Losing Rodney, Green Trivia and Blue Harvest all in one go is a huge blow for us Weekly Wackadadoos.

@TheJesselopez1981

Жыл бұрын

I'm afraid to be too excited for personalized trivia, for fear of losing that again.

@irreverence312

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, losing all of those is really sad, but you have to think that these jokes have been growing and growing for a while now, and they’ve gotten to the best they could have been, so they needed to be culled before they overstayed their welcome. Incidentally, this led to the original working title of this Caravan of Garbage being Blue Harvest as a reference to the sadness (“blue”) and reaping the jokes at their peak (“harvest”).

@zachryder3150

Жыл бұрын

Give me something for the pain.

@TadhgKennelly

Жыл бұрын

Personalized trivia names was way funnier

@dontyouworryaboutit_

Жыл бұрын

RODNEY

I like how 30%-40% of this is basically explaining in different ways how Harrison Ford “has the rizz”

@soolty1696

Жыл бұрын

Harizzon ford

@Justin-ou5yo

Жыл бұрын

“As the kids would say”

@nicholsonfile

Жыл бұрын

I can't wait for in two years when no one knows what that means again.

@dtape

Жыл бұрын

​@@nicholsonfile future swashbuckling archeologists will be absolutely fascinated when they discover this video and the concept of "rizz".

@fpcdaj

Жыл бұрын

he's got it

The moral of the movie is “power corrupts; absolute power will melt your bloody face off if you open your eyes, maybe”

@Mister_Clean

Жыл бұрын

Stare into the abyss, and the abyss will turn you into a wax sculpture inside of a furnace

@spider-insider7981

Жыл бұрын

The moral is "Don't sleep with your mentor's underage daughter"

@Just_Jac0b

Жыл бұрын

To be real, the ark burns off the swastika on the box it’s being carried in, so maybe the message is God hates Nazis?

@cleverusername9369

Жыл бұрын

My takeaway was "it's always socially acceptable, if not one's civic duty, to punch a Nazi"

@willbeard4835

Ай бұрын

The moral is "everything sounds better when Aussie slang is added"

I see you. I see you coming into the comments to tell me that Irvin Kershner directed a Bond movie as an american. BUT. Never Say Never again is not an official EON production and you should know that if you're gonna be down in here acting like an absolute dog

@BigBoy-ok3eg

Жыл бұрын

Sorry

@josephsdsu1

Жыл бұрын

Damn. Harsh!

@RodRessell

Жыл бұрын

How did they CGI thousands of rats in the behind the scenes footage?

@mrsundaymovies

Жыл бұрын

It’s crazy right?!?

@a.t.3192

Жыл бұрын

I love how aggressive this comment is. Good stuff, Mr Scumbag Movies!

I may be _extremely_ biased, but I would argue that young *Harrison Ford is one of the most charismatic actors* of all time.

@solarmaru49

Жыл бұрын

You could say he has the rizz

@Mitcheck315

Жыл бұрын

I'm a straight man so maybe my tastes aren't entirely with reality here but to my eyes few men have ever been more attractive than Harrison Ford in this movie

@joostverra9130

Жыл бұрын

Such a daring statement

@neilbeaton9498

Жыл бұрын

Let me get this straight... You think that one of the most popular actors of all time is really good

@planet7085

Жыл бұрын

Harrison, I don't use the word "actor" often, but you are the greatest actor in American history.

Notably the character of Toht was so devoted to Hitler and the Reich, that he wore coloured contact lenses to give his eyes a more Aryan blue colour - the very same eyes that look upon the Ark and result in his soul being harvested, hence the name "Blue Harvest" being attached to an early version of the screenplay.

@Krondon-SSR

Жыл бұрын

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@rampantrambling8178

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@mixolydian9102

Жыл бұрын

btw, one of the best and creepiest movie villains ever.

@chickencharlie1992

Жыл бұрын

You fuck, you got me

@nedschneebly5424

Жыл бұрын

Blue Harvest was the fake name for Return of the Jedi not Indiana Jones

John Rhys-Davis’ provided a really interesting insight into the behind the scenes making of this movie in his autobiography. Here’s what he had to say about the famous case of dysentery that swept through the production: “We all got sick in Tunisia. I’ve never gone back there; my memories are so vile. Swallowing flies, which were there in such an abundance. It was during the date harvest, and we’d sit down to eat, 150 of us, and they had a covered but open-sided tent. And in every cubic foot of space, there were dozens of huge blue bottle flies buzzing around. You were waving your hands over your food to stop the flies from landing on it, and as you stopped for a second to put your fork on the plate, a fly would land on something. Or they would follow the food into your mouth, which seemed to be their favourite thing, so you’d end up chewing flies. Eventually this led to some members of the production to jokingly refer to the movie as Blue Harvest which was coincidentally also the working title of the 1977 film Star Wars”.

@timowieslander2831

Жыл бұрын

Well played

@coolguyhino92

Жыл бұрын

@@timowieslander2831 fuck youuuuu!!!!! That was so god dammed smooth!!!

@DamienDrake

Жыл бұрын

Fuck. Yes! This is the best comment on anything ever. All other comment sections can officially close down. FULL STOP!

@alexgetting245

Жыл бұрын

You bastard…

"God f-ing hates you. I like his glasses" had me rolling 😂😂😂

turns out that Dr Octavius' first attempt was to graft live spiders on his back.

