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post #61 of 90
8/14/08 at 3:37pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
I'm not so sure they combined them with anything new age, rather the known fact that the USSR was actively doing research into ESP and other "psychic" abilities as early as the 1950s. In my opinion this makes it a perfect combination.

Doug
Of course they did. The mystical attributes claimed for the crystal skulls come from New Age writers, not from 50s Russian psychic research. How many 50s scifi movies can you name dealing with either subject? If Lucas really wanted to stay with a 50s theme, the New Age mumbo jumbo doesn't belong.

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I'm not sure what the problem with the crystal Skulls is? It is after all an Indiana Jones movie, the mcguffin is just that, an excuse for the movie. Not sure why anyone cares what it is. They could have made something up out of whole cloth if they wanted too. Even if the skulls are only from the mid-19th century thats still pretty old. I mean how old does an artifact have to be before it can be in an Indiana Jones movie?
Some mcguffins are more interesting than others. Crystal skulls are DULL compared to the historical weight of the Lost Ark and the Holy Grail. It's obvious Lucas realized this with his attempt to attach all the ancient Aztec hoohaw to them, even though there's no there there. Really, how interested would anyone be in "Indiana Jones and the search for the crystal skulls manufactured in the 19th Century"?
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post #62 of 90
8/14/08 at 4:19pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by RobertR
Of course they did. The mystical attributes claimed for the crystal skulls come from New Age writers, not from 50s Russian psychic research. How many 50s scifi movies can you name dealing with either subject? If Lucas really wanted to stay with a 50s theme, the New Age mumbo jumbo doesn't belong.

Some mcguffins are more interesting than others. Crystal skulls are DULL compared to the historical weight of the Lost Ark and the Holy Grail. It's obvious Lucas realized this with his attempt to attach all the ancient Aztec hoohaw to them, even though there's no there there. Really, how interested would anyone be in "Indiana Jones and the search for the crystal skulls manufactured in the 19th Century"?


Frankly I had no idea what the Lost Ark was before I saw Raiders, so the fact that it was some ancient artifact who's existence at all is highly questionable, was completely irrelevant to me.

Like wise I didn't know what Shankara Stones were before I saw Doom. I surely didn't know they glowed when brought together. Of course Lucas made that up.

I knew what the Holy Grail was, but had no idea it had the power to extend life, which of course is another invention of Lucas'.

Honestly I couldn't care less if they skulls are 100 years old or never existed at all, it has no effect on my enjoyment of the movie. If the story is interesting enough I don't think people care one way or the other what the Mcguffin is.

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"It might be a Scottish name, taken from a story about two men in a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh that's a McGuffin.' The first one asks 'What's a McGuffin?' 'Well' the other man says, 'It's an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish Highlands.' The first man says, 'But there are no lions in the Scottish Highlands,' and the other one answers 'Well, then that's no McGuffin!' So you see, a McGuffin is nothing at all."

Alfred Hitchcock

Doug
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post #63 of 90
8/14/08 at 4:29pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Honestly I couldn't care less if they skulls are 100 years old or never existed at all, it has no effect on my enjoyment of the movie. If the story is interesting enough I don't think people care one way or the other what the Mcguffin is.
I'd say you're atypical. As I pointed out, why did Lucas try to make the crystal skull stuff seem more important by attaching it to the Ancient Aztecs if, as you claim, the mcguffin doesn't matter? It's obvious that he knows it DOES matter, and it's obvious that he knows that Jewish, Christian, and Hindu cultural/religious traditions are far more interesting and carry more weight to people (even if they don't know all the particulars) than artifacts made 150 years ago by some hoaxers. That's why he TRIED to make it weightier. It didn't work.
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post #64 of 90
8/14/08 at 4:32pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by RobertR
I'd say you're atypical. As I pointed out, why did Lucas try to make the crystal skull stuff seem more important by attaching it to the Ancient Aztecs if, as you claim, the mcguffin doesn't matter? It's obvious that he knows it DOES matter, and it's obvious that he knows that Jewish, Christian, and Hindu cultural/religious traditions are far more interesting and carry more weight to people (even if they don't know all the particulars) than artifacts made 150 years ago by some hoaxers. That's why he TRIED to make it weightier. It didn't work.


I think he tied it to Aztecs because that is the prevailing myth about them, and also to give it more of an "archeological" feel. I don't think he wanted to totally abandon the formula of Indiana Jones, IE an archeologist crawling around dusty old tombs.

Of course the McGuffin has to SEEM important. The Uranium in Notorious seems important, but its not. Hitchcock was ready to switch it to industrial diamonds when the producer objected to uranium. Its irrelevant other than setting a mood.

