So, in the event you haven't seen it, Indy and his new pal Shia are on the cover of the latest edition of Vanity Fair. While I'm certain that everyone has probably seen the cover and, most likely, read the article, I can't go without adding a bit of commentary. Brace thyselves.
And since portions of this might be considered a little spoilerific, I'm going to cut. So, if you go past this point and see something you didn't want to see, don't blame me. I warned you.
First, for those who didn't already know, Lucas gives us some insight into the fourth Indiana Jones film here:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will apparently nudge our hero away from his usual milieu of spooky archaeology and into the realm of (spoiler Code Red) science fiction.
I realize that everyone and their brother is complaining about this part right here. After all, Indiana Jones is adventure with a touch of fantasy. But I'm willing to suspend judgment and pre-emptive strikes. However, I won't say that this right here doesn't worry me:
What Lucas says—and he won’t say more—seems to support earlier Internet speculation that the scenes filmed in New Mexico may be set at Area 51, the Nevada military base which, according to conspiracy buffs and the creators of The X-Files, has been the site of U.F.O. and alien research.
I'm open to the idea. I am. I am. If it sounds like I'm talking to myself here, well, that's probably because I am. But seriously: I'm willing to give it a go, but I still won't say the idea of Indiana Jones battling aliens doesn't bug me. Lucas states in the article that, since the other films were based in the 30s, they were based on the adventure serials of that time.
Now, he says, this film is set in the 50s and will play up to what was popular then: science fiction. He cites "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," "The Blob," and "The Thing" as examples.
I actually love all those old creature features and, I guess what I'm saying, is I just wonder how Indiana Jones will mix. Before it was all old-school ghosts and ancient gods we had to worry about. But now, we're talking (possibly) futuristic aliens.
I refuse to go all fanboy on it though. The Cloverfield fanboy rants have cured me of any possible fanboy behavior in the future.
Now, there was one other thing that stuck out in the Vanity Fair article.
No one outside of the filmmakers will know for sure until May 22, but it would be pretty cool if it turns out that Emperor Palpatine had dropped a crystal skull on Earth. Or maybe one was left behind by the skinny dudes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Or maybe it’s, like, E.T.’s cell phone. :)
Is that really, truly, a smiley face emoticon at the end of that sentence?
What madness is this?
You can read the entire Vanity Fair article at Vanity Fair's site - Indiana Jones Article.
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