Location Ideas

[00Kevin]

Where do you guys think Indy 4 should take place? I would like to see more stuff at the himalayas. okay Indy visited The Himilayas in 2 movies, plus countless times in Games, comics and books, but still I think That the himalayas would offer a great oppertunity for chases and fights. Also we could try the Atacoma desert in Chile (the dryist in the world), It fetures the classic Desert Ideas and Also since it's next to the Andes we could see some Search For an Incan Relic. If you have any Idea what I'm saying I congraduate you, you know your map.

What do you guys think??????


00Kevin

[Finn]

Scandinavia...

Islands of the Pacific...

Those come in mind.

[00Kevin]

Also perhaps North-eastern Asia (the east of Russia, Korea ext.)

00Kevin

[Indyz Azn Gurl]

Um...H-Town?? :D
LOL!!

Naw, I wish! :p
But anyway else is good 'cuz the man is surrounded by adventure where ever he goes. ;)

[Raffey]

China or Russia...since Indy's 'bad guys' will most likely be communist unless there's another uprising of some long forgotten cult much like the Thuggee!

[monkey]

Pacific Islands, The Louisianna Bayou country, The Andes, A return to the South American Jungle of "Raiders", Iceland, Siberia, Central African Jungle, Jungles of Southeast Asia, Arabian desert, Islands of the Aegean sea (retracing the steps of Odysseus), Antarctica, Easter Island.

Tell you what. Want to know an easier way of thinking of a good location for an Indy story/movie?

Try this: Take a globe, place your finger on the equator, anywhere on the equator, now spin the globe while moving your finger up and down from pole to pole (if you do this with a partner it might be considered erotic, so do it alone), When the globe stops spinning, stop your finger motion also.

THERE!!! That's where you're first location of your Indy story will be. Now repeat this, that is the second location, One more time for the third location.

Now, think of an Indy story that can tie those three places together.

[Bakudo]

Easter Islands, Indonesia, Chile.

[00Kevin]

how about Antartica? could have a dogsleed chase and an interesting "surviving" topic.

or mabey a race to the top of the Andes of Himilayas, this provides cunning and origonal technices plus a viriaty of climates leading to several different fight scenes.

perhaps a chase in an abandoned skyscraper. at the end indy could fight a baddie at the top and leap off to perhaps another building or something as the tall building falls!

A roof top chase?

A rumble in a power plant?

A Fight/Chase in an empty baseball stadium?

Indy dodging attacks made from enemies in construction vehicals?

Have I said to Much?

Perhaps So.

"What do you think, Junior?"



00Kevin

[Bakudo]

Indy being pursued in jeep by a bunch of bad guys and getting rescued by an airplane. He jumps on the ladder swinging from the plane and escapes.

[00Kevin]

that jeep-plane idea sounds cool!

00Kevin

[monkey]

Bakudo, you would like my Indy story segment that I submitted to TR.n a while ago.

They still haven't published it, but it's got a similar scene.

In fact, I think that would be a great opening segment for the Indy IV movie when it gets made.

[Bakudo]

Yeah send me your story, I would be honored to read it. :)

my email: michelbibeau@videotron.ca

[Magda]

- South Pacific Islands
- Australia
- Greece
- Latin America
- Russia

[Dr. HenryJones.jr]

meeting at film location!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

i did not know better so much.
Russia
Asia
....

.....

[Indy 256]

My back yard would be nice.

[Dr. HenryJones.jr]

Indy 256,really? we clump your garten of yard and than kaput.

[Indy 256]

I'm going to be completely honest with you, I don't understand a word of that line you just posted:)

[Indy 4]

Location for Indy 4 should be.....

Thailand

Greece

Easter Island

Central America

And Atlantis....


[Edited by Indy 4 on 01-16-2002 at 04:05 PM]

[Indy 256]

Barnett College
Crete
Algiers
Tikal
Monte Carlo
The Azores
Lat But not Least
Atlantis

Yes, I'm a FoA fan.

[H. Jones Jnr]

How about no where.... turns out he was asleep all the time and it was just a dream! Classiest plot device ever! Just ask my first grade English teacher :)

[Edited by H. Jones Jnr on 01-16-2002 at 06:37 PM]

[QueZTone]

hehe

i think China would be nice for a change :) Chinese wall and all :D

[Tequileros]

Why aren't they doing the old ideas for the movies. I readed something about a motorcycle race on The Wall in Berlin.
But ok, we had 2 movies where the Germans take place, so we need another enemy. Well, you know... I wont say anything more 'cause I will put that in my own movie ;)!

