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'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go
Steev writes: "Canoe.ca is reporting that Indiana Jones 4 (they have a title, but don't want to say it yet) is a go. It'll be Speilberg's next project. They say that they were just waiting for the right screenplay. Rejected ideas were Indiana Jones And The Sons Of Darkness and Indiana Jones And The Garden Of Life."
Let's hope it's not something assinine like "Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Clones" or something.
Indiana Jones: So Old. So Very, Very, Old...
Indiana Jones and the Quest for a Reasonable Bowel Movement
Raiders of the Lost Dentures
and so on.
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Not really much to say about this, other then 'cool' that is. Hopefully they can keep George Lucas as far away from this as possible, thereby reducing the SUCK as much as possible
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Indiana Jones and the Curse of Montazuma
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Penguins
Indiana Jones and the Lost Source Code
Indiana Jones vs Laura Croft
Indiana Jones and the Halls of Microsoft
Indiana Jones and Avacado Women in the Jungle of Death
Indiana Jones Does Dallas
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Missing Socks
I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
People get old? Why can't superhero archaeologists? You'll be looking for a reasonable bowel movement too one day - if you're lucky.
Speaking as a future old guy, I have to say this: being 59 does not make you incapable of kicking the ass of a younger man. You just have to be more devious.
Indy can't swing across a canyon on a vine, but he could be a deadly bastard nonetheless. I'd like to see how they pull it off.
Not to mention, I'd like to see the story about how he lost his eye.
...and the lost treasures of the Taliban.
It's with the times, and we can all kill Nazi's at home with RTCW.
Like he meets bin Laden, but in a twist of humor, he can't do anything to him because there are snakes and he's afraid of them.
Or you could go rip off other movies and do a I.J. And The Golden Ring. Maybe a Indiana Jones and The Beowulf Cluster.
He just sits there drinking jolt cracking RC5, and runs all the current Seti data.
[[will *he* be the father in this one? we aren't going to introduce the 'new' Indy are we? I've heard this is a possibility]]
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Maybe they could have that kid who played him in the last crusade in it. What his name, oh whoops.
I think it's reasonably obvious - Spielberg had been eyeing this script ever since the game was published by LucasArts, and for good reason - It's got all the important Indy elements, with what I feel to be a much more gripping and encompassing storyline than Temple of Doom or Last Crusade.
If you haven't already played this one, give it a shot - It's well worth it, even if it runs in DOS. And hey...while you're at it, play through Full Throttle and The Dig again too, why don't you?
"Mod, mod, mod...and another troll bites the dust."
...they dug up Arnold's corpse for that Commando-remake thingy, why not whip out (sorry) Harrison for the quick cash in these dark economic times? I defy you to show me a /. reader who's not going to see this movie!
People shape laws. Not the other way around.
Heh well I suppose its possible, I mean both Ford and Connery are alive and acting. Although they are both getting pretty damn old, it would be weird to see a 'father and son' team who look about the same age.
And will they still be fighting the Nazi's? Maybe they could be up against Mao's China or something for some Ancient Zhou era artifacts or something. That would be cool. Weird though, but cool.
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People shape laws. Not the other way around.
Interesting comparison with bond. Makes me wonder if the Indiana series can change into an ongoing, bond-like series with many different Indiana actors. Could a fifth movie follow with a new Indiana.
My first thaught is probably not. Its more possible that the series will end with a fade of Ford's curreer. But its an interesting possibility.
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I loved the Indiana Jones movies and gew up watching them. Consider this: a great blend of imagination, storytelling, and fantasy, and George Lucas the Movie Destroyer won't be writing or directing it! I just hope we get the original trilogy on DVD sooner rather than later. (ahem, $PIELBERG!)
;o) Sides, he's just the right age for his character to have fathered a bastard or two and now meet them in a climatic plot moment.
Harrison Ford is old, sure, but we saw in 6 days and 7 nights that he can still throw a punch or two.
