Indiana Jones - The Adventure Collection
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/13/2008… Product details and pricing info |
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62 Customer Reviews Posted
- Why buy this??
- The other Indiana Jones set ( The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark/ Temple of Doom/ Last Crusade) - Widescreen Edition) was way better then this! I read the bonus content for this collection and it sucked!! These movies were actualy already released in the U.K (i don't live there, I've just been there) and I watched this collection and the quality is cruddy! Never buy this in stead of the other set!!
- 2008-05-07, 13 of 28 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- The Bonus Material described. Not worth buying again, but still a very good set.
- I am giving this ***** because the DVD set itself is very good, it is loaded with bonus material. And it should be rated for what it is, ignoring any previous DVD releases.
That said, I would not suggest spending more money to get this set. The bonus material could bore you. I prefer interviews & documentaries produced at the time the films were made. The labeling on the box is designed to deceive by stating "Includes All 3 Films, First Time Available - Special Editions". Like there was no special edition before.
Oh, the slim cases are nice, but I like the original brown box more.
I will group the "12 All-New, Must-See Special Features" (their wording, not mine)by catagory.
1) New Introductions to the films by Steven Speilberg & George Lucas.
STORYBOARDS, unless something differs greatly from the film, I have trouble sitting through these:
2) Snakes Alive! The Well Of Souls. - From Lost Ark
3) Hold On To Your Hat! The Coal Mine Chase. - From Temple of Doom.
4) The Birth Of the Action Hero! The Last Crusade Opening Scene.
MEMORIES, modern interviews with those who worked on the films back then. These are always a little jaded for me.
5) The Indy Trilogy, A Crystal Clear Appreciation. - The cast & crew of the new movie talk about how well they like the original three.
6) Indy's Women Reminisce. - a reunion of Indy's main women.
7) Indy's Friends & Enemies. - Steve, George, & the writers discuss character creation, including a look at the new movie.
8) Creepy Crawlies. - Steve George & Frank Marshall remenisce about snakes, bugs & rats.
BEHIND THE SCENES, new documentaries about the making of the originals:
9) The Mystery Of The Melting Face. - a re-creation of the original special effect in "Ark".
10) Discover Adventure On Location with Indy. - A slightly misleading title as this is also a modern day travel around the world, showing where the films were originally shot.
11) Photo Galleries from each film.
And then there is:
12) LEGO Indiana Jones.- promotional demo games.
Again, this makes a very good DVD release, but nothing worth replacing your older set for. I prefer the original box set extras, especially the bonus 4th disc some stores sold that contained an original 1980's documentary about the films! - 2008-05-05, 147 of 153 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- It about marketing and a new generation of Indiana Fans
- Ofcourse they are going to re-release the Indiana Jones Box Set right before the new movie is released. It only makes sense, when the original trilogy was released on dvd only the tru fans of the series went out and bought them. There is still a large number of a younger generation that do not know hwo Indiana Jones is. With the new movie getting ready to be released they have to give the younger audience a chance to catch up on the whole series by re-releasing the box set. It allows for a larger target audience and soon to be a larger fan base of Indiana fans! Sure I went out and bought the box set 5 years ago when it was released because I am a huge fan. To anyone who see the new previews of the new movie and has never heard of or seen an Indiana Jones movie because they were before their time, then this new re-release is for them! STop giving it one star reviews and think a little into it before being quick to judge!
- 2008-05-03, 3 of 7 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Think twice if you want to buy this one.
- Well, if you think this is the ultimate release of the classic movies, think again.
This edition doesn't include the fourth disc with the brillant documentary from the first set with is pretty bad. If you got the chance to buy the latest editions of this movies, please do it.
The Indiana Jones movies are classic and they deserve a better treatment than this.
Shame on you Mr. Lucas !!! You should take a look on what Peter Jackson and Ridley Scott have done with the DVD's releases of their movies. It seems we've to wait until their release in Blu-Ray to get something really valuable.
And by the way, the artwork is awful. - 2008-04-29, 4 of 15 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Keeping up with the Jones'.....
- Everyone is complaining about the new discs that are coming out in May. I agree that multiple release are a pain in the [...].
Has anyone thought they will release a new version at Christmas time? Yes folks, the movie comes out in May but the DVD will come out in November and guess what, it will probably come out in a four movie set and also come out in Blu-Ray. So that is three releases. May, regular DVD in November and Blu-Ray in November. On the bright side, once they come out in BD, it will be over....or will it??? - 2008-04-08, 6 of 15 people found this review helpful, Rated:
