.

[agentsands77]

Maybe you shouldn't try to get back into Indy fandom, but just let it run its course. If it's something that you really love, you won't stay away forever... the DVDs will call your name and one day you'll pull RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK off the shelf and be excited about it. Heck, I suggest you use this time to discover something else other than Indiana Jones.

There's no reason to think that you should be "hopped up" on fandom all the time. Heck, in the scheme of things, Indiana Jones isn't really important.

[Indy's brother]

Yeah, I'm experiencing a bit of lull myself. I'm thinking that if Staff of Kings isn't completely terrible, it may bring me back into the fold a little. I wouldn't be surprised if many fans are going through an Indy hangover after KOTCS--both the lovers and haters of the film.

[Dr Bones]

Try engorssoing yourself in something else you enjoy...then come back to Indy refreshed whne you feel like it. Threre's no "best before" date on a DVD!

I find just listening to the soundtrack really makes me want to watch he films again.

[|ZiR|]

Yeah, I felt like that, too. What brought me back was the Indy novels, actually. I ordered all of MacGregor's IJ books + Caidin's Sky Pirates online in a morning after Christmas hangover haze. (Stupid borders and their "you may also like..." hooks. They reeled me in.) Try the books and the video games, if you're into that sort of thing.

I don't think anything will be able to recapture that feeling you had in the anticipation for KotCS, though. All those moments will be lost in time. Like tears in rain.

[Trennas]

I myself find that working on some fun fan stuff, creating Indy adventures from my own imaginations, actually keeps me pretty much in full time Indy-mode :) Next to that, Indy Lego's always get me into the right spirit, specially with the soundtrack in the background!

[LostArk]

Or it could be all the TV shows coming back. I didn't have those during the Summer. Also, I think Terminator will be my Indy this year, thought I'm not as excited for it yet. But then again, the Indy hype started in May.

[Morning Bell]

Just be patient and you'll be your Indy mojo back.:)

[Insomniac]

I was very hyped before/during/after the Indy 4 premiere, and was an active member here. I'd make sure I read all the comics and watched all the episodes, The Raven was basically my Summer. I have since lost EVERY once of fandom for Indy.

So how do I get back?
Here are a couple of ailments Don't watch an Indy film for 6 mounths (very hard) then go to Disney Hollywood Studios and have fun watching Indy real person or you could go to Tempe of the Forbidden eye.

Get into collecting gear and or Props.

If these don't work move on in life I'm shure you'll always come back to Indy!:hat:

[Nurhachi1991]

I was very hyped before/during/after the Indy 4 premiere, and was an active member here. I'd make sure I read all the comics and watched all the episodes, The Raven was basically my Summer. I have since lost EVERY once of fandom for Indy.

So how do I get back?



Your what we call a "fair weather fan"

[Indy's brother]

Your what we call a "fair weather fan"And saying that makes you what we would call a "????????". Seriously, what's with all the tension around here lately? Think for a minute. Would a "fair weather fan" be concerned with their own fandom? Concerned enough to come here asking for a cure? And if you are a bigger or better fan than this guy, does that give you a free pass to slam him for not being you? I usually stay out of this stuff, but what the hell Nurhachi?

[Nurhachi1991]

And saying that makes you what we would call a "????????". Seriously, what's with all the tension around here lately? Think for a minute. Would a "fair weather fan" be concerned with their own fandom? Concerned enough to come here asking for a cure? And if you are a bigger or better fan than this guy, does that give you a free pass to slam him for not being you? I usually stay out of this stuff, but what the hell Nurhachi?


How do you lose a spark for Indy? Christ its just a movie character your either a fan of the movies or your not. Generally people that get excited right before the movie that comes out and fizzle out a few months later are fair weather fans. Like most Patriot's fans but thats not the point. There are times when I'm more enthusiastic about Indy and sometimes I'm less but I would never say "I have lost every ounce of Indy fandom" and you wouldn't say that either just because there is not alot of new Indy action going on lately does not mean stop enjoying the movies. Real fans stick with it through thick and thin hell there are waaaaaay bigger fans of Indy than myself on this board people that have followed Indy since 1981 to 2009 now that is a true fan.

[Lonsome_Drifter]

And, Nurhachi.
I'm still the biggest fan!

[Vance]

Well, by car, use I-70 or I-74 from the east and west, or I-65 from Chicago and Louisville...

[vf wing]

Immersion in the TV show has kept my interest high lately. Being a new convert to it, it's all still very new to me. I'm on my second pass thru the entire collection and my appreciation for it is really just beginning!

[UIMJ]

Hobbies wax and wane a bit. I'm a big Indy fan, but a significantly bigger Iron Man guy. It's a hobby I've had for maybe 20 years now, but after the Iron Man movie, I've been a bit burnt out.

The last couple of years had been Iron Man overload for me. I flew to California and interviewed the Director of the movie, met with and interviewed the primary cast for my zine, went to the premier, was credited in a recently published book about the character, and have reorganized my collection to accommodate new stuff more times than I can remember.

Now, before one of the flaming trolls here (you know who you are) makes a comment about my commentary above, I'll say that the point is even as a big and active fan, sometimes you get burnt out and have to walk away for a while.

Then inevitably, something brings you back in and you start to become active again and realize you never really left, you only took a break.

[Nurhachi1991]

And, Nurhachi.
I'm still the biggest fan!



