Indiana Jones V (The Crumbling Skull?)

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Childs

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I think Indiana Jones lives into his 90's. I wouldnt mind a movie with him mentoring some students trying to follow in his footsteps or something.
 

zinfamous

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I thought he was pretty spot-on in The Force Awakens, tbqh.

He was just too old and even though I was in a theater and he was just an image on a screen, I could swear I smelled mothballs and skin bracer whenever he was in a scene.
 

Homerboy

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He was just too old and even though I was in a theater and he was just an image on a screen, I could swear I smelled mothballs and skin bracer whenever he was in a scene.

EXACTLY.

I do not understand why everyone raves about him in TFA. Makes no sense. He was Ok, but more often than not, he just seemed tired.
 

Homerboy

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Wait -- aren't we missing something from Last Crusade? Remember... Indy drank from the Holy Grail. He's eternal.
 
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For all we know Harrison Ford's role could be like Leonard Nemoy in the last Star Trek as Spock.
This could easily be a handoff movie to a young Indy.
 

Charmonium

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Edit: After thinking about it a minute (instead of knee-jerk reaction posting) I would think that Ford is cognizant of this issue as well -- as he was with Star Wars. I'm guessing he'd only agree to do it with him bowing out and passing the torch. His character is just there to carry the story and connect the dots. He can't possibly be the main character.
Ford looked like he could barely walk in Ep7 and he wasn't in any real action shots. An IJ movie would require a lot more work and body doubles aren't going to cut. You can't have him hobbling around on the screen in one scene and then doing a corkscrew flip off the back of a camel in the next. I don't think even Hollywood is that f***ing stupid.

So I'm going with the pass the torch option. He'll be the wise old treasure hunter who gives the other characters key information at key times and generally acts as an adviser.
 

motsm

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For all we know Harrison Ford's role could be like Leonard Nemoy in the last Star Trek as Spock.
This could easily be a handoff movie to a young Indy.
Would that have somehow made Crystal Skull not complete garbage? It's laughably bad on almost every level, even the cinematography makes it look like a bad video game cut scene.
 
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