Indiana Jones & The Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Caravan of Garbage

Harrison Ford began his journey as Indiana Jones in the Steven Speilberg directed George Lucas written hit Raiders of the Lost Ark. Acting as a thrownback to the adventure serials from decades earlier it introduced a nazi punching swashbuckling grave robber/archeologist which became an imediate smash hit. So on the road to Dial Of Destiny in 2023 lets take a look back at the four equally beloved Indiana Jones movie in this Caravan Of Garbage series review
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[@solarmaru49]

I like how 30%-40% of this is basically explaining in different ways how Harrison Ford “has the rizz”

[@soolty1696]

Harizzon ford

[@Justin-ou5yo]

“As the kids would say”

[@nicholsonfile]

I can't wait for in two years when no one knows what that means again.

[@dtape]

​@@nicholsonfile future swashbuckling archeologists will be absolutely fascinated when they discover this video and the concept of "rizz".

[@fpcdaj]

he's got it

[@frownline1]

The moral of the movie is “power corrupts; absolute power will melt your bloody face off if you open your eyes, maybe”

[@Mister_Clean]

Stare into the abyss, and the abyss will turn you into a wax sculpture inside of a furnace

[@spider-insider7981]

The moral is "Don't sleep with your mentor's underage daughter"

[@Just_Jac0b]

To be real, the ark burns off the swastika on the box it’s being carried in, so maybe the message is God hates Nazis?

[@cleverusername9369]

My takeaway was "it's always socially acceptable, if not one's civic duty, to punch a Nazi"

[@willbeard4835]

The moral is "everything sounds better when Aussie slang is added"

[@TheHatLad]

Losing Rodney, Green Trivia and Blue Harvest all in one go is a huge blow for us Weekly Wackadadoos.

[@TheJesselopez1981]

I'm afraid to be too excited for personalized trivia, for fear of losing that again.

[@irreverence312]

Honestly, losing all of those is really sad, but you have to think that these jokes have been growing and growing for a while now, and they’ve gotten to the best they could have been, so they needed to be culled before they overstayed their welcome. Incidentally, this led to the original working title of this Caravan of Garbage being Blue Harvest as a reference to the sadness (“blue”) and reaping the jokes at their peak (“harvest”).

[@zachryder3150]

Give me something for the pain.

[@TadhgKennelly]

Personalized trivia names was way funnier

[@dontyouworryaboutit_]

RODNEY

[@mrsundaymovies]

I see you. I see you coming into the comments to tell me that Irvin Kershner directed a Bond movie as an american. BUT. Never Say Never again is not an official EON production and you should know that if you're gonna be down in here acting like an absolute dog

[@BigBoy-ok3eg]

Sorry

[@josephsdsu1]

Damn. Harsh!

[@RodRessell]

How did they CGI thousands of rats in the behind the scenes footage?

[@mrsundaymovies]

It’s crazy right?!?

[@a.t.3192]

I love how aggressive this comment is. Good stuff, Mr Scumbag Movies!

[@KristovMars]

Notably the character of Toht was so devoted to Hitler and the Reich, that he wore coloured contact lenses to give his eyes a more Aryan blue colour - the very same eyes that look upon the Ark and result in his soul being harvested, hence the name "Blue Harvest" being attached to an early version of the screenplay.

[@Krondon-SSR]

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@rampantrambling]

Thank you

[@mixolydian9102]

btw, one of the best and creepiest movie villains ever.

[@chickencharlie1992]

You fuck, you got me

[@nedschneebly5424]

Blue Harvest was the fake name for Return of the Jedi not Indiana Jones

[@medalion1390]

John Rhys-Davis’ provided a really interesting insight into the behind the scenes making of this movie in his autobiography. Here’s what he had to say about the famous case of dysentery that swept through the production: “We all got sick in Tunisia. I’ve never gone back there; my memories are so vile. Swallowing flies, which were there in such an abundance. It was during the date harvest, and we’d sit down to eat, 150 of us, and they had a covered but open-sided tent. And in every cubic foot of space, there were dozens of huge blue bottle flies buzzing around. You were waving your hands over your food to stop the flies from landing on it, and as you stopped for a second to put your fork on the plate, a fly would land on something. Or they would follow the food into your mouth, which seemed to be their favourite thing, so you’d end up chewing flies. Eventually this led to some members of the production to jokingly refer to the movie as Blue Harvest which was coincidentally also the working title of the 1977 film Star Wars”.

[@timowieslander2831]

Well played

[@coolguyhino92]

@@timowieslander2831 fuck youuuuu!!!!! That was so god dammed smooth!!!

[@DamienDrake]

Fuck. Yes! This is the best comment on anything ever. All other comment sections can officially close down. FULL STOP!

[@alexgetting245]

You bastard…

[@cardthrow18]

Omg that was absolutely incredible, you had me going right up to the very end. Best Blue Harvest joke I’ve ever seen, 10/10 bravo Sir

[@FordFourD-aka-Ford4D]

I may be _extremely_ biased, but I would argue that young *Harrison Ford is one of the most charismatic actors* of all time.

[@solarmaru49]

You could say he has the rizz

[@Marb315]

I'm a straight man so maybe my tastes aren't entirely with reality here but to my eyes few men have ever been more attractive than Harrison Ford in this movie

[@joostverra9130]

Such a daring statement

[@neilbeaton9498]

Let me get this straight... You think that one of the most popular actors of all time is really good

[@planet7085]

Harrison, I don't use the word "actor" often, but you are the greatest actor in American history.

