Young Indiana Jones | Better (and worse) Than You Remember
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- Back in the glorious 90s, George Lucas created "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" later titled "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones" The show received mixed ratings from audiences and critics, there were several problems with the show but it seems like in recent years people have warmed up to the show and are looking back on it with fond memories. So is this a case of nostalgia taking over or is there more to this show than meets the eye? In this video I'll be taking a deeper look at this forgotten relic of Indiana Jones history to find out if it's actually as good as people remember or if it's just as bad as people thought it was.
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I can’t believe these people are still spouting this nonsense about the prequels being bad. George Lucas is a better writer, filmmaker and creator than you’ll ever be dude .
Star Wars fans need to face the facts, the Prequels are NOT good movies. The Prequels are fondly remembered for the fun moments, characters and stories, BUT even though they are *fun* movies they are not *Good* movies. They are not well put together and even though there are very interesting characters and stories in them, those are not well executed at all. This show is a perfect example as to why George Lucas is not a good filmmaker when he's not collaborating with anyone. The only reason the Original Trilogy was as good as it was, was because Lucas had people helping him and telling him what would and wouldn't work. When Lucas made the prequels, he didn't have anyone telling him what should and shouldn't be done to best execute his visions, that's why the prequels had so many good ideas that weren't fully realized. When Lucas made Clone Wars, Dave Filoni was there to fix many of the problems with the Prequels, he was also responsible for Clone Wars being the best Star Wars show ever made. When Lucas came up with the ideas for Indiana Jones, he needed Spielberg to help execute his visions and ideas for the franchise, that's why Raiders became one of the greatest films ever made, because of that collaboration. When Lucas made Young Indy, he didn't have someone like Spielberg or Filoni guiding him on how to make the show, because of this it had several problems and was nowhere near as good as it could have been.
I think Revenge of the Sith was the only good one. Not perfect by any means, but pretty damn good
Pin of shame
@@LaggingLeland lmao thank you
@@mackmitchell94I'm glad the first comment I see is defending the prequels
Indy mentioned riding with Pancho Villa in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which was a nice bit of continuity with the show.
I really like that scene, I think it was a clever way to connect them, I'm disappointed that we didn't get any more references in Dial of Destiny.
@@LaggingLelandwas honestly half expecting Indy to lose an eye in Dial of Destiny
@@LaggingLeland dial of destiny might just be the worst Indiana Jones movie if u ask me, by a long shot
@@williamavitt8264 that been great
'Made by George Lucas', like it's supposed to be a bad thing. Fuck that. That man gets too much hate disrespect as a writer. The man's ideas and imagination is astounding and I personally respect him in that regard.
I love 90-year-old Indy, what a great performance by George Hall, and I agree about it adding the educational context the episodes need. There's also an episode where Indiana Jones fights Dracula at his castle during WWI, but the Old Indy bookends reveal it was just a made up story to scare trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Without George Hall to let us in on the joke, that episode is very silly and doesn't really work.
ah damn i miss that part! Dracula episode was one of my favorites.
Eh, I prefer it to the one of Indy in Barcelona.
I'm kinda sad Old Indy from Dial of Destiny wasn't like Old Indy from Young Indy.
@@LaggingLelandFord’s Indy should’ve played the same role as Hall’s Indy. Him narrating a few 20-30 minute segments with a new actor as a middle-aged Indy.
Give him the Mystery of the Blues beard and Old Indy’s eyepatch
I gotta say, the soundtrack is a nostalgia trip innit of itself. I never actually grew up watching it, but I did play the Lego games which had pulled various tracks from Young Indy in a lot of the levels.
George Lucas wanted this show to teach kids about historical people. Thats why George Gershwin and Irving Berlin are in the Broadway ones and Irving Thalberg and John Ford and in the Hollywood one.
Some of them are well done and make sense, but others feel way too forced. Indy somehow meets Von Stroheim and John Ford, how does he meet them? by travelling to Hollywood and starring in a big budget movie. It just feels to goofy and forced.
