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Indiana Jones coming to DVD in November 342

Posted by CmdrTaco from the get-your-lust-on dept.
DaSpudMan writes "The "Indiana Jones" trilogy, one of the most requested film series for the DVD format, is finally slated for worldwide release Nov. 4 as "The Adventures of Indiana Jones -- The Complete DVD Movie Collection," a box set that will include a fourth disc specifically dedicated to bonus materials."
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  • Figures (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Verteiron ( 224042 ) * on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:38AM (#5890252) Homepage
    Ah, just in time to be bought by the truckload, before the DVD set that includes movie #4 comes out.

    That assumes, of course, that movie #4 turns out to be worth paying money for.

  • Awesome (Score:5, Funny)

    by LordYUK ( 552359 ) <jeffwright821@@@gmail...com> on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:40AM (#5890267)
    This trilogy was one of my all time favorites, I can't even begin to count the number of times I've seen the Temple of Doom (my favorite of the three).

    Of course, they arent replacing the Nazi's with ewoks, and the guns with walkie talkies, right?

    • Re:Awesome (Score:5, Funny)

      by cOdEgUru ( 181536 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:45AM (#5890319) Homepage Journal
      I can't even begin to count the number of times I've seen the Temple of Doom (my favorite of the three)

      I sincerely hope that was sarcasm :)

      • Re:Awesome (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Verteiron ( 224042 ) * on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:48AM (#5890361) Homepage
        Contrary to popular belief, a lot of people like Temple of Doom. While it's a radical departure from the storyline of the first movie, and the story is hokey, well, it's still pretty damn cool. And John Williams's score for the Thuggee ceremony gives me nightmares. It's the single most evil piece of music I think I've ever heard (except for Wumpscut).

        • Re:Awesome (Score:5, Insightful)

          by Angry White Guy ( 521337 ) <CaptainBurly[AT]goodbadmovies.com> on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:57AM (#5890465)
          Personally, I think that Darth Vader's Imperial March was more ominous and evil than the Thuggee Ceremony.

          Should John Williams ever pass away, he would leave a much larger impact on /. culture than the million deaths of Stephen King.

          • Re:Awesome (Score:5, Interesting)

            by Verteiron ( 224042 ) * on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:01AM (#5890504) Homepage
            Your point about the Imperial March is well-taken. But the Thuggee Ceremony music is more.. well, nightmarish. To put it in D&D terms, I think it's a matter of Orderly Evil vs. Chaotic Evil.

            • Re:Awesome (Score:5, Funny)

              by PaleBoy ( 564594 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @12:24PM (#5892005)
              I'm sorry, but this last post has got to be the nerdiest thing I've ever read, even on Slashdot.

              Of course, that's not a bad thing. But seriously. Read it again. And tally up the nerd points:

              • Movie Soundtracks- ding!
              • Star Wars - ding ding!
              • Comparing soundtracks to D&D alignments- DING DING DING!
              • Using the phrase "to put it in D&D terms" - We have a winner!

        • Re:Awesome (Score:2, Funny)

          by Jack Comics ( 631233 ) *
          Pfft. The single most evil piece of music is anything labeled under "Milli Vanilli." As much as John Williams might try, nothing comes close to the evilness that is Milli Vanilli's music.

        • It's the single most evil piece of music I think I've ever heard (except for Wumpscut).

          How can you possibly make that claim? So many counterexamples come to mind... Anything by Vanilla Ice for example, or M.C. Hammer, or "The Macarena" all spring immediately to mind.

          My personal choice for most evil song ever is "Heaven is a Place on Earth" which I think was by Belinda Carlisle. Somehow the world conspired to have my radio alarm clock wake me with this spermatazoa of satan every morning of my senior ye

        • While it's a radical departure from the storyline of the first movie

          The only "radical departure" was:
          1st movie: Christian mythos with heavy handed piety lesson
          3rd movie: Christian mythos with heavy handed piety lesson
          2nd movie...
          something made up more recently just for a movie with moving reunited families scene.

          That's Dr. Jones to you!

        • Re:Awesome (Score:2, Interesting)

          by BobWeiner ( 83404 )
          This movie left a really bad taste among Indians -- I bet nearly every Indian kid attending a US school was probably teased about the way Indians were portrayed by Lucas and Speilberg. Not all Indians are poor villagers, and the rich don't eat snakes.

