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Post by shannondegroot on Mar 25, 2018 4:29:26 GMT
That they could recommend?
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Post by politicidal on Mar 25, 2018 15:06:48 GMT
From the books, I only read The Philosopher's Stone and it was decent. However I highly recommend the comics titled 'Thunder in the Orient' and 'The Fate of Atlantis' (yes like the game). Both of those are quite good; Thunder in the Orient bordering on greatness if only the villain was more interesting.
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 25, 2018 20:21:51 GMT
As I noted elsewhere, I read the Indiana Jones Comic Omnibus many years ago. The only one that I remember well is “…and the Spear of Destiny,” a sequel to Last Crusade. The reviews I’ve found say that “…and the Sargasso Pirates” is pretty good, but the only thing I remember about that was a conman who pretended to be Indy’s brother.
I haven’t read any of the books except for a novelization of Last Crusade many years ago that had a few elements that weren’t in the movie.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 25, 2018 21:38:06 GMT
Normally anything written by Dark Horse is pretty good.
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Post by jammer81386 on Aug 19, 2018 7:57:36 GMT
About a year ago I read Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead, in which Indy and Mac travel to Haiti find a mythical Black pearl and are confronted by the powers of Voodoo. I thought the book was decent enough. It took quite a while to get going but once it did I kept my interest. I did like that the Zombi featured are not the typical "horror movie zombies" making them more unique and in a way more threatening. I know very little about real life voodoo lore so I have no idea how accurate it is to the real thing, but the way it is presented at least made it feel like it was authentic. The villians in the book are rather "stock" with only the Japanese Agent breaking the mold by having something of a backstory which, in the end, is inconsequential. The same can be said with the supporting characters, but I did feel bad when at least one of the was killed. Which is at least something. As I stated earlier it has been more than year since I finished the book and I haven't picked it up since. So I didn't think it was fantastic, but if you looking for a Indy novel to read it might be worth giving a shot. At the very least it wouldn't be a waste of time. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 13, 2018 19:18:12 GMT
As I noted elsewhere, I guess I’m still on an Indy kick (or maybe a George Lucas kick in general, after having seen Star Wars for the first time), but I recently finished Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth, which was mostly lousy but had a few interesting ideas that I wish were mined and exploited for a movie, and this Indy Dark Horse comics omnibus, which has The Fate of Atlantis, Thunder in the Orient, and The Arms of Gold in it.
The Fate of Atlantis is based on an apparently celebrated Indy video-game that I, with my complete lack of interest in video-games, have never played. It’s a marvellous concept, one that really should have been in a movie (Indy finds Atlantis! What could be better than that?), and it moves along nicely, but the climax is terribly confusing and the quest too game-like (apropos…), as it continually builds up to minor climaxes and then resolves them bathetically. I think it’s ultimately a disappointment, even if it’s much better than, say, Hollow Earth.
It’s the same with Thunder in the Orient. Again, it has great potential, and up until they find Shangri-la it is great. But afterwards it becomes an amusing retread of The Man who Would Be King and ultimately ends in bathos once again, as the villains have no presence, another heroine is thrown in randomly in the last act, and the McGuffin is even more pointless than the Maltese Falcon. Again, good but ultimately disappointing.
I’m reading Arms of Gold right now. It’s clearer and more comprehensible than the others so far, and I like the animation style—it looks more Tintin-y—even if Indy here looks nothing like Harrison Ford. (None of these Indys has looked like Ford. Is his a hard look to get right, or something, in comics?)
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 13, 2018 19:46:34 GMT
I finished Arms of Gold. It is, as I wrote, clearer and more comprehensible than the others, but unfortunately the story’s weaker. So I didn’t think any of these was particularly great, but they all had the potential to be great. Too bad.
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 19, 2018 21:50:04 GMT
I don’t know if anyone is reading these commentaries of mine except me, but I ordered the second omnibus as well; this is the one I’ve read before but can’t remember anything about except for Spear of Destiny (with Sean Connery’s Henry Jones Sr.). I’m reading Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece and liking it a lot right now—more like the movies than Fate of Atlantis or Thunder in the Orient are. Will let you know how it is later on.
