The Staff of Moses
The True Cross (whole, or in fragments)
The Golem of Prague
The Shroud of Turin
The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat of Joseph
… Yeah, okay, I’m running out of ideas.
This could help them appeal to the Chinese market, which I understand is a big one for filmmakers today.
Actually, there might be something to this one.
Waning days of the war, the Nazis uncover information that might lead them to discovering the golem of Prague, which they hope to use to create an unstoppable army. Indy goes into Nazi-occupied territory to stop them. Climactic scene of a golem absolutely wrecking a Nazi battalion, while Indy rescues a bunch of Jews (forced by the Nazis to research/recreate the golem) to safety.
Could be cool.
The Spear of Destiny is supposedly in a monastery in Armenia, so if you set it during the Cold War you could have a tie-in with the Soviets.
They did that in the third *Mummy *movie.
There’s only one thing that would get my ass on a seat to watch an Indiana Jones flick after the abomination that was 4.
Indiana’s brother. Played by Tom Selleck. The circle would be finally complete.
Psst… I said I couldn’t think of any well known non-Judeo-Christian artifacts. Those are all Judeo-Christian. But I think it goes to show how furtile the grounds are for future films.
Hmm… never saw the third one, maybe that makes that sort of thing less likely. Unfortunately, there just aren’t that many artifacts that I think most of the American movie-going audience would know from that part of the world. And while the international audience is more important now than ever, I suspect Indiana Jones is much more appealing to a Western, particularly American, because of the overall themes and historical context. So, while it might be cool to include some lesser known Asian artifacts, I think they’d risk losing more of the domestic audience than they’d gain in the international one.
You could do just post WWII with Brazil Nazis and a quest for the Lazarus bowl to resurrect Hitler.
You know, Harrison Ford is only about 8 years older than Liam Neeson, who is currently an unlikely action hero. There’s no reason HF couldn’t beef up and still be Indy. Still, when I’ve seen him on talk shows, he doesn’t come across very well. I wonder if he’s always been that way, or if he had a hard middle age.
Actually, on review, he’s 10 years older. But still.
StG
Decomposing.
Since Islamic ones are going to get everyone into trouble, how about …
Pastafarianism
Indiana Jones and the Colander of Crisis.
Think of the Ragu tie ins.
Another big part of Raider’s success was John Williams.
In my mind, it took Spielberg, Williams and Ford to get such a good franchise going.
Take away one of the three and you’re left with something like the Mummy. Not to say a bad film, but not nearly the same.
An Islamic artifact would make sense, especially since you more or less end up confirming its reality once the supernatural event takes place at the end of the movie.
It would have been a kind of cool twist if the crystal skull ended up somehow having Islamic origins, thus making the “alien” storyline disappear.
Well, part of the Wow for Indy (Junior) Jones’ audiences has been the globe-trotting aspect. This was also true of a lot of Bond films and, while Vin Diesel’s XXX tried to be the next Bond franchise, the locations weren’t exotic enough. Another aspect that ties into the exotic is the protagonist’s knowledge of special (useful) things in the exotic locale.
So Raiders started out in the Amazon region, stopped briefly in the USA, stopped over in Nepal, then went to Egypt and then some island who-knows-where (it was discussed in another thread around here somewhere). And, of course, it ended some place (DC?) in the USA. Temple of Doom started in China and ended in India. Last Crusade started in the US West(?), jumped in time, then headed to Italy, Austria, and ended in the eastern Mediterranean. Crystal Skull started out in New Mexico and ended up in Northern South America (Peru?).
There’s regions and cultures of the world we haven’t covered yet, so I think Indy should go there. Start out in Central America discovering a Mayan calendar (and noting how it seems odd that it doesn’t run past 2012), then jump to the Soviet Union to find out that the guys researching weird stuff over there have kidnapped Mutt and Marion* (Shia LeBeouf and Karen Allen cameos) and turned them into semi-catatonic zombies. Take Brody* (or maybe not) and head for the southern African jungles in search of a cure, and end up in the Caribbean (just because they’re dark-skinned doesn’t mean they’re African, y’know!) to find the Obeah cure. Call the Soviet Union and they’ll tell him to meet a cargo plane that will take him to Cuba. Administer the antidote to family and a young Khrushchev, then escape. While escaping, they’ll see their captors’ plane going down over the Bermuda Triangle. Close with Mutt mentioning that it’s the Curse of the Bermuda Triangle and Indy can nod, “Yeah, something like that.” while stomping on a few vacuum tubes.
—G!
*Or, if this is going to be the Sixties, get on board with the budding Women’s movement (part II) and take Marion along on the quest. The stereotype is that she’d find it much more urgent to save her son and that would keep reminding the audience why they’re going through all this mayhem. Furthermore, she is the daughter of Abner Ravenwood and the ex-wife of Collin Williams (not to mention married to Indy, last we knew) so there’s every reason to believe she’s got anthro/archeo knowledge that can contribute to the situation.
I had an idea to open in Japan, then gallivant across Indonesia, Hawaii, Australia, Argentina, the Antarctic, and end up in Norway or Sweden – but I can’t remember it now.
You got the joke!
I like it!
I’m seeing a scene where a lone Nazi scientist/academic points out futilely to his bosses that “why would a Jewish creature fight for us?” :smack: In support of that argument, he could mention rumors of an archaeological expedition that tried to find the Ark of the Covenant and came down with a bad case of the never-heard-from-agains. 
Much later in the movie, his last line before the golem kills him would be “I told you so!”
Bradley Cooper would make a good Indy, if they recast. He’s played characters with plenty of charm, swagger, and intelligence.
I know some will hate this idea, but Leo DiCaprio would also do well in the role. However, it doesn’t seem like the kind of project he likes to take on.
Chris Evans could work–he’d have to lose some of the Captain America bulk, though.
I has always hoped they would use the story from Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
A few tweaks and it’s pretty much done.
I’ve been watching Game of Thrones. It just struck me that Sean Bean, with an American accent, would make a great Indiana Jones. Unfortunately, he’s 54 now, so that ship has just about sailed.
Anyone agree?
Indy would have to be killed if Sean Bean played him.