Is it because it was an animated cartoon that completely implausible, nearly retarded things like car batteries and zippo lighters working after 700 are nitpick items, while a live action film with, to my mind, no more ridiculous items as, oh say, a nuclear survival crashed refrigerator thingy is a shark jump?

See I thought the car alarm, as the Twinkie was an odd nod to that late night musing of - I bet after the apocalypse that damn car alarm will be going off every 700 years. I took these as the kind of gags I'd expect from a pic like this - it was after all a fantasy.

Yes, that's my point. It was, after all a fantasy. And I think because it was animated, we allow it all sorts of fantastic things.


Why is Indiana Jones any less of a fantasy? Certainly not because of its pedigree. I think the primary difference is live action. Even in more blatant comic book films (Spider-Man, Batman, IronMan and the rest of the men), I think they have to stick to certain rules of physics ... and in animation, those can go right out the window.


Heck, I think even the incorporation of live action Fred Willard and Hello Dolly worked in animation! They can get away with anything!!!

The car alarm was more of an afterthought nitpick for me; during the bit, I laughed with the audience.

It was Fed Willard's human presence that maybe bugged me the most (but not enough to dislike the film). This film was so great at pulling me into it's reality, that see his human presence brought me out of the fantasy just a little.

But, like I said, I enjoyed the film dispite my misgivings. :)

I loved the Twinkie bit!

Ah, but that's the thing .... during Indy, I laughed along with the audience at the refrigerator bit .... but within a week, it was touted as the moment western civilzation came to an end.

I saw it today at El Cap with Ty. It was good - but not great. The animation is fantastic, but I was a bit bored by it. I'd like to see it again to see if there is anything I missed. Then again, there was some B**ch taking pictures of her kids during the movie

I saw it today, too! I thought Hubster and I were the only two people left who hadn't seen it. I was surprised that we weren't alone in the theater. It wasn't packed, of course, but we didn't get our favorite spot, either.

I really enjoyed it.

Yeah, a fantasy is that a lighter would work after about 3 months or a lightbulb for that matter. But, it was a fantasy.



I did go out and pre-order the Little Mermaid movie, the one that is before the first movie {yeah, how can that be???} .

Can anyone tell me, how many years do they have now inbetween movie releases and putting them back in the 'vault'?

Probably when sales start to slow, they will announce that it is about to go in the vault.

Oh, okay, thanks.

I thought perhaps it went along with the old time line. If I am right, didn't they used to bring out movies {to the theater} every 7 years? I forget.