@originalindigodingo

Жыл бұрын

Somehow, the spiders also made him become evil.

@Sweet00thtkc

Жыл бұрын

Very curious to see attempts 2-99 now…

@CivilianSatellite

Жыл бұрын

No wonder he takes issue with Spider-men.

@miguelcarloherrera532

Жыл бұрын

The power of spiders on the back of his back

@TeaGamingPanda

Жыл бұрын

He tried to get the idol to fund his science projects

Something that I wish had been mentioned is how many sequences in this film play out like a silent film. A lot of the action sequences have little to no dialogue, and it's just the physicality of the actors carrying the scene with the John Williams score playing over it. The fight choreography and stunts are also very reminiscent of silent era & Buster Keaton type films. The film overall is very reliant on the physical expressions from the actors (even down to their facial expressions) which I think is a big, but underappreciated aspect of the film's charm.

@DATFilms

Жыл бұрын

The final episode of Adventures of Young Indy is him doing a silent film, going full circle.

@jambler15

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree. Doesn't get mentioned enough. This movie is very efficient/concise. Just 1 hr 55 mins. No bloat. Written, shot, and edited to perfection.

"The future probably" and then cutting to Harrison Ford as Han Solo screaming is probably the hardest I've laughed in a while. Well done.

@limonadiautomaattimekaanikko

2 күн бұрын

Ummm akchually, Star Wars isn't futuristic. It says "A long long time ago" right there in the beginning! 🤓

The Indiana-Marian thing is actually worse than you think. Break it down: - Sleeps with her when she's 15 - Leaves - Shows up years later for help, not even from her. - Supposedly starts an actual relationship this time, but leaves for years AGAIN, this time with her pregnant - Shows again after another decade and a half, and THEN marries her. Throughout her entire "relationship" with Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood has spent maybe a month with the man without getting shot at.

@mrcritical6751

Жыл бұрын

Really hope they show he’s still with her in Dial Of Destiny or that she at least died happily married to him and peacefully

@brandoncaruso9276

Жыл бұрын

​@@mrcritical6751rumors are that she divorceed him in the beginning of the movie

@TF2CrunchyFrog

Жыл бұрын

Er, according to her birth year of 1909 she was 17, not 15... and a lot of people are no logner virgins by 17.

@DeLittleRebel

Жыл бұрын

Was the sleeping with confirmed?? I thought it was just a relationship without that

@croakinc3670

Жыл бұрын

@@DeLittleRebel Mutt Williams is their kid

That Swordsman joke is one of the best payoffs of anticlimax in media, and the Lego Indiana Jones game makes it even better as you do actually have to fight him, which comes as a surprise to those who've seen the movie, and also tees up those who played the game first into thinking that he will fight him, making it even more of a surprise when he just shoots him.

@DATFilms

Жыл бұрын

Only Lego Indy 2 did that, but that game was wacky, changed a bunch of things.

@danwroy

Жыл бұрын

That's clever

@talldaveh

Жыл бұрын

Wait…who on earth would play Lego Indy 2 BEFORE watching Raiders of the Lost Ark? Lol (but I agree it’s one of the best anticlimax payoffs)

@chelnahtheegghead

Жыл бұрын

@@talldavehYoung children?

@TheMamaluigi300

2 ай бұрын

@@DATFilms Besides, it’s not even *the* swordsman that you fight. That’s also a cutscene, just he reflects the shots like a jedi and they hit him with a banana instead It’s the *DS* version of Lego Indy 1 where you fight the swordsman as a real boss

The punch sound is the real star of these movies.

@VenlyssPnorr

Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@hevykevy316

Жыл бұрын

Hell yes. Big fan of when they show up in other films like Hot Fuzz and Batman Returns.

@TheJesselopez1981

Жыл бұрын

The sound for the punches is made from slapping jello. The best sound came from blue flavored jello which was bought in bulk and harvested for...nevermind. Its just not the same.

@squamish4244

9 ай бұрын

And the booming gunshots.

Regarding closing their eyes. As a preacher's kid, I can tell you how I saw that. Growing up, I heard so many sermons and Bible lessons, and when it came to the Ark of the Covenant, only the high priest could stand in its presence, and even then, if they were unworthy, they'd be killed in its presence. I believe they'd tie a rope around his ankle or waist so they could pull him out of the Holy of Holies if God struck him dead. Others in the Bible were killed for touching it. It's a big characteristic of its legend. So, Indiana is tied up there. In the presence of the Ark. A very unholy Nazi is standing in the place of the high priest. IF this is all real, if this thing is the earthly seat of God Himself, then shit is about to go down. Once Indiana realizes it's real, he tells Marion to shut her eyes. They can't remove themselves. They're stuck there in what is at that moment the holiest place on earth. The only thing they can do is remove from this place what they can: their sight. I always interpreted that act as Indiana and Marion making a humble gesture to God by doing what they could to respect the power of the Ark. And thus why they were spared.

@jonathonrobinson6081

Жыл бұрын

Didn't God command people not to lay their eyes on it?

@bradpoynting4691

Жыл бұрын

I, for real, read that entire paragraph with the 100% expectation that it was going to be an incredibly convoluted lead up to explaining wrongly about Star Wars being called 'Blue Harvest.'

