I wish you guys could've mentioned the connection to Carl Barks classic Disney Duck comic books. George Lucas grew up a big fan of them and Scrooge McDuck's mannerisms helped inform Indiana Jones' character. Not to mention, the whole opening sequence to Raiders was inspired by the stories "The Seven Cities of Cibola" and "The Prize of Pizarro" and the original haunted castle script treatment for Indy3 sounds an awful lot like "The Old Castle's Secret!" Great stuff as always, guys.
and DuckTales actually references Indiana Jones with Scrooge McDuck (plus Huey, Dewey and Louie) dressed in exhibition clothes going on archaeological digs
This was really cool, I knew most of the stuff discussed but loved that you bring up the Toth dummy scene... i noticed that a long time ago and no one believed me! :)
I have the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 3 volume set, even some of the comics and a couple books. Loved watching the show as a kid, I'd recommend it to any hardcore Indy fan.
That is one of the best shows of all time, because it is precisely for all ages. It is historical, educational, adventurous and highly entertaining. The production values and acting are top notch and the cinematography is as dynamic as any classic film.
I don't get the hate for the nuke/fridge thing ESPECIALLY when, as witnessed here, you've had a raft that perfectly inflates in mid-air and lands, with people in it, AND they survive the fall; as well as a mine cart that leaps of a track, only to land perfectly on another piece of track. How are either of those any less improbable?
Surreal Cereal Yes, but Raiders proved the existence of the Judeo/Christian God so, next to that, a bomb-proof fridge is virtually factual. Perhaps he said a prayer when he got in it?
Really great and well done as always. I was slightly surprised you didn't mention that there was a Young Indiana Jones episode that gives background (and like you state about Poncho Villa, makes canon) on the opening to Temple of Doom.
That was excellent. Learnt some things I didn't know. I'm pretty sure though, that Cate Blanchett's character from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was the basis for the character Arihnda Pryce in Star Wars: Rebels - the two look almost identical, bar the uniforms.
skabcat242 I’m surprised everyone didn’t mention the take in temple of doom where Barbra Streisand whips Indy than Carrie Fisher comes in and consoles him
What a thoroughly enjoyable presentation. I’ve never been to a con but these videos of yours have inspired me to stop in at Dragon con one of these days
Great video. I didn´t know about Sallah getting murdered in Raiders, good thing they changed that. As for Crystal Skull, I was so hyped by a new Indy film that I actually liked it the first time I watched it. Later I started noticing its many, many problems. And then they made Indy 5 and, wow, Crystal Skull is not that bad again, haha.
Michael, I learned how to use a bullwhip because of the Indiana Jones movies. I have, I think it's the 7 feet Indie whip by David Morgan, the man who made the whips for the first movie.
Despite Spielberg cutting out the scene where one of Indy’s students is at his house (who supposedly was pregnant), they still kept the notion that Marion was “a child” when they had a relationship.
Me and my friend spotted the scene where Toht is in the car but is just a dummy. It is so weird lol. Also, I love the Fate of Atlantis point n click game. Sophia was such a good character - such a big shame we never got it as a movie.
I just recently came across your channel.... It is in my top 10 of Channels that I subscribe to.... This video was awesome..... thanks for uploading it. On the other videos you have your opening title song and that is cool as shit as well.... very Trey Parker like.....
It is so great that Indiana Jones 4 brought the tv series into canon. It just makes it more terrible that Disney is trying to wipe out Indiana Jones 4 from canon by not acknowledging its existence for the fifth movie.
Another great video Michael. However, I noticed you didnt mention the discrepancy with the dates. Raiders came out first. However Temple of Doom is dated one year before the events of Raiders. Raiders opens in South America in 1936. Temple opens in Shanghai in 1935. I really enjoyed the video. I also loved Melinda's Seinfeld reference.
I had forgotten about the Young Indiana Jones chronicles, and you had me rolling when you started talking about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull about feeling like being punched in the face cause it was a let down.
