Hi guys,
I was in LA over the last few weeks, and I was lucky enough to meet Adrian Carr for coffee. We talked about his history with Tex, and Project Fedora of course...
I'm not going to spoil anything, but Adrian lifted a little tip of the veil, and rest assured it is going to be amazing! Everyone at BFG is doing a great job on making this the best game in the series.
It's great to see the community involved, and kudos to Cubase for his work on the game!
I was in LA over the last few weeks, and I was lucky enough to meet Adrian Carr for coffee. We talked about his history with Tex, and Project Fedora of course...
I'm not going to spoil anything, but Adrian lifted a little tip of the veil, and rest assured it is going to be amazing! Everyone at BFG is doing a great job on making this the best game in the series.
It's great to see the community involved, and kudos to Cubase for his work on the game!
Cool, must of been an interesting chat! 
Adrian hinted before at some cool things being done with the new game (like some new FMV technology etc.), understandably without giving specifics for various reasons though. Good of you to keep it quiet.
It does sound intriguing. 
Adrian hinted before at some cool things being done with the new game (like some new FMV technology etc.), understandably without giving specifics for various reasons though. Good of you to keep it quiet.
It does sound intriguing. (Ruri_Ayanami from the old Tex Murphy ezboard).
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
You forgot The Crystal Skull. If it's not better than that movie, I'll be very upset.
That being said, I'm confident in their ability not to make sucky games. They've got a proven track record of telling great stories.
That being said, I'm confident in their ability not to make sucky games. They've got a proven track record of telling great stories.
Samantha
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
I felt thoroughly depressed after watching the last Indiana Jones movie. I could barely get through it a second time.
I read an online review (where I can't remember) of The Crystal Skull brilliantly stating that the movie felt like a really, really rich guy had decided to make his own Indiana Jones movie and had gotten a decent older actor with a strong resemblance to Harrison Ford to play Indy. He had then managed to put together a movie with a beginning and an end and a whole bunch of filler in between based on a 2 sentence plot outline he had come up with while coked up.
The movie felt like an imposter. Like a very polished fan-made venture by a bunch of not so talented but hard-working techies.
My God, even the John Williams score was unmemorable.
The Tex Murphy radio theater was MUCH better than Indy 4. The next Tex Murphy could remain forever unreleased and still cause less disappointment than Indy 4.
I read an online review (where I can't remember) of The Crystal Skull brilliantly stating that the movie felt like a really, really rich guy had decided to make his own Indiana Jones movie and had gotten a decent older actor with a strong resemblance to Harrison Ford to play Indy. He had then managed to put together a movie with a beginning and an end and a whole bunch of filler in between based on a 2 sentence plot outline he had come up with while coked up.
The movie felt like an imposter. Like a very polished fan-made venture by a bunch of not so talented but hard-working techies.
My God, even the John Williams score was unmemorable.
The Tex Murphy radio theater was MUCH better than Indy 4. The next Tex Murphy could remain forever unreleased and still cause less disappointment than Indy 4.
I liked that he didn't actually pass the hat (torch) in the end, but instead grabbed it back,
There is after all already The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which though I haven't watched for a long time, I remember it being decent. So if they wanted to do a "younger Indy" they can just carry on that series if they wanted.
There is after all already The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which though I haven't watched for a long time, I remember it being decent. So if they wanted to do a "younger Indy" they can just carry on that series if they wanted.
(Ruri_Ayanami from the old Tex Murphy ezboard).
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
It took me a lot of time to figure out what was really wrong with Crystal Skull. It's a heated discussion about a few video games that made me realise the core of the problem, just recently.
Lost Ark and Last Crusade were never about the items or the quests. The Ark and the Cup were Macguffin's, with their own specific purpose in creating two different experiences and trailing us along for the ride.
Whereas Skull was all about the quest and the item, and failed to deliver. It was bound to fail, because a Macguffin can't possibly be interesting, by default. You don't build your story around the big reveal of the macguffin. That's the whole point of a macguffin.
You're not supposed to know what's in the briefcase, nobody cares to know what's in the briefcase, and whatever is in the briefcase is irrelevant to the story you're telling.