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Don't worry, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep in a giant blender.
If they wanted to do a movie with his son, and provide continuity with the rest of the movies, that would mean that it would have to take place in about...1960? I think 1960 is kinda stretching it for providing the same kind of atmosphere that really made the previous movies great, ie late 30's-early 40's. I just can't really see the same kind of swahbuckling romantic style being carried into the 60's.
"Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!"
I think it would be neat if they made an Indiana Jones where he went to explore the Mayan ruins, or whatever, and perhaps fell through a time portal that sent him back to the time of the Ancient Astronauts.
"sweet dreams are made of this..."
Almost certainly not. The Bond movies have been made over a much longer time, and are fairly formulaic - evil mastermind, ruthless plot, at least two bimbos one of whom has a suggestive name, etc.
And they have changed actors playing Bond often enough that most people who follow the movies are used to someone only being Bond for a certain number of movies... I mean, playing Bond you've had Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.
Putting someone else in the role of Indiana Jones would kill the feeling of the movies. Just look how long "Young Indiana Jones" TV show lasted.
Kierthos
Mr. Hu is not a ninja.
Did you seriously just draw a comparsion between Crocodile Dundee and Indiana Jones??
Indiana Jones and the Lost Medic Alert Bracelet
Indiana jones has Fallen and He Cannot Get Up
Indiana Jones and the Quest for Preperation H
Indiana Jones and the Evil Pharmacist who wont' perscribe Viagra
Indiana Jones and The Search for Depends.
Yes, I realize those are all incredibly lame, but i'm bored damnit.
I am a big, fluffy, cute, cuddly bunny. fear me.
Years ago Indy^w Harrison said that if he did another one he'd like to play an Indy of his own age. If the script supports that wish, the following logic may apply.
RotLA came out in '81, and was apparently set in the mid-late 30's (Nazis existed, but Germans could still operate freely in Egypt.) Now it's '02, so roll Indy's age up by 21 years and you get mid-late 50's. Shouldn't be any Nazis -- will we get Commies instead? Or maybe not-so-reformed "ex" Nazis, leading to a stereotyped setting in Argentina?
Also, given the popularity of episodes I and III vs II, I would look for the key artifact to be something in the Judaeo-Christian tradition again.
The suggestion re Noah's Ark might work well given the putative time frame, choice of baddies (if Soviets), and J-C tradition. Ditto for Garden of Eden. The Middle East looks like a probable setting, and it might allow some of the secondary roles from the earlier shows to appear again, if the actors are still alive.
Heh heh, the ultimate laugh -- especially if S.C. is in it again -- would be to set it c. 1960 and have him bump in to the young James Bond somewhere along the way.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Sweetheart it's the milage.
"Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!"
- During his speech, he expressed a need to take some time off to console his daughter, who is recoving from leukemia.
- He looks like somebody's grandpa and appears to be quite depressed.
- For the most part, as he stated, he has retired from acting and will probably only play bit parts in the future.
- His brush with cancer two years ago took a tremendous toll on him and he continues to recover.
The speculation in Hollywood circles is that a young, hot stud like Brad Pitt might take the lead (Indy) role.Bill
You've got a good (some might say fantastic) director in Steven Spielberg, access to good actors, lots of money, can travel anywhere to shoot the film on the right location ....
... and then you MAKE A SEQUEL? Has to be for the money in it! People are going to watch the movie, spielberg are going to get paid, but one has to wonder how much soup you can cook on the same bone!! Use some creativity! Make up new characters, new stories, new worlds. Sigh.
Thomas S. Iversen
It was
Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money
Numbers of that magnitude can only be described theoretically.
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... how about "Indiana Jones and the Leather Goddesses of Phobos"?
Trust me on this! Got it from at friend who got it from his uncle who does kokain with the celebs!?
Thomas S. Iversen
...a long delayed sequel (prequel, whatever) to a popular movie (or series of movies) that didn't suck horribly and completely diappoint everyone, ever? I really am curious, if someone can come up with one - maybe it's just impossible to do that.
