Cool News
Is Harrison Ford back-pedaling from ever playing Indiana Jones again'
Well... Let's just keep our fingers crossed that this is a misquote or is taken horribly out of context or possibly that Harrison is just in one of his ... moods. Here ya go...
Hi. I live in Brazil, and Harrison Ford's new movie Random Hearts is premiering here this weekend, so the newspaper "Folha de São Paulo"
interviewed him, and this is what he said about a possible Indiana Jones movie
"Do you think Steven Spielberg will return one day to direct " Indiana Jones "?
Ford - Perhaps yes. I think the public would be very happy with Indiana Jones' return. He is a romantic adventurer for who the audience easily
identifies. But I am sure that I could never play Indiana Jones again. He is in the past of my career, that took different direction. I feel today
closer of characters like Jack Ryan than Han-Solo and Indiana Jones."
You can check the full interview (in potuguese) on here!!!
(the question above is the 6th question)
That's all
Raony
-
+ Expand All
-
I just couldn't see Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford, plain and simple. I enjoyed the Young Indiana Jones, but to make an entry in the movie series without him would not only be unfortunate, but a mistake.
-
Indy, died a long time ago, yet we have Xena, Herc and even Buffy, yet none them live up to the INDY legend why is this? please discuss......We need a new hero to look up too....and so far its a guy in black called Neo.
Please give us a clever hero, who doesnt wear ight lever. -
Nov 20, 1999 3:57:08 AM CST
Don't need him. You can work wonders with CGI.This is an opport
by nazzim of bazzim
That's right. There's plenty of old footage and outtakes from the three movies so far that you could probably do a horrible kind of cut and paste "Trail of the Pink Panther" kind of thing. But why settle for that when you can brew up an Indiana jones from the bowels of some nefarious computer. Yes, this is just the excuse that George Lucas needs to digitize Ford's ass. I'll bet Lucas has thought of it. You know he has.
-
I'm sure he's available, and after all he WAS the original choice. Ha Ha.
-
Harrison Ford is way too old to play a vital and interesting Indiana Jones anyway, I hope he doesn't do another one. The last two were letdowns after the FANTASTIC and PERFECT Raiders Of The Lost Ark, plus Mr ford seems happier with sabrina and Random Hearts and Six Days Seven Nights and the rest of the crap nobody likes that he seems to concentrate on churning out. I remember when he used to be an actor. Witness anyone?
-
He would play Indy in a second if the script was good. It's probably his favorite character to play. Dr. Jones will be back.
-
Ford is probably in a bad mood over having to promote his most recent piece of crap, "Random Hearts". How many times do we have to put up with stars threatening to retire or not return to a favorite sequel or franchise. Then, all of a sudden they get a script they like, plenty of loot and off they go. Besides, Ford is losing his luster with his last few movies. He could use a hit and he knows it. Hmmmmmm, The more I think about it, I'm getting more intrigued with the Bob Dole version.
-
His pacemaker was fine............
signed, harrison ford hear surgeon -
I help Harrison hear his scripts and I help his pacemaker at the same time....damn I need a grey goose martini, my spelling is all wrong, aint it cool booze has been very intertaing tonight, whoops you know what I meant, entertaining!!!
Like Chloe Seigvyny's mole on her left tittie. -
Indiana Jones isn't just in Ford's past, it's in THE past. Did The Phantom Menace teach people nothing? These things have a limited lifespan and should not be exhumed once their time has passed. Doing so only casts a bad light on what went before. There just isn't any momentum to be had from this franchise any longer and anything that prevents another one being made gets my vote. Now that I've run out of metaphors could someone explain to me just what it is that people have against The Last Crusade?
-
Raiders was very good. The others I can do without. His acting and acting choices have been very disappointing for the past 10 years. I think The Fugitive was the last thing I liked. He was good taking a different turn in Working Girl. He's just too damn serious these days. His past five films ahave been reeeaaallly bad. Could Jack Ryan be more dull? You know who the real Jack Ryan was? Alec Baldwin. He's not even happy with Blade Runner. Wait! How can you not be happy with Blade Runner? So...I think it's over.
