Comments on: The Indiana Jones Brainstorms: The Insane True Story http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/ The CRACKED.com take on the world, in America's oldest weblog, since 1958. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:36:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dboz http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-4/#comment-124040 Dboz Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:36:45 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-124040 Well, despite what Steve over here thinks, I thought the article was fucking hilarious! The mental image you painted of George Lucas leaning back, playing with himself and spacing out about monkeys cracked me up. I wonder why people without a sense of humor read the articles on this site? Anyway, nice article. Well, despite what Steve over here thinks, I thought the article was fucking hilarious! The mental image you painted of George Lucas leaning back, playing with himself and spacing out about monkeys cracked me up. I wonder why people without a sense of humor read the articles on this site? Anyway, nice article.

]]> By: steve http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-4/#comment-122665 steve Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:08 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-122665 Let me get this straight...you posted this article to point out all of Lucas' bad ideas & Spielberg's supposed racism? You really have nothing much to say, do you? Reading a transcript of audio recordings doesn't give you the entire feel of a conversation. Ppl are mistaken all the time on forums because someone takes something they've said the wrong way. I didn't see anything blatantly derogatory with the lines you quoted here. They're all talking in normal conversational language, not politically correct terms that the media says we all should use. What a wasted article this is and, as David says, "shame on this article." Small minds discuss ppl, average minds discuss events & great minds discuss ideas. Lucas, Spielberg & Kasdan recorded 45 hours of brainstorming activity. How long did it take you to write this article? In your own words: "They’re just sitting around brainstorming, probably with no inclination that they’re about to create a wildly successful and popular film franchise." Then you criticize Lucas for all of his "bad ideas" & your imagined truth of Spielberg's racist persona. Brainstorming produces a lot of bad ideas, it's inevitable. It needs to, so that it can get to better, more matured ideas. They're not afraid to say something that sounds dumb, in order to reach a solid idea. Let me get this straight…you posted this article to point out all of Lucas’ bad ideas & Spielberg’s supposed racism? You really have nothing much to say, do you?

Reading a transcript of audio recordings doesn’t give you the entire feel of a conversation. Ppl are mistaken all the time on forums because someone takes something they’ve said the wrong way. I didn’t see anything blatantly derogatory with the lines you quoted here. They’re all talking in normal conversational language, not politically correct terms that the media says we all should use.

What a wasted article this is and, as David says, “shame on this article.” Small minds discuss ppl, average minds discuss events & great minds discuss ideas. Lucas, Spielberg & Kasdan recorded 45 hours of brainstorming activity. How long did it take you to write this article?

In your own words: “They’re just sitting around brainstorming, probably with no inclination that they’re about to create a wildly successful and popular film franchise.” Then you criticize Lucas for all of his “bad ideas” & your imagined truth of Spielberg’s racist persona. Brainstorming produces a lot of bad ideas, it’s inevitable. It needs to, so that it can get to better, more matured ideas. They’re not afraid to say something that sounds dumb, in order to reach a solid idea.

]]> By: David http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-4/#comment-108336 David Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:37:07 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-108336 Admittedly, I didn't read the entire article, the first few paragraphs gave me the gist. The first lesson of brainstorming is that no idea is a bad idea. Brainstorming is not the time to go around worrying about steeping on someone's sensitivities. As for brainstorming, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Brainstorming is one of the greatest tools mankind has for generating great ideas, as evidenced by this great movie franchise. Uninhibited free-association and tapping into subconscious fears and desires are paramount to the art of brainstorming. Definitely not the place to be choosing your words carefully....garbled short sentences, rambling monologues, indeed. Shame on this article. If you're gonna play the racism card, make sure it really counts for something. Admittedly, I didn’t read the entire article, the first few paragraphs gave me the gist. The first lesson of brainstorming is that no idea is a bad idea. Brainstorming is not the time to go around worrying about steeping on someone’s sensitivities. As for brainstorming, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Brainstorming is one of the greatest tools mankind has for generating great ideas, as evidenced by this great movie franchise. Uninhibited free-association and tapping into subconscious fears and desires are paramount to the art of brainstorming. Definitely not the place to be choosing your words carefully….garbled short sentences, rambling monologues, indeed.

Shame on this article. If you’re gonna play the racism card, make sure it really counts for something.

]]> By: Murphy http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-4/#comment-96112 Murphy Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:07:25 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-96112 Gustaf, I know you're trying to be funny but I'm pretty sure Steven Spielberg (the guy who made Schindler's List?) wouldn't have anything derogatory to say about Jews. Lucas, I'm not so sure. Gustaf, I know you’re trying to be funny but I’m pretty sure Steven Spielberg (the guy who made Schindler’s List?) wouldn’t have anything derogatory to say about Jews. Lucas, I’m not so sure.

]]> By: Colombus http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-4/#comment-94509 Colombus Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:02:50 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-94509 Oh yeah, Thomas. Cause saying Mexicans are "third world sleazes" and absently commenting how New Delhi actors will work for 60 cents a day is just acceptable, mild discrimination. Oh yeah, Thomas. Cause saying Mexicans are “third world sleazes” and absently commenting how New Delhi actors will work for 60 cents a day is just acceptable, mild discrimination.

]]> By: Ides http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-4/#comment-89524 Ides Thu, 28 May 2009 00:37:25 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-89524 This is one of the most hilarious, yet insightful articles I have read in awhile! Thanks for making myself and several severely stoned friends laugh hysterically into the night, as well as start our own intoxicated brain storming sessions... When your book hits the presses, I will pick it up in a second!!! Keep it up! This is one of the most hilarious, yet insightful articles I have read in awhile! Thanks for making myself and several severely stoned friends laugh hysterically into the night, as well as start our own intoxicated brain storming sessions… When your book hits the presses, I will pick it up in a second!!! Keep it up!

]]> By: Thomas http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-4/#comment-84486 Thomas Tue, 05 May 2009 18:40:33 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-84486 It's a crime that people who liberally use the words "racist" and "racism" have absolutely no idea just what the words mean. It’s a crime that people who liberally use the words “racist” and “racism” have absolutely no idea just what the words mean.

]]> By: Gustaf http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-3/#comment-83348 Gustaf Fri, 01 May 2009 05:53:32 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-83348 Spielberg: And maybe next to the calcalus-doing rice-eating Chinaman in the car, you could have a Jew counting money and drinking baby blood. Spielberg: And maybe next to the calcalus-doing rice-eating Chinaman in the car, you could have a Jew counting money and drinking baby blood.

]]> By: Chris Clark http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-3/#comment-80964 Chris Clark Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:11:18 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-80964 Holy shit. That was the funniest article that has ever graced my living eyeballs. Holy shit. That was the funniest article that has ever graced my living eyeballs.

]]> By: JTann http://www.cracked.com/blog/indiana-jones/comment-page-3/#comment-78687 JTann Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:35:32 +0000 http://www.cracked.com/blog/?p=7816#comment-78687 @gurubrandon, I wondered when someone else would finally remember those things used to be lead-lined. Believe it or not, that's actually Spielberg's idea; it was from the original Back to the Future film (Marty would have to be in the fridge to survive a nuclear test withe enough power to send him back. The original script was very, very different). @gurubrandon, I wondered when someone else would finally remember those things used to be lead-lined. Believe it or not, that’s actually Spielberg’s idea; it was from the original Back to the Future film (Marty would have to be in the fridge to survive a nuclear test withe enough power to send him back. The original script was very, very different).

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