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Spielberg & Lucas Approve Indy 4 Script
Anonymous Coward writes "According to an article on ComingSoon.net, the script for the fourth Indiana Jones movie is moving forward. Lucas and Spielberg have agreed on the writing, with only Harrison Ford still required to sign off on the project before it can go into pre-production. Ford has yet to read the script."
From the directors who brought you A.I. and The Phantom Menace...
Is this the fabled indiana jones/star wars crossover, where indy is revealed to be han solo?
I hope so!
Being a Star Wars fan as well as an Indiana Jones fan, I am of the opinion that Harrison Ford has been one of the best actors recent movies have seen. Though I suppose it could be debated that he's a bit old for the role, I'm still quite happy to see this!
When Lucas came back to Star Wars, it took him six years to get it right again. Lets hope Indiana Jones can do it a tad better....
Of the script? Is Ford really that able to make or break the script once he's agreed to do the project? Or, has he, essentially, not yet even agreed? With the buzz this has, isn't he more or less already beholden to do it?
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Sean Patrick Flannery played Indy on TV; RP played Indy only in Last Crusade, then he died.
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...Indiana Jones never whips first. He dodges laser beams then whips the blaster pistol from their hand....oh wait.
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The great thing about the Indy character is his smarts. Half the time he gets out of trouble because he thinks his way out, not because he uses force. Can Sean Connery play James Bond today? I think he could. Can Ford play Indy, I think he can.
I can't wait for Indy 4, the previous movies were awesome.
Indy is like MacGyver on steroids.
Lets just hope they get a good script, a good story, one that gets the intellect and imagination flowing together. Those movies are so rare.
I wonder how many people went into history or archeology because of the Indy movies?
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My understanding is that this *will* be set in the fifties, at the height of the cold war. Early rumors included Karen Allen reprising her role from the first film, although I understand that's fallen by the wayside.
A damned shame. Karen Allen carried the first Indy movie every bit as much as Harrison Ford did, and that's largely the reason why it's considered so superior to the latter two. I have no doubt this will be a fun movie - Indy three surely was - but if they want it to really sing, they'd bring her back as well.
Harrison better make sure it has all the essentials. It's not good to mess with the formula that geeks have come to know and love:
That second to last one could prove to be quite difficult.
He doesn't have immortality - the knight was quite clear that the price of eternal life requires that one never pass over the great seal. To maintain immortality it would appear that one would have to regularly drink from the cup.
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What if Indy was a dad, like Sean Connery was? Suddenly all the complaints of old age fade away...
We had just watched Last Crusade for the fourth time, freshman in highschool, loving the ford/connery interaction, still jazzed about the marvelous escape into the crevice from petra's treasury. This idiot senior responded to my vague hope that they would make a fourth film, with self-righteous incredulity. "It was the LAST crusade get it? Get it?" Rolling his eyes, knowingly. I then proceeded to attempt to explain how the crusade was actually a reference to the fact that indiana et al were searching for the holy grail much like crusaders during the middle ages, but the person looked at me like I was nuts. He wouldn't hear of it, wouldn't listen to my insistence on a better, correct interpretation of the title. My inability to get through to this idiot still haunts me to this day: I'm far more able to explicate my points and get through to idiotic self-righteous assholes, but I feel like I failed this git. Hopefully, wherever this refuse is now, he'll hear this news and recognize what an idiot he was and have a moment of quiet reflection on how he shouldn't have been so sophmoronic.
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John Goodman playing Indy after letting himself go...
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Indiana Jones and the Magical Walker.
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Viagra
Indiana Jones and the Grandchildren that never call.
Indiana Jones: Barely Alive
Indiana Jones: The Exploitation Sequel
I sincerely hope that Lucas won't royally fsck up Indiana Jones part 4 like he did with the Star Wars prequel(s). (I only watched the first one in the theater. It sucked so much that I skipped the second one entirely. My friends say the third is ok, so I'll wait until it gets to the cheap theater and then check it out.)
