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The INDIANA JONES Monopoly Game Hints At What You Might See In May!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
I think it’s pretty hard to deny that INDIANA JONES fever has set in for a lot of film fans, and they’re hungry for any information or new imagery that they can get. I got a letter the other day from a guy who asked me why I hate INDY 4 already, which sort of took me aback. I don’t hate INDY 4. Far from it. I want INDY 4 to be amazing and fun and remind me why the character became so iconic in the first place. I just didn’t care for the first trailer all that much. I thought it was sort of sloppy as a first-look.
I’ll be very curious to see what set pieces and ideas end up in this new film, because the last 20 years have seen a lot of writers trying to crack this fourth adventure, and bits of pieces of many of those earlier efforts are going to show up in the film. The reader who sent me this e-mail alludes to one of those, and for those of you who haven’t tracked down earlier drafts that are bouncing around the internet, there’s a sequence from Jeb Stuart’s INDIANA JONES & THE SAUCER MEN OF MARS that featured Indy accidentally stumbling into a nuclear testing site, one of the ones that was set up to look like a small town, just before a test takes place. That same sequence, rewritten and punched up, showed up in Frank Darabont’s INDIANA JONES & THE CITY OF THE GODS. I’m not sure if it’s in the final film or not, but this spy seems to think the Monopoly board has given away at least one of the film’s secrets:
Hi, Harry;
Here's something that you probably saw already, but if not... Some new Indiana Jones IV information and imagery has leaked, courtesy of the upcoming Indiana Jones IV tie-in board game, and that imagery has been posted on Throw Me The Idol.
Apart from some new interesting tidbits, it also seems to confirm certain earlier suspicions about the movie, e.g. the use of the line "It's not the mileage, it's the years" (argh!) and the presence of the mock-town nuclear test site ("Doom Town") from the (thankfully) abandoned "Indiana Jones and Saucer Men from Mars" script. There's yet another look at the titular skull, too, thanks to the miniature Crystal (or rather Metal) Skull that's one of the tokens in the game.
Take care!
Jaromir Krol
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you guys are posting news updates like crazy...I've been on the site like 5 minutes and I've seen like 6 or 7 articles...keep it up
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is my favorite movie of all-time. I just hope KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL is better than INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.
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for making me look like an asshat.
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i am really worried about this movie. and here is my guess for game tokens: hat, whip, his douchey son's motorcycle, the skull, and a bag of peanuts to feed the squirrels in the park because indy is old ha ha.
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Anyone know if it is available? I'd love to read it and see what Lucas shit all over.
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it's like an empty vessel into which any sort of property can be poured for crass cross-promotional purposes. Of course, I probably shouldn't talk, being as I own a lord of the rings version of "Risk."
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No prob
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Well, he does eat a lot of exotic cuisine all around the world. I'm just sayin'...
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They are FILLED with corny puns and double entendre. Don't forget that you've had time to become nostalgic with the first three.
Seriously, you could rant about that for an HOUR, but it's better than 99% of the movies out there? And what happens when you see a movie that's actually BAD? Spontaneous combustion?!? -
This movie seriously sounds like the suck. Fuck Lucas.
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Krack is saying that even if the movie is better than most films, if it doesn't stand up to the originals i only serves the purpose of degrading the Indy legend. Don't forget, this movie should be held to a much higher standard than typical sumer fare.
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I agree...and another rant I've been seeing lately on here...people whining about and I'll quote one post..."Indy swinging on his whip like Spider-Man in the new trailer"...go rewatch the originals...in Raiders Indy went over the pit on his whip...swung in the mines in Temple as well as through window in the Nazi enclave in Last Crusade...the fact Indy overshoots the swinging mark in the trailer is totally in line with the past as well as poking fun at Ford's often criticized age...doesn't bother me one bit...I was in the theater sneak preview night for the first three and I'll be there for this one...Lucas I don't trust, Spielberg I do...I don't think they'll ruin this...and besides...they both said in the beginning...they intended to make a "B" movie in the first place...so, why bitch when they do exactly that? if you want to criticize anything, watch the Roger Moore era Bond movies vs. the Connery era
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Mar 10, 2008 12:22:54 AM CDT
Fuck you! The trailer was awesome! And I don't even care what yo
by proman1984
eat it
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Yep, it will show up. There is certainly a fake town and Indy rushes through it just before a nuke blast. It't kind of a wierd sequence. There are manequins all around the town. And get this: to survive the nuclear blast, Indy hides INSIDE A REFRIGERATOR in one of the houses! It's weird.
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Thank God. It's only been 24 hours since the last one.
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was the kiss of fucking death. For some reason Lucas and Speilberg must've thought he was the reason Transformers did so well so they hedged their bets with the shit stain. How the fuck does that douche keep getting jobs?
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I hope Lucas suffers a debilitating brain aneurysm. That fucker is 30 years past his prime and needs to stop and let someone else heard his creation into the future or just shoot it in the fucking head.
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height of action movies. Some kids on here just talk out of their ass like the one above.
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Indypoly. Now that's interesting: the testing site was actually incorporated into Darabont's draft... Including the fridge??
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there's an interview on youtube in which Darabont proudly describes how he used the new mileage line in his script. And I remember Spielberg mentioning that line in some interview a few years back.
