Why, Hollywood, why?

[smurasaki]

This is partly a general movie rant and partly a rant about the new Indiana Jones movie. Now, I haven’t seen the Indy movie, and, after spending some time on line reading reviews, I’m not sure if I will, but unless a hell of a lot of reviewers are lying…it has issues. But first, the general movie rant, so that those who don’t wish to read Indy

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[shininghalf]

0_o% Aliens?? No! Indiana Jones movies do not have aliens!

And why *is* it never a daughter? Seriously!

Wikipedia on Crystal Skulls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull Victorian shysters are so much less fun, aren't they? ::blinkblink:: Actually they sound like more fun to me...

I actually thought, with the Nazis gone, South America might be a good venue, kind of transpose the fascist role onto colonialism, but I don't trust Hollywood---they'd probably transpose it onto poor abused Cuba. -_-; And no aliens. Dear God...

[smurasaki]

Oh, yeah, there are all kinds of fun things to do in the Americas - pick a mytical city, the Fountain of Youth, spin something off the Bimini Road, have fun with pre-Columbian civilizations, find the phantom island of Antillia, etc. But do it with a daughter, not a son. Sons have gotten oooooold. And the artifact and story need to fit with the other Indy movies, and have a spiritual/supernatural leaning, not an, oh look, aliens, leaning.

[shininghalf]

::nod:: If you crib from Wapsi Square you're at least less likely to get caught.