That's funny. . . I haven't thought about the Uncle Meat version in ages.
I saw the film today. I thought Jackson NAILED it and sold the story so well. The pacing was excellent. The acting had the right elements of camp and seriousness. The visuals were stunning, and some of the action was different (that falling dinosaur fight was something else for instance) than a lot of the other movies of this nature.
I enjoyed this more than any one of the LOR movies; I liked those but walked away from the theaters hardly thinking of them again. This one I have a different reaction to. Man, one of the best action movies I've seen in a long time. I'm very impressed.
PS: I do think that one of those phrases WOULD be an anachronism (I don't know, even seventy plus years ago "I know the deal" might well roll off American capitalist lips imo). . . but I didn't hear it that way. . . I heard it as "failure is only momentary."