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[btrboyev]

Kingdom skull was flawed but in no way was it a bad movie. It needed a tighter script and more on location shooting. There was far too cgi and soundstage work.

 

[The Real Abed]

I said biiiiiiiiiitch.

Just reboot it already.

Spoiler

with star Lord

I'd rather have this.

I'll only watch if there's more Shia.

Or this...

Indeed.

And don't allow George out of his cage.

...with this.

I like Shia. But I'd rather it just be rebooted but don't use the same stories again. Same characters. New actors. New stories. That would be better.

Or don't do anything at all and digitally remove the aliens from 4.

 

[Lothar]

Crystal Skull is better than Temple of Doom,so why not?

So you must think Crystal Skull is the best IJ film then? That's pretty weird.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

OP updated with new (old) facts.

 

[inm8num2]

OP updated with new (old) facts.

edit: seems to be an issue in the thread itself, so it should probably go in the OP - George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2013 for 4 billion dollars. He's been retired from filmmaking since.

The sale was in Oct/Nov 2012 - get your old new facts straight!

 

[shintoki]

Crystal Skull was better than Temple of Doom.

So go on ahead

 

[EGM1966]

Don't do it and don't reboot it. Just leave it alone I'm fine with Raiders.

Id say give us some more Indy games but Uncharted (the classic point/click aside) seems to do a better job of that anyway.

Pity on film it ends with Crystal Skulls but if that's what they've got I've had enough.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The sale was in Oct/Nov 2012 - get your old new facts straight!

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

Crazy that if this happens, it'll come out a whole decade after Crystal Skull.

 

[Lynd7]

Recast Indy, set it roughly around the same time as the first three and turn it into a Bond like franchise.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

This is such a stupid idea. Ford was already way too old in Indy 4, so let's do it again ten years later?

 

[Africanus]

I'm in for a new soundtrack.

That's one of the highlights of The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!

 

[daveo42]

They'd still need to make a 4th movie though right? Right?

Spoiler

Spielberg, just let Indy die already. You've already beat the life out of the series with the last movie.

 

[kame-sennin]

That does not look like he's saying "Sonofabitch"

That looks like something else entirely.

Harrison Ford's "acting" method involves not opening his mouth when he talks.

 

[lednerg]

Had you really not known about that?

For some reason I didn't think Indiana Jones was LucasFilm, just Paramount. But of course it is.

 

[JigglesBunny]

Harrison Ford is literally glass bones and paper skin now, please don't force the man to be in another action movie.

Worse yet, don't force him to be in another Indy movie and have him awkwardly sit on the sidelines, slowly feeling his pride burn out like a candle in a breeze while a 30-something stuntman does every bit of action in the script.

Basically, don't.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Harrison Ford's "acting" method involves not opening his mouth when he talks.

Heh. When you watch the video, he says "you can't...(audience applause dies down) you sonofabitch."

The gif says "you sonofabitch" along the bottom, but it's looping "you can't" - which looks like "you cunt," which is why I was like "that doesn't look like what the caption says he's saying."

MYSTERY SOLVED!

 

[Nerdkiller]

Shia swinging like a monkey on a vine, from vine to vine, with other monkeys on their own respective vines, was perhaps the dumbest moment in movie history - then they made it even WORSE by adding the Tarzan yell.

You're right. Let's leave that stuff out of our beloved childhoo-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm1OaKO_fzw

Oh...right.

 

[Discotheque]

Let's not get crazy now.

Spoiler

Temple of Doom is better than The Last Crusade

seriously. temple of doom hate has gotten so bizarre to the point where people want to believe crystal skull is better, lmao.

 

[Blader]

They'd still need to make a 4th movie though right? Right?

You mean 3rd.

 

[Schattenjäger]

He looked great in 4 - bring it on !

If he can do Han - he can do Indy!

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

seriously. temple of doom hate has gotten so bizarre to the point where people want to believe crystal skull is better, lmao.

Yeah, I just rewatched it yesterday and love it. I never liked it before, but I think it's great now. Definitely the second best Indy film.

 

[jett]

I don't which is more unappealing. Another Indy movie with Ford or a reboot with a new actor.

 

[Discotheque]

I don't which is more unappealing. Another Indy movie with Ford or a reboot with a new actor.

if spielberg/lucas didn't fuck up the casting so bad they could have easily done a passing of the torch thing here for the son smh

although I don't know why a recast isn't in the cards, they can easily recast the son without people making a fuss

 

[Alebrije]

Indiana Jones and The Shadows of Atlantida.



-Indie slowly walks toward the beach after scape from the octupus machine.

 

[uncelestial]

Never noticed that the eyes are basically ping pong balls in this shot. Ruining it slightly.

 

[Oozer3993]

Indy 4 was fun, but it was clearly squeezing the last juice from "Harrison Ford, Lead Star of an Action Movie." I'd be fine with a recast. You can even toss in an old Indy bookend if you want.

 

[Extra Sauce]

although I don't know why a recast isn't in the cards, they can easily recast the son without people making a fuss

Because no one cares about that character.

 

[Game-Biz]

As long as Lucas stays far away it could turn out good.

 

[Discotheque]

Because no one cares about that character.

they can make us care i think. chris pratt would work so much better as indy's son in indy 5 than taking the actual role of Dr. Jones (which I don't see him as a good fit for).

plus think of the chemistry between those two.

 

[kess]

Remake Indiana 3 with Shia and Ford, Connery for the yuks

 

[RoninChaos]

Not even reading the article. Just stopped by for the blackout reference. I SAID BEEEEEEEEEITCHHH

 

[Poetic.Injustice]

Ford is 73. I know age is just a number, but no.