Attack of the Hawkmen and Treasure of the Peacock's Eye are the two best one's in my own opinion, they're my personal favorites. There were also some other episodes that were pretty cool too. I've always thought that the Young Indy series was kind of underrated.
Yeah the series is underrated, it has some problems but the best parts of the show were always worth watching
The idea of a young indiana jones is where Disney/LA should have taken this IP
There's already talks of a reboot by Disney, I think Harrison Ford even acknowledged it, he said he wasn't going to be a part of it.
@@LaggingLeland they probably should have led with that then. This Indy 5 film looks to be a fiasco
River Phoenix wasn't in the show because he didn't want to do TV, TV wasn't held in the same regard as it is nowadays
Besides he was going to die anyways during the show's run.
@@puliturchannel7225 Ouch! That''s brutal but you're right.
@@puliturchannel7225 I dont think he knew that at the time though... ?
Maybe if he did, then he would still be with us
@@ChrisThomson-y7l Yeah, but you can apply if to anything, as Gino D'Acampo once said, if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike
Wait so in the Young Indiana show they never once use the classic Indiana Jones theme? That's crazy.
I think they used it in the episode that Harrison Ford was in, and a couple of other Indy songs.
I randomly had the whole box as dvds which me and my brother watched during a car trip to Italy.
FYI, the reason River Phoenix wasn’t in the show is because he sadly passed away before it aired.
Nothing against Sean Patrick Flannery, but River Phoenix was the PERFECT Young Indy, I think the show would have been better if he was in it. Even though I like River Phoenix's take on Indy more, I've actually grown to like Sean Patrick Flannery's take on Young Indy a little more.
It's worth noting that Old Indy is 94 in the show, and 70 in Dial of Destiny. There's still time for him to lose an eye and find out about a daughter.
Thanks for the video, it was fun to watch.
River Phoenix died before the production of Young Indiana Jones
Lucas did ask River if he wanted to play Indy in the tv show. River didn’t want to do tv shows felt it would make his career go backwards
I've been watching it on Disney Plus for the past week, I never watched it when it first came out in the 90s. but I got to say it's pretty good..🤠
A Young Indiana Jones reboot could feasibly work in my opinion. But they need to focus more on the adventuring side of things.
An opportunity to see a young Indy and young Sallah meeting and interacting with each other, building their friendship would honestly be really nice to see.
Maybe fleshing out lesser known areas of Indy’s character such as his mentorship under Abner Ravenwood, and his rivalry with Belloq.
Basically acting as a soft reboot of the original show. Fixing the issues that the original show while keeping what worked. But knowing Disney, they’d probably find a way to fuck it up.
My God. Every sentence says "this show". We get it. This whole video is about this show. A quick listen back and quick edit could help alot. Thanks for the effort.
6:54 that song funny enough appeard in lego Indiana Jones, wonder if it was keeping continuity
Mystery of the blues ad hollies wood follies are actually pretty good imo
Look at it in context. You sound pretty young, so keep in mind that this is BEFORE HBO and Netflix. This was regular television. Very very high tech and historical for the time. It is showing us how he became who he is, not just a bunch of archeology/adventure movies made for TV. You also couldnt ever have violence or sex on television, so it was bound to be more mellow.
Actually, a few orchestral themes and motifs from Raiders return in "The Mystery Of The Blues" when Harrison returns as mid-aged Indy.
Great video! I’m introducing my friend to the show since he loves Indiana Jones and we just completed a marathon of the movies. I saw most of the episodes as a kid on VHS with my dad and we got them on DVD back when they came out.
I’m into spy thrillers like James Bond and Mafia/gangster movies as well. That’s why I like Mystery of the Blues (especially the second half) and the episodes where he’s working as a spy. One thing you have to remember is that James Bond was one of the many characters who inspired Spielberg and Lucas to make the movies, so having episodes where he’s working as a spy and doing detective work feels like an ode to Bond.
