Aawww...I just LOVE the beginning of REALM OF THE DEAD. That's the Indy I'd be quite satisfied to see on the big screen: desperate, disillusioned, lonely, walking throught he rain, a bit grumpy, annoyed by young secretaries who want to help him ...
It's also such a great achievement because, not only in the scene at the beginning, but also through big parts of the script, you manage to actually capture Indy's character the right way.
Many fan stories treat his character AND the situations he finds himself in way too harmless. Thereby they unfortunately miss, what IMHO is one of the Indy concept's greatest strengths: authenticity.
the action surrounding Indiana Jones is bloody, sweaty and dirty. Indy normally can only BARELY escape these life threatening situations. I mean...the mileage isn't there without a reason. (this is also what I think separates him from James Bond and other "cleaner" heroes.)
But whom am I telling that. Of course it's far easier to talk about what a vulnerable, human action hero Indy is than actually putting him in these scenes with your imagination and ....letting him survive...just by an inch.
I remember another great great script opening, which also handled Indy's character and action in an equally wonderful way. I think it was that Gypsie's Kiss thing by monkey, where Indy, in the beginning, finds himself into a tomb or something.
However...I thought that in the mid section REALM was slowing down a bit and I lost some interest but the end was again really satisfying, entertaining and meaningful. After all it's just a great idea you came up with to tackle our aging hero.
I guess REALM was far more satisfying for me (mostly because of what I've pointed out above) than these sons of darkness and sword of arthur stories. where did that undeserved fame of especially THE SWORD OF ARTHUR come from?
I deeply respect and admire anyone who's able to produce scripts of these lengths that are at least entertaining enough to keep me reading. Even if they completely seem to miss the point and concept of the hero or the action.
It's also such a great achievement because, not only in the scene at the beginning, but also through big parts of the script, you manage to actually capture Indy's character the right way.
Many fan stories treat his character AND the situations he finds himself in way too harmless. Thereby they unfortunately miss, what IMHO is one of the Indy concept's greatest strengths: authenticity.
the action surrounding Indiana Jones is bloody, sweaty and dirty. Indy normally can only BARELY escape these life threatening situations. I mean...the mileage isn't there without a reason. (this is also what I think separates him from James Bond and other "cleaner" heroes.)
But whom am I telling that. Of course it's far easier to talk about what a vulnerable, human action hero Indy is than actually putting him in these scenes with your imagination and ....letting him survive...just by an inch.
I remember another great great script opening, which also handled Indy's character and action in an equally wonderful way. I think it was that Gypsie's Kiss thing by monkey, where Indy, in the beginning, finds himself into a tomb or something.
However...I thought that in the mid section REALM was slowing down a bit and I lost some interest but the end was again really satisfying, entertaining and meaningful. After all it's just a great idea you came up with to tackle our aging hero.
I guess REALM was far more satisfying for me (mostly because of what I've pointed out above) than these sons of darkness and sword of arthur stories. where did that undeserved fame of especially THE SWORD OF ARTHUR come from?
I deeply respect and admire anyone who's able to produce scripts of these lengths that are at least entertaining enough to keep me reading. Even if they completely seem to miss the point and concept of the hero or the action.