          Personally, I liked Temple of Doom, but being of Indian descent, I had to face my fellow seventh graders and constantly tell 'em "we don't eat snakes, monkey brains, etc."

          Hell, my parents are vegetarian. After awhile, I just gave up, and started inviting my f

        • Re:Awesome (Score:3, Funny)

          by geekoid ( 135745 )
          " Contrary to popular belief, a lot of people like Temple of Doom."
          isn't that a contradiction of terms?

          • Re:Awesome (Score:3, Insightful)

            by JHMirage ( 570086 ) *
            Not at all... everyone that liked it probably assumed they were the only one, and hid from the shame of it.

            I know that's what I do.

            Er.....oh crap!

        • Re:Awesome (Score:3, Interesting)

          by mikerich ( 120257 )
          Contrary to popular belief, a lot of people like Temple of Doom.

          Its fabulous musical opening going straight into a full-speed action sequence is one of the most remarkable first five minutes of a film ever.

          The rest of the movie (and that kid) I can take or leave, but the first few minutes? Magical.

          Best wishes,
          Mike.

      • Re:Awesome (Score:3, Interesting)

        by cje ( 33931 )
        All of the Indiana Jones movies are billed as action/adventures. If Temple of Doom didn't have enough action or adventure for you, you need to check your pulse. Really, I think the reason that most people are so down on the second film is that it's so "different" from the first one. This is probably to be expected, since the story was not written by the same Spielberg/Lucas team that (with others) wrote the first and the third films. However, it's also refreshing to see a director willing take a fresh angle

        • Re:Awesome (Score:5, Insightful)

          by letxa2000 ( 215841 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @11:01AM (#5891106)
          Really, I think the reason that most people are so down on the second film is that it's so "different" from the first one.

          The reason I think people are so down on the second one is two things:

          1. If you want gross-out factor, you go to see some gross-out movie. Raiders wasn't a gross-out film, it was a fun movie with a decent plot with some special effects to help where necessary. But nothing was done just to be gross and disgusting as was the case in Doom.

          2. Raiders and Last Crusade are based on things which many people consider historic. I.e., the Ark of the Covenant existed and really is "lost", and the chalice of the last supper obviously existed (he had to drink out of something!). Wheter they had the powers attributed to them in the movies is certainly open to discussion, but the movies were based on historical artifacts and placed in the Nazi era. Take some historical objects and have fun with them. In Doom we're talking mass child abductions and glowing Shakras that make the fields green. Please...

          And I, for one, thought that little Chinese kid was just annoying. I think he was placed there for comic relief, like Jar Jar, but I think it failed miserably. Raiders was "funny" because of what Harrison Ford brought to the film, not because of some useless and silly 9-year-old running around saying stupid lines in less-than-understandable English. That's not my idea of funny and I think it further detracted from the second film. You notice a silly character such as that wasn't needed in the first or third movie and they were much funner to watch.

    • Re:Awesome (Score:5, Funny)

      by amembrane ( 571154 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:50AM (#5890390)
      Actually, I heard they're replacing the Nazis with movie pirates and the guns with tablet pcs running Kazaa.

  • That Song (Score:5, Funny)

    by msheppard ( 150231 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:40AM (#5890272) Homepage Journal
    Now we can have that song in our heads for a straight 4 hours.

    Bum ba dum-dum! Bum ba dum!

    M@
    • Rumor has it that John Williams uses "lyrics" when composing, which is how he comes up with such... ummm... lyrical melodies, before they are handed off to a team of people to orchestrate it.

      Ready? Sing along to the main theme.

      To the rescue,
      Doctor Jones
      To the rescue,
      Indi-an-a-jones

      Seriously. I can't find anything to prove that's what he used, but I did hear it from a friend who heard it from a friend. It's nothing like Bill Murray's interpretation of the Star Wars theme of course.
      I wonder what "wor

  • Is it me, or will it be awesome to see the scene where the guy gets his heart ripped out in dvd quality? Not to mention theatre sound!

  • I don't WANT all of them! (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Thag ( 8436 )
    Yeah. like I really want to watch Short Round and Kate Capshaw again. And I barely remember the third one.

    It's like the Alien movies, who wants all of them?

    I would be happy to pick up just Raiders, though.

    Jon Acheson
    • Aw, come on... the third one was pretty good: "Indiana Jones is back... and this time, he's bringing his father!"

