Indiana Jones (Film Collections) [The Adventures of Indiana Jones]

At last! Finally Indy is on dvd! And what a great dvd package this is, with a completely cleaned up picture and soundtrack! No dvd collection can be considered complete without this one!

On a personal note, I felt that 'Temple of Doom' which has to be everyone's least favourite Indy movie, including myself's, was my biggest surprise of this package, as it looks and sounds really stunning! This shouldn't be taken as meaning that Raiders and Last Crusade are any less stunning visually and sonically than Temple though.

Man! Is this not the suckiest triolgy of movies ever?!

Oh, wait, this isn't the comment screen for the Matrix DVDs!

I have yet to come across movies I watch as frequently as these and the original Star Wars trilogy. Just a joy to revisit, especially in cleanly detailed widescreen and crisp surround.

One of the best Christmas presents I've ever received.

Sean (Indy Jones? yeah, I could take him...)

Screw Christmas! I bought'em the day they were released. To hell if I'm going to wait when it comes to one of my favorite trilogys.

However, I have to make the exception with LOTR. I must wait for the extended special edition of ROTK and I will purchase no other. And to heck with waiting to get it for a Christmas gift! It will take a seven-nation army to hold me back when that gets released.

8)

Tim,

You haven't been buying the "LOTR" movies as they are released (first as 2-disc and then as 4-disc sets)? The extras are different between the 2-disc and 4-disc editions, and the viewing experiences are qualitatively different, too!

Eddie

You're right, Eddie; the different versions are "qualitatively different." But if you think about it, how often will a viewer actually watch these movies again, esp. given their length, which is the point of buying them in the first place and not renting them? Relatively few times, after the novelty wears off. When I want to watch them, I want to do it in the version of my preferred choice, so I don't think I would ever watch the theatrical releases a second time, liking the extended version so much more. Therefore, why should I spend the money on them and have them needlessly taking up space on my shelf?

I'm not a collector for the sake of collecting, as in someone who must have every copy of something available, whether or not the person will ever watch (or in the case of music, listen to) it again. It just makes practical sense to want to own only the stuff you know you're going to use.

John

Thank you, John, for saving me from all the typing I would have had to do. :D

Eddie,

What John said, ditto that from me.

;)

Tim,

What it comes down to for me is...I'm a cheapskate!

No, if it's something I really want, I'll buy it, but I'm one to wait a couple of weeks or months to get it on sale. If I really need to see it, I'll rent it in the meantime.

Nothing was going to stop me from owning this series, but I delayed the gratification for a better deal. I'm sure I'll be the last one at DVDTown to own the Star Wars Trilogy as well. But it will be mine...oh, yes, it will be mine...

Sean (I didn't buy the Frugal Gourmet cookbook. it was too expensive.)

John,

Well, in the case of "LOTR 2", I much prefer the theatrical version because it is already too long. Therefore, the EE is overkill, even if there are a couple of scenes in it that are really good and should've been in the theatrical version in the first place.

Also, the two versions of each film really are very, very different from each other. Jackson and Co. didn't simply add scenes to their theatrical cuts. Rather, there are small editing changes within pre-existing scenes, and a lot of the audio was re-done. Therefore, it's useful to have both copies in order to see where steps were taken forwards or backwards.

Eddie

Sean,

I, too, am cheap when it comes to making purchases. I only go-all-out for the ones I don't really care to wait for a price drop, such as Indiana Jones trilogy. I figured I waited a long five years from the time I purchased my first DVD player.

Usually when something new comes out it is always best to purchase within the first week. Take Best Buy for example. They plan on releaseing "Kill Bill" for $14.99 the first week of release. You can even get a better deal by purchasing "Kill Bill" and "Reservoir Dogs: SE" together for $20.00! Yes, that means each DVD is $10.00 each and I don't think I can find better deal than that. In other words, sean, no reason wait when you can get a great deal early, no?


Eddie,

Comparing the two versions of LOTR DVDs is all a matter of personal taste in the first place, no? To me it's like walking into a Seven-Eleven and checking out the candy section, then comparing it to the candy section at Costco. Let's face it, Costco a huge selection and I can buy by the bulk at Costco, and in the end, it's a far better deal.

In other words, when you purchase the theatrical versions of LOTR you're really getting the "Motel 6" version. John and I just happen to prefer the "Ritz Carlton" version of the films.

:D

Tim,

Well, like I said, "LOTR 2" theatrical was already too long for me, so "LOTR 2" EE is just too much for me to care.

Eddie

Okay, one, this is supposed to be comments on "INDIANA JONES TRILOGY"! Not LOTR and which to buy blah blah blah. Sorry to sound like a bad guy, but I found scrolling down this list of comments to be very off topic (go to a chat room!) and two: was i the only one who thought the extras on these films were terrible (not the quality, but the quantity), just when a featurette started getting good: poof! it was over... you know why? Becuase they are featurettes! Featurettes should not be used to describe the over 50 stunts (I have no idea of the exact count) in these 3 action packed films. And the stunts they do touch upon in the featurettes are so brief: "he went under the truck with a whip, our second unit director shot that scene". Really? You don't say... Come on! Did Harrison do his own stunts? Yes? No? Then I moved onto the music featurette: absolutly nothing in there! Where did John Williams derive the idea for the theme? Was it liked at first? How many versions of the title theme were there? What were his influences for all his films (With "Doom" it was obviously Ethnic, but where's the meat? Same with the special effects: how did they do the Ghosts? they give a measly "It was rear projection" explanations without any behind the scenes footage of actually how. Now the main docs were good, but once again skimpy. Not enough substance. And finally: why don't we get any commentaries? And Steven Spielberg's "i don't like repeating myself" excuse is really old now. To me it feels like he's abandoned so many of his greats films. I got the same feeling with Schindlers List, Jurassic Park, and with this Trilogy. And to the DVD producers: surely you could've snagged someone! Harrison? Kathleen Kennedy? Goerge Lucas? Hell, John Williams would've sufficed! In conclusion: These films deserved so much more than skimpy docs and video game footage. Granted the audio and picture are great. Terrible day for the DVD format indeed. :.(

Hmm. I can't decide whether to get this and the Star Wars trilogy already. From what Onijay is saying, it sounds like I should be waiting for an "ultimate edition" of both trilogies to come out (a la Alien Legacy, then the Alien Quadrilogy).

But, then again, the trilogies' respective studios could be waiting until the next format drops to release the big boxsets. Decisions, decisions....

RAC6242,

I would be willing to bet that neither Paramount nor Fox will release any further "Indy" or "SW" sets until high-definition arrives.

John

With "Indiana Jones" and "Star Wars", LucasFilm opted for quality rather than for quantity. Therefore, what is there is very good and worth watching, and you don't end up sitting through hours of crap about how great everyone was on the set.