DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: INDIANA JONES

I hope Jono has been able to watch Shrinking if only for more Harrison Ford content. His acting is a joy to experience!

I’m so glad you mentioned them not wearing pants, it always makes me laugh.

Dude, Alan… do you practice your Sean Connery and Harrison Ford impressions? Those were spectacular lol

“It’s a magic hat movie!” 🤣 Last Crusade will forever be one of my top 20 favourite movies. I mean-Indy is Indy (even in 4 and 5…like-take out the aliens and 4 would have been perfect cuz I loved Shia LeBouf and bringing Karen Allen back….and that scene in 5 BROKE MY HEART 💔) but yeah. Last Crusade is like-a perfect movie. Action, humour, and heart. It’s so good. The “let it go” scene always gets me because it’s the moment when Henry stops calling him “Junior” and calls him “Indiana” and it just is SO GOOD. GAHHHHH! Yay script writers!

So my partner and I rented Dial of Destiny solely because we went to a John Williams concert and he conducted the motorcycle chase piece saying that he included it in the concert because he couldn't hear it when he watched it in the theatre with the motorcycle noise over it. We got through to the second motorcycle chase then lost interest. I only like the first three because I grew up with them 😄

There is one way I can relate to Indiana And it’s when he says the line “it’s not the years it’s the mileage”

I love these movies, but never really caught that arc. Love it! Thank you for the deep dive! And Temple of Doom makes so much more sense now, I didn’t realize it was a prequel!!

One thing I love about the cliff scene in Last Crusade is that at first Indi is surprised that his dad is hugging him. And then he just leans into the embrace and you see just a flash of little boy in his face! It's so subtle and only lasts a second but it really hits hard for me!

I just had to share… My home is in central CT. My ‘extra grampa’ Mr. Welgosh was asked to be in the movie during the Yale motorcycle chase as a car extra! He’s sitting in one of his classics while they race by 🤣 I’ve always been thankful to have grown up on these movies ❤️

How can I have two such great internet dads who are so much younger than me. So much "Dad" humor in this, but like Indiana Jones, woven in with authentic poignant moments. Love the bit about the Temple of Doom being a prequel. Makes much more sense.

This was a really lovely deep dive into a character I loved as a kid, didn't care much for in my late 20's (Harrison Ford characters pretty much treated women like trash in that era, and most female characters were written like trash). This really added a lot of depth to the arc. Last Crusade was always my favorite... may need to give that another watch now in my 40's. :)

Absolutely class movies Indiana Jones first 3 were my favourites , I’m not sure if you know this guys but in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic there’s a Pegasus pony called Daring Do that’s based and inspired on Indiana Jones just thought I’d share, class episode guys 😃☮️💚

Thank you for mentioning the Young Indy TV series! It was a remarkable show that really dug into the character. The WW I arc was also... Heavy. It hit very hard, in the way they topic should hit hard. If you did TV shows it would be a good one. I'm also really angry they edited out Old Indy. He was one of the best parts. A cranky but loving old man who has *seen some sh't*.

Every single video I watch, I learn something new that helps me in ways I didn't know I needed. Thank you for doing what you're doing.

you guys are such goofs and i love it!!! Thank you for making me laugh with every single video of yours!!!

Thanks, Internet Dads! I've been waiting for you guys to fan girl over Indiana Jones

Dial of Destiny has it's...well, you know, but one of (if not the best) scene in the entire movie is when Indy talks about his regret of never being able to reconcile with his son. And it's just Harrison Ford...talking, acting. Alan and Jono brought up Harrison's skill as an actor earlier on and I just immediately thought of that scene. It was so heartbreaking, but so good character wise--which I think Dial of Destiny did well at, even the other parts of the movie aren't as great.

Excellent episode. And nice costumes! The looney-tunes and lego movie cuts made me laugh. Thank you guys :)

This makes me feel like ive never really watched the movie beacuse i didnt know temple of doom was a prequel or that it was about him becomming a hero

I'm solidly in the 3-film franchise Indiana Jones group. I can't say my thoughts on the last two, especially the last one. In fact I might get banned for expressing my true feeling on it! LOL! So I'll say nothing...

Don't let the Dads hit the recliners! They'll be snoring at 3 pm!

I guess I'm in the minority, but I loved Dial of Destiny. To me it's just another evolution of Indi, and it shouldn't be all fun and laughs, considering what he's been through. He's a bit broken, so he's quiet and subtle about his grief, painfully truthful when questioned, and so the movie feels the same. A lot of the fun action is left to Helena (and it feels like the passing of the baton to me), and I think people still wanted Indi to be in charge of that feeling. I understand that, but I guess I accepted the change because it felt more realistic, and was a great storyline for him.

Sorry about the technical difficulties folks. We (hopefully!) have them fixed now.

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Me and my husband Adam love this movie series I got him a real replica of Jones whip

Is there any way that the patreon only episodes can be uploaded as private to YouTube? That way we can follow the private link to them and watch them on tvs. I love watching cinema therapy on my tv, but I can't do that with the patreon episodes which forces me to sit at my computer to watch them.

The sound and picture were misaligned for me when Alan and Jono spoke but they were aligned for the clips. Was it just my play issue?

Great episode, I must admit even though I knew temple of doom is prequel I never thought about character development so thank you for this episode :-) Love the pants story :-D I never got why anyone has problem with crystal skull. If indana jones wasn't dumb it would be boring :-D My father alway said that when spielberg has some really dumb idea he realizes he can't use it in Schindler's list but he makes a note to use it in next indiana jones :D Personally it might be my second favourite because of villain. Irina spalko is imho closest to be Indy's equal in inteligence and her henchman is also pretty scary. Dial of destiny didn't hit many moments for me, it was lot of fanservice and main story didn't really work for me. I didn't like that the ending of crystal skull which was perfect to me was kind of annuled. But emotianal moments were really strong and ending was cool and nearly made me cry. Damn now I'll have to rewatch whole series but this time starting with temple of doom :D

Just starting the video and I already love the set lighting

Connecting to Junior (we called the dog Indiana) has always boiled down to their conversation on the blimp in Last Crusade...and I really hope I don't have to jump off a tank, off a cliff, for my father to be vulnerable with me like this. I just want to say tank you internet dad's for being who I could explore my own trauma with, when I feared my real father would invalidate (or worse blame me), rather than hear me. There are conversations I don't know if we will ever have... but I get to grow with your help, and it makes my world feel less small and predetermined.

There’s a lot talk about how Harrison Ford is a bit of a cranky jerk (to put it mildly, depending on who you ask) but I loved hearing how he and Ke Huy Quan reunited, Ford immediately recognized him, despite not having seen him for decades, and said that Quan’s accomplishments were all his own, and he had nothing to do with it.

John Williams once again giving us one of the most memorable movie themes of all time!