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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
Um, by the way, there was no cartoon action in Raiders of the sort on display in every one of the subsequent Indy movies. ... it was NOT cartoony on the order of Road Runner in the least
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I must offer a partial retraction. There was one throw-away gag of total cartoonity in Raiders. During the attack on Indy and Marion in the streets of Cairo, Indy is about to get sword-stabbed, but jumps out of the way just in time ... leaving another atacker to be skewered instead. When they cut back to the two Arabs, it's shown that the stabbing apparently happened
so fast that two mangos were also skewered in mid-air.
It's completely Road Runner. Not done to excess in that movie ... but it's there.
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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
I do believe that a bad sequel has the power to hurt the perception of the original.
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I used to feel that way as well. But sequels have become so ubiquitous in society ... and along with that I've noticed a general understanding that sequels are usually pale shadows to the great original film which financially spawned them.
So I think the tables have turned. Now I'm of the opinion that crappy sequels serve mostly to highlight the brillance of the film they so poorly reflect.
But I see your point. Both effects are probably happening.
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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812
Considering that Raiders might be my favorite movie next to ...
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Is it possible I could fall even
more in love with EH1812???