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

Something that I wish had been mentioned is how many sequences in this film play out like a silent film. A lot of the action sequences have little to no dialogue, and it's just the physicality of the actors carrying the scene with the John Williams score playing over it. The fight choreography and stunts are also very reminiscent of silent era & Buster Keaton type films. The film overall is very reliant on the physical expressions from the actors (even down to their facial expressions) which I think is a big, but underappreciated aspect of the film's charm.

[@DATFilms]

The final episode of Adventures of Young Indy is him doing a silent film, going full circle.

[@jambler15]

Absolutely agree. Doesn't get mentioned enough. This movie is very efficient/concise. Just 1 hr 55 mins. No bloat. Written, shot, and edited to perfection.

[@nero7997]

turns out that Dr Octavius' first attempt was to graft live spiders on his back.

[@originalindigodingo]

Somehow, the spiders also made him become evil.

[@Sweet00thtkc]

Very curious to see attempts 2-99 now…

[@CivilianSatellite]

No wonder he takes issue with Spider-men.

[@miguelcarloherrera532]

The power of spiders on the back of his back

[@TeaGamingPanda]

He tried to get the idol to fund his science projects

[@praxton]

Regarding closing their eyes. As a preacher's kid, I can tell you how I saw that. Growing up, I heard so many sermons and Bible lessons, and when it came to the Ark of the Covenant, only the high priest could stand in its presence, and even then, if they were unworthy, they'd be killed in its presence. I believe they'd tie a rope around his ankle or waist so they could pull him out of the Holy of Holies if God struck him dead. Others in the Bible were killed for touching it. It's a big characteristic of its legend. So, Indiana is tied up there. In the presence of the Ark. A very unholy Nazi is standing in the place of the high priest. IF this is all real, if this thing is the earthly seat of God Himself, then shit is about to go down. Once Indiana realizes it's real, he tells Marion to shut her eyes. They can't remove themselves. They're stuck there in what is at that moment the holiest place on earth. The only thing they can do is remove from this place what they can: their sight. I always interpreted that act as Indiana and Marion making a humble gesture to God by doing what they could to respect the power of the Ark. And thus why they were spared.

[@jonathonrobinson6081]

Didn't God command people not to lay their eyes on it?

[@bradpoynting4691]

I, for real, read that entire paragraph with the 100% expectation that it was going to be an incredibly convoluted lead up to explaining wrongly about Star Wars being called 'Blue Harvest.'

[@paulnicholson5997]

I can also remember some Bible class where the Ark was being carried, the men carrying it stumbled, one of the men reached up to steady the Ark and was struck dead when he touched it.

[@neilabel1711]

This is exactly the reason I thought they closed their eyes. It's humbling themselves in the presence of God

[@paulnicholson5997]

@Neil Abel Yeah, and Indy knows all of that Bible stuff as well. He knew not to look.

[@Tschwifty19]

"God f-ing hates you. I like his glasses" had me rolling 😂😂😂

[@doubledamn2599]

The Indiana-Marian thing is actually worse than you think. Break it down: - Sleeps with her when she's 15 - Leaves - Shows up years later for help, not even from her. - Supposedly starts an actual relationship this time, but leaves for years AGAIN, this time with her pregnant - Shows again after another decade and a half, and THEN marries her. Throughout her entire "relationship" with Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood has spent maybe a month with the man without getting shot at.

[@mrcritical6751]

Really hope they show he’s still with her in Dial Of Destiny or that she at least died happily married to him and peacefully

[@brandoncaruso9276]

​@@mrcritical6751rumors are that she divorceed him in the beginning of the movie

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Er, according to her birth year of 1909 she was 17, not 15... and a lot of people are no logner virgins by 17.

[@DeLittleRebel]

Was the sleeping with confirmed?? I thought it was just a relationship without that

[@croakinc3670]

@@DeLittleRebel Mutt Williams is their kid

[@Whiteythereaper]

That Swordsman joke is one of the best payoffs of anticlimax in media, and the Lego Indiana Jones game makes it even better as you do actually have to fight him, which comes as a surprise to those who've seen the movie, and also tees up those who played the game first into thinking that he will fight him, making it even more of a surprise when he just shoots him.

[@DATFilms]

Only Lego Indy 2 did that, but that game was wacky, changed a bunch of things.

[@danwroy]

That's clever

[@talldaveh]

Wait…who on earth would play Lego Indy 2 BEFORE watching Raiders of the Lost Ark? Lol (but I agree it’s one of the best anticlimax payoffs)

[@chelnahtheegghead]

@@talldavehYoung children?

[@TheMamaluigi300]

@@DATFilms Besides, it’s not even *the* swordsman that you fight. That’s also a cutscene, just he reflects the shots like a jedi and they hit him with a banana instead It’s the *DS* version of Lego Indy 1 where you fight the swordsman as a real boss

[@You-Tube-n5k]

"The future probably" and then cutting to Harrison Ford as Han Solo screaming is probably the hardest I've laughed in a while. Well done.

[@limonadiautomaattimekaanikko]

Ummm akchually, Star Wars isn't futuristic. It says "A long long time ago" right there in the beginning! 🤓

[@justincoleman3805]

The punch sound is the real star of these movies.

