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Post #1488

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RRS-1980
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indiana jones / american graffiti discussion
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31-Mar-2003, 4:23 AM
I can't believe my own words as I was always waiting anxiously to see it... to experience another great adventure... to meet one of my favorite movie characters... ...but as I hear rumors about Indy 4 and given the contemporary style of movie-making I wish George & Steven weren't making Indiana Jones 4 at all !

...coz I'm afraid it will have the "look&feel" of 'Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine' (a PC game by Lucasarts). For those who don't play games:

1. The action takes place after WWII - Indy's movies have this unique 30's atmosphere: clothes, planes, cars, music etc. - changing it we may expect helicopters and such, besides the "balance of power" has changed much and this leads to point two, which is:
2. No Naizis! - "Nazis, I hate those guys!" - imagine Indy battling with, say, Soviets (this was in the game!). Soviets fit well as baddies but in Bond movies, not Indy! It was the Third Reich that was obsessed with paranormal stuff (watch documentaries on Discovery channel if you don't believe me) while Soviets always denied the existence of anything supernatural (maybe except the abilities of their leaders ) as this was part of their ideology. I will miss bad guys in German uniforms...
3. Old Indy... - with all respect to Harrison, isn't he too old for this sh*t? If they are going to make "granddaddy" Indy like in this horrible TV series made by Lucas ('Young Indy' series sux!) then I quit... If only the could make reasonable decision to, say, place the action in 1944 (war is still on) and Indy made to escape from German POW camp - this will explain why he looks older than 46 years... (being in prison isn't the best thin for your look/health)

Maybe it's just me bitch*n' ,but I no longer enjoy Steven's movies (those recent ones - it seems he lost his "what it takes", his style)... and Williams didn't pleased me for a long time ('Duel of the Fates' and 'Across the Stars' is not enough - in the old days his whole soundtracks rocked, not only parts of it)... Maybe the got too old? Too bad there are NO young artists I would like/respect...