@paulnicholson5997

Жыл бұрын

I can also remember some Bible class where the Ark was being carried, the men carrying it stumbled, one of the men reached up to steady the Ark and was struck dead when he touched it.

@neilabel1711

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly the reason I thought they closed their eyes. It's humbling themselves in the presence of God

@paulnicholson5997

Жыл бұрын

@Neil Abel Yeah, and Indy knows all of that Bible stuff as well. He knew not to look.

The cinematography in the first one, was masterclass. Everything looked real because it was REAL!!! The photographer spent months and months shooting for location spots which was absolutely stunning!

No one spoil James's enthusiasm for the new Indiana Jones film!

@mrsundaymovies

Жыл бұрын

It's hilarious to me that someone (Mason) thinks he can spoil my enthusiasm

@myohmyDesign

Жыл бұрын

@@mrsundaymovies he's just rubbing his greasy mits at the thought you'll be forced to wear the 'Melbourne is ALL-IN' lanyard again! 🤣

@jchase8223

Жыл бұрын

The actual movie will do the job…

@michaelreich4827

Жыл бұрын

​@@jchase8223 the J.O.B.

@paulnicholson5997

Жыл бұрын

I heard Indy gets the Jake Skywalker treatment, only worse, much much worse. Enjoy!

Regarding the message of the movie as it pertains to the Ark- It's about hubris and humility. Indy spends most of the film skeptical of the Ark's existence and power. The Nazis believe in its power, but are so arrogant they think they can control it. By opening the Ark, they seal their fate by not respecting the power inside, nor understanding its significance. Not once do they consider that an artifact of the Jewish faith MIGHT not be something they would ever be able to wield. They are so convinced of their superiority that they think they can harness the power of God against his chosen people. Indy, meanwhile, learns to respect the power of the Ark and humbles himself in God's presence. Closing his eyes as it opens is Indy learning to accept there are things in the world he can not control or comprehend. His humility spares him in the end- a lesson that echoes when he chooses the right Grail! Anyway, just my two cents worth.

@mrsundaymovies

Жыл бұрын

And it shot a bunch of lasers!

@Castragroup

Жыл бұрын

“ jews are gods chosen people” you In reference to the arrogance of anyone else

@amiciprocul8501

Жыл бұрын

Or he just closed his eyes, lol.

@starwarsnerd100

Жыл бұрын

@@Castragroup You realize he didn’t invent the phrase “chosen people” right? That’s a common expression.

@christopherbucher7017

Жыл бұрын

It's a reference to a biblical passage which states that anyone who looked into the ark when it was opened was killed by God

Apparently in 1981 they had not yet introduced the PG-13 rating, so that meant “Raiders” was either going to be PG or R… and for a moment, it almost got the R rating because of the deaths of the villains, in particular the moment when Belloq’s head blew up. However, they ultimately managed to get around this in post production by gathering up various bits of stock footage to obfuscate Belloq’s violent end. This eventually lead to some crew members jokingly referring to the film as “Blew Harvest” which coincidentally was also the working title of the 1977 movie “Star Wars”.

@titusmccarthy

Жыл бұрын

Lame.

@thevaccinator666

7 ай бұрын

Not lame.

For me, the last crusade was the best, two actors that “just got it” together on screen playing humorous and emotion scenes

@AndyJay1985

Жыл бұрын

And who was better than to star with Ford than Bond himself? The character Spielberg wanted to direct a movie for.

I'm guessing the different gun thing is because in the "Hero Shot" they busted out the most expensive detailed replica they had, but to throw one across the room they had to use a stunt prop. So it's probably a rubber molded thing. Interestingly, early weapon replicas had to be made with a special rubber only found in a particular country that no longer exists, that for safety reasons was coloured blue, which lead

@Kriosaivak

Жыл бұрын

Which lead what?

@EvangelOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@Kriosaivak blue harvest

@wallythewondercorncake8657

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't a replica

@Kriosaivak

Жыл бұрын

@@EvangelOfficial Ahhhhhhh, shoulda figured that out, thanks

@angeltread

Жыл бұрын

except just looking at the freeze frame side by side provided here... its lit different but it totally looks like the same gun. you could be right one might be a rubber gun for throwing but its still clearly the same gun even, literally has every same feature. i think mason is just got a wakadoo brain for hot sec.

Fun fact - the oculus in the Map Room was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, which projects a sunbeam and illuminates the doorway on Rome’s birthday.

I genuinely wasn't aware that people didn't care for The Last Crusade. It's personally my favorite of the original Indie movies.

@clancywiggam

Жыл бұрын

Last crusade was great. Temple of doom is a sack of s***.

@Bulls3ye86

Жыл бұрын

@@clancywiggam I'll take Crystal Skull over Temple of Doom any day!

@username-yc3bd

Жыл бұрын

temple of doom>>>>>>crystal skull

@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319

Жыл бұрын

@@username-yc3bd Agreed. MUCH greater.

@Duplotopf

Жыл бұрын

​@@clancywiggamL

I feel like the fan theory that everything would have been fine without Indy misses the point that he just wants to find the arc out of complete selfish curiosity. He isn’t a hero trying to save the day; he’s a not too great guy pursuing an obsessive passion. Even him killing a bunch of nazis is just a byproduct of survival as opposed to ethics.