[@VenlyssPnorr]

Underrated comment

[@hevykevy316]

Hell yes. Big fan of when they show up in other films like Hot Fuzz and Batman Returns.

[@TheJesselopez1981]

The sound for the punches is made from slapping jello. The best sound came from blue flavored jello which was bought in bulk and harvested for...nevermind. Its just not the same.

[@squamish4244]

And the booming gunshots.

[@noahgoucher2867]

Regarding the message of the movie as it pertains to the Ark- It's about hubris and humility. Indy spends most of the film skeptical of the Ark's existence and power. The Nazis believe in its power, but are so arrogant they think they can control it. By opening the Ark, they seal their fate by not respecting the power inside, nor understanding its significance. Not once do they consider that an artifact of the Jewish faith MIGHT not be something they would ever be able to wield. They are so convinced of their superiority that they think they can harness the power of God against his chosen people. Indy, meanwhile, learns to respect the power of the Ark and humbles himself in God's presence. Closing his eyes as it opens is Indy learning to accept there are things in the world he can not control or comprehend. His humility spares him in the end- a lesson that echoes when he chooses the right Grail! Anyway, just my two cents worth.

[@mrsundaymovies]

And it shot a bunch of lasers!

[@Castragroup]

“ jews are gods chosen people” you In reference to the arrogance of anyone else

[@amiciprocul8501]

Or he just closed his eyes, lol.

[@starwarsnerd100]

@@Castragroup You realize he didn’t invent the phrase “chosen people” right? That’s a common expression.

[@christopherbucher7017]

It's a reference to a biblical passage which states that anyone who looked into the ark when it was opened was killed by God

[@myohmyDesign]

No one spoil James's enthusiasm for the new Indiana Jones film!

[@mrsundaymovies]

It's hilarious to me that someone (Mason) thinks he can spoil my enthusiasm

[@myohmyDesign]

@@mrsundaymovies he's just rubbing his greasy mits at the thought you'll be forced to wear the 'Melbourne is ALL-IN' lanyard again! 🤣

[@jchase8223]

The actual movie will do the job…

[@michaelreich4827]

​@@jchase8223 the J.O.B.

[@paulnicholson5997]

I heard Indy gets the Jake Skywalker treatment, only worse, much much worse. Enjoy!

[@crazyralph6386]

The cinematography in the first one, was masterclass. Everything looked real because it was REAL!!! The photographer spent months and months shooting for location spots which was absolutely stunning!

[@shelbyvillerules9962]

Apparently in 1981 they had not yet introduced the PG-13 rating, so that meant “Raiders” was either going to be PG or R… and for a moment, it almost got the R rating because of the deaths of the villains, in particular the moment when Belloq’s head blew up. However, they ultimately managed to get around this in post production by gathering up various bits of stock footage to obfuscate Belloq’s violent end. This eventually lead to some crew members jokingly referring to the film as “Blew Harvest” which coincidentally was also the working title of the 1977 movie “Star Wars”.

[@titusmccarthy]

Lame.

[@thevaccinator666]

Not lame.

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

I genuinely wasn't aware that people didn't care for The Last Crusade. It's personally my favorite of the original Indie movies.

[@clancywiggam]

Last crusade was great. Temple of doom is a sack of s***.

[@Bulls3ye86]

@@clancywiggam I'll take Crystal Skull over Temple of Doom any day!

[@username-yc3bd]

temple of doom>>>>>>crystal skull

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

@@username-yc3bd Agreed. MUCH greater.

[@Duplotopf]

​@@clancywiggamL

[@dongulio5539]

For me, the last crusade was the best, two actors that “just got it” together on screen playing humorous and emotion scenes

[@AndyJay1985]

And who was better than to star with Ford than Bond himself? The character Spielberg wanted to direct a movie for.

[@MostlyMildMidnights]

I feel like the fan theory that everything would have been fine without Indy misses the point that he just wants to find the arc out of complete selfish curiosity. He isn’t a hero trying to save the day; he’s a not too great guy pursuing an obsessive passion. Even him killing a bunch of nazis is just a byproduct of survival as opposed to ethics.

[@johnb1150]

What amy in the big bang theory gets wrong (or rather the writers of bbt) is that Indy was sent on a mission by the American government to retrieve the ark, whether Indy made an impact is totally irrelevant because the film plot was he was sent on a mission and he completed said mission so that's "making an impact" because he secured the ark for the government.

[@timegentleman]

Also, Indy not having a huge effect on events is *intentional* - Indy's constantly getting bested and making things up as he goes, part of his characterisation is that he's always on the back foot (which is why the Die Hard everyman hero connection made in this video was so apt). But as mentioned in the video, he does likely save Marion's life and prevent any further Nazis showing up to grab the ark (perhaps subsequently figuring out how to wield it). The arrogance of *Big Bang Theory* writers of all people taking pot-shots at a sublime script that they clearly don't understand and could never hope to come close to is just staggering.

[@VenlyssPnorr]

Exemplified by the scene with the Panzerfaust (?) in which Belloq essentially calls Indy's bluff and tells him how he "wants to see it opened as much as I do". PS - Belloq may just be one of the greatest villains of all time. The drinking scene with Marion is just amazing.

