For starters, I DESPISE this scene! In '89, it almost made me want to spit. What a hokey, groan-fest...StoneTriple said:To me, the silliest of all the Indy moments is in Last Crusade - when the airplane flies into the tunnel, loses only its wings, slides upright in a straight line all the way through, and passes Indy - while the pilot looks out of the window.
Cause it's a lame ripoff of a cheesy 60's TV show?IndyJones5183 said:I love the Last Crusade.Why would anyone want to bash that film.
Rocket Surgeon said:Cause it's a lame ripoff of a cheesy 60's TV show?
There are a few "references which Last Crusade makes to S1 E020 of Batman from 1966.
Better Luck Next Time includes Catwoman uniting artifacts which together give the elusive answer to the lost treasure of Captain Manx. She even makes a rubbing of the "map" etched onto the "markers."
The other glaring rippoff is the ultimate fate of Cat Woman.
She refuses Batman's request to drop the bag full of treasure and Batman's attemp to help her as she clings to the side of a chasm in a cave.
Guess what happens to her?
The sequels were always increasing in "camp" value, but what a joke!
Mentioned my hatred of the Dunn and Duffy snake in another thread too.
The airplane in the tunnel is so poorly done. They promoted George Gibbs and he says in interviews he was in over his head...shame.
The effects in Raiders were done so well, from Matte Paintings to "ghosts."
Ironclaw said:There's a difference between expressing your own personal dislike (and accepting others don't feel the same way), and going off on a tirade.
Ironclaw said:It sounds like you're hating Crusade just to hate it. Pretty much nothing in Raiders isn't a homage to something or other (Secret of the Incas is a good place to find a lot of this).
Rocket Surgeon said:What is it?
So Last Crusade is a "homage" to Batman?
...oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
Ironclaw said:(Sigh) And sometimes I wonder why I don't post here more often. Now I know.
Because you can't carry on a conversation?
Ironclaw said:It sounds like you're hating Crusade just to hate it. Pretty much nothing in Raiders isn't a homage to something or other (Secret of the Incas is a good place to find a lot of this).
There's a difference between expressing your own personal dislike (and accepting others don't feel the same way), and going off on a tirade.
Rocket Surgeon said:So Last Crusade is a "homage" to Batman?
Better Luck Next Time Episode Recap
Synopsis
Batman escapes and rescues Robin from further danger while Catwoman searches for her treasure. The Dynamic Duo finally catch up to her in but at what cost?
Full Recap
After Catwoman slips away to administer nameless horrors to Robin, Batman fends off Tinkerbell long enough to remove from his utility belt a pair of Batclaws, which he uses to climb up the wall and out of harm's reach. Realizing he won't be able to stay there for long, he plugs his Batears with a pair of Batearplugs and subdues the tiger with super-amplified sounds from a Batcommunicator on his utility belt. The Caped Crusader leaps from the wall, takes refuge in the room where the tiger was released and heads out to save his sidekick---only to find himself lost in the catacombs of Catwoman's lair. Meanwhile, Catwoman is on to bigger and badder things, having Robin balanced on the end of a board over a pit of more hungry tigers and supplying sand to the other end of the board. As the sand is released, the board lowers Robin slowly, deeper and deeper into the tiger den! Leaving her henchmen to her own devices, The Catwoman departs in search of Captain Manx's treasure, using a map created by fitting the two Golden Cats together and drawing their outline. Batman saves his chum in the nick of time and pit their fists against Catwoman's lackeys; during the battle, Leo escapes to join his female boss and warn her of Batman's pursuit of her.
The Dynamic Duo spirit the Golden Cats to the Batcave, where they deduce Catwoman's scheme. Soon they are at McElroy Point, where the treasure is supposedly buried and suddenly they find themselves forced to navigate Catwoman's minefield. The pair make use of The Batmobile Batarmor and Automatic Tire Device to escape the mines unscathed, just as Catwoman and Leo locate the treasure in a nearby cave. Overcome by greed, Catwoman double-crosses Leo by gassing him to sleep and she winds up being chased through the dark cave by the arriving Dynamic Duo. Catwoman arrives at the edge a bottomless crevice which she tries unsuccessfully to leap. She barely manages to catch hold of a stalactite on the other side. Batman tries to save Catwoman but she refuses to let go of the treasure, she plummets into the bottomless chasm! Later at Wayne Manor, Alfred, Bruce and Dick, in the midst of playing chess, are surprised by Aunt Harriet, who presents them with Catwoman's pet feline and claims he stole a lobster she was preparing for dinner. Dick merely quips, "He comes from a broken home."
Stoo said:Joining the Raven in 2005 became an eye-opening experience because I was shocked at how many people consider it to be their favourite Indy film. This fact continues to amaze me, 6 years later.
Ironclaw said:Or maybe it's people proselytizing from their soapbox and making snide comments.
Montana Smith said:That last line also has TLC resonances: "He comes from a broken home."
Since "Better Luck Next Time" was recycling old ideas, the way Indy has always recycled pulp, it was probably all coincidental. Maybe.
Nurhachi1991 said:Why does everyone thin The Dark Knight is the modern Citizen Kane? It in all honesty was not that great in my opinion sure the action was good the acting was nice but overall I have only watched it from start to finish 3 times... and ive watched KOTCS dozens of times and it's still awesome
Nurhachi1991 said:Why does everyone thin The Dark Knight is the modern Citizen Kane? It in all honesty was not that great in my opinion sure the action was good the acting was nice but overall I have only watched it from start to finish 3 times... and ive watched KOTCS dozens of times and it's still awesome
Ironclaw said:I am so wounded by Internet Tough Guy.