Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Movie Reaction - First Time Watching!!

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[@versetripn6631]

How much do you fake Reaction hosts get paid to make those ridiculous faces?

[@jason42080]

the way the Ark in this movie works is inside the Ark is the dust of the Ten commandments from when Moses smashed the tablet and it also holds God's Judgement Commandment Death Army that has the ability to look into one's soul and see if the person/persons have broken any of the 10 unforgivable sins decreed by God...and it's been said that the window to a person's soul is through their eyes so as long as their eyes are closed, they are free from Judgement from God's Commandment Death Army

[@versetripn6631]

@@jason42080 thats the secret of Q. Tarantoesucker's golden briefcase in Pulp Fiction

[@joeteague4292]

The Next One After The Last Crusade Is Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

[@shack8110]

so stinking disnee ripped off this film for their stupid garbage film?

[@Thr33Gates]

When George Lucas made Star Wars everyone was so convinced it would be a flop, even Lucas himself. So instead of going to the Star Wars premier he instead flew to Hawaii with his friend Steven Spielberg to chill out. While they were there they came up with the story for Indiana Jones.

[@willbeonekenobi]

Actually George Lucas had the idea for Indiana Jones before he made Star Wars. He and another filmmaker Phillip Kaufman (1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1983's The Right Stuff) who was Lucas' first choice to direct the film but then Kaufman left after two weeks of working on the film, then George did Star Wars and while waiting for the grosses to start coming in for Star Wars (and wanting to get away from the opening) he joined up with Steven Spielberg in Hawaii and Lucas asked Spielberg what his next project is and Spielberg said that he had been trying to get the attention of the James Bond producers for a long time because he wanted to do a James bond film, then George pitched Raiders of The Lost Ark to him. Steve agreed on the spot on the condition of the main characters name is changed as the name was originally going to be Indiana Smith. Lucas then suggested 'Okay what about "indiana Jones"?' Then steve was like 'Okay I'm in.'

[@tempsitch5632]

@@willbeonekenobi I remember that about the Bond films. Spielberg went after them on multiple occasions to let him direct.

[@AdamFishkin]

"Let's just leave it" is the appropriate response to an ancient vessel liquefying and burning your enemies.

[@vincentdesjardins1354]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kennethcook9406]

I'm amazed nobody else has said this, Indy's friend Sallah is played by John Rhys Davies, Gimli from The Lord Of The Rings.

[@1amazeme]

Here’s something for symbolism and perspective in the last scene of the movie. The Ark was buried under the desert in a temple for thousands of years. You could not find it without a map. The movie ended with a non-described box, in a giant warehouse, down a unknown row or column and placed in a spot that could only be found by a map. It is once again lost in a desert of boxes.

[@timbuktu8069]

In a later movie they loosely implied that it was Area 51.

[@trekkiejunk]

That was the original intention of the film. To wrap around the life of the Ark, by essentially returning it into obscurity. So, you picked up exactly the point they were making.

[@trekkiejunk]

@@timbuktu8069 -- No they didn't. You're thinking of a fan film some guys made in 2008. By the end of the 3rd film, the last of the canon films, there was no implication again about the Ark. There are only 3 Indy films, and nothing you tell me will change my mind.

[@timbuktu8069]

@@trekkiejunk In the 4th film the commies break into a base that had a signboard that said something like base 51. You see it for about 2 seconds. " There are only 3 Indy films, and nothing you tell me will change my mind." I appreciate your viewpoint, but Lucas did have his hands on it. It might not be cannon but it is some kind of pistol.

[@Short_Round1999]

Fun fact: The Mythbusters did multiple Indiana Jones specials, and tested that running through the darts hall scene. They matched the time of stepping on the pad to releasing the dart. It worked, you could make it if you ran even at a good paced run

[@logandarklighter]

I saw that episode - a favorite. But I had a further idea - and it comes in two parts: ONE - The darts activate rather slowly in the film. There's like a full one-second delay between the pad depress and the dart shooting out. So I thought - maybe what has happened here is that the temple is OLD. And it has barely had any visitors. The pad/dart combo has to be a complex mechanism. Maybe the inner workings of it are corroded or grown into with tree roots. That would explain the slow activation time. Originally they acted MUCH faster. TWO - What if the darts were timed such that they were meant to kill anyone APPROACHING the idol. But that same timing would work AGAINST them hitting anyone going the other way? A combination of both factors could be what saved Indy!

