Indiana Jones fights Commies next spring
posted at 9:59 pm on December 10, 2007 by Bryan
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W00t. We probably will get to hear Indiana Jones say:
Communists. I hate these guys!
When last we saw Indy, he was riding off into the sunset in 1989’s The Last Crusade, set in 1938 near the start of World War II. The new movie, due this spring, is set at the height of the Cold War in 1957, so the character has aged in real time — 19 years.
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The Nazis are no longer Indy’s chief foe — he’s racing for the Crystal Skull against operatives from the Soviet Union, including Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as the seductive Agent Spalko. “Indy always has a love-hate relationship with every woman he ever comes in contact with,” Marshall says.
Ray Winstone, currently the star of Beowulf, co-stars as an unethical rival archaeologist. Transformers star Shia LaBeouf sports greaser hair and rides a motorcycle as the hero’s sidekick.
For the first time, I’m actually excited to see Indy IV. There’s no trailer online yet, but when there is, we’ll post it. In the meantime, here’s the trailer for the other Indiana Jones product that I’m looking forward to. The Lego Star Wars games are surprisingly fun, and the acting in them is less plastic than Lucas’ direction achieved in the prequels.
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Leggo’s,cool,but I can’t wait
to see the Knife fight!hehe
canopfor on December 10, 2007 at 10:09 PM
Actually, I am looking forward to it. If it goes all PC-squishy on me, I am burning all my Indy DVDs.
Maybe not. Sean Connery in the last one. Sweet.
That one is a keeper.
CrimsonFisted on December 10, 2007 at 10:12 PM
There are some hints in the poster…AICN is going berzerk with posts about hidden aliens in there if you look close enough. I just want to see a great Indy movie again :)
Sir Loin on December 10, 2007 at 10:12 PM
i’ve only played the xbla demo of star wars legos. it was okay but i got irritated by the antics pretty quickly. the whole 6 episodes are coming soon (or already out) for the 360. worth it?
lorien1973 on December 10, 2007 at 10:13 PM
I hope there’s some really relevant political allegory in it. /snark
brak on December 10, 2007 at 10:16 PM
i’m willing to put ten grand down on the proposition that indy will be the “truman” to the “unethical rival archaeologist” character’s reagan/mccarthy in a subplot retelling the lefty apocrophia about how it was in fact liberals who brought the iron curtain down.
jummy on December 10, 2007 at 10:18 PM
*sigh* If you look at the big skull – with its large eye sockets, no nose, etc – you could make a case its your prototypical alien skull. That’ll really suck if aliens are involved.
lorien1973 on December 10, 2007 at 10:21 PM
Before Indy sets out for the Crystal Skull.. he must first…
1) Crush his opponents in duplicate bridge.
2) Shout at the neighbor kids to get off his lawn.
3) Watch back-to-back episodes of ‘Matlock’ and ‘Perry Mason.”
4) Choke down some metamucil.
and 5) Complain about how cold they’re keeping the faculty lounge nowadays.
Nethicus on December 10, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Bomb, bomb, bomb. Kids don’t care for Indiana Jones these days.
mram on December 10, 2007 at 10:31 PM
I hope he steals the line from Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon:
“I’m gettin’ too old for this $hit.”
Tony737 on December 10, 2007 at 10:35 PM
Bingo.
Jimmy the Dhimmi on December 10, 2007 at 10:36 PM
Wow, 20 years after the end of the Soviet Union and the commies are finally acknowledged as an enemy by the Hollywood left.
Maybe in 50 or 60 years they’ll make movies with Islamic terrorists as the enemy.
Nessuno on December 10, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Aliens and time travel! Oh boy! :D
It was originally signed into law on July 30, 1965. Movie takes place in 1957 :P
lorien1973 on December 10, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Don’t get ahead of yourself. Remember in the first movie, Indiana didn’t like the American government hiding the ark? He could easily sympathize with the communists about the need for a counterbalance to America. It -is- Harrison Ford after all, don’t forget.
lorien1973 on December 10, 2007 at 10:42 PM
Pbbbbt. Well how about Social Security then.
Bryan on December 10, 2007 at 10:43 PM
Sorry. That’ll be against Sharia law by then. In fact, so will they. But they might actually stop supporting the enemy by then (if they haven’t lost their heads first, literally speaking.)
IrishEyes on December 10, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Ah yes, Harrison Ford. Draft dodger during Vietnam, who went on to star in many movies as a American superhero, including some crap movie about My Lai. Made millions.
I’ll pass.
tomk59 on December 10, 2007 at 11:29 PM
I’m not enthused. I have a feeling this will be the “Beverly Hills Cop 3″ of Indiana Jones movies…
Sydney Carton on December 10, 2007 at 11:32 PM
I hope he’s not wearing that same grungy hat.
infidel4life on December 11, 2007 at 12:06 AM
Spielberg will find a way to make the Commies sympathetic in the end; or at least not as bad as his Nazis, I’ll bet.