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Mar 10, 2008 3:20:21 AM CDT
Anyone know when GL will go back to small experimental films?
by hideo kojima
Like he said he was going to do after Episode 3 (awesome btw just like the rest of the holy prequel triology) I would love to see some experimental stuff in the vein of THX1138.. and whatever happened to RED TAILS, dammit? Indy 4 will rock though and you haters can suck it... Speaking of haters, TOD haters need to wake up. Temple of Doom shits all over Last Crusade in terms of spills, chills, and thrills.. The first 20 minutes of TOD is pure 30s serial and the remanining is pure pulp. Raiders is the most serial-like of the lot, TOD is pulpy.. so what is Last Crusade? 1930's depression era pre-war slapstick? probably. crystal skulls will be a 50s b movie pulp... I'm rambling now.
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I brought that up as a joke in a past talkback, but I'm not at all surprised do see it actually showed up in the final script or film. Anyway, ADD IT TO THE LIST of hack elements.
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I must have missed it. Where is it?
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Could the fact that your dad doesn't complain about his age have anything to do with him not being an adventuring archaeologist? Or is he merely so good at swinging over pits, evading booby traps, releasing holy powers and fighting off Nazis, Thuggees and Communists that his age means nothing?
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Mar 10, 2008 5:54:03 AM CDT
I laugh at anyone not looking forward to this
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
Enjoy your failed, bitter and useless lives.
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Oh, because it's cool to hate on Lucas now? He wrote the story. Since then there have been at least 2 others to write the actual screenplay. Lucas is also a producer, basically the money guy. Anything you see on the screen is all Spielberg. Want someone to bitch at, bitch at him.
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Idunno: You're going to start the fanboy bitching about "A.I.", "Minority Report", and "War of the Worlds" and how spielberg sucks lately. And at the same time they'll seemingly forget about recent jems like "Munic", "Catch Me If You Can", and "Saving Private Ryan".
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I hoped to fuck that when I heard Indy 4 was coming, that this line would be in it, because its funny for those who are big fans of the series...I am glad if its true.
I dont understand what people are knocking this for
There have been many imitations of Indy over the years, but bnone of them have the right mix of humour, action and cool artifacts.
I thought the trailer was awesome, I dont think it gave too much away, its just a teaser after all. But thought it looked cool.
How the fuck is he swingin about like spiderman, thats tota bullshit, watch it again, its just the same as the previous 3 movies, excpet he ficks up and falls in the truck behind...Which is typical Indy humour...Hes just a normal guys who gets lucky half the time, and does something cool every now and again.
This will be along with TDK, the only 2 films I go and see at cinemas this year, never went to any last year. This is what I want to see, good shit like this being made, and not new directors who have no concept or art, timing or antyhing to ake anything good, they just churn out standard hollywood studio bullshit and market the fuck out of it.
Plus when you hear that fucking music, it sends shivers up my spine, best movie theme tune...Everrrrr.
Oh and all Lucas came up with was the Crystal Skull idea (The McGuffin), other people write scripts and this was only one that Ford, Lucas and Spielberg all liked in years, so are they all wrong?
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Did you even SEE "Catch Me If You Can"? And... that movie wasn't fun or clever enough for you?!? Do yourself a favor then and stop seeing movies if you can't find anything you enjoy about them.
You yourself said that KOTCS would be better than "99% of what Hollywood has been putting out for the last 15 years". And you STILL find a way to bitch about Spielberg?
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And he'll get you drunk and make you wear a pretty dress.
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(Free Elephant Parking!)
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(free camel parking!)
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Take a trip on a Nazi truck down the Cairo Highway. Collect $100 for recovery of Lost Ark!
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Save Marion from a gunfight at the Raven's Nest. Collect Headpiece to Staf fof Rah!
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Get busy with Marion after recovering Ark for government. Spawn Mutt LaBeouf! (Go directly to Jail. DO not pass Go; DO not collect $200.)
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Pick a fight with a burly German Mechanic. Escape with your life after German Mechanic is cuisinarted by Flying Wing!
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You ate a Bad Date. Game Over.
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Shorty gets you stuck in an underground deathtrap! Call Willie to save you, only to have her reactivate the trap. Escape barely, but go back to get your hat.
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You decide to enter the Well of The Souls, despite your fear of snakes. But Belloq steals the Ark and traps you inside. Indiana Jones, adieu!
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Or the temple will fall apart, and the old dude will get mad.
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Lucas might have done "what he wanted to" with the SW prequels, at least that's what he says to the public, but it's hard to dispute that those three new films simply aren't as well written and executed as the originals. I'm not talking about acting or effects or mythology. I'm talking about execution of the story Lucas wanted to tell. As for Lucas also going on record that HE pushed and pushed for this Crystal SKulls/aliens angle for Indy IV against the repeated refusal of Speilberg, Ford, and others, well - that speaks for itself. I suppose one could argue that Luca$ might not be totally off his rocker just because those two guys were against the idea. I mean, look at what Ford's done in the past 10+ years. And Speilberg. Have their filmmaking decisions been made with consistent wisdom (coughK19Widowmakercough)? Still, I thin it's a bad sign when everyone involves acknowledges they didn't really like the idea, but eventualyl just gave in when Luca$ wore them down enough. It isn't like they didn't want to do it b/c it was too avant garde. It's because they didn't like the premise/macguffin. shivers the timbers, don't it?
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