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First!
by Driver8
Jul 9th, 2007
04:54:21 AM
First
Not First!
by Trader Groucho 2
Jul 9th, 2007
04:58:44 AM
And why no talkback on TCM's Spielberg on Spielberg???
Third!
by Strajder
Jul 9th, 2007
05:00:02 AM
lol
Second! (?)
by Trancer
Jul 9th, 2007
05:00:11 AM
Actually, that would be extremely cool, but I don't know how they'd work it in. Would they tie the Ark in with the "alien" stuff ala Zacharia Sitchin? I can't see them having the balls to even *touch* that.
Grrrrr
by Strajder
Jul 9th, 2007
05:01:12 AM
I really hope George will do the Atlantis thingy. 'Cause if he doesn't... >:-(
Okay, 4th, Dammit.
by Trancer
Jul 9th, 2007
05:01:16 AM
Oh well.
Captain Panaka's origin
by BNITT
Jul 9th, 2007
05:03:28 AM
In Indy IV we get to see the origin of Captain Panaka's eye patch, which covers up his crusty eye.
Interesting theory....
by Laza-rus
Jul 9th, 2007
05:04:50 AM
But if they are trying for a retread of Raiders with 21st Century effects, it might not go over well with the existing fanbase. I also like the idea of looking for a shard of Noah's Ark - maybe Morgan Freeman could show up as God and the forth Indy could also bookend the "Almighty" series.
around 10th?
by DarthScotland
Jul 9th, 2007
05:05:19 AM
I was wondering what flavour of story could possibly live up to expectation, lets not make this Phantom Menace again, but back to the Ark would be excellent for me. Lucas would ruin an Atlantis film with CGI anyway, but the Ark story always felt slightly unfinshed. WOOT for Indy IV
Nice idea
by bender7
Jul 9th, 2007
05:06:10 AM
I don't really mind if the use the Ark again or it's a new adventure. As long as the writing is good and the action is there. A race agains the Russians to regain the Ark could be pretty cool though
Fate of Atlantis will probably own Indy 4
by Judge Dredds Dirty Undies
Jul 9th, 2007
05:07:45 AM
I have serious doubts about anything Lucas is involved in these days.
Dunnoh
by grievenom
Jul 9th, 2007
05:09:20 AM
Could be a nice bookend treatment, could be an unecessary visit to the well again. We'll see in less than a year i suppose.
Jeeze...not very original. Hopefully the story is good.
by Mike_D
Jul 9th, 2007
05:09:38 AM
and not goofy/cheesy.
Anybody seen Richie?
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jul 9th, 2007
05:12:09 AM
I keep coming back until someone REMEMBERS seeing Richie!
he's not saying "ark"...he's saying, "lion"
by BadMrWonka
Jul 9th, 2007
05:14:13 AM
Indy is searching for Voltron!

makes about as much sense as a $30 million Voltron movie shot with camcorders...dumbasses.

Indiana Jones & The Sword Of Light
by Franklin T Marmoset
Jul 9th, 2007
05:16:20 AM
Indy is searching for the mythical sword of light, which they track down using John Hurt's sunglasses. Turns out, this sword once belonged to a friend of a distant ancestor of Indy, and this ancestor is revealed to be a pirate and scoundrel named Han, who came to ancient earth with his drug-addled wife to start a family. While they were here, they also invented pyramids and were constantly baffled by our white earthling milk.

Rumour has it, there is a scene where Indy uses the magic sword to slice open a camel to keep Shia La Beouf warm. And he thought they smelled bad on the outside!

They should've made Indy 4
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jul 9th, 2007
05:17:06 AM
like the great adventure game from 1993. Great story, great dialogue, great settings.

Using the Ark again? *yawn*

Haven't we had enough of recycled material?
by newc0253
Jul 9th, 2007
05:18:13 AM
Return of the Jedi was Death Star redux and Crusade was already a jokey retread of Raiders, so do we really need Spielberg and Lucas to shit on our memories of the Ark?
Keep Indy young...
by BrooseTheScharuk
Jul 9th, 2007
05:19:23 AM
...and in the 1930's/40's. Obviously, it's too late for that now, but I think the character is re-castable -- a la James Bond -- and should be kept in the era of the classic movie serials. I smell a youthful "Indy Jones junior" updating here, with La Beouf taking gover as the "new face of the franchise" and bringing it into a somewhat more modern era. Every fucking thing has to be re-modeled for 17-year-olds these days, and when you go back into the twentieth century more than forty years or so now, it's only "cool" if it's about muddy army guys holding each others intestines in. Then again, I'm one of those rare people who thinks the series would have been EVEN better if first choice Tom Selleck had been able to get out of his Magnum contract to play Indy. A fan, but not necessarily attached to Harrison Ford as the sole wearer of the hat.
interesting
by ciroslive
Jul 9th, 2007
05:22:08 AM
It will be interesting to see if Jones has a better father/son rapport with his mentor than he did with his father in CRUSADE.
Indiana Jones & Yet Another Talkback With Fake Titles
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jul 9th, 2007
05:22:16 AM
count me in! :-D
...And speaking of Bond...
by BrooseTheScharuk
Jul 9th, 2007
05:23:11 AM
...those moveis should still be set in the early sixties. With Daniel Craig.
More stunts less CG
by ARKHAM-MADNESS
Jul 9th, 2007
05:23:31 AM
As long as its made in a style that feels more traditional than the mummy films i'll be happy. We need big stunts and massive sets, not ford in front of a greenscreen
On a Shia-related note
by ciroslive
Jul 9th, 2007
05:23:36 AM
he was the one good thing about Transformers, so if they can get some good scripts going I'm onboard for him as Indiana Jones Jr...
Indy should team up with James Bond v. The Russians
by YackBacker
Jul 9th, 2007
05:28:15 AM
And while they're foiling Communist plots, Bond and Indy can have a friendly competition to see who can bag more chicks. It would basically be a period-piece porno. Stop Communism but perpetuate STDs! No?
I completely agree about the stunts and sets
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jul 9th, 2007
05:29:40 AM
Less CGI/greenscreen, more real stuntwork and impressive sets/production design.
Where's the fresh talkback for Burn Notice?
by Trader Groucho 2
Jul 9th, 2007
05:29:43 AM
Bruce Campbell should have his own noir detective series where he gets the living crap beat out of him every week and still sees the bad guys to jail.
INDY will use the ARK to blow up the UFO.
by Mace Tofu
Jul 9th, 2007
05:34:03 AM
Shia will have the Ark tied to the back of his motorcycle and he and Indy will drive under the giant UFO and just at the right moment Indy will lift the lid and the wrath of GOD will send the aliens packing before they blow up the earth. THE END.
Ehhh, I don't buy it...
by Mr Jonse
Jul 9th, 2007
05:43:27 AM
Lucas (yeah I know, you all hate him, /yawns) has been going round for years saying he's found the perfect macguffin. Seems unlikely it would just be the Ark again...
Bookends??
by skynetbauxi
Jul 9th, 2007
06:26:16 AM
nice theory, only that RAIDERS is actually EPISODE II of the INDIANA JONES SAGA, because TEMPLE OF DOOM is a prequel... so, this would be like saying A NEW HOPE and REVENGE OF THE SITH are the bookends to the STAR WARS SAGA, which wouldn't seem quite right, would it?
Yawn...
by surfsup22
Jul 9th, 2007
06:30:50 AM
they should have left well enough alone. But no, this is Hollywood we're talking about here.
oh JettL93, where are you?
by just pillow talk
Jul 9th, 2007
06:39:50 AM
Care to comment on this?
I heard is gonna be called..
by SteffanLongdon
Jul 9th, 2007
06:42:20 AM
Indiana Jones & The Great White Pyramid. Here's the link http://www.iesb.net/index.php? option=com_ezine&task=read&pag e=1&category=1&article=2817
Does anyone have any faith left in Lucas or Spielberg?
by Horseflesh
Jul 9th, 2007
06:43:59 AM
Because after the past few years I am FRESH out. Jar-Jar and Bumblebee were both at the funeral where I buried my respect, holding walkie talkies in place of guns.
BrooseTheScharuk, are you kidding
by SteffanLongdon
Jul 9th, 2007
06:44:22 AM
Tom Selleck would of been better than Harrision Ford. He was born for this role.
Ford I meant
by SteffanLongdon
Jul 9th, 2007
06:45:42 AM
Doh
Indiana Jones And The Temple of Raider Fan
by Dr Gregory House
Jul 9th, 2007
06:57:25 AM
Indy must survive automatic weapons, switchblades, gettin' urinated on by drunken Darth Raider, Crips, Bloods and low IQs, for four quarters.
I've also had rumor sitting in my inbox for some time
by Spandau Belly
Jul 9th, 2007
06:58:28 AM
that nothing can make this movie good. This rumor has recently been confirmed by logic.
It was actually Captain Typho with the Crusty Eye
by The Chimp Keeper
Jul 9th, 2007
06:59:57 AM
Panaka was the bad ass who told Nute Gunray that he "could kiss his trade franchise goodbye!"
Indiana Jones and the Loaf of Bread
by tonagan
Jul 9th, 2007
07:01:21 AM
Remember that rumor a couple of years back when people thought "Memoirs of a Geisha" was the fake title they were filming Indy IV under? I love to look back on those things and laugh.
I think I'd prefer it not to be the Ark
by photoboy
Jul 9th, 2007
07:05:37 AM
I rather they didn't retread old ground with Indy 4, while the warehouse at the end of Raiders was intriguing, I'd rather not go revisiting it unless it's a small part of a bigger story.

