Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) [Never in 3D]

[WaverBoy]

I’d rather see the best one, Raiders, get a bang-up post-conversion. But of course I’d definitely take conversions of the other two as well. The fourth one would first need to be converted into a good movie.

[3dblurayofsunshine]

Originally Posted by WaverBoy

I’d rather see the best one, Raiders, get a bang-up post-conversion. But of course I’d definitely take conversions of the other two as well. The fourth one would first need to be converted into a good movie.

I’ve always really enjoyed the fourth movie. I didn’t grow up with Indy, so for me there was only a few years between seeing the first three and the follow up and I thought it was a very fun movie. A lot of the criticisms of it I saw online were all very generic and fangry (angry fan, I just made that word up, you’re welcome) and reminded me of all the hate Avatar got when it was cool to hate it because it was immensely popular.

I understand why some people don’t like it, but I couldn’t stand the complaints about things like realism in a series that has never been realistic. Peak fanger.

Personally I think Temple of Doom is a much worse movie, but I’d still love to see all of them get conversions. They’re the kind of movies that suit 3D perfectly!

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by 3dblurayofsunshine

I’ve always really enjoyed the fourth movie. I didn’t grow up with Indy, so for me there was only a few years between seeing the first three and the follow up and I thought it was a very fun movie. A lot of the criticisms of it I saw online were all very generic and fangry (angry fan, I just made that word up, you’re welcome) and reminded me of all the hate Avatar got when it was cool to hate it because it was immensely popular.

I understand why some people don’t like it, but I couldn’t stand the complaints about things like realism in a series that has never been realistic. Peak fanger.

Personally I think Temple of Doom is a much worse movie, but I’d still love to see all of them get conversions. They’re the kind of movies that suit 3D perfectly!

It’s all downhill from the CGI gopher. Temple of Doom is a masterpiece by comparison IMO, which itself doesn’t hold up that well, although when I saw it in the theater at age fifteen I thought it was the greatest movie ever.

[Just_Discovered_3D]

Originally Posted by WaverBoy

I’d rather see the best one, Raiders, get a bang-up post-conversion. But of course I’d definitely take conversions of the other two as well. The fourth one would first need to be converted into a good movie.

Does Raiders have much to convert into a good showpiece? 3D could help the famous boulder, but then maybe not. I guess there are some desert vistas that could look nice...sadly I think we know that the spirit inside the Ark wouldn't be popping out and swirling around the theater though.

Originally Posted by 3dblurayofsunshine

I’ve always really enjoyed the fourth movie. I didn’t grow up with Indy, so for me there was only a few years between seeing the first three and the follow up and I thought it was a very fun movie. A lot of the criticisms of it I saw online were all very generic and fangry (angry fan, I just made that word up, you’re welcome) and reminded me of all the hate Avatar got when it was cool to hate it because it was immensely popular.

I understand why some people don’t like it, but I couldn’t stand the complaints about things like realism in a series that has never been realistic. Peak fanger.

Personally I think Temple of Doom is a much worse movie, but I’d still love to see all of them get conversions. They’re the kind of movies that suit 3D perfectly!

The first 3 Indy films cause the viewer to not care that they're unrealistic, Indy 4 gets flak because it lacked that same magic. Nobody got bent out of shape over Indy atop the sub in Raiders, everyone scoffed at nuking the fridge. Like the prequels, I suspect it was because Lucas discovered CGI and no one stopped him from going buckwild with it, and the CGI also didn't look believable, which was incongruous with the prior 3 films looking like they were on location. Somehow Lucas upped the stakes but made them lamer, like how Raiders' snakes were more of a threat than CGI piranha ants.

For me, a problem was that LucasArts had already done an "Indy vs the Soviets" installment and it was so much better realized than this.

Originally Posted by WaverBoy

It’s all downhill from the CGI gopher. Temple of Doom is a masterpiece by comparison IMO, which itself doesn’t hold up that well, although when I saw it in the theater at age fifteen I thought it was the greatest movie ever.

15 year old you was wise beyond his years

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by Just_Discovered_3D

Does Raiders have much to convert into a good showpiece? 3D could help the famous boulder, but then maybe not. I guess there are some desert vistas that could look nice...sadly I think we know that the spirit inside the Ark wouldn't be popping out and swirling around the theater though.


The first 3 Indy films cause the viewer to not care that they're unrealistic, Indy 4 gets flak because it lacked that same magic. Nobody got bent out of shape over Indy atop the sub in Raiders, everyone scoffed at nuking the fridge. Like the prequels, I suspect it was because Lucas discovered CGI and no one stopped him from going buckwild with it, and the CGI also didn't look believable, which was incongruous with the prior 3 films looking like they were on location. Somehow Lucas upped the stakes but made them lamer, like how Raiders' snakes were more of a threat than CGI piranha ants.

George only co-wrote it; it was Steven that directed, so he must take the blame for greenlighting the crappy CGI.

[charlieray1]

Originally Posted by Just_Discovered_3D

The first 3 Indy films cause the viewer to not care that they're unrealistic, Indy 4 gets flak because it lacked that same magic. Nobody got bent out of shape over Indy atop the sub in Raiders, everyone scoffed at nuking the fridge. Like the prequels, I suspect it was because Lucas discovered CGI and no one stopped him from going buckwild with it, and the CGI also didn't look believable, which was incongruous with the prior 3 films looking like they were on location

I think the problem was simplier than that. Story. Consider the premise from each of the 4 films:

• RAIDERS: Indy is on a quest to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do.
• TEMPLE: Indy sets out to retrieve the powerful sacred stones stolen from a poor village.
• CRUSADE: Indy searches for the Holy Grail
• SKULLS: Indy has this crystal skull that has to be returned for some reason to some place where where are others like it, for some unknown purpose, after which the whole undefined place is activated and flies away. To somewhere. For some unknown reason.

Nothing was clearly defined. Indy had no specific quest. It needed a specific goal.

[BluBonnet]

With or without 3D, I greatly look forward to Indy's screen farewell, let's hope he goes out like a true adventurer should

[b_scott]

Originally Posted by charlieray1

I think the problem was simplier than that. Story. Consider the premise from each of the 4 films:

• TEMPLE: Indy sets out to retrieve the powerful sacred stones stolen from a poor village.

Temple is way less defined than this. He didn't set out to do that. He had to jump from a plane to survive and he was plopped into a village where the children were stolen. He goes to a city to be able to get home. He accidentally finds the temple through a passageway - then the plot is split between him just surviving and happening to end up with one of the stones, and saving the children which he seems to forget about if not for Short Round.

[ilovenola2]

Originally Posted by WaverBoy

It’s all downhill from the CGI gopher. Temple of Doom is a masterpiece by comparison IMO, which itself doesn’t hold up that well, although when I saw it in the theater at age fifteen I thought it was the greatest movie ever.

Sorry, but the last 45 minutes of Temple of Doom is the most fun in any of the Indy films. Ripe for 3-D conversion.
So now, looks like most of us have a favorite film or segment of Indy films. So why don't we agree that a 3-D converted set of all the films would be the most desirable.