-
... that thinks a 4th Indy movie is a bad idea? Indy formed the perfect trilogy and it ended on an up-note w/ Last Crusade. Why mess with it? Unless there was a new idea to pursue, like an Indy movie w/ Sean Patric Flannery as the lead with Harrison Ford as an "old" Indy narrating flashbacks or something... anything different would be good. But lets not just have another "find the artifact, get chased by nazis, get the girl movie...
-
...just kidding. It really didn't sound much like a confirmation of anything to me...maybe Harrison was just messing with the Brazillians or something...
-
I have read time and again that Harrison Ford would go back and do another Indy in a 'New York minute'. There have been a ton of articles published over the last few years that have basically said that 'It's a go, as soon as Ford, Spielberg, and Lucas have clear schedules'. After reading the talkbacks, I guess I'm the only one who thinks there's still life in this franchise. LUCAS would gladly bleed the money out of it, but Spielberg, I think, has a little more integrity than that- since this character is so beloved to him, I honestly cannot picture him filming a half-assed sequel. It would have to be great, or I doubt Spielberg would commit to it. In the time since Spielberg filmed the last Indy in 1989, he has blossomed as matured immensely as a filmmaker, and I think his new perspective on things can only be a good thing for a future Indy installment. He learned that half-assed sequels were a mistake with The Lost World, and I for one, have complete faith that a new Indy would be excellent.
-
I'm with Jimmer. I've only read the Chris Columbus version of Indy4 and it was a retread mishmash of all that had come before. Completely unnecessary. There's a script out there by that Boam guy who wrote the last one, and it's based on a story by George Lucas, so maybe it's the favored version. I dunno. But he -- moving on to why IJ:LC was the worst of the series -- completely changed Indy's character into a flirtatious smoothie. Other reasons why that movie was the worst; bad SFX (visible bluescreen line when the tank falls off the cliff), real groaner mistakes (there's no catacombs in Venice, they'd all be under water!) and a just-don't-care vibe palpably emenating from Ford. And he doesn't just constantly diss Bladerunner, he actually turned in a bad performance ON PURPOSE! He's said in interviews that he did as bad a version of the voiceovers as possible hoping that they wouldn't use them. And Rutger Hauer said that Ford had plenty of chances to make his role interesting and alive, but didn't take them. This is an actor with no enthousiasm and no respect for his fans. He should go back to carpentry. A Bladerunner sequel could easily take place in the same universe without Deckard. We could see some off-world sites. (Yes, I know that I'm descibing Kurt Russell's terrible 'Soldier'. What was up with that anyway? I thought replicants did all the fighting? And why would you use a planet with rare breathable atmosphere as a garbage dump? Why not the moon or anyplace). This is turning into a real ramble. Oh well. Hey, maybe Bladerunner2 could include that weird virtual-reality religion from Philip K. Dick's book.
-
I also read the article in which Lucas stated that he was ready to do a fourth Indy film, whenever Ford and Speilburg are ready. I personally think it would be great to see another, and who says Harrison couldnt play Indy again? The guy is a fantastic actor, and it would be cool to see an older, but no less awesome Indy duking it out with some power-hungry villain. I also agree with the fact that his past few films werent so great, and this could very well jump-start it again. Oh, and to say that films like these and Star Wars are past their time is, in my opinion, absurd. The Phantom Menace was awaited for 16 years because people loved the first 3, and the film didnt prove that Star Wars is past its prime, it re-enstated the franchise and blew people away just like the first 3 did. Anyway, getting back to Indy, I wouldnt count Ford out of it just yet....but if a fourth is never made, then i agree with those above that stated that Last Crusade is a great enough ending to the saga for me.
-
Harrison Ford is pushing 60, and he's absolutely right that roles like Jack Ryan or President of the US are more appropriate for him now, he does them well and successfully.
Better not to make another Indy movie than to have an inferior replacement actor or an Indy who is clinging to lost youth. Letting the character get older and wiser wouldn't work either, he'd be no fun if he learned how to avoid trouble. Let the series stand as it is.
-
Bruce Campbell would make an excellent replacement Indy, but I don't see Spielberg or Lucas making another Indy without Ford, let alone replacing him. I wish Ford would stop running down characters like Indy and Solo those characters made him, charcters like Jack Ryan and these romantic leads he keeps doing are eroding his legend.
-
I saw Spielberg asked about it on a one of the entertainment shows and he said he wants to diect it and Ford has only 5 good years left to play Jones.
-
Indy after Ford is like sex after castration.
