Far too often we wind up discussing the same things. New members come in with old questions, and without any news on the Lucasfilm/Paramount front, we, as fans are left with a void. Thankfully for me, there is the USA Network here in America, and from time to time, they show the films cut and edited for content. As some of you know Raiders is my choice for the best film of the three, and IMO Last Crusade is the perfect film from a screenwriting perspective (at least out of the three).
Tonight, Raiders of the Lost Ark is on, and as I was sitting here grieving for a close friend of mine recently passed away, I found the numbing action of playing solitaire and listening to Raiders to be some comfort. Then, all of the sudden, something sparked in my mind in true fan-boy fashion. I had to write.
If Belloq wasn?t using the headpiece for the staff of Ra, whose was it?
Follow me if you will. The headpiece was an Egyptian device to locate treasures (etc) on a map of the city. The Ark was a Hebrew treasure. Therefore the warning on the backside of that particular headpiece was significant. But that also implies that maybe there were other headpieces. Belloq was certainly using one, and maybe there are more, each for different treasures (treasures being an open-ended word).
In addition, it can be assumed that there is more than one staff. The staff of Geb, the staff of Bastet, the staff of Hathor?(Ra being sun, Geb being earth, Bastet being cats, and Hathor being music) Each staff must have had significance.
What then, would happen to someone who had the Headpiece to the Staff of Osiris? And what treasure (or curse) would it be? Would that make a good spin off?
Tonight, Raiders of the Lost Ark is on, and as I was sitting here grieving for a close friend of mine recently passed away, I found the numbing action of playing solitaire and listening to Raiders to be some comfort. Then, all of the sudden, something sparked in my mind in true fan-boy fashion. I had to write.
If Belloq wasn?t using the headpiece for the staff of Ra, whose was it?
Follow me if you will. The headpiece was an Egyptian device to locate treasures (etc) on a map of the city. The Ark was a Hebrew treasure. Therefore the warning on the backside of that particular headpiece was significant. But that also implies that maybe there were other headpieces. Belloq was certainly using one, and maybe there are more, each for different treasures (treasures being an open-ended word).
In addition, it can be assumed that there is more than one staff. The staff of Geb, the staff of Bastet, the staff of Hathor?(Ra being sun, Geb being earth, Bastet being cats, and Hathor being music) Each staff must have had significance.
What then, would happen to someone who had the Headpiece to the Staff of Osiris? And what treasure (or curse) would it be? Would that make a good spin off?