While it's generally disliked, I wouldn't mind seeing something more like Temple of Doom which took quite a different path to the other two films. Just no Short Round... oh wait too late, Shitty The Beef has been cast....
Jumpers of the Lost Shark
by Long Tooth
Jul 9th, 2007
07:07:52 AM
Do movie franchises jump sharks? We may need a movie equivalent... I want to see a new Indiana Adventure as much as the next guy. But like many others, I will not be too surprised if this turns out as badly as the star wars prequels.
As long as the artifact is religioius in nature . . .
by ShallowGrave
Jul 9th, 2007
07:11:32 AM
then it deserves to have Indy chasing it. I'm just glad the John Hurt as Einstein shit isn't coming to fruition because Indy has always been about his search, or inevitable discovery of, cool ass religious paraphenalia.
It's based on Saturday morning serials
by FILMFUNK
Jul 9th, 2007
07:12:01 AM
You know the episodic cliffhanger variety. Raiders is about the Ark, Doom is about a Temple and some Shakira stones or whatever and Last Crusade is about the Holy Grail so re-visiting the Ark is a bit Sh*t!

Go to Atlantis or Area 51 and search for the Spear of Destiny or whateber... Just don't try and bring it full circle and tie it all up coz you tried that last time with, you know - The LAST Crusade! and look where that got you!!!

Yeah, movies jump sharks
by finfangfoom
Jul 9th, 2007
07:26:51 AM
Or at least ride them to the surface (Tomb Raider 2). Will this jump a shark though? I hope not.
Dang, I hate getting more and more excited about this.
by jimbojones123
Jul 9th, 2007
07:30:42 AM
I've been a 100% bad move guy for about a decade now. Since the Pic showed up few weeks ago, I've started warming to the idea of Indy 4. I'm not liking myself much for it either.
Ancient astronauts, Area 51 and The Shatner!
by HarryBlackPotter
Jul 9th, 2007
07:35:59 AM
OKay, I've been reading some of Frank Darrabont's draft has made it into the shooting script, but Lucas didn't like the sacrilgious aspects concerning god really being an astronaut who came to earth in a spaceship and giving Moses the Ark of the Covenant which was a why of talking to E.T.'s. There was a book in the 1970's about this weird god being an alien shit and it was turned into a documentary with William Shatner. If you haven't seen it, go to ebay / Amazon, whatever, but it has to be seen to be believed 'cos it's a fucking mental trip and so funny you will piss from your eyes!
www.obsessedwithfilm.com are
by mattyholmes
Jul 9th, 2007
07:51:02 AM
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$100 dollar bet
by Ray Gamma
Jul 9th, 2007
07:53:09 AM
I bet you all $100 each that at some point in this movie, Han Ford gets to shout "Junior!" at Shia LaBoeuf.
Ronnie James Dio
by Ray Gamma
Jul 9th, 2007
07:55:26 AM
There's a serious rumour going around my industry pals here in London that Ronnie James Dio will be appearing in a small role in this...!! I shit you not.
Sounds like fanfic, but if true...
by Christopher3
Jul 9th, 2007
08:04:26 AM
Cool beans.
I'll take that bet, Ray Gamma...
by spud mcspud
Jul 9th, 2007
08:06:41 AM
Lucas' name is a guarantee of quality and integrity to the world of Indiana Jones. They'd NEVER stoop that low.

Oh. Wait. THAT Lucas.

Aw HELL no.

BrooseTheScharuk - Recast Indy? WHAT?
by Mosquito March
Jul 9th, 2007
08:10:43 AM
The character of Indiana Jones is not in any way "recastable". Harrison Ford is Indy, and that's it. The only reason River Phoenix worked is because he looked like Ford and replicated his mannerisms completely (unlike 'Powder' on YIJC).
Interesting...
by vezner2007
Jul 9th, 2007
08:13:22 AM
I think I'll like it no matter what they do, but having the Ark be the focus of their quest would be uber cool. :)
Ark=Creatively BANKRUPT. Bring on the IJPT.
by uss cygnus
Jul 9th, 2007
08:16:40 AM
What's next? A Prequel Trilogy? Meesa suren thinken so!
"George save the Indy!"
by Stalin vs Predator
Jul 9th, 2007
08:33:40 AM
Save him from Spielberg, his dementia, his "spiritual rebirth" that changes every month, his insane and inane ideas... and his Shia!
Is Karen Allen playing Marion in this???
by Behemoth
Jul 9th, 2007
08:34:51 AM
If so, I'm sold. Best romantic chemistry in an action movie EVER between Ford and Allen, and she was a heroine who you actually ROOTED for instead of, in Capshaw's case, hoped would be ravaged and consumed zombie-style by Short Round.
...also, save Indy from the Daeniken bullshit.
by Stalin vs Predator
Jul 9th, 2007
08:39:54 AM
"Achtung! Gott ist an alien! Und ze aliens, zey made us by experimenting on apes on ze moon! You can read all zat in my books, or ze "Expedition" comic book series zat vas made from my genius ideas! Und ze ancient black races, zey did not built ze pyramids, because ze blacks vere too stupid to build anything, ja! Zo zay I, Erich von Daeniken! Heil me!" I know Darabont is a fifth-rate hack who should stick to adapting King's novellas set in prisons, as that's the only thing he actually can do (apart from idiotic sugary endings), but this... Jesus. He actually wanted to put Indy among all this crazy nonsense made by by a neonazi freak waiter-turned-"writer"... shudder. If that's true, then God bless Lucas for kicking Darabont out.
Dr. Jones is an ARCHEOLOGIST
by TrainWreck1969
Jul 9th, 2007
08:58:42 AM
Where's the Archeology in finding something (AotC) that has already been found? This is cheap, unimaginative cr@p. Let Indy and Marion's son find Atlantis, Noah's Ark, an alien spacecraft in Central America, anything new, but NOT go back to the Ark. IJ4 on its own as a movie will be mediocre at best. And if they go after he Ark again, it will cheapen the perfection of Raiders, and that spectacular ending. Let the Ark be lost to the ages. Move on Georgey Porgie and Senior Spielbergo.
Shia in more "Indy's"??? NO!!!
by Reynard Muldrake
Jul 9th, 2007
09:01:33 AM
I agree with you Quint - cool idea if they do it, even cooler if they're totally effing with us. But as for that rumor about Shia signing on to do 2 "more" whatever that means - when my brother told me that the other day I couldn't believe it (what does that even mean???)...and now you said it too - where did that come from and what the hell are they thinking?! Can someone please elaborate?
Sounds awesome.
by Yogurt
Jul 9th, 2007
09:02:45 AM
Atlantis is retarded, I just want a good story and I'll be thrilled if Karen Allen is in it. She was by far the best co-star in the series.
I'm actually really excited about this.
by kikuchiyoboy
Jul 9th, 2007
09:09:14 AM
Can't wait till the lights go down and we see old Indy then hear that wonderful score.
New prequel trilogy confirmed!!
by Franklin T Marmoset
Jul 9th, 2007
09:20:20 AM
This has been in my in-box for a while, but I thought I'd share it with you.

George Lucas has confirmed he is about to start shooting a second prequel trilogy. The first film, Episode Ia - Han & Chewie The Early Years, will cover the meeting of this iconic movie duo and set the stage for a triple whammy that tells the whole story leading up to the beginning of Star Wars - Episode IV - Star Wars.

In Episode Ia we learn that Han & Chewie meet through an ad on SpaceMySpace and start a small business as intergalactic space hairdressers. With a meagre amount of start-up money, they buy a used spaceship from Han's old buddy - fashion designer Lando Calrissian - and take to the skies to deliver stylish yet affordable hair designs through the galaxy. Later, possibly in Star Wars - Episode IIa - Han & Chewie's Excellent Adventure, they will declare themselves to be pirates in a desperate attempt to appear cool.

Tobey Maguire is attached as Han Solo, while Chewbacca will be a completely CGI creation.

This wouldn't bookend anything
by IndyCollector
Jul 9th, 2007
09:20:22 AM
Seeing how Temple of Doom is a prequel.
Shia having his OWN series?!?! Sweet Butt Fucking
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
09:22:52 AM
Horton And His Salad Tossing Who's .... why the hell make another film then in the first place. Fuck. Shit. We want INDY DAMMIT! Not the further adventures of a side kick.

I pray THIS is not for real and is just some bs rumor.

I am MORE then excited about this movie - to see Inadiana Jones again - I'm gonna be stupid happy for weeks but to bastardize the series with "The Further Adventures of Duck Tale Greaser Kid" .... I am feeling my heart brake - please JUST BE another stupid rumor!

