Irina Spalko: A Threatening Villain?

S

SterankoII

New member
One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when she has Indy staring at the Skull and she's outlining the Sovietss plan to use the Skull to get into minds of Americans and turn their thought into their own. That closeup shot of her with eyes looking crazy. That was Cate Blanchett'ss best scene in the movie IMO. I thought that was very threatening. To me, that's a much more insidious plan and different than the how Nazis using the power of the Ark. and actually kind of connects the object with the Communist ideology which I thought was cool.
 
U

Udvarnoky

Well-known member
That was a superb shot (and better yet, one that looked like it was ripped right out of a comic book), but she still lacked a scene where she did something evil in a direct way. Mola Ram had his "Kali Ma will rule the world" speech, but he also had the moments I wrote about above.

It really felt frustratingly like the script thought it was good enough to give us a caricature of an evil villain, and let us fill in the blanks - lazy. She's simply a poorly written character. I don't even want to think about what it would have been like if not for Blanchett.
 
The Man

The Man

Well-known member
610x.jpg


"See this? It's the world's smallest violin..."
 
J

James

Well-known member
Udvarnoky said:
That was a superb shot (and better yet, one that looked like it was ripped right out of a comic book), but she still lacked a scene where she did something evil in a direct way. Mola Ram had his "Kali Ma will rule the world" speech, but he also had the moments I wrote about above.
Click to expand...

I think it's largely a trade-off. Spalko wasn't as evil as Mola Ram, but her big plan was a lot more clearly defined. It made as much sense as the nazis wanting the Ark, and was exactly the type of psychic advantage the USSR was attempting to gain in the 50s.

But Mola just had a bunch of kids digging for some rocks, that he somehow planned to use to topple all the major religions. I'm still not clear on how he expected to do this, and I suspect neither was Mola himself.
 
D

Darth Vile

New member
James said:
I think it's largely a trade-off. Spalko wasn't as evil as Mola Ram, but her big plan was a lot more clearly defined. It made as much sense as the nazis wanting the Ark, and was exactly the type of psychic advantage the USSR was attempting to gain in the 50s.

But Mola just had a bunch of kids digging for some rocks, that he somehow planned to use to topple all the major religions. I'm still not clear on how he expected to do this, and I suspect neither was Mola himself.
Click to expand...

Too true. The arm of the "Black Sleep of Kali" has a long reach... ;)
 
Nurhachi1991

Nurhachi1991

Well-known member
Yeah Spalko and the other Russians were nothing like the Communists you see on T.V.


<style>div#main{overflow:visible;}</style><div style="background-color: #d53000; text-align:center;vertical-align: middle;width:425px;z-index:500;overflow:visible"><a href="http://www.adultswim.com/video/index.html" style="display:block;"><img src="http://www.adultswim.com/video/embeded_header.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="30" border="0"></a><object width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html"/><param name="FlashVars" value="id=a18afba11dcd51038bed0c900b0eb003" /><embed src="http://www.adultswim.com/video/vplayer/index.html" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" FlashVars="id=a18afba11dcd51038bed0c900b0eb003" allowFullScreen="true" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></div>






I actually used a Family Guy referance in real life.......... I can die happy
 
PloKoon

PloKoon

New member
Nurhachi1991 said:
Was Belloq Scary.......... No but he was still a threat



Spalko could still **** people up I mean look what she did to that ant! :p
Click to expand...

Hahaha! That's Hilarius xD

True, but was Belloq necessarily the main villain of Raiders, I think not.

:whip:
 
R

Raider S

Member
Spalko did...nothing.

And please tell me what the point of even hinting at the ESP thing was? It's like all these ideas where thrown out there then never developed.
 
S

SterankoII

New member
I thought trying to shoot Marion with a machine gun while hanging on to the front of a moving jeep was pretty hardcore.
 
The Man

The Man

Well-known member
SterankoII said:
I thought trying to shoot Marion with a machine gun while hanging on to the front of a moving jeep was pretty hardcore.
Click to expand...

Shooting at her is admirable. Missing her is unforgivable.
 
J

James

Well-known member
Raider S said:
And please tell me what the point of even hinting at the ESP thing was?
Click to expand...

It helped set up that the Russians were interested in the skull for use as a psychic weapon. Did Spalko really have ESP, or did she just think she did? I think that's probably open to debate.

The Russians also believed they had that kind of edge back in the 50s, but it didn't really get them anywhere.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top