Young Indiana Jones series, older Indiana? Sell me on the series..

[Master Dahark]

I liked the WW1 stuff but hated the kid episodes. Old Indy? Embarrassing to be honest.

I remember one episode where Old Indy got arrested for something and thrown in the pen with a bunch of tough looking younger guys. Almost immediately he begins with 'well who's got an escape plan??' and 'you mark my words, I'll be out of here in an hour!'. From there he eventually gets to tell the story of that episode.
At the end of the episode it cuts back to prison where it seems that his constant jabbering has annoyed the hell out of both the prisoners and the guards- and they decide to let him out just so they don't have to hear him anymore.

As he's being escorted out, Old Indy shouts back at the prisoners 'I TOLD you I'd be out in an hour! HA HA HA HAAAA!!' :lol Indy hasn't changed

 

[Luke0312]

Skip the episodes with Indy as a kid and stick with the Sean Flannery ones. They're silly, but many of them are fun enough to watch. The World War I episodes are decent.

That's what I just need to give in and do. I've started the series several times, but can't get through the episodes with the kid.

 

[laserpistol76]

Some episodes are better than others. Indy just basically meets every famous historical figure of the time. I really like the ones in WWI, but some of the episodes are boring.

 

[laserpistol76]

Has anyone seen the "Peacock's Eye"? Is it any good?

 

[Solo4114]

Peacock's Eye is probably the only one where you might want to watch the "Kid" half of the episode first. It's ok, but it's not quite the ripping yarn that a traditional Indy movie is, title notwithstanding.

Honestly, the best approach is to just watch the Flannery episodes. The bulk of them relate to WW1 and events related to it (e.g. the 1916 Irish Revolution, the 1917 Russian Revolution, the African campaigns, etc.). The Mystery of the Blues is the one with the Ford bookends. It mostly deals with prohibition-era Chicago and some of the opening moves of the mob wars during that era (e.g., the killing of Big Jim Colosimo), as well as the state of race relations and music.


Really, the big thing I'd remind folks is that this is a very 90s production. That means the budgets, while decent for the 90s, aren't astronomically high. Also, the acting and just the way the thing is shot (pacing, framing of shots, even the film stock) all feel very "90s." It's broader in its acting than most modern stuff, which means it isn't quite as serious, and certainly isn't what I'd call "dark" even in the episodes that deal with some pretty dark stuff (e.g. Trenches of Hell).