Henry W Jones
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Raiders112390 said:There's a big difference. Jimi Hendrix was a real human being. Indiana Jones is a fictional character. All he is a character with a leather jacket, fedora, bullwhip, gun and certain attitudes and attributes. He's a vehicle for us to experience surreal/supernatural adventures. A reboot wouldn't replace the original films, but would exist in it's own continuity, just like any and every other reboot of a any franchise. And just because it doesn't have Ford doesn't mean it would be subpar. Harrison Ford is not the greatest actor to ever grace the screen. He can be replaced.
I tend to think that it's funny that the ones who are most against any future Indiana Jones films and are afraid of the idea of a reboot are also Batman fanboys. Makes me wonder what their true motivation is. If one lesser film in a series can damn the whole series or any future of a series for you, perhaps you aren't really a fan of the series to begin with.
I'm not a huge Batman fan. He's alright but I'm not a collector of Batman stuff though I watch the movies when they come out. I have a general problem with reboots. I find them to be uncreative and I want to see something fresh and original done by Hollywood and these days that rarely happens. Actually my extreme fandom for Indiana Jones is the reason for my lack of encouragement towards a reboot. I'm a purist on most things. I have never liked SPF as young Indy and mainly like the episodes he's not in. (I really wish River had done those instead) I could never see him as Indiana Jones and that tells me I wouldn't like another actor in the role. I would still like to see Ford do another. And even if he is or isn't the greatest actor to ever grace the screen, (and you probably have to admit he is not the worst by a long shot either) it does not mean he is replaceable. As far as "If one lesser film in a series can damn the whole series or any future of a series for you, perhaps you aren't really a fan of the series to begin with" goes. I like KOTCS. It is a weaker film than the previous outings but it's not at all my reasoning for not wanting to see a reboot. I was just pointing out a fact in my earlier post when I mentioned Skull that if you thought it was weak or a lesser film, it could get worse. I thought LC was not as good as the first two and still went to see KOTCS. While I'm not a huge Trekkie and think the newer film was well done but I would have rather seen a new Enterprise crew in the same basic scenario. Kirk is Shatner and so on.