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Sakis said:.. and Spielberg will make the next one as an apology for the previous one!
Sakis said:He did? When? Thank God. I always thought any new Indy movie should not deal with family issues again. Crusade was wonderful but it can't be recaptured.
Attila the Professor said:Montana Smith was referring to this.
Raiders112390 said:I've noticed a couple of similarities between TOD and KOTCS:
2) Both feature non-Nazi enemies--The Thuggies in TOD and the Soviets in KOTCS.
3) Both feature 'kid' sidekicks--Short Round in TOD, Mutt in KOTCS. Both sidekicks wear very American clothes fitting to the period--Shot Round in his yankees cap, Mutt in his leather early rock n' roller outfit.
4) Both films' artifacts are non-Christian and not very well known.
6) Both don't start off with a separate Pre-Adventure Adventure sequence--the pre-Adventure sequences in TOD and KOTCS directly tie into and lead to the events of both films and don't exist as the final act of a previous separate adventure.
7) Both feature improbable or impossible actions and/or stunts--In TOD the parachute landing, the heart being ripped out of a man's chest and him staying alive, the mine cart jump, the straw bridge; In KOTCS, the nuclear scene as well as Mutt's vine swinging.
8) Both feature very limited to no gun play--There is only minor gun play in TOD as compared to Raiders, and no gunplay in KOTCS as compared to the limited gunplay in LC. Both feature limited whip-work, and in both cases the whip work is limited to swinging, not used offensively.
9) Both feature explorations in a dark, cobwebbed and eerie chamber of bodies--the first parts of the temple in TOD with the dead bodies and the graveyard in KOTCS.
11) Both are negative powers (Voodoo and Psychic power used to control and enslave one's enemy, whereas the Ark could be used to grant it's user's allies power beyond imagination and the Grail could heal and immortalize anyone who drank or was touched by it's water--More positive power).
-ND- said:Both Kingdom and Temple feature 2 posters that were used for theaters or for home release. Both have one of Indy standing solo with whip in hand, and the other shows all character's faces with Indy's being the biggest.
Also, both films have "bugs." Temple(insects/centipedes) Kingdom(scorpions/ants)
Not even close.Agent Spalko said:Nah, more like Scarface to Free Willy.
Lance Quazar said:There's actually very little gunplay in any of the films. I can think of only two instances in Raiders (I'm sure there are a few more) where Indy shoots anyone.
In "Doom", he loses his gun, but that's after shooting it quite a bit (with confirmed kills) in the opening chase.
In "Crusade" he only kills the one Nazi with his own machine gun.
And nothing, IRRC, in "Skull."
mister64 said:Don't forget the scene on the tank in TLC where Indy shoots one soldier and ends up killing 3 with the same shot.
Cole said:And Indy's most famous use of the gun - in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' - where he shoots the swordsman in Cairo, was improvised by Ford on set; a now-well-known story.
At least Indy's gun does make an appearance in 'Crystal Skull.' He pulls it out on one of the natives in the graveyard scene, which is one of the best bits of the film. "You're a.....teacher?" "Part-time."
I'm sure the fact that Indy never relies heavily on his gun is no accident, as they want to focus on adventure and Indy's improvisation rather than gun battles.