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 19, 2018 22:22:38 GMT
And, like the others, it fell apart at the end. Too bad. I liked so many aspects of this one.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 21, 2018 1:05:41 GMT
And, like the others, it fell apart at the end. Too bad. I liked so many aspects of this one. I read both those ones too. I remember liking Spear of Destiny better than Golden Fleece. Neither I found bad but they felt like filler. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Aug 7, 2020 16:37:14 GMT
Re-re-read the first Dark Horse Indy omnibus.
I feel like I reread it every few years or so in the hopes that I’ll like Fate of Atlantis better this time. I like so many things about it—Indy (obviously), Sophie Hapgood, Atlantis—yet am disappointed every time. The art’s pretty weak and weirdly seems to change from installment to installment despite having the same penciler. (The last issue, which has a different colorer, looks completely different, with everyone drawn in a much more cartoony style.) The writing’s even poorer, the villains are weak, the plot’s a mess (and a dull one, at that), even Atlantis doesn’t look too interesting. Really too bad.
The second story, Thunder in the Orient (great title), has long been my favorite Indy comic. Reading it again, though, I saw decided flaws, and the entire last third seems tacked on. Though once again Dan Barry is the penciler (also writing and inking this time), his art is better this time. Weirdly, the middle is the best part, and it’s so good that I wish many of the ideas had been reworked for a movie.
My favorite of the three this time around was Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold. It’s clearly a different artist—Argentinian Leo Durañona. I mention he’s Argentinian because the story’s set in South America, and the setting’s well-portrayed. While the dialogue’s not great, writer Lee Marrs’ plotting is interesting (some clever twists and turns), and heroine Francisca Uribe is an absolute delight. I would have liked to have seen her in more Indy stories.
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Post by petrolino on Aug 7, 2020 16:43:21 GMT
'Lady Gaga : Fame' (2015)
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Post by politicidal on Aug 7, 2020 17:11:15 GMT
Re-re-read the first Dark Horse Indy omnibus. I feel like I reread it every few years or so in the hopes that I’ll like Fate of Atlantis better this time. I like so many things about it—Indy (obviously), Sophie Hapgood, Atlantis—yet am disappointed every time. The art’s pretty weak and weirdly seems to change from installment to installment despite having the same penciler. (The last issue, which has a different colorer, looks completely different, with everyone drawn in a much more cartoony style.) The writing’s even poorer, the villains are weak, the plot’s a mess (and a dull one, at that), even Atlantis doesn’t look too interesting. Really too bad. The second story, Thunder in the Orient (great title), has long been my favorite Indy comic. Reading it again, though, I saw decided flaws, and the entire last third seems tacked on. Though once again Dan Barry is the penciler (also writing and inking this time), his art is better this time. Weirdly, the middle is the best part, and it’s so good that I wish many of the ideas had been reworked for a movie. My favorite of the three this time around was Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold. It’s clearly a different artist—Argentinian Leo Durañona. I mention he’s Argentinian because the story’s set in South America, and the setting’s well-portrayed. While the dialogue’s not great, writer Lee Marrs’ plotting is interesting (some clever twists and turns), and heroine Francisca Uribe is an absolute delight. I would have liked to have seen her in more Indy stories. Out of the bunch, Thunder in the Orient remains my favorite. At this point, I would rather if they ditched the fifth movie (which I don't even think is gonna be made anyway) and tried an animated series or god forbid something else entirely different.
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Post by Nalkarj on Aug 7, 2020 17:51:11 GMT
Out of the bunch, Thunder in the Orient remains my favorite. At this point, I would rather if they ditched the fifth movie (which I don't even think is gonna be made anyway) and tried an animated series or god forbid something else entirely different. Definitely agreed, though I think the movie be made eventually. I’d far prefer an animated series to another movie. Your reference to “something else entirely different” made me think of an Indy radio show, but of course Disney would never agree to that!  BTW, found some rather good Fate of Atlantis fan art with my favorite depiction of Sophie.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 7, 2020 18:20:13 GMT
Out of the bunch, Thunder in the Orient remains my favorite. At this point, I would rather if they ditched the fifth movie (which I don't even think is gonna be made anyway) and tried an animated series or god forbid something else entirely different. Definitely agreed, though I think the movie be made eventually. I’d far prefer an animated series to another movie. Your reference to “something else entirely different” made me think of an Indy radio show, but of course Disney would never agree to that! BTW, found some rather good Fate of Atlantis fan art with my favorite depiction of Sophie. I'm just mad we didn't get a TiiO adaptation just to see Lucy Liu as General Serpent Lady. 
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