@johnb1150

Жыл бұрын

What amy in the big bang theory gets wrong (or rather the writers of bbt) is that Indy was sent on a mission by the American government to retrieve the ark, whether Indy made an impact is totally irrelevant because the film plot was he was sent on a mission and he completed said mission so that's "making an impact" because he secured the ark for the government.

@timegentleman

Жыл бұрын

Also, Indy not having a huge effect on events is *intentional* - Indy's constantly getting bested and making things up as he goes, part of his characterisation is that he's always on the back foot (which is why the Die Hard everyman hero connection made in this video was so apt). But as mentioned in the video, he does likely save Marion's life and prevent any further Nazis showing up to grab the ark (perhaps subsequently figuring out how to wield it). The arrogance of *Big Bang Theory* writers of all people taking pot-shots at a sublime script that they clearly don't understand and could never hope to come close to is just staggering.

@VenlyssPnorr

Жыл бұрын

Exemplified by the scene with the Panzerfaust (?) in which Belloq essentially calls Indy's bluff and tells him how he "wants to see it opened as much as I do". PS - Belloq may just be one of the greatest villains of all time. The drinking scene with Marion is just amazing.

@oneandonlyjaybee

Жыл бұрын

Let's face it. Big bang theory is a load of sh*t

@johnb1150

Жыл бұрын

@@timegentleman yeh their contention was flawed to begin with because all they were focused on was the fact the Nazis happen to die at the film's end by their own hand while completely ignoring all the events leading up to it, Marion would've been either scarred for life by toht if not simply murdered, pretty major plot point if your heroine dies because Indy "doesn't make any impact" it's a ridiculous hypothesis to begin with and real nerds in big bang would've rejected it easily like we are right now. It's also belittling the character and his efforts frankly. It's sposed to show indys tenacity in not letting the nazis just take what they want and they're also forgetting they didn't know what the ark would do when opened so they couldn't afford to just hope for the best, hindsight is irrelevant.

This absolute treasure of a video is unfortunately completely ruined by the lack of the "Rodney"-Shouting Man supercut.

Things Ultra Magnus doesn't have: It Things everyone in Raiders of the Lost Ark has: It Conclusion: The cast of Raiders of the Lost Ark should lead the Autobots

Freddie Mercury is an absolute perfect example of a person who’s just “got it.” Shout out to the editors!

@jonsmith5058

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’m trying to think of someone today who just oozes that charisma and talent and I come up short. Those people are extremely rare.

@TaylorRV79

Жыл бұрын

If by it you mean AIDS

@eddyk3

Жыл бұрын

@@TaylorRV79 This is the wrong fan base for this sort of shit.

@obiwankenobi9141

Жыл бұрын

Ayoo!

@joemolnar3

Жыл бұрын

​@@jonsmith5058honestly the only one that's truly come that close for me in recent years was Chadwick Bozeman may he RIP. After seeing him in 42 I thought exactly that, "he just has it"

If you’re interested there is a great movie called “Raiders” in which two childhood best friends tried to recreate this movie shot for shot as children. They filmed about 90% of the movie before they broke up due to a love triangle gone bad with the girl they cast as Marian. It’s a great movie. The production company found this story and funded the rest of the movie to be shot. It’s incredible.

@rishoutfield2043

Жыл бұрын

The kid (now middle-aged) that made it did a presentation and screening I went to, talking about the enormous effort it was to get the film completed (finally got finished in 2014), and it was a surprisingly moving final product to watch.

This was the first “grown up” movie I ever remember myself enjoying even tho I understood nothing

The fact that this was made, in that era, is wild... but the fact that it only cost $20 million is unbelievable

@goten339

Жыл бұрын

Inflation tbf so it’d be like $60 million today, but even with that in mind it made an incredible amount of money off that

@TechnologicallyTechnical

Жыл бұрын

It cost $20 million to make an Oscar nominated film, and nearly $300 million to make a film that bombed with critics a month before release (I'm of course referring to Dial of Destiny)

@Michael_ORourke

Жыл бұрын

​​@@goten339 $60 million is still just mid-budget today. The new Indy movie costs $300 million.

@goten339

Жыл бұрын

@@Michael_ORourke That's more expensive than most MCU movies. What an abominable amount of money to burn

@redadamearth

Жыл бұрын

@@TechnologicallyTechnical "Temple of Doom" bombed with many critics in 1984. Many were split on it. It would have gotten 50% on RT, if it had existed then, as a lot of people thought it was over the top, silly, too violent and wasn't as good "Raiders". Some liked it, some didn't. So did "Crystal Skull" in 2008, with critics split on it. Both ended up making a fortune, just like "Dial of Destiny" will. Most audiences don't care about what critics have to say - they just love Indy movies. While I personally don't think the series ever did anything better than "Raiders of the Lost Ark", I still love the others ("Crystal Skull" being an exception, as I think its second half just dove into the toilet; having seen it again recently, it's first half isn't as bad as I remembered; but once he and Mutt travel into the "adventure", it just goes downhill). Personally, I think they should have just ended the series with "Last Crusade", as it was the perfect ending. But I'll still see "Dial of Destiny" and enjoy the hell out of it. :-)

If you look at the official wiki, Marion’s birth year is 1909 so she’s 27 in raiders and 17 when she was with Indy. Not to mention her birthday is early, in march, so by the time Indy showed up, she was most likely within a few months of being a legal adult. It’s not as bad as it could have been. But yeah, I also remember reading that transcript a few months ago where George suggested age 15 and I was like ewww

@mrcritical6751

Жыл бұрын

Once again we are left with the immortal question “George…you alright?”