The opening set-piece.
by CatVutt
Jul 9th, 2007
09:23:16 AM
If they're really bringing this 'full-circle', then I wouldn't be at all surprised if the opening set-piece involved Indy finally getting back the fertility idol thing that Belloq took away from him early on in Raiders. Kept hidden until the last few moments of the opening or something. That would make sense.
If you want to know what
by Johnnytheboy
Jul 9th, 2007
09:23:29 AM
If you want to know what Indy 4 will be like, rent out Firewall. Ford has no spark left whatsoever. Unless Spielberg and Lucas manage to work this sad fact into the story somehow the film is gonna be very depressing.
'Temple of Doom' too place before 'Raiders', but..
by Monkey_King
Jul 9th, 2007
09:23:38 AM
you're right about bookending the series. Karen Allen deserves to come back and still look hot, Hot HOT.
Harrison Ford...
by VadersCrotchDoor
Jul 9th, 2007
09:32:53 AM
... hasn't made a decent movie since he gave up blow and got an ear ring.
Don't get your hopes up.
by todorj37
Jul 9th, 2007
09:34:32 AM
For you own sake. I don't mean to be negative but I have a feeling we will not be happy regardless of the storyline.
I've also had rumor sitting in my inbox for some time
by Spandau Belly
Jul 9th, 2007
09:35:47 AM
That Harrison Ford's last decent film will be The Fugitive. This rumor was confirmed by Air Force One and Hollywood Homocide.
Quint's comment about Lucas & Spielberg
by chimp242
Jul 9th, 2007
09:41:37 AM
"Hell, it could be that Lucas and Spielberg have us so turned around we don’t know which end is up and they’re off making a completely different movie than everybody’s expecting, feeding us a bunch of bogus rumors and all the set pics and stories have been fabricated. I wouldn’t put it past them." I certainly would. Lucas and Spielberg don't care enough about hardcore fanboys to even bother with trying to turn them around, feeding bogus rumors, etc. They're just making a movie, dude, and trying to drum up a little publicity for it by releasing promotional photos and what not.
I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE INBOX ! !
by Pound Sand
Jul 9th, 2007
09:43:14 AM
And re-using the idea of the Ark of the Covenant is a desperation move. Unless you bring back Short Round: then, it's all good.
My thought? You're drunk.
by Mister Man
Jul 9th, 2007
09:48:57 AM
really..................
Indiana Jones & The Fluctuating Expectations
by Franklin T Marmoset
Jul 9th, 2007
09:51:10 AM
I thought this new film was a shit idea at first, but then that picture of Ford in the Indy outfit got me all excited. But I came here and was reminded about what a grey charisma void Harrison Ford has turned into over the past fifteen years.

Maybe the maguffin of this new Indy adventure will be the evil machine that was used to drain the life out of Ford shortly after The Fugutive. There will be a series of tubes and whatnot, maybe with a large vat or something, and Indy will be reattached to it in the third act and have his life force squirted back into him. Then, he will stop being a walking sleepy-making machine and make some decent new films. The villain will be revealed to be Nathan Fillion, who abducted Ford's persona and has so far used it in an unsuccessful bid to crack the film business. Mwahahahaha, etc.

Where is Jett now?
by Mel Gibsteinberg
Jul 9th, 2007
09:57:45 AM
Ahem, any comments now bud?
If they ignore Short Round, then I Don't Wanna See it..
by stlfilmwire
Jul 9th, 2007
10:03:39 AM
If they are gonna bring in a son, they need to address Short Round.
Too inboxy!
by Franklin T Marmoset
Jul 9th, 2007
10:12:19 AM
I just thought I'd try to squeeze in another recent AICN classic.

I miss those bygone days of six months ago when everything was too silver or too venomy.

This new Indiana Jones film is, I believe, too Indyy.

No Buying this One
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
10:13:00 AM
You guys have seriously lost it, or you have no freaking idea what this movie is about. When Quint starts of his article with the phrase, "rumor in the inbox for a little while." I start to lose faith in what follows in this piece of crap speculation. I want to hear what Mori and JettL93 have to say about this. I trust these two guys a lot more than some random thing sitting in my inbox. Come on, Quint, you are just giving these haters of this movie something they can pick it and add to there arsenal. Most of the people in here have already written off ID4 as a bad film, when they do not even know what the film will be about. Everyone jumps to conclusions. Last time I checked, Firewall was not directed by SS or produces by GL. It takes a lot of people to make movie and it takes a lot of great people with unbelievable chemistry to make a great film. I have faith in this trio. When has this trio collaborated to make a down right horrible film? Keep the Faith people and thanks to posters like Just Pillow Talk and Finky who keep the classy posters alive.
Sorry for a few typos there
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
10:15:44 AM
***May the Force be with you Always***
If they are going full circle
by Darth Busey
Jul 9th, 2007
10:22:35 AM
Will a zombified Alfred Molina be in it?
Teaser Trailer
by PhantomSpazzz
Jul 9th, 2007
10:22:38 AM
http://www.tiny.cc/UkVkO
CHARIOTS OF THE GODS
by palimpsest
Jul 9th, 2007
10:25:24 AM
Ahh, Eric Von Daniken (sp?) you crazy old coot. Madder than the lovechild Whitley Streiber and David Icke. Thinking about it, Streiber + Icke = Cruise? Discuss.
From The Man That Brought You A SECOND Death Star...
by Sean38
Jul 9th, 2007
10:29:10 AM
...this would seem to make perfect sense. Lucas KNOWS people will pay to see the exact same story all over again.
FIREWALL - uncredited (?) remake of BELLMAN AND TRUE
by palimpsest
Jul 9th, 2007
10:30:50 AM
Neat Brit miniseries from the mid-late 80s (starring Bernard Hill iirc) that was hastily re-edited into a feature. That's how Richard Loncraine ended up directing it, as he was responsible for the original...
AICN calling JETTL93, come in JETTL93!
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
10:35:21 AM
I don't know what the obstacle was preventing e-mail contact between you and Mori, but dude, forget about it and chime in.

Actually, still e-mail Mori, but chime in here as well.

pillow, I don't think Jett and Mori ever got in touch
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
10:36:20 AM
not sure what happened at the very end of the last one...
So, Finky
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
10:40:13 AM
What do you think about this article from Quint?
ok, read the end of the last Indy TB
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
10:41:31 AM
As I read the very beginning of this article from Quint, I wondered it it had to do with "Jett". But I have to wonder why, if Quint got Jett's e-mail, does he not really mention much of what Jett has told us.

I mean, the whole thing about Indy going after the ARK again? That ain't coming from Jett. And I hope it ain't true, either. It's one thing to "bookend" a series, but that can be done here wth Marion, Abner, and Indy; no Ark required.

Agreed
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
10:42:54 AM
They need a new mystery, not a rehashed story, replacing Nazis with Commies.
About Harrison
by Massive_Bereavement
Jul 9th, 2007
10:44:01 AM
Can anyone provide evidence that Ford hasn't been a tired shadow of his former self for the last 10 years? Every time I see this point raised, my natural reaction is to leap to his defence, but in all honesty I have to begrudgingly agree. I've seen nothing of the old Harrison in nearly a decade. Sucks.
scifi guy, i dunno. Hope the Ark thing isn't true
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
10:45:30 AM
Some of what Quint says jives with what Jett has been telling us all along. But he may have gotten that info from Jett.

On the other hand, I don't know what, if any, influence Moriarty has over Quint. The way Jett and Mori got into it a little at the end of the last Indy TB (go back a take a quick look at the 7/2 one if you haven't yet), I wouldn't be surprised if Mori told Quint to not acknowledge Jett. At least not until Mori had a chance to examine everything.

I guess what we need to hear from Quint is whether he DID actually receive the e-mail from Jett. And what he (and Mori) think about what they rec'd).

!QUINT! Did you get the e-mail from JETTL93?
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
10:46:42 AM
(somewhere, AllieJamison laughs maniacally)
Nazis, Tesla, Man-Made UFOs
by voxmortis
Jul 9th, 2007
10:50:00 AM
...that's what I reckon they're doing, and I can't wait!
Jett, got any info to dish on that HEADLESS STATUE
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
10:52:34 AM
we saw in New Haven? (good to see you're still around after the direction the last TB went.)
INDIANA JONES AND ANY JUDEO-CHRISTIAN RELIC
by palimpsest
Jul 9th, 2007
10:56:44 AM
That's all I ask.
So no email by Jett
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
10:57:18 AM
Interesting. Jett, which email did you send it to.
Headless Statue
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
10:58:18 AM
Is it significant to the story?
scifi guy, Jett said he sent it to Quint instead
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:05:07 AM
but I just sent Quint and Mori and an e-mail asking them to commenton here as to whether 1) they rec'd the e-mail this time and 2) what their "verdict" is.
Mori - chime in! Where Jett? And, I think the Ark would
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
11:05:21 AM
be cool. AS LONG AS IT ISN'T A RETREAD! I have no problem with the Ark being the part of the quest, though, there are SO many other objects that can be used.

And I, for one, enjoy the positive TB and all the specualtion, even though I posted a pretty pissed off post earlier. Just the thought of having a new trilogy WITH OUT Indy seems rediculous to me. "Mutt Jones and ...." That pissed me off.

