End of Last Crusade

Paul_Stenhouse · Post by **Paul_Stenhouse** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:19 am

I've always wondered why at the end of LC, just before the "Leap of Faith," we see a close up of the fall with no popper.

Was that somehow symbolic of the rundown, exhausted state in which we find the hero?

Anyone got any theories?

Best Regards,

Paul Stenhouse

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:38 am

I guess you could take it as another example of 'nothing left but to believe'. Like the empty holster.

But that implies that they meant to convey this by removing a small part of the whip as happens w/ use. Kind of esoteric reference, even for these guys, isn't it? It'd take a whipster to even recognize it. (Which I didn't, and now I'll have to go watch it again now that you've mentioned it...)

I'm guessing it just came off at some point and the prop continuity guy didn't catch it.

J

Paul_Stenhouse · Post by **Paul_Stenhouse** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:19 am

I was kind of wondering that, too, if the prop guy never caught. It would be interesting if someone could post a screen capture of when HF whips the old man's leg before he goes under the tank tread.

Best Regards,

Paul Stenhouse

VP · Post by VP » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:13 am

They filmed those two scenes in completely different locations, so it would be useless to draw any conclusions from the tank chase.

Abner1925 · Post by **Abner1925** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:02 am

But, the whip could be the same one used in both locations.

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:49 pm

VP's point (if I may be so bold, and correct me if I over-interpreted) is that you'd have to find the scene that was actually FILMED before the one in question...and considering how many takes there are that end up on cutting room floors, breaktimes, etc., you likely won't find ANY scene that was filmed RIGHT before it.

But Paul's idea could still work if they were actually TRYING to show in continuity that his whip was damaged. I still think that's probably a reach...considering this is a guy whose hat is never lost. (Ironically, reference end of said tank chase, when it even comes BACK.)

J

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:55 pm

If the fall returned AFTER he drank from the Grail, then everything was restored.....right? (Yeah, I know, a stretch.

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Regards! Michaelson

Indiana G · Post by **Indiana G** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:48 pm

by that line of thinking michealson, his hat would have also been restored to the nice tall crowned, centre pinched, raiders hat instead of the stetson

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:06 pm

True. Well, I DID say it was a stretch.

Regards! Michaelson

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:35 pm

And his Wested would become undistressed as well...hmm...

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:48 pm

The ultimate in practice of the 'Michaelson philosophy'!! $\:D/$

Regards! Michaelson

Indiana Jerry · Post by **Indiana Jerry** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:51 pm

hey, now, that's not fair...if I have to age my jacket naturally, you can't heal yours supernaturally!

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:16 pm

How do you think I keep my stuff so long? 8-[

Regards! Michaelson

Post by **BullWhipBorton** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:32 pm

Hey what’s all this talks about hats and jackets in here! This is the bullwhip section we don’t talk about hats and jackets here! We talk about plaited works of art that travel upwards of 950 miles per hour – that’s some 1,400 feet per second and create sonic booms that can slice flesh and break bones! Not whether or not those hats where turned a quarter of an inch or that the side buckles where D rings or square… and we certainly don’t talk about using sandpaper and acetone on brand new lambskin! Barbarians! Don’t make me lock this thread down

I'll do it I swear don’t push me im close to the edge

Anyways I always just figured the missing popper as a continuity error; I never really gave it much more thought then that im afraid. Interestingly enough though one of the members here has a bullwhip used in the Last Crusade and when he received it didn’t have a popper, we’ve speculated that it might have been that particular bullwhip.

Dan

Paul_Stenhouse · Post by **Paul_Stenhouse** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:48 am

VP, I think you're taking the engineering perspective and being too literal. Think of it as a story, rather than from one country to another. As far as I know, they finished up with the tank, and the rode their horses on over to the canyon.

I'm looking at it from the storyline portion of it. I think it's because it's the end of the trilogy and he's all shagged out. But, it could be that the prop guy missed it.

Best Regards,

Paul Stenhouse