[@Short_Round1999]

@@logandarklighter Interesting 🤔

[@bigdream_dreambig]

If you _are_ planning to watch the second film (Temple of Doom), please be aware that it's a PREQUEL to Raiders. Many people miss this and it confuses the heck out of them.

[@logandarklighter]

Particularly in regards to Indiana's characterization - which is a lot more callous and he is - frankly - somewhat of an ASS. Also - if you had problems with the snakes? You may want to keep a sick bag next to the chair for... a certain other type of creepy crawlie infestation. I personally cannot handle that scene, myself. I can handle a lot of things. But I can't handle THAT. EEEAUUURGH... Blech! In fact, parts of Temple of Doom verge into outright HORROR. It was - in fact - THE film that made the MPAA create the "PG-13" rating due to the intensity that almost, but not quite, reached R-Rated level.

[@jacobsmith1078]

I am such a movie nerd, how have I never known about this?!

[@dolphinsrr]

@@jacobsmith1078 good question? You hiding in the ark? 😂

[@dragonfell5078]

IT IS?! I'VE BEEN SO CONFUSED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS AND ONLY NOW I LEARN IT'S A PREQUEL?!

[@nathancruz9172]

It happens to me and my brother.

[@chasestreet8082]

Fun fact: Harrison Ford was actually dragged behind the truck for some of the shots ending up with badly bruised ribs. When asked in interviews if he had been worried about the stunt, Ford joked... “No. If it really was dangerous, they would have filmed more of the movie first!" Thanks for the reaction, it was amazing as usual!!

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

Which is kind of hilarious, given he literally got ran over by a plane while filming it. Raiders is one of those movies where, if circumstances were even a little different, someone would have died or lost a limb.

[@bionicleman1231]

also did you know in the scene where he shoots the swordsman, they were originally supposed to have a longer fight but ford was so sick and shitting his brains out they shortened it to indy just shooting him

[@dorukgolcu9191]

It is not made clear in the movie (I heard there was a deleted scene), but apparently... 1 Samuel 6:19: And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men... So I guess we are to assume that Indy, being well-studied on the subject, would know of this passage and know not to look at the Ark when it is opened

[@Cheepchipsable]

And I'm pretty sure you need to be a priest to open it. Touching it was meant to be fatal.

[@darthroden]

@@Cheepchipsable According to something I read about how the Ark was designed and what it was made of, its speculated that it would have conducted electricity like a battery. Touching it physically would have killed anyone from electrocution. At least that's the scientific explanation.

[@thedukeofnuts]

I also heard that there was a deleted scene where the man who examined the headpiece told Indy not to look at whatever came out of the Ark.

[@thoso1973]

@@thedukeofnuts Correct. It's the movie's explanation as to how Indy knows not to look inside the Ark, but someone well studied in Bible text concerning the Ark, might know it as well. There's also a deleted scene of Belloq preparing himself in a tent for the ritual.

[@JPTLN]

For the tarantula scene, they were trying to get them crawling around and stuff but they were just chilling. Eventually they figured out that they had all male tarantulas, and when they introduced a female to the scene the spiders moved around like how they wanted.

[@christopherwall2121]

"Alfred, look scared!" "I AM SCARED!"

[@daustin8888]

​@@christopherwall2121lol

[@incogni-bro8276]

28:40 I’m impressed with you two, that’s a detail that about 90% of people reacting to this movie miss.

[@highstimulation2497]

how anybody could miss that is beyond me, I mean, when people miss that, how do they explain how the nazi's have a headpiece of their own?

[@jeffleisten9068]

Right? I've seen numerous reactors just laugh that his hand was burned, but not make the connection that that was how the nazis got their own one-sided headpiece. Good job paying attention to the details.

[@trekkiejunk]

@@highstimulation2497 -- I could maybe see someone not picking up on it during their first watch, if you're just talking about remembering the scene where Toht burns his hand on the medallion. I think Spielberg expected many movie-goers to figure it out by the time of the discussion in the tent about the staff being too long, But he probably knew many wouldn't get it yet. By the scene where Toht returns, and he holds up his hand, and you clearly see the medallion burned into his palm, you should definitely figure it out by then. Personally, i saw the movie in the theater in 1981, but i was very little, so i just always remember knowing. I don't know remember ever figuring it out.

[@tru3sk1ll]

"Oh it's from Community!!!! The diorama!!!!" That hurt my soul in the deepest place

[@Kasino80]

I think I've written this on every Indy reaction, but the sound design of the guns and punches is out of this world. It's just as iconic as the fedora and the bull whip.

