Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny - Using time travel to literally retcon the series

I thought so too until I saw Hail, Caesar! There he plays an actor who strongly resembles but is legally distinct from Roy Rogers, and he's one of the best parts of the movie. I don't know what went wrong with Solo, but I'm guessing that the change in directors has something to do with it.

Lots of things. Change of director, yes. A Kathleen Kennedy self insert as the love interest. A back story for a mysterious rogue that needed to stay mysterious and could never equal the head Canon of the fans, coming out right after "the ladt jedi, a convoluted plot with so many God damn mcguffins and mystery boxes that it was the avatistic example of Current Year Franchise Film...
 
I thought so too until I saw Hail, Caesar! There he plays an actor who strongly resembles but is legally distinct from Roy Rogers, and he's one of the best parts of the movie. I don't know what went wrong with Solo, but I'm guessing that the change in directors has something to do with it.
The "Would that it were so simple" scene and its payoff is one of the funniest things I've seen in film.
 
I'm already there.
I can at least see the thought processes and understand how someone could think that Crystal Skull would've been great when they were making it. 50s B movie stuff is fun, aliens aren't the huuuugest stretch when you think about stuff like the Wheels of Ezekiel or other ancient ayy shit. With Dial of Destiny, the only thing that really has any sort of a nugget of an interesting idea is "Indy getting butthurt that Nazis in the space program are getting off scott free." But instead it's some dumb time travel thing instead of Indy fighting moon nazis. The object he's looking for isn't even a "real" object, so that alone makes it stand out.
 
My question is, after so many years working under Lucas and Spielberg on the original series, what the HELL did they do to KK to make her hate them to point that she is hell-bent on destroying their greatest creation?!
She is a Narcissist whose entire "success story" boils down to two old dudes "liked" (you can take this however way you want) her as an assistant and basically handed her a successful career path where she did nothing and was rewarded for it by getting ever greater positions.

The thing Narcissist's hate most is having to admit, be it to others or themselves, is that any success was not 100% their own. Narcissists are kinder to their "enemies" than the "friends" who helped them get to where they are due to projecting this crippling insecurity.
 
I'm convinced if it hadn't been for the grossout scenes, and the absolute banger of a villain ripping hearts out of people, Temple of Doom would have been considered mediocre by most of the kids who gushed over it later as adults.
It would be a far far better movie if Willie got slapped, several times. Like dropping Indy's gun during the car chase, that deserved a backhanded slap. All the shouting and screaming about stuff when they are getting crushed. She needed another backhand.

That would have fixed like 90% that's wrong with the movie, that she is really fucking annoying.
 
I know it won't but I hope this upcoming movie has more history related stuff in it. That's what made the first three movies fun for my family growing up, Indie meeting Hitler and finding Coronado's cross on a boat called the Coronado, spelling Jehova with an I. That shit is fun and clever and shows these movies aren't just for meatheads.

If this movie is just full of nonsensical pandering bullshit, then it shows to me that all the people with their heads screwed on straight have been out of the picture since '89.
 
The last shot looks real nice
yeah, that red splotchy thing with the black thing? quite nice
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