And so the entire movie crumbled in and on itself by the time the aliens showed up and tared down the screen, and the world along with it. The loud confirmation that we had been fooled and conned for two hours into following a ridiculous and shallow chase. Which is a shame, because the first 40 minutes were so very promising.
Lost Ark and Last Crusade were never about the items or the quests. The Ark and the Cup were Macguffin's, with their own specific purpose in creating two different experiences and trailing us along for the ride.
Whereas Skull was all about the quest and the item, and failed to deliver. It was bound to fail, because a Macguffin can't possibly be interesting, by default. You don't build your story around the big reveal of the macguffin. That's the whole point of a macguffin.
You're not supposed to know what's in the briefcase, nobody cares to know what's in the briefcase, and whatever is in the briefcase is irrelevant to the story you're telling.
And so the entire movie crumbled in and on itself by the time the aliens showed up and tared down the screen, and the world along with it. The loud confirmation that we had been fooled and conned for two hours into following a ridiculous and shallow chase. Which is a shame, because the first 40 minutes were so very promising.
Part-Time Nomad
What I mean is there was nothing to reveal, because the movie shouldn't have been about the skulls and the aliens in the first place.
Watch Raiders again, if you have the time. The Ark is mentioned once early on when the expedition is being sold to Indie, and then once more at the end when the Nazi find and open it. The Ark was an excuse, an item universal enough in the Christian world that it wouldn't distract from the actual story. Just like the Nazi were picked because they were a universal enemy that everybody could hate. But Raiders was never about Nazi, or the lost Ark. This was just the setting for an excuse to get this American Bond on the road in his adventures.
The same applies to last Crusade. The cup was Henry Jones' obsession, they say as much half a dozen time in the movie itself. The Cup was of no importance to the plot. The story wasn't built around it. The Cup was the excuse to introduce the father, display this father-son relationship, and lightly tackle the subject of metaphysics, faith, and the quest for a physical proof of God's existence. In fact, they spend a good three quarter of the movie chasing either the father, or the father's journal. The Cup comes in at the beginning, and then shows up at the end, in time to save Dad. But, once again, the plot never revolved around the Cup, or the chase for it.
Skull was all about the chase. There was nothing else to it. They did brush the subject of Indie's son, and Indie's relationship with Marion, and a word or two about the communist witch hunt in America, but this was all merely subplots to the Skulls. By having the entire story built around the Skulls themselves, the end reveal felt disappointing and just ridiculous. It just confirmed that the movie really was only about the Skulls, and well, we all knew they were an Alien thing, right from the start. By building the anticipation around the chase and the object itself, they set themselves for an inevitable fall.
This just confirms Lucas never really understood what he did well, and what didn't work. It also supports the theory that American Graffiti was mostly written by his wife
Watch Raiders again, if you have the time. The Ark is mentioned once early on when the expedition is being sold to Indie, and then once more at the end when the Nazi find and open it. The Ark was an excuse, an item universal enough in the Christian world that it wouldn't distract from the actual story. Just like the Nazi were picked because they were a universal enemy that everybody could hate. But Raiders was never about Nazi, or the lost Ark. This was just the setting for an excuse to get this American Bond on the road in his adventures.
The same applies to last Crusade. The cup was Henry Jones' obsession, they say as much half a dozen time in the movie itself. The Cup was of no importance to the plot. The story wasn't built around it. The Cup was the excuse to introduce the father, display this father-son relationship, and lightly tackle the subject of metaphysics, faith, and the quest for a physical proof of God's existence. In fact, they spend a good three quarter of the movie chasing either the father, or the father's journal. The Cup comes in at the beginning, and then shows up at the end, in time to save Dad. But, once again, the plot never revolved around the Cup, or the chase for it.
Skull was all about the chase. There was nothing else to it. They did brush the subject of Indie's son, and Indie's relationship with Marion, and a word or two about the communist witch hunt in America, but this was all merely subplots to the Skulls. By having the entire story built around the Skulls themselves, the end reveal felt disappointing and just ridiculous. It just confirmed that the movie really was only about the Skulls, and well, we all knew they were an Alien thing, right from the start. By building the anticipation around the chase and the object itself, they set themselves for an inevitable fall.
This just confirms Lucas never really understood what he did well, and what didn't work. It also supports the theory that American Graffiti was mostly written by his wife
Part-Time Nomad