I was just watching some of the documentaries again on the Bonus disc that came with the trilogy DVD set a couple of years ago and I noticed something that I had forgotten about: Spielberg still refers to these as "The RAIDERS movies..." and not "The INDIANA JONES movies". He even referred to Temple of Doom as "RAIDERS 2" and Last Crusade as "RAIDERS 3" a few times.
While it's probably insignificant to most, I find it amusing, especially given Lucasfilm's penchant to view the whole thing from a marketing whore's POV (i.e., calling the first movie "Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark" on packaging now
). I recently watched a quick clip of Spielberg on E! and he refered to the series as "The RAIDERS pictures" again, so it's still what he calls them. I wonder if he's needling George's marketing and revisionism by doing that, or if he sincerely feels that these are all "RAIDERS movies".
Anyway, it's trivial and anecdotal at best, but still amusing to me. And FWIW, my best friend and I (who grew up together with these and the SW OT) have been referring to KOTCS as "The new RAIDERS movie" for a while now. I think I will continue to do so.
(For the record, anyone who calls the first movie "Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark" should be shot on sight. :emperor )
While it's probably insignificant to most, I find it amusing, especially given Lucasfilm's penchant to view the whole thing from a marketing whore's POV (i.e., calling the first movie "Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark" on packaging now
). I recently watched a quick clip of Spielberg on E! and he refered to the series as "The RAIDERS pictures" again, so it's still what he calls them. I wonder if he's needling George's marketing and revisionism by doing that, or if he sincerely feels that these are all "RAIDERS movies".Anyway, it's trivial and anecdotal at best, but still amusing to me. And FWIW, my best friend and I (who grew up together with these and the SW OT) have been referring to KOTCS as "The new RAIDERS movie" for a while now. I think I will continue to do so.
(For the record, anyone who calls the first movie "Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark" should be shot on sight. :emperor )
I agree with IrishJedi, in the fact that Raiders should be called Raiders of the Lost Ark, not Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. I call the rest by Temple of Doom and Last Crusade. I rarely call the be the Indiana Jones and the ... Though I do call them the Indy movies because of the character they are about.
