"Why don't I just shoot the fucker?"

[blogslut]

The defining Indiana Jones moment came about almost by accident. It was six in the morning and an exhausted, dysentery-ridden, Harrison Ford couldn't face another fight. Spielberg had lined up a sadistic, foreign, sword-twirling maniac to confront him. Ford, who hadn't once unholstered his gun in the whole film, simply said to Spielberg: "Why don't I just shoot the fucker?" That was the moment when Indiana Jones arrived...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAoJrNbgUoI

[krispos42]

1. He he he...

[Aristus]

2. Sadistic swordsman? I don't see that.

I hooted at that scene when I was a kid. How cool! But when I grew up, all I could think about was that the swordsman had trained his whole life, honed a very fine skill, was probably respected and even revered in his community, then then some putz comes along and shoots him. No skill involved, no training, no effort.

That's probably why the NRA's membership rolls are always filled. Any lame pudknocker can fire a gun.

And the scene above showed no sadism on the part of the swordsman.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. Indiana shot first!

[Blue_Tires]

3. awesome scene...