Re: Indy Trilogy Body Count

Posted by Northwest Smith from 208.229.128.117 on August 22, 2000 at 03:02:04:

In Reply to: Indy Trilogy Body Count posted by Brett (Maverick) Lambert on August 17, 2000 at 17:25:08:

: I was inspired by Entertainment Weekly's little column that's been appearing in the magazine which keeps track of the body count for all of the summer movies (so far 435 deaths total). I wondered "What's the body count for the Indy movies" and so since I lack something resembling a life, I rewatched the trilogy with a piece of paper and pencil keeping track of all the on-screen death viewed in this series. Here are the figures:

: Raiders of the Lost Ark featured 55 on-screen deaths (32 from the wrath of God, 13 shootings, 3 fell to their deaths, 2 died from explosions, 2 died from booby trap and poison dart related deaths, one was run over, and one airplane propellor mutilation).

: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom surprisingly was the underperformer of the trilogy in the respect of on-screen deaths with only 28 deaths (11 were alligator lunch, 8 shootings, 3 from a mine-cart accident, 2 fell to their death, and ritualistic human sacrifice, stabbings, and ceiling fan mutilations all got 1 a piece).

: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade got 50 on-screen deaths (25 shootings, 13 from explosion-related deaths, 3 fall to their death, 2 were run over, 2 from airplane accidents, 1 from a motorcycle accident, and 1 of accelerated aging).

: This gives a grand total of 133 deaths. Amazing stuff! :)

I'm disappointed. These people aren't trying at all. I recall that in Rambo II (or was it III? The one in Afghanistan...) that Rambo killed about that many up close and personal--shot them with a gun, blew up the truck, tank, helicopter or whatever they were in--and that's not counting the guy he shot with a machine gun, stabbed, shot with an arrow, garroted, wrapped a rope around his neck and threw him down a deep hole in the ground and blew him up with a grenade. And this wasn't even one of the main bad guys that he was really P.O.'ed at! That's also not counting anone he killed offscreen with booby traps or blowing up buildings for a diversion or whatever.

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: : I was inspired by Entertainment Weekly's little column that's been appearing in the magazine which keeps track of the body count for all of the summer movies (so far 435 deaths total).  I wondered "What's the body count for the Indy movies" and so since I lack something resembling a life, I rewatched the trilogy with a piece of paper and pencil keeping track of all the on-screen death viewed in this series.  Here are the figures:

: : Raiders of the Lost Ark featured 55 on-screen deaths (32 from the wrath of God, 13 shootings, 3 fell to their deaths, 2 died from explosions, 2 died from booby trap and poison dart related deaths, one was run over, and one airplane propellor mutilation).

: : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom surprisingly was the underperformer of the trilogy in the respect of on-screen deaths with only 28 deaths (11 were alligator lunch, 8 shootings, 3 from a mine-cart accident, 2 fell to their death, and ritualistic human sacrifice, stabbings, and ceiling fan mutilations all got 1 a piece).

: : Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade got 50 on-screen deaths (25 shootings, 13 from explosion-related deaths, 3 fall to their death, 2 were run over, 2 from airplane accidents, 1 from a motorcycle accident, and 1 of accelerated aging).

: : This gives a grand total of 133 deaths.  Amazing stuff! :)

: I'm disappointed.  These people aren't trying at all.  I recall that in Rambo II (or was it III?  The one in Afghanistan...) that Rambo killed about that many up close and personal--shot them with a gun, blew up the truck, tank, helicopter or whatever they were in--and that's not counting the guy he shot with a machine gun, stabbed, shot with an arrow, garroted, wrapped a rope around his neck and threw him down a deep hole in the ground and blew him up with a grenade.  And this wasn't even one of the main bad guys that he was really P.O.'ed at!  That's also not counting anone he killed offscreen with booby traps or blowing up buildings for a diversion or whatever.

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