Someone ATLEAST sum up Darabonts draft! AICN staff doesn't want to spoil anything - atleast sum it up for us and we can decide what we think might be in it or not.

And dammit, Jett - c'mon back!

Regardless, I hope Jett sticks around
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:05:45 AM
I'm loving Indy IV speculation
About the Ark Jett
by Massive_Bereavement
Jul 9th, 2007
11:06:30 AM
Just wondering...You mentioned before that: 'the giant room from the end of raiders does play a key part in the script, its been almost 30 years but we will finally get to learn more about it.' So if the Ark isn't in the plot, how does the giant warehouse fit into the whole equation?
"Pharaoh's Crown" and S American temples
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:09:06 AM
I will say that it is kind of odd that Indy would be searching for an artifact that would have originated in the Nile area in an Aztec temple (re: the pics we saw from the Universal backlot).

According to Jett, this IS for Indy IV (which we all suspected, despite the NT2 red herring story). But it does seem like something that would be in congruant. Mentally, I'm still calling this one IJ & the Crown of Destiny.

Jett
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
11:09:44 AM
We enjoy your input. Keep it coming.
Welcome back Jett ! Let's get this TB going again .
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
11:12:34 AM
Mori - Quint - drop your $.02 back in the pot here and give some info!
Headless statue- thanks, Jett
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:12:43 AM
This is pretty much what we had been speculating.

Any insight as to why the South American location of the crystals (assuming that is why Indy, etc are in that set we saw pics of) when this object sounds like it woukd have come from Egypt?

And what about the old rumor of "Indy sees an old villain" that kicks off the chase they were filming last week?

ANy other clues you van give us as to who it is?

Quint's In-box GOTTA EAT!
by BGDAWES
Jul 9th, 2007
11:13:50 AM
There's been a rumor sitting in my inbox for awhile that Spielberg, Lucas, and Ford have lost all of the talent they displayed in the late 70's early to mid 80's.

The Terminal, Jar Jar Binks, and Random Hearts confirm the rumor.

Burns : Get me Steven Spielberg!
Smithers : He's unavailable.
Burns : Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!
[later]
Burns : Listen, Senor Spielbergo, I want you to do for me what Spielberg did for Oskar Schindler.
Spielbergo : Er, Schindler es bueno, Senor Burns es el diablo.
Burns : Listen, Spielbergo, Schindler and I are like peas in a pod: we're both factory owners, we both made shells for the Nazis, but mine worked, dammit! Now go out there and win me that festival!
Crystal Skulls...
by Massive_Bereavement
Jul 9th, 2007
11:14:16 AM
I've made this point before, but if this film is to be connected in any way to real life history and mythology, it's worth baring in mind that the crystal skulls, or at least most of them originated in central/south america.
Should it be Villain or Adversary?
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
11:14:33 AM
That would explain Abner's introduction into the film.
I think it would be hilarious...
by The Pusher
Jul 9th, 2007
11:18:23 AM
If all these set pics and rumors and reports are completely bogus and they're not even MAKING an Indy 4. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a great Indy 4, but that would be one hell of an awesome prank. Just saying.
Jett - Shia having his own 2 movies? BS or not?
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
11:19:42 AM
I've gotta get this cleared up pronto before I strap on some cement shoes and go for a swim. Gotta be a new trilogy and it's gotta be Indiana.
Ark and that warehouse
by Massive_Bereavement
Jul 9th, 2007
11:21:49 AM
So Indy finds himself in the same warehouse the Ark is stored by coincidence and then bumps into the broken box it happens to be stored inside? That's like too many coincidences surely!
Pusher, you think it's Random Hearts 2?
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:23:54 AM
that is so insanely disgusting just to type out that I think I need to be excused for a -- .........................
"Villain or Adversary" - Abner's not really either
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:25:49 AM
Or, at least wasn't portrayed as such in Raiders. But time and greed can do funny things to a man. So, who knows.

Jett did say along time ago that this "person" wouldn't nec. be from the movies at all.

Massive Bereavement - I have the same ?
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:27:02 AM
About the skulls in SA vs Egypt.

It's possible that things got moved around and hidden after the "skulls" were separated, but...

Ark in warehouse - it's not that big a coincidence
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:28:39 AM
Okay it IS, but it's no worse an offense that seeing it on the wall in the catacombs beneath the old church in Last Crusade. And as long as its place in this film is similar, I don't have a problem with the tongue-in-cheek reference to Raiders.
No, finky
by The Pusher
Jul 9th, 2007
11:30:30 AM
I'm suggesting they're doing all of this to fuck with us and they're not making ANY movie. Which I know is not the case. But if anyone could pull off that prank, it would be Spielberg.
Them skulls...
by Massive_Bereavement
Jul 9th, 2007
11:37:10 AM
Yeah I dont have a problem with them being moved about after they were discovered, but the point is, these skulls, if they are the same ones, do actually exist in real life, and most of them were discovered in aztec and mayan ruins. If this wasn't there origin, I see little reason why they would be planted there and left to be discovered after the event. Of course, if they are in the film, these skulls maybe of a completely different origin to those found in real life. It strikes me as a little odd that they would want to take something that already exists and want to surround it in their own completely fictional mythology and history though.
WORD. Thanks Jett. I am unleashing the cement shoes now
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
11:38:32 AM
I'm ok with the Shia being the sidekick. But knowing these will be Fords movies make me fell a whole bunch better.

Sounds like it will be a globe trottin' adventure once again.

Indiana Jones & The OPENING LOTS OF BOXES
by tracheattack
Jul 9th, 2007
11:38:33 AM
Indiana... Indiana... Let it go.
Coincidences...
by Massive_Bereavement
Jul 9th, 2007
11:44:20 AM
It's not for me to say if Jett is telling the truth or not. So dont take this as some kind of attack. We have 2 statements here though. On the one hand the Ark plays no significant role in the plot, and yet on the other we have Indy finding himself in that very same warehouse, and we can all remember how big that mother was, brushing into the very same box that contains the Ark? What are the chances of that eh?
What if Jett is Supershadow....
by Director17
Jul 9th, 2007
11:46:35 AM
???
Does Starscream have an air battle?
by messi
Jul 9th, 2007
11:51:21 AM
or I'm not watching.
Indiana Jones Begins 2020
by messi
Jul 9th, 2007
11:54:27 AM
In this new gritty realistic interpretation of the Indiana Jones legend, Indiana Jones shows his rise as a force of good for history and the battle with his inner demons. He has 4 codes he cannot break 1. Serve the Public trust. 2. Protect the Innocent. 3. Uphold the Law. 4. Classified. And Shia LaBeouf says it's like 'whoooossh'.
I know, Pusher
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
11:54:36 AM
I was joking. Sarcasm doesn't come through TBs well sometimes. :-/
to be honest, after the Star Wars Prequel disaster
by trombone
Jul 9th, 2007
11:57:55 AM
and the Transformers suck ass, I have VERY little hope that this will in any way be any good. I will, however, go rent RAIDERS again.
Misinformation like this keeps things interesting
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
12:10:04 PM
if nothing else. This movie needs to keep al the positive buzz it can get in order to compete against Dark Knight next spring.
rumors!!
by BadMrWonka
Jul 9th, 2007
12:13:21 PM
they're so much fun! but only half as fun as seeing wannabe TB trolls get smacked down by Mori or Quint...

can't wait to see his befuddled response, if there is one...

I guess this proves once and for all that Transformers was terrible...

Indy 4 and the Pick of Destiny
by TruPhan
Jul 9th, 2007
12:15:19 PM
Meatloaf reprises Sean Connery's role.
Indiana Jones and the Navajo Potsherd
by Ingeld
Jul 9th, 2007
12:15:36 PM
Let's face it, most archeologists dig up stuff like that anyway.
true and false
by AllieJamison
Jul 9th, 2007
12:16:15 PM
Serisouly, Jett. As soon as you get into story detail, such as dialogue and stuff it just gets scarily awful. So, if you really want to entertain the geek-masses with your weirdo amok run of information, stick to the vague diegetic stuff OR get yourself a good writer (don't ask daddy).

What I really like about this Ark-thing: It just adds one more confusing piece to the puzzle. A few weeks ago it seemed like the internet would spoil the hell out of this flick. Now it seems that the chaos of information kicks in and the internet beats itself with its own weapons.
What I mean is, that I like the current state of confusion.
STARSCREAM 2008
by iwontwin
Jul 9th, 2007
12:16:21 PM
I was sold on his airbattle! One of the best actions scenes ever in a movie! Transformers-2 notches above mediocre! It has its moments!!!
BEHOLD! I come from the future!
by Orcus
Jul 9th, 2007
12:21:44 PM
Where Indy 2 is currenty being filmed, and..oh wait, this is an active tb. My bad :) BTW, you don't happen to have a copy of the Conan Crown of Iron script lying around for Orcus to read Hmmm? I figure it was worth a shot to ask
Fanboys
by LORDRANDO
Jul 9th, 2007
12:22:39 PM
THAT Lucas, what the hell, the one who directed Star Wars, the genre defining masterpiece..oh yeah, so we can trust him....prequels? you ask...? grow a pair and realize they were part of the expanded universe not the answer to your Does Han marry Leia prayers...fuckin dorks
Hey, Guys...
by TheRealMoriarty
Jul 9th, 2007
12:24:48 PM
JettL93 is a liar. Period. He's never e-mailed me any of his fabled information, and he doesn't respond when I e-mailed the address he used to register for talkback. When asked to prove anything, he's unable, and I've dealt with enough internet liars over the years to know certain tricks they pull as they troll.

