Shia just turned 23. By the time they get around to writing and filming the next one, he'll have aged enough to pull it off. Besides, I'm sure if there is another one, and they are passing the torch, Harrison will probably be in it, so Shia would be close to 30 before having his own adventures alone.
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Shia just turned 23. By the time they get around to writing and filming the next one, he'll have aged enough to pull it off. Besides, I'm sure if there is another one, and they are passing the torch, Harrison will probably be in it, so Shia would be close to 30 before having his own adventures alone.
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A reboot of Indiana Jones wouldn't be the end of the world. Star Trek was rebooted and remove the angle that still had Nimoy involved but the filmmakers were asking people to accept Chris Pine as James T. Kirk, a role that was made into a Pop Culture Icon by William Shatner. Literally its the same field as Indy, it wasn't a literary character or a Bondesque move where they interchanged and this generation was able to accept different actors in the same role, Shatner up until this year WAS Kirk, it was understood and with syndication new audiences were introduced to their adventures on a daily basis. I'm not a huge fan of the original Star Trek but you don't have to be to understand that with the TOS crew they ran that into the ground with the last few adventures being liked by diehard fans but overall admittingly the weakest of the bunch. Same happened with the TNG crew.
Rebooting is severely risky but if done in the right hands, you get what you got with Star Trek 2009, a new audience anxious for more that likes the cast and the feel of the original characters without direct copy or direct mimicry and a Core audience who is willing to go on this adventure but still has their fond memories intact.
A new Indy wouldn't negate Ford as Indy. A new actor wouldn't have to look or copy Ford's performance, Pine certainly didn't channel Shatner but gave a similar feel. It would also keep the established Ford performances in a sort of Holy place without any further missteps or crumbling storylines. I didn't hate KOTCS but it certainly didn't peg the ol' Indy magic for me by any means and I wouldn't even say that I liked it. I was kind of indifferent about it. I would much rather see a new Indiana Jones done well given the same treatment as Abrams did with Star Trek and have a concurrent adventure that could still capture the magic but keep the old in line and respectable.
Diehards will never say they like Pine over Shatner or Quinto over Nimoy they'll say they are acceptable replacements and they like them in their own way but still treasure, respect and love the originals. No reason Indy couldn't share the same fate.
Rebooting is severely risky but if done in the right hands, you get what you got with Star Trek 2009, a new audience anxious for more that likes the cast and the feel of the original characters without direct copy or direct mimicry and a Core audience who is willing to go on this adventure but still has their fond memories intact.
A new Indy wouldn't negate Ford as Indy. A new actor wouldn't have to look or copy Ford's performance, Pine certainly didn't channel Shatner but gave a similar feel. It would also keep the established Ford performances in a sort of Holy place without any further missteps or crumbling storylines. I didn't hate KOTCS but it certainly didn't peg the ol' Indy magic for me by any means and I wouldn't even say that I liked it. I was kind of indifferent about it. I would much rather see a new Indiana Jones done well given the same treatment as Abrams did with Star Trek and have a concurrent adventure that could still capture the magic but keep the old in line and respectable.
Diehards will never say they like Pine over Shatner or Quinto over Nimoy they'll say they are acceptable replacements and they like them in their own way but still treasure, respect and love the originals. No reason Indy couldn't share the same fate.
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IMO Indy is all about the Ford/Spielberg combo. I don't think it's comparable to Trek. Shatner is iconic but there is a whole cast of characters, reusable environments and story elements associated with Trek to keep it familiar. There's nothing too remarkable about any of the Indy stories, and very little that can be repeated. It's about watching Harrison Ford lose, and then win. Take Ford and Spielberg out of the equation and you have another run-of-the-mill adventure movie. I wouldn't be intertested in a film if either of those two weren't involved, never mind both.
And if there is a next generation combo with the chemistry that those guys have I'd much rather see original work from them. I would be more apt to watch a Mutt Williams solo movie with a new director.
