Randy_Flagg
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I wouldn't particularly want Nazis in the movie either. I think it limits Indy too much to keep recycling the same enemies. In fact, I'd prefer that he didn't go up against ANY kind of political enemy.
However, IF George and Steven felt like they really wanted to include nazis one last time, it might be kind of interesting to open the movie during WWII, when Indy was working for the CIA. A younger Indy could be done through either a good make-up job on Harrison, or possibly some CGI wizardry (which I know the purists would hate.)
Anyway, in this opening adventure, Indy could be trying to sneak into one of Hitler's strongholds during the war to recover some military plans. As he's doing this, he comes across an interesting painting that he thinks might be good for the museum, so he steals that, too. Then we get a daring escape from the stronghold, with Nazis hot on his trail. Of course he makes it out alive with the stolen art, and that ends the opening adventure.
The main part of the movie then takes place fifteen or so years later. Somebody at the museum has analyzed the stolen artwork and realized that Hitler himself had painted them (since Hitler was an artist, this would be believable.) But what makes this painting particularly interesting is that there seems to be some kind of code or map hidden in the painting. Indy is called upon to examine it more closely, and to make a long story short, it turns out that Hitler was close to finding Atlantis, and had hidden clues to its location in his artwork (since Hitler actually did want to find Atlantis, this too would be somewhat believable.)
I haven't quite figured out yet what the conflict would be-- for example, why would Indy need to find Atlantis, who else would be trying to find it, etc, etc. But I think this would be one reasonable way to have some nazis in the film for old times sake, but at the same time, NOT to make them the main villains (we wouldn't see any more nazis after the opening adventure.) Maybe Indy could be pitted against a rival archeaologist (played by Tom Selleck?) who wants to find Atlantis for some nefarious reasons.
However, IF George and Steven felt like they really wanted to include nazis one last time, it might be kind of interesting to open the movie during WWII, when Indy was working for the CIA. A younger Indy could be done through either a good make-up job on Harrison, or possibly some CGI wizardry (which I know the purists would hate.)
Anyway, in this opening adventure, Indy could be trying to sneak into one of Hitler's strongholds during the war to recover some military plans. As he's doing this, he comes across an interesting painting that he thinks might be good for the museum, so he steals that, too. Then we get a daring escape from the stronghold, with Nazis hot on his trail. Of course he makes it out alive with the stolen art, and that ends the opening adventure.
The main part of the movie then takes place fifteen or so years later. Somebody at the museum has analyzed the stolen artwork and realized that Hitler himself had painted them (since Hitler was an artist, this would be believable.) But what makes this painting particularly interesting is that there seems to be some kind of code or map hidden in the painting. Indy is called upon to examine it more closely, and to make a long story short, it turns out that Hitler was close to finding Atlantis, and had hidden clues to its location in his artwork (since Hitler actually did want to find Atlantis, this too would be somewhat believable.)
I haven't quite figured out yet what the conflict would be-- for example, why would Indy need to find Atlantis, who else would be trying to find it, etc, etc. But I think this would be one reasonable way to have some nazis in the film for old times sake, but at the same time, NOT to make them the main villains (we wouldn't see any more nazis after the opening adventure.) Maybe Indy could be pitted against a rival archeaologist (played by Tom Selleck?) who wants to find Atlantis for some nefarious reasons.