I proudly proclaim I saw UHF in theaters and was grateful for every minute of it!
Watching RAIDERS right now on Paramount. Anyone else ever wonder how lucky Indy was to be in the Map Room at the right time of the year?
The truly remarkable thing would be the gold still being there. Usually the gold buried with one pharoah was unearthed by the next one to jumpstart their reign with the blame going to "raiders". For it to still be there means the society collapsed immediately upon burial. This is why most gold stashes are found in or near a burnt village or church (or a plague site). The burier and all concerned had to die for it to stay hidden.Imagine a modern country's capital city having a map room like that. They create a modern version of the staff/crystal and everthing. It's all set up to show exactly where the bank system's gold reserves are stashed.
Well, in the movie, Brody did state that "the city was buried by a sandstorm that lasted an entire year, wiped clean by the desert". So I imagine that would put the kibosh on any Pharaoh's attempts to recover the gold in there.The truly remarkable thing would be the gold still being there. Usually the gold buried with one pharoah was unearthed by the next one to jumpstart their reign with the blame going to "raiders". For it to still be there means the society collapsed immediately upon burial. This is why most gold stashes are found in or near a burnt village or church (or a plague site). The burier and all concerned had to die for it to stay hidden.
On a side note, when I heard about the movie in various magazines before its release, I thought it was about Noah's Ark. Seriously. I had no knowledge of the Ark of the Covenant. I was baffled there was a movie coming out about Harrison Ford and Noah's Ark.
The cribbage board doesn't really belong in the map room. It was just stored there between games. The whole staff thing where x marks the spot was just a coincidence.Imagine a modern country's capital city having a map room like that. They create a modern version of the staff/crystal and everthing. It's all set up to show exactly where the bank system's gold reserves are stashed.
AmoritesWhat do we call the guys that hid the ark again?
If it hadn’t been for a little movie called Batman that appeared the same month, UHF would have gotten the love it deserved.
Just like I could never figure out how in Last Crusade, his bag strap somehow got looped over the tank gun while he was being nearly crushed against a rock.Watching RAIDERS right now on Paramount. Anyone else ever wonder how lucky Indy was to be in the Map Room at the right time of the year?