Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Blog Posts
Recently I finished rereading Blood meridian and that has caused me to search for any similarities to it in other media. Mostly just noticing similar themes in movies but last night I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and oh my godd... these two characters reminded me so much of The Judge, I think I might be loosing it a little,,, like especially him (Major Arnold Toht) wearing all black in a desert?? hello????
I drew a screenshot from the movie!
My Mean-spirited Anti-parody
Had an idea today that I don't think I'll ever make it might be a fun occasion series.You know that youtube channel 'How it Should of Ended'? Web animated parodies that about exactly what it says on the tin? My idea is sort of the opposite of that. Movie parodies that deliberately respond to often critiqued or parodied movie scenes, plot points, or plot holes, showing how the story would be actually worse if they did exactly what we said they should have done.
For example, Glynda just tells Dorothy that the shoes can take her home the moment she gets them. She never actually learns that "there's no place like home" and then lives the rest of her life regretting coming back, wanting to return this fantastic world she didn't get to see, and ends up in a psychward after attempting to run into the next tornado to hit her farm.
Indiana Jones doesn't actually have to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant because it kills the Nazis after they try to use it? Alright, let's see the movie where he just sits around waiting for that to happen, then it does, and he brings it back to America without any issue. Marion's dead because they killed her for the medallion, but who cares? I got the magic god box.That sounds like a way better movie, right?
The fellowship takes the eagles to mordor. Not even a third of the way there, the ring corrupts the eagles, and they successfully destroy all the kingdoms. Because they're gods that we all mistook for a taxi service.
Give me enough time, I bet I could come up with a reason why fixing the ending of Grease would be actually way worse.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) dir. Steven Spielberg
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | dir. Steven Spielberg | USA
DoP: Douglas Slocombe
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | dir. Steven Spielberg | USA
DoP: Douglas Slocombe
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