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thegreatimposter
07-12-2003, 07:36 PM
Could it happen? Could it work? Could Indiana Jones take place in the 2000?
Most I'm sure would say no. Archeology is controlled and is highly political now. But Indiana Jones was a rogue. Stealing, bartering, trading all to get the artifact he's after. Running from authorities is not ruled out. In fact, the risk is higher if Indy is now sneaking in and out of countries. Could be some great action set pieces. However, the idea that Hitler was obsessed with the occult fit in rather nicely to the time period and gave Indy an endless villain. That would be missing. But the items that make Indy a thrill could still be retained.
wolfgang
07-12-2003, 08:14 PM
well, you know, it might be cool to see indiana jones in the year 2000. He'll be 101 years old and weak, and woill already have a full life behinnd him to tell. Now, if you are saying that indy 4 should take place in year 2000 I say no unless they change actor and make it not action but something like documental.
Attila the Professor
07-12-2003, 09:08 PM
I don't want to make snap judgements until I have all the "facts." Are you suggesting a middle-aged Indy in 2000 or a 101 year-old Indy in 2000? Neither is my particular cup of tea, but I would like to know what you mean.
I dont really envision Indy living to 101 it is just a bit silly; i never really envisioned Indy living to a particularly ripe old age, i mean the injuries, the endless cast of people with vendettas, probably drinking a bit too much takes its toll
Even Indy's son would be in his 50's or 60's
The era of Indy is (at its broadest sweep) 1919 - 1939/1945 - 1955) the world in 2000 is just so different from the world of the pulp heros that it just couldnt happen
Everyone in the series would probably be dead by this point
thegreatimposter
07-13-2003, 11:22 AM
Cheez, you guys...
I'm saying 'could an Indiana Jones character exist in the present day?' Not a freakin' 'hundred year old Indiana Jones' movie. I mean let's face it, he's old ENOUGH for Indy four...
wolfgang
07-13-2003, 11:51 AM
OH...um...well...I knew all along...um, yeah, I guess his character might exist.
thegreatimposter
07-13-2003, 03:28 PM
Would there still be lost cities or temples or ruins or undiscovered treasures in the now? Could AN Indiana Jones still have a career?
wolfgang
07-13-2003, 07:55 PM
Well, maybe not temples or anything like that but.....maybe lost treasures or something....But I don't know much about science, so I couldn't tell you exactly.
wolfgang
07-13-2003, 07:56 PM
You could be a Palentologist (I think thats how its called) and look for fossils, and I'll be sort of like indiana jones.
Attila the Professor
07-13-2003, 08:14 PM
Indy's a product of his era. Unlike Bond, for example, who changes with the times, he was set some 45 years before the films were made. He's stuck where he was.
Pale Horse
07-13-2003, 08:41 PM
"Most archeology is done in libraries"
Today, much more of it is done by computers, high-definition, density-searching, ultra-infrared, mambo jambo. The only way Indy could exist today is if he was James Bond.
thegreatimposter
07-14-2003, 01:56 PM
Kinda like Crichton's book "Congo."
There is absolutely no reason why a swashbuckling archaeologist could not exist in the 21st century (cough Lara Croft) i dont think audiences care that perhaps there is less spectacular archaeology to uncover (or is there)
But Indy is bound by the age of hero that he belongs to
intergamer
08-13-2003, 09:41 AM
attila's right
when bond was first made, it was set in the modern day (for the time), and each succesive movie has been modern day
when indy was first made, it was already set in the past...why? because his character is an embodiment of the qualities of the era that made it such a good movie.
an indy character could exist, but it would not be special - indy set in the modern day would be not unlike any other modern day action movie with a scruffy looking nerfherder as the star
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Venture
08-13-2003, 12:02 PM
A rogue-ish archaeologist could work in the 21st century. But it would have to be more of the "ultra-rich, espionage agent with a thousand passports" kind of thing. Every government agency in the world would be gunning for the present-day wannabe.
The days of the dilettante digger are gone. Howard Carter (King Tutankhamen, anyone?) couldn't even exist unless he accrued a string of consonants after his name. Indy could only exist in the 30's (+/-). Otherwise, I'd be posting this from the Canyon of the Crescent Moon.
Pale Horse
08-13-2003, 06:01 PM
I keep thinking black market...I don't know why...
Venture
08-14-2003, 09:49 AM
Originally posted by apalehorse
I keep thinking black market...I don't know why...
Even the black market is predominated by government agencies now. CIA, NSA,...either that or I've watched too many episodes of thhe X-Files.
Originally posted by Cain
Originally posted by apalehorse
I keep thinking black market...I don't know why...
Even the black market is predominated by government agencies now. CIA, NSA,...either that or I've watched too many episodes of thhe X-Files.
No there is still an enromous growing market for archaeological relics for private directors, and probably if Raiders were to be remade for the modern world it would be a free for all with any number of billionaires appointing teams to go after it which could turn pretty violent, which sounds to me like a pretty good movie.....
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