Tonight on TV, there was episode of "South Park" that was all about
"Raiders of the Lost Ark". The kids were trying to stop Lucas & Spielberg
from making and releasing a digitally enhanced version of the movie and
several scenes were re-enacted. Spielberg was Belloq, Lucas and Coppola
were Dietrich and Toht, with the kids as Indy & Marion. The canyon scene
and entire altar finale were cleverly played out using typical "South Park"
wit. Some briefs shots of the *new version* showed the opening temple
sequence of Indy facing the idol, swinging over the pit while pursued by
Ewoks...some very funny stuff.
There was even a fake commercial for the digitally re-enhanced 1st
season of "South Park" complete with CGI. Man, did this ever make
me laugh. Parker & Stone really went for it on this one!
I think the episode was from 2002 so it might have been done during
the hype for the DVD releases. This was a good one, so try and see it
anyway, anyhow or anywhere you can (or choose).