Lucas Researching Concept For New Indiana Jones Film 272
Cycon writes "According to George Lucas, 'The franchise really depends on me coming up with a good idea. And that series is very research-intensive. So we're doing research now to see if we can't come up with another object for him to chase ... hopefully we'll come up with something.' Lucas 'scoffed at the possibility of passing the famed fedora from Ford to Shia LaBeouf,' instead stating, 'if [Harrison Ford] wasn't in it, you'd have to call it "Mutt Williams and the search for Elvis."'"
Lucas obviously doesn't read slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
There's plenty he could be going after:
Indiana Jones and the Clump Of Dark Matter [slashdot.org]
Indiana Jones and the RIAA lawsuit about him touching the Ark Of The Covenant (without seeking prior license from the Vatican) ...?
I know what kind of object they need (Score:2, Funny)
I know (Score:3, Funny)
How about introducing a strange new character that behaves in an obnoxious way, speaks in unintelligible patois and causes everyone to flinch whenever he's onscreen. He could be called Shortstop Bingo and be Indy's trusty right-hand fuck up.
Surely this would totally enhance the franchise.
Re:Lucas obviously doesn't read slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
I was thinking along the lines of, "Indiana Jones and the Search for the Higgs Boson, coming to a theater near you October 21, 2008."
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"Raiders of the Lost Medicine Cabinet"
"Indiana Jones and the Child-proof Cap"
"Indiana Jones and the Walker of Doom"
"Indiana Jones and the Damn Kids on His Lawn"
Indiana Jones... (Score:2, Funny)
If they want to revive the franchise... (Score:5, Funny)
Indiana Jones and the Still Beating Heart of George Lucas
Seriously, if the franchise really depends on Lucas coming up with a good idea, they might as well call it a day right now.
If he's taking fan requests..... (Score:1, Funny)
Can we please have a death match between Jar-Jar Binks and Shia LaBeouf? That would be about the only thing that would drag me back into the theater after the last one. The one thing Indy can't seem to dig up is a decent script.
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Indiana Jones and the Legend of the Pharmaceutical Store
Indiana Jones and the Tale of Arthritis
Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Dentures
Breaking...Indy V working title (Score:3, Funny)
Mel Brooks has been cast as the new Indy. Rick Moranis is close to being signed as the new bad guy.
Work title: Indiana Jones and The Power of The Schwartz.
Here comes the cross over (Score:2, Funny)
Indiana Jones and the Portal of Tatooine
"Dr. Jones discovers the lost continent of Atlantis, containing a portal that jarringly thrusts him backwards though time, to a land far far away. After pooling resources with a seemingly kind hearted philanthropist by the name of palpatine, they leverage indi's scientific earth-knowledge of stem cells to construct a device that elicits a rapid growth in users midi-chlorian count. After mysteriously falling into the wrong hands, it becomes predictably obvious that the galaxies last, best hope for peace requires Jedi Jones to fly his ship into an enemies space station and blow it up from within."
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Indiana Jones and the Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction
Re:The latest indy (Score:1, Funny)
Good books are a waste of paper.
Just find a good hobby instead.
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Indiana Jones and the Time He Went Over to Shelbyville During the War.
He wore a bullwhip on his belt. Which was the style at the time.
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Indiana Jones and the Lost Netcraft Confirmation
Indiana Jones and the Steven King Demise Report
and, finally,
InSovietDiana, Raiders of the Temple of the Crusade of the Skull are Jonezin' for you!
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"Sometimes, dead is better." (Score:2, Funny)
When we saw "Pet Sematary" at a horror movie marathon, we were all getting a bit tired, so the comments flew fast. A major line in the film, referring to a spot of ground with the ability to resurrect pets buried in't (but it brings them back...wrong), was "Anyone ever bury a person up there?"
When, in the film, a truck crashed and totalled, , someone yelled out, "Anyone ever bury a truck up there?" I forget if it were I or my dear who shouted, "Anyone ever bury a script up there?
"Anyone ever bury a franchise up there?" Yes, Timmy, by all appearances, someone did.
Re:The latest indy (Score:5, Funny)
I am not an archaeologist but I would imagine that the holy grail of Archaeology is THE HOLY GRAIL
Archaeology is the search for fact. Not truth.So forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel, and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure and "X" never, ever, marks the spot.
Re:Shit (Score:5, Funny)
Hell, Episode 3 was the crowning achievement in the Star Wars saga, what with having an actual interesting plot and all.
NoooooOOOOOOOooooooo!
Re:Lucas obviously doesn't read slashdot... (Score:3, Funny)
After how poor the last one was -- crystal skull -- I'm probably done with 'em anyway. I nearly bailed after that one with the incredibly annoying kid, but Lucas redeemed himself through Sean Connery's good auspices. That kid was the Jar Jar Binks / Ewok of IJ movies. Precocious, annoying children only amuse mothers in the full flush of new-kid hormones, and grandparents who snicker at the parents trying to handle them. The rest of us just want to stuff them into a barrel and pound in the bung.
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"The Indiana Jones Holiday Special"
as an interim measure.
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The rest of us just want to stuff them into a barrel and pound in the bung.
I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to want to do that to kids, no matter how annoying they are.