Re: The dual nature of Marcus Brody

Posted by Fedora from 24.116.27.235 on August 20, 2000 at 10:24:53:

In Reply to: The dual nature of Marcus Brody posted by graml on August 20, 2000 at 08:00:32:

: Morning, enfants. Call me over-protective of my museum-dwelling brethren, but I have a gripe about the character of Marcus Brody. In Raiders and most of the novels, Marcus was a competent historian and Indy's only benevolent father figure. He was able to speak off the top of his head about Biblical/Egyptian history with the Army Intel men, showing that he really knew his stuff. But in Last Crusade, he was a bumbling piece of comic relief; Jar Jar Binks with a PhD! Has Lucas (or any other of the big three) ever explained how a man could go from Stephen Jay Gould to Lou Costello in so short a time? While I admit it was kind of funny when Marcus was lost in the Middle East ("Water? No thank you, Madame. Fish make love in it!"), I don't think it tied in well with his portrayal in Raiders. Feel free to add your opinion to this topic; I know we've covered it before a few months back.
: -graml
: PS And for the record, I have also gotten lost in my own museum. It isn't as hard as you might think...

Marcus Brody was a very competent scholar, but at the same time personified that old cliche in regards to the bumbling intellectual idiot. In Raiders, you only saw him for a few minutes, but in TLC you got to know him for what he was. I absolutely loved him in this role. I can remember back to my own college days, and I had a number of profs that fit this description to a "t". He was meant to be a comedic character, in this fanciful adventure flick. His ineptness contrasts very well with the Indy character. Regards, Fedora

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Re: The dual nature of Marcus Brody THATSDR.JONESTOYOU 17:10:19 8/20/2000 (1)
- Guess poor Marcus wasn't up to the challenge(nm) Fedora 19:25:02 8/20/2000 (0)
They did it to suit the script (nm) amadán 11:02:29 8/20/2000 (0)

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: : Morning, enfants.  Call me over-protective of my museum-dwelling brethren, but I have a gripe about the character of Marcus Brody.  In Raiders and most of the novels, Marcus was a competent historian and Indy's only benevolent father figure.  He was able to speak off the top of his head about Biblical/Egyptian history with the Army Intel men, showing that he really knew his stuff.  But in Last Crusade, he was a bumbling piece of comic relief; Jar Jar Binks with a PhD!  Has Lucas (or any other of the big three) ever explained how a man could go from Stephen Jay Gould to Lou Costello in so short a time?  While I admit it was kind of funny when Marcus was lost in the Middle East ("Water?  No thank you, Madame.  Fish make love in it!"), I don't think it tied in well with his portrayal in Raiders.  Feel free to add your opinion to this topic; I know we've covered it before a few months back.
: : -graml
: : PS  And for the record, I have also gotten lost in my own museum.  It isn't as hard as you might think...

:     Marcus Brody was a very competent scholar, but at the same time personified that old cliche in regards to the bumbling intellectual idiot. In Raiders, you only saw him for a few minutes, but in TLC you got to know him for what he was. I absolutely loved him in this role. I can remember back to my own college days, and I had a number of profs that fit this description to a "t". He was meant to be a comedic character, in this fanciful adventure flick. His ineptness contrasts very well with the Indy character.   Regards, Fedora

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