WasatchMan on December 11, 2007 at 12:30 AM
Hahaha – now that may be the biggest stretch. She’s just downright scary looking :shudder:
reaganaut on December 11, 2007 at 12:36 AM
Indiana Jones and the Ridiculously Long Title Boring Me to Death that Sounds Anti-cool
But can you have an Indy movie without nazis? Case/point: Temple of Doom. Besides Last Crusade was incredible, especially “tickets please!”.
TheEJS on December 11, 2007 at 12:49 AM
I think this movie will be a money maker. My 23, 20, 17, and 14 year old kids are looking forward to it, and my husband and I will be seeing it even though we don’t go to the movies that often. You have the baby boomer market and the kids like mine who have grown up watching the videos of the first ones.
Rose on December 11, 2007 at 12:51 AM
Also, Shia LaBeouf is in it and the young kids really like him, thanks to Suburbia and Transformers.
Rose on December 11, 2007 at 12:54 AM
I mean Disturbia, sorry.
Rose on December 11, 2007 at 12:56 AM
Apparently there’s an alien in the cast–something called a “Shia LaBeouf”. Are those the ones with the tentacles?
ReubenJCogburn on December 11, 2007 at 1:10 AM
Commies as the bad guys? I won’t believe it until I see it. I’m guessing an American turncoat in a worse way than Indiana’s patron in The Holy Grail. The Soviet Union will be seen as the good guys in the end.
I’m going to see it. I will look forward to it. I hope it’s “just a movie”.
hadsil on December 11, 2007 at 1:54 AM
Actually or technically that statement is incorrect. Harrison Ford reprised (sp?) the role in 1993 for the episode in Young Indiana Jones. It was called Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues.
kiakjones on December 11, 2007 at 5:48 AM
6)Find his readng glasses.
7)Take one last trip to the loo.
8)Write a note to remind himself to stop by the market and pick up some Ex-Lax.
9)Write another note to remind himself about the first note.
10)Go back to the loo and finish what he started in #6.
11)Get his reading glasses out and re-read the two notes.
12)”What was I going out for?”
Texas Nick 77 on December 11, 2007 at 6:31 AM
Hopefully this isn’t a love/hate romance with a woman young enough to be his daughter/granddaughter. It starts to get sad when that happens.
Hening on December 11, 2007 at 7:45 AM
Naw, he bought a new grungy hat.
N. O'Brain on December 11, 2007 at 8:29 AM
Only on Hot Air could an individual find something far beyond simple “Harrison Ford is old” jokes. No, here, we must find reasons to dislike one of the most bankable stars of all time in one of the most popular film series of all time being helmed by one of the greatest directors of a generation.
You know what? This movie will rock, because all the elements in this movie rock. Indy is back. Indy is one of the greatest on screen characters, ever. I saw Raiders almost as many times as Empire Strikes Back.
Krydor on December 11, 2007 at 8:48 AM
…I’m still not willing to forgive Lucas for the whole midichlorian chicanery.
ZK on December 11, 2007 at 9:44 AM
Only if there are Japanese Schoolgirls worked into the plot somehow. Otherwise, No.
;)
wearyman on December 11, 2007 at 10:11 AM
As Indy himself said to Karen Allen in Raiders:
“It’s not the age, its the mileage.”
BTW, is Sean Connery back as Prof. Jones senior in the new flick?
he was great in Last Crusade. Still one of my favorite lines — “you call THIS archaeology ?”
Always Right on December 11, 2007 at 10:50 AM
I heard he’s being replaced by George Lazenby….
ScottG on December 11, 2007 at 11:51 AM
More like Indy will probably be fighting “commie hunters” than actual commies. Since it’s supposed to be in “1957″ I can see Indy having to fight Tail-gunner Joe McCarthy (and brown-shirted minions) who is dastardly and secretly trying to revive his American commie-hunter Army – The story ends with Indy driving a stake through Tail-Gunner Joe’s heart; the US Government covers it up and makes it look like he died of alcoholism in Bethesda Naval Hospital. Indy also reveals that Tailgunner Joe is a secret Nazi who had infiltrated the US Marine Corps. With the information that Indy learns he is able to thwart the US Government’s plans to sabotage the Soviet Sputnik launch. Indy is declared a “Hero of the Soviet Union.” Meanwhile, in Indochina…
MikeHu on December 11, 2007 at 12:23 PM
HA!
Nethicus on December 11, 2007 at 12:26 PM
In the spectacular conclusion, the Commies get their faces melted off as Indy reads aloud from the Declaration of Independence.
Jim Treacher on December 11, 2007 at 2:26 PM
Just think, 20 years after the war with Islamofascism is over, a CGI-generated Indy can battle Ayatollah Khomeini.
TallDave on December 11, 2007 at 2:42 PM
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