HA you still remembered that?




I'm the biggest fan!!!!!! :p

[Kevin]

Over-saturation can really kill your interest in something, no matter how much you love it. It is possible to get burnt out on Indy, just like anything else.

I love the Indy movies, and the recent run of toys has been fun to collect, mainly because they bring back memories of collecting the old ones and watching the films on VHS as a child in the 80's. That being said, there are a lot of other movies I like as well, and collecting Indy toys is not my only hobby. If I were you, I would back off Indy a little bit. Maybe take a break from the forum (try once a week rather than once a day), enjoy some other films and hobbies that you may have been neglecting in this past year of Indy-mania.

If that doesn't sound like a good plan, you can always try what I plan to do tonight: watch all four films whilst eating chili dogs and playing with ALL my Indy toys :)

[Indy's brother]

Over-saturation can really kill your interest in something, no matter how much you love it.

Good insight, Kev (if I may call you "Kev"?). LostArk, have you ever been involved with someone clingy? If you love something, set it free. Hold on loosely, but don't let go. Love is a battlefield. Breaking up is hard to do. Would anyone else like to add one...?

Moving along. You can do what I did the other day, watch the most recent Mummy flick. OK, I only lasted halfway through it myself, but it gave me a new respect for KOTCS Fo Sho!! Of course that mummy movie could make you fall back in love with any of Indy's onscreen adventures, so just pick one.

[LostArk]

Immersion in the TV show has kept my interest high lately. Being a new convert to it, it's all still very new to me. I'm on my second pass thru the entire collection and my appreciation for it is really just beginning!
But what happens when you already watched it all?

Also, I'll rewatch ROTLA and I'll come back and write a full report.

[Indyologist]

"Tense" is the name of the game around here-- we're in a fictional bar, remember?
** Interrupted by the sound of a glass breaking-- a female Indy fan storms suddenly out of the bar, into the snowy eternal night **

(shrugs) See what I mean?

[Indy's brother]

See what I mean?
Not a clue. :confused:

[vf wing]

But what happens when you already watched it all?


Watch 'em again!!

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I watch and re-watch my dvds pretty regularly. On my first go-thru with the tv show, it was mainly just to physically get thru each disc to make sure I didn't have any defects. Only now am I beginning to really grasp what's happening.

Eventually, I'll develop preferences for certain episodes. Right now, it's the War Years set that has my greatest admiration. The first five telefilms on it are all utterly outstanding, surpassing the theatrical films themselves in terms of philosophical depth. Not to mention all the thunderous belly laughs I get out of some of the situations and character bits. I say the first five because that's as far as I've gotten on the second go round.

I still watch my MASH collections religiously too, even tho I can recite lots of the dialogue right along with the characters. Every time I pop in an episode it's like visiting old friends. I look forward to Young Indy sharing that same kind of familiarity in years to come!

[LostArk]

Actually, I still had the last five to watch. I kinda lost interest after the ridiculous Maks of Evil episode (the one where they're in a haunted mansion, one big contradiction to previously established facts in Raiders). I'll try to get those episodes, and hopefully it will jog my nostalgia and I'll be able to finish them. Also, I started to gain interest in WWI after we started seeing it in school, so I don't think a rewatch of earlier war episodes would hurt!

And I've decided to watch Temple of Doom instead of Raiders first. Not because of the chronological order, but because I always thought it was such an underrated movie in the series, and I rank it up there with ROTLA.

[Agent Crab]

Rewatch the films. That's all I have to say.

[DocWhiskey]

And that is all that needs to be said.

[Agent Crab]

And that is all that needs to be said.

Ain't it a fact?

Worked for me when I got back into a few things.

[vf wing]

I was kinda out on Masks of Evil my first time too, but I'm looking forward to watching it again.

What was the contradiction with Raiders?

[metalinvader]

Actually, I still had the last five to watch. I kinda lost interest after the ridiculous Maks of Evil episode (the one where they're in a haunted mansion, one big contradiction to previously established facts in Raiders)


No more then Temple of Doom did.

[brookystreet]

Hard to say since I've only been a fan for around a year.

I'd reccomend a few 'Indy free' weeks before a marathon of the films, then post back here to say what you thought of them ;)

[StoneTriple]

... people that have followed Indy since 1981 to 2009 now that is a true fan.

I've followed Indy since 1981, but that doesn't make me any more of a true fan than the other people here. It just means I've been a fan longer - because I'm older. Time-in has nothing to do with what level of fan someone is. Same goes for the people who base their level of fandom on their collection of stuff.

The idea of the character either moves you or it doesn't - that's what makes someone a fan. Not time-in, not collection size, not post count, not anything else.

There's a kid on this board who became a fan after seeing Kingdom. The same thing happened to him in 2008 that happened to me in 1981 - the character moved him.

You get here whenever you get here.



LostArk,
As for your lull in enthusiasm; Nothing at all wrong with taking a break for a while - or moving on, for that matter. Life's a hell of a lot bigger than a movie. If the character moves you again, great. If it doesn't, something else will.

I'm a long-time Indiana Jones fan. For 28 years, I’ve listened to the music, watched the films, and read the novels. Even silkscreened my own Raiders shirts in 1981.
However - all of it pales in comparison to the amount of my life that has been devoted to- in fact, consumed with - riding motorcycles.

Indiana Jones isn't the be-all, end-all.

Don't sweat it, man.