Not sure I'd even want CGI..... some classic animation would do the trick for me. But totally down for the animated adventures.
I've always LOVED this fan demo.
I've always LOVED this fan demo.
I tried, but I really didn't get into it. Might have to try again some day.I think i'm fine with Indiana Jones as a gaming franchise, moving forward.
Very rarely have the games been done well, but The Great Circle is a welcomed step forward, and unexpectedly enjoyable as I was convinced that FPS Indy could never work.
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Dear Disney/Lucasfilm, want to bring Indiana Jones back? Here's how you could do it.
Make a movie about a brand-new archeologist/adventurer character in the late 1920s/early 30s. For variety's sake, let's make her a woman. And maybe British and rich, to explain how a woman would have the resources and formal education to be an adventurer in her own right at that time. (So, basically Lara Croft, except not in the modern day, because archaeology/adventure stories in the modern day just plain don't work anywhere near as well.) Give this character a low-key introductory movie that's also a bit of an origin story, i.e., showing how she gets her grit. Maybe she tags along with an older brother who dies at the midpoint, or something. And, include one - no more, no less - subtle nod to IJ, such as a name-drop of Marshall College or Dr. Ravenwood. (Do not name-drop Indy.) Whenever anyone asks about a possible Indy crossover appearance in a sequel, always just shrug, wink, and say "Who knows?"
If said movie does well, make a sequel (really pushing the envelope here, I know), specifically a race for a MacGuffin with a half-dozen or so adventurers from all over the world racing to find a particular artifact. Make the setting somewhat contained, say, an island everyone is stuck on. (Maybe they've been lured there by a dangerous eccentric, in an echo of "The Most Dangerous Game"?) One of these adventurers should be an American who looks, talks, and acts like Indy, but goes by a different name, and wears a black leather jacket, with no fedora. Maybe everyone decides to go by an alias, and this guy announces himself as "James... [awkward look at his black jacket] ... James Black." The heroine and James are rivals, but also somewhat flirty, and make a tentative alliance - until the movie's midpoint, when James falls into a waterfall, to his certain death. The flick then forgets about him, and the heroine completes the adventure on her own. Then, in a post-credits scene, we see her relaxing at home as her butler brings a letter from James Black... and we flash back to James crawling out of the mud by the waterfall, injured but alive.
After a spoiler-minded grace period, the press would start demanding confirmation that James Black is, in fact, Henry Jones, Jr. The filmmakers, after insisting that this movie is still the heroine's story, would eventually concede that Black could be Dr. Jones, but it's ultimately up to the audience to decide. They have an idea for a third movie featuring the heroine, of which James Black/Indy could play a large part, but, in a refreshing show of humility, they want to hear from fandom and general audiences first. If people love the new actor and want him to come back as Indy, they're ready to make it so - but, if people roll their eyes and jeer the way audiences reacted negatively to the Johnny Depp/Grindelwald reveal at the end of Fantastic Beasts 1, then James Black needn't have been Indy; no harm, no foul.
(And, if they want to be really adventurous, they can also dive into production on a movie about one of the other adventurers on said island, to be released a year or two later. If that's also successful, Disney could have then three heroes ready to go for a potential "adventurers assemble" flick.)
And that, Disney/Lucasfilm, is how to do it.![]()
Or . . . Disney could simply let the Indiana Jones franchise die and create something new.
I've never played Infernal Machine, but I did play quite a bit of Emperors Tomb, 18-20 years ago. At the time it seemed pretty awesome, but I'm not sure I could get into it now. Huge step up from the PS1 Tomb Raiders, so I was quite happy lol.For me? Point and click all the way.
Infernal Machine's control scheme was horrible, even then, due to its stiffness.
Emperor's Tomb was an improvement, but generic and trend chasing.
Too much gunning and running, not enough adventuring.
I'd like to see Harrison Ford do a passing of the torch film. I know that's asking for trouble but it comes from my dissatisfaction with the last movie.
Or . . . Disney could simply let the Indiana Jones franchise die and create something new.
I'm really disappointed the Uncharted movie didn't do better, it is the perfect successor franchise to Indiana Jones. Nathan Drake pretty much is modern day Indiana Jones.Just continue with National Treasure.
Wasn't that what the last two movies were supposed to be? First with Mutt in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and then Helena in Dial of Destiny. I know it wasn't explicitly laid out that way onscreen, but I've always assumed the I've assumed the intent behind the characters was for them to take over the franchise if the movies did well enough and people like the characters.I'd like to see Harrison Ford do a passing of the torch film. I know that's asking for trouble but it comes from my dissatisfaction with the last movie.
I'm really disappointed the Uncharted movie didn't do better, it is the perfect successor franchise to Indiana Jones. Nathan Drake pretty much is modern day Indiana Jones.
Wasn't that what the last two movies were supposed to be? First with Mutt in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and then Helena in Dial of Destiny. I know it wasn't explicitly laid out that way onscreen, but I've always assumed the I've assumed the intent behind the characters was for them to take over the franchise if the movies did well enough and people like the characters.
Or . . . Disney could simply let the Indiana Jones franchise die and create something new.
I'm really disappointed the Uncharted movie wasn't done better.I'm really disappointed the Uncharted movie didn't do better
It's hinted at but there is nothing explicit about it.Wasn't that what the last two movies were supposed to be? First with Mutt in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and then Helena in Dial of Destiny. I know it wasn't explicitly laid out that way onscreen, but I've always assumed the I've assumed the intent behind the characters was for them to take over the franchise if the movies did well enough and people like the characters.
It reminds me of the two graphic novels Dark Horse did that had an animated, Bruce Timm sort of style.Not sure I'd even want CGI..... some classic animation would do the trick for me. But totally down for the animated adventures.
I've always LOVED this fan demo.
They should have let Nathan Fillion play the part, his fan film was fantastic. He was perfect in the role.
Fillon was great in that, but I was actually pretty impressed with how Tom Holland played him Drake in the movie.They should have let Nathan Fillion play the part, his fan film was fantastic. He was perfect in the role.
I've always been disappointed that there haven't been more Indiana Jones comics, it strikes me as the perfect series for comics. I know there have been a few but they seem rare because they cost a fortune on Amazon.It reminds me of the two graphic novels Dark Horse did that had an animated, Bruce Timm sort of style.
Honestly, after reading them, I wanted Dark Horse to do a crossover story with animated Indy and animated Hellboy.
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