-
Forget about Harrison Ford, bring in Ralph Fiennes! He'd jump at the chance to work with Spielberg again, I bet. Harrison Ford is too much of a "Movie Star" to be of use to me anymore. He's been walking through roles for years. Fiennes isn't too big for his britches and could bring something new to the role that Ford hadn't uncovered yet. I will assume everyone is in complete agreement with me. (Now if that ain't baiting, what is?)
-
I know I'm being redundant, but I figured I would also say it again just to be another voice thats heard what Harrison has actually said. That stuff's got to be a load of krapppollla. I also have heard/read/seen/whatever numerous interviews where he's said he'd play Indy again "in a New York minute". I thought this was fairly well known. On Entertainment Tonight, I believe, he was once asked if there were any role he could/would play or play again or something like that.........ah......well anyway his answer was Indiana Jones.
-
Yeah Blade Runner 2 or something would be cool. I'd like to see Ridley return to Sci-Fi. He's so good at it...& w/ the effects today dood. awesome. Stunning Visuals dood. DOOOOOOOOOOD DOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!! ya.
-
ford is way too old to be running around swinging on vines and running from boulders. pick a new young guy!
-
Harrison Ford is nuts not to do another Indiana Jones... with that being said the only thing worse than him not doing Indiana Jones is someone else playing him. Remember how Young Indiana Jones bombed when that was on TV? Harrison Ford is the only one to carry those movies and if he doesn't do it it should be untouched.
-
Id rather see Harrison but he is getting on a bit.I definitely think Sean Connery must return though
-
Im so sick of Harrison Ford politcial thrillers. Doesnt he know he does action best when comedy is involved? Anyway, this might be a good thing. Spielberg has better things to do.
-
And he wasn't even the original bond. A newcomer just may be able to fill Indiana's boots and bring something new to the character as well.
-
I know this is getting off the subject quite a little, but I am not much of a fan of JAck Ryan. Ford did a great job with the role in Patriot Games (I'm not bing on Clear and Present.., but that is another story), even though he is too old to be Jack Ryan. Jack Ryan is suposed to be in his 30's, thats why Bladwin worked well in Red October. If Ford wants to play a great Tom Clacy character, he needs to play John Clark from Rainbow Six. He's the right age for the role, and he'd get to kick some terrorist ass in the movie's opening sequence. Jack Ryan has never been my favorite Clancy character. John Clark is way cooler.
-
-Harrison's sticking to the lame romance/poltical thrillers because dammit, he IS too old, okay? Do we really wanna see Indy break his hip on camera? The three movies rock, let it fade away or else we'll reach ALIEN RESURRECTION syndrome. (though I do think Harrison is being a bitch for dissing out his classic roles like Han Solo and Indy. Those roles MADE YOU WHAT YOU ARE. So show some respect or else you'd still be a carpenter.)
-
Nov 20, 1999 5:00:59 PM CST
For those of you who think Ford's been kicking ass over the past
by gsolo
Blade Runner 2. A film about what became of Deckard, and about the future of that future. Hmm. It brakes all the rules of the "Let it be" opinion. But my curiosity would get me in the theater. But Blade Runner 2 without Ford? Well, that's not worth while for me.
-
I once dated a Brazilian woman who worked in the newspaper business for a while, and one of the things she told me that you should take everything in them with a BIG bag of salt. Newspapers down there tend to stretch entertainment stories so as to attract new readers. And a big story like Harrison Ford Dissing Indiana Jones sounds like one of those stories.
Then again, Harrison has stated in the past that he had no plans to play Indiana Jones again. Guess we might just have to settle for the PC games. Lets hope not. -
Why couldn't Lucas arts get Ford to do Indy's voice for their new game, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine? I played a little of it, and its pretty cool, but the voice of Indy is all wrong.
-
First of all, if Ford said this at all, it's because he knows he is wasting his time promoting a movie that he knows is a proven failure (I would be pissy too). Secondly, just because Ford is old doesn't mean he can't play the role, so please quit using that as an excuse. Remember, quite possibly the best Batman story ever told portrays Batman as an old fart. Nick Fury is old and kicks ass (in the comics anyway. Don't get me started on Hasselhoff). Age isn't the problem, it's deciding what the quest and enemies will be, since the film will probably take place late 40s/early 50s. So help me, if Indy has to beat the Communists to Roswell to claim some alien technology, I'm gonna scream!... and as much as I'd like to see Connery return, I'm afraid TWO old farts is one too many.