      I never found the second one particularly watchable after about the first 10-15 minutes, but I love the first and third.

      ~Philly

    • That's why they sell 'em in a group -- the second and third movie wouldn't rate buying otherwise.

      The first Raiders is a great movie. Have to say, having caught #2 on cable and just seen the previews for #3, I had no interest in 'em at all. They wasted the historical setting pretty badly, IMHO, and lost the feeling they were telling a story independent of stunts and character "chemistry." Pretty rote efforts.

      Quick, how many people would say #2 or #3 are among their favorite movies? The first one's on a l

    • It seems to be out print. All of them actually. It's going for over $40 used. Presumeably it means that a special edition is in the works.

  • And thankfully... (Score:5, Funny)

    by The-Bus ( 138060 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:45AM (#5890329)
    Spielberg isn't replacing Indy's whip with a cellphone.

    (Moderated, -1, Hahaha! Very Funny Dr. Jones!)

  • percent of revenue (Score:4, Interesting)

    by AbdullahHaydar ( 147260 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:45AM (#5890331) Homepage
    It's about time they released these DVDS....

    I'm surprised they took so long, considering DVDs are such a huge percent [factbook.net] of the total revenue movies make for a studio.

  • You also can't buy the movies separately. (Score:5, Informative)

    by Pop n' Fresh ( 411094 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:46AM (#5890336)
    In true George Lucas maximum money-extraction fashion, you will not be able to buy the films separately, only as a box set.
    • In true George Lucas maximum money-extraction fashion, you will not be able to buy the films separately, only as a box set.

      And after the fourth movie comes out there will be a special edition with enhanced sound and visual effects.

      I'm glad the films are finally coming out on DVD but I look at the way Spielberg and Lucas handle DVD releases and I see nothing but greed.

    • You get three films for $50, plus a bonus disc covering all three films that certainly wouldn't be available outside the boxed set. If the films were sold separately, they'd be priced at best at $18 apiece, $54 total, and you wouldn't get the bonus disc. (I can't think of anyone who'd want to buy one Indiana Jones DVD without the other two, anyhow.)
    • And you know, if they were announced one at a time, somebody would be whining because there was no box-set-with-a-discount.

    • Re:You also can't buy the movies separately. (Score:4, Insightful)

      by Jeff DeMaagd ( 2015 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @12:46PM (#5892240) Homepage Journal
      I don't see what the point is in wanting them separately, the entire box looks pretty well priced to me. Is there a movie in this set that is significantly below standard? I figure if the movies were released separetely, you'd find them for $20 each, so even if one movie is only worth half that of the other two, you'd still get a pretty decently priced set.

  • Those have been on P2P networks for ages... (Score:5, Funny)

    by replicant_deckard ( 447694 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:46AM (#5890338) Homepage
    Fellow P2P users reply: Dr. Jones. Again we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away.

  • I'll admit it (Score:5, Insightful)

    by sirgoran ( 221190 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:49AM (#5890381) Homepage Journal
    I'll buy them. Maybe not as a boxed set, but I'll buy them. There are only a few movies IMO that are worth owning. Since I have kids, there is far too much crap on regular TV so it's nice to have something they can watch over and over. On the plus side, it's also something I don't mind watching over and over. Trust me, you can only watch Lion King and Little Mermaid so much before you want to go Postal...

    -Goran

  • No commentary track (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Scryber ( 244784 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:53AM (#5890415)
    "We felt that because of bandwidth issues and, more importantly, the amount of information provided on the fourth disc, it would be redundant to include a director's commentary track on the title discs," Ward said.

    Bullshit. Just tell the truth: For whatever reasons, Spielberg doesn't do commentaries. However I don't see why some other producer (Luca$) or writer (Kasdan) couldn't have provided a commentary. Citing "bandwidth issues" is a laugher. And I for one prefer to actually have a commentary while the movie is running. Just not the same hearing production insights on a bonus disc.

    • Re:No commentary track (Score:2, Interesting)

      by foo1752 ( 555890 )
      "We felt that because of bandwidth issues and, more importantly, the amount of information provided on the fourth disc, it would be redundant to include a director's commentary track on the title discs," Ward said.

      Personally, I couldn't care less about the stupid director's commentary. I would much rather see them spend their bandwidth on less-compressed video and audio streams.

