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Post subject: Re: Fortune and glory, kid: The All Things Indiana Jones Thr
Posted: Tue June 20, 2023 6:26 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Rewatchables just did Last Crusade. Apparently this guy:
...was originally written to be Marianne's dad, who served as a fill-in father figure for Indy as his dad was consumed by work. But that storyline fell by the wayside. Wish they'd kept it!
Post subject: Re: Fortune and glory, kid: The All Things Indiana Jones Thr
Posted: Tue June 20, 2023 8:54 pm
The Master
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am Posts: 28176
I’ve always felt Indiana was created through a combo of “Junior” wanting to impress his father, and a very independent childhood that nurtured his wilder tendencies (due to his father’s frequent absence).. The result was a hands on archeologist risk taker who used his fearlessness (with the exception of snakes) to get his hands on relics to impress his father. Basically daddy issues - like Henry Sr. probably giving the dog more attention than his son.
Having that dude as the template for Indiana kinda ruins it, and I wish he never appeared on screen.
Post subject: Re: Fortune and glory, kid: The All Things Indiana Jones Thr
Posted: Wed June 21, 2023 12:43 pm
I've been POOSSTTIiiEEnngeeaahh
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm Posts: 12085
I agree though I did really enjoy River Phoenix as Young Indy packing in how he got his scare, why he uses a whip, why he's afraid of snakes, why he wears a hat ect. was a bit much. They did similar things in the Han Solo prequel and with Spock on Star Trek: Discovery and Strange New Worlds. I think it ultimately diminishes the character. There's always a weird implication with these prequels that the reason our hero is the way they are is because some new character made them who they are. It builds up the new character at the expense of the old. It's bad writing.
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