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Yeah, I think my hatred for it has weakened a bit now, it did have some great scenes, but also a lot of disappointments. As you said, Indy got lost amongst the sea of characters, which I was already afraid of after seeing the trailer which shows him and four accomplices. I would hope for a fifth one, perhaps a lot more toned down, with a religious artifact, as ultimately the supernatural was far more interesting than the extraterrestrial. I mean, who honestly cared about the skull like the way they cared about the Ark or Grail? There was nothing in it for Indy like the other three films, thus finding something better (Marion - Raiders, a bit of honour - Temple, His dad - Crusade) was such a little effort. Alien artifacts had a good seed, but it was overdone with the whole saucer and whatnot. Anyway, sorry to be still chatting about this, if you want to keep talking, we can maybe discuss it via pm? Batbrick Away!

HA! Sorry, had to say it.... Yes, I can just imagine it: "Off Topic Man! And look, his sidekick, Spambox!* *that's right, you have to be the sidekick* Oh, I get a break after next week too, for two weeks, I hope to do some stuff then as well. Nice, I have a few, but I think I might just post my custom figs separately. Yes, I always liked that one. I read an interview about the christmas special, appropriately centered around a 60's/50's feel. No, he's in there form the start, the show debuts pretty far into Batman's career. Nightwing debuts in season 4, and Batgirl in Season 3. Blasphemy! How can you make a vig of the back breaking scene if you do not know its utter significance? I demand you buy atleast part 1 now! The art is okay, but the story is classic, a true Batman story. Hmm, seems for such a Batgeek, I've read more of the biggies than you have! Thanks. I love making them a lot because they are small and you have to try and jam as many cool pieces into them as you can. For instance, Catwoman is stealing a couple of crystal skulls and a golden fertility idol in one. Thanks a heap for that mate, always appreciated. In turn I forgive you for not reading Knightfall. Now if you'll excuse me, mum just came in with my arrived Knightfall part 2! Batbrick Away!

Welcome back, I was wondering where you'd gone, there were no anti-bley statements Seriously, glad to have a great member back, glad your relative is okay too, and i hope you enjoy your time since the whole thing! Batbrick Away!

New theme as well. I would love a Space Pirate theme, that would be lovely! I love how MM is going too though. Batbrick Away!

Loved it, hilarious. Glad to see Shwartz got the girl, and some terrific movie lines there "Undead Nazi's, I hate these guys" "Fortune and Glory" "Junior" and so on. And a perfect ending with the Last Crusade sunset too. I admit i didn't like the 4th film however, so thanks for cheering me up. Batbrick Away!

Very clever Sir Nadroj, the ladder I was skeptical about but the Moc shot proved me wrong. I love the ants bit, but I'm not sure on Indy's fleshie head. Still, some great stuff here! Batbrick Away!

Ah, I see Thanks Brainbox, glad you picked up the rather obvious reference. I have to say I agree with you on the hollow bits adding something, I was going to fill them in at first but I liked them so much I kept them. Thanks Norro, good to have you back! Thanks for the compliment, knowing oyu are a castle fan I'm glad you like the dungeon, and I understand what you mean by the figs. Batbrick Away!

I don't get it, you say you like it yet you haven't seen it? And imo it's terrible, an Indiana Jones adventure it ain't. Still, I too was surprised this set wasn't in the film, the plane is just the plane he takes to other countries with the red line map part, no "peril in peru" at all! Batbrick Away!

, thanks Asuka, I think too sexy is a good thing personally! Thanks Grevious, I didn't hate the original, but it was a bit uninspired I found. I'm glad you like my "improvement" Batbrick Away!

I'll get it, I admit the vehicles are extremely poorly designed, I mean REALLY poorly designed, but the Mr.Freeze fig is fantastic, and I would buy two of this set just for him, as his head and gear are very useful for mocing. It also comes with some nice pieces, like the grappling hook, little wheels, exhaust pieces and such. Still, a pretty bad set build wise, but it has atleast inspired me to make my own Batbuggy Thanks for the review theriddler, appreciated. Batbrick Away!

