Aaron H
Moderator Emeritus
I agree the YIJC was not well thought out in compairison to the movies. What I wanted from YIJC was him as a 20-something "tomb raider", who was on the boarder between light and darkness. Perhaps some explanation to why he was that way would have been helpful, but I rather felt that the Indiana of the YIJC was a whimp with little or no backbone of his own. Not to mention the only archaeology/adventure episode is Treasure of the Peacock's Eye...which felt too preachy to be a true adventure.
Personally, I fell that with the edu-tainment (thanks for that term bob) element Lucas missed the boat. People didn't tune into that show just to be instructed by people long dead, they wanted to see him go after some artifact, crack some skulls, heck maybe even do a little digging (or acting for that matter)!
While I enjoy the YIJC on the level of what it was trying to do, I do not associate the YIJC as the young life of Indiana Jones. Rather I pretend that it is the story of a different person altogether.
Personally, I fell that with the edu-tainment (thanks for that term bob) element Lucas missed the boat. People didn't tune into that show just to be instructed by people long dead, they wanted to see him go after some artifact, crack some skulls, heck maybe even do a little digging (or acting for that matter)!
While I enjoy the YIJC on the level of what it was trying to do, I do not associate the YIJC as the young life of Indiana Jones. Rather I pretend that it is the story of a different person altogether.