AndyLGR
Active member
Was Oxley always in the script? I was under the impression he was a late addition to the story.
I was disappointed that Connery wasnt in it, but after seeing KOTCS it made me wonder if he recognised the film might not be all that great? It would be interesting to know what changes they made once Connery wasnt going to be onboard.
Anyway, before the movie opened I was intrigued and pleased to see that Karen Allen was back in as Marion, but I think they handled the relationship between the main characters very badly, it didnt seem to fit right and she wasnt given the chance to add some balls to the character. She seemed incidental and arguably expendable to the story imo.
Its trying too hard to shoe horn in a familiar character to make the audience want to like / see and feel familar with the film. And for KOTCS I dont think it worked. Its something Lucas did with the SW prequels with varying degrees of success.
I like the way they went with TOD in that they had no characters in there from Raiders and making it a prequel ensured their were no references to them either. Personally if they did another one I'd like it to be with new characters with Indy.
I was disappointed that Connery wasnt in it, but after seeing KOTCS it made me wonder if he recognised the film might not be all that great? It would be interesting to know what changes they made once Connery wasnt going to be onboard.
Anyway, before the movie opened I was intrigued and pleased to see that Karen Allen was back in as Marion, but I think they handled the relationship between the main characters very badly, it didnt seem to fit right and she wasnt given the chance to add some balls to the character. She seemed incidental and arguably expendable to the story imo.
Its trying too hard to shoe horn in a familiar character to make the audience want to like / see and feel familar with the film. And for KOTCS I dont think it worked. Its something Lucas did with the SW prequels with varying degrees of success.
I like the way they went with TOD in that they had no characters in there from Raiders and making it a prequel ensured their were no references to them either. Personally if they did another one I'd like it to be with new characters with Indy.