[@soulpc]

The "snake in the face" scene was done by placing a glass panel between the snake and Harrison Ford's face. In the original print, you could see a faint reflection of the snake on the glass but I think they digitally removed it later as the technology advanced.

[@willbeonekenobi]

Also about 90% (might be slightly exaggerating) of the 'snakes' werent actually snakes. A few of them were animatronically controlled, but the absolute majority of them were actually 'legless lizards' and not snakes.

[@logandarklighter]

@@willbeonekenobi Plus a bunch of fake rubber snakes added in.

[@michaelstockin1636]

Yup, just came to say this myself.

[@MrYoup11]

The reflection of the Snake can still be seen in the old VHS copies

[@johnplaysgames3120]

Easter eggs were definitely a thing even at the time "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was made. In fact, there's a famous one when Indy and Sallah first discover the Ark and are lifting the big stone lid off of its resting place. As they're lifting it out, you'll notice that there are small columns surrounding them, covered in hieroglyphs. On the column to Indy's right, one of the hieroglyphs looks like R2-D2 and C-3PO. Similarly, when Indy is running from the Hovitos at the beginning of the movie and yelling at Jock to start the plane, you can see that the registration number on Jock's plane is OB-CPO, a slightly obscured shout-out to Obi-wan Kenobi and C-3PO. There are some others Star Wars easter eggs in the Indiana Jones sequels as well but, since I don't think you've reacted to them yet, I won't spoil them here. Let's just say that there are enough Star Wars easter eggs in the Indiana Jones movies that there's actually a fan theory that all of Indiana Jones's adventures are just dreams that Han Solo is having while frozen in carbonite. The Indiana Jones movies also have some shout-outs to James Bond. And the num-chuk/coat hangar scene with the Nazi in Marion's bar is actually a callback to a gag Spielberg did in one of his earlier movies ("1941"). Oh! And several of the characters throughout the Indiana Jones movies are named after the filmmakers' pets, including George Lucas's dog, Steven Spielberg's dog, and the dog of screenwriters Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz. Fun side note to that one: George Lucas's dog was also the inspiration for Chewbacca in Star Wars. And, finally, this isn't really an easter egg but is maybe a fun fact depending on what kind of TV you watched growing up: Indy's rival archaeologist in this movie, Belloq, is played by Paul Freeman who went on to play the villain, Ivan Ooze, in the Power Rangers.

[@thekittygoesmeow9652]

Good stuff thanks! I was a kid when Raiders when it came out in theaters. I remember where I was to this day when I first heard about it from a friends older sister. Same thing happened with Die Hard. I remember being in his moms house when his sister came home from seeing it and said it was great.

[@Spindler2007]

I think I've figured out how the Ark works. The ghosts mark those who have looked at the Ark while it's open, the lightning strikes down the ones that were marked and then the holy fire incinerates the bodies.

[@jmwild1]

I think also Indiana deduced at that moment that they should not watch because all the cameras and recording equipment were destroyed first before the spirits began emerging from the ark.

[@Spindler2007]

@@jmwild1 it's possible Indy studied the Ark by looking it up the bible and finally understood what it can do once it was opened. There is also a deleted scene where the guy who was translating the words on the medallion also reads out a warning that anyone who touches the Ark or opens it would die.

[@jmwild1]

@@Spindler2007 Of course but I'm referring to what Indy would not have found in his research which is the Ark destroying recording equipment since that's something that wouldn't have existed in Biblical times. I think that's how he deduced that by not watching what was happening he might be spared.

[@Spindler2007]

@@jmwild1 very true. The destruction of all the electrical equipment proved to Indy the Ark was the real deal and wasn't just some ancient box.

[@jmwild1]

@@Spindler2007 The destruction of the recording equipment is what led Indy to believe that by not bearing witness to the Ark's power, a person could be spared. That's what I'm trying to say.

[@BezoRazo]

Oh man, I'm not even 10 mins in, and this is already a stand-out reaction :) I LOVE how intently you're watching and how genuine your enjoyment is!