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

Let's face it. Big bang theory is a load of sh*t

[@johnb1150]

@@timegentleman yeh their contention was flawed to begin with because all they were focused on was the fact the Nazis happen to die at the film's end by their own hand while completely ignoring all the events leading up to it, Marion would've been either scarred for life by toht if not simply murdered, pretty major plot point if your heroine dies because Indy "doesn't make any impact" it's a ridiculous hypothesis to begin with and real nerds in big bang would've rejected it easily like we are right now. It's also belittling the character and his efforts frankly. It's sposed to show indys tenacity in not letting the nazis just take what they want and they're also forgetting they didn't know what the ark would do when opened so they couldn't afford to just hope for the best, hindsight is irrelevant.

[@Taurusus]

I'm guessing the different gun thing is because in the "Hero Shot" they busted out the most expensive detailed replica they had, but to throw one across the room they had to use a stunt prop. So it's probably a rubber molded thing. Interestingly, early weapon replicas had to be made with a special rubber only found in a particular country that no longer exists, that for safety reasons was coloured blue, which lead

[@Kriosaivak]

Which lead what?

[@EvangelOfficial]

@@Kriosaivak blue harvest

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

Wasn't a replica

[@Kriosaivak]

@@EvangelOfficial Ahhhhhhh, shoulda figured that out, thanks

[@angeltread]

except just looking at the freeze frame side by side provided here... its lit different but it totally looks like the same gun. you could be right one might be a rubber gun for throwing but its still clearly the same gun even, literally has every same feature. i think mason is just got a wakadoo brain for hot sec.

[@themightybullfrog]

Things Ultra Magnus doesn't have: It Things everyone in Raiders of the Lost Ark has: It Conclusion: The cast of Raiders of the Lost Ark should lead the Autobots

[@SaiiimOoOn]

George Lucas as a writer and no Blue Harvest Joke? My disapointment is unmeasurable and my day is ruined

[@spankflaps1365]

Fun fact - the oculus in the Map Room was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, which projects a sunbeam and illuminates the doorway on Rome’s birthday.

[@stevenmcd4741]

Freddie Mercury is an absolute perfect example of a person who’s just “got it.” Shout out to the editors!

[@jonsmith5058]

Yeah, I’m trying to think of someone today who just oozes that charisma and talent and I come up short. Those people are extremely rare.

[@TaylorRV79]

If by it you mean AIDS

[@eddyk3]

@@TaylorRV79 This is the wrong fan base for this sort of shit.

[@obiwankenobi9141]

Ayoo!

[@joemolnar3]

​@@jonsmith5058honestly the only one that's truly come that close for me in recent years was Chadwick Bozeman may he RIP. After seeing him in 42 I thought exactly that, "he just has it"

[@jmac7818]

The fact that this was made, in that era, is wild... but the fact that it only cost $20 million is unbelievable

[@goten339]

Inflation tbf so it’d be like $60 million today, but even with that in mind it made an incredible amount of money off that

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

It cost $20 million to make an Oscar nominated film, and nearly $300 million to make a film that bombed with critics a month before release (I'm of course referring to Dial of Destiny)

[@Michael_ORourke]

​​@@goten339 $60 million is still just mid-budget today. The new Indy movie costs $300 million.

[@goten339]

@@Michael_ORourke That's more expensive than most MCU movies. What an abominable amount of money to burn

[@redadamearth]

@@TechnologicallyTechnical "Temple of Doom" bombed with many critics in 1984. Many were split on it. It would have gotten 50% on RT, if it had existed then, as a lot of people thought it was over the top, silly, too violent and wasn't as good "Raiders". Some liked it, some didn't. So did "Crystal Skull" in 2008, with critics split on it. Both ended up making a fortune, just like "Dial of Destiny" will. Most audiences don't care about what critics have to say - they just love Indy movies. While I personally don't think the series ever did anything better than "Raiders of the Lost Ark", I still love the others ("Crystal Skull" being an exception, as I think its second half just dove into the toilet; having seen it again recently, it's first half isn't as bad as I remembered; but once he and Mutt travel into the "adventure", it just goes downhill). Personally, I think they should have just ended the series with "Last Crusade", as it was the perfect ending. But I'll still see "Dial of Destiny" and enjoy the hell out of it. :-)

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

This absolute treasure of a video is unfortunately completely ruined by the lack of the "Rodney"-Shouting Man supercut.

[@logd27]

If you’re interested there is a great movie called “Raiders” in which two childhood best friends tried to recreate this movie shot for shot as children. They filmed about 90% of the movie before they broke up due to a love triangle gone bad with the girl they cast as Marian. It’s a great movie. The production company found this story and funded the rest of the movie to be shot. It’s incredible.

[@rishoutfield2043]

The kid (now middle-aged) that made it did a presentation and screening I went to, talking about the enormous effort it was to get the film completed (finally got finished in 2014), and it was a surprisingly moving final product to watch.

[@Jumbalia23]

Shout out to Paul Freeman for being in the first Indiana Jones movie and the first Power Rangers movie

[@jinxysaberk]

This was the first “grown up” movie I ever remember myself enjoying even tho I understood nothing

[@starwarsnerd100]

Mason’s comment about Harrison Ford taking credit for shooting the swordsman is kind of true. There’s multiple conflicting behind the scenes stories of how that happened.

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

They're no doubt covering up the fact that Harrison Ford shot the guy for real. Just got sick of filming that day and shot the guy out of frustration. The cheers from the crowd afterwards are no doubt real too.