All four movies assume that the objects are not hoaxes when it could be argued that all of them are. Again that's not the point.

I thought it worked just fine, and given the box office I would say that I'm probably not atypical.

Doug
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post #65 of 90
8/14/08 at 4:45pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

There's already a thread here to discuss and critique the film itself.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...thread-15.html

This one should stay dedicated to the BD release.
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post #66 of 90
8/14/08 at 5:00pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Dave Mack
There's already a thread here to discuss and critique the film itself.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...thread-15.html

This one should stay dedicated to the BD release.

I thought we were talking about the BD release.

Doug
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post #67 of 90
8/14/08 at 5:22pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

You're kidding right? Re-read the last 16 posts before mine. All about crystal skulls and mythology and how it did or didn't work.
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post #68 of 90
8/14/08 at 6:33pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

yeah...and its coming out on blu-ray....so we are talking about it.
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post #69 of 90
8/14/08 at 7:35pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

Dave is saying this thread should be dedicated to the technical aspects and features of the Blu-Ray disc while the movie itself should be discussed in the actual DISCUSSION thread. I agree.
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post #70 of 90
8/14/08 at 7:56pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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I think he tied it to Aztecs because that is the prevailing myth about them
There is no prevailing myth about Aztecs and crystal skulls. Lucas manufactured a connection to a culture which is KNOWN to be nonexistent (unlike the other films). But Dave is right that this discussion is in the wrong thread.
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post #71 of 90
8/14/08 at 7:57pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

That's what I meant. We don't really need two different threads discussing the pros and cons of the film. Some of us have not seen it yet. So this thead about the BD release itself can easily become spoilerific. Some of us have avoided the other thread for that reason. We should be able to check in here to see about the upcoming release without potential spoilers, plot points, mcguffins listed or a rehash of the same old discussions/arguments.

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post #72 of 90
8/14/08 at 8:02pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

I also agree.....I haven't even seen this film yet and won't be doing so until the BD is out. I don't need to read discussions which could possibly spoil the film for myself and others. Thankfully, I haven't read the above posts so I'm still spoiler-free.
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post #73 of 90
8/14/08 at 8:17pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Dave Mack
That's what I meant. We don't really need two different threads discussing the pros and cons of the film. Some of us have not see it yet. So this thead about the BD release itself can easily become spoilerific. Some of us have avoided the other thread for that reason. We should be able to check in here to see about the upcoming release without potential spoilers, plot points, mcguffins listed or a rehash of the same old discussions/arguments.


Sorry I didn't think we were talking about anything that wasn't fairly common knowledge from the trailers or the poster.

I was only talking about it because there isn't really much to say about the blu-ray until it comes out.

Doug
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post #74 of 90
8/14/08 at 8:44pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
I was only talking about it because there isn't really much to say about the blu-ray until it comes out.

Yep. And therein lies the rub with restricting these threads to only a technical discussion of the disc itself. So, how about that press release? That's a mighty fine press release! *crickets*

While I understand the sensitivity to spoilers, I will say that at least I never felt like anyone was threadcrapping when the discussion veered toward the movie itself.
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post #75 of 90
8/14/08 at 8:51pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
Yep. And therein lies the rub with restricting these threads to only a technical discussion of the disc itself. So, how about that press release? That's a mighty fine press release! *crickets*

Why? What's wrong with using the other thread though? Do we really need 2 different threads saying the same things?
Most of the discussion is there anyways. Let this thread bump on it's own when there's BD disc info. or for discussion about the release. If this were a 40 year old catalog title it would be one thing but this is still a very new release with a huge, very active thread currently being used in the proper forum and which has been named the OFFICIAL Indy discussion thread.


http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...thread-15.html
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post #76 of 90
8/14/08 at 8:55pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
Sorry I didn't think we were talking about anything that wasn't fairly common knowledge from the trailers or the poster.

I was only talking about it because there isn't really much to say about the blu-ray until it comes out.

Doug


Well I read something about 50's Sci Fi and flying saucers already in this thread and I don't recall seeing that in the one trailer I saw.

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post #77 of 90
8/14/08 at 11:11pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Dave Mack
Well I read something about 50's Sci Fi and flying saucers already in this thread and I don't recall seeing that in the one trailer I saw.

Well I think I put most of my reference into spoiler boxes. If I failed to do that I apologizes. I honestly thought the skull on the poster pretty much gave the whole thing away.

This is just where the conversation started up so I didn't see any harm in talking about it here. Kinda seems like making people at a party go to a different room if they want to talk about a particular subject. I just didn't see any harm in it.

