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(Yes slightly OTT title but just writing a name seems a bit dull)
There has been very little discussion on one of the best loved characters in the Indy Saga namely Sallah, i think it has been asummed by many that he will just be back but i think there are some interesting arguements for and aganist in his return....again.
Really in Raiders i got the impression that Sallah was just another of Indys contacts, but he grew so that in the end he could not be killed off and he became a pillar of the Indy Universe despite his absence from all but the most obscure non-movie material. By the time LC came along Sallah had lost his family that had figured heavily in Raiders and had become the comic relief, his character had been watered down, but i dont think this mattered much as it fitted the climax at the end of the film and made a good ending for the series as we know LC was going to be the final Indy film....oh dear.
I dont see any point in Sallah being in Indy IV (I mean as a sidekick rather than the infamous 'Nostalgia' scene) if he is once again going to be along for the ride. Also i think that once you emerge into the 50's Sallahs character just doesnt work he is just as much of a relic of a bygone age as Indy, the British would have left Egypt and even gone to war and never again would at least in Egypt Foreginers fight their wars in Egypt as in Raiders. The world of the 50's is a far more real world, and Sallah would need to reflect this. LC watered down the character of Sallah to his bare essentials, into almost a charicature. I' am not sure if Sallah can be rescued from what LC turned him into. I doubt for various Poltical, story and reasons of avoiding endless desert that Indy IV will take place in Egypt or the Middle East so why should Sallah be there?. Is it that Sallah has become a vital part of the formula?
On the otherhand Sallah is a much loved character who i believe should come along, but not just for the ride as he was in LC as this would repeat LC. It seems to me that an arguement can be made that LC was the end of one era of Indy and as LC destroyed so much (Indys edge, Marcus into a fool, Sallah into comic arab) to create the brilliant piece that it is that maybe there should be a break with the past esps as Marcus is dead, Henry is an octogenerian.
But i dont know you tell me.......
(Yes slightly OTT title but just writing a name seems a bit dull)
There has been very little discussion on one of the best loved characters in the Indy Saga namely Sallah, i think it has been asummed by many that he will just be back but i think there are some interesting arguements for and aganist in his return....again.
Really in Raiders i got the impression that Sallah was just another of Indys contacts, but he grew so that in the end he could not be killed off and he became a pillar of the Indy Universe despite his absence from all but the most obscure non-movie material. By the time LC came along Sallah had lost his family that had figured heavily in Raiders and had become the comic relief, his character had been watered down, but i dont think this mattered much as it fitted the climax at the end of the film and made a good ending for the series as we know LC was going to be the final Indy film....oh dear.
I dont see any point in Sallah being in Indy IV (I mean as a sidekick rather than the infamous 'Nostalgia' scene) if he is once again going to be along for the ride. Also i think that once you emerge into the 50's Sallahs character just doesnt work he is just as much of a relic of a bygone age as Indy, the British would have left Egypt and even gone to war and never again would at least in Egypt Foreginers fight their wars in Egypt as in Raiders. The world of the 50's is a far more real world, and Sallah would need to reflect this. LC watered down the character of Sallah to his bare essentials, into almost a charicature. I' am not sure if Sallah can be rescued from what LC turned him into. I doubt for various Poltical, story and reasons of avoiding endless desert that Indy IV will take place in Egypt or the Middle East so why should Sallah be there?. Is it that Sallah has become a vital part of the formula?
On the otherhand Sallah is a much loved character who i believe should come along, but not just for the ride as he was in LC as this would repeat LC. It seems to me that an arguement can be made that LC was the end of one era of Indy and as LC destroyed so much (Indys edge, Marcus into a fool, Sallah into comic arab) to create the brilliant piece that it is that maybe there should be a break with the past esps as Marcus is dead, Henry is an octogenerian.
But i dont know you tell me.......