JettL93 reads rumors in other places. He adds his own made up information to the rumors, to give them just enough of a hint of the truth to be credible. But he's wrong about the big stuff. Anything you've only read from him, discount it.

I have verified and reverified the INDY 4 stuff I know so far, and JettL93 doesn't check out. At all. I've been fairly gentle about this with him so far, but I'm not remotely confused about this, and considering how many of you are e-mailing me about the situation, I can tell that it's important to you.

He's a liar. He has been trolling you. I understand that some of you enjoyed it, because it generated INDY 4 speculation that you were able to participate in. By all means, keep it up. Be encouraged by speculation and rumors and whatever. I don't think this article today is accurate, either, because it doesn't match what we know already. Quint addresses that a bit at the bottom... that we're at the point in development where we always see people start to go batshit with insane stories about films that just aren't true. There are a LOT of conflicting rumors floating around about INDY 4, and I'm sure that's just the way Lucasfilm and Paramount likes it. PS - I know this was up, then I deleted it, and now it's back up... I just made an important typo, so wanted to clarify it, so there's no confusion.

Haters need to shut the fuck up
by jack-torrance
Jul 9th, 2007
12:25:50 PM
All the goddamn haters who whine about everything from the plot to the look of the movie. Some of you have said Janusz Kaminski will make the movie dark and gray. BS. Spielberg is directing and he knows how it should look. Producer Frank Marshall has given an interview and said: "Spielberg and director of photography Janusz Kaminski will be shooting the film exactly as the original three "Indy" pictures were shot back in the 1980s: on film and with anamorphic Panavision lenses."
from imdb.com
by BadMrWonka
Jul 9th, 2007
12:25:51 PM
Indiana Jones returns to the big screen. Nineteen years after finding and losing the Holy Grail, Indiana is called by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the organization holding the Ark from "Raiders". The Council and it's counterpart cousin, the Trilateral Commission, are missing an important piece to the Ark. If found, it will restored to its original place in the world. However, this task won't be easy for Indiana because an artifact, "the All Seeing Eye Jewel of 12 Stones," called "Ephod," helps to find it and reveals about prophecy about the coming of Melchizedek from the book of Genesis and Indiana learns more than he bargained for.

seems a bit convoluted, doesn't it? it also sounds way too much like the middle third of Raiders...they wouldn't do that much of a rehash, would they?

That felt like Deja Vu all over again
by Orcus
Jul 9th, 2007
12:27:57 PM
Orcus has to check to check out the warantee on his time machine repairs
Where's the talkback for the Spielberg doc tonight?
by Tacom
Jul 9th, 2007
12:35:01 PM
The "SPIELBERG ON SPIELBERG" documentary is airing on at TCM tonight at 5 PM my time zone. I hope he talks a lot about Empire of the Sun. Seriously.
Mori's response moved!
by BadMrWonka
Jul 9th, 2007
12:35:42 PM
now my "waiting for the bufuddled response" comment looks like it's directed at Mori, rather than Jett...

oh, the irony!!

IJ and the Saucermen from Mars
by phaedrus007
Jul 9th, 2007
12:42:06 PM
Almost every rumor and confirmed fact that we know about this movie makes it sound like a lightly rewritten version of the old "Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars" script, a review of which can be found on Raider.net. Just for the record, the review doesn't sound too good, so let's hope those rewrites were substantial.
I really can't see ALIENS being in Indy
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
12:49:28 PM
It doesn't jive with the previous films. Esp if they turn out to be responsible for things people think are "from god", or whatever.

No, I think the aliens thing was canned. POssibly it's in there as a minor, momentary red herring, but "actual" aliens can't be anything that actually happens in the movie. Leave that shite to Fox Mulder.

Although I always suspected that Marcus Brody
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
12:50:09 PM
was somehow..."different".

;)

Jones! Do you know what the inbox is. It's a radio...
by IAmJack'sUserID
Jul 9th, 2007
12:53:30 PM
It's a transmitter for speaking about dumb rumors. And its within my reach...whenever I decide to open it, that is.
160th
by kirttawesomio
Jul 9th, 2007
01:00:48 PM
sweet!
*sigh*
by AllieJamison
Jul 9th, 2007
01:02:07 PM
oh jetty jett....
Don't like the idea of The Ark
by Wed Vid Guy
Jul 9th, 2007
01:05:12 PM
I kinda liked the idea that the greatest religious artifact is gathering dust in an unmarked box in a huge sprawling warehouse. Let that be The Ark's fate.
Shia LaBeouf = the new Short Round
by Bill Clay
Jul 9th, 2007
01:20:03 PM
"No time for love, Dad!"
regarding Quint's theory:
by Ray Gamma
Jul 9th, 2007
01:22:38 PM
regarding Quint's theory that they might be 'misleading' us about the plot/released info etc:

while they were making the Star Wars prequels, I kept on reading all the fansites for tidbits about plot spoilers and rumors etc... in the hope that Lucas was maybe 'misleading' us all with what was being leaked, and in the hope that he was actually going to blow our minds with a movie that bore no resemblance to the leaked 'spoilers'....

but no. when each of the Star Wars prequels came out, it did indeed turn out that EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DETAIL OF THOSE MOVIES HAD BEEN LEAKED, DISCUSSED, AND DISPLAYED IN PHOTOS PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL MOVIE BEING RELEASED. which, to this day, is absolutely one of the most plausible explanations for why so many people were disappointed with the prequels. there simply were no fucking surprises left come the day of release! we'd seen the whole movie already on the internet fan sites!

For the love of God, let's get back to those days, like the early eighties, when a new movie really was a 'new' movie, when it had the power to be an overnight phenomenon, when nobody had read 'spoilers'. Why on earth do film studios these days think it's a good idea to give away EVERY FUCKING DETAIL INCLUDING STILLS OF EVERY FUCKING COOL MOMENT FROM THE FORTHCOMING MOVIE, in the misguided belief that fans will actually be happy when they finally see the film? what's the fucking point in watching the movie when you've seen all the cool stuff already on the net? it's not 'promotion' at all, it's actually 'destruction'.

Ark Redux
by sabrecmc
Jul 9th, 2007
01:27:57 PM
I kind of like the idea of the ark just being an off-hand throwback comment. A bit like the drawing in Last Crusade. I would rather a whole new story though. I would love it if Jett were correct that Shia is not Indy's son, but I do hope Marion reappears. Whenever I read Jett's posts, I feel like Mulder. I want to believe! But, I'm wary. Mori sure doesn't seem to think he's legit.
"dealt with enough internet liars over the years"
by Alonzo Mosely
Jul 9th, 2007
01:36:38 PM
Mori can spot a fake Bruce Willis like nobody's business too... I keed, I keed...
How about the return of the Sankara Stones instead?
by alucardvsdracula
Jul 9th, 2007
01:51:13 PM
Seriously, I hope to fuck this isn't true. The Ark? Move along it's been done perfectly already yeah? Atlantis, The Loch Ness Monster, even Big Foot would be preferable than going over old ground.
Son of a ......
by The Cine-eater
Jul 9th, 2007
01:58:59 PM
You can tell a franchise is getting desperate when they have to have son/daughter in the movie so they can continue the franchise.Come on spielberg I expected it of Lucas but you also have a say and this is one of the cheapest ploys to keep Indy going, why not have the balls to end the series after this one and invent a new icon.
Ray Gamma
by The Cine-eater
Jul 9th, 2007
02:07:02 PM
Totally agree with giving everything away in spoilers and trailers, there is only one good film trailer in my opinion and thats the TrainSpotting trailer, it showed nothing to do with the film only Ewan tied to the train tracks saying don't do this do that.Trailers should not show anything from the film it should set up the movie or give you a taste of the films style.
But!...
by Rick Sparks
Jul 9th, 2007
02:07:31 PM
... will GRANDO CALRISSIAN be in it? Cuz that's all I really care about.
There Has Not Been One Bad Indiana Jones Movie
by The Ender Smites Foes
Jul 9th, 2007
02:08:48 PM
And this one will be just as awesome. People "hating" on this are just fucking stupid, depressed little wrist slitting emo faggots.
HAHA - Grando Calrissian. I remember that from the TB's
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
02:15:42 PM
way back when.

Man .... those prequals SUCKED!

the best trailer was for Crusade though .... the one where they just showed the making of the tank chase / fight where Ford kept losing the hat and then ended up stapeling it on. I'll even settle for that one.

As for plot, all I would want is a discription - not the entire flick spelled out. A discription wouldn't hurt anything and still leave a for many surprises. And that IMDB thing has gotta be total bullshit. NO WAY that's up already.

