Today, I bought the Indiana Jones Collector's case, remastered for DVD, and I must say, these are possibly the best movies I have ever seen!
Being the age that I am, I didn't see these when they first came out, but now that I have, I just have to share it with everyone! :)
However I was disappointed when I couldn't hear the voices, because I don't have 5.1 dolby surround sound, but im happy to have spent a good 30 bucks for 3 great movies!
Here's the one I bought (http://theindyexperience.com/image/indy_dvd_box1.jpg)
Uh.. you can surely pass the sound through to your stereo speakers, or play it on your PC. You dont HAVE to have surround speakers to play it. Heck, insert headphones even!
Speaking of boxsets, I got BlackAdder complete collection for £34.99! :D
You can't hear the voices? You're certainly doing something wrong. And while I must agree with you that the Indiana Jones films are true classics, they would be absolutely worthless without any voices...
you need to make sure whatever you're using to play it (be it a dvd player or software) isn't set to use 5.1 stereo, there is probably an option on the DVDs in a Setup menu that allows you to choose the audio setup.
inserting headphones like matt suggested WON'T do any good as you'd still be trying to play 5.1 sound through stereo speakers.
Goota agree with you on this one, great trilogy!! This and Back the the Future remain my favourite trilogies, and even moreso now that I've realised I love the slightly darker nature of the second film of both trilogies (same goes for Die Hard). I wish I'd seen the Indy trilogy at the cinema but I'm pretty sure I only saw Last Crusade.
Well I can hear voices, but they're very faint. I changed the sound settings on my TV but the voices are still hard to hear.
The audio settings should be changed in the DVD player setup menu, as BOYD said, not on the TV.
well i actually meant any setup menu on the DVD itself, but yeh, check the DVD player too.
I have the same boxet (awesome btw) and I play the movies on a regular DVD hooked up to a regular Stereo TV and I have everything great.
Try to set up the audio on the DVD menu as the lowest setting but anyway it can't be that you can't hear the voices.
Hmph, well on my dvd player, inserting headphones changes the sound mode to 2 channel stereo automatically, so there! :P
Maybe it doesn't do that on other ones then.
But headphones was hardly a final method anyway.
Back to the Future is my favourate trilogy of ALL time!
I'm still not buying the second version of the boxset, those cash hungry bastards. >:(
It tells something about Lucas' ability to write dialogue when his movies are equally appreciated without voices.
I'd consider Indy to be more Spielberg than Lucas (although obviously both had much to do with it).
I had heard a while back that they were going to make another film...Anyone know the status of that ?
Quote from: Andail on Sun 11/03/2007 08:49:25
It tells something about Lucas' ability to write dialogue when his movies are equally appreciated without voices.
Quote from: Redwall on Sun 11/03/2007 13:59:10I'd consider Indy to be more Spielberg than Lucas (although obviously both had much to do with it).
Interesting that both Raiders of the Lost Ark and Empire Strikes Back, arguably the best movies in the two series, were written mainly by Lawrence Kasdan, and that Lucas pretty much only wrote the stories for both trilogies. But of course he wrote the amazing ::) dialogue for the new Star Wars trilogy.
QuoteI had heard a while back that they were going to make another film...Anyone know the status of that ?
Yes, it's true! They are making another Indy movie. On May 2008 Indiana Jones 4 will be in the cinema. Filming will begin in June 2007.
