In the mid 70s, the James Bond series lacked its own identity. 1973's Live and Let Die had the series jump on the Blaxploitation bandwagon. 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun cashed in on the Kung Fu craze to dismal box office results. These were films which were essentially other genres with Bond pasted in them. The series returned to form in 1977 with The Spy Who Loved Me, which is in many ways a reboot or even a soft remake of You Only Live Twice. Both films share many elements in common with The Spy Who Loved Me having some more modern tweaks to avoid being completely derivative.
Likewise, KOTCS was in some ways a bandwagon jumper - it took elements from the popular alien invasion renaissance of the 1990s as well as cues from other Indy inspired films. It is a film which also pays homage to the 1950s in a way the original films never did to the 1930s.
Should then a Harrison helmed Indy 5 go back to the drawing board and offer a soft or structural remake of Raiders? Enough of a remake to feel familiar while offering new elements so that it doesn't feel like a total retread (basically what TFA did)?
If so, how would you structure it?
Likewise, KOTCS was in some ways a bandwagon jumper - it took elements from the popular alien invasion renaissance of the 1990s as well as cues from other Indy inspired films. It is a film which also pays homage to the 1950s in a way the original films never did to the 1930s.
Should then a Harrison helmed Indy 5 go back to the drawing board and offer a soft or structural remake of Raiders? Enough of a remake to feel familiar while offering new elements so that it doesn't feel like a total retread (basically what TFA did)?
If so, how would you structure it?