Indy's brother
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This link has a veritable goldmine of ideas, not the least of which is sabotage...
It could be argued that KOTCS already tried to take this angle (intrigue, conspiracy, paranoia, double-crosses) and it didn't work. It was too laborious of a process to explain the hell out of what was going on in the film for some reason. My opinion of the 4th film is fickle at best, but last night I watched it with someone who hadn't seen it, and not only was I bored by the seemingly endless dialogue, but it paled in comparison to his response, which was to fall asleep by the time they got out of Orellana's tomb. While I think that many of the intriguing tropes/plot devices of the Hitchcockian world could be used to great effect in a 5th film, I would think that it would be best utilized as a jumping off point only. Full bore Indy-Hitchcock would be a mess. The cliffhanger aspect (imho) is the life's-blood of this franchise. Getting too cerebral could be a misstep and turn off too many people.
It could be argued that KOTCS already tried to take this angle (intrigue, conspiracy, paranoia, double-crosses) and it didn't work. It was too laborious of a process to explain the hell out of what was going on in the film for some reason. My opinion of the 4th film is fickle at best, but last night I watched it with someone who hadn't seen it, and not only was I bored by the seemingly endless dialogue, but it paled in comparison to his response, which was to fall asleep by the time they got out of Orellana's tomb. While I think that many of the intriguing tropes/plot devices of the Hitchcockian world could be used to great effect in a 5th film, I would think that it would be best utilized as a jumping off point only. Full bore Indy-Hitchcock would be a mess. The cliffhanger aspect (imho) is the life's-blood of this franchise. Getting too cerebral could be a misstep and turn off too many people.