[@zom8680]

​@Matt Ward yep. I heard from a trusted source the swordsman guy stole some cans of spaghetti o's and a random dude named Blevin Bleelberg put a hit out on him

[@jonathonrobinson6081]

​@@TechnologicallyTechnical He shot him because he screwed up the joke and said Harvest Blue. The fool.

[@veghesther3204]

I thought that scene occurred because Harrison Ford wasn't in the best of health Desert Climates can cause Dysentery which CAN kill you so to not worry about Harrison Ford dying because of that it was just faster for him to Shoot the Swordman over using his whip.

[@SirAsdf]

James' power to keep a joke going through spite (and a bit of laziness) alone has finally reached its limit.

[@TheJesselopez1981]

Too many people embracing them in the comments. If you want to keep one of them around you have to leave angry comments about them. Thats what gives James life force. Annoying people. Also, I hate Rodney guy and I'm glad he's gone. 😢

[@SirAsdf]

@@TheJesselopez1981 I'm half convinced James only continues making KZbin videos out of spite

[@bencarlson4300]

Imagine getting rejected by a famous franchise and then making your own franchise with your buddies that rivals and arguably exceeds the franchise that turned you down. That’s a power move.

[@squamish4244]

Spielberg wasn't rejected; he never tried to direct a Bond film. The rest I agree with.

[@bensneb360]

A whole review of Raiders of the Lost Ark and you didn’t mention John Williams score? We’ll I say it then… he’s got it lol

[@scottgray4623]

I didn't realize that was Alfred Molina that was covered with spiders! That would explain his hatred of Spider-Man decades later. Coincidentally, I remember reading that during pre-production of the second Raimi Spider-Man film, the wardrobe department wanted to change things up slightly and use all-natural dyes for the costumes, requiring the harvesting of tens of thousands of Indigofera Tinctoria plants just for the Spider-Man suits alone - this led to the working title of the film being "Blue Harvest" - which was, unbeknownst to Sam Raimi, also the working title of the first Star Wars film.

[@P.S.Leviews]

If you look at the official wiki, Marion’s birth year is 1909 so she’s 27 in raiders and 17 when she was with Indy. Not to mention her birthday is early, in march, so by the time Indy showed up, she was most likely within a few months of being a legal adult. It’s not as bad as it could have been. But yeah, I also remember reading that transcript a few months ago where George suggested age 15 and I was like ewww

[@mrcritical6751]

Once again we are left with the immortal question “George…you alright?”

[@lutherheggs451]

@@mrcritical6751 No we're not really left with any questions. Times were different in the 1930s/40s time period...Intelligent people outnumbered the imbeciles, so you didn't have low IQ woke trash or low IQ MAGA trash going to the movies with their crayons and handy dandy notebook to check on character ages, character colors, character genders...The intelligent people were/are able to actually just watch a movie for enjoyment, they weren't trying to compare fantasy to reality at all times.

[@redadamearth]

If you read the transcript of the story conference meeting that Lucas, Spielberg and Kasdan had in January of 1978 before the script was written, Lucas says he wanted Marion to have been 12 or 13 years old when she and Indy had the affair. He literally says so, specifically. Thankfully, they raised that age eventually as that would been pretty disgusting, but it makes you wonder what the f___ Lucas was thinking.

[@mrcritical6751]

@@redadamearth Lucas is a creator who was bolstered by those who surrounded him. From Marsha Lucas, to the original trilogy directors to Spielberg, if it weren’t for them he’d be making B-tier straight to DVD sci-fi schlock

[@re1010]

​@@redadamearth I think he was try to go hard with that cynicism. I'm just glad it was never elaborated and decanonized.

[@ToomanyFrancis]

I wonder if Indy having an affair with a teenager is a reference to Harrison Ford flying to France to personally deliver an Oscar to Roman Polanski 20 years later.

[@eliasbouchard6926]

The last crusade is honestly my favourite Indiana Jones film. I love everything about it. I just think it’s neat. Sean Connery definitely brings a lot to it for me. (And the ‘it’ you guys are looking for is that young Harrison Ford has w rizz)

[@347Jimmy]

Last Crusade is definitely the best I'm totally biased because I saw it in cinema, but it's still the best

[@fortunesrazor3491]

I think the section where Mutt is swinging in the vines with the monkeys is a call back to when Marion says that the Capuchin in this film is her & Indy's child.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

When I rewatch this movie, I simply pretend that Marion was 29 in the movie, same age as Karen Allen at the time of filming.

[@dorisbove2210]

only Marion's character was fifteen and there's no changing that, even Karen Allen said that Marion was 15 when Marion and Indiana Jones first got together this is fact. What people like you don't get, is what you want is totally irrelevant and doesn't matter.

[@Laymansinsight]

​@Doris Bove actually it isn't a fact - it is quite literally fiction. It turns out that some people, unlike yourself, are quite happy to enjoy the film for entertainment purposes. For example, I'm too busy enjoying life to engage with whatever twitter lore drops JK Rowling posts for Harry Potter. It just isn't that deep.

