Indiana Jones 5 Still Happening With Shia Says Shia...

[Captain Craig]

Yeah, that works as a reason also I think.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Some book published in the nineties, called the Films of Steven Spielberg or something like that, observed that the Indy movies weren't so much a trilogy as the same movie made three times, with variations.

Well, that would also be consistent with its movie-serial roots.

 

[davejames]

Disagree. In Doom, he's a selfish seeker of artifacts for "fortune and glory", but by Raiders, he's mellowed out a bit and is interested in the Ark for its mysteries, not in ways he can profit from it. By Crusade, he's become an especially vocal proponent of museums. It's a clear arc, though it does seem odd that he regains his skepticism each time.

Maybe, but Indy still feels like a pretty dark and edgy character at times in Raiders (it's not until Crusade that he really starts to get softened). Yeah he's clearly highly interested by the Ark when it comes along, but that's because it's the freakin Ark. It would be hard NOT to be intrigued by the possibility of finding it, or to want to treat it with a little more respect than the average artifact.

Plus, we clearly see the same altruistic streak in Doom, as he helps save the village and all their children-- all at great risk to him (and for a couple of stones that probably wouldn't be worth much anyway). If anything, I'd say that was an even bigger act of selflessness than what he did in Raiders.

 

[TedShatner10]

You know what? Indy's a bit of a fuck up as well, albiet a resourceful and incredibly, incredibly lucky fuck up, but a fuck up all the same: in the first movie he managed to get that gold idol, but Belloq snatched it from him and while Jones had the last laugh when the Ark killed the bad guys (Belloq included) all that effort was for nothing with the Ark getting fruitlessly locked up in Area 51.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Some book published in the nineties, called the Films of Steven Spielberg or something like that, observed that the Indy movies weren't so much a trilogy as the same movie made three times, with variations.

Well, that would also be consistent with its movie-serial roots.

Well then I guess we could say that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was an homage to the UFO movies of the 50s...the shitty ones.