Oh, and Ford is old... come to think of it, I don't see why 50 people have to post that with some lame joke about medicine in the "proposed title"
sic transit gloria mundi
Interview with Spielberg, Kapshaw, and Ford himself.
I did a quick check on imdb and excluding pornos and slashers there are essentially no decent IV movies. (hmm, odd sentence with that excluding and decent... I'll leave it.)
So, given the odds I see two possibilities...
- They have a killer screenplay.
- They need a project and got funding.
Let's hope it is the killer screenplay.I hope they bring back the giant ball from the first movie. That's one of my alltime favorite villians.
"Never bullshit a bullshitter" All That Jazz
Not to be oudone by Lucas putting N'Sync in Episode II, Speilberg will supposedly call the next Indiana Jones: "Indiana Jones And The Backstreet Boys." Speilberg would neither confirm nor deny if Kevin would have the starring role.
Indiana Jones and Avacado Women in the Jungle of Death
"Piranha Women of the Avocado Jungle of Death" is apparently a real movie, parodied in a song by singer-songwriter Christine Lavin, whose aunt was (again, apparently) in the film. Christine Lavin is hilarious.
Search for the Missing Socks
As it turns out, I know where socks go. According to a friend whose ex-husband used to repair washing machines, there is usually a gap between the basin and the top of the machine. Socks (and other light items) are occasionally sloshed over the top and into the internals of the washing machine.
I know someone who has also written a song about this. He would not claim to be as funny as Christine Lavin.
(Anyone wanna score this "-1, Frivolous" ?)
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"... and the overdone Matrix special effects"
In this film, Indi battles a legion of unoriginal Slashdot posters all making the exact same joke over and over again in an attempt to garner cheap karma.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
A MAN OF FIFTY NINE YEARS IS NOT OLD.
HARRISON IS MIDDLE-AGED.
NOT OLD.
PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 32 ARE NOT GERIATRIC. THEY DO NOT ALL NEED ADULT DIAPERS AND VIAGRA.
That screamed, let's further observe that Harrison has been going through life's meat grinder of late. He isn't looking old -- he's looking tired, as anyone does after helping his kid deal with cancer.
The lines on his face aren't all from age. They show experience. The real stuff, not the business kind.
A hero, also, cannot truly be a hero until the story of his ending is told. Now, if the "Young Indiana Jones" series is taken as canon, Jones survives until the early nineties, one-eyed, cranky, and unbelieved by those he talks to if he starts spouting the tall tales of which he's so fond.
Robin Hood fired an arrow into the sky; Arthur gave his sword back to the Lady of the Lake. William Wallace died at the hands of his enemies... point is, a hero's life needs an arc, and Harrison could finish it the way it needs. Let Indiana be old, be tired. It takes more courage for a 59 yo man to fight a mob than a 35 yo. Let's see him fight time itself...
So Old. So Very, Very, Old...
That reminds me of a Conan OBrien episode, where he was discussing another IJ with Ford. Conan said they should make a movie where Jones is too old to get out of bed, and people bring him artifacts for his approval.
...
I guess you had to be there.
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You think Harrison Ford is old. Well how about Pierce Brosnan. He is 50 years old and has plans to do at least one more James Bond movie. Maybe even 2 or 3. After that there are two other Bond movies in the works that he might star in. I even heard that Brosnan was too old to star in Goldeneye.
Haven't you ever noticed most movie stars in Hollywood are in their 50's? Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert DeNiro, and Sean Connery just to name a few.
Look here
Harrison Ford was picked as the most popular movie star the last couple years. All of these actors are probably working on new movies so it's nothing out of the ordinary for someone this old to be in a film.
--Metrollica
Indiana Jones and Those Fine Leather Jackets
(sorry, running joke from the old lucasarts games)
Piranha Women?