[pablomiki]

Not because it´s where I live, but yes because it´s what I perfectly know. And also Spielberg does. The problem here is wether the location chosen for the film is real or not. I mean, Spain has been used as perfect substitute for El Cairo, capital of Egypt in "Lawrence of Arabia", the southern city of Seville was transformed into the unrecognizable version of Russia that David Lean created for "Doctor Zhivago".
The resemblances between these two directors, Lean and Spielberg, have often referred by the latter. It´s no strange then that Spielberg had considered Spain "the best set in the world" and had used it in "The Empire of the sun" and "Indiana Jones and the last crusade" -all the scenes of the desert and the tank struggle were filmed in Almería, on the south of my country.
Nevertheless, his friend George Lucas has also recorded some material of Seville´s Plaza de España square for Star Wars Episode II.
All this give some clues about one of the possible locations of Indy 4. Tell me other places where indy films had taken place and what places were they supposed to be on screen!

[Dr. HenryJones.jr]

Sevilla? i knew the location of spain and i was been once time and saw the beautiful the city.
i want to meet the real spielberg's studio, if i meet a luck.

[H. Jones Jnr]

I think people are losing the point here. The locations will be dictated by the story. They can pretty much shoot anything anywhere from the entire planet (or others) on any set these days. Even back in 1980 they managed to make a dusty set in Elstree look like a snowy tavern in Nepal.

I personally would like to see a snowy adventure, based in Scandinavia maybe? I very much liked the way Max McCoys Hollow Earth looked into the religious aspects of the Nazi party and its roots in Norse mythology.
But ofcourse its an Indy adventure so there's always more than one location (need to have the red line on the map thingy). Another place he hasn't explored in the movies is an urban/city setting. It's been long enough that an urban environment from back then would seem quite alien to us now to make it interesting enough.

I also like the idea of China, again already explored a bit in Max McCoys Secret of the Sphynx (and probably others).

[Indy 256]

I still think my back yard would fit right in:)

[BigIndyFan]

How about the good ol' United States?

[00Kevin]

Time to Bring back this thread, the first, as far as I can remember, on this subject

[Joe Brody]

. . . in Indy IV I would like to see Indy complete one of his "red line" journeys by flying "space available" on a United States Air Force flight.

With respect to the story, I could see Indy in a bind and having to get to some far-flung destination fast -- like Japan. In the early 1950's probably no airline was flying as many flights to as many global destinations as the good ol' U.S. armed forces. While "space-available" is for uniformed military personnel and their dependents, I could see Indy getting a seat by any number of means -- from (i) calling in a favor, (ii) to having someone (with rank) recognize Indy from the War and then give up his/her seat, or (iii) to the typical way in which Indy gets access to someplace he's not supposed to be (he steals a uniform). Whatever the method, this scene could be used to show that Indy did serve during the war (as more fully discussed on the WWII thread) and to show something about the U.S.'s global role in the early 1950's.

One of the things that irks me in the first three movies is that for the most part Indy's travel arrangements just happen (with seeming ease). There's always someone like a Marcus, Sallah or Dan Akroyd to do the dirty work. Here in the 2000's, I wish that I could effect my more humble travels with as much ease as Indy seemingly effected his great global jaunts back in the 1930's.

I think it would expand on Indy's character if we were shown him having to be a little creative in acheiving his travel objectives (especially, if time-is-of-the-essence in the plot). I also think this would be a good point of distinction between Indy and other action adventure heroes like James Bond and Lara Croft (Sp?) who are able to jump around the globe with ease due to resources at their disposal.

[As for real locales, I wouldn't be surprised to see Indy in Cuba for the reasons I posted in the Cuba thread.]



[Edited by Joe Brody on 01-12-2004 at 06:40 am]

[Randy_Flagg]

Earth locations are so yesterday. I'm hoping Indy gets abducted by aliens early on in the film, and they send him on an intergalactic hunt for a lost alien artifact. Instead of the traditional "red-line on map" sequence, we'll see a red-line on a star map as his spaceship carries him from one solar system to another, all while being pursued by EVIL ALIEN SPACE NAZIS! Yes, Indy4 is destined for GREATNESS! Just let me write the script, dammit!!

[Joe Brody]

. . . but isn't that the premise of the Jimmy Neutron sequel?

Also, with respect to my prior post, am I the only one irked by the ease with which Indy seems to travel?

[Edited by Joe Brody on 01-12-2004 at 11:44 am]

[Webley]

The Grand Canyon.

[Pale Horse]

Originally posted by Joe Brody
. . . but isn't that the premise of the Jimmy Neutron sequel?

Also, with respect to my prior post, am I the only one irked by the ease with which Indy seems to travel?

[Edited by Joe Brody on 01-12-2004 at 11:44 am]

I am not exactally sure what you mean here, Joe. Do you want the movies to show him removeing his shoes? I'm sure the 30's were much easier to travel in than now.

