Because it’s her bar. Who says she’s really drinking whiskey?
Actually, IIRC, the creators of Superman were from Cleveland, OH and modeled Metropolis after Cleveland.
Oh, and Bullwinkle, let’s not forget what happens five minutes after Marion finishes those shots of whiskey: An old flame walks in, reopens some pretty deep wounds, and then the Nazi’s show up. If that kind of shit won’t sober you up in a hurry, then you’re dead.
Jerry Seigel was from Cleveland, Joe Shuster was born in Toronto but moved to Cleveland as a child.
The early Superman stories have a contradiction, though. On the first page of Action #1, Clark Kent is applying for a job at the Daily Star, but in the second issue he’s sending his correspondance to the “Evening News, Cleveland, Ohio.” I’m not sure when the fictional city of “Metropolis” was first referenced.
Here’s a couple that stick out for me.
In the scene where Indy is being chased by the Hovitos. You see him coming over the hill and the whole tribe is right behind him. You hear him scream “Jack…start the engines!”. It flashed back to Jack fishing and then back to Indy in a longer shot. This time the tribe is about 50 yards or more behind him. Then it flashes to Indy’s back as he’s running and you can see the tribe again is right behind him…which reminds me, what’s up with the Amazonian thongs? The point is…the continuity of the scenes bother me.
Another one…when Indy is thrown onto the hood of the truck with the Ark by the Nazi…he tries to hang on and the grill bends. You can see the other guys in the front vehicle (with Belloq) waving to the driver to speed up and smash Indy. We see the driver stomp the accelerator and the truck lunges forward. Indy begins his descent under the truck. What has always bothered me is that in real time, Indy’s head would have been squashed. There’s no way he got under the truck in time according to the previous shot.
How about Marion in the plane? She was trapped up front with the knocked out pilot. Then she sees the truckload of nazis headed their way. She then appears at the back of the plane with the machine guns. Then when Indy comes to rescue her she’s at the front again. Is there a passage way between the two and even if there is…why move out away from the machine guns?
During the first fist fight by the plane…Indy and a guy are duking it out and the nazi has a big wrench. Notice it breaking in half when the propeller hits it? Those must be some SHARP propellers eh?
Here’s the biggest one in my opinion. Indy and Marion are trapped in the well of souls right? It’s been the secret hiding place of one of the most highly sought after treasures in the world, right? How come all Indy and Marion have to do to escape is walk through the crypt and find some sunlight and push out ONE block out of an exposed building? I thought this entire area was swallowed up by the sand? Here’s this building and nobody in the last three thousand years decided to look in the building?
I too am puzzled by the staff of Ra’s height but what really gets me is how did Indy know how the bottom of the staff would fit into the hole? There’s about a three inch fitting on the bottom of the staff. Also, why break the staff? If Indy was afraid of the staff being discovered…does he really think the nazis were too stupid to put two pieces of wood together in order to get the height?
One more…what does that creepy guy (“We are…heh, heh…not thirsty”) say when he wants his goon to hold Marion to burn her face? Does he actually say “Nick!”? Is this a common Napalense name?
It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen the film. WAG-It’s another sign of how evil the bad guys are. While Indy and the good guys respect and learn about the native culture, Toht and the Nazis just impose their culture on everbody else.
Toht-I need a henchman? Any of you wanna hench for me?
Henchman-By lucky coincidence, I happen to be an out of work member of henchman union local 412. I’ll happilly hench.
Toht-Good. What’s your name?
Henchman- I am Ibn Nekdemir Yusef.
Toht- I refuse to be expected to remember that name or learn to pronounce it. From now on, your name is . . . Nick. Got it?
Henchman-[sub]lousy four eyed son of a-[/sub]
Toth-What was that?
Henchman- I said ‘Jahwol, mein herr.’