Indy in his underpant and sock.

[PercySugden]

Are they being disrespectful to the character by portraying Indy as an old, fast food eating loser sleeping in his underpant and sock?

I am outraged at the lack of respect. They are laughing at Harrison and he is not aware of it.

 

[davidgribouille]

Ha ha ha ! You made my day!

 

[PercySugden]

Ha ha ha ! You made my day!

I have analyzed the footage closely and he is indeed wearing only one sock

 

[davidgribouille]

So what? Isn’t he a human being? In this sequence, he seems quite depressed so nothing shocking…
Did you think he usually watched tv with his fedora and his whip ?

 

[PercySugden]

One sock, a half eaten fast food carton on the floor, his underpant? Seems disrespectful and sly of these modern writers to degrade and humiliate an icon in this manner.

 

[davidgribouille]

No they just make them more human.

 

[PercySugden]

Whilst watching Raiders do you think an underpant sequence would have fit in?

For example, when Brody goes to his house, the writers had the decency to give Indy a bath robe.

He did not open the door to Marcus in his underpant and one sock.

 

[ThrowMeTheWhip]

Pressed.

 

[Randy_Flagg]

Nerd rage parodies are always entertaining. Well done.

 

[metalinvader]

With a new movie comes new trolls...

 

[PercySugden]

With a new movie comes new trolls...

Be reasonable.

I am neither a troll nor a parody poster.

 

[StockdeFerry]

Maybe we should create a thread just for those who doesn't like or hate the new film.

 

[PercySugden]

Maybe we should create a thread just for those who doesn't like or hate the new film.

I, personally, am excited for the movie. I just hope they don't degrade the character more than can be seen in the underpant scene.

I am particularly excited to see the moon parade and subway sequences. Glasgow is a fantastic stand-in for The Big Apple.

 

[StockdeFerry]

I, personally, am excited for the movie. I just hope they don't degrade the character more than can be seen in the underpant scene.

I am particularly excited to see the moon parade and subway sequences. Glasgow is a fantastic stand-in for The Big Apple.

I haven't seen the trailer yet. But I'll come here after I watch it to share my thoughts about that scene.

 

[Z dweller]

Taking the OP at face value and not just like a pointless provocation, here are my thoughts.

While not necessarily disrespectful to the character, that scene felt borderline depressing to me in the trailer.

Could be that in the movie it's actually played for laughs, but I did not enjoy it at all and wish they'd done it differently.

 

[saucerman]

Indy may be a bit out of sorts at the beginning of the movie. This way he can be rejuvenated by the adventure. That's sometimes how movies work and you get a happy ending.

 

[fedoraboy]

I think the scene does feel a little out of place with the other movies in that it's the sort of lifestyle detail that we've not really seen in the other films. But I don't think it's necessarily disrespectful, I think it's likely just showing that Indy's life is somewhat disorganised and - ultimately - unfulfilling when we join him at the start of the film.

And I do love the glimpse we've seen of Indy's apartment, it's modest and untidy. This feels 100% more true to the character of the original trilogy than did his home in Skull - it was way too neat and opulent and immaculately furnished.

 

[Girl_From_Mars]

I think the scene was rather half-arsedly done. There should have at least been a pot noodle somewhere in the frame, and a traffic cone as a little Red Dwarf homage.

 

[Thuggee Guard #3]

He is holding a glass so maybe he just got drunk and fell asleep the previous night? Things most people do, even professors. Maybe he is upset by an event in recent times? Marion leaving him perhaps?

 

[ThrowMeTheWhip]

Be reasonable.

I am neither a troll nor a parody poster.

“Be reasonable” says the person ranting about a brief shot of a man in his underwear.