Re: YIJC

Posted by Satipo from spider-ta024.proxy.aol.com on February 06, 1999 at 01:57:24:

In Reply to: Re: YIJC posted by nitzsche on February 05, 1999 at 15:58:46:

: : : I do not recall a post about episodes; except for that of purchasing them.
: : :
: : : I liked many of the episodes featuring Sean Patrick Flannery; but did not really care for the kid.
: : :
: : : One of my biggest disappointments was seeing the Jacket totally absent;
: : : and seeing the whip only once!
: : :
: : : What is everyone's opinion on the YIJC?
: : :
: : :

: : :
: : :

: : I only saw a few of these. My thoughts were that it was mildly entertaining, but not very exciting stuff. The character portrayed wasn't very Indiana Jones to my mind. The episodes also were not very exciting. In fact I often found them rather tedious. They seemed more concerned with giving us a history lesson than the films were, and sacrificed the action in order to do this. The worst things about YIJC for me were:-

: : a) the rather unconvincing way it would try to give a different perspective to real historical events by suggesting that Indiana Jones played a significant part in making them happen;

: : b) the portrayal of Indiana Jones as a bitter, eccentric old man verging on insanity, at the end of the episodes;

: : and finally c) the poor version of the Indiana Jones hat Flannery wears which, to my mind, has all the wrong proportions when compared to the film versions;

: : Maybe the series got better as time went on, but it didn't hold my interest long enough for me to give it a chance.

: : Adios,

: : Satipo

:
: Yeah! Every episode should have been set in the 1930's and starred Harrison Ford (working with a huge paycut for the fans). They should have had the tone of the Raider's opening teaser every week, not straying a bit. And Nazis, yeah, they needed more Nazis. And John Williams Raider's March playing the entire time. They needed to press the viewers' thrill buttons with the music from Raiders of the Lost Ark. And all those complex historical plots, well-rounded characters, and moral themes should have been replaced with easy-to-comprehend action sequences. Man, Lucas really blew it. He could have produced a two-hour Indiana Jones movie with Harrison Ford every week. What a loser!

: --nitzsche

That's very good nitzsche.

There is often more than one way of doing something well. The YIJC did not need to be a carbon copy of the Indy films, of course. However, I did expect it to have a similar feel to the films, which to my mind it didn't. Is this too much to expect from a series that is clearly a spin-off from the films, targeted at Indiana Jones fans such as you and I. I don't think so.

I suppose, nitzsche, that you would have been equally contented with a surrealistic Hungarian animation, as long as the central character was called Indy.

Adios,

Satipo

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Re: YIJC nitzsche 16:43:35 2/06/99 (2)
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: : : : I do not recall a post about episodes; except for that of purchasing them.
: : : : 
: : : : I liked many of the episodes featuring Sean Patrick Flannery; but did not really care for the kid.
: : : : 
: : : : One of my biggest disappointments was seeing the Jacket totally absent;
: : : : and seeing the whip only once!
: : : : 
: : : : What is everyone's opinion on the YIJC?
: : : :  
: : : :

: : : :   
: : : :

: : : I only saw a few of these. My thoughts were that it was mildly entertaining, but not very exciting stuff. The character portrayed  wasn't very Indiana Jones to my mind. The episodes also were not very exciting. In fact I often found them rather tedious. They seemed more concerned with giving us a history lesson than the films were, and sacrificed the action in order to do this. The worst things about YIJC for me were:-

: : : a) the rather unconvincing way it would try to give a different perspective to real historical events by suggesting that Indiana Jones played a significant part in making them happen;

: : : b) the portrayal of Indiana Jones as a bitter, eccentric old man verging on insanity, at the end of the episodes;

: : : and finally c) the poor version of the Indiana Jones hat Flannery wears which, to my mind, has all the wrong proportions when compared to the film versions;

: : : Maybe the series got better as time went on, but it didn't hold my interest long enough for me to give it a chance.

: : : Adios,

: : : Satipo

: : 
: : Yeah! Every episode should have been set in the 1930's and starred Harrison Ford (working with a huge paycut for the fans). They should have had the tone of the Raider's opening teaser every week, not straying a bit. And Nazis, yeah, they needed more Nazis. And John Williams Raider's March playing the entire time. They needed to press the viewers' thrill buttons with the music from Raiders of the Lost Ark. And all those complex historical plots, well-rounded characters, and moral themes should have been replaced with easy-to-comprehend action sequences. Man, Lucas really blew it. He could have produced a two-hour Indiana Jones movie with Harrison Ford every week. What a loser!

: : --nitzsche

: 
: That's very good nitzsche.

: There is often more than one way of doing something well. The YIJC did not need to be a carbon copy of the Indy films, of course. However, I did expect it to have a similar feel to the films, which to my mind it didn't. Is this too much to expect from a series that is clearly a spin-off from the films, targeted at Indiana Jones fans such as you and I. I don't think so.

: I suppose, nitzsche, that you would have been equally contented with a surrealistic Hungarian animation, as long as the central character was called Indy.

: Adios,

: Satipo

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