[Joe Brody]

Originally posted by Joe Brody
. . . in Indy IV I would like to see Indy complete one of his "red line" journeys by flying "space available" on a United States Air Force flight.

With respect to the story, I could see Indy in a bind and having to get to some far-flung destination fast -- like Japan. In the early 1950's probably no airline was flying as many flights to as many global destinations as the good ol' U.S. armed forces. While "space-available" is for uniformed military personnel and their dependents, I could see Indy getting a seat by any number of means -- from (i) calling in a favor, (ii) to having someone (with rank) recognize Indy from the War and then give up his/her seat, or (iii) to the typical way in which Indy gets access to someplace he's not supposed to be (he steals a uniform). Whatever the method, this scene could be used to show that Indy did serve during the war (as more fully discussed on the WWII thread) and to show something about the U.S.'s global role in the early 1950's.

One of the things that irks me in the first three movies is that for the most part Indy's travel arrangements just happen (with seeming ease). There's always someone like a Marcus, Sallah or Dan Akroyd to do the dirty work. Here in the 2000's, I wish that I could effect my more humble travels with as much ease as Indy seemingly effected his great global jaunts back in the 1930's.

I think it would expand on Indy's character if we were shown him having to be a little creative in acheiving his travel objectives (especially, if time-is-of-the-essence in the plot). I also think this would be a good point of distinction between Indy and other action adventure heroes like James Bond and Lara Croft (Sp?) who are able to jump around the globe with ease due to resources at their disposal.

[As for real locales, I wouldn't be surprised to see Indy in Cuba for the reasons I posted in the Cuba thread.]


apalehorse,

Here's my prior post in which I'm pitching the idea that Indy has to use some creative means to do his globe hopping. At a time when travel was supposedly harder than today (the 1950's was the dawn of the jet-age), I'd like see some of the travel-related challenges from that time period worked into the plot. For example, I sure there weren't hourly departures out of Idewild (JFK?) to London back in the 1950's, and I think it would be neat to see Indy have to do something like sneak his way on to a military flight because he has to get somewhere in a hurry. In the first three movies, all the red-line trips just happen . . .and it seems like a big part of what is an Indiana Jones adventure (global travel) is glossed over. I recognize that the red-line trips are used to keep the action moving but I think Indy's traveling could really add something to Indy IV.

[LASTCRUSADER]

I would like to see Jones travel somewhere cold and snowy. The Arctic would be a good spot. I don't think that the entire film should take place there but at least a small sequence in the film would be cool.

[Randy_Flagg]

Originally posted by LASTCRUSADER
I would like to see Jones travel somewhere cold and snowy. The Arctic would be a good spot. I don't think that the entire film should take place there but at least a small sequence in the film would be cool.

Based on previous threads, I think a lot of us agree with you on that. I think a dog-sled chase sequence would be great. (Yes, I know the first Tomb Raider movie had dog-sleds, but they completely wasted the premise by having absolutely nothing exciting happen on the sleds. With Indy, I want to see the dogs racing across the tundra while Indy and the villains exchange gunshots. And considering how deep some of those craters are on the icebergs, there's plenty of opportunties for cliff-hangers... literally.)

[Joe Brody]

Originally posted by Renderking Fisk
What I would like to see is Jones trying to get to perhaps one of the most difficult places in the world and being unable to get there.

The kind of place where no one will charter him a flight or a truck... somewhere dark and dangerous.

I really like the sound of that -- by the early '50's those "dark and dangerous" places were disappearing fast and I'd love to see Indy going to one of the last remaining desolate areas.

It was all over by the early 1960's -- definitely by the time Walt Disney was sending camera crews all over the globe for his wildlife films.


Webley,

Your Grand Canyon idea doesn't have anything to do with a Noah's Ark type story does it?

[Webley]

Originally posted by Joe Brody
Webley,

Your Grand Canyon idea doesn't have anything to do with a Noah's Ark type story does it? [/B]
No I gest think it would be cool to see Dr. Jones at the Grand Canyon... and the U.S mob as the bad guys.

Why do you ask is the Ark sead to be in the canyon?

[Joe Brody]

Originally posted by Webley
Why do you ask is the Ark sead to be in the canyon?

No, but I've read recent press accounts about Creationists who have been waging on again/off again battles with the U.S. Parks Service to post signs in the park regarding the Grand Canyon being the product of what I think they call the Great Flood. I'm not trying to turn this into an artifact discussion - but I just through there might be a connection.

Don't you think that the Grand Canyon is too similar to the opening footage in Arches that is seen in LC?

[Randy_Flagg]

Originally posted by Renderking Fisk
It's kinda funny if you think about it... When Jonse went after the ark, Manned Flight was only 33 years old.

HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!! Jeez, that's hilarious!!!
(oh, wait, you didn't mean "funny" like that... never mind.)