[@croakinc3670]

@@Laymansinsight Death of the Author keeps her dumbass twitter lore from being legitimate canon

[@chiefscheider]

​@@dorisbove2210 The simple fact is, the ages of Indy and Marion aren't mentioned in the movie. Doesn't matter what Karen Allen says, doesn't matter what are in the "script notes" ... When she says "I was a child" she simply means she was naive.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

​@Chief Scheider Yep, exactly. Indy is still an asshole, and the age gap is very weird. But he's no longer a pedophile by modern standards. I'm not sure about

[@mrnobones01]

I knew green trivia and the guy who shouts Rodney were gone but when I felt the lead-in coming I subconsciously got ready to sing along and had a moment of sadness. RIP green trivia and the guy who shouts Rodney. We hardly knew ye

[@Jack-sy8mr]

Interesting note, in the temple at the beginning you can see a small carving of C3-PO and R2-D2 from George Lucas’ film _Star Wars_ which was made under the fake working title “Blue Harvest”

[@steadybrek]

Came here to write this!

[@MaliciousMallard]

Regarding the submarine, UBoats had an incredibly slow speed underwater. So it’s most likely, since it was during peacetime, that the submarine had no reason to submerge to make the best time to the island base at the end and Indy simply sat on the top

[@joeyboudot2887]

I've always looked at Raiders as a film about personal growth. The stakes are high, but not as explicitly stated as Last Crusade (ex. his dad saying if the Nazi's get the grail the armies of darkness will walk all over the earth yatta yatta) and it's post his "Fortune and Glory" obsession in Temple of Doom and he now respects other humans (he learned to care for Short Round and stop putting him in INSANE AMOUNTS OF danger like he did in the opening with Wu-Han which ultimately got him killed, learned to care for other cultures and people through risking his own life and limb to save the enslaved children, etc.). This film is about Indy learning from his past and growing into a better man, repairing his relationship with Marion, and punching Nazi's along the way. The whole ending is supposed to illicit hopelessness/meaninglessness. The titular "Lost Ark" has been discovered by "Raiders" who proceed to squabble over it until it gets ALL OF THEM KILLED except the only person who was learning to better himself through the process and cares about more than just the wealth and power the Ark seemingly represents. And after ALL OF THAT, the Ark is again lost, now no longer buried in the ruins of Tanis but within a seemingly INFINITE warehouse filled with LORD KNOWS WHAT (Other ancient artifacts, alien remains from Roswell, ya know, the works). The Ark is again LOST, despite Indy's best efforts. And yet... it's okay. It isn't about the Ark just the same way that it isn't about the Golden Idol in the opening sequence. It got away, but there will be others. The government might not know what they have, it might be lost to time yet again, but Marion is there and she offers to get him a drink. And we find out years later they have a son, and it influences the rest of Indy's life. So the statement about if Indy wasn't there, things wouldn't have worked out as well for Indy, isn't entirely wrong. Good work Mason. In short: The Big Bang Theory was clearly not written by people who like movies, write intelligent, complex, and likable characters with realistic development, or care much for the artistic integrity of someone else's work all for the sake of a half-bit laugh from an audience of casual viewers who don't care to look much past the surface. The Indy films are some of my all time favorites for the fact that Indy's character arc is Buried DEEP in all 4 films, and you have to do your own archeological work to dig it up, dust it off, and put it back together in the right order. I think Crystal Skull, despite its numerous shortcomings and flaws, continues that arc in a nice way and would have rounded Indy's arc out well, I just hope Dial of Destiny doesn't completely fubar it for the sake of nostalgia baiting me back into the theater for "One Last Ride" But you can still bet I'll be there opening day.

[@StreetComp]

IMO, Raiders is as close to perfection in an action film as can get, like Die Hard, one of the very few that works brilliantly from start to finish.

[@eenymeenymynemo]

My partner here reminded me that George was fighting for 12... Not 15.. 😑 12..

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Yes... George has had some quite gross moments. The "make Marion 12" thing, the Jewish/Black/Asian stereotypes in Phantom Menace, and the entirety of Howard The Duck.

[@exzyyd392]

Does it really matter? They're not real. None of it really happened. Indy is already a mass murderer. Sometimes people do fucked up things

[@TheJesselopez1981]

While they're talking about it in the video, there is a transcript of a brainstorming session, where they talk about it. If you pause it and read it, its really gross.

[@HisNameWasCrazy]

Further proof that every time somebody talked George out of one of his bad ideas Indiana Jones got better and every time they couldn't be bothered it got worse. Oh, and it was ELEVEN if you check out the whole of that transcript in the video.

[@TheJesselopez1981]

@@HisNameWasCrazy the worst part for me was when it was suggested that she was also promiscuous and came on to him.

[@DocD173]

I’ve had the opinion for more than a decade that the Truck Rescue scene is the best Action Sequence in cinema history. The whole thing is thrilling and top-knotch

[@adamseidel9780]

All the action sequences have this absolutely incredible combination of practical effects, great physicality, almost gritty realism at times, while also being completely preposterous, impossible, and breaking the laws of physics. It looks and feels exactly like how you’d imagine a thrilling chase scene in your head if you were a 13 year old reading it out of an old adventure novel. It would be juuuuuuust realistic enough to pass muster in your mind, but all the colors, sounds, and action would be dialed to about a 15 out of 10 on the fantasy scale. It’s perfect, nobody has done it better literally ever.

[@DocD173]

@@adamseidel9780 precisely! Nothing defies the laws of physics, everything looks and feels real, but all the pulp action and sound is pushed just to the right amount of fantastical.

