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Reminds me of the classic Indiana Jones vs Arab swordsman scene :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs

by Iolaum 4y ago

wahern 4y ago
The new classic scene: https://youtu.be/90P4xDwLpGo?t=110 https://youtu.be/90P4xDwLpGo?t=110 I wonder if more people have seen the above scene as have seen the original. If not, I wonder if and when the numbers will cross. My kids have seen both, but they probably don't remember seeing the original as they were quite young. I try to force nostalgia film and television on them, but it's hit or miss, and now that they can fight back they won't let me play Indiana Jones films, but are okay with IASIP. (I'd prefer Indiana Jones as it requires less censoring.)
- greggsy 4y ago
  I’m not sure if you’re trying to say that more people have watched a particular episode of IASIP, or a classic action adventure movie from a very popular film franchise?
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - wahern 4y ago
    Yes, that's the question. It may seem obvious that it would be the latter, but Raiders of the Lost Ark is nearly 42 years old at this point. Today do you think more people have seen Citizen Kane (1941) or Bambi (1942) as Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)? Granted, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia isn't as popular, and not everyone who has seen one IASIP episode will have seen them all, but the target audience is similar.
    - xwdv 4y ago
      People don’t have to watch the entire Indiana Jones movie to see that particular sword scene. The IASIP scene is no where nearly as viral as the Indiana Jones scene anyway. The Indiana Jones clip has higher production value, there’s no talking, it’s shorter, there’s excitement, and a good payoff at the end of it, it has all the ingredients for it to spread across the world no matter what language you speak. It’s timeless, and always relevant. IASIP drags on, and focuses on school shooters which only resonates with American audiences. They also basically “explain” the entire joke, vs Indiana Jones which simply illustrates it very well. The arab sword scene will basically be immortal.
- rob74 4y ago
  My answer would be no and never, respectively. I mean, Ok, that video has been played 2.5 million times, but according to Wikipedia, 77 million people watched the first Indiana Jones movie in the cinema alone, never mind TV, DVD, Blu Ray, streaming etc. The good thing about Indiana Jones is that, because it's set in the past, it doesn't look as dated as an 1981 movie that actually played in 1981 looks. Ok, you can probably guess that it's old if you compare the way Harrison Ford looked then to the way he looks now, but other than that...
  - wahern 4y ago
    How many of those 77 million are dead? 42 years is a long time. If you asked me to put money down, I'd definitely place my bet with Raiders of the Lost Ark. But I'd still like to know the numbers. And if we put a cap on age, say, 35, things would get even more interesting--for example, by exaggerating the effect of population growth.
    - gpderetta 4y ago
      those 77 watched it on release. Many many millions more have watched it since and will in the future. Indiana Jones still has cult status and will probably maintain it for a while more.
    - mellavora 4y ago
      > How many of those 77 million are dead? And of those, how many are dead because they forgot to bring their gun to the swordfight?
  - actionfromafar 4y ago
    > The good thing about Indiana Jones is that, because it's set in the past, it doesn't look as dated as a 1981 movie that actually played in 1981 looks. I think I agree, but when I have to rationalize it, I can't really say why! I only come up with vague things like: - being made to look like in the past, the visual language is a caricature of the past. This caricature of the 30s has not changed much for us between 1980s and present time. - which leads to... our present is not as clear as in hindsight (or we haven't formed a caricature of it yet) while it happens - being set in the past, some of the artefacts of being shot on film, don't stick out as much (in fact, these artefacts are often emulated in modern productions to signal "the past") - ... as opposed to films set in the future, there are fewer pitfalls
- martinclayton 4y ago
  I think the Raiders scene owes something to "Self-defence" from Monty Python season one. https://youtu.be/ZqISLI2UQMY?t=167 https://youtu.be/ZqISLI2UQMY?t=167
- furyofantares 4y ago
  There's plenty of youtube clips of the Indians Jones scene with millions of views, I think more people have seen the Indians Jones scene this year than the Always Sunny scene.
  - furyofantares 4y ago
    autocorrect :( too late to edit apparently
dotancohen 4y ago
Out of context the scene doesn't have the same effect. In movie, just before encountering the Arab swordsman Indy fights with his fists quite a few Arabs - and in a few instances it looks like he is going to loose. So discovering at this point that Indy had a firearm all along - and didn't use it even when it appeared to us, the viewers, that he was going to lose - shows us how confident in his abilities he is. And additionally, how aware he is of his own limitations.