I also agree with you on the continuity with the show and how it connects with the movies. When my friend and I saw the second half of the first episode, it gave me an idea of what was going through Indy’s head in Temple of Doom when he sees the kidnapped kids working as slaves. Since he and Omar were kidnapped to be sold as slaves, it makes the Temple of Doom scene better because we know Indy was in the kids’ shoes at one point.
Speaking of Omar, is he the same Omar Indy mentions before the truck scene in Raiders?
I also would’ve loved to see an episode with Belloq and the Ravenwoods. Again, thank for making this video and giving your opinion.
Omar in the movies was Sallah’s Brother In Law, so he isn’t the same person, would have been nice if he was though.
I will disagree on the love interests. Indy's relationship with the suffragette is what really hammered home this show's romanticism.
I think if that was the only relationship in the show (since it was the only one that kind of worked) then I think it would have been fine as 1 romantic episode in the show. But aside from her EVERY other love interest has no dept of any kind.
@@LaggingLeland Fair point and I agree. That being said, I’ll still take this over the COMPLETE LACK of romance in new Lucasfilm. It’s almost like it’s forbidden now.
Disney learning from past mistakes. Sure.
Old Indy was cringe. Him pestering people on the street with his stories and having a grandson called Spike and acting all confused, nobody believing him and thinking he was senile, while the whole thing looked like it was shot and lit like a Boy Meets World episode. It was a good thing it was cut.
I was a huge Indiana Jones fan and when The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles came out I did enjoy it but I admit it wasn't a blast. It was good but not great and most of its charm was in the main character's appeal. Anyway I still remember that episode starring Elizabeth Hurley.
First time watcher! I don’t really agree with all the negative opinion commentary about the show but I respect the video. The Young Indiana Jones films aren’t really meant to be just like the films. He isn’t the Indy we know and love yet…but he picks up a little of who he eventually becomes along the way as the series progresses. I would also argue that all those relationships (and keep in mind the entire series was filmed over many years) makes Indy pretty flippant and resentful about women…so by the time he meets Marion Ravenwood all those toxic relationships have tainted any attempt at true romantic love he might have had. “Spring Break Adventure”, “Mystery of the Blues” and “Oganga: The Giver and Taker of Life” are my favorites and I recommend them. Sad that the actor who played Remy is no longer with us and he was a pivotal role in Indy’s life and his adventures in WW1. I’d give the entire series another viewing and there’s neat connections with other episodes and the films you’ll catch.
It was a good show! A reboot could be interesting! Would be interesting to use actual Harrison Ford to play old Indy! There's good remaks in your video!
I LOVE this show. I discovered it by accident and bought the whole DVD set.
Yes River Phoenix passed away while the show was being produced. River Phoenix died on sidewalk in front of Johnny Debbs nightclub the Viper room in october 1993 of a drug overdose. He had taken what is known as speedball, a mix of heroine and cocaine . His Sister Rain Phoenix and his Brother Joaquin was with him. When he died. An ambulance was called . But it to late to save his life. He was 23 years old. When he died
I was 12, when he died....
Thanks for covering this mate I loved these as a kid and its a shame there not on Disney plus i ended up buying them all on ebay... currently working my way through them all again then the films right up to dial of destiny (currently on temple of doom) so not long now😁
I'm sorry, this show was amazing. Maybe you don't see him as Indiana Jones, but it is a really educational and fun show.
I have to disagree a bit on Indy's girlfriends. Vicki played by Elizabeth Hurley is the exception to this. She was amazing.
I forgot to mention her in the video, she was the only good love interest.
thank you for this video, I loved it!
You should at least say that this your OPINION of the series. Because it's MY opinion that it was a really good show. It ties in with the film very nicely.
