I know a lot of people were bugged by the scifi element in Crystal Skull, but they're forgetting that there's a precedence for it. As far back as Raiders there's evidence that our ancient civilizations had contact with life - droid life, anyway - from the stars.
"Indy! No hitting!"
I still have a lot of Indy links to post. Like this one about how the Indiana Jones stunt show at Disneyland will no longer feature Dr. Jones' directly hitting anyone. One of the senior show directors said that even though there haven't been a lot of complaints, there "will be more pushes and shoves than direct hits." Crowds don't seem to like it when he punches Irina Spalko. Stupid crowds.
Re-reading the article, I notice that it says three punches are being removed, but it doesn't say how many punches Indy used to throw. So I suppose he could've thrown about 20, leaving 17 of them intact. I wouldn't bet money on it though.
Incidentally, I got to be in the Indy stunt show at Disney World last time I was there. I'll have to scan some pictures from that.
Waiting for Dr. Jones
And speaking Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure, this guy's taken tons of pictures of the queue. Disney sure knows how to make waiting in line fun.
Indy party!
Want to throw an Indiana Jones-themed shindig?
Indiana Jones makes bath time better
Indy towels.
Red Sonja casting
Apparently Rose McGowan is your new Red Sonja. This is older news and there was a minor hitch in it thanks to a tabloid's reporting that Rose and Red Sonja producer Robert Rodriguez had broken up. Rose has denied that rumor though and will be at San Diego Comic-Con with Rodriguez to promote the movie, so it sounds like she's still in. (For Barbarella, too.)
And in other Unlikely Casting news...
Here's Seth Rogen to defend why he's playing the Green Hornet.
For years we'd really been trying to write a movie that was kind of about a heroMore about space opera
and his sidekick. When we heard the Green Hornet movie was up for grabs, we
thought that could be the perfect way to do this story, because he is the only
hero whose sidekick is more known than he is.
Related to Monday's post about the relevance of space opera, Barnes & Noble ran a nice overview of the genre. Paul DiFilippo looks at it's history and talks about not only the successes, but what hasn't worked and why. Interesting stuff.
Tiki Joe Mysteries
I'm all for more murder and mayhem in the Pacific islands. Even if it doesn't include a hot detective or the walking dead.
1 comment:
Ha...great point about the droids in Raiders.
I've been wondering how fans would've reacted if Indy had encountered aliens back in the original trilogy.
Imagine if Spielberg had followed E.T. with a South American plot similar to Indy 4. Would it have been a bigger shock, or would it have been easier to accept as canon?
The original script for Indy 3- with Indy encountering the Monkey King- was also pretty fantastical. It makes you wonder how the overall series would've been regarded if it had been produced.
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