Reminds me of the classic Indiana Jones vs Arab swordsman scene :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs

by Iolaum 4y ago

Reminds me of the classic Indiana Jones vs Arab swordsman scene :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyBtMxZgQs

wahern 4y ago

The new classic scene: https://youtu.be/90P4xDwLpGo?t=110 https://youtu.be/90P4xDwLpGo?t=110 I wonder if more people have seen the above scene as have seen the original. If not, I wonder if and when the numbers will cross. My kids have seen both, but they probably don't remember seeing the original as they were quite young. I try to force nostalgia film and television on them, but it's hit or miss, and now that they can fight back they won't let me play Indiana Jones films, but are okay with IASIP. (I'd prefer Indiana Jones as it requires less censoring.)

greggsy 4y ago
I’m not sure if you’re trying to say that more people have watched a particular episode of IASIP, or a classic action adventure movie from a very popular film franchise?
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- wahern 4y ago
  Yes, that's the question. It may seem obvious that it would be the latter, but Raiders of the Lost Ark is nearly 42 years old at this point. Today do you think more people have seen Citizen Kane (1941) or Bambi (1942) as Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)? Granted, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia isn't as popular, and not everyone who has seen one IASIP episode will have seen them all, but the target audience is similar.
  - xwdv 4y ago
    People don’t have to watch the entire Indiana Jones movie to see that particular sword scene. The IASIP scene is no where nearly as viral as the Indiana Jones scene anyway. The Indiana Jones clip has higher production value, there’s no talking, it’s shorter, there’s excitement, and a good payoff at the end of it, it has all the ingredients for it to spread across the world no matter what language you speak. It’s timeless, and always relevant. IASIP drags on, and focuses on school shooters which only resonates with American audiences. They also basically “explain” the entire joke, vs Indiana Jones which simply illustrates it very well. The arab sword scene will basically be immortal.
rob74 4y ago
My answer would be no and never, respectively. I mean, Ok, that video has been played 2.5 million times, but according to Wikipedia, 77 million people watched the first Indiana Jones movie in the cinema alone, never mind TV, DVD, Blu Ray, streaming etc. The good thing about Indiana Jones is that, because it's set in the past, it doesn't look as dated as an 1981 movie that actually played in 1981 looks. Ok, you can probably guess that it's old if you compare the way Harrison Ford looked then to the way he looks now, but other than that...
- wahern 4y ago
  How many of those 77 million are dead? 42 years is a long time. If you asked me to put money down, I'd definitely place my bet with Raiders of the Lost Ark. But I'd still like to know the numbers. And if we put a cap on age, say, 35, things would get even more interesting--for example, by exaggerating the effect of population growth.
  - gpderetta 4y ago
    those 77 watched it on release. Many many millions more have watched it since and will in the future. Indiana Jones still has cult status and will probably maintain it for a while more.
  - mellavora 4y ago
    > How many of those 77 million are dead? And of those, how many are dead because they forgot to bring their gun to the swordfight?
- actionfromafar 4y ago
  > The good thing about Indiana Jones is that, because it's set in the past, it doesn't look as dated as a 1981 movie that actually played in 1981 looks. I think I agree, but when I have to rationalize it, I can't really say why! I only come up with vague things like: - being made to look like in the past, the visual language is a caricature of the past. This caricature of the 30s has not changed much for us between 1980s and present time. - which leads to... our present is not as clear as in hindsight (or we haven't formed a caricature of it yet) while it happens - being set in the past, some of the artefacts of being shot on film, don't stick out as much (in fact, these artefacts are often emulated in modern productions to signal "the past") - ... as opposed to films set in the future, there are fewer pitfalls
martinclayton 4y ago
I think the Raiders scene owes something to "Self-defence" from Monty Python season one. https://youtu.be/ZqISLI2UQMY?t=167 https://youtu.be/ZqISLI2UQMY?t=167
furyofantares 4y ago
There's plenty of youtube clips of the Indians Jones scene with millions of views, I think more people have seen the Indians Jones scene this year than the Always Sunny scene.
- furyofantares 4y ago
  autocorrect :( too late to edit apparently

dotancohen 4y ago

Out of context the scene doesn't have the same effect. In movie, just before encountering the Arab swordsman Indy fights with his fists quite a few Arabs - and in a few instances it looks like he is going to loose. So discovering at this point that Indy had a firearm all along - and didn't use it even when it appeared to us, the viewers, that he was going to lose - shows us how confident in his abilities he is. And additionally, how aware he is of his own limitations.