Mutt should return to his home planet.
Indiana Jones 5 Is ‘Continuation’ Of Crystal Skull Story
- Thread starter JWPlatt
- Start date
I'm not a big Mutt fan, but I can tolerate him as the price for a new Indy movie.
But they should really set this one in Boston in 1961.
But they should really set this one in Boston in 1961.
What a random reference. Don't bring back huge mega franchise Indiana Jones, reboot this obscure as hell one-off film with zero following from the mid-80s instead.
All these sites are framing the story as click bait, since there's no news in saying "the next movie will take place after the last movie." They're trying to capitalize on the hate for Crystal Skull to get more clicks.
I don't really think there is anything wrong with the idea of Indy and Marion having a son, I think it was just the execution that people don't like. I didn't have that much of a problem with him, but I also wouldn't be upset if he was never mentioned again. I would definitely rather see Sallah, Marion, or even Short Round again before Mutt.
What, Gene Siskel predicted sequels and reboots which have been happening with equal frequency since the dawn of Hollywood? Ooh, magical.
The 1939 Wizard of Oz we all know and love was the eighth film adaptation of Baum's book in its under 40 years of existence. It might as well have been called Oz: Origins - Wizard or Witch Wars: Episode VIII - The Phantom Munchkin.
Big-budget, high grossing franchise films, no matter how objectionable they may be from a snooty artistic standpoint, don't actually drown out or discourage independent, arthouse, low-budget, or experimental films, they provide the framework for more of them to be made. A studio is given the freedom to invest in films they know will bring in more critical acclaim and awards than dollars when they have their coffers filled to the brim from summer blockbusters.
For me Shia Labeuf has always been the least of that movie's problems. I've never hated the actor like others have, and thought he actually played the character pretty well. It's really just the surrounding story and the way it handled those characters that I have a problem with.
Although that being said, I'd definitely be a lot more excited to see Short Round again instead of Mutt, since Short Round was actually, you know, part of an Indy movie I actually like.
Shia Labeouf has a large part in creating "the surrounding story" of Crystal Skull - not the movie itself, but all his bizarre histrionics, troubles, statements, and confessions since the movie, including his overwrought evaluation of his own performance in the movie. If it weren't for all that overshadowing the movie, I doubt Mutt would have the same infamy.
I'm really hoping the next movie will bring back the fun and snappy banter of the first three movies. That's always been one of my favorite elements of the original trilogy (with TOD and TLC being especially quotable), but the fourth barely had any memorable dialogue or interactions at all that I can remember.
They could make it darker and edgier. A little bit more sober than Skull without losing the fantasy zest of the first films. Make the villains a little more complex than the allotted Nazis of whatever era at hand. No Harrison Ford being summarily ejected from a house fridge. I'm not sure what you can do to fit aliens smoothly into this genre.
I don't have particular hopes for this movie. But maybe Ford made some demands that they do something descent.
I don't have particular hopes for this movie. But maybe Ford made some demands that they do something descent.
The Indy sequels are good for the same reason the Ringworld sequels are good-- the original was an all-time classic.
That's what they did with TOD and it did not work. If anything, they need to lighten things up.
Oh, please, no.
That's what they did with TOD and it did not work. If anything, they need to lighten things up.With Helen Hunt in a red pick-up following the twister.