      • Re:No commentary track (Score:5, Interesting)

        by jweatherley ( 457715 ) <jamesNO@SPAMweatherley.net> on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:36AM (#5890846) Homepage
        Personally, I couldn't care less about the stupid director's commentary. I would much rather see them spend their bandwidth on less-compressed video and audio streams.

        I quite like commentaries - providing the commentators have something worth saying of course. Some of my favourite ones are Ridley Scott on Alien, Tom Baker on some of the BBC Dr Who DVDs and Sam Raimi on the Evil Dead. Actually Evil Dead has two commentaries one by Raimi/Tabert (producer) and the other by Bruce Campbell the lead actor. Both commentraies are pretty interesting - you find out that someone's sister got roped in because the original actress pissed off halfway through filming when the money ran out.

        The ones that tend to suck are the recent main stream Hollywood movies - lots of gushing about how wonderful everyone is. Even then you're not sacrificing that much video quality for the 150MB that a plain stereo commentary track costs so I don't really mind. Anyway Region 2 DVD's tend to have half a dozen European language tracks and a dozen subtitle tracks so we're used to non-video things filling the disc.

  • Sigh... (Score:5, Informative)

    by Murdock037 ( 469526 ) <tristranthorn.hotmail@com> on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:56AM (#5890459)
    Nothing like submitting a story, only to find it posted when you get back to the main page.

    Anyways. This is good, mostly-- nice to have the movies in widescreen, with decent quality. But there's a few problems, as I see it:

    1. No commentary. I understand that Spielberg prefers to "keep the magic," as he's put it, but come on. These are for posterity. Let's get some thoughts. There's no way fifteen minutes worth of interview on a bonus disc is going to do it.

    2. They're still trying to change the title of the first movie, and it pisses me off-- it's "Raiders of the Lost Ark," not "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark." Cripes. It's one of the most popular films of all time. If you don't already know who's in it, I think the front freaking cover is a fine clue, thanks.

    3. We're gonna have to buy it all again after the fourth movie comes out, right?

    On the plus side, the content of the movies themselves haven't been changed. In other words, Indy still shoots first.

    More information and a peek at the cover art, if you're curious, can be found at DVD File [dvdfile.com].

    • Re:Sigh... (Score:5, Funny)

      by JPZ ( 42691 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:40AM (#5890884)
      Nothing like submitting a story, only to find it posted when you get back to the main page.

      Don't worry, your submission of this story will be on the front page tomorrow.

      Joris
    • 3. We're gonna have to buy it all again after the fourth movie comes out, right?

      No, of course not. We're going to tell everyone not to buy it and shout from the rafters at how terrible all of this rechristening of our favorite films have become..

      .. while we quietly sneak away to Best Buy for another "All New Digital Transfer" and "DTS enhanced Sountrack" that we keep in our closets because any respectable geek wouldn't succumb to such blatant marketing.

  • Funny school reports from famous people (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:57AM (#5890463)
    St. Peaceful's School for the Sons of Gentlefolk
    Name of Pupil: JONES, Indiana
    Age: 8
    Dear Mr and Mrs Jones,
    I understand that in order to get to school this morning Indiana leapt from the branches of a tree on to the roof of a passing vehicle, crawled the length of this vehicle (nearly falling off at least four times as he avoided having his head knocked off by low bridges), dangled precariously over the side hanging on by the fingertips of one hand while he scratched his knee with the other and then leapt fearlessly through a small side window, receiving not a single scratch in spite of the thousands of razor sharp pieces into which the glass shattered.
    Would you please instruct your son that he must be like all the other children, and use the school bus stop.
    Mrs Ida Rather Knot
    Form Mistress

  • Finally (Score:5, Insightful)

    by imperator_mundi ( 527413 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @09:57AM (#5890468)
    Once upon a time Mr Lucas was the coolest guy in hollywood one and Indiana Jones and Starwars were the trilogies... millions of fans dreamed if they could ever see a fourth Indy film or a new Starwars stuff.

    Present day: Lord of the ring and Matrix are the trilogies, nobody is really excited 'bout Episode 3 and even worse too many remember Mr Lucas as the man who created Jar Jar Binks...

    so there's no reason left to delay the DVD edition of Indy, hype about it is shrinking not growing.

