Re: Revisionist history...

Posted by Bob from 198.168.71.10 on September 22, 1999 at 10:30:43:

In Reply to: Revisionist history... posted by ROB T. on September 21, 1999 at 22:18:11:

: I've noticed on this forum that whenever anyone questions the motives of any of the characters in the Indy films everyone starts screaming, "Revisionist history" and gripes about "Political Correctness."
: Sometimes that's a valid complaint but not always.
: When I questioned the reasoning for having Shorty and Anakin do the things they do it was defended by bringing up that children were less valued in the thirties. I don't think that Indy would have put Shorty in that situation in the thirties anymore than he would've in the nineties.
: I disagree with the situation in the films because it implies that someone on the set of these films made a conscious decision to treat these characters this way. I don't feel that was the case. I think they just didn't think about it at all and I have a problem with that. It shows a certain carelessness on the filmmakers part that would be okay if Lucas and Spielberg were lessor directors. Since they are at the top tier of filmmakers I think it's alright to hold them to a higher standard than say some guy who just got his first film assignment.
: Both of these problems could have been solved very easily without taking anything away from these films. In "Temple of Doom" Indy could have told Shorty to stay in the village and Shorty could have sneaked out and followed Indy and Willie.
: In "Phantom Menace" they only needed to change Anakin's motive for participating in the pod race and given Qui Gonn some other way to get ahold of a hyperdrive system.
: Both questions fixed and neither film loses anything.
: I feel that both films took the easy way out and both films suffer because of it.
: It has nothing to do with political correctness, it's just logical.

I think a lot of people care too much about if it's Politically
correct or not. Hey! It's only films! If mr Spielberg or
mr Lucas wanna do it that way, they have the right to do it!

It's their films. Besides, we have the right to dislike it,
but we don't have to make such a fuss about that! I'm a big fan of
Indy and Star Wars, but I'm not asking myself all the time; Is
that good? Why doing that thing like this? What they really
mean by this? Hey! There are so much important things to do,
right?

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: : I've noticed on this forum that whenever anyone questions the motives of any of the characters in the Indy films everyone starts screaming, "Revisionist history" and gripes about "Political Correctness."
: : Sometimes that's a valid complaint but not always. 
: : When I questioned the reasoning for having Shorty and Anakin do the things they do it was defended by bringing up that children were less valued in the thirties. I don't think that Indy would have put Shorty in that situation in the thirties anymore than he would've in the nineties.
: : I disagree with the situation in the films because it implies that someone on the set of these films made a conscious decision to treat these characters this way. I don't feel that was the case. I think they just didn't think about it at all and I have a problem with that. It shows a certain carelessness on the filmmakers part that would be okay if Lucas and Spielberg were lessor directors. Since they are at the top tier of filmmakers I think it's alright to hold them to a higher standard than say some guy who just got his first film assignment.
: : Both of these problems could have been solved very easily without taking anything away from these films. In "Temple of Doom" Indy could have told Shorty to stay in the village and Shorty could have sneaked out and followed Indy and Willie.
: : In "Phantom Menace" they only needed to change Anakin's motive for participating in the pod race and given Qui Gonn some other way to get ahold of a hyperdrive system.
: : Both questions fixed and neither film loses anything.
: : I feel that both films took the easy way out and both films suffer because of it.
: : It has nothing to do with political correctness, it's just logical.

: I think a lot of people care too much about if it's Politically
: correct or not. Hey! It's only films! If mr Spielberg or 
: mr Lucas wanna do it that way, they have the right to do it!

: It's their films. Besides, we have the right to dislike it,
: but we don't have to make such a fuss about that! I'm a big fan of
: Indy and Star Wars, but I'm not asking myself all the time; Is 
: that good? Why doing that thing like this? What they really
: mean by this? Hey! There are so much important things to do,
: right?

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