Originally posted by: JediSage

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
What if it was set in modern day? Since Indy and Henry Sr. drank from the cup of life, they could pull a Green Mile and have them aging very slowly. Not that I think this would happen, but it would be a very interesting plot twist. Perhaps more interesting than Soviets-under-Kruschev as the bad guys.

Maybe in a star-powered crossover, Indiana Jones and Robert Langdon can debate about whether or not the Holy Grail really was a cup.

I've wondered about the cup drinking since I first saw Last Crusade. It is an interesting premise. Too bad Denholm Elliot isn't still around. He was classic in that movie.

Nah, he was classic in 'Raiders' but a total fool in 'Last Crusade.'

The cup thing is often debated on Indiana Jones fansites. What the Knight says is basically the price of immortality is the cup cannot pass the seal. Now, Indy and Henry Sr. don't take the cup past the seal, but Elsa does, causing the cataclysmic implosion of the temple. So, are they immortal since they didn't take it past the seal, or do her actions cost them everlasting life? I'm thinking the latter.

As far as villains go, they are shooting in and around LA as well as the jungle, and have apparently scouted San Francisco. The new Indiana Jones video game in the works has sequences in San Francisco with the Chinese Triads as the villains. Recently, there has been NO NEWS at all of this game, which is kind of weird.

It's got me to thinking that they are somehow related, meaning we could see Chinese Triads going after Indy, maybe a bunch of Lao Che's goons, I don't know.

I just hope the movie isn't too on the nose, and that it stays away from constantly winking at the audience. Each sequel had it's nods to the others, to be sure, but I don't want to see things like "Oh, there's the idol, hey, check it out - there's the Ark." Hopefully it's sentimental in the right spots and not too cheesy.