I think one of the main problems with this show is that the majority of historical figures Indy meets have nothing to do with archaeology or adventure. I mean, how could possibly Pablo Picasso Norman Rockwell, Puccini, Kafka, etc. Have influenced Indy 's career? Lawrence of Arabia was a soldier and archaeologist, so it makes perfect sense for Indy to know him. Same with Roosevelt and all the hunting stuff, because it ' s about nature and survival. And even there are some characters related to archaeology that Indy only meets once, like Gertrude Bell, and she was an archaeologist. Indy could spent some time with her in the years after the war, learning about the cultures from Near East. Another character Indy should have meet was Percy Fawcett, who was too archaeologist and soldier, and a believer in the supernatural (the lost city of Z in Brasil obviously inspired Kotcs, so instead of Orellana, Indy and Mutt should have searched for Fawcett) Hiram Bingham was another character he could have meet.
Anyway, i think the last three movies should've been about adventure and archaeology, and not about jazz, mafia, or Hollywood. This was a great show, with excellent ideas, but badly executed.
By the way; was Marcus going to appear in this show? And who was the actor who was going to portray him?
Your take on this show is terrible and you come off as just another generic George Lucas/Prequel/Special Edition hater.
I just scoffed when you said “hopefully Disney will learn from the mistakes of history and make a better show” which is laughable because all of the Disney plus Star Wars shows suck! Shame on you Leland.
Mandolorian and Andor were awesome, when Disney doesn't screw around with things a good production can be made. In fact, when Disney didn't have much to do with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle but allowed it to be made, they were able to cook SO HARD that it's become the greatest story since Kingdom or Last Crusade. Also I'm no Lucas hater, he created my favorite character of all time... But he is NOT a good director, he is a peak storyteller but not a director. The Star Wars prequels had bad dialogue, pacing, acting and writing, they were fun films but they were not very well made. In Young Indy there is an entire episode dedicated to Indy wasting the whole episode trying to install a telephone into a hotel, after wasting over 40 minutes the episode ends with him barely being able to do so. He does though hook up the telephone to receive an important message only to receive info that he... needs to install a telephone, the episode ends there and that spy plot is never picked up again. THAT is why Lucas at his worst, wastes time or potential while at his best he creates masterpieces.
When was Marcus Brody in the show?!
Turns out they did offer River Phoenix the role of Young Indy but he declined it, I personally didn't mind Sean Patrick Flannery and for the most part I enjoyed all episodes with him, except for The Scandal of 1920, that was a definite miss.
I actually really loved that episode.
0:49 the prequels were great the only problem was cgi and sometimes dialogue but all that was fixed in episode 3
@@treybert30 The dialogue, CGI, acting, writing and exposition were all very weak. They are not good movies but they are fun movies, in fact, when they came out everybody hated them. It was only after the sequels came out that everybody softened their opinion on them and noticed the better stuff they had to offer. I will admit though, Revenge of the Sith is awesome and is easily the best of the prequels.
@@LaggingLelandyes, this is facts.
The chronicles was great for its time. A tv show that was developed for effects developments.
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Have any of you seen The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles?? If you have what do you think of it?
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You have a talent for critique, as well as expressing yourself through video production, and - despite myself having a few different opinions on the series than you - you are pursausive enough in your delivery that I can respect your positions: this is a rare talent, and it will serve you well.
@@DavidEzra-dv3lx Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it.
River died from a drug overdose. that's why they didn't use him
I own all three seasons on DVD and I personally think the best season was season three’ THE WAR YEARS’ I know quite a few people are always wondering what it was like back then in the war and when some soldiers weren’t fighting and I personally think this season gave a lot of people quite a good idea of of what it might have been’🤔 I also think the box art that they went with looks really good and fits the idea of the show perfectly’
The war episodes are still my favorite, they just feel more gritty and grounded than most of the other episodes.
@@LaggingLeland agreed”
Last Crusade WAS his last adventure. Rest of it is just some nightmare
I never fully understood the hate for Crystal Skull tbh.
@@LaggingLelandNeither did I. I love that film personally
Did you really censor your comments by deleting mine from last night, where I pointed out that the whole point of the series was to use the development of Indy's morality to get viewers interested in many of the most important figures of the early 20th century, and that it was accompanied on DVD by half-hour documentaries on all of them. This was Lucas "giving back" by making high quality adventures and high quality documentaries.
