Whatever dollars the Dial of Destiny lost in the theaters, streaming services and home video sales will make up for the losses.
Whatever dollars the Dial of Destiny lost in the theaters, streaming services and home video sales will make up for the losses.
The Federal government not being on the level with Indy is kind of keeping with the first and fourth films, the Ark being stored in a warehouse by 'Top men" with nothing but a cash settlement, later the whole deal with Indy being taken to Roswell, the alien remains being held in the same warehouse (Revealed to be Area 51, no less!) blaming him for Spalko infiltrating the place and stealing them and ruining his reputation and job.
chrism227.wordpress.com Info and opinions on a variety of interests.
https://twitter.com/chrisprtsmouth
In the first movie, it was just used as a stinger at the end of the movie. It understood how we all think and made a joke of it. It didn't dominate the plot of belabor the punchline or take the whole thing seriously like you see here in Dial.
Government conspiracies are fine and all but kind of a dumb thing to have Indiana Jones go out and tackle.
As far as the fourth movie, the conspiracy angle was the least problematic part of that one for me.
Every day is a gift, not a given right.
Looking for a friendly place to discuss comic books? Try The Classic Comics Forum!
That's what I thought, but I had to hold two strings of disbelief, while watching it finally a month or so ago. Firstly, why is a key Nazi rocket scientist wasting his time or being allowed to pursue (even for Hitler) artifacts in the final stages of the war when he is so needed in his proper job?
Secondly, how the hell did he survive getting hit in the head with such force while on top of the train? If by some miracle he does survive both the blow and falling off the train at speed he should be drinking soup for the rest of his life, a steel plate in his skull and an IQ 30 points lower than how he started the day.
Historians have been divided on what to make of the historical von Braun; the man was a member of the Nazi party before moving to the US, but it's unclear if he was a true believer in the cause or "just" someone who needed to be a member to do their job (von Braun himself claimed that he wasn't politically motivated) or if he did anything that should've been prosecuted (apparently there were some allegations r.e. slave labor from Nazi concentration camps, but nothing definitive). So, the question remains if he was a war criminal who escaped justice or was someone in a bad situation who "deserved" grace, if that makes any sense. Von Braun himself converted to Christianity later in life, for whatever that's worth and there's doesn't seem to be any evidence of him being a "lost cause" person like the Nazi character in the movie.
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
So I finished the last half of the movie. The march to the ending is more pointless chases, meaningless threats, a little archaeology and everything falling together for the villains by coincidence and lucky guessing. The big ending in the past is fine but feels like a bunch of wasted potential. Though I do like the time loop aspect of Archimedes engineering his own solution to a siege with overwhelming odds, it seems like it would have been easier and more intelligent to just run away and let the Romans have Syracuse. The ending with Marion is sweet but again no meat on the bone there, its just nostalgia. Which is ok.
Overall, I did enjoy Harrison Ford in this one as an old guy with a bunch of old friends. Wombat was ok, but not really an interesting character because she was so all over the place and her full motivations were never really explored. I felt like she was supposed to be providing a breath of new life to the franchise but she just had no charisma. And honestly, the blonde Nazi in Crusade was a way more interesting character and she hardly did anything at all.
A decent flick that is mostly innocuous and doesn't turn the franchise into an embarrassment like Crystal Skull did (for me) but still very disappointing.
Every day is a gift, not a given right.