Alternative dark ending
I'm predicting an alternatively dark ending that springboards into another set of sequels for...[secret released at bottom].
Indy, disillusioned by all the violence he has seen in the world, climbs up a bell tower with a machine gun and starts shooting the neighborhood. The police have him surrounded, but Marcus manages to convince the police not to kill him. Marcus climbs up the tower to talk to Indy, and tries to make him put down the gun.
"Why are you doing this, Indy?"
"The world is a bad place, Marcus. I've seen too much evil over the years. I'm purifying the world for us, Marcus! For the good people! Too many have been other than they seem."
"You've taken it too far, Indy. You shot Marian and Willie."
"No, it's been clear for some time that they were 'sleepers' planted by the NKVD."
"Short Round tipped me off." Indiana said wiping the dust off his hat.
"It's Elsa, I regret. She was a triple-agent pretending to work for both the Nazis and the Soviets, but really ultimately working for the Ukrainian Partisan Army.
Indy wiped his brow. The shadows seemed to get longer.
"Yes, I know you miss her." Marcus shook his head.
"If only she hadn't slipped carrying the masquerade to the limit."
"Yes, it is sad sometimes the way things work out."
"What have I always told you, Indy?" Marcus wagged his finger.
"To use my powers only for good, never for evil. Do you think anyone has figured out?"
"That you are really Lamont Cranston, the Shadow? Don't be silly. Only you know what evil lurks in the minds of men."
"It is a secret for which the world is not yet ready," Marcus added remembering his Arthur Conan Doyle.
They both nodded sagely and walked beyond the police lines.
[sequel to "The Shadow" which did lukewarm with Baldwin, but had potential.]
[Edited by Broomhandle Davis on 08-12-2002 at 08:25 pm]