[@BezoRazo]

Also, you're the only ones I've ever seen to guess how the Nazis obtained a partial copy of the medallion! Most ppl don't even put 2+2 together even after the dude's branded hand is shown xD

[@ADogWithGlasses00]

Great reaction video! This movie is an all-time classic 👌

[@wolfwynterson7183]

40:31 the actor of Sallah (John Rhys-Davies) later became Gimli in the Lord of the Rings (not even mentioning a whole bunch of other roles)... guess that made him even more trustworthy in your mind :P

[@45azma]

During shooting for the famous scene when the cobra rises up and hisses at Indiana when he falls into the Well of Souls, there was a sheet of glass between the cobra and Harrison Ford. At one point the snake became agitated and threw venom at the glass.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

In the Well of Souls with all the snakes, there was a glass partition between Harrison Ford and the snakes so he could get close and it looked scary but he was safe

[@Cheepchipsable]

You can see the snakes reflection at one point.

[@jefferoni1984]

Came here to say this.😂

[@jmwild1]

@@Cheepchipsable You used to be able to see the reflection but they removed it in the remaster.

[@pierrephilippine7427]

Also the cobra who was face to face with Harrison Ford actually had spit its venom at him.

[@scapevelocity]

Raiders owes a lot to the writing of H. Rider Haggard in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Haggard created the model of the Great White Hunter in books like King Solomon's Mines, She, and many others. Raiders relies heavily on practical and optical effects, coming as it did before CGI would take over. One particular stunt, with Indy traversing under a German truck, is a recreation of a classic created by stuntman Yakima Cannot for the 1939 John Wayne film Stagecoach. Both versions of the stunt are amazing.

[@logandarklighter]

And while the actual traverse under was done by a stuntman, the dragging behind was Harrison Ford himself. (Obviously since there's a close-up or two while he's being dragged.) So kudos both to the stuntman and to Harrsion Ford himself (who got some bruised ribs from his portion of the stunt).

[@DWmaniac4n6]

Another of my childhood favorites. And i am glad those end credit cenes werent a thing back then, each movie should stand on its own.

[@DragonofDarkness13]

59:00 the contents weren't stolen, the sand IS the 10 commandment tables. Moses smashed them~ people assume to rubble so they expect stone chunks , but he smashed them to dust.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Where does it say dust? It says Moses shattered them.

[@DragonofDarkness13]

@@Cheepchipsable ... do you not know what context clues are? In the movie they show sand, Indy said Moses smashed them and put them in the Ark. I am talking about the movie not the bible~

[@davidsumpter4933]

I was always under the impression that the contents of the arc was the remains of the tablets and not just sand.

[@Melancthon7332]

I like the symbolism of it, though stone tablets, especially long-venerated and then sealed away, should easily hold up for four thousand years (much more so than the Ark, which was made of wood!)

[@trekkiejunk]

@@Melancthon7332 -- According to the Bible, you're saying, it was supposed to be made of wood?

[@trekkiejunk]

I was also under the impression that the sand was supposed to be the original tablets. And to say stone should last longer...well that depends on the stone used. Some stone is not stable and will crumble easily. It's all myth anyway, so you can kinda create your own head canon about it.

[@Melancthon7332]

@@trekkiejunk Exodus 25:8-11, 16: "Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them...Have them make an ark of acacia wood...Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out." "Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you."

[@nathanjacobus3577]

My impression is that when Moses "smashed" the tablets they didn't just break in half but actually disintegrated into sand. A detail subsequently lost to history..

[@davidfrost901]

The sound effects in this film and the next two Indy movies sound familiar because it was done by the sound designer who made the original Star Wars movies sound so good. His name is Ben Burtt. A genius in sound design imo.

[@Tigermania]

The reason Indy knows not to look when the Ark has been opened is this. At the start when the army guys are shown the big book in the library. The book shows the Ark with rays coming out or power of God as Indy says. This important thing is Indy knows the 4 men holding the Ark on poles are hooded, so they cannot witness Gods wrath. P.S I don't think many people catch the nazi with the burnt hand was the reason for the copied headpiece until he salutes later in the movie :)

[@Spindler2007]

It is possible that Indy did his research and looked up the Ark in the Bible which also says that no one can look upon the face of God and live which also applies to the Ark.

[@brucehodges9926]

I could be wrong - long time since I've seen the full movie - but I always had in mind that someone had actually warned Indy at some point "not to look on the face of God", or words to that effect? I do remember that the whole, "shut your eyes, don't look at it" thing made sense to me at the time for some reason based on what we'd already been told in the movie.

[@Spindler2007]

@@brucehodges9926 apparently there was a scene that was cut where the guy who was translating what was on the medallion said that touching the Ark or looking at it once it's opened would result in death. There is also another scene that was cut where Sallah reaches to touch the Ark in the Well of Souls but Indy stops him and reminds him of the warning.