@lutherheggs451

Жыл бұрын

@@mrcritical6751 No we're not really left with any questions. Times were different in the 1930s/40s time period...Intelligent people outnumbered the imbeciles, so you didn't have low IQ woke trash or low IQ MAGA trash going to the movies with their crayons and handy dandy notebook to check on character ages, character colors, character genders...The intelligent people were/are able to actually just watch a movie for enjoyment, they weren't trying to compare fantasy to reality at all times.

@redadamearth

Жыл бұрын

If you read the transcript of the story conference meeting that Lucas, Spielberg and Kasdan had in January of 1978 before the script was written, Lucas says he wanted Marion to have been 12 or 13 years old when she and Indy had the affair. He literally says so, specifically. Thankfully, they raised that age eventually as that would been pretty disgusting, but it makes you wonder what the f___ Lucas was thinking.

@mrcritical6751

Жыл бұрын

@@redadamearth Lucas is a creator who was bolstered by those who surrounded him. From Marsha Lucas, to the original trilogy directors to Spielberg, if it weren’t for them he’d be making B-tier straight to DVD sci-fi schlock

@re1010

Жыл бұрын

​@@redadamearth I think he was try to go hard with that cynicism. I'm just glad it was never elaborated and decanonized.

George Lucas as a writer and no Blue Harvest Joke? My disapointment is unmeasurable and my day is ruined

Mason’s comment about Harrison Ford taking credit for shooting the swordsman is kind of true. There’s multiple conflicting behind the scenes stories of how that happened.

@TechnologicallyTechnical

Жыл бұрын

They're no doubt covering up the fact that Harrison Ford shot the guy for real. Just got sick of filming that day and shot the guy out of frustration. The cheers from the crowd afterwards are no doubt real too.

@zom8680

Жыл бұрын

​@Matt Ward yep. I heard from a trusted source the swordsman guy stole some cans of spaghetti o's and a random dude named Blevin Bleelberg put a hit out on him

@jonathonrobinson6081

Жыл бұрын

​@@TechnologicallyTechnical He shot him because he screwed up the joke and said Harvest Blue. The fool.

@veghesther3204

Жыл бұрын

I thought that scene occurred because Harrison Ford wasn't in the best of health Desert Climates can cause Dysentery which CAN kill you so to not worry about Harrison Ford dying because of that it was just faster for him to Shoot the Swordman over using his whip.

Shout out to Paul Freeman for being in the first Indiana Jones movie and the first Power Rangers movie

James' power to keep a joke going through spite (and a bit of laziness) alone has finally reached its limit.

@TheJesselopez1981

Жыл бұрын

Too many people embracing them in the comments. If you want to keep one of them around you have to leave angry comments about them. Thats what gives James life force. Annoying people. Also, I hate Rodney guy and I'm glad he's gone. 😢

@SirAsdf

Жыл бұрын

@@TheJesselopez1981 I'm half convinced James only continues making KZread videos out of spite

A whole review of Raiders of the Lost Ark and you didn’t mention John Williams score? We’ll I say it then… he’s got it lol

I knew green trivia and the guy who shouts Rodney were gone but when I felt the lead-in coming I subconsciously got ready to sing along and had a moment of sadness. RIP green trivia and the guy who shouts Rodney. We hardly knew ye

The last crusade is honestly my favourite Indiana Jones film. I love everything about it. I just think it’s neat. Sean Connery definitely brings a lot to it for me. (And the ‘it’ you guys are looking for is that young Harrison Ford has w rizz)

@347Jimmy

Жыл бұрын

Last Crusade is definitely the best I'm totally biased because I saw it in cinema, but it's still the best

I've always looked at Raiders as a film about personal growth. The stakes are high, but not as explicitly stated as Last Crusade (ex. his dad saying if the Nazi's get the grail the armies of darkness will walk all over the earth yatta yatta) and it's post his "Fortune and Glory" obsession in Temple of Doom and he now respects other humans (he learned to care for Short Round and stop putting him in INSANE AMOUNTS OF danger like he did in the opening with Wu-Han which ultimately got him killed, learned to care for other cultures and people through risking his own life and limb to save the enslaved children, etc.). This film is about Indy learning from his past and growing into a better man, repairing his relationship with Marion, and punching Nazi's along the way. The whole ending is supposed to illicit hopelessness/meaninglessness. The titular "Lost Ark" has been discovered by "Raiders" who proceed to squabble over it until it gets ALL OF THEM KILLED except the only person who was learning to better himself through the process and cares about more than just the wealth and power the Ark seemingly represents. And after ALL OF THAT, the Ark is again lost, now no longer buried in the ruins of Tanis but within a seemingly INFINITE warehouse filled with LORD KNOWS WHAT (Other ancient artifacts, alien remains from Roswell, ya know, the works). The Ark is again LOST, despite Indy's best efforts. And yet... it's okay. It isn't about the Ark just the same way that it isn't about the Golden Idol in the opening sequence. It got away, but there will be others. The government might not know what they have, it might be lost to time yet again, but Marion is there and she offers to get him a drink. And we find out years later they have a son, and it influences the rest of Indy's life. So the statement about if Indy wasn't there, things wouldn't have worked out as well for Indy, isn't entirely wrong. Good work Mason. In short: The Big Bang Theory was clearly not written by people who like movies, write intelligent, complex, and likable characters with realistic development, or care much for the artistic integrity of someone else's work all for the sake of a half-bit laugh from an audience of casual viewers who don't care to look much past the surface. The Indy films are some of my all time favorites for the fact that Indy's character arc is Buried DEEP in all 4 films, and you have to do your own archeological work to dig it up, dust it off, and put it back together in the right order. I think Crystal Skull, despite its numerous shortcomings and flaws, continues that arc in a nice way and would have rounded Indy's arc out well, I just hope Dial of Destiny doesn't completely fubar it for the sake of nostalgia baiting me back into the theater for "One Last Ride" But you can still bet I'll be there opening day.