Like the title says, feel free to merge with another topic if necessary. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was the biggest disappointment of my life. Sure, deep down we all knew it was not going to be as good as the OT, but I had hoped for something that was good at all. There are many problems evident throughout the film's length which point to it being a large misfire. Of these, the largest dilemmas are that of the overabandunce of CGI, over-the-top (WAY over-the-top btw, not INDY over-the-top) scenarios, the unengaging macguffin, the entire alien concept, the awkward and disjointed pace, useless humour, out-of-place plot points, abrubt ending, wasted characters and a general heavy reliance on older films, especially Raiders, which prevent it from becoming it's "own" film. These are some of the many things that make me personally consider it to either never exist or be totally out-of-continuity. Firstly the CGI. While one was to expect this early on from interviews and the trailer, the producers and director seemed to point out that only a minority of the film would be using this sometimes controversial technique. Imagine one's surprise when seeing when seeing the entire film saturated in it. While this viewer would have been happy to see CGI used for the supernatural parts -Ala' Raiders melting face sequence and Last Crusade's aging one - this viewer was absolutely stumped to see it used (and unnecessarily in most places) to the point where one could almost think of it as part of the cast. The disgusting, vile and thrilling feel of the snakes, insects and bugs in the three originals is gone, replaced by digitally inserted giant ants which never convey that sense of dread like the older ones did. Why? Because as real as they look, you know they are not real. The digital age has also had an effect on the action, making it possible for the makers to indulge into the most cringing and delusional scenes they imagine. Point in case is Mutt's sword fight with Irina Spalko in the jungle, while doing the splits between two speeding cars, not to mention he is holding his own against a professional sword fighter when Mutt has most likely never held a Rapier in his life before. The whole scene has a very Pirates of the Caribbean sequels feel to it, and that is NOT a favourable comparison. This is followed by a ridiculous scene - again, not an Indy ridiculous scene, but a plain cringeworthy one - where Mutt swings from vine to vine amid digital monkeys with the digital jungle floor far below. One does not doubt he actually was swinging, just everything else. The writer of this piece won't even bother elaborate on the "alien" parts, as ridiculous as they were, that criticism is left to the script. Which brings us to the signature macguffin, and in turn the alien concept itself. It fails miserable because not only is it the single most unengaging macguffin of the series, but the audience simply fails to care. Why care? In the previous films, the macguffin always had something in it for Indy eg. The Sankara stones and Ark would make him famous, the Cup would do that and give him immortal life (in addition to his father wanting it), what treasures can be found in the skull? The answer sadly is, nothing at all, atleast for him. And if all Indy is racing after this skull for is "because it told him to", then why should we care at all? Why root for the protaginist when he has almost no reason to go on himself? The skull is also unengaging as it is extraterrestrial. While in the right hands an ancient, possibly not-of-this-earth artifact could've been an exciting plotpoint, we are left listening to communists talking about "psychic energy" and how they could use it to control enemy's minds. A large threat perhaps, but one that lacks substance, afterall, psychic energy is a big step down from the power of God himself. Even then when trying to enjoy the adventure, the ending stumps all. nothing is fully expalined, was Spalko killed by the alien or "beamed" to their ship? How did the alien come back to life after it was dead just with all skulls returned? Why only one? While it is stated they had a hive mind, a collective conscience if you will, this in no way explains the bizarre and rushed events. We are left feeling cheated, after all the hype we get Close Encounters of the Indy Kind, and while hard to accept, an alien force might have worked, had it not been so full blown. We see a real alien in an adventure about an archeologist's who's previous (and better) adventures involved religious artifacts. Why do these feel more riveting? Simple, because he power of the supernatural is far more interesting than the power of psychic aliens, far more classic than the slew of alien and space based films we see today, and far more Indiana Jones, rather than something that would be more at home a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... Which