The story that Anthony Powell relayed about the elephant and that dress, isn't really true - I've spoken with some of the ladies who worked at Barbara Matera in 1983, who worked on the Anything Goes dress as well as Willie's maiden sacrifice outfit, and they recall making three red & gold dresses (one for Capshaw, one for the stunt double and then an extra one, "just in case"). Also, two of these dresses were on display at two different exhibitions ("Hollywood Costume" in Los Angeles , and "Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology" in Edmonton) at the exact same time. Oh god now i sound like a giant know-it-all (sorry! Your panel is superb!!). The original design always had the open back, as well
Vic looks like he could get himself mixed up with ford, but if you got warren Beaty to be a stunt double, it’s hard to tell who’s who, and who’s voice sounds different.
I got that Presidents of the USA joke the moment when you mentioned ninjas. I chuckled too loud I woke up my wife! I really like how you point out weird and funny parts in movies, like in your Ultimate 80's Ninjas panel. Do you think you can make this as a new video series here on UA-cam?
I loved the Raiders of the Lost Ark Atari game. I remember being so proud when I beat it. It was one of the first and only Atari games I think that had an ending. I think I (my mom) ordered it from Atari Age magazine. Also I love Temple of Doom. It was my favorite for years. It was the first vhs tape I had. Tales of the Gold Monkey was a favorite childhood show. I was super excited for the Young Indiana Jones chronicles and still have some vhs tapes where I recorded it. Most of the Sean Patrick Flannery ones were excellent. No mention of the one episode that Harrison Ford appears?
There are two things that are always considered problems that aren't. The first is the idea that Indy couldn't have survived the U-boat journey. Apparently U-boats didn't submerge when travelling and actually move faster on the surface. The second is the notion that Indy plays no part in the outcome of the story. This is rubbish because Indy is the only person who knows where Marion is and the Nazis follow him to Nepal to find the headpiece. That's why the CIA hire him in the first place!
Couple of things: What's the story with the German soldier that's all bandaged up in Raiders? He's seen predominantly on Kitanga's ship when it's captured by the Nazi uboat; he has Marion at gunpoint with an MP40. You mentioned deleted scenes from Crusade but omitted Temple. We are aware of the makeshift plank where the children escape from the altar. But, I'm curious on the "Black Sleep of Kali" scene. Where Short Round sees a Thuggee guard burned by some lava flotsam. So... it begs the question - did Indy murder innocents that were inebriated under the spell? Sorta glad the latter scene did wind up on the cutting room floor if that's the case.
Michael, I get what you mean about Last Crusade being very similar to Raiders, but I think it bookends nicely with The Ark story, as it’s almost like an Old Testament vs. New Testament kind of story arc.
Thanks. Fantastic and very amusing presentation by the way. I believe the Mark VIII was a British-American tank. I see there's an Indiana Jones Wiki that says the tank was a gift from the local sultan to the Germans. I don't recall that detail from the film, but that would explain how they got a non-German tank. In real life Panzer IIs were already in service at the time the story begins ('38). But they are smaller than Mark VIIIs and the same stunts (hanging from the cannon, fighting on top of the tracks) would not have been possible.
Regarding the number of films "inspired" by Raiders of the Lost Ark, I'm surprised you didn't mention "Bring "Em Back Alive." I know that was a TV show, but it came out a year after ROTLA and I was hooked as a kid. It was a blatant rip-off and I loved it!
(Puts hand up) Yeah, I like Crystal Skull! I seriously do not get the hate. It's cool if, like Temple of Doom, it's not your favourite, but people get so worked over this movie, like it's a personal insult or it ran over your dog. It's no more wild or swashbuckling or cheesy than the others. The fridge gag was meant to be a cheeky nod to lead-lined fridges. And suddenly, after three other films involving questionable science, mysticism, religion, immortality and Short Round, people are calling *that* scene out as unrealistic? Go recapture your youthful sense of wonder and exuberance and comeback to watch this film with light and joy in your heart.
I have the entire set of figs including the 3 figs released only in europe still in their package. You can say I like them. They don't have the best posability but there is something about that that looks really cool to me. They all kinda look like luchadores, or cruiserweight pro wrestling figures haha.
