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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: TV news for June 23-29, 2024
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On 6/30/24 10:27 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

> In article
> <1632352443.741458383.405400.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>   anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <114395992.741449151.914731.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>>>   anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dial of Destiny lost $135 million. I wish I could blame Shia LaBeouf. At
>>>> least they killed him off, but it was too little too late.
>>>
>>> Well, when you demote Indiana Jones to a sidekick in his own movie to a
>>> woman of indeterminate pronouns, you're bound to tick off just about
>>> every fan of the franchise.
>>>
>>> Plus, Harrison Ford is just too old to be believably playing the role
>>> these days.
>>>
>>> I was disappointed in the lack of continuity. In the YOUNG INDIANA JONES
>>> show, there was an episode where we got see "old Indy" in a flashforward
>>> and he had an eyepatch, presumably from an injury incurred during his
>>> many adventures. A movie made by people who actually care about the
>>> material would have incorporated that into the story and shown us how he
>>> got that eyepatch.
>>
>> I guess you missed the memo. George Lucas officially declared the old Indy
>> segments out of continuity years ago. They've even been cut from the
>> reruns.
> 
> That's some bullshit right there.

Indeed - I hadn't even heard that.

>> At one point, baby Indy was cut from the reruns as well, but I don't know
>> if they ever declared him, as having never happened.