 

[Madao]

Well, it be an odd numbered sequel so it should turn great.

Die Hard also had that going for it but then the latest one happened.

 

[BigWeather]

I liked IJ4 and want another.
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Edit: i hope it'll lead to a FFG IJ RPG like their SW one.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Heh. When you watch the video, he says "you can't...(audience applause dies down) you sonofabitch."

The gif says "you sonofabitch" along the bottom, but it's looping "you can't" - which looks like "you cunt," which is why I was like "that doesn't look like what the caption says he's saying."

MYSTERY SOLVED!

Tumblr gifs...I hate them.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Indiana, let it go.

 

[Extra Sauce]

they can make us care i think. chris pratt would work so much better as indy's son in indy 5 than taking the actual role of Dr. Jones (which I don't see him as a good fit for).

plus think of the chemistry between those two.

Sorry if I'm dashing your hopes but there's no way any of that is happening. When a movie series introduces a side character that people dislike, the next step is never to give them their own movie.

 

[SquashMatch]

I would love to see Ford as Indy one more time, with Lucas not involved, and then the character should be like Bond, New actors every few years but try to stay in the time period of the late 30's to early 50's. That is such an interesting time in history for a movie series.

 

[Discotheque]

Sorry if I'm dashing your hopes but there's no way any of that is happening. When a movie series introduces a side character that people dislike, the next step is never to give them their own movie.

my hopes and dreams squashed with every minute i spend at neogaf.......

 

[Wag]

The whole movie will be like this.

 

[Extra Sauce]

my hopes and dreams squashed with every minute i spend at neogaf.......

The site's slogan is a lie.

 

[Santar]

Yes!
I've been hoping for this to happens since Crystal Skull.
Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones to me, you can't separate them.
And for everybody who keep making fun of Ford being old, the guy just survived a plane crash and was running around and joking about it after only a couple of months, he is still every bit as badass as Indy and deserves another shot.
And no passing the torch, let Ford have this move to himself.

 

[Lucky Forward]

Passing the torch would be okay and I wouldn't mind seeing maybe a daughter take some of the torch alongside another male actor for some adventures. No Shia.

They could have a different son or daughter in every movie:

The Adventures of the Illegitimate Children of Indiana Jones

The way I can see it, this franchise can go a number of ways,

1) One last classic Indy adventure with Harrison Ford reprising the role of Indiana Jones. Along the way, Indy discovers the fabled fountain of youth...where at some point in the story, he is transformed into his younger self. who just so happens to look like Chris Pratt/Bradley Cooper/Nathan Lane. Thus the stage is set for more classic Indy adventures.

2) A new Indiana Jones series that follows Indy and Marian's son (not the Shia Labaff one). Named after his father, we get a young man who starts to follow in his father's footsteps, perhaps against a more modern backdrop...perhaps during the Cold War or something. I don't know. That could be a thing.

3) Fresh reboot with a new leading man (Chris Pratt/Bradley Cooper/Nathan Lane), no questions asked. Indiana Jones with a new face doing what Indiana Jones does best. Traveling the world in pursuit of sacred historical artifacts and shooting Nazi's.

4) Fresh reboot with a new leading man (Chris Pratt/Bradley Cooper/Nathan Lane), no questions asked. Only this time, the new series is set in modern times. Better hope no-one took a picture of you shooting that unarmed man on their smart-phone, Indy! It could trend! #IndianaJoneshasgonemodern

Wut?

 

[Sapiens]

I'm okay with this.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Y'know, if they get a good script I'm actually kinda OK with this. I like Disco's idea of Chris Pratt being his son to pass the torch to as well.

 

[Boem]

Man, I understand it if people enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy and think Chris Pratt is a funny dude, but he's not Indiana Jones. Chris Pratt is your funny older brother - Harrison Ford is your sarcastic cool uncle. Pratt can do the funny leading action man, but he isn't the John Wayne-kind of cool that Ford is.

Also, Chris Pratt being the lead in three of the biggest adventure movie series at the same time seems like overkill. There are more actors in the world - being good in one role doesn't mean you should just cast him in everything.

(I also think someone else taking over the role is unnecessary - the world of Indiana Jones isn't this big place that needs to be explored and elaborated upon like Star Wars. It's all about the leading man - take Harrison Ford out of the equation and it's just one of those dozens of Indy-franchise clones that came out in the 90s. The only thing that would be recognizable as Indiana Jones would be the hat, the theme and the title. Just make something new then. Indiana Jones was my favorite thing in the world as a kid, but it's not something that needs a thousand sequels. I'm up for one last (hopefully decent) Indy with Ford in the lead, but if we can't have Ford, I'm fine with letting the franchise be. That's not going to happen obviously - Disney would want to get at least something out of that license)

Edit: If I had to cast someone new in the role (and I hope they won't, but just for the sake of argument), I'd want them to go for a relatively unknown actor. Or here's another (stupid) idea: Daisy Ridley is rumored to play Han Solo's daughter in the new Star Wars right? Just let her do it. Continue the tradition of Solo and Jones secretly being the same character, just in a different time and place.

 

[Nyx]

I said biiiiiiiiiitch.

My first thought as well.

 

[void666]

Just let it die. Create something new instead.

 

[Santar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09s0q3gs1U
Spielberg mentions Indy 5 again in another new interview.
"There's a very strong probable chance it's going to happen" he says.
Starting to feel like there's a chance it could happen now!