Casting:
Harrison Ford Indiana Jones
Sean Connery Henry Jones Sr. not sure
Natalie Portman not sure
and more
Indy 4 has been in development hell for years. Every year there's a new story that "filming will begin in ____ and it will be released in ____". I hope by now they just replace the dates and don't bother to write a whole new article for those non-stories.
ummm. not really. for years it was always "when george finishes star wars then they will look at doing indi4"
I'm pretty sure Indy4 was on the cards ever since Indy3. These things just don't go public so early. Same happens in our gameworld. Oh yes! But I can't say anymore :)
QuoteI'd consider Indy to be more Spielberg than Lucas
Definitely. I reckon Lucas said "yes" to a script, turned up to a couple of locations and that was it :P
Going back (to the future), I think this thread and the "ideas for nightmares" thread sparked up a strange dream for me last night. I dreamt I had my own time-travelling delorean. It's one of the longest dreams I've ever encountered, I was going all over the place, meeting lots of people. Then I got this feeling it was going to get nicked, so I went back to the car park I'd parked it in and true enough, someone had stolen it! But luckily like 2 seconds beforehand, so I saw them pull-off. In nightmare style I couldn't run, but they did some crazy manouvere which meant they had to go back on themselves. I ran up to the car and remembered I'd left the sunroof unlocked, so the robbers thought I'd go for the door and didn't get a chance to react when I actually jumped on the roof and hauled open the sun-roof.
This is the mad part. I jumped in through the sun roof head first, toward the lap of the fat robber man :P I awoke to find myself hurtling toward my bedroom floor. I had actually pounced in my sleep. That's never happened before!! Anyway, just thought you might give a shit ;)
You didn't jump, I threw you off the bed. Don't take all the covers next time!
Damn, I knew I shouldn't have drunk so much!
Andail
AGA
LGM
TheVintageDemon
:p
Damn, Mods! I felt so special for a while there, and then you go ahead and post a list like that!!
I'm not on his list! :'(
Yep, I have the same boxset. Awesome movies, great set. Worth it alone for the Tom Selleck Indy audition video :P.
Lol.
I haven't watched the bonus features disc yet, but I did figure out how to fix the sound on my tele. Works fine now! ;)
And remember,
"Dr. Jones!"
"MY professional name!"
Quote from: Lt. Smash on Sun 11/03/2007 17:12:28
QuoteI had heard a while back that they were going to make another film...Anyone know the status of that ?
Yes, it's true! They are making another Indy movie. On May 2008 Indiana Jones 4 will be in the cinema. Filming will begin in June 2007.
Casting:
Harrison Ford Indiana Jones
Sean Connery Henry Jones Sr. not sure
Natalie Portman not sure
and more
Indy's girl in number 4 is probably going to be played by Cate Blanchett!
(http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20070317/117417318000.html)
Forget Natalie Portman..
Wasn't Portman supposed to play his daughter? I never thought they meant for her to be the love interest of grandpa Ford but rather Marion's daughter or something.
D'oh! Portman would've been pretty cool :)
OT for a moment, but movie related - apparently the Pirates 3: At World's End trailer is out today, but I can't find it (only fan-made crappy poos on YouTube) -- does anyone know of a place to view it yet? IMDB used to be really good for trailers but it seems now they just link to external websites :(
Apparently it's a Yahoo exclusive or something, and doesn't come until tomorrow:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/piratesofthecaribbeanatworldsend.html
Edit: The official site also has a countdown for tomorrow: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/atworldsend/
Portman's not gonna be in it, GarageGothic; or else there'd be a lot of publicity surrounding the event. I guess Lucas is going to have to let go of his fantasies about her. ;)
It seems that the rumor last July (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/23808) was indeed that Portman should play Indy and Marion's daughter. Somehow I'm glad that didn't pan out. Daughter or not, Karen Allen had better be in it though. As long as it doesn't also mean that Mrs. Spielberg will be making a reappearance and (almost) ruin yet another Indy movie.
Portman just doesn't seem 'Indy' enough. She's not really sassy enough, or tough enough to be in Indiana Jones. I also read about a rumour that Shia LeBouf is signing on to play as Indy's son, but he denied it.
Quote from: Steel Drummer on Mon 19/03/2007 02:46:02
She's not really sassy enough, or tough enough to be in Indiana Jones.
Really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpnjUIWPyVo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/
Indy having a son in the film sounds like a really bad idea. Is sentimentality what they were looking for in a script?
