Indiana Jones 4 - The Movie

[Matt]

I plan on calling it "Crystal Skull" (is that what we're calling it now, "Crystal Skull"?) sort of like I call "Raiders", "Raiders" "Temple", "The one in India" and "Last Crusade", "Last Crusade"

That's funny--I usually refer to Last Crusade as "garbage." 

But yeah, Crystal Skull works for me.

I'm not believing it until I see it on IJ.com.

Believe it.

Hell of a lousy way to announce it, though.

Agreed.  Seems like they'd at least hype it up beforehand, somewhat. . .

[Nathan]

I'm not believing it until I see it on IJ.com.

Believe it.

Fair enough, thanks for the link. Funny that they just updated it in the ten minutes since I checked it.

Hell of a lousy way to announce it, though.

Agreed.  Seems like they'd at least hype it up beforehand, somewhat. . .

It's also really odd that they're updating the official site late on a Sunday night.

Put two and two together and I suspect this really was Shia letting the cat out of the bag too early and Lucasfilm trying to clean up after him.

[Matt]

Put two and two together and I suspect this really was Shia letting the cat out of the bag too early and Lucasfilm trying to clean up after him.

Maybe, but it was about two hours after he announced it that they had the press release sent out, the new logo ready to go, and the website updated, all late on a Sunday night.  And they were gonna have to announce it here pretty quickly, anyway.

I'm thinking it was set-up.

[Nathan]

Maybe, but it was about two hours after he announced it that they had the press release sent out, the new logo ready to go, and the website updated, all late on a Sunday night.  And they were gonna have to announce it here pretty quickly, anyway.

I'm thinking it was set-up.

They could've been sitting on the release and the logo for a while, but decent point about getting some programmer off his ass to post it this late on a weekend.

[Brian]

Well, its nice to finally have the official title out there now.  It wasn't exactly what I expected I guess, but its not so bad.  It sounded a little strange at first, but then, Attack of the Clones sounded different to me originally as well - and I guess I've gotten used to it at this point.  Plus, I'm kind of in the same boat as what Scott mentioned:

I plan on calling it "Crystal Skull" (is that what we're calling it now, "Crystal Skull"?) sort of like I call "Raiders", "Raiders" "Temple", "The one in India" and "Last Crusade", "Last Crusade"

[Brian]

I see that SWShop already has the "official title T-shirt" up for preorder .

[Nathan]

Click for hi-rez version of logo:

[Nathan]

I see that SWShop already has the "official title T-shirt" up for preorder .

Matt, I concede victory to you. They wouldn't have a t-shirt in production in 12 hours if this was unplanned.

[Nathan]

I still hope we see Indy in the beard at some point in the film. I mean, look at this piece of fan-art and tell me that isn't the badassest thing ever: http://www.theraider.net/community/museum/gallery/indy4_art/damien_may_01.jpg

[Sprry75]

I plan on calling it "Crystal Skull" (is that what we're calling it now, "Crystal Skull"?) sort of like I call "Raiders", "Raiders" "Temple", "The one in India" and "Last Crusade", "Last Crusade"

That's funny--I usually refer to Last Crusade as "garbage." 

Get the **** out.

What's wrong with Last Crusade?

[Matt]

The story is Raiders re-hashed, and it took two really good and interesting characters from that movie and turned them into bumbling buffoons.  Don't care for any of the three villains, either.

[Carpeteria3000]

I mean, look at this piece of fan-art and tell me that isn't the badassest thing ever: http://www.theraider.net/community/museum/gallery/indy4_art/damien_may_01.jpg

that isn't the badassest thing ever.

[Sprry75]

The story is Raiders re-hashed, and it took two really good and interesting characters from that movie and turned them into bumbling buffoons.  Don't care for any of the three villains, either.

Hmmm.

I guess you're right.

They did make Marcus pretty lame.

Still...dick.

[Jesse James]

Marcus wasn't established much in Raiders though to NOT have him be a bumbling dolt, which I thought was funny in a way...  I didn't think Sallah was turned into anything bad really either.  I guess I just liked Crusade...  It had a bit more humor to it than the other two did though, that's for sure.

[Matt]

Marcus wasn't established much in Raiders though to NOT have him be a bumbling dolt

Raiders Marcus said of the Ark, "Five years ago, I would have gone after it myself."  Just from that one line you know that he's had his share of adventures, too.

Crusade Marcus, on the other hand, doesn't know his way around Abu Dhabi or wherever the **** it was, and makes all kinds of goofy jokes and nearly falls off his horse at the end.

He might as well have been a completely new character, 'cause he was "Marcus Brody" in name only.

I didn't think Sallah was turned into anything bad really either.

Nothing as horrible as what Marcus was turned into, but still he seemed like a bit of a clown compared to Raiders Sallah.

I guess I just liked Crusade...  It had a bit more humor to it than the other two did though, that's for sure.

Now that I agree with.  But it wasn't a good thing.