The biggest problem with the prequel(s) is this: The first three movies (meaning, episodes 4 through 6) used special effects in moderation. Costumes were consistent from one scene to the next and between movies. Everything appeared as it should. Yes, there were special effects, as we obviously don't have starships to fly around and film. But most of the movie's genius was in the simplicity and creativity of its photography and setting selection. Scenes were filmed in the desert, or in a forest, and these appeared quite realistic. Unfortunately, the prequel(s) were much more about special effects than good film technique. Even the acting sucked. And need I mention that the costumes and technology are not consistent, neither with the original three movies, nor from one scene to the next in the prequel(s). This damaged the movie, rather than provide added value.
I really have a feeling that Indy 4 will be all about special effects and corny acting than a compelling movie like the first three in that series, and that guess is based on past experience with Lucas. (Speilberg, I don't know, he still has some sense, I suppose, so hopefully he'll balance it out.)
In the re-released version, Lucas has the scimitar guy shooting first.
If you would be a true Indy fan (like me), you would have heard plenty about this on some of the many fan sites out there, such as The Raider. One of the key details you would have found out is that Indy IV will be set in the '50s, to compensate somewhat for Ford's age.
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> Harrison better make sure it has all the essentials. It's not good to mess with the formula that geeks have come to know and love:
* Snakes, and Indy saying how much he hates them.
* Guns, and Indy saying how much he hates them.
* Nazis.
* A big nasty strong guy whom Indy defeats with cunning rather than brawn.
* A scrawny little guy with pince-nez glasses and a thick accent.
* An artifact of supernatural powers.
* A scene in which the terrible power of the artifact is realised.
* Hat and bullwhip.
* Sassy love interest.
* John Rhys-Davies in a red fez.
* Denholm Elliot stuttering his way through his lines.
* One or more booby traps.
Sounds like the details of the script have already leaked out...
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Perhaps I'm mis-remembering, or maybe we just have different opinions, but personally I thought that the second Indiana Jones movie wasn't anywhere near the standard of the other two.
Raiders was a lot of fun, with both the script and the acting. It also had several very strong characters, including Marion Ravenwood, who's possibly one of the best female characters to have come out of a 1980's Hollywood movie.
In the Temple of Doom, this was all traded in for what seemed to be the boring stereotypical mid-80's movie formula at the time: a whinging helpless city girl being dragged along on an adventure, repeatedly made to look stupid by both Indy and an irritating 10-year old boy. The plot and the acting were both below standard.
I thought that Last Crusade was back to the original standard, though.
Indianna Jones is a really cool movie trilogy, and to be honest it's one of my favourites. I don't think you can look at it, though, and claim that it was classic and beautiful. I might go as far as saying that about two of the movies, but it severely trailed off in the middle. Maybe Lucas just got lucky with the original Star Wars movies.
Then, Steven Spielberg concentrates on the details. He fleshes out the plot, and Harrison Ford throws in the ad lib.
In short, Lucas should be the inspiration, and Spielberg should be the perspiration. Star Wars I & II is sufficient reason to keep Lucas in check.
As for the plot, since Harrison Ford is much older now, the appropriate theme would be something in the 1960s because the prior Indy films were set in the 1940s. The great tyrrany in the 1960s is, of course, mainland China and the Chinese occupation of Tibet. We could have Dr. Jones trekking to Tibet to find some lost artifact after first consulting with the Dalai Lama. Spielberg could throw in some old footage of the Chinese waving their little red Mao books at the height of the cultural revolution. There is also some old footage of Chinese soldiers randomly shooting at Tibetans.
Since Ford is a Buddhist and an admirer of the Dalai Lama, he would likely support such a plot.
Please don't make another Indy movie. You see, no matter how well executed it is, no matter how well-conceived it is, no matter how grandiose your overall plans are, the fans will inevitably nitpick it to death and ruin it for the young generation (and the young at heart) your films are generally meant for. I'm afraid my generation, despite growing up with your magical films, has become whiny and pathetic and we bitch and moan when you don't do thing 100% exactly like we expect. We want you to be just like the McDonalds we also grew up with. Make the next Indy film the most perfect Big Mac with Large Fries or we'll scream and shout that you've raped our childhood and that you suck beyond all comprehension.
Quite frankly, I love your films, but I don't know if I can handle another heaping, steaming pile of "fan" reaction yet again.
Thanks for hearing me out.
--Rick "If it isn't broken, take it apart and find out why."