Pulpy Pulpiness
So I watched the new Indiana Jones movie. Am I the only one thinking...
... six months later, he died of a cancer.
Which is funny, the kind of things the suspension of disbelief stops. Aliens, no problem; various ridiculous cascades that should not be survived, no problem, handy elision of how exactly they get out of the middle of the Amazon. And, you know, everything else. But that "well, he sure is close to the fallout" moment, can't quite disbelieve XD
Anyway, overall it was on par with the other movies. It was fun and action-heavy and the plot made very little sense. I think if it seems a bit old to some it might just be because some of the action heavy blockbusters have gone a bit better since then. Like Pirates of the Caribbean. Which has its flaw but fairs better in terms of plottiness and actual characterization, you know. But I really enjoyed watching this movie and imagining random crossovers with the Mysterious Cities of Gold; Stargate and X-files, and handing out +3 stunts (wrong system, I know, but I don't know the rules for Adventure! or Spirit of the Century that well). Pulp is fun.
Except of course for the part where I was scared because that MacGuyver episode with the carnivorous ants utterly traumatized when I was a little girl o_o;
... six months later, he died of a cancer.
Which is funny, the kind of things the suspension of disbelief stops. Aliens, no problem; various ridiculous cascades that should not be survived, no problem, handy elision of how exactly they get out of the middle of the Amazon. And, you know, everything else. But that "well, he sure is close to the fallout" moment, can't quite disbelieve XD
Anyway, overall it was on par with the other movies. It was fun and action-heavy and the plot made very little sense. I think if it seems a bit old to some it might just be because some of the action heavy blockbusters have gone a bit better since then. Like Pirates of the Caribbean. Which has its flaw but fairs better in terms of plottiness and actual characterization, you know. But I really enjoyed watching this movie and imagining random crossovers with the Mysterious Cities of Gold; Stargate and X-files, and handing out +3 stunts (wrong system, I know, but I don't know the rules for Adventure! or Spirit of the Century that well). Pulp is fun.
Except of course for the part where I was scared because that MacGuyver episode with the carnivorous ants utterly traumatized when I was a little girl o_o;