Tripping Through Gateways
Entering the Alternate Worlds of the Movies
Tag: steven spielberg
Game Addict (Ready Player One, 2018)
In the future, life is so bleak, everyone hangs out in the virtual reality of the Oasis. There, everything is focused around the 80’s pop culture that it’s creator, Halliday was obsessed with. People have video game avatars inspired by various films and they…
Triple Threat (Jurassic Park III, 2001)
Alan Grant and his assistant Billy are hired by a rich couple to give them a tour of the island from the second film. Grant discovers that instead of just flying low over the island, his hosts plan to land on the island. It…
Rules of Survival (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1997)
The Success of Jurassic Park made a sequel pretty inevitable, but Spielberg took time to craft a new adventure, rather than rush out something that just met the obligatory requirements of a sequel. This film focuses on a second island…the real labs of InGen….
Parks and Wreck (Jurassic Park, 1993)
John Hammond has built an amazing and elaborate theme park. One like no other, and he has spared no expense. But as they prepare to go a live, there is a deadly accident. His investors demand professionals endorse the safety of the park. Hammond…
Careless in Suburbia (Poltergeist, 1982)
The Freeling family have a good life. Steve and Diane have three children. One evening they are awakened by their youngest, Carol Anne, who is talking to the TV. As days go by they notice unusual phenomena and not just Carol Anne watching static…
Why Did It Have to Be Aliens? (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,2008)
Or…Indy Gets Old. Lucas envisioned a new Indiana Jones trilogy, with one change. Where the first three films focused on religious and supernatural artifacts, the new films would focus on science fiction themed artifacts. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is set in the 1950’s…
Choose Your Adventure Wisely (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989)
After the criticism of Temple of Doom, Lucas and Spielberg opted to return to Judeo Christian artifacts. This time was far more myth, in that they search for the Holy Grail, the cup Christ used at the Last Supper and gifted with the power…
The Adventure Continues (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984)
Of course, Indy had to return. And Spielberg and Lucas have returned, with longtime Lucas collaborator Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz providing the script. The film opens with a musical number and Indy meeting with Chinese Gangster Lao Che. After a double cross, Jones makes a…
The Adventure Begins (Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981)
1981 was the meeting of two titans. Steven Spielberg had thrilled the world with Jaws and two years later George Lucas had started to take over the world with Star Wars.The two teamed up to create the ode to pulp novels and action serials…
Up From the Depths Redux (Jaws 2, 1978)
When you beget the first summer blockbuster, the studio will want to get back to that gold mine. Of course, Steven Spielberg did not return…reports include production conflicts as he was working on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Others report that he thought…
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