3rik
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We watched Dora and the Lost City of Gold on Prime the other day. It's actually a fun film. It does suffer from a pet peeve of mine: whenever explorers in films are looking for "inca" stuff it always has this odd, obviously Mesoamerica-inspired, iconography.
The Indiana Jones film that shall not be mentioned pulled the same shit. I mean, that's just lazy. Andean iconography is less uniform and probably less recognizable and iconic to the general audience but it's not impossible to come up with a fictional Andes-inspired iconographic style without resorting to inappropriate Mesoamerican elements.
I do realize Dora is just a silly film involving next to zero realism, but I still think not coming up with a remotely Andean-looking iconography is lazy.
Also, there was no writing system in the Andean culture region. Even Tintin got this wrong, though the iconography was spot-on.
The Indiana Jones film that shall not be mentioned pulled the same shit. I mean, that's just lazy. Andean iconography is less uniform and probably less recognizable and iconic to the general audience but it's not impossible to come up with a fictional Andes-inspired iconographic style without resorting to inappropriate Mesoamerican elements.
I do realize Dora is just a silly film involving next to zero realism, but I still think not coming up with a remotely Andean-looking iconography is lazy.
Also, there was no writing system in the Andean culture region. Even Tintin got this wrong, though the iconography was spot-on.
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