Spielberg says Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was all George Lucas
By Kristin HuntOctober 27th, 2011, 11:30 amComments (17)
When assigning blame for a shitty franchise installment, isn't it so much easier to condemn the dude who introduced Jar Jar Binks and Hayden Christensen to Star Wars than the man who gave us ET? Steven Spielberg thinks so, too.
In a new interview, Spielberg says those stupid aliens in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull were totally Lucas:
"I sympathize with people who didn't like the MacGuffin because I never liked the MacGuffin. George and I had big arguments about the MacGuffin. I didn't want these things to be either aliens or inter-dimensional beings. But I am loyal to my best friend. When he writes a story he believes in — even if I don't believe in it — I'm going to shoot the movie the way George envisaged it... I will always defer to George as the storyteller of the Indy series. I will never fight him on that."
What a guy. If proclaiming loyalty to your BFF's stories (while admitting they're kinda terrible) isn't true friendship, I don't know what is.
Spielberg does accept responsibility for one of Crystal Skull's more ridiculous moments, though: Indy's refrigerator bomb shelter. That was his "silly idea," but he claims it with pride. "People stopped saying 'jumped the shark.' They now say 'nuked the fridge.' I'm proud of that. I'm glad I was able to bring that into popular culture," Spielberg says. (So glad, in fact, that a limited edition nuke the fridge action figure was a thing.)
Still, the aliens were so not his call. So if you wanted to forget about the last movie Spielberg directed and go see The Adventures of Tintin or War Horse, he'd be pretty cool with that.
Commentarium (17 Comments)
And yet, the movie just wasn't that bad. Sorry, you guys can go hyperbole all over that and the new Star Wars, yet, people still watch the hell out of them. Are they they best in the series? No, but to me, there's no such thing as bad pizza.
Amen to that Jeff! People not only watch the hell out of them but there are those who enjoy the hell out of them too.
I'll third that. It wasn't as good as "Raiders" or "Last Crusade" (but what is, really), but it was easily equivalent to "Temple of Doom" and it had some great moments, and Action-Milf Karen Allen with that megawatt smile, it was fun.
I second all the comments about the movie not being that bad. I'll admit that I read the story pretty quickly but you're saying that the Crystal Skull was actually Lucas' skull? That's freaky.
No bad pizza? Really? No bad sex, sure, but I've had pizza that still gives me acid (reflux) flashbacks.
I think anyone who says there's no bad sex hasn't had much sex; like bad pizza, it can lead to acid reflux and burned palates.
I will come out and say that Crystal Skull was indeed that bad.
Spielberg was on record for *years* before making "Crystal Skull" that he didn't like Lucas' MacGuffin. Lucas lobbied and lobbied and lobbied and finally got him and Harrison Ford to do it. I don't think Spielberg is off-base saying he never liked it.
So how is it "All George Lucas" if Spielberg takes credit for the most ridiculous part of the whole movie?
I'd rather watch CT than ToD.
*sigh* CS
Way to throw your "best friend" under the bus there, Steve.
And you made the fucking film. Take responsibility. You did also make "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List"....hell, you made the other Indiana Jones movies, so you can be forgiven a few missteps.
"When assigning blame for a shitty franchise installment, isn't it so much easier to condemn the dude who introduced Jar Jar Binks and Hayden Christensen to Star Wars than the man who gave us ET?"
Oh, yes.
There were a few really great moments in the film. It was freaking wonderful to see Indy in the '50s. But aliens were not okay.
ngl, I don't like ToD either.
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