    • Re:Finally (Score:4, Insightful)

      by Kithkill ( 671325 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:05AM (#5890548)
      That's a good thing, though - it shows that there isn't a film to end all films. The Matrix and LOTR may be popular now, but give Hollwood another 20 years, and who knows what we'll be watching? Despite it all, the original spirit of those films is there on celluloid forever, and I for one will be buying the DVDs in order to partake of that special Indy magic. Extras are all well and good, and usually I love them, but this is one of those rare cases where I'll be buying the box-set just for the films, not for the whole package.

      • Re:Finally (Score:4, Insightful)

        by salesgeek ( 263995 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:21AM (#5890705) Homepage
        Raiders was one of the few films that could have been made any time in Hollywood history and been a huge hit. It was simply a great film in all respects - and it was original.

        The best movies are original fiction, most often not a movie version of a great book.

      • Re:Finally (Score:3, Funny)

        by dswensen ( 252552 )
        "That's a good thing, though - it shows that there isn't a film to end all films. The Matrix and LOTR may be popular now, but give Hollwood another 20 years, and who knows what we'll be watching?"

        I do. Dude, I Still Don't Know Where My Car Is, I Still Know What Your Boobs Did in the Summer of 2013, American Pie XII: Filling Time, Friday the 13th Part XXI, Girls Gone Wild the Movie 7...
    • remember Mr Lucas as the man who created Jar Jar Binks

      Whats yousa saying? Yousa nosa like Jar-Jar? Poodoo! Mui mui! Whatsa meya saying?

  • a Joke (Score:4, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:00AM (#5890498)
    A manager has placed an ad for a secretary. A blonde, a redhead and a brunette show up for the interview.

    The brunette enters first, the interview begins with the usual where, how, how much etc. In the end the manager says: ".. and one last question. How many T's are there in INDIANA JONES?".
    The brunette takes a moment to think and replies:
    ".. there are not T's ..."
    "Precisely replies the manager, that was the answer I was expected. Very well, we will contact you shortly."

    It's the redhead's turn, the interview begins with the usual where, how, how much etc. In the end the manager says:
    ".. and one last question. How many T's are there in INDIANA JONES?".
    The redhead takes a moment to think and replies:
    ".. there are not T's ..."
    "Precisely replies the manager, that was the answer I was expected. Very well, we will contact you shortly."

    Finally the blonde enters, the interview begins with the usual where, how, how much etc. In the end the manager asks:
    ".. and one last question. How many T's are there in INDIANA JONES?".
    The blonde is thinking hard, going into deep analytical thought and asks for a calculator,
    The clickety clicks begin, she gives it some more thought and finally replies:
    ".. there are 32 T's!"
    The manager says that he wasn't expecting that answer. He asks her, however, how she had arrived to that conclusion and if she had misinterpreted the question. Her reply left him speechless:
    Listen [clickhere.gr]
  • "To sell me back my childhood at a low price + inflation + extra profit."
    -wish I could remember who said it orginally

  • No Commentary?!? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Nutrimentia ( 467408 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:09AM (#5890592) Homepage
    No matter how good the 4th disc of extras is, I still can't believe that they aren't including commentary. It only takes 2 hours to do (well, 6 for the series) and it can be anything, talk about making it, impressions about seeing it again, etc.

    • Re:No Commentary?!? (Score:5, Informative)

      by Obiwan Kenobi ( 32807 ) <(evan) (at) (misterorange.com)> on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @11:12AM (#5891209) Homepage
      I'm sure you're not aware, but Spielburg has NEVER, EVER done a commentary track. And he doesn't plan on it.

      Lawrence Bouzereau is his faithful documentary guy, and he has done the docs on Schindler's List, Jaws, Jurrasic Park, [insert Spielburg flick here] and will be (I'm sure) doing one for this set.

      Spielberg likes to allow the movie to speak for itself, though ironically he does do film school commentaries with an audience, to explain as best he can what he was trying to accomplish.

      Spielberg, however, won't allow these types of commentaries to be included.

      The press release says its because of bandwith issues, and that's simply a lie. No commentary, a small Dolby Digital 2.0 track, would ever take enough space to truly harm the picture.

      Besides, video and audiophiles get their bandwidth-filled goodness with the Superbit line, something Paramount has yet to embrace. For now they simply say they leave off commentaries and exciting extras on each disc because "the picture will look better."

      Of course, The Godfather has 9 hours of commentary, and you didn't hear them screaming "picture quality forever!" on that release, now did you?