And if there is a next generation combo with the chemistry that those guys have I'd much rather see original work from them. I would be more apt to watch a Mutt Williams solo movie with a new director.
An excellent, well thought out commentary. I happen to agree with you 100%.
I'll take a reboot of the series before having to watch "Mutt Williams and the xxxxxxx".
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Maybe Indy shoud just be left alone. I'm sick of reboots, sequels and remakes. Maybe we could just have a new original adventure film with a new set of characters. Look at "Romancing the Stone" - it was great, it was in the spirit of Indy and more importantly it was its own idea. Or just get Nathan Fillion and adapt "Uncharted" for the big screen.
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I see what you guys are saying that Shia will be thirty in 7 years, but I still think he will look like he couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding.
The whole Mutt/Son thing reminds me of Superman Returns. Giving Superman a kid ruined everything. Now Superman has to be a good father, have his dumb kid in the movies. That movie killed the Superman Franchise, that needs a reboot.
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They turned Superman gay.
At least Indy was still "Indy" in KOTCS, upto an including the very last scene where he snatches the hat from Mutt.As far as replacing Indy, I don't really think it'd work. As I said before, Indy's Harrison and vice versa. It'd be the equivalent of a comedian trying to do an impersonation of Robin Williams. Is it possible? I guess. But how many are passable? The reason Star Trek worked is because even the Trekkies were getting tired of the series. I don't think anybody's reached that point with Indy yet.
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Pretty sure a reboot of Superman is in the works already.
And I hope that Lucas isn't used on the next film. Nice man. Doesn't know how to make films anymore.
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He's slime. I hate him.
I was hoping that when he died, Star Wars will be saved...but no. The greedy ^^^^er is taking the entire universe to his grave. No more SW movies will ever be made again when he dies.
I was hoping that when he died, Star Wars will be saved...but no. The greedy ^^^^er is taking the entire universe to his grave. No more SW movies will ever be made again when he dies.
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What a stupid post.
He states in the special features of the DVDs that he'll let his kids decide whether or not to do another Star Wars movie, but he's done. And even after that, he went and released Clone Wars as a theatrical release. 
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i wonder if they'll incorporate a san francisco tram fight scene that was previewed for the game that never came out on the xbox 360 and ps3? i dont know how closely lucas/spielberg were in dealing with the game development and plot but they might take the best elements from it
Where? What DVD? I want to hear this.
As for the current topic... No Ford, No Spielberg = No INDY. Period.
And I hated the Darabont script for INDY IV. It reads like cheesy fan-fic. The only thing he got right was the Marion character, which was 10x better than in KOTCS. But other than that... bad, bad, bad. Easily Darabont's worst screenplay ever. I was shocked when it was confirmed it wasn't a hoax and was actually his script when it leaked last year.
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What a stupid post.
Then who was the ^^^^ tard who told me that when he dies, so does SW?
If it isnt true, his KIDS better make a ******* Boba Fett movie.
And you're a stupid post.
That was probably ME.Then who was the ^^^^ tard who told me that when he dies, so does SW?
Because that has been the line at LFL for as long as I can remember, and quite recently as well.SW would continue in licensing, games, EU, and even TV after Lucas... but no more movies.
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No...I remember someone at Superherohype telling me this. A ^^^^ tard. Hence why I said.
I thought I remembered reading that too, no more SW films ever. Well I certainly don't want any more from him nor any from anyone else that in any way respects Lucas' vision. Lucas' vision is cartoons not live action films. It must have been a terrible nuisance for him having to use actors and the occasional prop on the prequels.
Interesting trivia: There was actually more model work done on the PT than the entire OT.
Pick your jaws up off the floor, because it's true.
Lucas' problem these days isn't some technology handicap, it's that he's completely lost his way as a storyteller and editor.
Pick your jaws up off the floor, because it's true.
Lucas' problem these days isn't some technology handicap, it's that he's completely lost his way as a storyteller and editor.
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