I did not censor anything, I've gotten negative comments about my opinions before but I usually respond or ignore. I don't delete any comments.
They could’ve called this show Indiana Gump.
River Phoenix nailed Harrison's face expressions.
What I don’t really get is how Indiana Jones told his parents he was going on a camping trip with his cousin and ended up leaving to Europe to fight in WW1 without returning to his family beforehand and saying bye. Bro literally forgot about his parents and ditched them, wtf 😂
What episode is Brody in? I have two more episodes till im done and haven't seen him
@@andrewhaddad6376 He shows up in the Africa episode, not sure if he’s only in the original cuts though.
yes i have most al of these episodes.. maybe one or two i am not sure i dont have but yes the ones with the little boy is not as good as they are with flannery but they are most all good and well put together and well done.. i recorded them from the tv when they came on back in the 90's
What episode was Marcus Brody in?
In the Young Indy Chronicles he was in the episode "British East Africa 1909" In the repackaged episodes he was in the first half of the episode "Passion For Life" Both are the same episode there's just two versions of it.
@@LaggingLelandthat wasn't him
Just listened to the soundtrack to this, and it got remembering an episode I really enjoyed when it aired- turned out to be The Scandal of 1920, which you cover quite a bit here. You say that some of that stuff is not Indiana Jones- I disagree, I think that having him in a lighter adventure of putting on an early Broadway show with George Gershwin really opens up the possibility of what the character can be, and the format was like a small movie, where at least in that episode all the elements worked. Just a great plot, especially for a TV show, and the educational angle gives just a taste of some historical figures without it getting in the way of the story. Before Forest Gump, there was this.
Getting into your review- you seem to understand that you don't like things, but have a harder time articulating why. Or when you do, I think you're wrong, for example the writers were not trying to send a message to the actor that he's no Harrison Ford by having the 3 women dump him at the end of the episode. It was a comic situation like the kind Indiana Jones finds himself in, but you took it seriously. Also do we need to see Marian and Bellok as kids in 1921? Didn't we see them in 1957? Why not have them all playing in a sandbox as babies? Nor do we need him to treasure hunting every episode, imagine 40 episodes of what, a different treasure hunt, how lame that would be. And imagine River Phoenix doing the show and then dying in 1993- there certainly would be no Season 3.
Tonally, it's kind of difficult because your voice is already an irritant and then the whining about everything you didn't like, I'd say not to complain so much, but if you must, try not to sound as whiny I guess?
You mention some of the negatives, I agree up to a point. But why you wanted someone to tell you which characters where historical figures. Either you know or not. You can just read a bit before you watch the episodes.
No, I remember. It was a mixed bag to be sure.
They are much better than the so called Indiana Bore and the Diahorea of disenchantment
Classy name.
An episode or two around Abner mentoring young Indy wouldve been cool
Well River Phoenix died
When u streaming
Same time as always.
I heard about bringing back dead actors using deepfake tech over 30 yrs ago on the radio now we are here why can't I find a full movie rather than stupid clips come on guys I've waited fekin long enough if anyone out there has found one please send me a link I've waited long enough x
This show was basically "what if Indiana Jones had Forrest Gump's life"
Yes, I know this came before Forrest Gump, but it's a pretty apt description
River Phoenix died from a drug overdose.
RIP, he would have been great in this show.
irritating VO
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Thumbs down. Garbage content. George Lucas is one of the best writers, world builders and film makers ever. I can’t even watch past the first 2 min!
Lucas is good at coming up with ideas in fact I would say he's one of the best at that. In terms of directing his own projects, the Star Wars prequels were not of good quality and neither was Young Indy in many areas.
Look at it in context. You sound pretty young, so keep in mind that this is BEFORE HBO and Netflix. This was regular television. Very very high tech and historical for the time. It is showing us how he became who he is, not just a bunch of archeology/adventure movies made for TV. You also couldnt ever have violence or sex on television, so it was bound to be more mellow.
I'm sorry, this show was amazing. Maybe you don't see him as Indiana Jones, but it is a really educational and fun show.