Is This the Plot of the Next Indiana Jones?
After fans, critics and co-star Shia LaBeouf trashed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -- pop quiz: Can you remember anything about that film besides the nuked fridge and swinging monkeys? -- it seemed likely that the threatened fifth film in the once-iconic series would need some serious readjustments. And apparently, that's happening! Maybe. Call it Indiana Jones and the Giant Grain of Salt.
According to the New Zealand news site Stuff -- where else would you go to find out about massive Hollywood blockbusters -- the plot for Indy 5 "will be centered around the Bermuda Triangle, an area over the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft are said to have disappeared." And according to a source, "George [Lucas] and Steven [Spielberg] have been working on a script and it's almost there."
Okay, yes, the Bermuda Triangle hook already sounds better than aliens and buried spacecrafts, but that's not the best part:
"[T]his will be a blockbuster made in the old fashioned way rather than the CGI efforts of the last movie," the source added.
And, there you have it fans! Never mind the previous film's terrible script, mailed-in performances and general plotting -- the real reason The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull stunk was because of all the bad CGI. Because when the Nazis opened up the Ark at the end of Raiders, that looked awesome.
· Indy 5 'going back to its roots' [Stuff via Ain't It Cool]
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I hope you are being serious about the awesome effects at the end of Raiders. Sure, almost 30 years later they don't hold up all that well, but for 1981 SPFX, they delivered big time and won an Oscar.
They said the same thing about Crystal Skull, presumably before Lucas won the "There *will* be swinging monkeys!" argument he had with Spielberg.
(Also, fun fact: The Movieline comment spellchecker knows how to spell Spielberg. Good on ya, fellas.)
I'd given up on the previous film within the first half hour - mainly cos the cgi was so pathetically awful. Go back to proper film-making and at least you may have me sit around long enough to criticise the script and the acting!
Here are some of the things that where said about Skull during post production:
Source: http://io9.com/374266/indiana-jones-will-be-mostly-cgi+free-designer-tells-io9
Will Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull feature Indy ducking CGI boulders and reacting to greenscreen aliens? Not according to production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, who also worked on Superman Returns and X2: X-Men United. We just talked to Dyas, who says he built all of the movie's sets, with little or no greenscreen. More details, and a gallery of Dyas' designs from Superman and X2, after the jump.
There really wasn't much CGI. We built all the sets... We built all of the [moving stone staircases, converging stone pillars and other pieces] so it was very nice.
Source:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9951772-7.html
'Indiana Jones' graphics meant to go unnoticed
When Lucas was stuck with homemade CGI and Spielberg was stuck with a broken shark...they were FORCED to actually tell a story and be creative with the camera.
Lucas has based his entire career on making a one-sided risky merchandising deal with one movie, which he turned into a franchise. He has been trying to duplicate that ever since with Ewoks and Jar-Jar. Fail.
Spielberg has had success. Being an Executive Producer and hiring fresh talent to do the dirty work.
These guys are not good writers, not anymore.
Dudes, I will take the runny-flowing wax of melting Nazi's to the empty-B.S. of the Skulls from another dimension. It would be about time to make a good 1970's era bricks and mortar style film in the tradition of Jaws!