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Showing posts with label indiana jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indiana jones. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2008

Funny toon! (Not by me) - Another Indy 4-related posting!

Awesome toon poking fun of the latest Indiana Jones installment by "*jollyjack". See the bigger toon by clicking on the picture. It'll take you to his page on deviantART.com.

Mythbusters take on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!



Wow, even I thought the raft scene was totally ludicrous, but the Mythbusters really proven it could have worked. Now, if only they could bust the "nuke the fridge" one next...

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Nuked the fridge!












Record-setting US$100 mil weekend opening... sigh. If you haven't seen Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, or if you did and actually loved it, then you won't get what this is all about. Hey, we don't enjoy expressing hate, but angry fanboys are what you get when filmmakers not only jumped the shark, but nuked the friggin' fridge!
For the hardcore, you might want to check out the humongous fan rants (from both sides of the fence) from Aintitcool.com here. There are some good arguments there (mostly against) among the vile words of exchange and grammatical trainwrecks.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

A precursor of things to come

















Alfred Molina as the arachnid-covered "Satipo" in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Twenty-three years later he played Dr. Otto Octavius a.k.a. "Doctor Octopus" who gets to beat up Spidey in Spider-man 2.