Dr.Jonesy
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Darth Vile said:The IMDB demographic is far too limited. It's like polling AICN members and expecting an intelligent insight into a movie. Lucas neither tried to turn Skull into a toy selling machine nor did he fail to understand the demographic. Quite simply - Lucas, Spielberg and Ford wanted to make KOTCS for themselves and to make some money along the way no doubt... Of course they were going to do a line in Hasbro toys to complement the movie. What movie doesn't these days?
On the nose... KOTCS was more about Lucas/Spielberg reliving their own highlights rather than taking on new external cinematic inspirations (although they made a nod to movies of the 50's).
I think you're right, all Spielberg and Lucas talk about is how 'damn fun' it was to make the film and there's nothing wrong with enjoying that, IMO. All I know about the toy thing is I bought a couple dolls and a few action figures to satisfy my lack of Indy stuff as a kid.
Lucas simply sold merchandise for the film, I doubt he expected to turn it into a moneymaking machine like Star Wars merch.