Interesting note, in the temple at the beginning you can see a small carving of C3-PO and R2-D2 from George Lucas’ film _Star Wars_ which was made under the fake working title “Blue Harvest”

@steadybrek

Жыл бұрын

Came here to write this!

I didn't realize that was Alfred Molina that was covered with spiders! That would explain his hatred of Spider-Man decades later. Coincidentally, I remember reading that during pre-production of the second Raimi Spider-Man film, the wardrobe department wanted to change things up slightly and use all-natural dyes for the costumes, requiring the harvesting of tens of thousands of Indigofera Tinctoria plants just for the Spider-Man suits alone - this led to the working title of the film being "Blue Harvest" - which was, unbeknownst to Sam Raimi, also the working title of the first Star Wars film.

I think the section where Mutt is swinging in the vines with the monkeys is a call back to when Marion says that the Capuchin in this film is her & Indy's child.

Imagine getting rejected by a famous franchise and then making your own franchise with your buddies that rivals and arguably exceeds the franchise that turned you down. That’s a power move.

@squamish4244

9 ай бұрын

Spielberg wasn't rejected; he never tried to direct a Bond film. The rest I agree with.

Regarding the submarine, UBoats had an incredibly slow speed underwater. So it’s most likely, since it was during peacetime, that the submarine had no reason to submerge to make the best time to the island base at the end and Indy simply sat on the top

Lucas and Spielberg laughing and brainstorming about the idea of Indy being a groomer in the writers room is something I didn’t need to know

IMO, Raiders is as close to perfection in an action film as can get, like Die Hard, one of the very few that works brilliantly from start to finish.

I’ve had the opinion for more than a decade that the Truck Rescue scene is the best Action Sequence in cinema history. The whole thing is thrilling and top-knotch

@adamseidel9780

Жыл бұрын

All the action sequences have this absolutely incredible combination of practical effects, great physicality, almost gritty realism at times, while also being completely preposterous, impossible, and breaking the laws of physics. It looks and feels exactly like how you’d imagine a thrilling chase scene in your head if you were a 13 year old reading it out of an old adventure novel. It would be juuuuuuust realistic enough to pass muster in your mind, but all the colors, sounds, and action would be dialed to about a 15 out of 10 on the fantasy scale. It’s perfect, nobody has done it better literally ever.

@DocD173

Жыл бұрын

@@adamseidel9780 precisely! Nothing defies the laws of physics, everything looks and feels real, but all the pulp action and sound is pushed just to the right amount of fantastical.

@paulnicholson5997

Жыл бұрын

​@DD173 Speilberg really is the master when it comes to Directing. He will be missed on Indy 5, but I think he saw the way Indy's being treated in this movie and decided to bounce.

@iantaylor8148

Жыл бұрын

Agree. But I love the flying wing sequence as much. A perfect action movie.

@paulnicholson5997

Жыл бұрын

@Ian Taylor That's one of the many great action set pieces in this movie. The truck sequence is absolutely the best all of those stunts, and were practical effect, except for the end when everyone gets roasted. Only the flying wing was completely fictional, they never developed that plane.

When I rewatch this movie, I simply pretend that Marion was 29 in the movie, same age as Karen Allen at the time of filming.

@dorisbove2210

Жыл бұрын

only Marion's character was fifteen and there's no changing that, even Karen Allen said that Marion was 15 when Marion and Indiana Jones first got together this is fact. What people like you don't get, is what you want is totally irrelevant and doesn't matter.

@Laymansinsight

Жыл бұрын

​@Doris Bove actually it isn't a fact - it is quite literally fiction. It turns out that some people, unlike yourself, are quite happy to enjoy the film for entertainment purposes. For example, I'm too busy enjoying life to engage with whatever twitter lore drops JK Rowling posts for Harry Potter. It just isn't that deep.

@croakinc3670

Жыл бұрын

@@Laymansinsight Death of the Author keeps her dumbass twitter lore from being legitimate canon

@chiefscheider

Жыл бұрын

​@@dorisbove2210 The simple fact is, the ages of Indy and Marion aren't mentioned in the movie. Doesn't matter what Karen Allen says, doesn't matter what are in the "script notes" ... When she says "I was a child" she simply means she was naive.

@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep

Жыл бұрын

​@Chief Scheider Yep, exactly. Indy is still an asshole, and the age gap is very weird. But he's no longer a pedophile by modern standards. I'm not sure about

My partner here reminded me that George was fighting for 12... Not 15.. 😑 12..