  • Is it magic pixie dust? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:14AM (#5890651)
    I don't get it. Nice to have them out finally...

    Spielberg and Lucas treat DVD as though its a big trumpeting event.

    Where's SW? Where's Schindlers list?
    Where's THX1138?

    They're so corporate now, anything they produce is so mechanical, so by the numbers that it's hardly an art form anymore, it's a style. You could easily see the same story and visual structure in EVERY spielberg and Lucas film. Janus Kaminsky (Spielberg's cinematographer) has lost all creativity due to the fact that he's made nothing but spielberg movies for the last decade.

    Watch Jurassic Park for the shots of people "looking" at things off camera. Then watch ANY other one of his films, and it'll be ruined for you. That's HALF of his shot list on any given film. AHHHH!

    My other issue is the PR at Lucasfilm's flimsy excuse for the lack of commentary.

    Spielberg won't do them. Point blank. Don't feed us an excuse that "in order to save space..." for not doing it. If you wanted to save space, there'd be a DTS track on there. Screw his position on not wanting to reveal his "magic"...

    Unless they're going to be single layer discs, it's got plenty of space for DTS, DD 5.1, commentary, and a French track for Quebec.
    • They're so corporate now, anything they produce is so mechanical, so by the numbers that it's hardly an art form anymore, it's a style. You could easily see the same story and visual structure in EVERY spielberg and Lucas film. (emphasis mine)

      Ahhh... but you forget one crucial part of your argument. Spielberg and Lucas created that style. They changed movies forever. It is not surprising that a generation raised on that style expands on it, and bitches about it while the old fogeys don't get any oth
  • The hype surrounding a DVD release of one of the greatest action trilogies of all time is certaingly well deserved (I must have seen each movie 10 times as a kid), but I am still eager to see what Lucas does with part 4. Good or bad, it's going to be kind of like a social/art experiment, like Star Wars Episode I was (which proved that just because an artist was able to create a few masterpieces in his youth, does not mean that his talent will last indefinately - and just because a generation holds a particu

  • Bonus material: gimmicks (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Malc ( 1751 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:26AM (#5890753)
    Does anybody else dislike most of this bonus material? It seems like waste of money and a gimmick to me.

    The documentaries and interviews always seem rather contentless and full of people who take themselves too seriously, talk too much about inconsequential things, and go on self-importantly in a self-promotion about how wonderful their movie is, and all the people in it.

    I know whether I liked a movie or not - I don't need propaganda to convince me otherwise. Really, most of the bonus material is just plain dull. Really, most Hollywood movies are just some quick entertainment which doesn't require much concentration, so why take them so seriously? Earth shattering movies are few and far between - and it's the content of the story that matters, not how the movie was made or how wonderful all the actors and actresses are. These people have too much ego. I'd be happy with more of Jackie Chan's routine: out-takes during the closing credits (although they'd require more effort than those with The Tuxedo).

  • Cleaned up film transfer? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Pootenheimer ( 537919 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:27AM (#5890766)
    Does anyone know if the film transfer will be cleaned for DVD? I, for one, would prefer not to see in blissful DVD detail the reflection of the snake in the glass during the scene in the snake pit in Raiders. Kind of takes you out of your immersion in the movie a bit.
    • From the press release -
      Each of the three films in THE ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES - THE COMPLETE DVD MOVIE COLLECTION was painstakingly restored by Lowry Digital Images - the film industry's most noted preservationists - whose work has included such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sunset Boulevard.

  • What, no Special Edition? (Score:5, Funny)

    by Trunks ( 35615 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:28AM (#5890776)

    Damnit, and I wanted to see the swordsman swing first...

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    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:37AM (#5890860)
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  • Rights issue? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by MojoRilla ( 591502 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:40AM (#5890883)
    I have heard rumors that movies released in the early 1980's had contracts which spelled out the exact formats they could be released under, and that is why it took so long for back to release Indy and Back to the Future.

    If so, this is another example of lawyers and greed getting in the way of geeking.
  • ...that Star Wars is the REAL Holy Grail of DVD buyers...

  • Overplayed... (Score:3, Funny)

    by duckpoopy ( 585203 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @10:50AM (#5890989) Journal
    These movies have been played to death on TNT and other cable channels. Maybe it's just me, but seeing a good movie with banner ads at the bottom and commercials every 7 minutes destroys the mystique.
  • I received all three movies on DVD as a gift over a year ago.

