Lucas is writing a script that is "almost there" which means that it almost is filled with annoying bullshit.

Some people have been saying (not people in the know, just folks) that this sounds like an Atlantis set up. Another pointed out that Indy works good in Biblical scenarios. I can see Bermuda leading to an Atlantis/Garden of Eden plotline. Regardless of how crappy these guys last two decades have been, I still have to believe there's some talent left somewhere in them. It's wishful thinking but I'd love for this to be a real comeback from the last one, which I didn't hate but came off lesser and completely unneeded.

Needs some Boys from Brazil-style Nazis-in-hiding.

Yay? I like the idea. Let's hope for the best. Of course it would be neat if they let in writers who grew up with the films and know what was missing from Crystal Lite. I thought the aliens had potential. To me, what ruined it was that they didn't commit enough to the idea. Why are so many people afraid of genre mixing when the potential is so great. I'd rather avoid seeing a rehash of the earlier films. Hopefully the fan disappointment of the last film has embarrassed the team in a way that makes them hungry to nail this one and give Indy a proper send off. Maybe they'll have him disappear into the Bermuda Triangle. Because legends like Indy shouldn't be made to suffer a regular death.

Too true #1. A lot of people mistakingly blame the aliens being in Indy, but that definitely was NOT the problem. In fact it was that aspect that made me think it had something on The Last Crusade (a film that although better, due entirely to Sean Connery, isn't THAT much better). But yeah, they didn't commit enough to the idea and spent to much time on other less interesting stuff – and lots of waterfalls.

The problem with Indy 4 can be summerized with just three simple words: Indy Gets Married

#3 is right. VERY right. One of the writers on here said it was the "Castration of Indy", very true. I like 4, liked it ALOT more than the prequels, what killed it for me was the Psychic Russian, the Monkey tree swinging, the giant ants. Aliens were fine, dunno why the psychic Russian bothered me so much.

Nazis! If they make another one Indiana Jones better be killing fucking Nazis!!

Like #2 mentioned, I'm in the camp that Indy works best with Judeo-Christian mythology (and I say that as an extremely atheisty atheist). The Bermuda Triangle element worries me.

What does it say that I'm totally not excited about a new Indiana Jones movie? If someone had told me that just a few years ago, I'd laugh in their face.

hahaha they're using the "we'll be using more practical effects in this one" line they used before the fourth one got released. total bullshit. Indy 4 was one of the few times I felt robbed walking out of a theatre. Fuck you George and steven!! You are going straight to hell for stealing hard earned money from millions of people. May demons rape your eyes out of your burning eye sockets, cunts.

Does anyone else think Shia's recent comments slagging off on Crystal Skull was his way of (hopefully) getting dropped from the inevitable dud #5 will turn out to be?

Out of all the gripes in regards to Indy IV (most justifiable), I will never understand the cries of hatred in the use of aliens. Really? Aliens are too zany for Indiana Jones? The first movie had a box full of Jewish Lightening Ghosts. The second film had Magic Stones that maintain a delicate balance of a small piss-pot community. The third movie focused on Jesus' magic mystery cup, for God's sake! Stop blaming the alien angle for Indy IV not living up to your expectations. They didn't ruin anything. CGI ruined it.

I really hope this one has lots of 4th wall-breaking call-backs to the previous films. Mutt should team up with Short Round, Indy should go smoke a hookah with Sallah, who jokes about dropping Indy into a pit of snakes, and at the end the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword swoops in to save Indy just in a nick of time

#12, I think that was more Shia trying to let everyone (including Spielberg) know that Crystal Skull sucked, and if they do another one, hey, let's make it better.

Raiders was the best of all Indy movies & no matter what is done anything that follows will not equal. I have fun watching the films in the series remembering that none equal Raiders for many reasons. Raiders works is because Indy's emotional connection w/ Marion & we root for him because we became invested in him as a hero. He keeps trying even when odds are against him. Crystal did not have emotional connections.

I'd like to see a trend towards using CGI as supplementing certain physical effects and maybe touching up the scenery where it's really needed, rather than CGI being used extensively to wow the audience, and trying to hide a weak story.
My love for the original trilogy stems from a fun, well-paced story(for the most part) and memorable characters in interesting settings, with interesting effects being PART of the story, rather than them being the story themselves.
I still remember being amazed in the theater by some great scenes from the first three, and I'm sure most of the rest of you do as well.
The fourth one really didn't stick with me at all, mind you, neither did Avatar(but it was a very pretty movie, for what that's worth). Seems like we're getting CGI'd to death here.

Just fucking lose Shia already. We want Indy, not son of Indy. Spielberg and Lucas got to make their cash grab, now make what the fans want, more Indy, less passing the torch bullshit because after all there is no torch to pass. No one wants a Mutt Williams franchise.

Anyone who doesn't think aliens have a place in serial pulp adventures needs to watch Commando Cody and the Radar Men from the Moon. But not the whole thing. It's pretty awful.

"almost sounds like an exciting topic until you realize how easy it will be for George to shoehorn the aliens back into the storyline." – you mean the very instant you read the first two words in this article's title? That said, it could also setup the Atlantis angle. Regardless, I expect nothing good will come of this.

As many have said above Indy IV was not hobbled by aliens but by writing. The whole idea of setting up Mac as Indy's best 'pal' and then having him betray Indy in the first 15 minutes was bollocks. There was no shock as we didn't know who the fuck Mac was. The fact that Indy was 'reactive rather than proactive' meant that we never got anything as cool as 'I dunno, I'm making this up as I go'. Too many characters, too many shitty slapstick jokes that all seemed to be from the – if one monkey is funny in Raiders – twenty monkeys will be twenty times funnier school of comedy. Aliens and Commies – there's nothing particularly wrong with aliens and commies – the crime is in the story they're stuck with.

Whatever happens, get a fucking tailor onto Indy's adventuring outfit. He looks like he's been shrunk three sizes. The oh-so-lovely nude junk-washing scene in 4 showed the guy is still reasonably big and buff, so what's with the baggy, droopy, billowy clothing? Tighten that shit up!

Lets see…. Adventurous East Coast College professor who is an expert in ancient artifacts with mystical power. That is Lovecraft all over. Add a nautical setting…..Indy vs. The Old Gods.
Indiana Jones: The Horror of Bimini Road. In which the Bermuda Triangle dissapearances is explained away as pirates taking ships and planes as sacrifices for the old gods in their hidden temple located somehwere in the triangle. Trying to raise the old ones and consumer the post war world. They can tie in Nazis as having used u-boats to try to locate Atlantis as part of project Thule. Done.

In keeping with the whole christian artifact maguffin, i always thought the ol' "spear of destiny" would serve nicely. Raiders and last crusade are the two best indy movies, and they both use artifacts from the bible, therefore, a further adventure must use some sort of biblical artifact to be awes.