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The actions of Cate Blanchett's Irina Spalko and her Russian henchman in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull are, of course, "rubbish," as St. Petersburg Communist Party chief Sergei Malinkovich has said. Are the film's Russian dissers really this incapable of getting the pop-humor context? More likely they simply saw an opportunity for some press and ran with the indignation. Commies aren't quoted that often these days.

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Our moviegoers are teenagers who are unaware of what happened in 1957 will go to the cinema and will be sure that in 1957 we made trouble for the United States and almost started a nuclear war...itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s rubbish," Malinkovich has reportedly said.

Andrei Gindos, another party member, has called Blanchett and Harrison Ford "second-rate actors" who are "serving as the running dogs of the CIA. We need to deprive these people of the right to enter the country."

I've always loved the imagery of the term "running dogs" but to this day I don't really get it. How is the nature of a CIA lackey or stooge analagous to a dog in motion? Something lost in the translation.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 25, 2008 at 3:52 AM

comment #1

diesel says ...

the commies won the eurovision song contest last night, not sure how it happened though.

now is the time to send in american counter measures!

Posted by diesel at May 25, 2008 4:28 AM

comment #2

Josh Massey says ...

"Commies aren't quoted that often these days."

Huh? I see Barack Obama on the news all the time.

(Zing!)

Posted by Josh Massey at May 25, 2008 5:12 AM

comment #3

corey3rd says ...

I don't blame the Ruskies for being mad since they were pretty boring and unimaginative as villains. They were no Nazis.

Posted by corey3rd at May 25, 2008 6:04 AM

comment #4

MadCrazyMovieHouse says ...

Indiana Jones is fictitious? Ha! That'll be the day. Next they'll be telling us RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is exaggerated adventure fare, or THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST isn't a documentary.

Posted by MadCrazyMovieHouse at May 25, 2008 7:00 AM

comment #5

K. Bowen says ...

Maybe they were upset that a crack Soviet team talented enough to break in to a supersecret American base somehow didn't have one soldier who could hit a 65-year-old man.

Posted by K. Bowen at May 25, 2008 8:17 AM

comment #6

Howlingman says ...

Shit, that's a REAL STORY (ticked off Commies)? I thought it was from The Onion!

Posted by Howlingman at May 25, 2008 8:38 AM

comment #7

Jay T. says ...

You mean Indiana Jones isn't a TRUE STORY? Holy shit... I had no idea.

Posted by Jay T. at May 25, 2008 8:56 AM

comment #8

thegreatmags says ...

Better dead than Red!

Posted by thegreatmags at May 25, 2008 10:26 AM

comment #9

D.Z. says ...

Josh: "Huh? I see Barack Obama on the news all the time."

Barack's not the one spending billions on a pointless war.

corey: "I don't blame the Ruskies for being mad since they were pretty boring and unimaginative as villains. They were no Nazis."

They could have been interesting if Lucas had actually studied up on the KGB, instead of giving us Boris and Natasha.

Jay: Technically, it's based on true stories. I think Hitler was actually looking for the spear which killed Jesus or something like that.

Posted by D.Z. at May 25, 2008 1:45 PM

comment #10

Roman says ...

Clearly, both sides are absolute morons.

Posted by Roman at May 25, 2008 3:16 PM

comment #11

Gnome de Guerre says ...

Jeffrey, I imagine running dogs is a reference to dog-sledding, i.e. they're doing the work. But then again, I've been known to make up elaborate explanations for even misheard words before so who knows.

As for Indy, after seeing the Russian banner ads here http://filmz.ru/pub/1/14256_1.htm I can imagine this marketing campaign seeming obscene. I mean, movie-goers being asked to identify with Indy (standing in front of a US flag no less), in direct opposition to their own forbears and ex-cultural heroes. Yoiks.

Posted by Gnome de Guerre at May 25, 2008 5:37 PM

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MPNeeb says ...

The joke's on the detractors.
Stalin's death in the mi-1950s put his supporters out of favor under Khruschev.
Which would mean Spalko would have been a renegade.

Unfortuantely David Koepp is too dense to get something like that.

Posted by MPNeeb at May 25, 2008 6:52 PM

comment #13

dangovich says ...

I'm not sure Indiana Jones is where you want to go for political nuance.

Posted by dangovich at May 25, 2008 9:01 PM

comment #14

joncro says ...

You should hear what they said about Sex and the City

Posted by joncro at May 26, 2008 7:21 AM

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Bocephus says ...

Are we really arguing the historical accuracy of a retro-pulp adventure serial? I loved Blanchett's Natasha Fatalle, anything less over-the-top would have been retarded. Well, more retarded.

This is a movie where a character instantly learns from monkeys how and in which direction to vine-swing towards a car chase involving an aquatic car. All bets are off.

Last I checked, siafu (driver ants) were native to Africa, not Latin America. Also, their actions can't be controlled by crystal alien skulls.

Crystal Skull was utterly ridiculous, definitely the worst of the series, but it was still a ton of stupid fun (which is what I paid for). And I am so tired of quick cut music video action films that it was a complete breath of fresh air.

My only problem was that the CGI was so overused and unconvincing, if Spielberg was so focused on bringing us a classic-style action adventure movie, why not do it right?

Posted by Bocephus at May 26, 2008 8:58 AM

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