Katanga - he's the father. Indy fell asleep, Marion was
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
02:20:26 PM
still a bit horned up, walked into the Captains quaters and earned her "sea legs" as First Mate
Jett you're Shia's father, right?
by Lour Reed luvs Frank Zappa
Jul 9th, 2007
02:22:50 PM
You fucked a paraplegic nazi nun right?
Does anyone else find this pandering sad?
by Lour Reed luvs Frank Zappa
Jul 9th, 2007
02:24:49 PM
Wouldn't it be nice, in some weird alternate universe, to actually be used to having good entertainment? Instead we have to constantly wait and encounter more disappointments than moderately good movies.
I hate George Lucas
by Andrew J. Harris
Jul 9th, 2007
02:31:54 PM
I feel my life has been building momentum and will reach its peak on the release date of Indy 4. If George Lucas fucks anything up (i e Star Wars is ruined for me what with the special edition and prequels) I will be destroyed. However this movie and some of the rumors have kept me on my toes. I hope this works out and they stick with what worked in Indy 1 and 3.
the ark is empty, isn' it?
by Reynard Muldrake
Jul 9th, 2007
02:32:33 PM
it done up and flew into heaven. so the box in the warehouse is a...box. that will still punch your mofo lights out. and what about this info on Shia doing more "movies"...wtf? doesn't he have more important things to do, like Transformers sequels? I like him and all and think he'll be good in this...but that has to be fake...though now I've heard it twice...
JettL93...
by Reynard Muldrake
Jul 9th, 2007
02:35:56 PM
after Mori just smacked you down, are you just posting for fun, you loss? Whatever job you have, they don't work you hard enough.
Joke: I agree with what someone said earlier.
by TheGreenStyle
Jul 9th, 2007
02:42:40 PM
They are obviously searching for the Allspark and this turns out to be a big prequal to Transformers where they all turn into 50's vehicles.

Indy: Those giant robots are trying to kill us!
Shia: I KNOW DAD!!!
Indy: I'm sorry, it's just a new experience for me.
Shia: Happens to me all the time...
Who would win in a fight?
by Reynard Muldrake
Jul 9th, 2007
02:45:23 PM
Short Round or Shia Greaser LeBoef?
Noah's Ark?
by lynxpro
Jul 9th, 2007
02:47:36 PM
Surely you jest. It was Gilgamesh's before Moses "Puff Daddied" the story.
Seriously: I hope it's not Aliens.
by TheGreenStyle
Jul 9th, 2007
02:47:51 PM
Bringing aliens into Indy is just so fucking out of place and non-nonsensical. That's just so not the tone of the series. And I'm discouraged by how strongly the rumors have been leaning that way.

The only way it could work is if the aliens were recognizable from other aliens in the extended Speilberg/Lucas canon. The Close Encounter guys, the E.T.s, maybe the War of the World's guys, and hell, even the transformers. Use recongnizable aliens and it may not seem so off.
AllieJamison = You *WILL* Believe
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
02:49:08 PM
a man can lie. I mean FLY. FLY.

Oh, I could use some of that apple wine about now if you have any handy.

Yeah, we know. That Ark get's passed around
by TheGreenStyle
Jul 9th, 2007
02:50:15 PM
a lot in mythology. I knew about the Gilgamesh thing too.

But you gotta admit, Noah is it's most recognizable owner in this culture, so it just makes sense to call it Noah's Ark.
RE: Aliens
by Reynard Muldrake
Jul 9th, 2007
02:50:50 PM
I already posted this in another TB: Shia's character name is Fox Mulder and after seeing his dad (old Harrison Ford Indy) get abducted, his life goals are realized.
Indiana Jones and the Phantom Menace
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 9th, 2007
02:53:05 PM
Indy takes on greedy and corrupt trade officials whilst Shia comments "Mesa so happy you found me daddy-o!!"
Lao Che is Mutt Ravenwood's dad
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
02:54:36 PM
Nice try, Lao Che!
Jett, I hope Mori gets your e-mail this time because
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
02:59:13 PM
he's pretty certain you're not legit.

But that can't really be the name of Blanchett's character. It's just too unwieldy. When they wanted to name the German archaeologist in Last Crusade they named her "Elsa Schnieder" b/c it "sounds" authenitic enough without being confounding to whitebread Americans. They can't really be using that name...not without giving her a "nickname" anyway.

Perhaps they'll call her "Lassie"?

No more about JOHN WAYNE'S 12-INCH FIGURE
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
03:00:14 PM
please, AICN! His smirk is really starting to taunt me.
What does Bruce W. have to say about all of this, Mori?
by anchorite
Jul 9th, 2007
03:03:36 PM
Good grief.
What if?
by The Dum Guy
Jul 9th, 2007
03:03:47 PM
They conclude, in the movie, that the Ark has something to do with aliens, and that God is connected to UFOs or something.

I don't think I understand whats going on with this story, so I'll just say, it kinda sucks that Connery didn't come back for this.
Shia will not break this movie
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
03:04:10 PM
I'm not Shia fan. And when it was first announced that he was OFFICIALLY in this flick, I groaned as loud as I did when I first saw Bay's Transformer designs.

But the (hopeful) reality here is that this will be an INDY movie. Shia may play an "important" role, but we shouldn't be running off with the idea that he's going to share top billing with Ford.

I would assume his role will be like SHort Rounds'- it'll play an important part, have a purpose, but ultimately not try to fight Indy for the "lead".

wow, just.. wow
by quadrupletree
Jul 9th, 2007
03:06:21 PM
That just threw me for a complete loop, but in a good way! This never crossed my mind before but I'd actually support that idea for an Indy movie. I've been completely against this project from the beginning and those pictures of Ford in the costume just justified my concerns. He looks to damn old and sad as Indy now. But making it about the Ark again would be awesome!
I don't lament the lack of Connery anymore. Why? Well,
by finky089
Jul 9th, 2007
03:07:08 PM
I just watched LXG this weekend and was reminded that we really won't be missing anything without him. He did good as Henry Sr. in Crusade, but that is how I'd like to remember it.
City of the Gods?
by Heretic3k
Jul 9th, 2007
03:13:03 PM
What happened to the rumored title "Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods"? Just wondering. Anyway...since the first 3 movies were set in the 1930s, capturing the cliffhanger action of movie serials of that era, wouldn't it be neat if the new film, set in the 1950s, would capture the 'sci-fi/atomic unknown' genre of that era? It would be a perfect reason for the Area 51/flying saucers/Atlantis rumors. Just my thoughts.
Indiana Jones & The Rock & Roll Memorabilia Auction
by Evil Sean
Jul 9th, 2007
03:15:13 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =NaGhrr-pPXA
Will somebody get that Irish bookie on here?
by anchorite
Jul 9th, 2007
03:15:54 PM
You know, the one who made the bet about the next celebrity arrest being Al Gore? He lost some money on that one. Maybe he'll want to do double or nothin' about Jett being full of shit.
So Mori, did you get the latest email
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
03:25:12 PM
Is this legit or still a hoax by your point of view? finky, what do you think of Jett's latest statement about having a still from the trailer. I find that virtually impossible. There is no way they are working on the trailer this freaking early.
I wish they 'd update the official site
by AllieJamison
Jul 9th, 2007
03:27:36 PM
JettL just came and took all of the Apple Wine I had left with him, Finky. The man is nefarious. (Here's some more: http://tinyurl.com/3ysqbl)

Alcohol is no excuse for "Anechka gredenkina", though, Jett. I told you to get a writer. You can't do this on your own. Btw: I think Mr Beaks' latest Comic Con article ends really classy.
I thought Cate's character name
by skimn
Jul 9th, 2007
03:30:26 PM
is Natasha. Her mission is to foil plans of moose (Indy) and squirrel (Shia).
Cate's character name
by sabrecmc
Jul 9th, 2007
03:33:33 PM
Well, Anechka is a Russian name. It means "grace," which would be sort of interesting. Yes, I'm that big of a geek that I looked it up in my baby names book. Maybe they call her Anna?
City of Gods = Jerusalem, not Atlantis
by BringingSexyBack
Jul 9th, 2007
03:35:28 PM
City of Gods = 3 Gods of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. And Council on Foreign Relations and Trilateral Commission are linked to the Illuminati. This means the Illuminati have the Ark and the Jews / Israelis want to get it back using Indy. Since Indy is a quarter Jewish, he only gets the cover back, not the whole Ark.
Shia is Indiana Jones...
by Sidius
Jul 9th, 2007
03:48:12 PM
Who's with me??

*silence*

Oh, no one? Well screw you guys then...Childhood memories are over-rated anyways.

Oh, and anyone who disses Spielberg is a RETARD that should have his film lover card revoked. The dude has built up a library of classics to rival any other director ever. Spielberg can make crap from today till the day he dies and still be considered one of the top 3 American directors of all time.

Jaws, Close Encounters, Indiana Jones, E.T., Color Purple, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can and Munich. Show me any other director that has been as successful in as many different genres. Coppola for directing 3 mafia films? Scorcese for directing mainly Italian gangster pics? Spielberg is and always has been the man.
SHIA IS NOT INDY'S SON, HE IS INCESTUOUS SON OF
by BringingSexyBack
Jul 9th, 2007
03:49:56 PM
Marion and Abner when both drank a bit too much at one of those Mongolian drinking games.
Illuminati - the adapted Robert Anton Wilson's book
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
03:50:03 PM
to make the new Indy. Fuckin' head trip.

