Hiding from the nuke in the fridge was the only part of the movie I liked. Does no one remember Jones riding on the back of a submarine across the ocean?
I'm with mad. It's hilarious to hear people blasting the recent Jones for its lack of realism. I'm guessing they think they think people can *really* be dragged behind trucks without losing their hats.
First, like Kate, I thought this would be about 3-month old yoghurt in the work fridge.
Second, that's not even a very good definition of "jumped the shark." From Wikipedia, "the point in a TV or movie series at which the characters or plot veer into a ridiculous, out-of-the-ordinary storyline. Shows that have "jumped the shark" are typically deemed to have passed their peak, since they have undergone too many changes to retain their original appeal, and after this point critical fans often sense a noticeable decline in the show's quality."
Now, you can argue that the fridge nuke was such a point in the Indiana Jones series, though I'm with Mad and Mike in thinking people have a bizarre notion of reality if that tipped them over. (Driving the duckboat over the waterfall (multiple times!) was believable? Or just about anything that happened in the first movie?)
But hipness is irrelevant. Things that are unhip, even aggressively unhip, can still jump the shark.
If the NYT is covering it, it has already jumped the shark. "Where trend go to die", as BikeSnob NYC refers to the NYT.
Before I clicked the link I thought it was going to be an article about the perils of leaving expired yogurt around at work...
Hiding from the nuke in the fridge was the only part of the movie I liked. Does no one remember Jones riding on the back of a submarine across the ocean?
I'm with mad. It's hilarious to hear people blasting the recent Jones for its lack of realism. I'm guessing they think they think people can *really* be dragged behind trucks without losing their hats.
That's actually the brilliant Shawn Macomber making the happy compromise.
Nuke the whales!
"No nukes were deployed in the making of this film"
First, like Kate, I thought this would be about 3-month old yoghurt in the work fridge.
Second, that's not even a very good definition of "jumped the shark." From Wikipedia, "the point in a TV or movie series at which the characters or plot veer into a ridiculous, out-of-the-ordinary storyline. Shows that have "jumped the shark" are typically deemed to have passed their peak, since they have undergone too many changes to retain their original appeal, and after this point critical fans often sense a noticeable decline in the show's quality."
Now, you can argue that the fridge nuke was such a point in the Indiana Jones series, though I'm with Mad and Mike in thinking people have a bizarre notion of reality if that tipped them over. (Driving the duckboat over the waterfall (multiple times!) was believable? Or just about anything that happened in the first movie?)
But hipness is irrelevant. Things that are unhip, even aggressively unhip, can still jump the shark.