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Bring back those monkeys

man, as if they didnt milk enough out of the crystal skull.. that movie made me hate the indy series.. i love the first three, why do they have to muck it up so much just to make money.. lucas is doing the same thing he did to star wars.. waiting WAY too long to make a sequel, and then ruining it. LET IT GO. please don't soil the indiana jones series any farther..

As far as Im concerned they didn’t make another one after Crusade, I have the 3 film box set that sits proudly on my shelf and that’s where it ends for me. What they did when they made that piece of trash was tantamount to........... I can’t talk about it, it’s still too fresh in my mind and it hurts to remember!!!!!

Just back off the lastest indy. Really, if you saw a man turn into a skeleton in a cave where an old jackass was sitting for 2 centuries... what did you really expect to see in the next installment ? monkeys ? Sure. Aliens ? Sure. Just because the 3rd one involved Nazis in a desert hunting for Jesus (Litteraly) you are getting surpsires by a flying saucer ? Get a grip. Indy 4 was in line with previous flicks and most of the bashers were the new hip 15year olds who thought 80s was just 80s and not a real age.

Who thought it was far along? Oh, you Alex!?!

Please, stop killing Indy.

The Indy Jones movies should have stopped at 3. If I bought the movies tomorrow I wouldn't even have Indy 4 in the equation. My reasoning is that Indy Jones movies were originally based on a fictional historical past, which made it interesting and to some degree plausible. The fourth movie took the Indy Jones formula and went on a ridiculous tangent about spaceships, aliens and fridges that can also double up as a shelter for a nuclear blast! The later movie doesn't even fall in the same realm of it's predecessors and shouldn't have been made. It ruined what I thought was a good series of movies. Now that Indy Jones has seen space ships, I wonder if he'll go on another extreme and have Jones taken out of cryogenic freeze in the future and have him battle Aliens and laser blasts with his cracking whip and six shooter! Mr Spielberg let it go, don't make another Indy Jones movie, if you do then it will be obvious that you have lost your ideals as a creator of fine movies and now desperately just trying to bleed something dry when it should have just been left alone. You are ruining a good thing in the name of $$$$$$$$.

has anyone seen that South Park where Lucas and Spielberg have their wicked way with Harrison Ford? hilarious and accurate

Indy and the Golden Zimmer frame with his side kick bladder bag, hope they dont make to mince like the last indy outing....... Shame.

I'm with 18, down to the Monkeys. With the expection of islam, Indy's covered two of the big 3 and aspects of some of the major religions (minus African, Nordic, Native American pacific islands)... Still baffeled on a 60's era MacGuffin outside of 'nam' though...

wow..

People can blindly accept the Ark of the Covenant, the Grail and the stones, but they can't accept a flying machine from another world, which is actually far more plausible than any of the first three mcguffins Indy was chasing. My my, how the world has been indoctrinated and programmed to believe by the spoon feeding evil catholic church. It's astounding and really quite hilarious to see, that we're just a pack of monkeys, that have been given a bag of peanuts and a pat on the head and will believe anything because it was in the bible.

@23 The Ark of the Covenant is Jewish tribal mythology. It was not created by the Roman Catholic Church.

