Breja: Why? I mean, I can get low expectations, but even if the chance is slight, I don't see a reason why it being good should be outright impossible.

ScotchMonkey: Thats what you said about the Phantom Menace

Navagon: The thing that struck me about the criticism of the 4th film is that it was mostly focussed on the aliens. So they don't like ludicrous things in their Indiana Jones movies and somehow didn't blink an eye at all the God stuff in the previous films? Because that's perfectly plausible? It doesn't make any sense.

But yeah, he's getting a bit too old for these kinds of roles. Maybe he's going to adopt the role Sean Connery did in the Last Crusade. Junior? JUNIOR!

HunchBluntley: Because the person playing Indy is too old for that kind of role (I'm not against "old people kicking ass"-type movies, but that's not the kind of series this is); the filmmakers' judgement is highly suspect after the last movie (alien bullshit doesn't belong in a series mostly inspired by 1930s action-adventure serials, and the idea that they seem to have been trying to set up Shia Lafuckingbeouf as Ford's successor in the series is mind-boggling); and the further the series' setting moves away from the first half of the 20th century, the less well its particular schtick will work (as evil "bad guys" go, Nazis > Soviets, and the idea of the archaeologist as "tomb robber focused on procuring museum pieces" starts to seem like more of the uncomfortable anachronism that it is if the story takes place in, say, the '60s or '70s).

Obviously, a fair bit of this is based on my personal opinion, but I still think some good things should just be allowed to exist on their own merits, to slip into the past, well-regarded and fondly remembered, rather than being repeatedly resurrected in increasingly ludicrous forms by studios (smelling money) and, sometimes (as in this case), the original filmmakers and/or stars (seeking to to revisit their glory days one more time...and also smelling money), because fangeeks (who don't understand concepts like "moderation" and "ending on a high note") demand it, and will reliably blow their money on absolute dog shit as long as it has the name of their favorite thing on it. ("I can't believe how bad that movie was -- worst in the series! So I only bought the 2-disc Special Edition, rather than the 5-disc Legacy Edition that comes in the collector's tin. No way I'd pay $120 for that! ...Maybe $60.")

Maybe after a decade or two, this series could be rebooted (with a different lead, obviously) -- in the meantime they could even do stuff like the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" again -- but I just hate the idea in general that anything that's even remotely good or popular must have moar sequalz!!!!!

(This I why I don't usually post -- on-topic, anyway -- in this sort of "So-and-so announces the next Dealybobber moviecomicshowgametechthingyblarg" speculation/hype/bitching topic. I'm the Anti-Hype. :) )

bela555: 2019? End of the world will come sooner...

Navagon: The thing that struck me about the criticism of the 4th film is that it was mostly focussed on the aliens. So they don't like ludicrous things in their Indiana Jones movies and somehow didn't blink an eye at all the God stuff in the previous films? Because that's perfectly plausible? It doesn't make any sense.

Crewdroog: i dunno, it was just something about sticking aliens into the movie that felt cheap and not Indiana Jones, more like Ancient Aliens. Maybe b/c the other ones, since they did deal with gods, had a more mystical feel, and this was a little more sci-fi than you'd expect going into this sort of film? For whatever reason, it just didn't feel right. I left the theater disappointed.

Breja: Not to be mean or anything, but the more I hear people whine about the aliens, the fridge, and just Crystal Skull in general, the more optimistic I feel about the new movie and the more I want to see it.

Breja: I... don't really think we spoke much back then :D

Antimateria: I'm still waiting that new star wars to rent that in some month.

hedwards: It's worth seeing, but it's not what I would consider a great movie. It sits roughly between the two trilogies in terms of quality, IMHO. Some might suggest that it's better than Episode VI, but that's probably going to depend on how much you disliked the Ewoks.

Still, trying to cram that much fan service into a movie is going to detract a bit.