Just recently found your blog, and oof, what a relief. I felt like the only aging D&D nerd in existence (well, the only one who had gone on to a pathetically mainstream life). Anyway, MUST disagree on Indy. I really did not care for it, and I loved parts 1 and 3. Whereas in those, suspension of disbelief was slowly inched up until the final scenes seemed absolutely logically necessary (Of course there's an immortal knight there. Haven't you been watching?), this one demands so much right out of the gate (a lead-lined refrigerator? Really?) that it made me think the whole exercise was painfully silly. Anyway, just my take. Thanks for a fun blog.
 

Glad you like the blog, Aelfric! Lemme know if you have any suggestions.

For me, I was pretty disappointed with The Last Crusade, but it was a movie that got better with repeated viewings. I thought it was pretty comparable with Crystal Skulls though. Good but not wonderful.

I came in expecting to have to forcefully suspend disbelief, as in all Indie movies. I mean, since when did South American tribes developer light sensors? And how exactly did Indie hide on a World War II SUBMARINE? And... and... :)

So, okay. I forgave the lead-lined refrigerator and impossible falls down deadly... well, you know. Silly but fun.

But yeah, your mileage may vary. I was probably in a more forgiving mood that night than when I saw Superman Returns a couple of years back, which I really, really didn't like.
 

> I mean, since when did South American tribes developer light sensors?

Well, they didn't:
They used the technology developed by the egyptians in the first movie, of course!

;-)

take care,
Calibrator
 

I thought it was a pretty good Indy film. The theme had to grow on me, since it's tied in my mind with sci-fi and the Indy series has never been sci-fi. The action and humor was basically the same, and they made a few allusions to the other films, like The Last Crusade did (which might be my favorite Indy film).

George Lucas apparently said in an interview that he's "already got an idea" for another film with Shia (the kid) as the new Indy and Harrison Ford coming back to play the role Sean Connery played before (the following, less active dad). This might become like the Bond series, going on forever.

If so, I like the actor they chose to be the new Indy. He's got a different personality, but he's simple and funny like Ford is. The setting being moved into the 50s will take some getting used to, though.