Indiana Jones and some crystal skulls

I struggled with the title of this post … It was a tossup between the shortened version of the official movie title (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), “George Lucas has lost his mind”, or “Indiana Jones has jumped the shark“. Truthfully, Indy 4 was a let down, on several levels. I [...]

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I did not understand George Lucas’ THX 1138

Point blank: I don’t think I’ve done enough drugs to get this one. THX 1138 is a trippy mind bender set in a police utilitarian state where the workers build robotic policemen and have to stay sedated and / or medicated at all times (the workers, not the robots). The audio is strange. The imagery [...]

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