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References to Flight of the Amazon Queen

I just started playing Flight of the Amazon Queen (and am now near the end) but I noticed that there are tons of similarities between the stories. Among them is that it takes place in the Amazon, he's supposed to fetch a Crystal Skull for his enemy, the temple is in the Valley of Mist (or "of the Mists" -- can't remember), there are Germans in the story (well, of course what good story doesn't have a German in it? *grin*). Obviously this game was produced long before Indy IV came out, but maybe it had already been partly written. Anyways, I think the connection may be worth mentioning somehow. D. F. Schmidt (talk) 12:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dreams of Rio (1987)

The script shares many plot points with a public radio program that predates it: Dreams of Rio, by the ZBS foundation. Similarities go beyond the obvious (the Amazon & crystal skulls make for good adventure stories) to the legend of El Dorado, the eyes of the skull and much, much more. However, I don't know how to work this into the main article. Source: podcast at http://www.zbs.org/dircast/meatballs/15_Meatball%27s-Podcast.mp3 tharsaile (talk) 15:58, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Historical errors

So... no mentions in this article to the horrible errors in history, as seen in the Spanish article? 190.43.150.49 (talk) 02:55, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why would we? There's no such thing as psychic interdimensional beings with silicone skeletons who like to experiment with building civilizations. Alientraveller (talk) 08:41, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't??? Next thing you'll be telling me is that there's no Santa Claus - and that this film is fictional, not a documentary. :( :( :( Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 15:56, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indiana Jones was raped

Should we mention the oct 8th south park episode, whose plot was mainly based around the SP characters being traumatised because Indiana Jones was raped by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.182.145.166 (talk) 14:42, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Ugh), why? Alientraveller (talk) 15:13, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(Agreed, no need) Probably not unless it turns into some big cultural thing. South Park is usually pretty outrageous, so this is nothing special. Any mention would have to be extremely well sourced. Dp76764 (talk) 15:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It fits in with the "reception" page quite nicely. Just a very short sentence mention of it along with the other Indie Fans who were disappointed. It should be there, it's not trivia at all, it's part of the film's reception. PyroGamer (talk) 18:52, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, it's mentioned now, like how it's mentioned in the E.T. article: it's doesn't give undue weight to its puerility. Alientraveller (talk) 19:06, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it should be mentioned that "Indiana Jones was raped by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg". This phrase represents how the film was received by many fans (like raping their childhood). nips (talk) 00:36, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And if we were to describe in detail every Indy parody that has ever existed... We just need to note it was parodied in South Park. Likewise, if was parodied in Mad, we'd mention it and cite it in the same way. Alientraveller (talk) 09:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Let me give you other examples: does John Goodman's article mention his monstrous depiction in Family Guy as depriving his whole family of food? Does Britney Spears mention her headless appearance in South Park? These two shows have become such famous potshots their parodies really have become trivial. Such details are only necessary in the articles of those episodes, let alone take up as much discussion here as something like Janusz Kaminski studying Douglas Slocombe's camerawork. The current mention is quite generous. Alientraveller (talk) 10:41, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think this debate has turned out to be one between Spielberg/Lucas fans and South Park fans (or Spielberg/Lucas haters). Let's be objective here. It's not a question of liking or not the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. nips (talk) 00:54, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New WikiProject Open!

I have finally created a WikiProject for Indiana Jones! Check it out. -- MISTER ALCOHOL ^T ^C 20:32, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Communist Party

Sorry, but why do we care what the Communist Party thought of this film? I don't see why they are even given the respect of having a quote on this page. 74.216.69.132 (talk) 23:01, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This might be news to you but the Communist Party has been out of power since 1989. Personally I agree that the movie's tiresome use of Russian stereotypes was lazy and cowardly. America didn't have any other enemies in 1957? How about its abundant homegrown terrorists like the KKK? 76.27.212.74 (talk) 21:27, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]