Comments on: 10 Awesome Indiana Jones Facts

By: obisolo

obisolo — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:25:33 +0000

all the flashlights in Indy 4 are lightsabors

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:26:17 +0000

CGI was rubbish. If they aint gonna use it much then they should be able to make it awesome. They didn’t. Evidence: Scene where Indy throws gunpowder in the air to find a magnetic head… In fact that whole idea makes no sense at all regardless of bad CGI.

By: ShelleB

ShelleB — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:27:37 +0000

Just a little extra trivia for the fans of Star Wars and Chewbacca. I live in a town called Weatherford, Texas(west of Fort Worth) not far from Weatherford is another town called Granbury. I happen to know that that is were the man who played Chewy lives and he has a son & daughter named Luke & Leigha.

By: Mar

Mar — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:55:56 +0000

Actually, I thought aliens were just fitting. I mean, the film’s set during cold war. The whole Roswell/Area 52 is sooo fifties. And they are neither syrupy sweet like E.T. or dangerous like in Alien. My main complain about the film is that Indy never seems to get in real trouble, there is not a moment when you think he’s doomed and won’t be able to make it… And (SPOILER) that lighter working perfectly after so much water!
I agree with those who praise Karen Allen. Hollywood should really learn that older, cleverer woman can be attractive. Hey, I’m glad that at some point Cate Blanchett’s Irina Spalko is described as “in her mid-thirties” that being my own age. And maybe this is why I didn’t like Temple of doom so much. Neither me none of my girlfriends could or wanted to relate to Capshaw’s character.This film is great entertainment and I feel that’s a lot, already.

By: Frogbit

Frogbit — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:17:59 +0000

I don’t know why everybody’s getting all uppity about aliens – we had an enraged desert god in Lost Ark, magic stones in Doom, and I’m pretty sure the forces of Jesus offed the baddie at the end of Grail.
So, mythical cosmic supernatural forces tearing about in the first three movies is fine, but bring in space aliens and it’s all a bit far fetched?

By: Philip Hamon

Philip Hamon — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:43:30 +0000

At the beginning, this movie had such promise in the fiftiesque Happy Days/Them themed desert southwest. The rocket sled and atomic blast scenes were awesome and then it’s almost as if the movie ran out of gas. It seemed tired and predictable.

By: T F 23

T F 23 — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:29:41 +0000

Sequel ~ Indiana Jones and The Spear of Destiny is a four issue comic book limited series published by Dark Horse Comics from April to July 1995. It was their seventh series about the adult Indiana Jones.

The story involves Henry ‘Indiana’ Jones Jr. and his father Henry Jones, Sr. in a quest to find the Holy Lance that pierced Christ, also known as the Spear of Destiny. Following the Jonses into the heart of Ireland in 1945, it’s a race to stop the Nazis from acquiring a power that could destroy humanity.

By: T F 23

T F 23 — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:08:28 +0000

#7 Rats – I swear the some of the Rat sounds are 30 second bits of “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict” off of the Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma. I too, confuse Roger Waters with Chickens all the time.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:31:51 +0000

I saw the film last night as well, and personally, I loved it. I see how you could feel like they jumped the shark though. I was thinking that as well, because in I, II, and III, they were searching for religious artifacts, whereas in the new one it just seemed kind of Sci-Fi… then I put it in the perspective of it being an Ancient religious artifact and it felt a little less Happy Days. I think that if bits of the begining and the (SPOILER!) double-double cross had been left on the cutting room floor it would have felt just like Classic Indy.

That and I *still* wouldn’t kick Harrison Ford out of bed for eating crackers… and he’s old enough to be my grandfather!

I loved the less-than-subtle nods to the fans of the Lucas and Spielberg empires, and Karen Allen looks amazing after all these years. Hollywood ladies should take a page out of her book on aging gracefully!

I also loved Cate Blanchett as the villain. But then again, she’s basically awesome at anything that lands on her plate.

and now to validate this post with some Indy Trivia: The Nazi that Indy fights in Raiders and the guy that he fights in the Mine are, in fact, the same actor.

The final scenes on the outside of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade were filmed at the Treasury in Petra. My roomate traveled there this summer, and was dismayed to inform us that inside the treasury there is only one small chamber (Although many more are thought to be below ground, and are unexcavated because of the danger of collapse!) ;) no leaps of faith or beheading mechanisms.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:42:10 +0000

I saw the new film last night. They jumped the shark. Really. A lot of the folks in the theater, including the guys dressed in Indy garb, said afterwards it was so-so. Obviously they didn’t study the earlier films enough, because I saw stark differences, especially the script. Sorry, but bleh. And space aliens? Come on. Dumb.