Doug
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post #78 of 90
8/15/08 at 3:48am

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

Not everyone does do spoiler boxes. I certainly didn't see any flying saucers on the poster but now know they have something to do with the film. Having this thread remain about the disc itself helps with things like that. Having the other thread be open to discuss the plot itself helps.
This way people interested in discussing/arguing about the movie itself can have their comments conveniently in one thread and not have to skim two different ones and people interested in details about the disc release itself can look for new info. here. It makes it easier. And makes each thread much less redundant. That's why there are separate forums here.
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post #79 of 90
9/12/08 at 8:37pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

I can't believe I'm actually saying this about an Indy film coming to DVD, but I think I may actually pass up buying or renting this one it was really that bad.

I LOVED the whole Indy phenomena and I've seen them all, some numerous times, but this one just left a really sour taste that repeat viewings probably never will erase...

So sad to see such an amazing movie serial go down in flames the way this POS did.

Oh how the mighty have fallen.
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post #80 of 90
9/13/08 at 4:48am

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Really looking forward to checking out KOTCS on BD, if Paramount does it right then it should be a reference disc.
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post #81 of 90
9/13/08 at 11:33am

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Alf S
I can't believe I'm actually saying this about an Indy film coming to DVD, but I think I may actually pass up buying or renting this one it was really that bad.

I LOVED the whole Indy phenomena and I've seen them all, some numerous times, but this one just left a really sour taste that repeat viewings probably never will erase...

So sad to see such an amazing movie serial go down in flames the way this POS did.

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Thanks for bumping this thread with such an insightful threadcrap. Please leave your driver's license and voter registration card on the table on your way out...
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post #82 of 90
9/13/08 at 4:19pm

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It's funny, I was just thinking "what the internet really needs is more guys' opinions about sequels."

Does anyone know who is in charge of producing a disc like this, Lucasfilm or Paramount? I'm sure Lucas/Spielberg sign off on things, but what entity actually does the transfer and extras?
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post #83 of 90
9/13/08 at 5:35pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

Lucasfilm is responsible for all their brands.
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post #84 of 90
9/14/08 at 8:07am

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

Although it's tempting, I think I'm gonna wait for the inevitable Indiana Jones 4-Movie Blu-Ray Collection whenever it gets released. I feel the new movie is certainly fun and entertaining, but I can wait for it.
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post #85 of 90
9/15/08 at 6:09am

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Ray H
Although it's tempting, I think I'm gonna wait for the inevitable Indiana Jones 4-Movie Blu-Ray Collection whenever it gets released. I feel the new movie is certainly fun and entertaining, but I can wait for it.

You took the words right out of my mouth
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post #86 of 90
9/15/08 at 6:33am

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Ray H
Although it's tempting, I think I'm gonna wait for the inevitable Indiana Jones 4-Movie Blu-Ray Collection whenever it gets released. I feel the new movie is certainly fun and entertaining, but I can wait for it.

I think I can't wait anymore it can be few months, but also a year or more before we will see boxset hmm

Marek
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post #87 of 90
9/15/08 at 7:35am

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it can be few months, but also a year or more before we will see boxset hmm

I can guarantee you a BD boxed set will not come for at least over a year. It will not be released at any other time other than the 4th Qtr. And if they decide they want to do another film, you won't see the release until then probably.
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post #88 of 90
9/15/08 at 8:14am

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

I am going to plan to wait for the box set with the original trilogy to come out. But who knows I may get weak and pick up the new IJ4 one day when I am shopping for other Blu-ray's. I have not seen the new Indiana movie so I am not really dying to buy it like I would be with the original trilogy.

And I think Will is correct that we will not see the original trilogy for at least 1 year and most likely around Christmas time of 09'.

Not real covers but I can not wait!


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post #89 of 90
9/15/08 at 8:14am

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by WillG
I can guarantee you a BD boxed set will not come for at least over a year. It will not be released at any other time other than the 4th Qtr. And if they decide they want to do another film, you won't see the release until then probably.

and that's why I will buy this one on first day

and I am sure it will be a reference disk in terms of PQ, AQ and extras...

Marek
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post #90 of 90
9/17/08 at 6:55pm

Re: Breaking News: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (DVD/Blu-ray)

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Originally Posted by Alf S
I can't believe I'm actually saying this about an Indy film coming to DVD, but I think I may actually pass up buying or renting this one it was really that bad.

I LOVED the whole Indy phenomena and I've seen them all, some numerous times, but this one just left a really sour taste that repeat viewings probably never will erase...

So sad to see such an amazing movie serial go down in flames the way this POS did.

Oh how the mighty have fallen.



and the award for best threadcrap of the month goes to....
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