Indiana Jones 5 officially announced

IJ should have already launched spin-off characters by now. We should have seen other adventures that parallel the original inspiration. Like this guy as was mentioned earlier. View attachment 1710571
What's his story?

But alas, Hollywood.
I wouldn't mind knowing his story...I just don't want Disney to tell it and I felt he was a perfect fit in The Last Crusade. They'd turn it into a live action musical or something or make him go through 30yrs of depression on an island from being bullied as a child before he finally got enough courage to follow the map to Skywalker...I mean Coronado
 
Supporting actors don't need spin offs , they need to be left to the imagination but where there's money to be made, they will drip every drop of that bottle dry until they kill it, undercutting what the spirit of fiction is all about...the imagination!!
 
Endless spin offs and franchises are the reason the entertainment industry has become so bogged down in mediocrity. Don't get me wrong. Indy has some of the best allies in movies, but they only work because they support Indy and his specific adventures. I know supporting characters can become leads in their own right if developed well, but it's to the point now where everything has to be another MCU and each character is given their own show, clumsily trying to make a large continuity that can't be managed properly because these writers/ producers paint themselves into a corner to keep audience interest.
 
The list of good Indy candidates would mostly cross over with good James Bond candidates.

Do they? The Bond actor needs to be from Britain or the Commonwealth, and I'd prefer Indy's actor be American.

Maybe I should have said the list of traits would mostly cross over. Not necessarily the list of candidates.

Having said that, IMO anyone who makes a good Indy has to make a good American James Bond. Casting anybody else amounts to changing the character.
 
The first on-screen Bond was an American.

The only reason that the endless parade of supporting characters is disliked is not because they are present, but because they are never delivered correctly.

Almost any story can be sequelized. It is not difficult. However, only people that respect the foundation of the story -its bones, will be able to see the basis for another solid story.

Any story is a fragment of life. If a solid story exists, it is only because it is supported by countless back stories.

Sequels, sidequels and prequels are not the problem. It is all in the execution of the storytelling. Most writers and directors don't think in those terms.

They are businessmen in The Industry, not artists. They make a product. It is not art.
 
IJ and JB are polar opposites when it comes to fundamental aspects of character.

IJ is socially awkward in certain situations. JB is sophisticated. JB usually has some idea what he is doing and may even have a plan. IJ blunders around and makes it up as he goes.

While they might be played by the same actor, they would never be alike enough to confuse them. The perfect example is the last crusade. That is the difference right there.
 
Frasier Crane disagrees with you.
There is always an exception of course, and that is a comedic sitcom and the show was called Cheers, not the Adventures of Woody...How come there wasn't spin-offs called Norm...Cliff...Woody...Carla...? For a fictional movie we don't need to exhaust every piece of the puzzle especially when the movie is about a person...Indiana Jones. I agree that Frasier was well developed enough during Cheers to be used in his own show but for Indiana Jones to have a spin off called Garth...Marcus or Marion? The ends don't justify the means. Is there a spin off to Frasier? No, because the show is about him.
 
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IJ should have already launched spin-off characters by now. We should have seen other adventures that parallel the original inspiration. Like this guy as was mentioned earlier. View attachment 1710571
What's his story?

But alas, Hollywood.
I’ve been saying this for years. Disney also has Jock Lindsey, who they could have explored.

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Disney already has the Jock Lindsey Hanger Bar Restaurant, so they could easily build off that popularity, with a new line of movies.
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Find a new unknown to play this character, and set it early in the IJ timeline. They could even bring in a young Indy at times, played by a new younger actor, and if that goes well, it may even jumpstart a new line of younger Indy films.

But every-time an idea like this is brought up on the RPF, people here shoot it down as they do not like the idea of expanding the IJ world. It’s either all Indy or nothing in their eyes.

Imagine if that mode of thinking applied to Star Wars… we wouldn’t have all those spin-offs.
 
