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Lucas Researching Concept For New Indiana Jones Film
Cycon writes "According to George Lucas, 'The franchise really depends on me coming up with a good idea. And that series is very research-intensive. So we're doing research now to see if we can't come up with another object for him to chase ... hopefully we'll come up with something.' Lucas 'scoffed at the possibility of passing the famed fedora from Ford to Shia LaBeouf,' instead stating, 'if [Harrison Ford] wasn't in it, you'd have to call it "Mutt Williams and the search for Elvis."'"
Lucas 'scoffed at the possibility of passing the famed fedora from Ford to Shia LaBeouf,' instead stating, 'if [Harrison Ford] wasn't in it, you'd have to call it "Mutt Williams and the search for Elvis."'
I think Lucas missed an opportunity to turn Indiana Jones into a James Bond-like franchise. Some months ago I read that it was originally sold as "James Bond with nazis and ancient treasures", and I think it would have been a great idea to keep it perpetually in a pre-WW2 setting with nazis and zeppelins, and replace the main actor if he gets too old.
Although ofcourse no other Indiana Jones could ever compare to Harrison Ford.
"Indiana Jones and why George Lucas Keeps Ruining Every Saga He Created When He Was Young"
The franchise really depends on me coming up with a good idea
We're fucked.
Indiana Jones and the Babylonian Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Lucas is going to completely destroy the franchise, just like he did with Star Wars. Clearly he has no new ideas whatsoever, as he's prefer to spend his energy squeezing every drop of life out of a one-successful brand rather than continue to create new quality films. He should be ashamed of himself.
I enjoyed the first one and temple of doom was ok.
Please tell me you've seen The Last Crusade. That's possibly the best of the bunch, certainly rivaling Raiders.
"The franchise really depends on me coming up with a good idea."
George Lucas hasn't had a good idea since about 1982. Well, I guess not passing the fedora to Shia LaBeouf would be a good idea if Lucas had given the correct reason for it: Shia can't act.
What I want to know is this: Is Lucas out of money? Gambling debts,an expensive mistress or three to pay for? Surely he is making enough off of the "real" Star Wars trilogy,right? If he still has money why in the name of all that is good and decent in the universe is he determined to destroy every good thing he created in his youth. What's next, American Graffiti the next generation? Seriously WTH is Lucas thinking,either come up with some new ideas or sit on your money and quietly retire. But please quit screwing up our collective past with crap like,well,pretty much everything Lucas has done for the past decade and a half. But as always this is my 02c,YMMV.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
You just wait for American Grafitti 2, complete with CGI exploding '57 Chevy Impalas spinning through the air...
eg anakin and his bitch rolling around in field of grass . ahhh, heartwarming
> Seriously WTH is Lucas thinking, either come up with some new ideas or
> sit on your money and quietly retire.
If you kept coming up with stupid ideas, lousy plots, terrible actors, and every nerd on the planet still paid money to see it (often multiple times), do you think maybe you'd be getting a bit of a mixed message? What, is he supposed to listen to critics? If half your "fan base" consisted of people like "Comic Book Guy", you'd probably learn to ignore them pretty quickly.
If you don't like Lucas' stuff, stop giving him your money.
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Log in or piss off.
Great research method: post it on slashdot and get everyone doing the job for you!
' Lucas 'scoffed at the possibility of passing the famed fedora from Ford to Shia LaBeouf,'
Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth.
After all, Harrison Ford is eligible for Medicare as of last year.
"Well, good luck finding a judge that doesn't run a bestiality site."
I was disappointed at the latest Indy as well. It simply lacks the "mystic aura" that the other Indy movies have.
Raiders of the lost Ark: Ancient egyptian maps. Booby traps. The second half of a map that the Nazis lack. An infinitely powerful artifact. GOD's power.
Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom: Evil cults engaged in bloodthirsty rituals. The stones of the gods. Actual jungles with vampires. Passageways filled with all kind of creepy bugs.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Medieval writings of a Franciscan Friar. Biblical elements. The cup of Christ. Ancient roman catacombs hidden below a Church turned Library. A society designed to protect the secret of the grail. Henry Jone's Grail Diary. The canyon of the crescent moon. Three lethal tests to prove your faith.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Whee, communists searching for alien artifacts in a jungle so fake it looks like a walk in the park! Hey, is that James Dean? Whee, look, aliens!
I want my childhood back! :( :( :(
I was a big fan of Lucasfilm's Indy games. The Last Crusade took me back to enjoying the "hidden parts that never appeared in the movie".
But the Fate of Atlantis was even better. Just take a look at some Indy 4 screenshots.
First of all, you got this archaeological dig in Iceland. Then the Azores. Then the mayan jungle of Tikal. Also, you make a stop at Monaco and have a seance with the holder of an ancient atlantean disc. AND you have to rescue him from being kidnapped by the Nazis. Later, you go to the desert and have to deal with a greedy arab merchant. Later you take a balloon to Crete and find yourself trapped in THE labyrinth. Finally you have to steal a Nazi U-boat and get to the mythical city of Atlantis. And then you have to explore a new concentric maze to find the chamber of the gods before the Nazis - not before having a secret encounter with Nur-Ab-Sal, the evil spirit posessing the body of your new girlfriend.
This game became my new Indy standard, and this is why I wanted the Indy movie so much to have it. If you watched the latest Indy movie, play the game and you'll be more than cured.
Ah, look, there's a youtube screenshot collection with Indy's theme playing on the background!
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Mostly agreed, but they did one up the last crusade with the Atom Bomb, an artifact that was thoroughly modern and far more dangerous and powerful than any of the mythological stuff Indy had run into before.
It's an interesting comparison with Raiders: Hitler wanted the Ark (and the Grail) so that his armies of darkness could march over the face of the earth. Americans simply built a better ark.
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It also has a black JFK. What's not to like about this movie?
I read the biography of GL, that was also an analysis of star wars, that made it's rounds a few months back. I found his early career fascinating.
I think what GL needs again is what all talented and admittedly gifted artistic people need. Pressure. They create, they need to create, because that's all they got going for them. That's their tool, they use it because they have to. Pressure to create.
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Not going to work - Indy always finds what he goes looking for.
It's all fun and games until a 200' robot dinosaur shows up and trashes Neo-Tokyo... Again