Only gets the cover back. Nice one BSB.

The John Wayne figure is creeping me out.
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
03:51:51 PM
His eyes follow me where ever I go.
Shia is a young Nick Cage from the National Treasure
by BringingSexyBack
Jul 9th, 2007
03:52:31 PM
movie. From Jewfro to Nofro.
Kinghenry
by BringingSexyBack
Jul 9th, 2007
03:58:09 PM
I think Indy IV will definitely have an Illuminati / secret society element to it. That's the way the world is run, and Indy foils the grand scheme.
Sidius..
by skimn
Jul 9th, 2007
04:03:12 PM
hey you forgot 1941..no wait you didn't. I'll back you up on Spielberg, but don't piss on Scorcese and Coppola to do it. I'd stack Taxi Driver, The Conversation and Apocolypse Now up to any Spielberg, not including the classics you spat on. Referring to the Godfather as "a mafia film", you should have your head examined.
And looking forward to the TCM special
by skimn
Jul 9th, 2007
04:09:11 PM
tonight. Scheickel makes entertaining entertainment docs.
I thought this was a post about Indy 4
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
04:09:26 PM
Not a bash fest on every director and past film to date.
The Illuminati tossed in as the baddies would be pretty
by kinghenryVIII
Jul 9th, 2007
04:15:50 PM
great. I'm all for secret org's and such (maybe not Thuggees though I do did Temple of Doom). If anything, I just hope Capshaw ain't screaming her head off. I watched Doom Saturday night .... someone shut that bitch up.
JettL93's spelling is the giveaway Moriarty lol
by Mace Tofu
Jul 9th, 2007
04:16:55 PM
I hope the scenes are as well done as the TRUCK CHASE from RAIDERS. I don't care what the "object" is just give us some well done set pieces. RAIDERS had some stupid stuff in it ( hand in sunlight sets off trap? WTF!) but they blasted pass so fast you didn't have time to think about it ( and even after you did we forgave them- some things don't change huh).
John William's Ark of the Covenant Theme...
by expert40
Jul 9th, 2007
04:38:31 PM
... is still one of his greatest, moodiest, most chill-bump inducing themes that he's ever created. Who didn't get the heebeejeebees the first time the them is played when Indy describes the power of the Ark to the FBI guys at his school, or when Marcus warns Indy to be careful? I really hope this rumor is true just to get Williams to pick up the Ark Theme, dust it off, and render it to us in full glory in all of these theaters with super surround sound. Gettin' chills just thinking about it! But... this idea is too cool to expect Lucas to actually put it in the script as more than just a quick wink to the crowd like in the catacomb tomb scene in Last Crusade.
Just found some interesting info from New Haven
by scifi guy
Jul 9th, 2007
04:42:48 PM
This was just posted by someone who worked on the set of Indy IV in New Haven. He is also a student at Yale. Here it is.... I work in New Haven and during a lunch break a co-worker and I were able to sneak onto the set with our Yale IDs. They're using Yale's campus for their fake "Marshall College." The scene we saw was with Harrison Ford and Shia and a bunch of extras. I believe the car that they're being chased in crashes into a statue. The big scene though for the week was the actual car/motorcycle chase scene with Harrison and Shia. The streets of New Haven were shut down and re-created to look like the 1950s. I know they shot scenes in one of Yale's libraries and on the football field. But the majority of the scenes we were able to watch happened either outside in the streets or in one of Yale's quads. What do you guys think? finky, JPT
Weren't the Illuminati the villians in
by skimn
Jul 9th, 2007
04:43:48 PM
Lara Croft?
No, no it's a different ark this time
by symphy
Jul 9th, 2007
04:53:03 PM
Didn't you see that Steve Carrell is in the credits?
Wanna see a good preview of...
by Banditmania
Jul 9th, 2007
04:56:43 PM
the new Bionic Woman? go here http://tinyurl.com/273x95
George Lucas nearly blows new Indiana Jones film with:
by Lornsorrow
Jul 9th, 2007
05:00:33 PM
Indiana Jones & the search for the Pixie-Faries of Bubble-Yum Forest. George comments about his script: "The audience will love it if only they believe in it enough! I believe in this project! See how easy it is if we just believe?" Fans reaction to this news was to attempt to take out a restraining order on Lucas to not allow him within 10 miles of the films set. Meanwhile, other Indiana Jones fans are seeking to have him committed to a local asylum but so far have been turned away by asylum staff for having no hope for his rehabilitation. "We can try to put sanity back into someone who once lost it, but when it comes to someone who never had much sanity to begin with, well, the only thing you can do is go through his clothes and look for loose change" asylum staff remarked. Last word on Lucas is that some fans are planning on kidnapping Lucas and leaving him marooned on a deserted island somewhere (though a message was recently found tied to a hot air balloon that read "Don't you dare fuckin send him our way" signed, "Gilligan").
500th
by manicart1
Jul 9th, 2007
05:19:39 PM
Actually I'm kind of glad to hear this. I watched Raiders again a few weeks ago and was surprised by how I never wondered where that warehouse was and what else was in it. Now it seems we might find out! Awesome. Maybe Kalimar Shatiday bloke from Temple and that Templar Knight from Crusade have been pickled in there as well.
Because its Spielberg/Lucas/Ford DOESN'T make it good
by Big Dumb Ape
Jul 9th, 2007
05:22:35 PM
I've been up and down on this movie and still continue to be. Like a lot of people, I loved the original trilogy and have no problem just letting my DVDs sit peacefully on a shelf, ready to be watched when the mood strikes. I have no problem remembering them for what they once were...

...Which is why it will utterly cause SUCH geek outrage and vomit hurling hatred to erupt if they NOW make a new film after all this time that is just plain shitty or even simply average given Ford's age and assorted other factors. To that end, I wasn't against the return of Indiana Jones as a character -- then again I NEVER bought into the rabid fanboy thinking that ONLY Ford could be Indy. To that end, I'm also one of those who thought "Hey, if Spielberg feels the juice and wants to make a few new Indy films, fine. Do a Bond-like recasting with a guy in his prime, so we'll buy into all the stunts onscreen, and we're right back in WWII fighting Nazis and looking for cool artifacts with supernatural overtones."

My continual problem with this movie is that we have to remember WHO is making this. Keep in mind things like Frank Darabont writing a script that Spielberg declared as being the "best since the original RAIDERS script", and then Lucas stepping in to unzip his fly and piss all over it and say it wasn't good and that HE was going to rewrite it to make it "good" -- because as we all know, he proved he was SUCH the great writer on the Prequels. In fact, let history show that EPISODE 4 was actually heavily rewritten by Hyuck and Katz and of course its obvoius the effect that Kasdan had on EMPIRE and JEDI.

So again, seriously, keep in mind WHO is producing this and exerting HIS Producer power. Which makes me groan because this is the same guy who thought Midechlorians was a good idea to explain the Force...who thought Jar Jar was going to be a fan favorite sidekick to rival Chewbacca, racially insulting voice and all...who took 20 years off from the world's most famous film franchise, which meant he had ALL the time in the world (not to mention all the money in the world to hire story and scripting help), only to return and shit out 3 terrible films to the disappointment of the entire world. So when I hear ideas like Indy is walking through the warehouse and comes upon a broken box that has te Ark sticking out of it, at which point he makes a wisecrack, those who say "I can't believe that happens. It's too fluke a chance thing to show onscreen" REALLY have to remember who's producing this. And Spielberg's to blame TOO since things like that are EXACTLY the tiny bits of so-called humor that both he and Lucas think are "cute" and that we'll all love. They think having things like THAT happen will appease the geeks -- the problem being we don't care about tiny shit moments like that, we care about the far larger overall picture...which I'm still predicting given (1) Ford's age and lack of acting enthusiasm in years and years, as well as (2) Lucas' ability to demonstrate shit taste and the fact that he's lost it (given the Prequels) and (3) even Spielberg can be hit and miss these days (I mean, come on, WOTW was about as mainstream a movie tailored for Spielberg and it was a shitty borefest punctuated by Spielberg thinking that a screaming, whiny kid brat like Dakata Fanning is what "geeks" wanted to see in THE MOST FAMOUS ALIENS INVADING AND DESTROYING THE WORLD STORY EVER.

So if this turns out good, it'll be a miracle. If it turns out to be groan inducing, it will be like a bucket of ice water thrown in film fans faces at which point they'll HAVE to wake up and say "Oh, that's right. Deep down I DID think these guys had lost it, I just didn't want to admit it."

But for old time's sake, I'll keep my fingers crossed. So Dear Heaven, PLEASE don't let this suck...