    They were packaged seperately and there is a "suprising" lack of content inside the dvd cases (just the DVD actually). The picture label on the DVDs appear valid, as does the outside of the cases. There are numerous icons on the cases and the DVDs (Paramount, Dolby, the DVD Video icon). There's even a barcode on the top reverse-side of the case.

    Some oddities: Red letters on the back of the case saying "Sony Playstation 2 compatible". While

  • "While Paramount executives wouldn't comment on specifics of the marketing campaign, suffice it to say that this will be the largest marketing campaign that the home video division has ever undertaken, second only to 'The Godfather' box set release, one Paramount executive said."

    Why do they need to go with such a huge ad campaign? They would sell these discs as fast as they can make 'em even with a moderate campaign. They're wasting their money! Does anyone think people need to be persuaded to buy Indy mo

    • Hell, they'd sell 'em faster than they could make them if they cut out the advertising, cut prices, and submitted a story to Slashdot.
    • Last year, I went to a Paramount press event for the DVD launch of Grease and some other Travolta/musical movies. The sheer amount of money that was spent absolutely stunned me. As well as flying in several hundred people (journalists, distributors, suits from Paramount's various international subsidiaries) from all around the world, *first class all the way*, hotels, limos, everything, they laid on a red carpet event at the studio, various stars turned up, there was a Grease cast reunion *and* they got Tra
  • "from the get-your-lust-on dept."

    No time for love Dr. Jones!

  • A long delay, but (Score:3, Funny)

    by Quixadhal ( 45024 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @11:22AM (#5891308) Homepage Journal
    it takes some time to cram all those Ewoks into nazi uniforms. I'm sure the end result will be worth the effort.

  • Just in time (Score:3, Interesting)

    by DaytonCIM ( 100144 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @11:52AM (#5891647) Homepage Journal
    My first child is due December 5; so you know the first 3 movies my child will enjoy!

    I can't wait! Oh man... I remember my Dad and I going to the theatre and seeing Raiders. Boys day out. So much fun. We were both absolutely blown away by the film.

    And now I get to enjoy the movies (as they should be seen on DVD!) with my kid(s). :)

  • Memorable Quotes (Score:3, Informative)

    by Wheaty18 ( 465429 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @01:32PM (#5892826)
    I will definately be buying this DVD set. Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of my favourite movies of all time, although each and every Indiana Jones movie is excellent.

    All these quotes courtesy of IMDB, seeing as how I couldn't remember them all *exactly*...

    ---- LOST ARK ----

    Marion: You're not the man I knew ten years ago.

    Indiana: It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage.
    Indiana: You want to talk to God? Let's go see him together, I've got nothing better to do!
    [Upon opening the Well of the Souls and peering down into it.]

    Sallah: Indy, why does the floor move?
    Indiana: Give me your torch.
    [Sallah does, and Indy drops it in.]
    Indiana: Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?
    Sallah: Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.
    ---- TEMPLE OF DOOM ----
    Indiana Jones: Willie, Willie, Willie. What kind of a name is that? Is it short for something?

    Willie: Willie is my professional name, "Indiana."
    Short Round: Hey, lady! You call him Dr. Jones!
    Indiana Jones: *My* professional name.
    Short Round: Wow. Holy Smoke, crash landing.

    Indiana Jones: Short Round step on it.
    Short Round: Okey dokey Dr. Jones. Hold on to your potatoes.
    Willie: For crying out loud, there's a kid driving the car.
    Chattar Lal: Dr Jones, wasn't it the Sultan of Madagascar who thretaned to cut off your head if you ever returned to his country?

    Indiana Jones: No, it wasn't my head.
    Chattar Lal: Then your hands, perhaps?
    Indiana Jones: No, it wasn't my hands. It was my....
    [looks down]
    Indiana Jones: My misunderstanding.
    Willie: Aren't you gonna introduce us?

    Lao Che: This is Willie Scott; this is Indiana Jones, a famous archaeologist.
    Willie: Well I always thought that archaeologists were always funny looking men going around looking for their mommies.
    Indiana Jones: Mummys.
    ---- LAST CRUSADE ----
    [Encountering a painting of the Ark of the Covenant.]

    Elsa: What's this?
    Indiana Jones: Ark of the Covenant.
    Elsa: Are you sure?
    Indiana Jones: Pretty sure.
    Elsa: [to Indy] I'll never forget how vonderful it vas.