I was so excited for this panel and it did NOT disappoint. Thank you Michael and Melinda
I wish you guys could've mentioned the connection to Carl Barks classic Disney Duck comic books. George Lucas grew up a big fan of them and Scrooge McDuck's mannerisms helped inform Indiana Jones' character. Not to mention, the whole opening sequence to Raiders was inspired by the stories "The Seven Cities of Cibola" and "The Prize of Pizarro" and the original haunted castle script treatment for Indy3 sounds an awful lot like "The Old Castle's Secret!" Great stuff as always, guys.
and DuckTales actually references Indiana Jones with Scrooge McDuck (plus Huey, Dewey and Louie) dressed in exhibition clothes going on archaeological digs
I normally only watch toy reviews. These panel videos are great!
This was really cool, I knew most of the stuff discussed but loved that you bring up the Toth dummy scene... i noticed that a long time ago and no one believed me! :)
I have the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 3 volume set, even some of the comics and a couple books. Loved watching the show as a kid, I'd recommend it to any hardcore Indy fan.
That is one of the best shows of all time, because it is precisely for all ages. It is historical, educational, adventurous and highly entertaining. The production values and acting are top notch and the cinematography is as dynamic as any classic film.
I don't get the hate for the nuke/fridge thing ESPECIALLY when, as witnessed here, you've had a raft that perfectly inflates in mid-air and lands, with people in it, AND they survive the fall; as well as a mine cart that leaps of a track, only to land perfectly on another piece of track. How are either of those any less improbable?
yunoyuluvit Well... that was Temple of Doom
Because a nuclear bomb is a f**king NUCLEAR BOMB.
Surreal Cereal
Yes, but Raiders proved the existence of the Judeo/Christian God so, next to that, a bomb-proof fridge is virtually factual.
Perhaps he said a prayer when he got in it?
LOL. Yeah, I can buy that. Thanks.
And gravity is f**king GRAVITY.
I actually have a greater appreciation for 'Temple of Doom' after watching this episode. As always, outstanding work RB.
30 times?
Randall: In a row?
I'm 31?
Really great and well done as always. I was slightly surprised you didn't mention that there was a Young Indiana Jones episode that gives background (and like you state about Poncho Villa, makes canon) on the opening to Temple of Doom.
That was excellent. Learnt some things I didn't know. I'm pretty sure though, that Cate Blanchett's character from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was the basis for the character Arihnda Pryce in Star Wars: Rebels - the two look almost identical, bar the uniforms.
I'm surprised Michael didn't mention in Temple of Doom the night club was called Obi-Wan.
skabcat242 I’m surprised everyone didn’t mention the take in temple of doom where Barbra Streisand whips Indy than Carrie Fisher comes in and consoles him
Pretty sure he ain’t a Star Wars fan bro
@@bobjordan69 what!?
@@Hi_buddy_waz_sup I kid! I kid cause I love. I’m a fan of Mike mainly from his Star Wars content 🙂
Watched it for the like 3rd time now, a great episode. You’ve inspired me to track down a copy of the Cary Grant Gunga Din.
Great panel, one day I hope to make it out to a Dragon Con because I'd love to go to your panels!
What a thoroughly enjoyable presentation. I’ve never been to a con but these videos of yours have inspired me to stop in at Dragon con one of these days
I lost it at “Have you ever been punched in the face?” Well done.
Awesome panel! Great knowledge and insights here, loads of stuff I simply did not know. Thanks for sharing!
So much I didn't know. This was great thanks for sharing.
It should be noted that Harrison Ford did one of the opening and closing sequences for one episode of the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
Yup and it was amazing
I think it was made while Ford was filming The Fugitive, so you get to see Indy w/ a full beard.
I guess George didn't dare edit out Harrison from the home video release like he did to 90 year Indy.
Magus Marquillin was that the crotchety old Indy with the eye patch?
Glad to see you're still doing shows
Great video. I didn´t know about Sallah getting murdered in Raiders, good thing they changed that. As for Crystal Skull, I was so hyped by a new Indy film that I actually liked it the first time I watched it. Later I started noticing its many, many problems. And then they made Indy 5 and, wow, Crystal Skull is not that bad again, haha.
Michael, I learned how to use a bullwhip because of the Indiana Jones movies. I have, I think it's the 7 feet Indie whip by David Morgan, the man who made the whips for the first movie.
Yes, of course.
Despite Spielberg cutting out the scene where one of Indy’s students is at his house (who supposedly was pregnant), they still kept the notion that Marion was “a child” when they had a relationship.
She was going to be 12 rather than 16 at one point, though.