[@asterix7842]

At 26:55, Sallah describes an actual physical copy of the medallion, with a crystal in the middle. They didn't use the guy's burnt hand. The burned flesh wouldn't have had all the necessary detail anyway. None of the fine engravings and lettering would've been clear.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

It's really obvious, he just studies these things and it specifically. So of course he'd read about it.

[@jazzmongrel]

Also a detail a lot of people miss is that Sallah actually works for the Nazis on the dig, thats why he kind of moves around the camp freely.

[@jakecook2375]

The Temple of Doom was made after this one and it was not a sequel, all of the Indiana Jones moves were like the OT S W, independent stories. You guys are sharp, some of the sounds are from SW and I bet Ben Burt worked on this movie as well.

[@JCG52577]

I’m sorry but this film’s title is just Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Indiana Jones part wasn’t added until video/DVD releases after the franchise was already established.

[@mikegandalf]

Not that you're being pointlessly pedantic or anything 🙄

[@Cheepchipsable]

Don't be sorry, just educate yourself that sometimes films have different titles for different markets. For example, Airplane! was known as Flying High in Australia - does that make the title wrong? Now run along and play!

[@angelcarrillo71]

Sallah (the homie you guys liked) is played by John Rhys-Davies, the actor that played Gimli in The Lord of the Rings.

[@garyclarke9685]

Hey loved your reaction especially as it was a lengthy one. Few points to say firstly to the scene with Ford when he shot that guy yeah that was all his idea & good to keep it in. In the cinema the whole place erupted with laughter. With the snakes many of the snakes used were harmless tree snakes however the king cobra was real however there was a thin piece of glass barely visible between Ford & the snake. Such a great moment. The stunt with the truck with a stuntman going underneath was probably one of the most daring & incredible stunts ever caught on film. Finally I am still bewildered to how that final scene was done with the ark. If CGI was around back then that is easily explained however we are talking about 1981 & to perfect a scene like that is something quite special. Practical & special effects will always be preferred by me than what is used today in film. Thanks

[@jamesfalato4305]

The Ark's Spirits attacking everyone seeing the Ark/Them were done by Special Effects Folk making mask impressions of the Actors, and testing different waxes/plastics/fluids to form and melt/explode the heads... Talk About True Craftsmen...

[@sonofmoss]

Wrath of God flames. Closed their eyes to humble themselves

[@Cheepchipsable]

No because in the bible it says those who looked upon the ark when "used" died.

[@lmarq5759]

Great reaction! FYI Temple of Doom is a prequel set about a year before this movie's events.

[@henrytjernlund]

This was one of the first non-stop action movies.

[@mathmexican4234]

The next one, Temple of Doom, is set before this movie, and it doesn't have Miriam. It's not really a series that you have to watch each one before the next one. They are just kind of their own movies, and they are all really fun.

[@MrDarkwing78]

Something is wrong, I'm not sure what. There's something about Miriam. 😄

[@MegaToronto1]

The guy that was holding Indy against the bar, that he had to hit with the whisky bottle is the same guy that played the German that got punched into the propeller blades. He's a British wrestler named Paul Roach. He was also the bearded slave guard, that was pulled into the rock crusher in Temple of Doom.

[@dragonflysurgeon]

This is my favourite movie of all time. I've seen it dozens of times and I love seeing the reaction of younger people who see it for the first time. This movie has it all and it Spielberg loved the older swashbuckling movies from older times and many movies have borrowed from Indiana Jones like the Mummy, National Treasure, and others. I cannot wait for Dial of Destiny, it looks fantastic.

[@dathorndike4908]

The part about Hitler being obsessed with the occult was true. He really did have his people search for some of these artifacts.

[@Kasino80]

You're right, the sound effect of the plane starting is the same as when the hyper drive on the Millennium Falcon doesn't start.

[@Fishmorph]

When they filmed the snake closeup scenes, they were right there next to the snakes. There was, however, a pane of very clean glass in between the snakes and the actors. If you pause and look very carefully, you can see the snake's reflection.

[@Firefax]

@36:58 When Indy is facing the cobra, they actually had a large pane of glass between him and the snake. On the VHS copy of the movie, when the camera is facing Indy, you can faintly see the reflection of the cobra in the glass. This reflection was removed digitally from the dvd version of the movie.

[@jonathanblaze1648]

There's also similarities in the ending with the movie NOPE. Don't look at the big bad and you'll be safe, and people who do look get sucked up into a hole in the sky to die.

