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aliens???
terrible idea. having aliens in an indiana jones movie is like having the uss enterprise fight a fire breathing dragon 44%  44%  [ 7 ]
good idea. indiana jones has seen some unlikely s**t before, like ghosts, the holy grail, etc. 44%  44%  [ 7 ]
(other option) 13%  13%  [ 2 ]
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24 Apr 2011, 12:27 pm

what do you guys think?



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24 Apr 2011, 1:37 pm

Not worst than Jewish Wraith and undying templar knight.


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24 Apr 2011, 2:05 pm

I don't actually think they were a bad idea. What was a bad idea was making the aliens CGI. They should have been made from old-school puppets or robots, and covered in slime / goo.



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24 Apr 2011, 4:09 pm

Sorry for this, but I have to say it:

There's only 1 alien! The rest are interdimensional beings. They're definitely not aliens, because Stephen Spielberg refused to do another film involving aliens. I know they look like what we think aliens ought to look like (except of course we're probably wrong), and they look like they're in what we think an alien spaceship ought to look like (probably wrong again), but according the story they are definitely not aliens.

Although your question is badly phrased :P I said yes. It's a B-movie.



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24 Apr 2011, 4:22 pm

Saw the movie. Who cares if there were aliens in it really?



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24 Apr 2011, 4:31 pm

raisedbyignorance wrote:
Saw the movie. Who cares if there were aliens in it really?


Me. Sorry if I'm being pedantic - but I would hate to talk about an Indiana Jones film without being factual.



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24 Apr 2011, 4:49 pm

Am I coming across too strongly? I love talking about Indiana Jones films. Maybe I should avoid talking about them?



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24 Apr 2011, 8:31 pm

Indy wrote:
Sorry for this, but I have to say it:

There's only 1 alien! The rest are interdimensional beings. They're definitely not aliens, because Stephen Spielberg refused to do another film involving aliens. I know they look like what we think aliens ought to look like (except of course we're probably wrong), and they look like they're in what we think an alien spaceship ought to look like (probably wrong again), but according the story they are definitely not aliens.

Although your question is badly phrased :P I said yes. It's a B-movie.


Interdimensional beings??? they didn't mention that in the film. :? this movie is even stupider than i thought. :roll: what is your opinion on the aliens/interdimensional beings being in an INDIANA JONES movie?



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25 Apr 2011, 8:28 am

Indy wrote:
Am I coming across too strongly? I love talking about Indiana Jones films. Maybe I should avoid talking about them?


Don't avoid talking about them if they matter to you.

I really didn't like the 2008 film. But I loved the others, especially Raiders of the Lost Ark.



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25 Apr 2011, 8:59 am

Indy wrote:
Sorry for this, but I have to say it:

There's only 1 alien! The rest are interdimensional beings. They're definitely not aliens, because Stephen Spielberg refused to do another film involving aliens. I know they look like what we think aliens ought to look like (except of course we're probably wrong), and they look like they're in what we think an alien spaceship ought to look like (probably wrong again), but according the story they are definitely not aliens.

Although your question is badly phrased :P I said yes. It's a B-movie.


I saw an interview with Stephen Spielberg where he spoke at some length about this issue. He said Lucas was trying to get him to do another Indiana Jones movie, and that Lucas' idea was to have aliens in it. But Spielberg didn't want aliens. So Lucas came up to him one day and said something like, "you know, maybe we shouldn't do aliens. You're right about it being overused and stuff like that." Spielberg was all excited and happy about this, but then Lucas goes like, "yeah, they're not aliens, they're extra-terrestrials!" And Spielberg goes, "WHAT?!"

Was a really funny interview, actually.



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25 Apr 2011, 12:28 pm

Henbane wrote:
Indy wrote:
Am I coming across too strongly? I love talking about Indiana Jones films. Maybe I should avoid talking about them?


Don't avoid talking about them if they matter to you.

I really didn't like the 2008 film. But I loved the others, especially Raiders of the Lost Ark.


Thanks - most people tell me that I get too excited and start giving 'lectures' about the films. I don't mean to :oops:

I think most people would agree with you about Kingdom being the worst and Raiders being the best. I like them all equally. I can't wait for the 5th :D

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Indy wrote:
Sorry for this, but I have to say it:

There's only 1 alien! The rest are interdimensional beings. They're definitely not aliens, because Stephen Spielberg refused to do another film involving aliens. I know they look like what we think aliens ought to look like (except of course we're probably wrong), and they look like they're in what we think an alien spaceship ought to look like (probably wrong again), but according the story they are definitely not aliens.

Although your question is badly phrased :P I said yes. It's a B-movie.


I saw an interview with Stephen Spielberg where he spoke at some length about this issue. He said Lucas was trying to get him to do another Indiana Jones movie, and that Lucas' idea was to have aliens in it. But Spielberg didn't want aliens. So Lucas came up to him one day and said something like, "you know, maybe we shouldn't do aliens. You're right about it being overused and stuff like that." Spielberg was all excited and happy about this, but then Lucas goes like, "yeah, they're not aliens, they're extra-terrestrials!" And Spielberg goes, "WHAT?!"

Was a really funny interview, actually.


I saw a similar interview. I think Stephen Spielberg really wanted to avoid doing any more alien films. When George Lucas told him that he'd changed the name to interdimensional beings, Spielberg pulled a funny face and said "okay, whatever". I don't think Lucas understands that you can't just change the name :lol:



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25 Apr 2011, 12:38 pm

imbatshitcrazy wrote:
Interdimensional beings??? they didn't mention that in the film.


Towards the end, Mutt Williams asks "What are they? Spacemen?" and Harold Oxley replies "Interdimensional beings in point of fact". He explains that they haven't gone "into space, but into the space between spaces." I don't know much about quantum physics, so I can't quantify just how ridiculous those ideas are.

Ironically, I think this might be the most plausible of the four films, plot wise.



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25 Apr 2011, 1:31 pm

Indy wrote:
I saw a similar interview. I think Stephen Spielberg really wanted to avoid doing any more alien films. When George Lucas told him that he'd changed the name to interdimensional beings, Spielberg pulled a funny face and said "okay, whatever". I don't think Lucas understands that you can't just change the name :lol:


Yeah, I mean he said "they're extra-dimensional" or something.



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27 Apr 2011, 5:48 am

Indy wrote:
I think most people would agree with you about Kingdom being the worst and Raiders being the best.


I heard that it was the Last Crusade which is considered as the best.


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28 Apr 2011, 8:22 am

Psychopompos wrote:
Indy wrote:
I think most people would agree with you about Kingdom being the worst and Raiders being the best.


I heard that it was the Last Crusade which is considered as the best.

:oops: You're right. Most people prefer Crusade. When I said Raiders I was probably thinking of the biggest fans of the franchise (most of those seem to prefer Raiders).



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28 Apr 2011, 2:53 pm

Indy, what are your opinions on the aliens/interdimensional beings in kingdom of the crystal skull?