The Lone Raider said:I've been working on a story since last December that would've been Indiana Jones 5 until they announced an actual Indy 5 movie. I initially had it take place in 1959 and with Mutt, but it has since been changed to 1961 and with all new characters instead. It would be believable to have it take place four years after Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as Ford was 38 in Raiders and 47 in Crusade, though the two movies are supposed to take place two years apart.
So I would personally think that it would be the most fitting for the movie to take place in the early sixties, while it's still plausible for Indy to be active and still has a more 50s vibe like Crystal Skull.
Attila the Professor said:<I>Not</I> 1963, at least insofar as I don't want this getting anywhere near the Kennedy assassination and mystique.
Mickiana said:No mystique, except in the official narrative. I can see Indy listening to JFK's famous speech appealing to the press to uncover the monumental conspiracy he describes and who could disagree with his appeal?
There are major government departments involved, the Illuminati, the Mob, current power brokers in the background, heck, even Woody Harrelson's father was named as one of the shooters! Get Woody in for a short role! There has got to be a plot in there somewhere.
Attila the Professor said:But the assassination is such well-tred territory in fiction; its concerns, frankly, seem rather remote from those of the Indiana Jones series.
temple_runner said:I watched an episode of Expedition Unknown last night that talked about Angkor Wat, a 12th century temple in Cambodia that has a large role in the Vietnam War. There were tons of land mines planted during the war, people being enslaved, and interesting and potentially magical powers at work (see King Jayavarman).
I instantly thought it would be interesting to see Indiana trying to reach the temple and restore the power, all the while fending off someone who is trying to steal the power for him/herself.