[@visionaryventures12]

Indy Jones telling Rene, “let’s go see (god) together”, his gun drawn at Rene… that implies he’s suicidal. That means he still hasn’t gotten Marion’s death out of his mind.

[@jbmopar1971]

When the Red Skull makes a remark about the fuhrer is waisting time in the desert looking for trinkets, this is what he was referring to 👍

[@emilyreilhan]

"I hope the second one pick up right where it left off!" "I hope Marion comes back!" So did I man, so did I.

[@robertrouse4503]

That snake in the plane was a boa from the python family. They have no teeth. They swallow their prey whole.

[@hanziggy6862]

LOL, if you react that way to seeing spiders on someone's back (I too admit it freaks me out), I cannot wait to see your faces seeing the next movie, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Do you know about the fan theories that the Indiana Jones movies all take place in Han Solo's imagination while he's still frozen in carbonite? Indy 3 or Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade is probably my favorite of the franchise, and then the next sequel after that is probably the worst movie of the franchise, LOL! It is not that part 4 is so horrible and it does have its moments, but it feels so out of place and Indy just looks and feels so different too as a character. Did you know there were also the young Indiana Jones chronicles show? Disney & Lucasfilm did announce an Indiana Jones 5 movie I cannot wait to see. Did you see how Chris Pratt said he will not be Indiana Jones out of respect for Harrison Ford? That was really cool of him. Though, at the same time, I could see Pratt playing Indy in a movie.

[@Kasino80]

Holy shit, I was literally about to write that I've never seen any reactors connect the false medallion and Toht's burn mark and you said it! That was really f*cking cool.

[@DocDarkness]

If you look really closely during the close up snake scene. You can barely see a reflection in the pane of glass separating Harrison and the snake.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Virtually impossible to see here, but in the movie you can see it.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

38:49 The joke is that he's used to it and she can't drink him under the table. Building off her opening scene when she won the drinking game against that other bar patron. So that plays off into him just drunkenly laughing at her when she pulls the knife on him and tries to escape. It actually makes me laugh when he laughs at her pulling out the knife.

[@snarkus63]

Supposedly, the original script had a scene they chose not to use... as Indy and Marian are leaving in the final scene, their departure is observed through an open office window, in which are shadowy figures of Roosevelt, Churchill and Pope Pius XII, lamenting the fact that they couldn't tell Jones the real reason they wanted him to go after the Ark... to keep it out of the hands of Hitler.

[@onepcwhiz6847]

Did you all see the drawing of C3PO and R2D2 on the wall as Indy is lifting the cover of the Ark?

[@mattx449]

Good catch on the sound of the airplane engine starting up. It’s slightly a altered sound effect from the Millennium Falcon’s hyperdrive failing in Empire Strikes Back.

[@oscarphile]

WOW!!! I never picked up on the fact that Toht's hand scar was how the Nazis made a replica of the headpiece for the staff before! You guys are smart!

[@wendellbunn6195]

The warehouse scene I think inspired the tv series warehouse 13, I love your reactions.

[@jakecook2375]

This movie was released in 1981 one year after The Empire Strikes Back. What year was the Pirates of The Caribbean released? There are so many movie elements that IML contributed , Steven and George are still close friends, John Williams did the music and others stole from them, how many years pasted before Pirates was released?

[@kevinprzy4539]

I think they know that Pirates of the Caribbean came after my man the quality of the movies is a dead giveaway.

[@jakecook2375]

@@kevinprzy4539 It didn't sound that way in the reaction.

[@kevinprzy4539]

@@jakecook2375 It did to me

[@jakecook2375]

@@kevinprzy4539 ok

[@Cheepchipsable]

They were just saying they had seen these scenes before, not that an older movie was copying a younger movie.

[@cbennefield]

Yes, SW sound fx, for sure. This was a collaboration between George Lucas and Stephen. Used ILM, Skywalker Sound (before it officially existed), John Williams, etc... Same crew mostly working on all of these films.

[@churchofthegoldenone4577]

The second film takes place 3 years before this film. So Temple of Doom is actually a prequel to Raiders.

[@jonathanspahn7308]

I would like you to put The Green Mile on your poll 😲 One of the best movies ever, but I have to warn you...Madison might cry so hard you'll have to pause it, maybe even Christian too! 😭 It's a challenging movie to get through, very emotional, one of Stephen King's best adaptations. Your reactions are great 🥰

[@jaybird8192]

Yes, I second that request for The Green Mile! One of the greatest movies ever. And yes, they will need the Kleenex tissues!