Perhaps you're thinking of the "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" the Pirhanha women part was the initial working title, but the final film is called Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.
It's a strange movie to say the least, and it features Bill Maher, which i'm sure he regrets to this day. It was also filmed mostly in the University of California at Riverside's Avocado Groves, strange, no?
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Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death, sound clips, video, list of highlights (including gratuitous breast shot).
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Seriously, though. You could put Indy and his dad in 2002 at their "current" age. (No make up for them) After all, they both drank from the fountain of youth, right? So they should be able to live until an extremely old age.
It'd be neat to see Indy in modern times. Guns haven't really changed THAT much. I don't know who the enemies could be, though, without being too radically politcally incorrect. Just make it some greedy Americans or something. And go make them find Atlantis. Think Abyss meets Indiana Jones.
Where the wind blows, the tumbleweed goes.
It was. If you listen really really REALLY hard to the rear surround channels (the back of the theater), you'll hear whispered voices chanting the language of Mordor ('Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul' == 'One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them') both in the scene where the Ring is forged and in the scene where the fire-runes are revealed (correct me if I have the scenes wrong, but I *know* I heard it twice in the movie...once louder than the other time. It was kinda freaky.)
I am officially a massive loser for both noticing that and for informing others. If you'll excuse me, I'll be off taping my glasses.
El riesgo vive siempre!
thats because:
A) they are the "old guard" of movies
B) have made so many good ones ( and some bad ones) that the name they carry brings in people.
C) have stunt doubles with good makeup, in a controlled enviroment.
D) there really haven't been any other REALLY REALLY good actors pop up in recent years (maybe so the old guard could still command the prices that they do?)
my two cents.....
if you want "No More Hiroshimas" then I say "You First. No More Pearl Harbors."
Oh my GOD that's funny! lol!
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WHY do I never have mod points when the sarcasm brigade is unleashed on
/me wipes the tears out of his eyes.
OK, I'm done. Funny funny stuff.
El riesgo vive siempre!
This is entirely baseless, but I'd bet good money Spielberg will want to explore a fresh script, not retread some video game.
"Mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent present in every electron." -Freeman Dyson
The starwars trilogy is 'ok' but that was also made 20/30 years ago. I mean come on. People change and Lucas has definetly changed for the worse (remember, ESB wasn't even directed by him and almost everyone agrees that it's the best of the three).
I mean you don't seriously think SW:TPM was a good movie, do you? Brilliant Filmmaker my ass
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When a sock attains a certain enlightenment it bursts asunder. This is where dust comes from.
Other clothes also shed bits of material to create more dust and this is why our clothes seem to get get smaller.
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Courtesy of IMDB...
Actor - Birthdate (age)
Pierce Brosnan - 16 May 1953 (46)
Clint Eastwood - 31 May 1930 (71)
Tom Hanks - 9 July 1956 (45)
Denzel Washington - 28 December 1954 (47)
Bruce Willis - 19 March 1955 (46)
Arnold Schwarzenegger - 30 July 1947 (54)
Robert DeNiro - 17 Aug 1943 (58)
Sean Connery - 25 Aug 1930 (71)
I guess with a name like Metrollica, I guess having only 6 of your 8 facts wrong is pretty good.
More data, damnit!
Harrison Ford is currently 59 years old, and seems to do only one real movie per year.
Patriot Games (1992)
Fugitive, The (1993)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Sabrina (1995)
Devil's Own, The (1997)
Air Force One (1997)
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
Random Hearts (1999)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
info provided by IMDb
Now, on that list, I've taken out all the miscellaneous TV appearances and everything else that does not seem to take a major commitment as a movies does. But I do seem to remember reading a few years back that Ford does try to limit himself to one movie a year to spend more time with his family. So, if he has signed to this deal, it would appear to be his movie for the year 2002. (Assuming the K-19 Movie was filmed in 2001.)