-
Dennis Quaid would be a worthy successor. Think about it...
-
I don't think a Blade Runenr 2 would work. I LOVE the director's cut of the original so very, very much...it's one of my favorite movies of all time. I'd hate to see a sequel messed up. I guess people said the same thing about Aliens and T2. IF, and only IF there was a VERY VERY good screenplay, could it be done. But, Harrison would have to be involved, Ridley Scott would have to be in, and Sean Young should be in, unless she had died by this point, and for that matter, if Deckard really is a replicant, which i believe his is (the unicorn dream scene and gaff's figurine at the end of the movie) then he might be dead, too. maybe he's not dead YET, but has become some sort of renegade replicant, helping other replicants get to earth, telling them stories of his "lost love" (sean young) a replicant who died (in between parts 1 + 2) and he tries to stage a revolt with them. it shouldn't take place in a big city the second time, maybe a run-down city (chicago could of become a slum) so as to provide some sort of symmetry to the original story. maybe they could turn it into a trilogy, part 2 leading to the revolt, part 3 the actual revolt. hell, now i've created by own plot for movies that might not ever exist and if they ever make them i'll be so dissapointed i'll start moaning and groaning like the thousands of "Phantom Menace" haters.....damn.
-
Just a couple months ago Harrison waw on Larry King Live promoting Random Hearts, and when asked if he would play Indy again he said something to the effect of "Absolutely." It's his favorite character, and he'd love to play Indy again just as soon as everyone's schedule is clear. he also said that he's done all he can with the Han Solo character and isn't interested in that anymore, and he went on and on about how much he hates Blade Runner and didn't like working with Ridley Scott, so I doubt we'll ever see Blade Runner 2.
-
First of all, like someone mentioned before, Ford has said MANY times in real t.v. interviews that he WOULD play Indy again in a New York Minute (remember that Barbara Walters interview??). I've heard that in many interviews and read it in respectable newspapers. ABOUT HIM TRASHING THE SOLO CHARACTER?? He admitted that character created his career... but also said that Solo had lost his charm in the third SW film. Which I think is true. Why should he want to play a character like that? In BLADE RUNNER he wasn't that happy with the original version especially because of all of those voice-overs (which, if not done right, ruins the character and the storytelling). What's wrong with that? Why do actors have to love all of their characters?? Its a tough business and sometimes directors, producers, executives, etc. can fuck up a great story or character. Anyway, BLADE RUNNER (the director's cut), was great... but it did bomb when it came out, unfortunently. The cult statis brought it into the picture as one of sci-fi's best.
-
With the creative talents of Ford, Lucas, and Spielberg I think that this would be one of the only sequels that would be worth something. Forget about you people who say Selleck and Fiennes or whoever should replace him. They would NOT make another film if Ford wasn't involved. Spielberg and Lucas aren't stupid. They haven;t made the film yet because of two reasons: They haven't found the right script (although Lucas recently stated that they finally have), and they have to wait until all of their schedules have the same open window. Personally, I think the three of them should just say screw it and clear their schedules!!! Have some fun!!! Also, he HAS played Ford a couple of times in the Young Indy chronicles. Do you think he would do that for t.v. if he didn't love the character??
In regards to you who think the Indy sequel and prequel sucks??? They are all about adventures!! Different stories with the same charisma. Go ahead and say that you didn't like them as much as the first (which is the best I think)... but don't say they suck. GODZILLA sucks.
NOTE: RIVER PHOENIX WAS YOUNG INDY!!! THE EXPRESSIONS! THE VOICE! THE CHARISMA! AS SAID BEFORE, HE WOULD'VE BEEN THE ONLY CHOICE FOR ANAKIN SKYWALKER... EVEN THOUGH HE WOULD BE THIRTY TODAY. WHAT A LOSS... -
NO SEQUEL. -BUT- if there was one, how about Indy being the heavy, say, protecting or hiding or whatever the original Ark from the government. Or maybe he knows too much and "the Man" is out to get him (AKA the Fugitive). Or maybe somebody made off with Karen Allen to a deserted island and he's out to get em? Perhaps, while in the shower, someone steals the Holy Grail from him and he's been poisioned and he only has 24 hours to get it back, drink from it and be saved? -Hey- it could happen. I hope not, tho...
