Raiders of the Lost Trailer

[krpalmer]

Back at the start of November, I commented about hearing news that the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull would soon arrive, and about how I had decided to hold off on reading the mere description of it. As it turned out out, a trailer didn't show up until now... and I have no real idea if it has any resemblance at all to that old description.

In some ways, I'm actually reminded of the first trailer for Revenge of the Sith; it contains a definite nod to the past. (It did, though, leave me wondering about the comments that Indiana Jones didn't so much "save the day" in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade too by my own estimation, as just unwittingly uncover the artifact of power for the Nazis, and then be held back while that artifact takes its own toll on them. The thought has also occurred to me that in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, he actually does more to "save the day" himself, and his thanks for that is to have that movie most brushed off by the fans.) Like that other trailer, it doesn't give away a lot about the story, but in some ways I'm all right with that; it somehow helps me defuse that very well-worn smirking comment that it's much more satisfying to just watch the trailers...

I did wonder if the various scenes showing Indiana Jones facing off against the US Army in a desert setting and a warehouse ("the' warehouse?) are actually a "first adventure" at the beginning of the movie. I do get the impression that Cate Blanchett's character is also showing up in those scenes, but just maybe that's just clever editing.

Still on the subject of trailers, it would be pleasant and convenient if there would be a trailer for the theatrical premiere of the new Clone Wars with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... although that would, of course, mean promoting a Warner Brothers release with a Paramount picture. (I've got to admit that it's still funny to contemplate a lack of the "20th Century Fox fanfare...") I suppose, though, that for all my excitement at the thought of Star Wars returning to the movies, I'm also conscious of an uncertainty that putting part of a television production on the big screen is somehow "tempting hubris." Still, maybe my strategy has always been to worry now in the hopes I'll feel better later...

Comments

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

I think you might be right about the "first adventure" part of the film, involving THE warehouse.

Even though CW is a WB release, both Indy and CW are Lucasfilm productions. I do think though that a CW trailer with WB's The Dark Knight is a shoo-in.

[krpalmer.livejournal.com]

Now that I think about it, there's a precedent in Raiders of the Lost Ark itself for a villain to appear in "both adventures" of an Indiana Jones movie. Even as I delve into the fragment at hand, though, I should probably keep reminding myself that, after watching the second trailer for The Phantom Menace, I was expecting the "space battle" to be in the middle of the movie (probably inspired by the "first draft" of Star Wars), and after the good guys lost it, they would only then go looking for the Gungans to enlist for the battle at the end of the movie...

I'd expect a Clone Wars trailer to be likeliest to show up with The Dark Knight, too... it's just that I consider myself much more likely to see Indiana Jones myself.