[@jonathanspahn7308]

@@jaybird8192 More than that 😭 I really want this, but oh poor Madison

[@MrTech226]

It is rumored that Karen Allen aka Marian of this movie possible return for last Jones 5 with Harrison Ford coming out next year. Harrison signed on for final times as Indiana Jones. Steven Spielberg was considering doing de-aging process (Deepfake) of Jones make Harrison Ford younger than his actual age of 80. But Steven decided against it.

[@darthroden]

I just hope they finally explain how Old Indy from the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles got that scar and eye patch. And yes the Chronicles are in fact canon, that was established when Indy told Mutt how he rode with Poncho Villa in Crystal Skull.

[@blockbusterunderground]

Sapito was played by Alfred Molina (who plays Doc Ock) and the spiders on his back was his first day on set

[@chrispittman8854]

I always wanted to see a reanimated "Nazi Monkey" on "Hitler Girl's" shoulder in at least ONE episode of "The Venture Brothers."

[@JordanCesaroni93]

You guys should react to the rest of the series!!!

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Great reaction- and I love that Loki shirt with the Walt Simonson art!

[@donovandelaney3171]

It belongs in a museum!!

[@bryce253]

A little clarification. The Ark of the Covenant was what the ancient Hebrews used to carry the original Ten Commandments around in. )The same that were brought down from the mount by Moses). These original Ten Commandments were etched on stone tablets. This is why when they opened the ark expecting to find them, all they found was sand since the tablets had already turned to sand from the erosion of time.

[@C.R.W]

It may have been removed in later editions, but in the original release, when Indy drops down nose to nose with the cobra, you could actually see the reflection of the cobra in the glass between them.

[@spccolts]

This movie was made by George Lucas's company. So basically the same people who made Star Wars made the Indiana Jones movies.

[@greencello599]

The warehouse in the last scene is a painting.

[@Cheepchipsable]

I'm sure a lot of the backdrops were. It was a widely used technique to paint on glass.

[@tararocksong5085]

The one bad thing about double sided mirrors is that if there’s a person on the other side, they’re gonna get hurt.

[@insulaarachnid]

The reason there is only sand in the Ark is that the stone tablets have disintegrated.

[@pjb3583]

Nice reaction! Before I started watching KZbin, I wouldn’t have believed there was anyone who hadn’t seen this one yet. As for Marian, it’s like the soap opera definition of death: If you don’t see a body, they’re not dead. If you do, it may be their twin! Peace from Ohio …

[@dalee72]

The dead body caught in the booby trap was decomposed a lot earlier than the last person who tried to get the golden statue. Star Wars was released in 77. Great, entertaining reaction.

[@davewhitmore1958]

It _is_ hard to tell Nazi monkeys part from regular ones (unless they're in uniform)

[@davewhitmore1958]

Yes, the Nazis had kidnapped that monkey's family to make him work for them

[@Cheepchipsable]

Not sure it was possible for a lesser ape to join the party, at least not until the very end of the war. Don't forget, in this period the Germans weren't an enemy of the US and WW2 hadn't started yet. Nor was the US the world power it came to be off the back of WW2

[@sheilaburns8977]

The "Nazi Monkey" just cracks me up. I saw this in the theatre with friends and I was so upset when the truck blew up, and I thought she was gone, I couldn't watch anymore. My friend came out and got me when she reappeared. LOL!!!!

[@coreymason7017]

One of my favorite bits is that mythbusters proved you can outrun the darts!

[@denvan3143]

Hello, Temple Services? i’m J’Gunga, the maintenance Director here at the Havatos Temple, we’ve had a break in. Yeah, insurance will cover the cost of replacing the Gold idol but I need you to reset the traps, reload the poison dart shooters and put the boulder back in place. Oh, and we’ll need a new supply of tarantulas.

[@christopherwall2121]

Have you seen the _Robot Chicken_ sketch about the contractors who built the traps?

[@Langford-Artist]

Harrison Ford also actually did most of his own stunts in this movie.

[@Rejeckted]

@ 9:50 Lucasfilm uses a lot of the same sound effects for their movies. I think that sound specifically is used with the Millennium Falcon during startup. They use the wilhelm scream a lot too.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Yeah they started Industrial Light and Magic to do effects for the SW movies, and did other films on contract.