Yeah, they were really going out of their way to make this character unlike “Dudley Do Right,” as Spielberg put it.
Me and my friend spotted the scene where Toht is in the car but is just a dummy. It is so weird lol. Also, I love the Fate of Atlantis point n click game. Sophia was such a good character - such a big shame we never got it as a movie.
I just recently came across your channel.... It is in my top 10 of Channels that I subscribe to.... This video was awesome..... thanks for uploading it. On the other videos you have your opening title song and that is cool as shit as well.... very Trey Parker like.....
Diet Raiders!!!! I love it! That is the best way to describe Last Crusade and how I feel about it. I thought I was alone. Thank you!!!
I didn't know R2D2 and C3PO had a subtle cameo in the Raiders of the Lost Ark!That's one detail only those in the sets would have known about it.
R2 & 3po in ROTLA. The crystal skull finally makes scenes.
"Have you ever been punched in the face? Like REALLY punched in the face?"
I've seen The Last Jedi, yes....
Corey that played young Indiana Jones he loved playing young Andy he enjoyed it very much !
I enjoyed this!
Especially as an Indy Jones fan.
It is so great that Indiana Jones 4 brought the tv series into canon. It just makes it more terrible that Disney is trying to wipe out Indiana Jones 4 from canon by not acknowledging its existence for the fifth movie.
Another great video Michael. However, I noticed you didnt mention the discrepancy with the dates. Raiders came out first. However Temple of Doom is dated one year before the events of Raiders. Raiders opens in South America in 1936. Temple opens in Shanghai in 1935. I really enjoyed the video. I also loved Melinda's Seinfeld reference.
Awesome going to watch now :D I am ready to go to my first Comic Con tomorrow :D
Dope Amon Amarth tee Melinda!
I had forgotten about the Young Indiana Jones chronicles, and you had me rolling when you started talking about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull about feeling like being punched in the face cause it was a let down.
The story that Anthony Powell relayed about the elephant and that dress, isn't really true - I've spoken with some of the ladies who worked at Barbara Matera in 1983, who worked on the Anything Goes dress as well as Willie's maiden sacrifice outfit, and they recall making three red & gold dresses (one for Capshaw, one for the stunt double and then an extra one, "just in case"). Also, two of these dresses were on display at two different exhibitions ("Hollywood Costume" in Los Angeles , and "Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology" in Edmonton) at the exact same time. Oh god now i sound like a giant know-it-all (sorry! Your panel is superb!!). The original design always had the open back, as well
Brilliant
This was brilliant
Vic looks like he could get himself mixed up with ford, but if you got warren Beaty to be a stunt double, it’s hard to tell who’s who, and who’s voice sounds different.
Fun fact: John Rys-Davies was in "Sphinx" and "King Solomon's Mines."
And also in the Chuck Norris Raiders rip-off film Firewalker.
For me he is mostly Front de-Boeuf in Ithe great tv-movie Ivanhoe (1982) and of course Gimli in Lotr.
I got that Presidents of the USA joke the moment when you mentioned ninjas. I chuckled too loud I woke up my wife!
I really like how you point out weird and funny parts in movies, like in your Ultimate 80's Ninjas panel. Do you think you can make this as a new video series here on UA-cam?
Another great panel,well worth the wait.
Always great content, thanks for filming your panels. I love watching them.
If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones...
One thing I absolutely love about the Last Crusade is River Phoenix's portrayal of young Indiana Jones I thought he was absolutely brilliant
I loved the Raiders of the Lost Ark Atari game. I remember being so proud when I beat it. It was one of the first and only Atari games I think that had an ending. I think I (my mom) ordered it from Atari Age magazine. Also I love Temple of Doom. It was my favorite for years. It was the first vhs tape I had. Tales of the Gold Monkey was a favorite childhood show. I was super excited for the Young Indiana Jones chronicles and still have some vhs tapes where I recorded it. Most of the Sean Patrick Flannery ones were excellent. No mention of the one episode that Harrison Ford appears?
There are two things that are always considered problems that aren't. The first is the idea that Indy couldn't have survived the U-boat journey. Apparently U-boats didn't submerge when travelling and actually move faster on the surface. The second is the notion that Indy plays no part in the outcome of the story. This is rubbish because Indy is the only person who knows where Marion is and the Nazis follow him to Nepal to find the headpiece. That's why the CIA hire him in the first place!