QuoteIndy having a son in the film sounds like a really bad idea
Are you serious? Will there be one? That's awful.
I also want to place a bet that Lucy McClane's role in Live Free & Die Hard is nothing short of being exactly the same as Arnie's daughter in True Lies.
Quote from: Steel Drummer on Mon 19/03/2007 02:46:02
Portman just doesn't seem 'Indy' enough. She's not really sassy enough, or tough enough to be in Indiana Jones.
Don't spoil it. :)
And she's not that hot, either. ;)
Okay, maybe she's got the looks, but not the body. :=
Quote from: SteveMcCrea on Tue 20/03/2007 13:50:12
Indy having a son in the film sounds like a really bad idea. Is sentimentality what they were looking for in a script?
It makes sense to me. It's not like they're adding a little kid; they're talking about a full-grown, adult son. It HAS been 26 years since "Raiders".
Bt
I wasn't talking about a little kid when I said son. Shia LeBouf is in his twenties, I believe.
Quote from: Steel Drummer on Sun 25/03/2007 16:15:16
And she's not that hot, either. ;)
Okay, maybe she's got the looks, but not the body. :=
i dont think that you're fully in puberty yet so i'll let that go...
...
... this time.
:) :=
QuoteIt makes sense to me. It's not like they're adding a little kid; they're talking about a full-grown, adult son. It HAS been 26 years since "Raiders".
I'm against it primarily because it's a marketing maneuver to try and keep an opportunity open for the franchise to continue, a trend with action hero films I'd like stopped before it starts. It would be like them making another Die Hard with just McClane's son after the upcoming one.
Who the hell would care to see it? I wouldn't.
I agree. The whole resorting to heros children says to me their plot devices are weak and thats the only way they think they can be salvaged.
Also, 26 years, sure, but uh, I thought the whole point of Indy was for it's early 1940's style. Are they putting Indiana in the 70's now or something? Eek :/ Like the son debate that too sounds like cashing in on crap. But I doubt they will.
I demand an "Indy in the 70's" photoshop phriday!
Quote from: Mods on Sun 25/03/2007 19:21:03
Also, 26 years, sure, but uh, I thought the whole point of Indy was for it's early 1940's style.
I thought it was going to be early fifties? Post war?
I leave Indy to Spielberg. He has done a great job on the other thus far, I can't wait for the sequel.
And regarding Natalie Portman... Oh yeah, she got the body the looks and the attitude imo.
Quote from: Mods on Sun 25/03/2007 19:21:03
I agree. The whole resorting to heros children says to me their plot devices are weak and thats the only way they think they can be salvaged.
Also, 26 years, sure, but uh, I thought the whole point of Indy was for it's early 1940's style. Are they putting Indiana in the 70's now or something? Eek :/ Like the son debate that too sounds like cashing in on crap. But I doubt they will.
Well... Indy did Marion in Raiders (the scene in the ship), that was in 1939, if his son is 20 something in this movie, then it would be late 50s, early 60s. The "Indy's son" thing isn't even a near possibility.
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Don't spoil it.
The only reason I wouldn't want Portman to be in it is because she's way too young for Indy. Of course, she could be his daughter, but I think adding anyone else into the Jones family would ruin it. In my opinion, they should just leave the Indy series as it is without making any more films. Lucas is getting stale. He used to be good, before the 90s, but when the prequel trilogy of Star Wars came out he almost ruined the series (okay, Episode 3 was good, but that's about it) and he's probably going to ruin this series too by releasing separate box sets for each film with 10 seconds of extra footage added to the movie, and a rehash of the documentaries that were on the first Indy box set. What's more, the Indy films had a really nostalgic quality to them- this time around, Lucas is probably going to insist on using digital film for Indy 4 (like he did with Star Wars episodes 2 and 3). Or, if he doesn't do that, he'll force them to shoot the entire movie in his surreal blue screen world. Even if he uses regular cameras to shoot it, I doubt that Spielberg, Lucas, or anyone will ever be able to top the original films.
