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Posted by indyguitarist from ? (64.119.138.20) on Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 9:46pm :

In Reply to: Earliest Indy Net Talk (June 1981) posted by Micah [indyfan.com] on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 10:52am :

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: Screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Saturday, June 6th. Directed by
: Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm, Ltd production.

: This is a non-spoiler review. Don't let anyone spoil this movie for
: you: don't read the book, leaf through the magazine, color in the
: coloring book or any of the other ways you could spoil the movie.
: JUST GO SEE THE MOVIE, and be surprised.

: Don't be a fool! Go see this movie as soon as it opens! Go see it
: twice. Seeing this movie the first time was as fun as seeing Star
: Wars the first time. And I don't say that lightly.

: Raiders of the Lost Ark is an adventure film of the old cinematic
: school: the romantic setting is not outer space but a far-away jungle
: or desert, the villains are not Storm Troopers from the Empire, but
: Nazi's from Germany. Our heroes don't use the force, just good ol'
: American pluck and spirit. They drink their whiskey straight, too.
: So does Lauren Bacall, er, whatever the name of the heroine is.

: Supposedly the inspiration for the film comes out of the Saturday
: morning serials that used to run in the theatres for a nickle. Does
: anyone know what these might be? I suppose the original Flash Gordon
: fits into this mold.

: The Action is continuous! The Danger immense! How can our Hero
: Survive? Will Paramount's stock Double?

: NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH: Warning to parents of very small children:
: many of the images in the movie are strong. Maybe strong isn't the
: right word. Maybe TERRIFYING is the right word. The woman next to me
: in the theatre cringed continuously. As Indiana Jones said peering
: into a sacred crypt where-man-was-not-meant-to-be, "Snakes. Why did
: it have to be snakes?"

: Michael Wahrman





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