Flying saucers are no more make-believe or fictional than ghosts, demons or Jesus. They're all supernatural inventions about powerful beings from the sky. I've actually grown to appreciate Kingdom more and more on subsequent viewings. YES, Kingdom fits fine with the first three because they are all based on the pulp fiction of the times in which they are set. In the case of Kingdom, that's the 50's paranoia saucer men from space stories. It perfectly fits the pulp adventure serial format of the entire series. I LIKED that they tried something new instead of looking for another McGuffin that only authenticates religious superstition. In terms of the series, Indy has already seen all that religious supernatural shit. It's more interesting if he faces something he has a hard time accepting. He didn't believe in the Ark at first, but came to accept it's power. He didn't believe in the stones or the Grail either. In Kingdom, he listens to Spalko describe the skulls as involving "saucer men from Mars" and rolls his eyes saying, "Come on..." That's what we love about the Indy stories: he searches for the unexpected that challenges his skepticism and preconceived ideas. What amazes me is how fanboys can know every frame of every Lucas film, yet still don't get that Lucas has ALWAYS tried to mix up the status quo in his sequels. All of them, to greater or lesser degrees, have tried to do something unexpected from the original, in terms of style, tone, comedy, etc. Take More American Graffiti for example. Instead of offering another 50's cruising romp, Lucas expanded the idea of a cinematic cultural artifact and created a multi-image acid trip that reflected the 60's. Empire was a departure from Star Wars that didn't just tell another adventure, but expanded the story and changed the tone, the texture and the scope of the story. I remember vividly fanboys in 1980 bitching about Empire when it came out as "not Star Wars" and being disappointed it was "in line" with the original. If you haven't figured out that Lucas isn't a "get in line" guy, then stop watching his films. You don't get and probably never will. He isn't going to take your advice. Fanboys whining about Lucas' decisions are no better than the mind-numb studio suits in 1976 insisting that the "wookiee needs pants." Look, some of Lucas' ideas work and some don't. That's true of ALL artists. But Lucas has often had his greatest successes when he did something that had huge potential for failure. Every fan knows (or should) that everyone making Empire thought Yoda was going to be a disaster. Lucas pushed ahead anyway and it paid off. Every studio in Hollywood passed on Star Wars and thought Lucas was crazy for even attempting it. He proved them wrong. Fanboys whining about Lucas and his decisions is just more of the same -- which is why he doesn't care what you think. Sometimes his ideas don't work -- Jar Jar being exhibit number one. But, frankly, I appreciate that he tries new things and tries to push the boundaries of expectations. Is Kingdom my favorite Indy film? Nope. But neither is Doom or Crusade. So what? Why does discussing these films always become some geek pissing match??! I've heard whining and complaining about every film Lucas has ever made, including Raiders and the original Star Wars. Each time a new film comes out, the fanboys whine, screech the gospel of "Lucas doesn't get it" or "he raped my childhood", and wrap themselves even more possessively around the earlier films that were just as criticized as the ones they hate now. And so it will be with Indy 5. Lucas will put out a film that will be different than what fanboys expect, making their heads spin in confusion. It will likely be brilliant in places, goofy in others, funny, silly, shocking, stupid, and fun. Just like EVERY Lucas film. And I can't wait!

@28 "P.S. I anyone in production is out there reading this, the Indy story that I really want to see now, is what he was doing in WWII" You know, with the "de-aging" tech we saw used on the actors in the opening scene of XMen3, and in the Direct TV commercials, there could be a pretty good opening scene w/ Indy in WWII, which could set up what is another story in the late 50's; something he discovered while spying in '40 or '41, and comes across again in '57 or '58. If he was trekking around Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa at the time of the War, who knows what could be set up then? There's plenty of Ford reference material from 15 - 20 years ago. I was really intrigued to see if they played out any more moments that referenced WWII & Indy (in KOTCS) but it didn't happen. *shrugs* Who knows. My problem with KOTCS is that I liked it, but I wanted to LOVE it, and there was some stuff just missing in there. It's still a good movie, and it made my kids want to go back and watch the first two (having arleady seen Holy Grail). If we see another one, great. If not, hey, there's always video games.

you know you've done something wrong when labeouf isn't the weakest part of your movie. you wouldn't give Bourne a sports car, suit, and gadget-infused watch then have have him save the world after seducing women and drinking martinis so you shouldn't make Indy go up against mythology rooted aliens

All right everyone, I've read your comments , and come up with a conclusion to all this mess. FACT 1: Harrison Ford will of course be in the fifth and final installment. ( George Lucas has said since 81' that indiana jones was supposed to be 5 movies) FACT 2: Indiana jones has always been campy fantasy popcorn entertainment. ( so quit bitching about nuking maytag appliances and monkeys with louis steven's personality.) FACT 3: every single indy adventure has been science fiction. ( 44 said it best. if you're okay with biblical ghosts, then aliens shouldn't surprise you.) FACT 4: We can still trust Spielberg. Lucas is a tool, but last crusade only rocked because spielberg was unsatisfied with " audience reaction". Be patient, and Indy 5 will rock as hard as raiders. I stake my novelty disneyland fedora on that. you don't think he's heard the nuke the fridge comments? he'll be back. FACT 5: Harrison Ford could still kick your ass. At 65 year's old he is still in better shape then you are. That's right, I'm talking to you! Look down at the flabby spare tire You've been carrying around your waist since jr. high. You will never be as cool as Indiana Jones on his worst day, so you're just gonna have to come to Jesus on that little fact. FACT 6: All you haters are bitching about shia for one simple reason. You're not him! You are all jealous, because no one ever asked you to be a part of two of your all time childhood fantasies. You don't realllllllllly hate him…… you want to be him. All of you would Jizz your pants if you so much as touched the animatronic hand of the indy robot at the temple of doom attraction, let alone been asked to play his son, so please stop acting like you could do one better. No one wants to see your lame, coulda woulda shoulda ass on the big screen. FACT 7: INDY 5 IS GONNA HAPPEN! So just embrace it. let's bring back the hat, the gags, the maguffin and for heavem's sake sallah, and we'll all be in for a hellova ride! bum ba dum daaaaaaaa bum badaaa! ( put on your fan boy hat's now)

for all those people bashing Shia Labouf atleast they didn't get Zac Effron to fuck up the roll like hes doing with most stuff from the 80's