@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep

Жыл бұрын

Yes... George has had some quite gross moments. The "make Marion 12" thing, the Jewish/Black/Asian stereotypes in Phantom Menace, and the entirety of Howard The Duck.

@exzyyd392

Жыл бұрын

Does it really matter? They're not real. None of it really happened. Indy is already a mass murderer. Sometimes people do fucked up things

@TheJesselopez1981

Жыл бұрын

While they're talking about it in the video, there is a transcript of a brainstorming session, where they talk about it. If you pause it and read it, its really gross.

@HisNameWasCrazy

Жыл бұрын

Further proof that every time somebody talked George out of one of his bad ideas Indiana Jones got better and every time they couldn't be bothered it got worse. Oh, and it was ELEVEN if you check out the whole of that transcript in the video.

@TheJesselopez1981

Жыл бұрын

@@HisNameWasCrazy the worst part for me was when it was suggested that she was also promiscuous and came on to him.

I love that you and Maso are doing this round of CoG and I love this movie! It’s the second best Indiana Jones film! (Behind Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

@metalmusicrocks11234

Жыл бұрын

Behind Crystal Skull??? What do you like about that movie?

@TechnologicallyTechnical

Жыл бұрын

@@metalmusicrocks11234 Make sure the joke doesn't hit your head while it flies over you.

@curtisjeffries-ki2do

Жыл бұрын

You crazy 😂

The Hi Power was Belgian. It was also a huge advancement in handgun technology. Indy was an early adopter.

@JohnSmith-yd5wq

Жыл бұрын

Its unlikely that Indy and mercs would have a hi power at the time the movie takes place. The hi power was a stand in for a 1911

Your editor is INCREDIBLE!! Every video.

@MrmerryPippin-tw6rv

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Not enough credit and accolades to the editor!!

I wonder if Indy having an affair with a teenager is a reference to Harrison Ford flying to France to personally deliver an Oscar to Roman Polanski 20 years later.

This has been my dream caravan series for years, thank you both + the editing extraordinaire’s for all the content !

Porkins is 32 in this?! God damn. The 80s were fuckin rough.

@TheJesselopez1981

Жыл бұрын

More like the 70's and 60's.

This video belongs in a museum!

@Elnis888

Жыл бұрын

You know, sometimes you just come across somebody who makes JUST the right comment at JUST the right time! 🙂

@titusmccarthy

Жыл бұрын

So do you!

The big bald German that Indy fights in Raiders (and is shish kebabed by the plane propeller) was played by Pat Roach, who also fights him in both Temple of Doom and Last Crusade (unfortunately he passed away by the time Crystal Skull was made).

@timegentleman

Жыл бұрын

For anyone wondering, his fight in Last Crusade was cut out of the movie - iirc he was a beefy ticket inspector on the zeppelin. Also, he fights Indy twice in Raiders - he plays a different character in the bar fight scene!

Thank god a youtube channel did a breakdown of this hidden gem.

@eliasbouchard6926

Жыл бұрын

Can you really consider Indiana Jones a hidden gem? Considering its one of the biggest blockbusters of all time.

@chiefscheider

Жыл бұрын

​Oh, Elias ...

@Krillinjustchillin

Жыл бұрын

@@eliasbouchard6926 would you like to buy some magic beans?

I cant believe we've lost the holy trinity. First blue harvest, then Rodney, and now green trivia? If snake eyes isnt next week's episode i will petition.

Listening to James’s love for this film is so wholesome!

Incredible editing by Laurence! I reckon this is his best work yet!

14:25 It can be argued that the moral of the film is that one can’t control acts of god, merely respect and survive them.

I wonder what would’ve happened if Indy shot the Ark with that RPG

“Im gonna shit my pants” is even funnier when you think about hearing it in Harrison’s voice

I literally watched this on Disney+ last night. They did not change any of the affair dailogue between Indy and Marian.

“They’ve got it!” Dude even though I can’t articulate what you’re saying, I totally get it.

Winston Churchill was in this a lot more than I remember.

That edit of Nazi's loading the Ark of the Covenant into a Morrison Minor outside 10 Downing Street is magnificent. Absurd brilliance.

We’ll never forgettios spielberg’s spaghettios

I miss Rodney 😢

@SciontheDark

Жыл бұрын

Rodney had its time

I saw this when I was 5, I did not understand what was happening with the drinking contest. My dad told me "She's drinking that guy under the table", which I took literally... thinking they were bleeding out a dude under the table and drinking his blood. To be fair I had (inexplicably) seen Assault on Precinct 13 by this point, where they do a gang blood pact ritual... so I apparently just thought tough guys do weird shit with blood.

@mss11235

Жыл бұрын

S tier childood anecdote. Thank you

Interestingly, George Lucas was so happy with how the original Star Wars film turned out that he decided for good luck he’d give this film the same original working title and that’s why Raiders of the Lost Ark’s first title was Blue Harvest.

4:39 Those rats aren't CG, they're really there.

@azv343

Жыл бұрын

I know, what's up with that? Were they doing an injoke? Like a bait n switch? Because the cg monkeys and mole are a typical fanboy complaint from The Crystal Skull... But they didn't really set it up that way.

@TheJesselopez1981

Жыл бұрын

​@@azv343 it was a dig at Crystal Skull. He's saying he hates one of these movies for the wonky CGI but it's Last Crusade.

