Solo4114
Master Member
Well at least the series won't end with Crystal Skull. How will they handle the Mutt situation? Off screen death?
"Mutt died on the way back to his home planet."
Hopefully they don't even acknowledge the events of Crystal Skull at all. Pretend it never happened, I say.
Pretend what never happened?
All I know is I have the Indiana Jones trilogy on blu-ray and it came with this weird coaster for some video game spinoff, I think. I dunno. I wasn't paying much attention.
I've hoped for quite some time to see Ford as Dr. Jones, working at the university, and recounting the tale of some adventure from his past to a group of students. The story of course would include a younger version of himself, obviously played by a new actor. That new actor then moves forward with future films in the franchise, as Indiana Jones himself, and we all just kind of move on.
Dr. Who is portrayed by different actors. James Bond is as well. While we spend time debating who is the best, we don't lose sight of the fact that as long as the movies/shows are good, we continue to watch and enjoy them...so while you may think Connery was by far the best Bond, that doesn't really impact how much you enjoyed "Skyfall."
I have always felt felt that Indiana Jones could be this same type of character...as long as the movies are good, we can debate how Ford was better, or how New Actor Playing Indy is better, but we'll still enjoy the new films all the same.
The thing is, Indy is...different. In over 30 years, he's only ever been played on film by one character. Most people discount the YIJC (I like 'em, though), in which he was played by three others (two with the DVD set...). Regardless, they'll "reboot" the franchise with a younger actor, and keep the timeframe in the 1920s-1950s, probably. There's plenty of stuff you could do in the '30s. And you could always have Indy working for OSS during the war. Hell, they could even reboot YIJC and have him fight in WW1, build contacts as a result, and use them for his work in WWII. I actually think the WW1-era episodes are the best of YIJC.
Agreed! Shia gets a lot of crap, but he's a solid actor.
Yes, but he's also "difficult to work with," which is why I highly doubt he'll be back at all. I expect they just won't mention him, or will say something like "He's not my sidekick. He's my son. And anyway, he's busy with his motorcycle company."
It's not weird. The announcement was made last year, there hasn't been any new official announcements since then.
Many sites are linking back to that article, cause the Indy twitter account just posted it in the morning and many took it as new announcement. So many are not even bothered to check the dates.
This kind of thing happened ALL THE TIME this past year or so. It happens on facebook a lot, too, where some news story suddenly flies around like wildfire, and you check the dateline and it's from, like, a year ago or six months ago or something, but everyone treats it as some fresh story.