Indy's Sequel of Doom

[MrBern]

Lucas on a sequel.

"It's really impossible, because it has to be real. It has to be something that actually happens, it has to be something people know about, and it has to be supernatural."

WHAT??? Real....like surviving an atomic blast in a fridge? Or Swinging on a vine thru the jungle...


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a shadow of what it once was?

 

[Nighthawk]

Maybe Lucas should have had Philip Kaufman come up with an idea for Crystal Skull or Indy V.

 

[db5zx]

Well, of course it's not realistic to survive a nuclear blast in a fridge... but consider this: In the Fifties (the era in which the newest Indy is set in), the general advice in case of a nuclear attack was "duck and cover". People were supposed to survive by hiding under tables, etc. And considering this, hiding in a fridge must have been an even better way to make sure you survived a nuclear explosion. After all, it is a movie, and a modern take on the Saturday matinee serial at that, so exaggerating is perfectly OK.

 

[Diamondback]

DB5, the idea wasn't "duck and cover against radiation"--even then, anyone with a brain knew if you were that close you were toast--but to hope that if you were in the outer edges of the affected area that it'd give you protection against debris of having the building collapse around you, just like an earthquake, and that the building would cover you against the fallout.

Out in the open, such as trying to run, you were even more likely to be crispy-crittered. Staying inside 'til the worst of the fallout cleared meant a much better chance of survival... (going from a ten-thousandth of a percent to 1%'s still a pretty big jump)

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

This is too easy. I have the sequel already. The whole thing is about this crystal skull stuff right? The Mayans believed something or other about the 13 crystal skulls coming together at long last and causing the end of this age in 2012. So Indy just prevents all that end of the world stuff and saves all of humanity, the end. Simple.

 

[Mr. John Smith]

Loved the movie!

I personally loved the new Indy movie. I thought that it was a great blend of cold war era / war of the worlds / pulp action. I really thought that they (writers) outdid themselves in concept. Now, not all of the dialoge was fantastic, but this is a return to the "popcorn movie", and tremendous fun. I'm just glad they didn't set it in the 60's. That would have been a bit harsh!

 

[Marzipan]

This is too easy. I have the sequel already. The whole thing is about this crystal skull stuff right? The Mayans believed something or other about the 13 crystal skulls coming together at long last and causing the end of this age in 2012. So Indy just prevents all that end of the world stuff and saves all of humanity, the end. Simple.

Speaking of 2012... is anyone else a tad nervous about this? Their predictions seem to be correct so far...

 

[RBH]

I personally loved the new Indy movie. I thought that it was a great blend of cold war era / war of the worlds / pulp action. I really thought that they (writers) outdid themselves in concept. Now, not all of the dialoge was fantastic, but this is a return to the "popcorn movie", and tremendous fun. I'm just glad they didn't set it in the 60's. That would have been a bit harsh!

I am with you.

 

[vintage68]

I really loathed Indy IV. Reminded me of Roger Moore playing Bond.

 

[David V]

Speaking of 2012... is anyone else a tad nervous about this? Their predictions seem to be correct so far...

Well, since there aren't 13 crystal skulls there's nothing to come together.

 

[LordBest]

Speaking of 2012... is anyone else a tad nervous about this? Their predictions seem to be correct so far...

2012 is the end of the largest Mayan time cycle, 5125 years, from memory (unreliable), but then it just ticks over to a new cycle.

 

[SamMarlowPI]

2012 was also the time of Dr. Robert Neville and the Hemocytes...

dun dun duhhhhhh

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Speaking of 2012... is anyone else a tad nervous about this? Their predictions seem to be correct so far...

Whose predictions? And what predictions have been correct?

There were those who "knew" the predictions of the world coming to end as the calendar changed from 999 to 1000 were correct. Then it was going to happen when we went from 1999 to 2000. All the computers were going to stop running, financial markets would topple, blood would run in the streets due to the ensuing chaos and upheaval. And then there was the secret spaceship hiding behind the tail of a comment, and if you put on a pair of Nikes, a purple tablecloth and drank the Kool-Aid, they'd pick you up. And the harmonic convergence.

And RE: Indy & the Crystal Craniums - actually, it wasn't as bad as I had expected, and I think we've all seen far, far worse movies. I think it's a films that was somewhat doomed from the start. Everyone has their opinion of what the story should involve, and when it doesn't materialize that way on the big screen, they're disappointed. But sometimes they do exceed our expectations or come up with a fresh idea and a great storyline.

And all of the Indy movies involve the age-old cinematic tradition of "willful suspension of disbelief" in one form or another. Is a temple covering a alien spaceship any less believable than a gold-leaf wooden box that zaps people?

 

[Spiffy]

I recently attended a party full of film majors, during which we played drinking games with Indy IV. Turns out there were more lens flares in the last act than available alcohol at the party

 

[Blackjack]

Indy vs. the Phantom

I was highly dissapointed, not in the movie itself but in Fords performance. I thought he looked bored with the whole thing. If you want an amusing movie about crystal skulls I'd suggest the "Phantom" with Billy Zane.

 

[John in Covina]

While not the best, it still had a great succesion of searching and finding various clues. Which is why I also enjoyed National Treasure I & II.

For me this last outing of IJ was a logical succession as they moved into the 50's. It was the time of the Sci-Fi movie, aliens and flying saucers were a recurring theme of many 50's movies. It was the time of "The Red Scare" and tremendous worry in the US. Throw in some mind control and ESP type spices and you have a picture of the times.

(Here is a question: how many of you were alive when they were still doing above ground nuclear testing and they would report the location of the remnents of the mushroom cloud as it drifted across the US to the east? Talk about worrisome aspects of life!)

It's the time of "the troubled teen" and wild hot rodders, early motorcycle gangs and the positiveness of WWII was being replaced with the uneasy idea that things weren't as the should be in US life, that values were up for grabs.

This one touched on a lot of that stuff and maybe it was too much a change from the more upbeat earlier films?

I can't say, but to me it was still pretty good. Like Temple of Doom, I think it will get better with additional viewings and time.