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In Retrospect, The Writer Of ‘Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull’ Thinks The Aliens Were Probably A Mistake
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| 07122022
| josh kurp
Posted on 07/12/2022 3:13:22 PM PDT by max americana
It took awhile, but the Star Wars prequels are now considered cool. Will Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull get the same critical re-evaluation? It hasn’t happened yet, and maybe it shouldn’t considering the film features a scene where Shia LaBeouf swings through the jungle with a bunch of CGI monkeys, but… what was I talking about again? Oh yeah, the Indiana Jones movie with the aliens.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull writer David Koepp recently appeared on the Script Apart podcast, where he discussed the decision to add extra-terrestrials to the Indy canon. “I was never happy with the idea [of the aliens]. When I came on, I tried to convince [Spielberg and co-writer George Lucas] to change it. I had this other idea. They didn’t want to change it,” he said.
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Reference; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crystalskull; davidkoepp; georgelucas; hollywood; indianajones; itjustsucked; overthehillgang; shialabeouf; stevenspielberg; ufo
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aliens, dude..
To: max americana
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:14:33 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: max americana
But the frozen monkey brains were OK?
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:14:38 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: max americana
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:15:48 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: Antoninus
i knew this image was coming XD
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:17:09 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: Antoninus
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:18:41 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: max americana
I don’t remember Aliens.
Maybe they erased my memory?
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:21:40 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
To: max americana
I’m thinking the refrigerator didn’t help either.
To: Antoninus
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:23:40 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: DarrellZero
It was lead lined...
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:23:53 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: max americana
The movie could've been great - the concept of a cold war period piece with genuine Soviets as the bad guys, and Indie reunited with Marion Ravenwood...so much wasted potential.
And whoever cast Shia Lebouef as a greaser tough guy should be fired, blacklisted and keel hauled.
To: max americana
The whole movie was a mistake.
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:26:32 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
To: max americana
The reason we liked the first one was because of the historical and spiritual significance of a very real archaeological treasure, the Ark of the Covenant, although dramatic license was in play. God’s power triumphing over evil never gets old.
When they resorted to aliens, that wasn’t nearly as interesting for real archaeological story-telling.
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:27:13 PM PDT
by
skr
(Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
To: Joe 6-pack
the only good scene was when Indy said “I like Ike”. That was it.
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:27:59 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: skr
and the third one also with historical Christian reference was the Cup of Christ..
“he chose poorly”
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:29:08 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
To: DarrellZero
Are you saying my nuclear blast refrigerator shelter is a bad idea?
I just got home and the wife and kids are manniquins - I think they followed me home from the department store.
But then Anne Francis was a mannequin in The Twilight Zone so....
Wait, what...?
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:29:27 PM PDT
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SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: max americana
“Star Wars prequels are now considered cool.”
You have GOT to be baracking me.
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:29:32 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: DarrellZero
I feel like I’m the only one on the planet that loved that scene. It reminded me of a lot of cheesy 50s and 60s sci fi that I love.
I don’t think “Kingdom” was as terrible as people claim ... it does have two scenes that are really cringeworthy though ... the stupid “Tarzan” / fencing duel and that whole waterfall sequence.
I have no idea what to expect with this new one coming out ... from what I’ve read, it’s going to be woke and horrible.
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:29:33 PM PDT
by
edh
To: Yo-Yo
“But the frozen monkey brains were OK?”
They were CHILLED! Not frozen, CHILLED! :-P
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:29:59 PM PDT
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edh
To: max americana
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was such a memorable movie that I don’t even recall there was an alien part to it.
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posted on
07/12/2022 3:30:26 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Crush, smash and obliterate the Liberal New World Order)
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