If Sean Connery were to return, he would most likely have to be 'aged' 20 years or so, and thusly limited to a bit part in the movie because he is now 71, and only 12 years older than his 'son.' That of him being Indy's father worked once back in 1989, but I doubt it would work again.
In any case, Denholm Elliott who played Dr. Marcus Brody in 'Raiders' and 'Last Crusade' died in 1992 and thusly, won't return. However, John Rhys-Davies could possibly return as Sallah. How feasible that is, I don't know... (but both characters were great) And who will be cast as the new love interest girl in the movie? And will they attempt to close the door on future movies in this one considering that we already know from the Young Indiana Jones that Indy lives to an old age, and gets an eye patch?
(When are they going to release the rest of the Young Indy adventures too?)
I just figured I'd get that tune stuck in everyones head.
What about "Indiana Jones and the Floggers Of The Dead Horse" ?
Unfotunately, I don't think truth in advertising is in at the moment...:-)
Hands up if you want to hear the plot...
...this is getting out of hand
"Over the lips and past the gums,
look out dentures, here I come."
The simpsons have borrowed plenty of ideas from indiana jones. Why don't they return the complement. After all, he must be old enough now.
Bob.
I mean seriously, we have or are about to have remakes/redos of Planet of the Apes, Rollerball, H.G. Wells' Time Machine, and others that I can't remember.
New sequels to Terminator, Tron, and Indiana Jones? Argh!
And you know the sequels to all three of those movies are just going to be showcases for SGI & friends, with little to no plot.
But hey, if they do it well, good for them. I'll go see it. I'm just kind of getting sick of movies relying entirely on name recognition to drive sales.
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Well, I bet they're not far off it, though. Say what you like about Jar-Jar, it wasn't *that* obvious he was CGI, was it?
~~~~~ BigLig2? You mean there's another one of me?
We can only hope Harrison Ford comes back to play Indiana Jones. During the Golden Globes Ben Affleck mentioned he was going to be taking on the role of Jack Ryan in the next Tom Clancy movie. *sigh*. I'd rather see a 70 year old Harrison Ford bumbling around in a walker fighting international terrorists than that arrogant tosser. Oh well. :-)
I mean it. Stop milking a dead horse with geriatric sequals or puzzling over who to get to play Indy and get to work on the DVDs!
We've been waiting forever for these things and Harrison Ford isn't getting any younger. As well, his mind's not what it used to be and who can remember what happeneded 20 years ago in the middle of the Tunisia desert?
A nice 3 package DVD with full commentary, deleted scenes and a new documentary is greatly needed to keep things alive. What? You have enough time to put together a $60 million dollar sequal but not enough to sit down for a few hours and talk about your work Spielburg?? Sheesh...
liB
Probably only HF and SS know who are the likely candidates to take the torch. I for one look forward to it. Except for IJ: temple of doom, the IJ series were great fun and had good character development.
It's just a little too old to be getting dragged under trucks, behind submarines, etc. There's nothing wrong with getting to be 59, (I'm a bit over a decade from there, yet.) it's certainly better than not.
The last Roger Moore Bond flix were downright laughable. This core collections of people in their 60's with makeup piled on to make them look decades younger, acting more decades younger.
Presumably with age comes experience, so those lines on his face might also indicate that he has learned better ways to go about things. STtNG was criticized for being to cerebral, and 'talking the enemy to death'.
I suspect our society is hooked on its own brain chemicals, and the adrenaline rush of the action movie is the delivery mechanism.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
If they're going to do it, now is the right time - they can put Indy in his 50s, make a couple of cracks about him "getting too old for this," and make it the last hurrah for Indiana Jones fans.
I, for one, am hoping they explain how he loses his eye...
Angelina Jolie, star of Tomb Raider will be assisting our old hero.
Another possible title is: Indiana Johns and Lost Titties.
(For once seriously consider AC as a posting option... bah, I can take it! Besides, I start at one, there for I can only loose one before I fall under radar!)
