Posted by Major Paul from 147.239.118.3 on July 29, 1999 at 06:26:44:
In Reply to: A question for all those who remember 1981... posted by ROB T. on July 29, 1999 at 04:29:12:
: My question to you is this. What did you think of the title "Raiders of the Lost Ark" the first time you heard it, before the film became a big hit and a movie phenomenon?
:: Honestly, the title didn't bother me, but neither did it arrest my attention either. I went with my family to see it in the theater because Dad read in the paper that it starred Harrison Ford and was directed/produced by Lucas and Spielberg. At that time people were still basking in the Star Wars phenomena and the belief that whatever these individuals were involved in had to be a good movie. We went to see the matinee and the rest is history.
While you're correct that one could easily mistake the "ark" for Noah's Ark, I still like the title. It stands apart from the "IJ and the (fill in the blank)" formula. -MP