# Indiana Jones V **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299 "2014-03-09T21:33:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/1 "2014-03-09T21:33:36Z")
I see it has been [announced](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000148/?ref_=md_ph_nm1). Does anyone else have 0 interest in this being made? I mean, what’s the point? Ford is now 71 years old. This just seems like such a pointless exercise. I hope I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/2 "2014-03-09T21:46:46Z")
I think it was “announced” quite some time ago, while Indy and the Fridge of Doom was still fresh. Although IMDb shows an update as of the 6th, the status is still “indefinitely delayed.” I think a good movie could be made if it took Ford/Indy’s age into account and didn’t get quite so odd-eyed loopy as IV. The running gag would be to have him do, or start to do stunts from the prior ones and find clever ways to get out of them BECAUSE he’s old and creaky. Kind of like extending the “shoot the swordsman” trope to a full set of instances. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/3 "2014-03-09T22:36:50Z")
The odd-numbered ones have been good. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/4 "2014-03-09T22:52:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The odd-numbered ones have been good. Very true! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/5 "2014-03-09T23:00:38Z")
Odd-numbered ones: So, the one with Nazi villains and a Christian artefact MacGuffin where the final battle involves the MacGuffin dissolving the enemy away because they are not worthy? They were good. What was wrong with the Temple of doom, besides the very annoying female lead? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/6 "2014-03-09T23:17:52Z")
The first one involved a Jewish artifact while the third one involved a Christian artifact. So to keep the pattern going, this one ought to involve a Muslim artifact. I wonder what would work? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/7 "2014-03-09T23:27:04Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > What was wrong with the Temple of doom, besides the very annoying female lead? The very annoying child sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/8 "2014-03-09T23:43:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The very annoying child sidekick. And the lack of Nazis! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/9 "2014-03-10T00:22:12Z")
And all the gratuitous gross-out for the sake of gross-out. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/10 "2014-03-10T00:30:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And all the gratuitous gross-out for the sake of gross-out. And the lack of Nazis! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/11 "2014-03-10T00:46:32Z")
Could the role be recast like James Bond? Chris Pine? Too young. Robert Downey Jr.? Could be. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/12 "2014-03-10T00:49:09Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Could the role be recast like James Bond? > Chris Pine? Too young. Robert Downey Jr.? Could be. I think they’re both too old to play Short Round. Oh wait… You were talking about Indy! ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/13 "2014-03-10T00:55:42Z")
The thing is, Indy really only works in the 1930’s, with… wait for it… Nazis! ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/14 "2014-03-10T01:22:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The very annoying child sidekick. > [@sparky\_1](#): > > And the lack of Nazis! > [@Chronos](#): > > And all the gratuitous gross-out for the sake of gross-out. And the too-screamy gal. Stop screaming for a few seconds, please? They even parodied it in the damn movie! On the other hand, the death traps were better than the death traps in any of the other movies. The bowling ball in No. 1, or the dumb-as-dirt razor blade and false floor in No. 3 were absurd. But the slowly descending dome with spikes – yeah, I can easily believe that could kill someone. Anyway, in No. 5, he damn well better lose an eye! ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/15 "2014-03-10T01:25:53Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The first one involved a Jewish artifact while the third one involved a Christian artifact. So to keep the pattern going, this one ought to involve a Muslim artifact. I wonder what would work? If they’re feeling uncreative, they could always just talk to Charles Williams’ estate and rip off MANY DIMENSIONS. (That book featured a magical stone from the Crown of King Solomon, which I suppose was technically a Jewish artifact, but in the book it was in the custody of a Persian noble family, so it was consistently referred to as a Muslim artifact and the book was full of Islamic terminology). ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/16 "2014-03-10T01:26:37Z")
Harrison Ford is one of the most over rated actors in history. Without Star Wars he would have disappeared in the early 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/17 "2014-03-10T01:27:38Z")
I recall a TV “special” or something had him at age 90 — I dunno who played him — peeling out of a gas station in a pickup. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/18 "2014-03-10T01:36:27Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > I recall a TV “special” or something had him at age 90 — I dunno who played him — peeling out of a gas station in a pickup. [It was the show and he was played by George Hall.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Indiana_Jones_Chronicles) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/19 "2014-03-10T01:38:46Z")
Indiana Jones V: The quest for Moses’ cane. _Because at 71 years old, Indiana Jones can’t get around like he used to and he needs a fucking cane._ ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299/20 "2014-03-10T01:43:27Z")
It’s quite possible they could redeem themselves and make good Indy flick. I have hope, but realize that’s unlikely. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-v/683299.md?page=2)