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There is always an exception of course, and that is a comedic sitcom and the show was called Cheers, not the Adventures of Woody...How come there wasn't spin-offs called Norm...Cliff...Woody...Carla...? For a fictional movie we don't need to exhaust every piece of the puzzle especially when the movie is about a person...Indiana Jones. I agree that Frasier was well developed enough during Cheers to be used in his own show but for Indiana Jones to have a spin off called Garth...Marcus or Marion? The ends don't justify the means. Is there a spin off to Frasier? No, because the show is about him.
Perhaps though nobody knew at the time that Frasier would be a success.

I imagine if The RPF was around back then, there’d be people moaning about a studio making a spin off about an alien that appeared in one episode of a show.
 
Perhaps though nobody knew at the time that Frasier would be a success.

I imagine if The RPF was around back then, there’d be people moaning about a studio making a spin off about an alien that appeared in one episode of a show.
Frasier was a huge risk back then and it paid off and your point is taken but again, had the RPF been around then and everyone was trying to do what they did with Cheers as far as a spinoff goes, they would have failed miserably and the talk on the forums about the stupidity of it would have been well justified. Maybe not welcomed, but justified nonetheless.
 
I’ve been saying this for years. Disney also has Jock Lindsey, who they could have explored.

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Disney already has the Jock Lindsey Hanger Bar Restaurant, so they could easily build off that popularity, with a new line of movies.
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Find a new unknown to play this character, and set it early in the IJ timeline. They could even bring in a young Indy at times, played by a new younger actor, and if that goes well, it may even jumpstart a new line of younger Indy films.

But every-time an idea like this is brought up on the RPF, people here shoot it down as they do not like the idea of expanding the IJ world. It’s either all Indy or nothing in their eyes.

Imagine if that mode of thinking applied to Star Wars… we wouldn’t have all those spin-offs.
Please tell me you're being facetious...lol, this made my day already..lol. If you're not, please don't take offense I'm not laughing at you personally its just when I read this I'm thinking, yeah...I wish we didn't have all these Star Wars spin-offs. But I really did like Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. But back in that day we had Cable T.V. Everything seemed to come slow as far as Indy and Star Wars. There was an obvious huge gap from then until now , now Let's get dumped on like a waterfall and it just takes away from it in my view, not supports it.
 
I’m not being facetious, I’m just saying that you can explore a minor character and build something from that. It has been proven time and time again. Even a minor character like Jock could be built into something… if done right. If they do it wrong, it would certainly flop, but if done right, it could surprise everyone.

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By this statement, no minor character should ever get a spin-off?

But….

6 1/2 minutes of screen time across three films…. should have been left up to the imagination and not explored?

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I’m not being facetious, I’m just saying that you can explore a minor character and build something from that. It has been proven time and time again. Even a minor character like Jock could be built into something… if done right. If they do it wrong, it would certainly flop, but if done right, it could surprise everyone.

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By this statement, no minor character should ever get a spin-off?

But….

6 1/2 minutes of screen time across three films…. should have been left up to the imagination and not explored?

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You can't just quote me one time...i also said there is exceptions to the rule but yeah, as far as Boba Fett is concerned ...how'd that work out? The show was terrible!!! I don't mind people writing books about what they think could have happened...that's what we do witth our "imaginations" but not every idea is worth getting made into programming. After the OT i didn't need a spin off about the Lars...or to dig deeper with Anakin Skywalker. It entered my mind, sure. But The OT answered what it needed to about the overrall narrative. I went into TBOBF with an open mind, even though i was perfectly ok with him dying in a Sarlacc pit. I was severely disappointed with the show. Had the Prequels never been made and tried to tie up every loose end i might have been ok with a series on Boba of how he became a Bounty Hunter. Am i just not accepting Lucas vision for the PT? Yes...but it was his and what is, is what is. But atleast he was trying to tell a story that was his story...now, it's purely done with a whole different motive of get rich quickly and the quality of these things has been reduced to an ash heap in my opinion.
 
I have to say, the way these threads evolve is often hilarious.

For example, checking in on this thread, this morning, and finding that the topic of Dial “D” For Destiny has veered off into the topic of….Frasier??

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