18th June 2009, 3:54 PM
I'm not a huge fanboy of the Indiana Jones movies (I've only seen Arc of the Convenant, which I enjoyed), but as far as I can see, they've pretty much always been fun, popcorn flicks. Aliens fit into the serial / pulp comic homages just as much as the stuff featured in the other movies. This one was more over-the-top, but who cares? I successfully turned my brain off and laughed/cheered when Indy was shot hundreds of feet in the air in a refrigerator to escape a nuclear explosion. I wanted to be entertained for a couple of hours, not watch a movie that will make me ponder the nature of humanity and extraterrestrials. It's not like it was trying to be 2001.
Fuck the haters, this maybe wasn't buy-the-DVD-and-rewatch material, but it was a great way to kill 2 hours. Though it is funny seeing people go into conniptions about Lucas and Spielburg raping their childhoods. I don't think I've ever seen anyone as bloodthirsty and angsty as Star Wars fans who hate the prequels. If only they were athletic, maybe we could harness that kind of vigorous hatred for military purposes.
Fuck the haters, this maybe wasn't buy-the-DVD-and-rewatch material, but it was a great way to kill 2 hours. Though it is funny seeing people go into conniptions about Lucas and Spielburg raping their childhoods. I don't think I've ever seen anyone as bloodthirsty and angsty as Star Wars fans who hate the prequels. If only they were athletic, maybe we could harness that kind of vigorous hatred for military purposes.