-
Nov 21, 1999 12:09:56 AM CST
Re-Master Blade Runner for 5.1 and Indian Jones and the BS Media
by mini maul
There needs to be made a definitive Blade Runner on DVD for 5.1 Dolby Digital or DTS as well as commentary and all the other good stuff... Now... The damn media. If you can't trust the media here what makes you think you can trust the media in some foriegn country? Remember its all about the sales! Don't trust everything you read. I think Ford will do Indy again if the script is good and all is in place. (Especially the $$$.) I am sure he does "connect" with Jack Ryan closer than Indy ~ even though Alex Baldwin was better. But Indy is an icon and HE KNOWS IT. (They just put "Raiders" in with films to be saved for all time...)I truly hope he will do Indy for one last time...
-
Now lets not get ahead of ourselves. Harrison Ford has been quoted thousands of times of his respect and love for his Dr Jones character, and his willingness to wear the fedora again. Lets not just turn all this other authorities on their head simply because of one quote in a "South American' newspaper. How much integrity do you think this paper has.
Harrison Ford has not shitted on Dr Jones at anytime. As for Hans Solo, we've got to admit that this was a purely cliche'd or card-board cut out character, so give Ford some slack in his views on this character...They aren't so bad however as to jeopardize his relationship with Lucas now are they.
The problem with making Indy 4 is that the Holy Trinity (i.e Ford, Spielburg and Lucas) have evolved somewhat.
Spielburg originally started out in the adventure/escapism genre, and has made it plainly obvious with his recent movies (bar Jurrasic Park I & II) that he is evolving himself into a very complex visual artist. Spielburg obvious would love to do it because of his love for the character and the fact that it would be fun. But because it doesn't satisfy his creative inspirations, it's not at the top of his priorities.
Ford does love the character, and would love to play it again because he to thinks it would be 'great fun'. However he has tried to evolve somewhat as well into a more serious actor. Yet this isn't really displayed by his last few movies, where he comes off more as a poster boy than being the formidable person on screen that he truely is.
As for Lucas, he's simply trying to leech money out of the Star Wars sequels, which on the basis of the first will simply be a special FX movie strung together by a script found at the bottom of a Weeties Box.
In conclusion, Ford and Spielburg will be particularly wary of doing another Indy unless there is a 24 carat gold script to accompany it, because they do have a great love for the character, and they don't want to leave a 'bad taste' in anyone's mouth. As for Lucas, he's probably be willing to compromise. Furthermore, if the public continue to hound them and demand a sequel, they will undoubtedly give in. Come on, from a business point of view, when you're being begged to make a certain movie constantly by the public, that is certaintly a good thing.
-
Harrison Ford has said time and time again how Indy is his fav. character and how he would jump at the chance to play him again. I don't believe it at all. BTW I LOVED Last crusade, I can't see how you can crap on it and say that Temple of Doom is better. Temple of doom had virtually no plot, no quest, Indy just falls into the adventure. And the bugs were damn creepy!
-
What the Hell does that mean? I don't even know what the Hell that means...anyways as much as I love Indiana Jones and all three of the films (granted raiders was definitely the best of the bunch) and would like to see another quality addition to the series what I *really* want to see is More Trouble In Little China. It'll never happen of course but I can dream can't I? May the wings of liberty never lose a feather...is it getting hot in here or is it just me?
-
All this talk about River reminds me what about a sequeal to Sneakers. I loved that movie almost as much as Raiders. I doubt there wont be a 4th indy, there is to much money to be made and to many creative people that really love the character. Now i also agree that they need something original for the story...Any ideas???
-
I think if there's one thing we can mostly all agree on, it's that Harrison Ford has played some great characters in the past, but any attempts to bring them back could fail miserably. So in my mind, there's only one solution: combine all the characters together. Maybe Harrison Ford can turn down Indy, but could he really turn down a hybrid of Indiana, Han Solo, AND Deckerd? Heck, let's sweeten the punch and throw in one of those romantic comedy leads he seems to like now. So Indy is hunting replicants on the Millennium Falcon, and is out to meet the girl of his dreams? Or perhaps the president of the United States is trying to get terrorists off his plane, and rescue the Sankara Stones. The possibilities are endless. And not gay, no, no, no. But come on, guys, Deckerd WAS a replicant (at least in BR: Directors Cut), he can't come back, he'd be dead by the time he hit old age. Wait!Unless, of course, he DRANK FROM THE HOLY GRAIL! This is what marketing types like to call "synergy"! And I'm what marketing types like to call a "genius"!
