First Introduction to Indy
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Rumpled Fedora
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When I was about 8, I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark on TV on a late Sunday afternoon. I later discovered our Indy VHS box set, and the rest is history...
Tennessee R
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I think mine was very similar to Rumpled Fedora.
Dr. HenryJones.jr
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I've got taken on my old tape from Temple Doom at the TV, I think it was 1993 and then Last Crusade I passed with sleep...oh well *hihi* Later I have old Computer with first IM in year 2000 and until collect are so bigger!
Indy Benson
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I saw it at the theater when it first came out.
ironmonkey
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the picturebook/casette of raiders of the lost ark. it was ages ago.
Joe Brody
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My family had a subscription to 'Time Magazine' back in the early '80's and Time ran a big article on RotLA a week or so prior to the original release. Bear in mind, this in the days before 'Entertainment Tonight'-type shows were everywhere and there was constant pre-release hype from innumerable media sources.
The focus of the article was on Lucas/Spielberg and how they were intent on making a low-budget back to the glory days action adventure movie. The article had pictures of the model for the Tanis dig (you can see that picture in the bonus materials DVD) and the storyboard picture of IJ blasting away in Marion's bar. I was hooked from the get-go, and I had that magazine dog-eared and falling apart by opening day.
My mother let my brother and me stay home from school on opening day and she took us to the first matinee (at times I've wondered if this was to make up for a significant delay in my seeing 'Star Wars' years before). I was blown away in that first showing and I've been a fan ever since.
[Originally posted on Austin's Cafe American]
The focus of the article was on Lucas/Spielberg and how they were intent on making a low-budget back to the glory days action adventure movie. The article had pictures of the model for the Tanis dig (you can see that picture in the bonus materials DVD) and the storyboard picture of IJ blasting away in Marion's bar. I was hooked from the get-go, and I had that magazine dog-eared and falling apart by opening day.
My mother let my brother and me stay home from school on opening day and she took us to the first matinee (at times I've wondered if this was to make up for a significant delay in my seeing 'Star Wars' years before). I was blown away in that first showing and I've been a fan ever since.
[Originally posted on Austin's Cafe American]
Junior Jones
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This isn't necessarily about my first introduction, but its what drew me in:
I had seen the trilogy at some point in my youth. I liked the movies, but there were other movies I liked just as well.
When The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles premiered, I was interested enough to watch it and was completely hooked. The exotic locations, the action (at least in the second half of the premier), and the numerous elements of actual history made me an instant fan. I started looking up stuff on Lawrence of Arabia and Pancho Villa, and almost expected to see "Jones, Indiana" listed in the encyclopedia.
Anyway, after that I bought the videos, bought the books, a friend gave me the Marvel comics, and I've been a fan ever since.
I had seen the trilogy at some point in my youth. I liked the movies, but there were other movies I liked just as well.
When The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles premiered, I was interested enough to watch it and was completely hooked. The exotic locations, the action (at least in the second half of the premier), and the numerous elements of actual history made me an instant fan. I started looking up stuff on Lawrence of Arabia and Pancho Villa, and almost expected to see "Jones, Indiana" listed in the encyclopedia.
Anyway, after that I bought the videos, bought the books, a friend gave me the Marvel comics, and I've been a fan ever since.