And Lucas, he’s lost his touch (judging by the recent Star Wars Redux). The second trilogy he cast a cute kid who’d never acted before and boy did it show. He used to be fun with a side order of seriousness and meaningful moments. Now it feels forced.

I don’t think the last Indy was horrible. I just think the Wonder Twin Powers weren’t used to doing light hearted movies anymore. If they do another one, I’ll go see it even if it sucks because I’m a dedicated Indy fan. But hopefully they’ll both get they’re crap together and remember how to write Indy.

And no, I don’t want it to be “Indiana Jones – The Next Generation starring Shia Lebeof”. I like the kid but I don’t go to see Indy movies to see where this saga is turning. And during the last movie, much was made of Indy’s age, and they didn’t make everything as easy for him as it used to be. I really liked that.

So if they do another one and it sucks, lets pretend it never happened. That’s what I did with Lucas’ Star Wars prequels. Never happened.

The odds of Harrison Ford needing to do anything “desperately”? I seriously doubt it. If he’s desperate, it sure ain’t for the money.

Its better that way,,,

Indy 4 was a great popcorn flick!

Aliens are really overused in pop culture right now, and trying to explain (and show) “Indy’s” aliens over and over again was just a bad idea. I really just loved the mystery in the first three movies. They were simply devices with little more than superstitious reasoning’s behind their workings.

Now I feel like the Aliens have to come back in the next movie to invade, or help Indy find out that Henry Sr. is still being held captive by the North Korean commies.

I agree with a lot of what you’ve said, but I do have a question for you. What part of Raiders of the Lost Ark do you consider as Jumping The Shark??

Also, let us all never forget that one of the greatest aspects of *every* Indy movie is John Williams’ music! He could probably score a bowel movement scene with excitement and tension Speaking of which, whomever does a YouTube mashup of the bathroom scene from Dumb & Dumber set to Raiders music will forever be my best friend!

That South Park episode was the clue I included in my 2008 Scream Awards article regarding the special guest. It took everyone a few guesses before John “Kahless” Taylor guessed correctly.

What’s the big fricking deal about it being aliens? Is god from earth? The Temple of Doom stones not supernatural enough for you? The Holy Grail an every day cup that just magically keeps the guardian alive FOREVER? That’s all alien stuff to me.

I just think all the CGI messed it up. Indy doesn’t need that crap. It makes everything so fake. I know, ’cause it is. But Harrison Ford still has some moves on him and god knows they commented about how old he was enough times.

I thank George Lucas for his huge part in moving CGI into reality but I think he’s like a kid with a toy and that toy has to be bigger and badder than everyone else’s when we all know that things are much more impressive when you don’t have to say “WOW! The CGI is really good in this movie.” I don’t even want that to come to mind. I want to be lost in the moment.

I agree that they changed the entire plot of the movie when they made the bad guy actually become a scholar. WTF? How’d that happen? And Cate Blanchett who’s an excellent actress and normally great with accents kept slipping in and out of her which was a little distracting. Still, I liked her. She was suitably evil.

I’m glad Indy married Marion. He’s almost 70 for pete’s sake. He’s entitled to a happy ending, so to speak. The thing that almost ruined it for me was Indy’s hat blowing to Mutt in the church. If Mutt would have put that hat on I would have pulled a Marvin the Martin and been VERY angry. Indy’s not dead yet. Please don’t shove his obvious replacement down our throats quite yet. I don’t want Indy ever be the bumbling one. He’s a teacher. Let him stay a teacher.

And the poor kid’s dumb name? Does no one get the joke? Indy took his name from the family dog, Mutt is a mixture of Indy and Marion- he’s a mutt, get it? Dog joke people. A bad one but still, why didn’t anyone catch that?

Wow, I had more to say about this than My Own Worst Enemy. Who knew I cared so much. Guess it’s because I grew up with Indy and I’d be more than happy to plunk my money down to give a new movie another chance.

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