-
JOHN CARPENTER RULES!!!!! I'd say a sequel to "...CHINA" AND "THING" AND "PRINCE OF DARKNESS"!!! BUt first things first... INDY 4!
-
The Indy Trilogy is fanfuckingtastic. I don't know why anyone would not like Temple of Doom or Last Crusade. I love them completely except for the Last Crusade boat chase.
Anyway, I think there is alot of room for another Indy movie. Afterall, three adventures is nothing. Two of them had Nazis as the villians. There is plenty of room for Indy post WWII. There is plenty of room for the character to grow. I say, good script? Shoot it! -
Geez, you people don't stop. I dunno..I have never read anything about Harrison Ford dissing the roles that made him famous. I could be wrong, but hey I worked at Wendy's a summer or two ago and it kept me from living in a cardboard box through college, doe that mean I should be happy about it? I hated the damned job. The manager clocked me out without telling me and made me stay late without getting paid. Now I suspect Ford's working conditions where a little nicer, but still if he didn't like 'em he didn't like em. But that's not even waht I want to talk about. First of all, you say he disrespects his fans because he didn't want to be in Blade Runner? Hey, I liked the movie sure, but maybe he's not into those kind of movies really? That doesn't mean he disrespects his fans, but some of you obviously don't respect him as a person or you wouldn't be saying such things. Hey, I like his newer movies. I like political movies and dramas occaisionally. I think they're jsut as much fun as sci-fi action and fantasy adventure movies, but in a different way. There ar things I liked 10 years ago that I don't like at all anymore. The same happens to all of us, even Mr. Ford.
Also, a 4th Indy movies would get just as many complaints as Phantom Menace. We'd build such a hype around it, get so worked up to see it, that no matter how good it was we'd hate it. Read a lot of those hate posts on Phantom Menace. Mindless rants for the most part. Now there's a few people that honestly didn't like it, fine, but from most of the people I've read, and most of the people I've talked to in person, if they have any reasons at all to back up why they didn't like it, they're very shallow reasons that don't really make sense if that person liked the original trilogy. Why? Because we've moved on. People are jaded about the old stuff. People assume Lucas only does it for the money now. You don't know that and everything points to the contrary on that, but still people talk about Lucas as if he eats small children. The same would happen with Indy.
People are very quick to hate something these days. It doesn't have to be bad, it just has to be unexpected. People aren't as willing to accept unexpected, even if it's as good as whats come before. -
Nov 21, 1999 1:57:43 PM CST
PLEASE! Don't make another IT WILL SUCK! (and CHEAPEN the others
by funmazer
They shouldn't do this! First off, Raiders is my favorite film and I still don't want to see Indy 4. The above posters are right - the 4th installment always BLOWS. Look at Back To The Future. It ended 9 years and THEY LEFT IT. A trilogy is better than a 4. A trilogy can kinda follow the 3-act structure in a way, a 4th movie, ESPECIALLY one tacked-on MORE THAN 11 YEARS AFTER THE FACT is just excess nonsense. Now, as for Speilberg & Lucas being 'geniuses' who could 'make it rule no matter what'... did you SEE TPM? I'm sorry, it SUCKED and it showed how far off the apple tree Lucas has fallen. And even though he wouldn't direct Indy 4, he'd still have creative input. Spielberg has proven he's a damn good director, but he probably would try to make Indy 'grow up' too much. Indy is a 'B' movie, he doesn't grow up. He's a matinee marquee serial whip-cracking girl-screwing world-saving ass-kicking HERO! He had to face 'issues' in LAST CRUSADE (my least fav Indy) and it wasn't SO bad, in fact, it CLOSED the series well. But I bet you my Atari Lynx Indy 4 would be a PREACH-A-THON. One last thing. A new Indy movie would probably have a bigger opening weekend than Star Wars TPM. Cuz the guys AND the women would both go. But I think they should let it be. And Harrison is now just as old as his DAD in Indy 3, and getting older. Shouldn't that be a HINT????