Short Round!
by rodneyfaile
Jul 9th, 2007
05:35:12 PM
Well if you want to bring it full circle, where is Short Round? I love that kid in Temple of Doom. "I very little, you cheat very big!"
FIRST!!! AGAIN!!!
by Tal111
Jul 9th, 2007
05:42:56 PM
damn!
Indiana Jones and the Ark of the Covenant?
by rev_skarekroe
Jul 9th, 2007
05:46:18 PM
Yeah, I saw that movie already. BTW, did you know that the guy that gave Indy his hat in "Last Crusade" was originally supposed to be Abner Ravenwood? That's what they say.
Indiana Jones and the Lost City of R'lyeh...
by anchorite
Jul 9th, 2007
06:04:11 PM
Indy finds the Cthulhu cult and must keep them from taking over Hollywood. It doesn't work.
Temple of Doom was the worse one
by alienindisguise
Jul 9th, 2007
06:08:50 PM
So I know this won't suck as much ass as that one did. Yeah it was a prequel but I mean c'mon, Indy looking for rocks..LAME!!!
Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Found Ark
by Reynard Muldrake
Jul 9th, 2007
06:14:54 PM
JettL93 - no one believes you and your narcissistic ego. Unless of course you're really Jet Li...in which case I bet all of us could kick your ass if we jumped you all at once. STFU already. Even if Mori DOES post a picture. STFU.
You assholes will bash anything Lucas is involved with!
by The Chimp Keeper
Jul 9th, 2007
06:26:04 PM
This is just like Phantm Menace before it came out. A bunch of worthless shitheads are cryng "George Lucas is about to kill my childhood!". Finally, the movie comes out and the same worthless shitheads are crying that the movie "didn't live up to the expectations" (even though they never expected it to be any good anyway. Then, the cool thing to was to bash the Phantom Menae (even though, at the time, it was the 2nd best Star Wars movie). Why don't you just give this a chance. If not, you should go beat off to Transformers and all the other crap you think is good.
JettL93?!?
by StuntmanSnakeMacReady
Jul 9th, 2007
06:46:26 PM
Didn't Mori just had rip you a new asshole? Didn;t Mori just say that you were not legit and were a complete fraud? Oh wait...maybe you are talking about Indianapolis Jones 4...not Indiana Jones 4.
Ark will be in first Shia solo movie!
by ebolamonkey
Jul 9th, 2007
06:47:06 PM
They're thinking it will ease the transition for audiences.
Shia for Joey Ramone? At 5'5? Why not!
by GQtaste
Jul 9th, 2007
06:55:03 PM
I love my leading men that are midgets!
jett is either....
by ilikemovies
Jul 9th, 2007
06:55:35 PM
1. shia labeouf 2. some kid intern (obvious from his ridiculous writing) paid by spielberg and/or lucas
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF ORLANDO BLOOM
by SPETZNAZ
Jul 9th, 2007
06:57:28 PM
Indiana jones IV + lucas - nazis -pat roach = The mummy returns... again.
LAME!
by Logan_1973
Jul 9th, 2007
07:05:08 PM
The Ark? Been there. Done that. New idea please.
JETTL93 is a liar
by lotusblade
Jul 9th, 2007
07:08:55 PM
if not he would email Quint, Harry, etc. Posting "hopefully mori gets my email and can clarify who i am," when he earlier posted that he'd been chatting back and forth with mori in emails.

Moriarty needs to post again and say once and for all that Jett is a liar.

For the last time, let me clarify this:
by Harrison Ford
Jul 9th, 2007
07:09:23 PM
The film is called INDIANA JONES AND THE ADVENTURES OF THE LOOSE DENTURES. Indy's not looking for the Ark. He's found that already. He's looking for his dentures. I'm thrilled to be involved in this script, and of course to break this news here.
Leave the damn Ark in the warehouse!
by DarthCorleone
Jul 9th, 2007
07:58:14 PM
Jeez...why would you mess with one of the best final shots in history that perfectly conveys the slow-moving bureaucratic idiocy of our government? Seriously, I have no problem with a fourth film. I have no problem bringing back characters from Raiders. But this plot point sounds dangerously close to tainting Raiders, one of the best movies ever made, and that is not acceptable.
GIVE IT UP JETT!!!!
by StuntmanSnakeMacReady
Jul 9th, 2007
08:08:56 PM
JettL93 is a liar. Period. He's never e-mailed me any of his fabled information, and he doesn't respond when I e-mailed the address he used to register for talkback. When asked to prove anything, he's unable, and I've dealt with enough internet liars over the years to know certain tricks they pull as they troll. byTheRealMoriarty Jett what part of that did you not understand? GIVE IT UP...
Filming in Hawaii
by Ashton
Jul 9th, 2007
08:24:25 PM
Crew calls for Indy 4 round the islands are ongoing, and will begin shortly.
THEY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AT RAIDERS!
by Dresh
Jul 9th, 2007
09:10:47 PM
Actually, this is a pretty cool concept... for an ill-concieved, blatantly commercial excercise in artistic exhaustion. If they go this route, this trilogy-buster may not be a total piece of shit.
A couple people have brought up supershadow as JettL93.
by Bronx Cheer
Jul 9th, 2007
09:31:47 PM
I thought that was a fairly safe bet. That anyone thought IT was legit shows how sweetly hopeful many are for a brush with the genuine article. But seriously, think about it. That kid would be in such trouble by now.

Don't buy the BS.

Sincerely,

Orson Welles
I'm listening to Lily Allen right now, and she says...
by Bronx Cheer
Jul 9th, 2007
09:34:53 PM
that Indiana Jones is too old for this shit. She saw FIREWALL and cringed when she watched Ford attempt to walk upright, let alone engage in fights. (Okay, honestly? She said not a thing about Ford or Indy 4. But she did say that Transformers was really loud.)(Okay, she didn't say that either. But it was. Very loud, that is.)
Skimn
by Sidius
Jul 9th, 2007
10:13:02 PM
I didn't mean to make it seem like I was trying to discredit Scorcese or Coppola. I too love the Godfather films, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, Mean Streets, Raging Bull and a lot of their classics but I was trying to make a point about Steven's range as a director. Moreso than Scorcese and Coppola he's turned out films in varying genres consistently for a very long time. Of the three director's he's actually learnt how to create serious pieces of art as well as commercial blockbusters. There isn't anything he's ever really failed at (well except 1491). Anyone who says they're over Spielberg needs to have their head chacked. Either that or they've not seen anything he's done other than Jurassic Park. I was being narrow to make a point...guess it didn't entirely work.
THE TITLE OF THIS MOVIE IS RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 2!!!
by Proman1984
Jul 9th, 2007
10:16:08 PM
Breaking and exciting news. Get ready for: Indianan Jones 4: Raiders of the Lost Ark 2 and it will rule.
indiana jones and the houses of the holy
by LarryTheCableGuy
Jul 9th, 2007
10:23:01 PM
indidna jones and the sphinx's right toe indiana jones and the chamber of secrets indiana jones and the technolgy of the gods indiana jones and the hallway of records more raiders of the lost ark
LXG
by WX1
Jul 9th, 2007
10:32:57 PM
At the end Indy'll be asked to join the current "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." And you thought this was the end of Indy.
Any truth to the "Mutt Ravenwood" rumors?
by nomihs
Jul 9th, 2007
11:01:12 PM
This from IGN - "It appears — and this is only informed speculation — that near the beginning of the film, while Dr. Jones is teaching a class, he is disrupted by anti-Communist demonstrations and the astonishing appearance of his old mentor Abner Ravenwood (source: Ain't It Cool News), who was mentioned in Raiders and long presumed dead. Indy rushes out to meet him, but the Russians are after Ravenwood too, and for some reason Ravenwood's grandson Mutt (played by Shia) is also in town. A chase breaks out between secret government agents (probably Russian, but possibly American or both) and Jones — who's forced to team up with Mutt on his motorcycle. It's not clear if the villains have nabbed old Abner or are merely trying to get their hands on him, but once it's all over, Indy and the Ravenwoods discuss mysterious topics like Area 51, aliens, and ancient crystal skulls." - Anyone...Anyone?
all that's true.
by El Borak
Jul 9th, 2007
11:06:18 PM
duh.
Favorite evil
by Wild Card
Jul 9th, 2007
11:43:38 PM
What's better than Nazis? That's right, evil Russians. As long as I've been in US, I've yet to discover a brand of villain closer to Americans' hearts. Right on.
Just tell us what hapd to the girl w/the "love you" eye
by lettersoftransit
Jul 10th, 2007
12:04:25 AM
I nearly became an archeology professor to get that girl, til I realized I'd also have to go back in time or find her in some rest home squawking about the pulp in her o.j. My only theory about Indy 4 is that after Jones brushed her off she ended up with the fat guy at the end who loved to say "top... men." Once I know what happened to those two they can pretty much do whatever they want with the rest of the cast.
if a girl did
by El Borak
Jul 10th, 2007
12:12:56 AM
that eyelash "i love you" trick to me i would penetrate her through my pants, through the desk and through her clothes without moving.
Indiana Jones and the Zombie from Tibet
by kname2
Jul 10th, 2007
12:14:56 AM
Abner was meant to be dead from the get go...I know the dialogue changed a bit in the final cut of Radiers, but the 3rd draft of Kasdan's script says--- INDY- What happened? MARION- Avalanche. Up there. He was digging. What else? He spent his whole life digging. Dragging me all over this rotten