Inside the Raiders of the Lost Ark Story Meeting

That sounds like the title of one of Matt’s posts. But this appears to be real. How does stuff like this just surface? Somebody scanned and posted a 125-page transcript of the original Raiders spitballing session between George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan in 1978. Because they a) just have this kind of stuff lying around, and b) scanning is a soothing activity for them. Anonymous scanner, this Diet Dr. Pepper is for you.

Anyway, what do I know, I spend half my waking hours playing Fieldrunners.

The story is actually pretty much all there at this first meeting, from the rolling boulder at the beginning to the warehouse at the end. They knew what they were doing. Except Lucas’s first shot at the name is “Indiana Smith.” (Spielberg: “I hate this.”) Also, um, apparently Lucas wanted Indy to be a pedophile. Here’s his backstory for Indy and Marion:

He could have known this little girl when she was just a kid. Had an affair with her when she was eleven.

It was the seventies? I guess? OK, back to Fieldrunners.

Review: Soulo Converts iPad into Karaoke Machine

Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public. Enter Soulo, a software and microphone kit that can turn an iPad or other Apple device into a karaoke machine. It gives you instant karaoke in the privacy of your own home, or wherever you carry your Apple gadgets. That’s the idea, anyway.

farsig

Weird.

Also, I noticed today that Lucas played an extra in Beverly Hills Cop III. His character name was The Disapointed Man if anyone wishes to imdb it. Ironically a role he passes onto us with the newer Star Wars films.
Kemper

Too bad their powers lapsed so badly before they did the last one:
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GL: And then the nuclear blast will blow the refrigirator out of the town!
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SS: Wouldn’t that just vaporize the fridge?
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GL: No, see, that’s why we establish it’s lead lined.
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SS: Lead might protect against radioactivity but wouldn’t it still vaporize in a nuclear fireball?
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GL: Ah, the audience will never notice. Now, I’m also thinking that we need a young greaser. And monkeys! Lots of monkeys! I’ve got a whole idea about the monkeys and the kid swinging through a jungle. And the monkeys will have greaser hair!
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SS: Uh…
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GL: And then we get to the telepathic aliens! Who have magnetic skulls! But they can’t be magnetic all the time. Just when it’s dramatic.
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SS: How much are you paying me for this again?
Dave

@Kemper – when you put it that way, it really shows the stark difference between Raiders and Alien Skull.
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I wonder what the most ridiculous name for a new Indy film could be… Indiana Jones and the Diamond Spaceship of Ancient Mystery and Antiquity: The 3-D Adventure!
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