brings one to the next point: the pacing. In a recent interview with the director, Steven Spielberg, he stated that this film follows the same formula as the others (early action scene, Marshall college, adventure begins). It does, barely. The opening scene was always intended to be the last exciting part of a previous adventure, here that is heavily diluted by hearing they were only just kidnapped. Worse though is the time it takes, while the other films were incredibly fluid and fast paced in their storyline, here the supposedly short introduction adds an unnecessary and very unbelievable sequence in which our old adventurer escapes an atomic blast in....wait for it......a fridge. Yes, a fridge. The film trudges along at a very slow pace, and (believe me, I looked at my watch in the cinema) only introduces the skull myth around the 45 minute mark. After that, this means the pacing must readily speed up to end the film at an appropriate time, which causes the finale, a very key scene, to whiz by rusing all the way. The introduction of new characters suffers this too, as Marion Ravenwood is introduced in a manner that leaves no time for appropriate dialogue (instead we are force fed recycled Raiders lines) or interaction, as the film is too busy to catch up on where it should be, instead of where it is at. Which brings us sadly yet again to the next disappointing bit: the characters. While Shia does a surprisingly good job as Mutt, Marion Ravenwood, Oxley and Mac are all characters very much wasted. It seems Karen Allen can't act anymore (characterised by an "Indyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy) and was neither a necessary character (the marriage ending was not very Indy-ish at all, a variation of Last Crusade's sunset ending would be more appropriate), which leaves this writer wondering why she was included at all. Gone is that great banter in Raiders, replaced instead by awkward moments and a reveal of Mutt being Indy's son which therefore means that despite their total contradiction of opinions from that point on they simply must share the same character moments. Mac is poorly used, starting as an interesting "Satipo with a heart" but ending up being a ridiculous triple crossing man who points gun at Indy's head yet still seems to care for him by the end. Oxley is plain odd, replacing the awesome hieroglyphics and temple writings by simply guiding them with silly and cringe inducing rhymes and riddles. His return to normal at the end does nothing for his character as, despite what we have heard about him, we still don't know HIM. The Last Crusade managed to juggle a great amount of humour, classic Indy adventure and heart throughout, this film doesn't know what it wants. He shares a moment with deceased dad, then meets Marion, finds he has a son, and the gets married. Sounds more like a rom-com, and it isn't even that. While in Crusade, Indy has a set arc, changing slowly over the film's length, here instead (to go along with the bad pacing), we are given disjointed character moments that pop out at only certain times, changing constantly, and never really showing any change in Indy bar the ending marriage, which doesn't entirely convince because of the mentioned reasons. And lastly (though one could go further), the heavy reliance on the older films that not only leaves a bad impression on this film, but sadly on the classics. The crate sight is scene (a good idea, if taking away the mysteriousness no it) with the Ark making a cameo. As good as that was, it starts the trail of bad throwbacks. Marion seems to repeat every second line form Raiders ("Get your hands offa me!" "Indiana Jones" - bar scene intro), and even the moment where Indy reflects we are told of Marcus and Henry Jones Sr dying, a sweet moment, but one ruined by the disrespectful bit where Marcus Brody's statue is defaced by a communist car. Even in the jungle, constant throwbacks that try so hard to sound good and original fall flat as Indy quotes his father ("intolerable!") and Mutt suddenly does everything the way Indy does after the realisation of relation. David Koepp the writer stated his script would not make these references, and that it would not be a fan script in nature. How wrong, or delusional, he was. Sad that the production went this way, trying so hard for new yet aiming to feel next to the old that it ends up such a disappointing affair. It seems the gold union of Spielberg and Lucas is gone, the height of their career when Lucas didn't feel the need to cram CGI down our throats, Spielberg the need to shove constant ridiculousness and injokes into our heads, and even David Koepp the need to go radical yet predictable, are gone, and Indy's TRUE days, the days of classics adventure, are now gone. And what good days they were..... This is Batbrick saying goodbye to a legend, thaknyou for possibly reading, I feel tired now. Batbrick Away!