You going to review the 6" line Michael?
The first 5 are great......but 10 Indy's?...
and not one German soldier....?
The line's doa with out them.
You forgot to mention the LEGO Indiana Jones sets!
No, we didn't forget. We're not a lego channel.
21:40 To be fair, I would probably have screamed in half of those situations...
Couple of things:
What's the story with the German soldier that's all bandaged up in Raiders? He's seen predominantly on Kitanga's ship when it's captured by the Nazi uboat; he has Marion at gunpoint with an MP40.
You mentioned deleted scenes from Crusade but omitted Temple. We are aware of the makeshift plank where the children escape from the altar. But, I'm curious on the "Black Sleep of Kali" scene. Where Short Round sees a Thuggee guard burned by some lava flotsam. So... it begs the question - did Indy murder innocents that were inebriated under the spell? Sorta glad the latter scene did wind up on the cutting room floor if that's the case.
Michael, I get what you mean about Last Crusade being very similar to Raiders, but I think it bookends nicely with The Ark story, as it’s almost like an Old Testament vs. New Testament kind of story arc.
I didn't know there was time travelers in Indiana jones
I remember Chronicles, I only saw a few episodes though. It aired at an inconvenient time of day.
I really love "Temple of Doom", always have. But it does introduce the uncomfortable question of what the hell happened to Short Round between movies.
Indy's bag is actually an empty WWI gas mask storage bag.
+CO2Giger actually a MKVII from WWII
RetroBlasting
Whoa! My nerd alert went off...then exploded!
What about the type of German tank that Indy hangs off of? That always took me a little out of the movie because it seems like a made-up design.
WWI Mark VIII German tank with one added turret. It's a real world inspired tank. Not at all made up.
Thanks. Fantastic and very amusing presentation by the way. I believe the Mark VIII was a British-American tank. I see there's an Indiana Jones Wiki that says the tank was a gift from the local sultan to the Germans. I don't recall that detail from the film, but that would explain how they got a non-German tank. In real life Panzer IIs were already in service at the time the story begins ('38). But they are smaller than Mark VIIIs and the same stunts (hanging from the cannon, fighting on top of the tracks) would not have been possible.
love the joke at the end lol
This is great! Any chance you kids will be at Emerald City this year?
looking forward to Indy 5!
Regarding the number of films "inspired" by Raiders of the Lost Ark, I'm surprised you didn't mention "Bring "Em Back Alive." I know that was a TV show, but it came out a year after ROTLA and I was hooked as a kid. It was a blatant rip-off and I loved it!
I appreciated the humor grenade joke.
There will be less hate for Indy IV after Indy V comes out.
I'm surprised he dint mentioned the whip turning into a hook under the truck in raiders of the lost ark.
(Puts hand up) Yeah, I like Crystal Skull! I seriously do not get the hate. It's cool if, like Temple of Doom, it's not your favourite, but people get so worked over this movie, like it's a personal insult or it ran over your dog. It's no more wild or swashbuckling or cheesy than the others.
The fridge gag was meant to be a cheeky nod to lead-lined fridges. And suddenly, after three other films involving questionable science, mysticism, religion, immortality and Short Round, people are calling *that* scene out as unrealistic?
Go recapture your youthful sense of wonder and exuberance and comeback to watch this film with light and joy in your heart.
What’s your opinion on the Secret Wars line?
Well, it was really short on Indiana Jones figures, that's for sure.
I have the entire set of figs including the 3 figs released only in europe still in their package. You can say I like them. They don't have the best posability but there is something about that that looks really cool to me. They all kinda look like luchadores, or cruiserweight pro wrestling figures haha.
Father AxeKeeper I agree. They have great display value like the Super Powers line.
oh wow, John Pertwee aka the 3rd Doctor? man that would have been weird if Sean pass on the part of indy's father.
What does Melinda's shirt say? Is it a band t-shirt?
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They spent so much money on the melting face how c9me spend 2 bucks on the airplane scene?
Xddddddd
I'm sure someone else has said that indy has no real role in the movie.
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Please keep the videos under 20 minutes