"I was only in my mid twenties. And you were also in your mid twenties. We were the same age." Absolutely murdered me

I will not give another like to a Mr. Sunday Movies video until Rodney is brought back.

You guys nailed what made Raiders perfect every one in it has it that grit and swagger

the big guy on the plane is played by Pat Roach. Former wrestler turned actor. Also well known in the UK for the tv show Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (Timothy spall was last in it as well). Pat also plays the lead henchman in The Temple of Doom

4:55 can't believe you guys missed the obvious joke with Alfred Molina having spiders on his back lol

It’s not the same without the guy that shouts Rodney😢😔

After working on Twilight Zone - The Movie, i imagine Spielberg avoided having real life rotating blades on set. I believe they explained when discussing the Ark early on that the legend is any army carrying the Ark into battle would be undefeatable. A better film would be the Nazis get the Ark, march into battle and find out the legend isn't true! I always thought the reason Indy tells Marion to close her eyes at the end was so she didn't see the Nazis being slaughtered. I don't think looking at the open Ark meant you would die. I could be wrong, though.

The glasses no glasses question, Indy simply puts them in a pocket in the field because action. Common nearsightedness, losing medium and long distance detail, he therefore should not use them for reading or close up tomb raiding. Also, he's GOT IT!!!

One thing i looked into because of my interest in WW2 and prewar history is whether or not there were even rocket launchers in the 30s. Turns out the first shoulder mounted rockets the germans used were panzerfausts which didn't enter production until 1943 and the first shoulder mounted rocket ever produced was the American M1 bazooka in 1942. The only anti-tank weaponry designed to be used by infantry in 1936 by any country would have been anti-tank rifles. Just a little anachronistic element of the movie I noticed

Imagine a world where Tom Selleck was Indi and then Ridley Scott was like. Let's cast him in Blade Runner.

@mrcritical6751

Жыл бұрын

Just completely changes the course of Tom Selleck’s career and suddenly all many men are walking around with big bushy moustaches

One of my favorite Spielberg films and the best Indiana Jones film.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR MENTIONING QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER!! I swear I saw it on tv, as a kid & loved it, but I was all like ME: "where’s the first one?" Friends parents: "Oh …well, there isn’t one" Me: "Hey! You can’t lie to me like that movie, coming in here acting like I know your main character, with no movie coming before hand!" 😂🤣 still a great movie tho

Churchill walking with Indy is my favorite edit ever😂

Last Crusade is the best one

Sam raimi credits this as one of his favourite movies and after seeing Alfred Molina with a back full of spiders he was so delighted that he wrote a movie around the core concepts of Alfred Molina trying to fight a spider and having some stuff on his back

@squamish4244

9 ай бұрын

Doc Ock is a character from the comics. But I can see Sam Raimi using him for the sequel for that reason.

@Dynomafia139

8 ай бұрын

​@@squamish4244common misconception

@squamish4244

8 ай бұрын

@@Dynomafia139 No...he is a comic book character...since the 1960s...

Alfred Molina even got it! In the first act, blew my mind going back and seeing his name in the opening credits

I've often thought that George Lucas isn't much of a writer. He is a great world builder and an exceptional producer. He's not 100% but he's great at finding the right person for the role. Famously he failed twice at Anakin, but pretty much everyone else really brought everything to their roles. Ahmed Best finally got a little retribution too, going from the guy who played one of the most hated characters in Star Wars to the guy who saved one of the most beloved characters in Star Wars. That wasn't Lucas, I just watched season 3 of Mando recently so that was on my mind.

What do you mean hate crusade? The last crusade is a classic, and I'd happily die on the hill by saying its the best of the sequels. Unless this is a tongue in cheek remark, I am outraged I say... OUTRAAAAGED

@timegentleman

Жыл бұрын

Fairly sure it was a tongue-in-cheek comment meant as a sneaky dig at Crystal Skull, as they follow it up with complaining about all the CGI rats in this 1989 movie!

The ages always get me. Always feel a tinge of sadness that watching Raiders now I have to look at Indy as a young silly lad.

My intro to this movie was seeing the Disney World stunt show as a kid.

I know it was announced that Rodney won’t be back but man does it still sting. RIP Rodney you will be missed.

Please do a Caravan of Garbage on Kangaroo Jack!!!

Fun fact that not a lot of people know but the working title for Raiders of The Lost Ark was Blue Harvest because there were actually blueberries on the big fruit cart in the market and the crew had to harvest them for that scene

When people argue that Indy's actions were pointless in this film, I like to point out that had he not been there causing interference, the medallion would have been claimed from Marion, the Nazis would know the exact location of the Ark, and Beloq may not have decided to open it prior to getting it to Germany to make sure they had the real deal.

I never realised the monkey was supposed to be doing a nazi salute. That was 50 takes well spent

Overreacting to a joke I know, but instead of just googling "churchill famine" and reading some tweet or spurious opinion piece, read respected historians like James Holland, Martin Gilbert or Andrew Roberts, you'll realise that the famine was a result of natural disaster and the war, and that people jumping to blame Churchill are completely incorrect and quite frustrating

@ChannelBlaino

Жыл бұрын

The KZread channel Knowing Better also did a great video addressing that. The Famine was horrible tragedy, but to simplify it to genocide is historical simplification

People do not like the last crusade?lol That's a new one 🤣🤣🤣