Indy 4, I hated it. Aliens? Overabundant CGI? Useless characters? UFO's? WHAT THE HECK! I'm so sad now.. Batbrick Away!

Just saw the movie, it destroyed a part of my hero forever, and i am now watching The Last Crusade to wash the image from my memory... Batbrick Away!

That's okay, honestly this comic is my single most favourite thing on Eurobricks, has been for a while. Nice touch with the MM astronaut, I'll go back and look at that, good idea for a banner too, it would attract more people to your comic I reckon. Looking forward to your next one, I'm going to see Indy tonight so that's two-in-one! Batbrick Away!

WhAt On EaRtH wAs ThAt? I managed 2 minutes, anyone go better? Batbrick Away!

Names are some of the hardest original things to come up with I find. Oh dear......maybe I should start stereotyping you brits, you know, bad teeth, no hot women Nice. There we go, good boy *pats head* I just realised we managed to steer a topic designed for off topicness, off topic! I will try to steer it back on with the following statements and questions: How is that Arkham project of yours going? What about Bat Goody Bag 4? Anything else? My mum is picking up Knightfall: Part 2 - Who Rules the Night today, it finally arrived. Do you have that one? Another thing too, Batimpulses part 2 is almost done, I used the crystal skulls and Indy gold idol in one. Oh, and a bit of shameless advertising: See and comment on KDog's comic (link in sig) And see and comment on Batbrick's latest Castle Batvig in the H&A forum! There we go, "Captain! Iceberg avoided!" Batbrick Away!

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, great movie, though Last crusade and Raiders are my favourite. And Indiana Jones 4 tonight! Batbrick Away!

Thanks, glad you like it. Thanks Whitefang for that nice review, and thanks for the constructive criticism. I like the wings, but today I will check them out and see if I can improve them, so thanks. Your only Batset? You're missing out! Still, Catwoman is great, and I'm glad you liked how I shewed the developments Thanks BBx (there we go), always appreciated. I'm glad you like the batwings, they were my favourite to use, I though I'd made a bad mistake. I shall check them out further anyway though, Whitefang may be onto something. I'll admit I laughed at this one. No, but I preferred to have my vehicle make a bit more sense, that nose was ma-hoosive. Subtle eh? That's a problem: "You will go comment on KDog's comic now! Oooooh!" It was alright from what I know, but mine is better Thanks The Penguin, much appreciated! Thanks The Joker, but ten times? Pffft! More like eleven times! Batbrick Away!

Thanks for the pic and game look Riddler. That keychain looks very nice, but they are expensive, I doubt I'll afford one on my budget. Great to see Joker using his joybuzzer in the game though! Batbrick Away!

Well I like it, we are getting some nice figs here, and I only have 2 of them. Given that we are being majorly spoiled this year I'd take this as another treat, I mena c'mon, this is only vol.1! Batbrick Away!

Thanks for the review, this set is wonderful! U love the TWO dark green crocodiles and awesome minifigs, especially break jaw That bike is awesome and the base, like all agents sets, comes with great pieces, like the barbed wire, orange anything, leafy pieces and brown log pieces. Thanks for the review, I'll definitely get this one! Batbrick Away!

I like this idea, I might just use it.... Thanks kill will, appreciated, and don't worry, IA is my baby, I ain't dropping him! Thanks TheJoker, glad it paid off, thanks for waiting too, I'm glad people enjoy this series. Thanks you so much Hinckley, I think I appreciate your comment the most, and not just because you're Hinckley, but that you've noticed my growth as a builder and took the time to say it. Thank you very much for the comment, you flatter me, I'm giddy as a schoolboy (Indy 4's coming up, had to include a reference!) that you consider it a great thing on EB. No worries on missing out on the last two, just thanks for commenting, I look forward to seeing what you vote Batbrick Away!

Fair enough....er....I guess..... Add me in, now! Seriously, you have to add an Aussie, and not just a stereotypical one either! Thanks, I look forward to seeing it, perhaps I could give some feedback Ah, good. I'd hoped you weren't a clone of me, I use fully cruel sarcastic humour and only occasional bad puns, it's funny AND cruel :skull: she's right. Oh dear, you're never gonna let me forget this are you? Find time...now. Batbrick Away!

Great job MicVash! The entire army looks fantastic and your photography is superb! I love the hovorbikes, very neat and clever, and your expanding army is very intimidating. What are you planning to do next? Batbrick Away!

Hope you don't mind KDog, I'm just really hyped for Indy 4 coming out tomorrow (none of my friends or family can stand me right now!), so ONE more day to go till Indiana Jone and the kingdom of the Crystal Skull! As well as the third comic, looking forward to both And thanks Inertia for adding that to your sig Batbrick Away!