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And regarding Natalie Portman... Oh yeah, she got the body the looks and the attitude imo.
Well... I've seen teenage girls with better bods.
QuoteWell... I've seen teenage girls with better bods.
I KNOW some teenage girls who look better :) but y'know, she's still pretty damn hot. ;)
Is her "hotness" really relevant to whether she'd be good in such a movie?
First rule of Indy films: the girl's gotta be hot. ;)
No seriously, you've got a point. She was a decent actress in George Lucas' other 'masterpiece'. Better to use her than Hayden Christensen (more so, if he's playing Indy's son).
This is all moot anyway because Lucas keeps rejecting Darabont's script as of last month anyway. And he actually said in an interview the movie would be a 'character study'. Who wants to see Indy sitting in a chair talking about Marion, Billy, and Elsa while sipping tea with his dad? Maybe they'll do flashbacks to the tv series just to be extra dumb!
These parent-child relations are never very realistic anyway. Sean Connery played Indy's father, and he's only some ten years older than Harrison Ford.
Quote from: Andail on Tue 27/03/2007 09:13:19
These parent-child relations are never very realistic anyway. Sean Connery played Indy's father, and he's only some ten years older than Harrison Ford.
And now they seem to have the same age... Poor Harrison... That Calista is evil... :-\
Quote from: Steel Drummer on Tue 27/03/2007 05:26:28
First rule of Indy films: the girl's gotta be hot. ;)
No seriously, you've got a point. She was a decent actress in George Lucas' other 'masterpiece'. Better to use her than Hayden Christensen (more so, if he's playing Indy's son).
what about the girl in the second one, she was both annoying and nothing particularly special.
looks and personality were both awful.
i'd rather have had a relationship with the short kid.
A good family guy quote springs to mind; Lady only in movie cos she humping director... ;)
Regarding the character study thing: the third Indy film was sort of a character study; maybe this one is going to be too.
Quote from: ProgZmax on Tue 27/03/2007 08:45:28And he actually said in an interview the movie would be a 'character study'. Who wants to see Indy sitting in a chair talking about Marion, Billy, and Elsa while sipping tea with his dad?
I'm actually agreeing with the Drummer here. How does "character study" = "Indy sitting in chair sipping in tea"? I realize Indy isn't exactly high-brow entertainment, but that doesn't mean we should run away at the first mention of characterization.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_en_ot/people_shia_labeouf
This was just posted on Yahoo within the last few hours.. I wonder if it's true?
I can only hope LaBeouf's only line is "Hang on, Lady. We going fo a ride!"
Major update: Spielberg and crew had a live video shown at ComicCon San Diego, on the set of Indy 4 (well, in the back of the set behind a curtain, so you couldn't really see anything from the set), and the following people are definitely in the movie:
Harrison Ford--- Indiana Jones
Ray Winstone--- Sidekick with an undisclosed name
Shia LaBeouf :P--- another 'sidekick', used for comic relief (apparently)..
Karen Allen--- Marion Ravenwood
John Williams will return to make the soundtrack. The title is still unknown, (Spielberg said: "We're here on the set of Indiana Jones and the *cough cough cough*) but Lucasfilm plans to release a trailer later this year with the title in it.
More details here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_4)!
As I've said before, with Williams making the music, I don't think this film can go wrong.
Still. Screw THAT Indy 4, and worry about THIS Indy 4;
[some other time ;)]
Wow, that looked pretty good for low budget amateur movie!
Huh?
Right yeah, here's the link again..had to change some stuff...directors request :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1bbOKQEY0c
also, Fate of Atlantis fans might like this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPWqbcbf0Lo
Hahahaha. The acting in that Fate of Atlantis film. Sorry if those are your mates.
I actually really like the templars one & would watch it in its entirety. I got to saw the shot for shot remake of Raiders. THAT was impressive.