There are well substantiated rumors that a new Indiana Jones movie is in the works. And while I'm hesitant to even consider Steven, George, Harrison and (ugh) Shia adding another number to the franchise after the skull-fuck that was Crystal Skull, I also feel like we need redemption. Indy can't go out like that. He's too iconic for his last screen appearance to be surrounded by swinging monkeys and amazingly horrible amphibious vehicle jumps. We all have ideas of how we'd like to see the series go. The imagined adventures Dr. Jones would go on. And I'd like to hear what you guys would like to see in Indy 5. Here's mine:
1. Bring back Sallah. Who doesn't love John Rhys-Davies? He and Indiana always had a great camaraderie and he's contributed to some of the better lines in the movies. (Asps, very dangerous. You go first.) You can't help but enjoy his company. Bring him back, even if you have to shoehorn him into the plot.
2. Let's see the standard prelude we're used to receiving in the movies. Indy's attempt at retrieving the Golden Idol, the Shanghai shootout, and the train chase with the Cross of Coronado were excellent at sending us directly into the action. And while they didn't necessarily have a huge impact on the plot later in the movie, they were fun precursors to get us settled in. I'll admit that I enjoyed the warehouse chase in Crystal Skull, but Indy wasn't after some new treasure. He wasn't seeking some lost relic. Instead, we skipped the prelude and went straight into the story.
3. Use the plot of the novel Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I was actually discussing this with Johnny last night, and I honestly think it could work (with some tweaking). Here's why: Indy has sought ancient treasures, but never pirate treasure. And if the Pirates trilogy is any indication, people love themselves some buccaneers. There are two enemies in the novel, the trap-filled hole where the treasure resides and the greedy company man who wants the power the treasure holds all to himself. (The book is a fictionalization of the very real mystery of Oak Island).
4. Limit Shia's screen time. George didn't learn from his mistakes with Jar Jar Binks, and he created another character no one particularly liked in Mutt. The character didn't add much to the plot of Crystal Skull, other than Indy's realization that he's a father and all the stress that brings. So while Mutt is now part of the Indiana Jone cannon, can we limit him to a bit-part rather than have him fighting swords against Russians atop a car speeding through a jungle?
5. Keep Marion around. We like Karen Allen. She's good people.
So let loose in the comments section folks. Let's see what you come up with.
2. Let's see the standard prelude we're used to receiving in the movies. Indy's attempt at retrieving the Golden Idol, the Shanghai shootout, and the train chase with the Cross of Coronado were excellent at sending us directly into the action. And while they didn't necessarily have a huge impact on the plot later in the movie, they were fun precursors to get us settled in. I'll admit that I enjoyed the warehouse chase in Crystal Skull, but Indy wasn't after some new treasure. He wasn't seeking some lost relic. Instead, we skipped the prelude and went straight into the story.
3. Use the plot of the novel Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I was actually discussing this with Johnny last night, and I honestly think it could work (with some tweaking). Here's why: Indy has sought ancient treasures, but never pirate treasure. And if the Pirates trilogy is any indication, people love themselves some buccaneers. There are two enemies in the novel, the trap-filled hole where the treasure resides and the greedy company man who wants the power the treasure holds all to himself. (The book is a fictionalization of the very real mystery of Oak Island).
4. Limit Shia's screen time. George didn't learn from his mistakes with Jar Jar Binks, and he created another character no one particularly liked in Mutt. The character didn't add much to the plot of Crystal Skull, other than Indy's realization that he's a father and all the stress that brings. So while Mutt is now part of the Indiana Jone cannon, can we limit him to a bit-part rather than have him fighting swords against Russians atop a car speeding through a jungle?
5. Keep Marion around. We like Karen Allen. She's good people.
So let loose in the comments section folks. Let's see what you come up with.
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I would pay $11 to see Short Round beat the crap out of Shia LaBeouf. Not the character of Mutt, mind you, the real Shia LaBeouf. Wouldn't necessarily have to take place in an Indy movie, either.
Put that in IMAX and I'd pay twice that amount. Well played Jeem.
Yes, I concur. 2 words: Short Round.
you know the only reason Mutt is in the movie is because he will be taking over the reins from Indy. and he'll make an excellent Indy Jr. Shia is a big movie star in the making. No joking.
Would I like to see a 5th movie?
NO!
But if you twist my arm, I would like to see it remade, reworked and rebooted by JJ Abrams. That's right. Harrison, Steve, George get off the bus. It's time for someone else to drive.
Keyboard Cat.
Things I would like to see in the next film:
1. Titties. Great big Russ Meyer style titties.
2. An angry black guy. For no reason other to interrupt Shia Le whats-his-name's lines with the new T-shirt catch phrase, "Shut the FUCK up, Even Stevens!"
3. A big, underwater sphere. So that way, Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel Jackson can make everyone forget this movie and the last one ever existed.
Yes, I agree about Short Round: Short Round skull f*cking LeBoef would put asses in seats.
And titties.
I'd like to see Indy's ashes shot into space with one of the early Soviet space dogs. You'd see the dog die, decompose and his dog tag (with the the dog's name "Hans") come to rest on the container with the ashes. The rocket travels back in time though a spacewarp, where's it's found by Space Cadet Solo, made impotent through stellar radiation, who uses the dna from the ashes to clone a baby son.....
Indy should die at the end preventing any hope of yet another sequel.
Indiana Jones and the Search for Dignity:
Act I: Someone Evil Steals the Shroud of Turin to Resurrect the Third Reich
Act II: Marion Is Kidnapped During the First Attempt to Recover Shroud
Act III: Someone Evil Resurrects an Army of Nazis, Who Indy Fights Single-handed Until He Gets the Shroud Back, and Turns Them into A Skelteton Army Who Then Eat Someone Evil
Preview Scenes:
Act I, Scene 2: Mutt does something stupid to give Someone Evil the key to getting the Shroud, then dies trying to stop him*.
Act II, Scene 6: Kidnapped Marion challenges a guard to a drinking contest, swaps his drink for poison. Gets caught again, but not before finding out something important about the Shroud.
Act II, Scene 8: Indy has to break into the Museum where Belloq's ill-gotten gains were donated after his brain exploded, to recover the idol from the opening scene of Raiders, because Belloq hid his notes to the Turin Shroud in a secret cavity inside it.
Act III, Scene 12: Indy whips a shambling nazi in the face, ripping the flesh off, and exposing a crystal skull on the creature. "No. Not this again," says Indy, and hurls the skull at the wall, shattering it.
*Therefore Mutt can provide all the inspiration Indy needs, without the annoying aliveness.
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and I suppose marion
Jeem, I'd pay a lot more too see it...
I haven't seen the new Indy film yet, because I'm pondering if I like the character enough to put up with that crappy face showing up every now and then.