Indiana Jones Box set November 4th!!!!

I heard Temple of Doom contains the long lost deleted scene, in video playback form, of Indy humping a glass window.

While I'm happy this is coming out this year (next to TT:EE, it looks like this is the DVD set to buy), I hope there are more special features than the ones listed.

I have no idea if Bateman's joking or not, but that aside, $50 for all three film sounds like a sweet deal. I just hope they include the period making of's, cause those were keen.

It was a borderline retarded reference to Hollywood Homicide, the upcoming instant classic from the Ford.

Can't argue with a PPG fan.

Good news so far.

YESSSSSSSSS!

About goddamn time!

Although I already have the boots, FUCKING A.

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I hope From The Lucasfilm Archives means they will.

Those covers are snazzy!

Don't get so excited yet, folks. While it's about time these films are available, they're a little light. The Producer on this project is from the "less-is-more" philosophy.
The old "making-ofs" are in there, but not in their old forms. The interviews are...interesting. I can't wait to see how they put Michael Kahn's interview together. I'm glad I won't have to do it.
It's cool because it's Indy, but the sets to look out for this year are "LOTR: TTT EE" and the "Alien Quadrilogy"

I have faith in Laurent.

Besides, the tech job they have done on the films themselves will be worth it alone.

I've always dug his stuff. I just wish they'd rerelease Jaws with the full two-hour doc, instead of the truncated one us non-LD cats have to put up with.

Excuse me while I blaspheme. Recently I was gathering items for a yard sale and when I stumbled on my Indy widescreen VHS tapes I felt absolutely no urge to watch them. At all.

I guess I'll buy this set, but honestly out of a sense of completeness.

BTW, I like that fullscreen looks totally different, near as I can tell.

No problem, Devin. Sorry to hear that, though. Hopefully you will be re-introduced to the wonders of Indy and your fires will be rekindled in that regard.

As far as the packaging for the Fullscreen set. You are correct... it's different. And I'm also happy to note that the Widescreen packaging looks better than its Fuck&Scan counterpart. If only Sony had taken that tact with Spidey.

1) I don't really care about extras with these films, so no big whoop. That said I know I'm in the minority on that one. As I'm also sure the film of this set I will watch most will be Temple of Doom. Again minority opinion.

2) I thought you said Quadrilogy was sketchy for this year, do you have a less tentative period for release? Just curious.

They could put these dics in Clear Covers with Nothing but the movie (DTS of course) and I would still buy this, 2wice!

I'm not trying to squash the goodwill for these discs. They're going to be good. But not great, and in my opinion these films deserve great. I just don't want everyone's expectations being so high and then being disappointed on 11/4.
I'm a completist and I want to archive everything - more is not enough.
"Temple of Doom" is getting the least love from the participants - only Lucas sings its praises in the set. Spielberg says the only good thing about it was meeting his wife. A shame, because I love it...
Dellamorte - check your PMs

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Thank you, and replied the same.

Carl, check your PMs, also

Temple of Doom is my favorite of the trilogy. I was hoping for a huge SE but I guess I am out of luck.

See I always found Temple to be the weakest or the 3 but I also thought 3 was the best of them so WTF do I know

Raiders is a better film then the other 2 combined and I consider it a Classic. As far as the Trilogy is concerned thou 3 is my fave!

Done, and likewise.

I don't, not after the gross mishandling and dropping of the ball he did on the Back to the Future set. What an utter dissappointment. He used to be not of the "less-is-more" philosophy, with his great docus for American Grafitti, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and Jaws....but now, he is, as all the internet geeks say, "teh sux."

You also have to understand that he does not set budgets and other requirements.

He used to be amazing, and keep in mind I am naive on these matters but his docs seem to be getting much worse as the days go by. It is hard to differentiatie between his work and stupid PR fluff pieces.

Some of his early work was a revelations and just absolutely amazing.

Actually, he does set the budget. Requirements come from the pitch that he gives the studio. It is then up to the studio to approve the pitch. This can require negotiation on everything from budget to cast & crew participation.
The budget on this set is not the issue, it's what the filmmakers want. These filmmakers have very specific philosophies on DVD, differing amongst even themselves. It is going to be done the way they want.
Once again, it will be a set worth owning, just think "Back to the Future" instead of "Fight Club" in terms of approach to added value.

And Paramount with be the only ones on the planet who ever actually refer to the first movie as "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Asinine.

How the FUCK do you release all three Indiana Jones movies on DVD and not do them justice with mammoth SE's? It just mystifies me.

Actually, Dave...
"Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the new formal title designated by Lucasfilm.

I haven't met a Spielberg DVD I liked. Minority Report was all flash and no substance. I was really hoping for an in depth look at the action scenes and choreography, Smrz did a great job on the M:I-2 DVD.

