Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures (1981-2008) + Individual Releases

[rocinante]

Crystal Skull was awful. Im very glad I didnt bother seeing that in theaters, but it bothers me that it shares the same name with 3 other classic movies. I wish they would have just left it alone instead of tainting it with some piece of junk.

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

My main beef with Kingdom was involving aliens. It was totally unnecessary, but seeing how George Lucas wrote the story I wasn't surprised because he's a one trick pony and has to put aliens in the movie to mooch off the success of Star Wars because he can't do anything else creatively.

You mean aside from the other Indiana Jones movies that had nothing to do with aliens? And American Graffiti.

[Darkhawk9587]

I will definitely be picking this up (so long as it doesn't include KotCS).

[HeavyHitter]

Lucas blew his chance to tie Indy into Star Wars with KotCS. He could have replaced the Aliens with Jar Jar Binks......the full circle would have been complete.

[Dubstar]

I surprised that Spielberg didn't remove the bouncing boulder shadow when Indy and Marion exit the tomb of skeletons - that flaw is very obvious and funny.

[popeflick]

Originally Posted by rocinante

Crystal Skull was awful. Im very glad I didnt bother seeing that in theaters, but it bothers me that it shares the same name with 3 other classic movies. I wish they would have just left it alone instead of tainting it with some piece of junk.

Troof. Terrible story aside, and if you don't like a raft plunging how do you feel about that Frigidaire?, my biggest beef with the film is that it appeared to be shot entirely on a soundstage, even the motorcycle chase through the monkeys or whatever. Location shooting made the early films, CGI helped to destroy this one, which is the Blues Brothers 2000 of Spielberg films and once seen cannot be unseen.

[Dan_Shane]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

The other problem in Skull was that (IMO) Shia LaBeouf was the wrong choice for Indy's son. To me, he was both uninteresting and annoying. I think there had to of been better choices out there.

loose="not tight", lose="can't find it, doesn't have anymore" or the opposite of "win".
their="belongs to", there="place", they're="they are", there's = "there is"
it's="it is", for everything else use "its"
then="after", than="compared with"
"a lot" not "alot"

You might want to add a line to your signature:

...had to have been = "past perfect progressive tense of 'to be.'"

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Dan_Shane

You might want to add a line to your signature:

...had to have been = "past perfect progressive tense of 'to be.'"

oh *snap*

[u2bonoman]

I don't have a problem with Skull. I've heard all the issues others have, but I guess I just find the movie so fun that they don't bother me.

All in all, Last Crusade is still my favorite.

[MMatt]

Raiders of the Lost Ark: 10/10
Temple of Doom: 9/10
Last Crusade: 11/10
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: -∞/10

Can't wait for the trilogy to be released, I only have the FULL SCREEN DVD boxset. (it was a gift that had been unwrapped before noticing it was Full Screen )

[Beast]

Great news. I hope we get a new edition of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well.

I don't care as much for the 2nd or 3rd film. But those other two films are just fantastic.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark - 10/10
Temple Of Doom - 5/10 - (10/10 if you stop it once they board the plane after Club Obi-Wan)
The Last Crusade - 7/10
Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - 10/10

[insomniac013]

I'm hoping for a Christmas release, but i'm not holding my breath. I'll happily hold on to my 2003 boxset until it comes out...

My personal rating of the films:
Raiders - 10/10
Temple - 7/10
Crusade - 10/10
Crystal Skull - 6/10

[ApolloOne]

Originally Posted by rocinante

So basically everything is done, but we are still roughly a year from release.

Make sense.

Nobody said everthing is done. Just that the masters of the films are ready for encoding. The authoring will take quite a while, as it usually does on top-shelf Blu-rays.

But I think I read the 2012 release was to coincide with Paramount's 100th anniversary next year.

Originally Posted by Beast

Temple Of Doom - 5/10 - (10/10 if you stop it once they board the plane after Club Obi-Wan)

I just got a chuckle picturing Indy saying, "Nice try, Lao Che," and then the Indy theme swells as the picture fades to black. It could win an Oscar for Best Short Subject.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

I've seen it in 70MM, 35MM, VHS, S-VHS, LD, etc.

The line was never altered, it's was never there. He pauses because he notices the sultan completely ignores the treasure chest.

I was wathing old Siskel & Ebert episodes and they mentioned Crusade in Widescreen only on SVHS and Laserdisc.
I was not aware they did pre-recorded SVHS tapes and find no mention on the internet

[Lyle_JP]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

I was wathing old Siskel & Ebert episodes and they mentioned Crusade in Widescreen only on SVHS and Laserdisc.
I was not aware they did pre-recorded SVHS tapes and find no mention on the internet

There were a precious few. I remember Robocop (not widescreen) being the first (and one of the only) pre-recorded S-VHS titles. I don't remember Indiana Jones being one of them but Paramount used to always be game for a new video format. They put out plenty of CD-Videos in the US (mostly as a tie-in to the Philips CD-I) and even sold a collection of pre-recorded Sony 8 tapes for a failed line of portable players.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by Lyle_JP

There were a precious few. I remember Robocop (not widescreen) being the first (and one of the only) pre-recorded S-VHS titles. I don't remember Indiana Jones being one of them but Paramount used to always be game for a new video format. They put out plenty of CD-Videos in the US (mostly as a tie-in to the Philips CD-I) and even sold a collection of pre-recorded Sony 8 tapes for a failed line of portable players.

Yup. It definitely was released on S-VHS.

[MovieFanatic2010]

Can't freaking wait.............

[aiman04]

You guys should try and watch Kingdom again. It really fits into the series, I really feel like watching an Indy movie. It's a mix of Doom and Crusade, that's how I feel not sure about others. And there are actually more practical effects than CG, the nuclear blast was a pyrotechnic using one of the biggest model set ever built. And mostly on location too, the scene outside the warehouse looks like it was shot on a studio stage but it's not.

Again my ratings:

Raiders: 10/10
Doom: 8/10
Crusade: 8/10
Kingdom: 8/10

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by aiman04

You guys should try and watch Kingdom again. It really fits into the series, I really feel like watching an Indy movie. It's a mix of Doom and Crusade, that's how I feel not sure about others. And there are actually more practical effects than CG, the nuclear blast was a pyrotechnic using one of the biggest model set ever built. And mostly on location too, the scene outside the warehouse looks like it was shot on a studio stage but it's not.

Again my ratings:

Raiders: 10/10
Doom: 8/10
Crusade: 8/10
Kingdom: 8/10

I was thinking of giving it a shot again...I was just so disappointed when I saw it though.

Raiders is my all-time favorite film.

[Breather]

Raiders 10/10
Temple 8/10
Crusade 9/10
Skull 4/10

I remember watching KOTCS at the theater and I actually looked at my watch wondering when it was going to end. I was that disappointed in it. I remember turning to my g/f and whispering that "I can't believe I'm looking at my watch in an Indiana Jones film". I've watched the film once more on BD and as much as I wanted my opinion to change, it didn't.

I'm surprised that there are some in this thread wondering if KOTCS will be included in the set or not. Of course it will. Like the film or not, and I don't, it is officially a part of the series.

I can't wait for the release of this set on Blu-ray. I have enough faith in Spielberg to make sure the A/V presentation is top notch. Unlike the upcoming Star Wars set, I hope they take advantage of the capacity of BD and include all previous extras and some great new features.