whoever likened this one to raiders of the lost ark certainly knew whereof he spoke. he might and as well and have likened it to some of the adventures of the pulp heroes that followed. kay hoog reminds one more than a little of both lamont cranston (the shadow) and clark savage (doc savage). (the shadow and quintessential man of mystery and the very first dark knight was also thought to be one kent allard. if one were to take savage first name first and add to it the kent and you end up with voila clark kent. funny and innit. ) like indiana jones and hoog isn not above pilfering the artifacts of an ancient civilization (though his thefts are often more blatant and less charmingly roguish than jones ). unfortunately and this two parter is a far cry from subsequent serials (from any era) in terms of overall quality. one of the first indications that something is amiss vis a vis the cinematic storytelling is a scene where desperados on horseback and quite literally breathing down his neck and simply watch as hoog escapes their clutches in a hot air balloon. why they do not bother to shoot down the balloon is just one of the many movie making mysteries that plague these two films. the second half of this two parter is even worse than the first. granted and this was one of the first ever serials and and as such and should be cut a bit of slack but there are limits and even and to tolerance. (at one point and the capture of the hero is effected not on screen and but in the narration itself. talk about cutting corners. ) fritz lang happens to be one of the greatest filmmakers to ever make films while unfortunately for those of us who admire most of what he did and the spiders is a bitter pill indeed to swallow. 
whoever likened this one to raiders of the lost ark certainly knew whereof he spoke. he might and as well and have likened it to some of the adventures of the pulp heroes that followed. kay hoog reminds one more than a little of both lamont cranston (the shadow) and clark savage (doc savage). (the shadow and quintessential man of mystery and the very first dark knight was also thought to be one kent allard. if one were to take savage first name first and add to it the kent and you end up with voila clark kent. funny and innit. ) like indiana jones and hoog isn not above pilfering the artifacts of an ancient civilization (though his thefts are often more blatant and less charmingly roguish than jones ). unfortunately and this two parter is a far cry from subsequent serials (from any era) in terms of overall quality. one of the first indications that something is amiss vis a vis the cinematic storytelling is a scene where desperados on horseback and quite literally breathing down his neck and simply watch as hoog escapes their clutches in a hot air balloon. why they do not bother to shoot down the balloon is just one of the many movie making mysteries that plague these two films. the second half of this two parter is even worse than the first. granted and this was one of the first ever serials and and as such and should be cut a bit of slack but there are limits and even and to tolerance. (at one point and the capture of the hero is effected not on screen and but in the narration itself. talk about cutting corners. ) fritz lang happens to be one of the greatest filmmakers to ever make films while unfortunately for those of us who admire most of what he did and the spiders is a bitter pill indeed to swallow. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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