Indy IV Title (non-spoiler version)
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Vendetta08
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I noticed that as well and decided to log on and see if there's anything else on it. He said he wasn't suppose to say it....It's probably true.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls
Bjorn Heimdall
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Interesting. At least.
replican't
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Gayest Indiana Jones title ev-er!
Waitsjunkie
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replican't said:
Hmm... I dunno. I love it myself. Very happy.
tastethecourage
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Personally, I *love* it. I think it's very Indy-esque. But hey, that's just my two cents. I'm only one man. 
A_True_Believer
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chapter11 said:
I agree about it being "clunky". I always felt that that title was too long. "City of Gods" is still my favorite. I thought it sounded great as a grand, epic title to finish off the series.
Still, it definitely has a pulp serial quality to it, which is what the Indy films are all about. It's also debatably the most "adventurous-sounding" title of the series. So it's certainly not all bad. I guess we'll just have to add it to the list of names that will slowly grow on us, like "Attack of the Clones" and "Nintendo Wii".
EDIT: You know, I have to admit that seeing the title in the "official" Indy font makes me like it better somehow:
(found in the "spoiler" version of this thread)
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Waitsjunkie
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A_True_Believer said:
Thanks! I like it well enough already, but seeing it in the official font (I don't read the spoilers) has really made my day.
Dr.Sartorius
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Time to start a "Do you like the new title?" poll. Maybe one of the mods can make one in this thread.
A_True_Believer
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Deadlock said:Let the mourning commence.
Oh come on. It's not like the title indicates the quality of the film. They could call it Indiana Jones and the Big Shiny Object in a Dark Scary Cave and I wouldn't care less as long as the movie was good.
I was thinking, perhaps they intentionally chose a title that would be a little less popular to get people talking about it. Given the threads here (and at other sites which hadn't even mentioned the new film before today) I'd say it's working.
Deadlock
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A_True_Believer said:
I'm sure there are many people who would voice the same.
All I have to say is: the #1 component of a great film is a great screenplay. Everything else (characters, locations, directing, action, props) follows from the screenplay. Guess what you have to read before page 1's "FADE IN"? If there's going to be weakness in the screenplay, it ought to be buried in act 2. But... putting it on the cover? That does not bode well.
If someone handed me a screenplay with "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" on the cover, I would assume that it had been written by a fifth-grade fanboy (no offense to fifth-graders or fanboys).
A_True_Believer said:
You're right, the title doesn't affect the film quality... but it seems to show a disturbing Lucas of the Phantom Menace influence... To me it doesn't quite flow from the first three..
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Temple of Doom
Last Crusade
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
But frankly, the most worrying thing is that I've said it so many times in my head now it's starting to sound normal....
A_True_Believer
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Rane said:
Perhaps, but remember that Lucas ran things unchecked in TPM as both the director and sole screenplay writer. At least with KotCS we have Spielberg and Koepp, both with above-average pedigrees. I think Lucas' influence will be greatly reduced here compared to Star Wars.
