I posted elsewhere that instead of being two guys with limited resources it should have been taken on by one of the bigger, better equipped DXpedtition teams that knew what they were doing.
The biggest mistake I saw them make was to get into too much of a routine.
VOCAP propagation tables stayed somewhat steady and they kept a schedule of such and such a band between such and such a time and it always seemed I was left out.
I did receive them a couple of times but they were just plain too weak to work them. Oh, well. I tried.
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Today my movie is supposed to arrive. 'Raiders of the Lost Ark: The adaptation'.
In 1981 Steven Spielberg made the original for $20 million bucks.
In 1982 three 11 YO kids decided it was so cool they had to make a scene by scene remake of it and set out to do so. It took them about 7 years and they did all of it except for the airplane scene where Indy fights that big mechanic who gets chopped up by the propeller.
After it was made the guys had a couple of copies each and they went into various attics as they parted ways after high school.
Almost 15 years later they were 'rediscovered' and a friend made a copy and sent it to Steven Spielberg who was both amazed and flattered. It started to become a sub cult classic and copies were passed around to serious movie buffs.
One of those Hollywood insiders that was throwing sneak previews was having a movie night and between some high toned movie and the sneak preview of the highly publicized Two Towers he plugged in the Adaptation to fill in a gap.
When he stopped it and started with the Two Towers the entire audience booed the Two Towers because they wanted to finish the Adaptation. They loved it!
I heard about the Adaptation several years ago and just the other day I found that the guys have their website and sell it on DVD for $15.
Anyway, the guys over time went their various ways and a couple of them reported dreams of the unfinished airplane scene and somehow got together again. Somehow they raised the money and completed it.
There's a story about the making of it which is free if you have Amazon Prime. 'Raiders: The greatest fan film ever made'. It shows a lot of clips from it.
Anyway, my copy is due in today and I'll grab a quick sneak preview and post a review here inside the next couple of days.
If you expect some polished Hollywood production you'll likely be disappointed. You have to remember this movie was made by little kids and the scenes were not shot in order. One scene may have 17 year old teens in it and the next scene Indy is a 12 year old pre puberty kid with a squeaky voice. It is what it is.
Expect a review inside the next few days.
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