[@paulnicholson5997]

​@DD173 Speilberg really is the master when it comes to Directing. He will be missed on Indy 5, but I think he saw the way Indy's being treated in this movie and decided to bounce.

[@iantaylor8148]

Agree. But I love the flying wing sequence as much. A perfect action movie.

[@paulnicholson5997]

@Ian Taylor That's one of the many great action set pieces in this movie. The truck sequence is absolutely the best all of those stunts, and were practical effect, except for the end when everyone gets roasted. Only the flying wing was completely fictional, they never developed that plane.

[@TheCheat420]

This video belongs in a museum!

[@Elnis888]

You know, sometimes you just come across somebody who makes JUST the right comment at JUST the right time! 🙂

[@titusmccarthy]

So do you!

[@jasperhayes-klein2929]

Your editor is INCREDIBLE!! Every video.

[@MrmerryPippin-tw6rv]

Absolutely. Not enough credit and accolades to the editor!!

[@Matt-xc6sp]

The Hi Power was Belgian. It was also a huge advancement in handgun technology. Indy was an early adopter.

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

Its unlikely that Indy and mercs would have a hi power at the time the movie takes place. The hi power was a stand in for a 1911

[@kleepglorp8923]

Porkins is 32 in this?! God damn. The 80s were fuckin rough.

[@TheJesselopez1981]

More like the 70's and 60's.

[@jimmybowman6294]

I cant believe we've lost the holy trinity. First blue harvest, then Rodney, and now green trivia? If snake eyes isnt next week's episode i will petition.

[@DonJuanDecepticon]

Thank god a youtube channel did a breakdown of this hidden gem.

[@eliasbouchard6926]

Can you really consider Indiana Jones a hidden gem? Considering its one of the biggest blockbusters of all time.

[@chiefscheider]

​Oh, Elias ...

[@DonJuanDecepticon]

@@eliasbouchard6926 would you like to buy some magic beans?

[@paulbauer9017]

Did you know, with so much of this movie taking place in unfarmable dry yellow desert, to throw people off the scent during the movie making progress, the working title of this movie…Blue Harvest.

[@luckyasmr1374]

Listening to James’s love for this film is so wholesome!

[@gwina64]

Sam raimi credits this as one of his favourite movies and after seeing Alfred Molina with a back full of spiders he was so delighted that he wrote a movie around the core concepts of Alfred Molina trying to fight a spider and having some stuff on his back

[@squamish4244]

Doc Ock is a character from the comics. But I can see Sam Raimi using him for the sequel for that reason.

[@Dynomafia139]

​@@squamish4244common misconception

[@squamish4244]

@@Dynomafia139 No...he is a comic book character...since the 1960s...

[@mase6978]

I love that you and Maso are doing this round of CoG and I love this movie! It’s the second best Indiana Jones film! (Behind Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

[@metalmusicrocks11234]

Behind Crystal Skull??? What do you like about that movie?

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

@@metalmusicrocks11234 Make sure the joke doesn't hit your head while it flies over you.

[@curtisjeffries-ki2do]

You crazy 😂

[@johnpotts8308]

The big bald German that Indy fights in Raiders (and is shish kebabed by the plane propeller) was played by Pat Roach, who also fights him in both Temple of Doom and Last Crusade (unfortunately he passed away by the time Crystal Skull was made).

[@timegentleman]

For anyone wondering, his fight in Last Crusade was cut out of the movie - iirc he was a beefy ticket inspector on the zeppelin. Also, he fights Indy twice in Raiders - he plays a different character in the bar fight scene!

[@obelix703]

14:25 It can be argued that the moral of the film is that one can’t control acts of god, merely respect and survive them.

[@ytuser_3122]

I wonder what would’ve happened if Indy shot the Ark with that RPG

[@Amouroso]

This has been my dream caravan series for years, thank you both + the editing extraordinaire’s for all the content !

[@ScarletCharlotte]

That edit of Nazi's loading the Ark of the Covenant into a Morrison Minor outside 10 Downing Street is magnificent. Absurd brilliance.

[@callumandrewmorganwallace3216]

What do you mean hate crusade? The last crusade is a classic, and I'd happily die on the hill by saying its the best of the sequels. Unless this is a tongue in cheek remark, I am outraged I say... OUTRAAAAGED

[@timegentleman]

Fairly sure it was a tongue-in-cheek comment meant as a sneaky dig at Crystal Skull, as they follow it up with complaining about all the CGI rats in this 1989 movie!

[@shooziewooziez8886]

"I was only in my mid twenties. And you were also in your mid twenties. We were the same age." Absolutely murdered me

[@murrvvmurr]

I miss Rodney 😢

[@SciontheDark]

Rodney had its time

[@MrFacepunch33]

I don't think the moral of the Ark and the eye closing thing is "God hates you," I think it's more of a reverence/respect thing. In the Old Testament it's stated many times that if you were to actually see God with your own two eyes you would simply die. So I think that's what they were going for.

[@centy64]

Winston Churchill was in this a lot more than I remember.

[@tonythepokemonguy751]

“Im gonna shit my pants” is even funnier when you think about hearing it in Harrison’s voice

[@stevebazin127]

I literally watched this on Disney+ last night. They did not change any of the affair dailogue between Indy and Marian.

[@MalleeMate]

We’ll never forgettios spielberg’s spaghettios

[@KronosMonkeyKing]

Incredible editing by Laurence! I reckon this is his best work yet!

