It was no Raiders or Last Crusade, but I enjoyed Crystal Skull. I'll likely see any new Indy film, as long as Ford plays Indy.
Spielberg won't do Indy 5
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It doesn't even really have to be a complete reboot. One way I've been envisioning it is by Harrison Ford as we know him, to tell some of his earlier stories to a younger generation, perhaps even grandkids, and have a younger actor playing him in those scenes. I think the unfortunate thing about Crystal Skull is that it was so big in its concept that it's kind of hard to move beyond that, because what more can be said after that? So, I think going back to the past would be a good idea. That said, I think new blood could revitalize these movies.
Basically a big screen Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. I'm down for that.
Yep, use Harrison Ford's Indy as a framing device for a story of his earlier days being told. There's tons of potential. And best of all, it technically means he doesn't have to give up the character.
Yeah, I guess there should have been comma there. I fixed it.
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Indiana Jones without Spielberg and Ford is just pointless, IMO.
That's a viable idea as long as the franchise remains popular enough to be commercially viable. If it isn't, well, there would be your reason why he couldn't be recast.
I like Mangold a lot but to me to not have Speilberg and to have a aging Harrison Ford to me makes this movie just not really interesting. Makes me think of the latest "Terminator" movie where you just know the whole point of the movie is to basically try and reboot it for a younger audience and keep the brand going and to me that just doesn't interest me.
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Jason
Yeah these passing of the torch movies are getting boring. If that’s what this new Indy is going to be I’m out.
And yet, Stephen Sommers, Brendan Fraser, and Rachel Weisz made a better companion piece to Raiders of the Lost Ark than any of the actual IJ sequels, so...
Mangold is a good director but I don’t really recall seeing anything by him with that sense of fun and adventure that the Indy movies had at their best. Doesn’t mean he can’t find it now, of course.
Well, this is kind of too bad. It's a shame Spielberg couldn't stick it out to the end. On the other hand, the fact that Lucas bowed out didn't bother me a bit, so I guess I can deal with it. As long as Harrison Ford is in, I'll at least give it a chance.
Indiana Jones and the Man of Gold
Because then technically it wouldn't be Indy? If another adventurer, it would have to be a spinoff. You can't have it be a different adventurer and still have it be called Indy.
