Annoyed with Indiana Jones.

[maillemaker]

So last weekend I finally picked up a Blue Ray player, and needed a movie to try it out with so I picked up Raiders of the Lost Ark.

My kids had never seen it.

We got to the submarine scene and I was annoyed that Indie was supposed to make the trip hanging out on the deck of the uboat. There was no watch crew on the bridge! And several of the cut scenes were below decks looking through a periscope, so presumably the sub had submerged.

What was indie doing all this time?

Did he lasso the periscope with his whip and he waterskied barefoot behind the boat?

Steve

[banryu79]

Hey, we are speaking about Indie here. Show respect.

[UKönig]

And in the director's commentary track on the 'das boot' movie, they explain that the Uboat in raiders is in fact U-96.
Steven Spielberg stole the sub in an unguarded moment and used it for the sub scenes in his own film. At least he gave it back...

[Sailor Steve]

[QUOTE=maillemaker;2201851]What was indie doing all this time?[quote]
That question has been asked and discussed ad infinitum over the last thirty years.

Did he lasso the periscope with his whip and he waterskied barefoot behind the boat?

According to the original shooting script that is exactly what he did. Well, not the skiing part.
http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/1...b-ride-solved/

Originally Posted by UKönig

Steven Spielberg stole the sub in an unguarded moment...

No, he didn't steal it. He paid good money and rented it. The "theft" story started because someone forgot to tell the production crew, and they showed up for work to find the full-scale mock-up gone.

[UKönig]

[QUOTE=Sailor Steve;2201870][QUOTE=maillemaker;2201851]What was indie doing all this time?

That question has been asked and discussed ad infinitum over the last thirty years.


According to the original shooting script that is exactly what he did. Well, not the skiing part.
http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/1...b-ride-solved/


No, he didn't steal it. He paid good money and rented it. The "theft" story started because someone forgot to tell the production crew, and they showed up for work to find the full-scale mock-up gone.

How does one misplace a submarine?
I would not like to be on the crew who was not told, and come into work that morning...

[Aviv]

What I don't understand about Raiders of the Lost Ark is that even if Jones wasn't involved, the movie would have the same ending; Nazis open the Ark and get killed. Indy didn't actually change any of the consequences.

[Sailor Steve]

Well, it was a tribute to the old adventure movie serials from the 1930s, and makes about as much sense as they did. In other words, you're supposed to have fun with it, not think about it. You can actually see where each cliffhanger ending would be, every fifteen minutes or so.