-
Because Deckard was a replicant!
-
three must be thousands, if not millions of people who are sick of Mr. harrison Ford's crappy choices in film roles and of his refusal to do another '
-
OK in all fairness, Ford can be a pain in the ass when he is interviewed, but with regard to fans he has always been gracious under the circumstances.
BUT can you blame him for saying he think he can be in a new Indiana Jones movie?
1. Spielberg has devolved into a complete and utter hack. Hes basically walked over the graves of Holocaust victims as well as WWII servicemen to get 2 Oscars. Spielberg is going to do what he can do to get attention? Once you get past the initial shock, Private Ryan is a special effects movie and Schindlers List is all about spectacle in big grandiose pretentious black and white. Hes a hack, Im really sorry and its a shame, he was good when he was young and hungry but Spielberg is giving people what they want to get what he wants...Oscars. Spielberg has become a brand in the same way that Disney is a brand and McDonald's is a brand.
2. Lucas has become his own boss, for better or for worse, if youre going to respect someone..respect Lucas.. he basically does what he wants to do and stands by it..good or bad.. no pandering to reporters or media (watch Spielberg's acceptance speeches for his Oscars if you ever need to induce vomiting) BUT Lucas is a little out of touch because he doesnt really need to be in touch. He makes a good eccentric and it will be interesting to see what he does, good movies or bad he has pushed the envelope in terms of what can be done in terms of making a movie.
3. Ford may not have made the best choices in roles, but he has earned the right to choose them. His past few movies have not done well, not all is fault, bad choices more than likely.. he needs to reinvent himself in the same way he did when he fought against type to play in Witness/Misquito Coast.
So the bottom line for me is:
1. I have no interest in seeing anything Spielberg does anymore, I dont need my intelligence insulted. Spielberg is emotionally about 17 years old and he will be long dead before he can deliver a mature/emotional picture. Private Ryan bombastic, well marketed schlock.
2. I think Lucas will continue to do interesting/innovative things which may not be particularly entertaining or aesthetically pleasing but will push the envelope for new filmmakers.
3. If nothing else Ford should stay away from franchise characters and take some more roles off the beaten path as he gets older.
Thats my 2 cents.
-
Back to the future is the third best trilogy of all time. I love everything about it. I would kill for a sequel. You are fukin crazy if you dont wannna see another one of those. I just hope the do it before doc dies. Does terminator 2 count for good sequels that werent planned. Long live micheal j fox.
-
Look, to those who are ripping on Ford and calling him a "smug mother fucker..." you know that if he does do INDY 4... and it turns out to be good... you will once again worship his ass (figure of speech). Boycott him?? Hope you were joking cause that is pretty lame. Just because he's had a couple of "flops" doesn't mean you count him out. His next film may be awesome. And I can guaran-fuckin-tee that most of you that are bitching about RANDOM HEARTS haven't even seen it! Maybe a select few. Think for yourselves.
-
Before I start Iwould just like to say to people -please check your spelling and grammar before you post. I realize that most people are writing quickly but it is terrifying to think that this is the level that many people write at. Of course I will now probably make several mistaks myself in this. I am neutral about a fourth Indian Jones film although I tend to agree that Harrison Ford is a little aged for the role. In the last several years I have found myself, formerly a great fan of Ford's, increasingly disenchanted by his movies. It is true that he no longer seems to use any discretion in choosing his roles and has become something of a mercenary. I was dragged to his last movie,Random Hearts, by my wife. Admittedly she was not incredibly eager to see it but we wanted to see something and there was little else at the particular theatre we were at. I did something in this movie that I have never done before and my wife has only done twice. Please bear in mind that I am a huge fan of movies and have probably gone to see thousands in my lifetime. However, this movie was so boring, so bland, so passionless, so inane, so totally devoid of even the slightest modicum of interest that we walked out. What is even worse is that when we left there could only have been 15-20 minutes left in the movie. After we left we were quickly followed by about 10-12 others who were equally sleepy. Avoid at all costs. Harrison has sold himself out and has not been in anything worthwhile since the Fugitive. God bless nostalgia.
