Alas, that defiling started the minute Trail of the Pink Panther finished and shooting on The Curse of the Pink Panther started. Anything going on in 2006 is just extra defiling.
In order for the next movie to be consistant, Indy has to go after a Muslim artifact. Think about it:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (chronologically the first of the movies): Indy goes after the stones, whatever they were called
Raiders of the Lost Ark: He goes after the Ark of the Convenant, a Jewish artifact
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: This time it’s the Holy Grail, a Christian artifact
They’ve been going from older religions up through the newer ones. Unfortunately, I’m not well versed enough in Islam to speak of any artifacts they may have.
So, in Indy 5 ( ::shudder:: ) he’ll be questing after some Mormon artifact? Good luck, old boy; you’re going to need more than a few cryptic Book O’ Mormon passages and a horsewhip to find anything there…
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What would be the Scientology artifact (Indy 10 or so)? Travolta’s ‘Saturday Night Fever’ white outfit?
If the last Indy movie occurs in the Fifties, I would guess it would involve Roswell…
No love for Buddhism? 
Actually someone has.
My sister and I still salute each other w. the “mystic” gesture: One hand, palm up, on forehead, the other extended with fingers wiggling…
Amen to that. Although I’m a Mac user, so it probably doesn’t matter either way.
My paper yesterday had an interview with Ford mostly about his movie opening now. They did ask him about Indy 4. It looks like it’s going to happen. The biggest problem was getting Spielberg, Lucas and Ford’s schedules together.
All he said was it’s set after WWII.
Oh come on. Albert Finney wasn’t that bad.
My favorite Indy 4 script was a prequel, Indiana Jones and the Call of Cthulu.
Ah yes, if Indy were able to stop the world and melt with you; though that kind of happened in Ark.
You know, while reading this thread a (pointless) thought hit me. Much like James Bond was at his best fighting Commies, I’m of the opinion that Indy should fight only Nazis. How cool would it be if River Phoenix was still alive and could reprise his role as Indiana Jones? He’d be in his mid-30s, so, if Spielberg and Lucas must absolutely continue the series, the Indiana Jones vs. the Nazis storylines could continue as well.
*Shankara * stones, thankyouverymuch. Belonging to Shiva, and a representation of one of the 5 gajillion aspects of Hinduism (I’ve got a stone at home, wanna see it? Only it doesn’t glow. No diamonds, more’s the pity.)
Not to double-post, but this is probably the only guy I’d accept as Indy, too, if not Ford. You actually gave me kind of a 
feeling, because this would have been a way the franchise could continue.
I liked River a lot.
Heh. I can see it now:
Paul WS Anderson’s Indiana Jones 4: Apocalypse!
Indy has superpowers and the ability to enter bullet time. Can he use these abilities to fight off the mechanazis and save the mushroom princess from Godzilla? Only time will tell!
I don’t have it handy, but I think the novelization had the exposition that you recall. The knight talks a bit about how some days he felt he’d gone mad, some days he didn’t drink, etc.
Why not? They’ve managed it with James Bond. And Dr Who. And Sherlock Holmes. And Miss Marple. And Poirot. And…
One had body-switching built into the mythology, and the other four are all literary creations.
So am I. The latest Indy has been ported to Mac (although it isn’t available from LA site when I tried to get it.) but from where I could find it, it was still a ridiculous price ($70AUD).
There’s also ScummVM, available for Mac, which will allow you to play up to Indy and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island 3, and Simon the Sorceror etc etc.