    Professor Henry Jones: Why thank you. It was rather wonderful.
    Elsa: [Kisses Indy.] Zat's how Austrians say goodbye.
    Colonel Vogel: Und zis is how ve zay goodbye in Germany, Dr. Jones.
    [Punches Indy.]
    Indiana Jones: I liked the Austrian way better.
    Professor Henry Jones: So did I.
    Indiana Jones: Nazis. I hate these guys.
    Marcus Brody: Is there anyone here who speaks English? Or maybe even ancient Greek?
    [Indiana and Henry are tied up]

    Indiana Jones: Come on, dad. Help me get us out of here. We have to get to Marcus before the Nazis do.
    Professor Henry Jones: But you said he had a two day head start. That he would blend in, disappear.
    Indiana Jones: Are you kidding? I made all that up. You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum.
    Indiana Jones: I'm like a bad penny, I always turn up.
    [after commandeering a plane]

    Professor Henry Jones: I didn't know you could fly a plane!
    Indiana Jones: Fly, yes. Land, no.

  • I think LucasFilm needs some money (Score:3, Funny)

    by presearch ( 214913 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @02:09PM (#5893236)
    Sez Lucas:
    "Goose-stepping morons like yourself should try buying disks instead of burning them."

  • like buying a whole album (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Custard ( 587661 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @03:30PM (#5894004) Homepage Journal
    Some people argue that they download prated music because they just want a few hit songs - they don't want to buy the whole album. Unlike CD's (as the RIAA claims), movie downloading has not seemed to impact DVD sales. I think one reason is that if you like a movie, you probably want the whole thing. Except for skit movies, like Jackass, there's not much reason to download 1/10 of a movie. But now that you cannot just buy a $18 DVD of Temple of Doom, and you would need to spend $65 to get the other ones which you don't want, might you be more prone to downloading the single movie?

  • Next, maybe Star Wars? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by crashnbur ( 127738 ) on Tuesday May 06, 2003 @05:06PM (#5895099)
    (Here [theforce.net] is a copy of the press release announcing the Indiana Jones trilogy DVD.)

    Before I get started, check OriginalTrilogy.com [originaltrilogy.com], a web site dedicated to the preservation of the original theatrical cuts (and eventually have them released on DVD as well, not just the special editions) of the films of the classic Star Wars trilogy. See their FAQ [originaltrilogy.com] for more information. Signatories number around 29,500 at the moment; 30,000 could be reached within the day!

    Now, on with the show...

    From September 2001 [starwars.com], LucasFilm clarifies that they can not simply jump into a DVD project for the classic Star Wars trilogy. It will take time, but from the hints presented here, it should be worth the wait! (I still think Lucas could make a fortune by releasing *only* the movies, everything we have on VHS so far, as individual titles on DVD.) From the September 2001 feature:
    An ever-increasing number of archival projects from other studios are also readying the THX team for a time when Lucas will be available to focus on releasing the classic trilogy on DVD. "We have an advantage that some very great work was done by Rick McCallum and his group back in '97. So we have restored films and we have a lot of work that was put in that first step with the restoration job back then," says Dean.


    "I've certainly heard that there's a lot of material that has been in the archives that never has come out. I imagine it will be a very, very long, tedious process to make it work," he speculates. "Frankly, that's why DVD is just not something that you jump into. There is a lot of planning behind that."
    Another article from February 2000 [starwars.com] expresses more reasons for delaying development of the trilogy's DVD. It seems as though fears of pirated copies of Star Wars films is a major concern, though LucasFilm denied this then. (As technology has improved [allvcd.com], I wonder if they would still deny it, or if they would simply deny this as a reason for delaying the DVD project.)

    Although about twenty and forty months old, respectively, this is still more information than the StarWars.com FAQ [starwars.com], updated quite frequently, gives:
    When will the classic trilogy come out on DVD?
    The films of the classic trilogy will eventually come out on DVD, but it won't be this year.
    Thanks, George. We got that memo.

    Last tidbit. According to this FAQ [starwarsfaq.com], Natalie Portman may shoot some scenes for the Return of the Jedi DVD, and Jimmy Smits (Bail Organa, Princess Leia's adopted father, who is presumably but not necessarily on planet Alderaan when the Death Star destroys it) may shoot some scenes for the A New Hope DVD.

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