I'm not even talking about the quality of the features, I'm talking about the quality of the docs themselves. On American Grafitti, you had a trailer and one FANTASTIC documentary which had interviews from pretty much anyone with more than two minutes of screentime...hell, they even got Suzanne Sommers for Crying out Loud.

Back to the Future's documentaries, which totaled about maybe half an hour over three discs (I'm talking about the ones about the making of the films themselves), had Zemeckis, Gale, and Fox. That was it. No Lloyd, no Thompson, no Thomas F. Wilson.

Since Lucas is something of a curmugeon, it wouldn't surprise me if this was something of a rush job, or something that Paramount wanted more than Lucasfilm. Again, we're too far out to know, but it stings to know that the set is down on Temple of Doom.

Bigger picture here.
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They look even more snazzy!

Can't say I like the artwork on the bonus materials box. Looks like Indiana Jones and the Botox Injections. And why is he all shiny? Ick.

We got INDY! Yea!!

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We get this on the 4th, The Matrix Revolutions the next day, and then Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Extended Edition two weeks later. What a beautiful November this will be!!

The artwork is nice but I find it hard getting excited for a subpar DVD set. I love Indy, and I refuse to believe that we could get a SE of films like Moonlight Mile and this set is crap.

Given that we don't actually know what the bonus material will be yet, it's a bit disheartening to see people deciding it's a "crap" set already.

Jeez, what a shitstorm I started.
It's not a subpar set. It's not a bad set. It will be worth your hard earned dollars. And it's Indy for chrissakes!
But if you wanted "Fight Club" in terms of supplements, you'll be disappointed. If you're OK with the way "Back to the Future" was handled, you'll be OK.
I'm not denigrating anybody's work - I'm just giving realistic expectations.

This is just a selfish issue. I wanted a set on par with FOTR Extended Cut. Not in terms of new footage, but in terms of comprehensive docs. It is not possible of course because it will all be retrospective interviews etc.

I think I wouldn't be happy no matter what. I am a bastard.

I'm glad to see the whining still at an all-time high. People bitch and whine like babies because the films aren't out on DVD, and then when they finally get their wish, they bitch some more. If you don't like the set, don't buy the thing. Simple as that.

Did you ever stop to think that they didn't record and save as much bonus material as they do nowadays. God, some of you people are the biggest babies I've ever seen. You're never satisfied.

Maybe for you, but I'll take even a barebones Indy over the other two everyday and twice on Sunday.

When the comparison is made that the Indy DVD set will be as the Back To the Future set was, I think that is a little off...
First. The Back to the Future DVD set was produced by Universal; they usually pay little attention to their back-catalog films. Most Universal DVDs are only so-so. They are a cheap DVD company in general--just look at those crappy black keep cases they sometimes put their DVDs in. Also, Universal often pays little attention to transfers, and digital quality (Shadow of the Vampire, BTTF Set). Ironically, only with a few DVDs like Jurassic Park, and other Speilberg films to name a few, has Universal gone above and beyond their normal mish-mash DVDs.
Second. If the rumors about a fourth Indy film are true, then I'm sure Paramount will someday release an Indy Special Edition Box Set with tons of extras (perhaps something like the Jack Ryan Box Set?) for all of you who are crazy for those extras. Paramount has done a few revamps of what they consider their "more important" films--I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
Third. For as long as I can remember, Speilberg and Lucas have had strange habits when it comes to releasing their films on DVD (and as I remember, VHS). Can you think of any other filmmakers who are as anal as these two--perhaps Disney? I doubt they would let a bad transfer take place on the famous Indian Jones films. So, to all of you who think that Paramount took control of the DVD production, and did a suck job on them...remember who made the films: Two of the most powerful people in the motion picture business.
I really don't care about a lack of extras; I love all three Indy movies--and it's my love for them which gets me excited about this set. I want to watch them again, on DVD. Come Nov. 4th, I can do that.

I just don't get the complaining. We've got what we've wanted on DVD for a long time. All that matters is really the transfer and surround track, and since LDI did the restoration, they should be flat out awesome. Who needs 50 hours of extras? There's just not as much bonus materials for Indy as there are for a LOTR or a Star Wars prequel. Back then, they didn't make films with a DVD release in mind. They do now. Big difference. Besides, I've never watched extras more than once. There's 3 hours of extras. That's better than a number of big DVD releases today. Quality over quantity.

If Paramount releases another box set after Indy 4 is done with 20 hours of extras, I'll be glad to eat my words. But good grief. Some people just aren't happy unless they're complaining. Cheer up. We've got Indy on DVD with no changes added to the film other than print and FX cleanup.

Well I can say honestly the set looks good and i'm happy. I just hope there are some good docs on the bonus disc. I'm a sucker for good dvd documentaries. Conan Unchained and Terror Takes Shape from the Universal dvds of Conan the Barbarian and The Thing are two docs off the top of my head that were brilliant.

Yes I was dissapointed with the extras on the BTTF set and haven't purchased it yet.