[@tree6787]

Indiana Jones really started it all I personally think he made be coming an archaeologist sexy and adventurous and exciting! Not only that but he's so intelligent on top of everything else that just makes him even more sexy!

[@Cheepchipsable]

He was a grave robber. We never saw his studying anything new, just using that information to find out which tombs to plunder.

[@Photohog4]

This was good and you two are always enjoyable…as you navigate episodes together and try to figure out what’s going on. I would really love to see your take on “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. I know this isn’t a poll but I personally love that movie the most of the series….and the chemistry between Harrison Ford and Sean Connery is hysterical. I think you both would get a kick out of it too. Maybe one day you’ll consider it.

[@aldepal]

“He don’t know it’s a Nazi Monkey!” 😄24:55

[@bjarmstrong4855]

@9.50 yeah I'm pretty sure that's the sound of the Millennium Falcon not making the jump to hyperspace (in The Empire Strikes Back)

[@rawkmode6315]

There was a piece of glass between the actors and the cobra in the Well of Souls scene.

[@JCG52577]

38:30 R2 & 3PO hieroglyph left side pillar!

[@phila3884]

Just starting your review, but I like the full disclosure that you may have seen parts of this movie when you were a kid. Thanks!

[@RectPropagation]

It’s a secret prequel to Warehouse 13. Seriously though, the fact that nazis expected a Hebrew artifact to work for them is hilarious and baffling.

[@tree6787]

From what I understand Temple of Doom was supposed to be first then the Ark of the Covenant and then last of the Crusade but you can watch them in any order cuz they're all their own movies but this is what I heard.

[@asterix7842]

To me, it's still just "Raiders of the Lost Ark". This was Alfred Molina's first credited movie roll. The call letters on the seaplane at the beginning of the movie was OB-CPO and images of C-3PO and R2-D2 can be seen among the hieroglyphs on one of the walls of The Well of the Souls. The line "It's not the years, honey, it's the milage" was ad-libbed by Ford. Spielberg and Melissa Matheson, Harrison Ford's wife, wrote the script to E.T. during breaks in the filming.

[@chrisf5828]

Most snakes are real and non-venomous but you can see that the cobra right up in his face is animatronic. The fx are Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic (and Lucas sound) same as Star Wars and most fancy fx movies of the very late 70s and throughout the 80s. You can see how much the Ark opening looks like the end of Close Encounters, for instance, and the Ark spirits look like Ghostbusters

[@drigerdranzer7514]

God said to Moses. "But you can't see my face, because nobody can see the face of God and live". Indy knew that.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Nah, it says somewhere that people who looked upon the ark died. Touching it was fatal unless you were a Rabbi or some kind of minister. This is the Ark, not God's hidey hole.

[@trekkiejunk]

Technically, you didn't hear any Star Wars sound effects. The sound for the film was done by Ben Burtt, who also did the Star Wars films. He went out in the field to acquire all his own sound recordings, instead of using the same stock of sound effects that movies had been using for decades. He actually used many of the recordings he made for Star Wars, but not the actual same sounds. Things were usually altered somewhat, or combined with other sounds he recorded to get the sound he wanted. So, while you didn't hear any Star Wars blasters in Indian Jones, you heard a number of the same elements that were used to make up those effects.

[@jamesmarciel5237]

57:23 in this scene, if you look very closely at Belloq’s face as he is speaking, there is a fly visible on screen. As he is talking it flies into his mouth. There is no break and the fly never is seen again.

[@chrispittman8854]

DING DING DING!!! First reactor I've seen that caught the one side of the burned in headpiece bit. Most reactors even miss it on the "Heil... You Know Who."

[@SamtheBravesFan]

When I first saw Belloq scoop the sand out of the Ark, I thought the Commandments had disintegrated over time into sand. I was nine or ten at the time.

[@mathematics5573]

Haven't you picked up, Indiana is a brililant archaeologist. That is why he understood not to look at the Ark

[@adamn7516]

The reason some of the sounds sounded similar to ones in Star Wars was because the same special effects crew at ILM including those involved in the sound design who worked on this film is the same main crew that worked on Star Wars. George Lucas' effects company ILM is involved in virtually all Lucas and Spielberg productions even to this day.

[@SubterrelProspector]

If you watch Temple of Doom keep in mind it is technically a prequel as it takes place in 1935. Last Crusade is more of a "follow up" to Raiders, taking place in 1938.

[@lewstone5430]

Really fun reaction!