[@thrillcollectors]

“They’ve got it!” Dude even though I can’t articulate what you’re saying, I totally get it.

[@adamseidel9780]

Interestingly, George Lucas was so happy with how the original Star Wars film turned out that he decided for good luck he’d give this film the same original working title and that’s why Raiders of the Lost Ark’s first title was Blue Harvest.

[@Mr.ChrisSchneider101]

4:39 Those rats aren't CG, they're really there.

[@azv343]

I know, what's up with that? Were they doing an injoke? Like a bait n switch? Because the cg monkeys and mole are a typical fanboy complaint from The Crystal Skull... But they didn't really set it up that way.

[@TheJesselopez1981]

​@@azv343 it was a dig at Crystal Skull. He's saying he hates one of these movies for the wonky CGI but it's Last Crusade.

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

The “Indy does nothing in raiders” argument is so stupid 1. Had Indy not gone to Nepal the nazis wouldn’t have found Marion and the staff headpiece 2. Indy being in Nepal ensures the nazis would be digging in the wrong place for enough time for him to get it 3. And most importantly the nazis were going to fly the Ark to Berlin, Indy destroying the flying wing gave Belloq an excuse to take the Ark to an isolated place to open it since they were already going to be at sea now

[@JPitt1070]

Fun fact that not a lot of people know but the working title for Raiders of The Lost Ark was Blue Harvest because there were actually blueberries on the big fruit cart in the market and the crew had to harvest them for that scene

[@allnewforty2360]

I will not give another like to a Mr. Sunday Movies video until Rodney is brought back.

[@mctown972]

It’s not the same without the guy that shouts Rodney😢😔

[@NitsuaBZ]

Imagine a world where Tom Selleck was Indi and then Ridley Scott was like. Let's cast him in Blade Runner.

[@mrcritical6751]

Just completely changes the course of Tom Selleck’s career and suddenly all many men are walking around with big bushy moustaches

[@electricimpulse7]

I like how the implication from Spielberg is that 16 is somehow better than 15.

[@AverageDrafter]

I saw this when I was 5, I did not understand what was happening with the drinking contest. My dad told me "She's drinking that guy under the table", which I took literally... thinking they were bleeding out a dude under the table and drinking his blood. To be fair I had (inexplicably) seen Assault on Precinct 13 by this point, where they do a gang blood pact ritual... so I apparently just thought tough guys do weird shit with blood.

[@mss11235]

S tier childood anecdote. Thank you

[@thechewatson]

I never realised the monkey was supposed to be doing a nazi salute. That was 50 takes well spent

[@thomasloney612]

After working on Twilight Zone - The Movie, i imagine Spielberg avoided having real life rotating blades on set. I believe they explained when discussing the Ark early on that the legend is any army carrying the Ark into battle would be undefeatable. A better film would be the Nazis get the Ark, march into battle and find out the legend isn't true! I always thought the reason Indy tells Marion to close her eyes at the end was so she didn't see the Nazis being slaughtered. I don't think looking at the open Ark meant you would die. I could be wrong, though.

[@DrewTrox]

My intro to this movie was seeing the Disney World stunt show as a kid.

[@BBAERSTANCE1]

Last Crusade is the best one

[@ArcherKet]

When people argue that Indy's actions were pointless in this film, I like to point out that had he not been there causing interference, the medallion would have been claimed from Marion, the Nazis would know the exact location of the Ark, and Beloq may not have decided to open it prior to getting it to Germany to make sure they had the real deal.

[@diehard7153]

You guys nailed what made Raiders perfect every one in it has it that grit and swagger

[@robertturner7379]

Alfred Molina even got it! In the first act, blew my mind going back and seeing his name in the opening credits

[@defenderofminorities3056]

Lucas and Spielberg laughing and brainstorming about the idea of Indy being a groomer in the writers room is something I didn’t need to know

[@slicerh248]

I know it was announced that Rodney won’t be back but man does it still sting. RIP Rodney you will be missed.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

One of my favorite Spielberg films and the best Indiana Jones film.

[@mrcannonballs642]

4:55 can't believe you guys missed the obvious joke with Alfred Molina having spiders on his back lol

[@giancarlopenalba2616]

I think the message of the movie is that if the Nazis open God's little golden box they will probably die.

[@justice_productions_]

Churchill walking with Indy is my favorite edit ever😂

[@darkwaxer]

The ages always get me. Always feel a tinge of sadness that watching Raiders now I have to look at Indy as a young silly lad.

[@SteefPip]

I've often thought that George Lucas isn't much of a writer. He is a great world builder and an exceptional producer. He's not 100% but he's great at finding the right person for the role. Famously he failed twice at Anakin, but pretty much everyone else really brought everything to their roles. Ahmed Best finally got a little retribution too, going from the guy who played one of the most hated characters in Star Wars to the guy who saved one of the most beloved characters in Star Wars. That wasn't Lucas, I just watched season 3 of Mando recently so that was on my mind.

[@BR-jw7pm]

Please do a Caravan of Garbage on Kangaroo Jack!!!

[@harmonyislandtaiwan]

The glasses no glasses question, Indy simply puts them in a pocket in the field because action. Common nearsightedness, losing medium and long distance detail, he therefore should not use them for reading or close up tomb raiding. Also, he's GOT IT!!!