ReggieSnake said:
Having just watched
My First Adventure, or more precisely
Curse of the Jackal, I can definitely see what you mean. What about the Jackal? The impact is completely lost without the the second part (which I've read about, but haven't watched yet
) and the Old Indy conclusion.
Also, the continuity (Corey Carrier's age) would be bad for people who didn't know they were once two different episodes.
...looking back, Flannery, I guess what I just wrote didn't relate exactly to what you said...you get what I was trying to say anyway.
I can just imagine the conversation when Lucas brought the cast back together in 1996 to shoot the "Tangiers" segment:
Cast: "Why are we shooting this now? Isn't Corey a little old to be playing a nine year old?"
Lucas: "Well, I had this idea... it's a little strange, but I think it'll work (laughs). We're gonna take part of the jackal story and put it with this."
Rick McCallum: "Awesome idea, George!"
Cast: "Don't ya think it'll be kinda obvious to the audience that Corey's aged a bit?"
Rick McCallum: "We'll fix it in post."
(While George and Rick have their backs turned discussing production costs, the cast look at each other with confused looks and roll their eyes.)
George Lucas: (turns back around) "You know, I actually had this idea in the beginning, but... you know... I was a little limited in what I could do. But now we're gonna fix the whole series to how I originally intended it to be. We're gonna take this and make it a movie, and..."
(The cast members pretend to pay attention, but tune out, instead focusing on their paychecks.)