I think the question about continuing anything (much less Indiana Jones) will have to be this: "Can the new staff at LucasFilm actually override George Lucas?"
Sadly, I think the answer is still 'no' which means we won't see much in the way of the major franchises that exist as anything but Lucas's vanity pieces. Realistically, until he's no longer in charge of the company, we won't see an Indiana Jones 5 - at least not one that's actually worth seeing.
I think the question about continuing anything (much less Indiana Jones) will have to be this: "Can the new staff at LucasFilm actually override George Lucas?"
Sadly, I think the answer is still 'no' which means we won't see much in the way of the major franchises that exist as anything but Lucas's vanity pieces. Realistically, until he's no longer in charge of the company, we won't see an Indiana Jones 5 - at least not one that's actually worth seeing.
Darn
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Reason: Double post. Don't do that.
"Death" of a franchise occurs when there isn't enough revenue for the merchandise other than the main thing. The latest film, despite all its controversiality, was an economic success, but sadly there wasn't enough of us to keep the boat afloat by proving TPBT that having more is worthwhile.
On the plus side, at least we can claim some level of individuality. So put up your chins, mates, it's "hip" to be an Indyfan.
Thinking on this, I more feel that the "story" is complete. However, that leaves plenty of room for video games ( the true money maker in entertainment now ), books, comics, etc.
As much as I crave and hope for Indy 5. The likelyhood of that happening is slim. Alive but slim. If it does happen, then all of this is for nothing anyway LOL!
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In my opinion, it's dead.
No new games, no merchandise, no cartoon/TV series, and hardly and prospects of a new film.
It isn't dead (yet) because there *is* new merchandise coming out: The Blu-rays!
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Either way, it was a wasted franchise of potential from 1990-2007.
Where were you during that time? The years between 1990-2007 produced:
33+ hours of a TV show!
20 novels with new stories (12 English + 8 German)
22 Young Indy novels with new stories (15 English + 7 French)
41 Dark Horse comic book issues (9 titles)
05 UK comic strip titles
03 French comic books/graphic novels
04 new role-playing adventures
07 (maybe more) video games
...and much more!
Hardly what one could call, "a wasted franchise of potential".
After Lucas dumped #4 on top of a perfectly good trilogy it's not as hip as it used to be.
Somehow I think that the same disappointment followed the release of Temple but to be honest I don't see the patern being repeated with another Last Crusade.
Somehow I think that the same disappointment followed the release of Temple but to be honest I don't the ratern being repeated with another Last Crusade.
I don't know what you said at the end there, but I remember the heady days of TOD, and they were good!
Back then the controversy surrounding TOD was what made it even better.
I don't know what you said at the end there, but I remember the heady days of TOD, and they were good!
Of course they were good. While the Internet existed already, the handful of campus nerds and military gearheads who converged there probably had better things to waste energy on than loads and loads of fan rage.
The regular folk could do nothing but natter about its crappiness over the fence with the guy next door. And if the one living across the street by some odd chance happened to like it, that's where your world ended and the rest began.
Of course they were good. While the Internet existed already, the handful of campus nerds and military gearheads who converged there probably had better things to waste energy on than loads and loads of fan rage.
The regular folk could do nothing but natter about its crappiness over the fence with the guy next door. And if the one living across the street by some odd chance happened to like it, that's where your world ended and the rest began.
I just base it all on my own experience. In 1984 Indy was the height of cool.
He was drinking blood from a skull.
In 2008 he was taking orders from one.
Some things just shouldn't be returned to, especially when their creators have changed so much with the passing of the years.
It was fine and dandy when he rode off into the sunset in 1989.
He didn't die, but nineteen years later he was as good as resurrected from deep retirement only to be mishandled in manners unbefitting.
He's still not dead. He won't be allowed to die while Lucas can still find ways of wringing money out of him. And then he'll pass into other hands for them to wring more money in new ways.
Yet, the Indy who inhabited a hip world did metaphorically die in 1989.
Everything else is fluff which you can take or leave.
You mean Young Indiana Jones (and the old one-eyed one) which ended in 1993?
That counts as part of the fluff. Good fluff nevertheless, but still fluff. It wasn't Harrison in the 1930s, but someone else playing the role for a different purpose.
The correlation between SPF, George Hall and Harrison Ford was just cursory. Pretty much Lucas name-dropping to sell a series. It didn't have the same inspiration as the films, but Lucas used him all the same, keeping something alive for the small screen.
(Like sweet little Annie would one day become the big bad Vader of legend, the connection is slight).
