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INDIANA JONES 4 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:14 am
by aTOMiC
www.mania.com/53189.html
Well it seems everyone has approved the script and Ford has inked a contract. It also seems Lucas is really excited about it. I hope thats a good thing. I guess news will pour in as soon as they start rolling cameras. I want this to be a genuinely good film but there is a lot to worry about here.
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:35 am
by matrixman
Thanks for the news, TOM! It's just amazing (or appalling) how long this movie project has been stuck in development hell.
Let's see...the last time we saw an Indiana Jones flick in theatres:
- the AC-3 surround sound standard (Dolby Digital) didn't exist yet
- laserdisc was "hi-def"
- Star Trek was still popular
- Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet (har har)
- the Soviet Union was still around
- the Intel 486 was cutting edge microprocessor technology
- the 8-bit Nintendo ruled the game console universe
- big hair metal was still storming charts and arenas
- a Canadian hockey team actually won the Stanley Cup
- SRD was actually a top-selling author
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:58 pm
by dlbpharmd
Wow, has it been THAT long since "The Last Crusade?"
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:42 pm
by Kil Tyme
I recall during the first flick that Lucas said all the future Ind Jones movies would be filmed in reverse, meaning the first (Lost Arc) would actually be Indy's last adventure, so to speak. Now that Harrison Ford is 89 I wonder if that is still the plan....
(yes, i know he isn't 89...)
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:44 pm
by Cail
I think this is a huge mistake after this amount of time. Ford is a geezer, and hasn't made a decent film in what, 10 years?
Leave it be.
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:06 pm
by Warmark
I love the origonal series, hope this doesnt disapoint.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:29 pm
by Usivius
I don't think it will disappoint. Lucas is a great "idea-guy"... thankfully he has Spielberg to craft it well.
Let's see...the last time we saw an Indiana Jones flick in theatres:
- the AC-3 surround sound standard (Dolby Digital) didn't exist yet
- laserdisc was "hi-def"
- Star Trek was still popular
- Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet (har har)
- the Soviet Union was still around
- the Intel 486 was cutting edge microprocessor technology
- the 8-bit Nintendo ruled the game console universe
- big hair metal was still storming charts and arenas
- a Canadian hockey team actually won the Stanley Cup
- SRD was actually a top-selling author
Hilarious....
a Canadian hockey team actually won the Stanley Cup
...and terribly sad ...
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:38 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
So this is basically gonna be a movie about him teaching graduate classes in archeological ethics, right? I mean, what else is an old prof to do?
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:41 pm
by Cail
Indiana Jones and the Last Colonoscopy!
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:13 am
by A Gunslinger
It could very well be a decent movie. The triad...Lucas/S.S. & Ford could easily make a great flick. Raiders is one of my favorite movies EVER. Top 5, so it is.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:51 pm
by Cail
Luca$ hasn't been involved with a decent film since 1989. Spielberg has been hit-or-miss for over a decade, and Ford hasn't made a decent film since what, Clear and Present Danger in 1994?
Sorry, I loved the first three Indy films, but the lightning has left the bottle.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:24 pm
by Usivius
gads, you actually liked the second one? Ik.
And Spielberg is annoying in the fact that he really hasn't made a bad movie since ... well "1941". Really. You may not like one movie or another, but you can't say they are 'bad'.
Sheesh, even The Terminal, a shcloky movie if there ever was one, was good. That b@stard just has great story-telling abilities behind the camera and he knows who to cast ...
My vote is in the area of Indy 4 being at LEAST theatre-ticket watchable.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:45 pm
by dANdeLION
I think it'll be a fun movie, watching a retired 60-something Indy searching for the Fountain of Youth in his retirement center, set in 1964. Maybe we'll even get to watch him bitch about Rock 'N Roll!
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:57 pm
by Cail
Be thrilled as Indy eats dinner at 3pm, then goes home to watch Matlock on TNT.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:02 pm
by A Gunslinger
I'll reserve judgement until a script is leaked. If it is an adventure that a middle-aged Indy couldn't handle (think Star Trek 5) I'll join Cail. I remain hopeful.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:06 pm
by Cail
Middle aged? Harrison Ford is 64! He's 5 years older than Connery was in Last Crusade!
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:13 pm
by dANdeLION
He hasn't aged as well as Connery, either.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:15 pm
by Cail
True. He's also not even half the actor that Connery is.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:01 pm
by NOWgirl
Nor is he half the man Connery is, but then again, who is?
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:41 pm
by dlbpharmd
Cail wrote:Middle aged? Harrison Ford is 64! He's 5 years older than Connery was in Last Crusade!
Holy crap, I didn't know that!