How Disney/Lucasfilm could bring Indiana Jones back

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

I don't disagree. As Mike Stoklasa of Red Letter Media has observed, the character of Indiana Jones isn't all that special; he was conceived as a "generic action man," and while his bookish professor/rough-and-tumble archeologist gives him some character depth, he's hardly irreplaceable. What is irreplaceable, though, is the 1920s-30s setting, when people dressed all snazzy, Art Deco was en vogue, the world wasn't yet completely mapped, flashlights hadn't yet replaced fire torches, radio wasn't yet a thing, and the greatest/worst villains of all time, the Nazis, hadn't yet unleashed WW2, meaning they can be used as baddies without necessarily dealing with the acute horrors of the war itself.

I detest Red Letter Media; I'd rather be dismembered by a grizzly bear. The Indy movies are just meant to be good old fashion action-adventure movies with some romance thrown in and maybe a goofy sidekick. We don't need to shred the movie apart.

So, by all means, lets have new and more adventurer characters in that time period. (I've long held, for instance, that The Mummy '99 is better than all Indy films apart from Raiders.) If Lucasfilm or anyone else is willing to give one a try, I'd be interested, and that's exactly why I suggested re-introducing a new Indy indirectly, as a secondary character, if that has to be done at all. I'd rather have an original character than a new Indy - but I'd rather have a new Indy than no 1920s/30s archeology-themed adventure flicks at all.

You know, we don't need to reboot at all. Just recast the character and tell some stories between films. Problem solved.

 

[Tosk]

The Uncharted franchise has more than proven that you can do fantastic Indiana Jones style adventures in a modern day setting.

So long as you ignore the movie.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

The Uncharted franchise has more than proven that you can do fantastic Indiana Jones style adventures in a modern day setting.

Franchise? It's just one film.

 

[Phoenix219]

this is how you continue Indy

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yup. animated series or nothing.


the idea of this thread is terrible, and it was proven that no one wants anything like that pretty recently. if they did, we would be getting his god-daughter's adventures on Disney Plus.

 

[Phoenix219]

So long as you ignore the movie.

but the nathan fillion fan film was FANTASTIC.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

yup. animated series or nothing.


the idea of this thread is terrible, and it was proven that no one wants anything like that pretty recently. if they did, we would be getting his god-daughter's adventures on Disney Plus.

God-daughter?

 

[Phoenix219]

God-daughter?

helena. flea-bag. that waste of a fifth movie.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

helena. flea-bag. that waste of a fifth movie.

Dial of Destiny?

 

[Tosk]

If we were to get an Indiana Jones movie without Indiana Jones, I'd much rather it be about Short Round.

 

[UssGlenn]

If we were to get an Indiana Jones movie without Indiana Jones, I'd much rather it be about Short Round.

and Ke Huy Quan is the right age to set it right after Dial. You'd have to sell it on Ke Huy Quan's star power alone, and we aren't there yet. It might be a good idea not to point out it's in the same universe, make it a surprise to the casual audience.

 

[BillJ]

At some point something needs to be retired and something new is ok.

Not until every possible cent has been wrung out of it.

Franchise? It's just one film.

It is a series of well-selling games, that have existed for more than a decade.

 

[fireproof78]

Franchise? It's just one film.

Video game series first and a very fun one.

Not until every possible cent has been wrung out of it.

When do people stop buying it? That's what the question is to me.

 

[BillJ]

When do people stop buying it? That's what the question is to me.

Never. Everyone leans on good memories. Movie/TV studios and some politicians have become keenly aware of it.

 

[fireproof78]

Never. Everyone leans on good memories. Movie/TV studios and some politicians have become keenly aware of it.

So, who's the more foolish in this instance?


I find the whole "how dare they keep trying to make money off of a clearly fatigued property" interesting when people keep buying it. It's like how people complain that Transformers is a horrible movie or that Avatar is just Dances with Wolves in Space yet the films make a huge sum of money. Despite the complaints people still vote with their wallets and say, "Yup, I'll buy it."

How does that make sense?

 

[BillJ]

So, who's the more foolish in this instance?


I find the whole "how dare they keep trying to make money off of a clearly fatigued property" interesting when people keep buying it. It's like how people complain that Transformers is a horrible movie or that Avatar is just Dances with Wolves in Space yet the films make a huge sum of money. Despite the complaints people still vote with their wallets and say, "Yup, I'll buy it."

How does that make sense?

Sometimes a love develops in childhood, like with me and Star Trek, sometimes it is just FOMO, sometimes it is just boredom.

People are tricky beasts.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

I have a issue of getting BIggs and Wedge mixed up.

Then there's Poe Dameron and Cameron Poe.....an accidental similarity between J.J. Abrams WARS trilogy and the one and only CON AIR.

I can tell the diff between Barranca and Satipo from RAIDERS. Barranca's the dead one killed by 250 mini-arrows. We should remember Satipo if we're RAIDERS buffs. Yet Harrison Ford calls him ''Sapito.''

 

[Saul]

There's this guy called Chris Pratt that younguns seem to like. Make him the son of Indy. There disney. Just made you a billion. Boom.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

What universe?

NBC Peacock.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

There's this guy called Chris Pratt that younguns seem to like. Make him the son of Indy. There disney. Just made you a billion. Boom.

Chiapet LaBeefyboof was well-liked back in the 2010s day, but he couldn't salvage THE CRYSTAL SKULL.

If you want SIX billion, have Tom Cruise as Henry Jones III. The problem is, nobody is allowed to share over-the-title-billing with The Running Stuntman anymore.

But either way, start with a non-rehashed story.

 

[Set Harth]

Chiapet LaBeefyboof was well-liked

By who?