HovitosKing
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bflah91989 said:The US govt promises that it can go to a museum but they want the weapon source just as much as the Russians do.
Fool me once...
bflah91989 said:The US govt promises that it can go to a museum but they want the weapon source just as much as the Russians do.
Violet Indy said:No Crystal Skulls! Phantom's already done it! Atlantis has been done (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)! Aliens and artifacts together (Stargate)! Do something different please.
replican't said:Crystal skulls is a pretty gay idea
why not have him looking for an original My Little Pony from the 80s?
maybe hes getting all 13 back from the Russians,but that sounds to close to the Temple of Doom doesnt it?HovitosKing said:OKay so assume he's looking for 13 skulls. Are they all in one place, like in a pile on the floor in a jungle temple? or is Indy running around through the whole movie collecting 13 individual skulls? i think the mcguffin should be ONE artifact.
Professor Jones said:Besides, a reference to a video-game, for as glorious it could be (like FoA), for me would be a little too out of focus in an elegant movie. I say that because cinema is an art, and every reference to other arts increases it's cultural and elegance level, while video-games are entertainement and a reference to them in a movie would certainly low its level from art to entertainment.
ResidentAlien said:Fiiirst, Indy is not "high-art." It can't be as it is inherently cheap thrills entertainment as those were it's roots in Pulp Literature. Yes, I do think Indy is well made. Yes, there is some brilliantly expressive lighting in the first two films and excellent thematic material... still not high art though.
As for video games being a lesser medium... uhm... what?!
Hell, FOA is better written and thematically stronger than ANY of the films. Not to mention it has all those brilliantly drawn backgrounds... FOA not being art? Uh... what?
Professor Jones said:Video games ARE NOT art. That's by definition. As I said they're "entertainment". You can say they're art but that's your opinion, and not a definition. Cinema is art by definition, no matter how high.
ResidentAlien said:You just don't seem to understand the meaning of art.
Video games ARE NOT art. That's by definition. As I said they're "entertainment". You can say they're art but that's your opinion, and not a definition. Cinema is art by definition, no matter how high.
I must say, though, that I'd love another "catholic/christian/jewish" theme, because it would follow the path of the two most beautiful movies of the serie (in my opinion). I believe that certain lacks of Temple Of Doom were depending just on that emptiness of meaning of the three Sankara stones compared to the Ark or the Grail.
HovitosKing said:crystal skulls = LAME x 13
chapter11 said:How very Judeo-Christian of you! In what way are the Sankara stones empty compared to the Ark or Grail? Culturally and religiously, they hold a similarly significant a place for the Indian characters in that film as the Christian relics in the other two movies. I think Indy comes to realize this at the end:
"Now you understand the power of the stones?"
"Yes, I understand."
This exchange isn't just about the literal "power" of the stones as objects, but their mystical, religious, symbolic and practical relevance as well.