-
Blade Runner 2 my arse! Words cannot express as to how pissed I would be if that ever came to be. First of all the original is only loved by film buffs. Every (non-filmic)friend I've shown it to has complained that's it's boring and difficult to understand. If they made a sequel it would be for one reason only and that would be to make money! That would mean more essentialy gratuitous action and a truck load of CGI effects. This would quite simply fly in the face of everything that was good about the understated original (dir's-cut). And who the hell is going to top Rutger Hauer??? Sequel! Blade Runner! DON'T DO IT! & DON'T SUPPORT IT!
-
Nov 22, 1999 2:31:20 PM CST
Harrison should take a look at 'Never Say Never Again'. He'd thr
by jim fin
Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again. Aged Crust of a man playing too young a part. It didn't work. Though admittedly the Indy series is probably more flexible than Bond. I love the idea of creating a kind of 'Unforgiven' type piece though. Indy returns reluctantly for one last adventure. Not that it's far from the truth eh? Harrison?
-
Nov 22, 1999 2:31:59 PM CST
Harrison should take a look at 'Never Say Never Again'. He'd thr
by jim fin
Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again. Aged Crust of a man playing too young a part. It didn't work. Though admittedly the Indy series is probably more flexible than Bond. I love the idea of creating a kind of 'Unforgiven' type piece though. Indy returns reluctantly for one last adventure. Not that it's far from the truth eh? Harrison?
-
Nov 22, 1999 2:32:01 PM CST
Harrison should take a look at 'Never Say Never Again'. He'd thr
by jim fin
Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again. Aged Crust of a man playing too young a part. It didn't work. Though admittedly the Indy series is probably more flexible than Bond. I love the idea of creating a kind of 'Unforgiven' type piece though. Indy returns reluctantly for one last adventure. Not that it's far from the truth eh? Harrison?
-
At least one person came out and said this, and many more were probably thinking it: "Harrison doesn't care about the fans." Excuse me, did I fall asleep somewhere? Harrison OWES the public something? What, exactly? Ford is an actor and he has the right to choose his projects. He isn't OBLIGATED to portray a character unless he is under contract. The only thing he HAS to do is pay taxes and die. Oh, and not kill anyone. "Let the mayhem begin."
-
Looking back at the first flick again. Wow. This man was beautiful. Larger than life. Young. Flawless. I get teary eyed with nostalgia from that summer of my early teens. I was alive to see this hero in his absolute prime of his life. Mythical. Awesome. Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford. Really sad to see the fans want to turn this back and recreate that summer by stuffing an awkward old gent into that fedora and force him to dance. Why don't you take up a collection and buy him a facelift and dye job while your at it. The entire concept is grotesque when you think about it. What I wonder is this: Is it starvation for something new that you can call your own these days? Is it your own aging that's getting you down? No matter what they would do would be wrong in your eyes. Indiana Jones is a memory...a legendary memory which sparkles and shines and belongs to the 1980s. Keep it there. Sequel people are a sad, conservative, unoriginal lot. Who cares if they could 'really do something interesting with the character as he enters his old age'. Maybe they could--but why? No really. Why?
-
Indy is his ownrelic
-
own relic. Damn spacebar
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- Whitney Houston 1963 - 2012 -- 273 total posts 271 posts
- New JUDGE DREDD post production footage pops up -- 92 total posts 92 posts
- AVENGERS enemy revealed as pink boardgame pieces... You might suffer some form of elation... SPOILERS!!! -- 160 total posts 69 posts
- There's a STAR TREK video game that is going to lead into JJ's STAR TREK 2 apparently... -- 151 total posts 63 posts
- Does ‘SNL’ Rhyme With ‘Deschanel’?? Learn Which SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Vet Hosts After Sexy Zooey!! -- 67 total posts 59 posts
- HANNA's Saoirse Ronan to boss around seven little people -- 60 total posts 57 posts
- To Commemorate The 3D Release Of STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, George Lucas Wants You To Know...Greedo Shoots First!! -- 484 total posts 49 posts
- Here's The Red Band Trailer For Drafthouse Films' THE FP! -- 69 total posts 42 posts
- Friday Brings SWEEPS DAY NINE!! Gab Here About Tonight’s FRINGE!! Plus Einstein on TIM, Wiig On PORTLANDIA, MAHER, CLONE, GIFTED, GRIMM, SPARTACUS, SUPERNATURAL, GOLD RUSH And More!! -- 120 total posts 32 posts
- SPACE 2099!! -- 183 total posts 24 posts