My First Adventure - Egypt, May 1908
The original cut of the first episode of the YIJC was one of the best episodes of the whole series. Combining the story lines of the 9 years old and 17 years old Indy gave a perfect introduction to the series. In the DVD version the episodes are re-cut and chronologically sorted. While this does put order into the sometimes chaotic time line, it also removed the variety. The next 10 episodes will feature a very young Indy with very little action.
Nevertheless the first half of the My First Adventure episode is a fine first episode. Indy sees his first tomb, get action with skeletons, there is a mystery and a traitor. That's good elements for any Indy story. Indy is a bit of a brat, but his behavior is not that bad in this episode. After all there is lots of story to tell e.g. the whole setup for the world-tour of lectures of Dr. Jones senior. The episode got re-cut for the release, due to the missing second part. The re-shot scenes at the end of the episode stick out and could have been done better. This leaves a little bad taste and I really would like to see the Mexico episode now - but no, next will be an all new adventure, that has never been shown on TV.
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