Marcus Brody...Man of intellect..or moron?

Posted by Indy Fan 02384023 from ip227.phoenix12.az.pub-ip.psi.net on November 24, 2000 at 16:19:30:

In Reply to: Re: I'd love to see another posted by Shawnkara on November 24, 2000 at 04:49:43:

That did give me a better understanding of where your coming from, but I
still disagree on the Marcus Brody issue. I've heard that Spielburg
did Raiders only as a B-rate action film and never anticipated greater
things. That can be proven with all the budget cuts, but
I don't know why Lucas would think he had a masterpice (even though
star wars was big at that point.) I enjoyed your points and quotes
taken from Raiders to prove your 'intellectual marcus' theory...but
just by knowing real people who are extremely smart...I've noticed
they are always at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to street
smarts and common sense. I do think Marcus was a bit too 'stupid' in
LC, but there's no doubt that it was for comedy. One other point is
we only see Marcus at the University. Marcus never catches on to be an
adventurous type...that's undebatable...so when we finally do see him
on one...especially one with Indy...he acts that way because he doesn't
know any better.

One point you didn't mention which surprises me since you are really into
character development is the "fortune and glory" "belongs in a museum"
switches that take place from childhood to archeologist. That's kind
of off topic..but I'm curious to hear your view on that.

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: That did give me a better understanding of where your coming from, but I
: still disagree on the Marcus Brody issue.  I've heard that Spielburg
: did Raiders only as a B-rate action film and never anticipated greater
: things. That can be proven with all the budget cuts, but
:  I don't know why Lucas would think he had a masterpice  (even though
: star wars was big at that point.)  I enjoyed your points and quotes
: taken from Raiders to prove your 'intellectual marcus' theory...but
: just by knowing real people who are extremely smart...I've noticed
: they are always at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to street
: smarts and common sense.  I do think Marcus was a bit too 'stupid' in
: LC, but there's no doubt that it was for comedy.   One other point is
: we only see Marcus at the University.  Marcus never catches on to be an 
: adventurous type...that's undebatable...so when we finally do see him
: on one...especially one with Indy...he acts that way because he doesn't
: know any better.

: One point you didn't mention which surprises me since you are really into
: character development is the "fortune and glory" "belongs in a museum"
: switches that take place from childhood to archeologist.  That's kind 
: of off topic..but I'm curious to hear your view on that.

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