Re: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Posted by Michaelson from em12-686.utsi.edu on May 31, 1999 at 08:40:29:

In Reply to: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles posted by Galacter Tiga on May 31, 1999 at 01:40:25:

: I find it hard to believe that most people disliked this awesome show. Clearly it was the most ambitious project ever put on television, but in the final run, it looks as though fate may have had more to do with it's demise than ratings.

: Byt the end of the year, we are told yet again from the unreliable McCallum, we might get to see the DVD release of all 44 episodes combined into 22 seperate features. MY hope is that Lucas will create a boxed set version that encases all twenty-two discs, featuring an array of wraparound art that is different from what will actuablly be the covers of the discs.

: I cannot imagine this type of release might have happened had the show gone on any longer. Hopefully, the two unveiled epsiodes that were filmed for this release will bring a great deal of narrative closure to the epic.

: I feel that where Indy in the movies had only been about action and adventure, Young Indy fleshed out the character in a way that made him entirely more interesting. THe point was not to learn more about Indy himself (as we'd already gotten to knowe him well enough in the movies) but to learn more about Indy's world: our world.

: YIJC was the gratest, most under-rated event in the history of Television. I miss it dearly.

: GT

I believe that another thing a lot of folks missed regarding the creation of YIJC's was that it was not specifically created as a vehicle to flesh out Indy, but to create a vehicle that allowed George Lucas to explore and introduce history and historical figures to young people. At least that's what he said in a television guide interview he made back when the show came out. He wanted it to be used as a learning tool for kids to explore events in history and used Indy as a "guide" to take them to those interesting places and try to understand the circumstances that started many historical events. I learned quite a bit and had MANY things cleared up regarding several points of history that I had always taken for granted, such as the confusing reasons for the start of WWI, and the maze of confusion regarding who was allied to whom during that war. Lucas even said recently that he would love to do more of those programs. Regards. Michaelson

Follow Ups:

Re: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Brisco 13:01:19 5/31/99 (0)

Post a Followup:

Name:    
E-Mail:  
Subject: 
Comments:

: : I find it hard to believe that most people disliked this awesome show.   Clearly it was the most ambitious project ever put on television, but in the final run, it looks as though fate may have had more to do with it's demise than ratings.

: : Byt the end of the year, we are told yet again from the unreliable McCallum, we might get to see the DVD release of all 44 episodes combined into 22 seperate features.  MY hope is that Lucas will create a boxed set version that encases all twenty-two discs, featuring an array of wraparound art that is different from what will actuablly be the covers of the discs.

: : I cannot imagine this type of release might have happened had the show gone on any longer.  Hopefully, the two unveiled epsiodes that were filmed for this release will bring a great deal of narrative closure to the epic.

: : I feel that where Indy in the movies had only been about action and adventure, Young Indy fleshed out the character in a way that made him entirely more interesting.  THe point was not to learn more about Indy himself (as we'd already gotten to knowe him well enough in the movies) but to learn more about Indy's world: our world.

: : YIJC was the gratest, most under-rated event in the history of Television.  I miss it dearly.

: : GT

: I believe that another thing a lot of folks missed regarding the creation of YIJC's was that it was not specifically created as a vehicle to flesh out Indy, but to create a vehicle that allowed George Lucas to explore and introduce history and historical figures to young people. At least that's what he said in a television guide interview he made back when the show came out. He wanted it to be used as a learning tool for kids to explore events in history and used Indy as a "guide" to take them to those interesting places and try to understand the circumstances that started many historical events. I learned quite a bit and had MANY things cleared up regarding several points of history that I had always taken for granted, such as the confusing reasons for the start of WWI, and the maze of confusion regarding who was allied to whom during that war. Lucas even said recently that he would love to do more of those programs. Regards. Michaelson

Optional:

Link URL:   
Link Title: 
Image URL:

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ The Indyfan Forum ] [ FAQ ]