Computational Madness in a round package.
Connery's 12 years older than Ford, but they made him up to look about 22 years older in The Last Crusade. They'll just make him up again...
...and you should be!
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Indianna Jones and the Horrendous Learjet Maintenance Bill
Indianna Jones and Colorectal Polyp from Hell
Indianna Jones and Seducing Women Far Too Young for An Octogenerian
and the best of all:
Indianna Jones Makes Harry Potter Bite the Pillow
(I really should stop reading Space Moose archives....)
Somebody needs to slap Spielberg in the face, and say "That's for blasphemy."
I have no desire to reach nirvana.
Indy looks at his son and snorts. "Austin is what we named the dog!" Pan to close up as Indy eyes widen, realizing he has become just like his father. Camera zooms to his eye and we display a flashback to the last Indy movie.
Cut to wild, wacky scene of Austin surrounded by go-go dancers. Cue 60's music and get close-up of Austin
Austin: YEAH BABY!
I don't want knowledge. I want certainty. - Law, David Bowie
Flanery was amazing as a teen to early twenties Indy. Now that a decade has almost gone by since the first YIJC, Flanery would be aged to perfection for the adult role.
If you have only seen the first one or two episodes of YIJC, and were put off by the fact that the stories were not of the same inspiration as the Harrison Ford movies, or if you were thrown by the fact that the story patterns did not fit any of the television formulas we've all grown so comfortable with, to the point of those conventions having become invisible, (and thereby making them feel weird and uncomfortable when they are broken.), well. . . Do yourself a favor and try again. Most of the YIJC episodes are absolutely stunning.
Sadly, though, an important part of the show was removed for the video tape release. They took out the 90-something year old Indy who walks about town telling his stories. This effectively unglues a significant chunk of the story logic and makes certain repeating patterns in the stories seem irrational and even kind of dumb. If you can find a friend who recorded the originals off air, then you're onto the real stuff.
Why is it that such treasures as YIJC get lost in the shuffle, while the lamest series get released on DVD and promoted through the roof?
Ah well. Diamonds are hard to find in the wild, too, I suppose.
-Fantastic Lad
Actually, I thought both Mummy movies would have been significantly improved by casting someone other than Fraser. He tries hard, but is too goofy-looking to be convincing as a hero.
Plus, it would help to have someon who even remotely resembles Harrison Ford. River Phoenix wasn't the spitting image, but he could pull off a convincing imitation. I don't think Brendan Fraser could.
I don't have any problems with him as an actor, but I don't think he's suited to the role.
Paradigm shifts of that nature usually litter the ground with interesting stories.
Seeing a different kind of Indy movie where an older Ford fits perfectly into the times could be really cool. As proven in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Indy doesn't have to swing from a whip and fall from an airplane in order to blow you away with amazing story-telling.
Though. . . I somehow doubt Lucas will go in that direction.
I just hope they don't set the film in the thirties and try to force an almost 60 year old Indy in the roll. --It seems impossible, but after Phantom Menace, I wouldn't put anything past Lucas.
-Fantastic Lad
Indiana Jones and The Night of the Living Dead
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Indiana Jones and the Golden Colostomy Bag
I remember an interview with Harrison when "Temple of Doom" came out. He said something close to "It's been three years since Raiders, and this movie takes place 3 years before Raiders, so I look 6 years older than I should."
This may be an embarassment like "Beverly Hills Cop N+1". But there are possibilities. "Indiana Jones vs. Laura Croft" comes to mind.
That reminds me of a Conan OBrien episode, where he was discussing another IJ with Ford. Conan said they should make a movie where Jones is too old to get out of bed, and people bring him artifacts for his approval.
Indiana Jones and the Antiques Roadshow!
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The real Tetsujin 28 is a giant robot.
...to go and mod down all the unfunny mock-movie-titles modded up as "funny"!
How about "Indiana Jones and the Search For Humor On This Thread" ?
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