A Good Ole Fashioned Adventure
So, I was watching the Indiana Jones movies the other day. And I had my usual thoughts when watching em. Namely: "This rules" and "How come no one makes movies like this anymore?"
The honest truth is that Hollywood is constantly trying to recapture the lightning in the bottle that was the Indiana Jones trilogy. Why do they fail over and over? Dunno. It's pretty big shoes to fill, really. After all, outside of that one scene in "Raiders" where you can see the reflection of the snake, and the ever annoying Willie Scott in "Temple", the Jones series is just about as close to perfection in every cinematic aspect as three movies can get.
I have days where I wanna create a comic like the Indiana Jones movies. A good ole fashioned adventure, y'know? The reason why I don't is due to a variety of factors. Space is an issue. To tell a story like that I'd need more room than I present in my current format. Skill is a definate issue. I'm just not a good enough artist to draw alla the stuff a story like that would entail, and I'm not a good enough writer to pace it correctly.
The fourth factor, though, is probably the best reason why Hollywood can't recapture the magic of the Indiana Jones movies. Any attempt I would make at a homage to the Indiana Jones movies would come off as a cheap rip-off of the Indiana Jones movies. To do the story justice, I would need to not mature both as an artist and writer, specifically devote a side comic to the story, and, most importantly, inject the story with that essential "Josephness" (whatever the hell that means). Oh well. It's something to do when I hit my 40s...
The honest truth is that Hollywood is constantly trying to recapture the lightning in the bottle that was the Indiana Jones trilogy. Why do they fail over and over? Dunno. It's pretty big shoes to fill, really. After all, outside of that one scene in "Raiders" where you can see the reflection of the snake, and the ever annoying Willie Scott in "Temple", the Jones series is just about as close to perfection in every cinematic aspect as three movies can get.
I have days where I wanna create a comic like the Indiana Jones movies. A good ole fashioned adventure, y'know? The reason why I don't is due to a variety of factors. Space is an issue. To tell a story like that I'd need more room than I present in my current format. Skill is a definate issue. I'm just not a good enough artist to draw alla the stuff a story like that would entail, and I'm not a good enough writer to pace it correctly.
The fourth factor, though, is probably the best reason why Hollywood can't recapture the magic of the Indiana Jones movies. Any attempt I would make at a homage to the Indiana Jones movies would come off as a cheap rip-off of the Indiana Jones movies. To do the story justice, I would need to not mature both as an artist and writer, specifically devote a side comic to the story, and, most importantly, inject the story with that essential "Josephness" (whatever the hell that means). Oh well. It's something to do when I hit my 40s...
3 Comments:
No time for love, Dr. Jones.
Remember how we always thought 30 would be a long way off? The 40s are just sneaking up behind thoses, so it won't be long.
I grew up on Indy (further solidifying what Star Wars started with Harrison Ford in my juvenile girl brain *droool*). Those movies will always remain near and dear to my heart. So. well done. There's something about the balance of tight story and humor and great characters...and I'm always a sucker for taking on world myths and legends, giving them Real Life.
Yep. good stuff. :)
I think another reason those movies rule is the time that they are in. The 30's and 40's was still a time of wonder and it didn't seem like everything was discovered or explored yet.
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