Water on hat in idol temple?

IndianaBogart · Post by **IndianaBogart** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:52 pm

Not sure whether this should go in the hat section or Lao Che's, so mods feel free to move.

When Indy swings across the pit at the beginning of Raiders where did the water on his hat come from?

I've noticed it forever and couldn't figure out where it came from.

agent5 · Post by **agent5** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:08 pm

There is no ceiling at the top of the pit and in other parts of the temple.

IndianaBogart · Post by **IndianaBogart** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:10 pm

So....is it raining or a leak or something?

agent5 · Post by **agent5** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:15 pm

Yeah, coming in from the outside. There is obviously no ceiling above the idol and when Indy finds Forrestal on the spikes he also has a decent amount of water dripping on him.

IndianaBogart · Post by **IndianaBogart** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:01 pm

Well, that makes sense. I always noticed the water, and I noticed the lack of ceiling, but I never put the 2 and 2 together since it's not raining.
Thanks agent5.

binkmeisterRick · Post by **binkmeisterRick** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:35 pm

They had great booby traps, but they were lousy plumbers.

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:16 pm

Also in the scene just before the spikes are released, and out comes the remains of Forrestal, as Indy crossed under the light beam, you can see some water dripping from the ceiling. Looks like a few drops splattered on his hat.

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:52 pm

Don't forget, he also was just standing next to a waterfall.

IndianaBogart · Post by **IndianaBogart** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:57 am

Don't forget, he also was just standing next to a waterfall.

True. But when Indy and Satipo first go into to the cave and Indy fills his sandbag, the hat is completely dry.

Shagbd · Post by **Shagbd** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:01 am

so wait.... No ceiling above the idol?
ummmm
why not just pull a tom cruise/mission impossible and repell in and get it...

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:01 am

Because then we'd have no opening scene to Raiders...duh! ;-)

Dave

Gater · Post by **Gater** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:02 am

there's a ceiling above the idol, just no ceiling above the pit. Anybody looking down the whole from the ground above would just see a deep hole.

Probably done this way for the lighting of the 'as seen from below' swing across.

agent5 · Post by **agent5** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:33 am

there's a ceiling above the idol, just no ceiling above the pit.

How'd the light get in then?

Magno · Post by **Magno** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:21 pm

agent5 wrote:
there's a ceiling above the idol, just no ceiling above the pit.
How'd the light get in then?

I think there were some slits in the walls to let a little bit of light in. Sort of like the light-traps near the beginning of the temple.

Indiana Venkman · Post by **Indiana Venkman** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:35 pm

agent5 wrote:
there's a ceiling above the idol, just no ceiling above the pit.
How'd the light get in then?

The crew brought them in when they started shooting the scene and cleverly kept them out of the cameras way....

**ducks for cover**

gwyddion · Post by **gwyddion** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:19 pm

Indiana Venkman wrote:
agent5 wrote:
there's a ceiling above the idol, just no ceiling above the pit.
How'd the light get in then?
The crew brought them in when they started shooting the scene and cleverly kept them out of the cameras way....

**ducks for cover**

You might be on to something there...

Regards, Geert

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:54 pm

IndianaBogart wrote:
Don't forget, he also was just standing next to a waterfall.
True. But when Indy and Satipo first go into to the cave and Indy fills his sandbag, the hat is completely dry.

Continuity has not always been as good as it is now. Oh, wait... it's not as good as now, as it is now.

gwyddion · Post by **gwyddion** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:01 pm

Just a thought here... Shouldn't you expect water dripping down from the ceiling when you are in a cave in a rainforest? I have only been in a few caves in my life and those that had forrests above them were always rather wet. Something to do with roots penetrating the rocks, and the soil above retaining water which will drip through those cracks.

Regards, Geert

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:05 pm

Stalactites was my guess?