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

ArthuriusMartyrius said:
The villains should be the Soviet Union given that they were already used in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (yeah, yeah, that movie was ass but not because of the Soviets) and the time frame makes sense. But no, of course it's Nazis again because Indiana Jones is at heart a Jewish revenge fantasy and fuck you if you dare try anything new with it.
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What's annoying is just that you can't trump the perfection of the Jewish Revenge fantasy of Raiders. It's truly just a perfect action film every sense. It's not just that they're killing Nazis, it's that this stand in for Himmler has the nerve to try to take the power of the Ark of the Covenant. It's ultimately not Indiana Jones that saves that day but the wrath of the Almighty himself!

As fun as Last Crusade is it's very rehashy in how it reuses the Nazis again but this time going after a sacred artifact of Jesus. Also I have gripes as I don't think it really covers what Jesus represents albeit yes the magical McGuffin saves their life Daddy Jones. With the first film The Ark is pretty much just waiting to be uncovered but the Knights Templar decided to set up this crazy boobytrap sequence.

And then we come to this turkey that should have never been greenlit after Spielberg said "No way am I directing it." Fucking time travel shenanigans just so they have an excuse to have a de-aged Harrison Ford. It's embarrassing. Harrison is older now than Sean Connery was after retiring with "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." What a sour note to end such a beloved franchise and most likely this will be the last major thing Ford gets top billing on.
 
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Uranus Pink said:
Ford is too beloved by boomers to not get top billing in whatever movie or show he's in. And thanks to the boomers he will keep getting roles the good movies and series.
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I don't know, I'll give him that he looks great for being 80. But 80 to 85 and then finally 90 well the body and mind goes down so hard.
 
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RumblyTumbly said:
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made people go "You know? Temple of Doom wasn't that bad actually".

Will Dial of Destiny make people go "You know? Kingdom of the Crystal Skull wasn't so bad actually".

Is this how movies get a legacy now? By being less bad than what comes after it decades later?
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No, they both made people say "Sure was nice when Indy rode off into the sunset with his dad in 'The Last Crusade', a great ending to a great film series. It's no wonder they didn't make any more films after that."
 
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All the signs are this is going to make Crystal Skull look good in comparison. Honestly, that is quite an achievement.

Maybe it's a recency bias, but it feels like more dreck is being released now than ever before. Things like Velma, Picard, Discovery, Rings of Power. The amount of high cost shit. I don't recall there being a time where there were so many misses from big budget stuff.
 
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AGreatDipAtAFairPrice said:
Indiana Jones will be portrayed as an -ist dinosaur, ritually humilitated and then killed like a dope to be replaced with the vivacious bombshell that has taken the world by storm, Kathleen Kennedy's frumpy 40 year old self insert, Phoebe WalledAlready.
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"It belongs in a museum."
"Museums are relics of colonial oppression! It should be returned to the indigenous communities it was stolen from, along with reparations for centuries of colonialist abuse."
 
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khaine said:
All the signs are this is going to make Crystal Skull look good in comparison. Honestly, that is quite an achievement.

Maybe it's a recency bias, but it feels like more dreck is being released now than ever before. Things like Velma, Picard, Discovery, Rings of Power. The amount of high cost shit. I don't recall there being a time where there were so many misses from big budget stuff.
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People are always like "There was always bad stuff! You just remember all the good stuff!" Okay, well, what's something that's good that's come out recently?
 
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khaine said:
All the signs are this is going to make Crystal Skull look good in comparison. Honestly, that is quite an achievement.

Maybe it's a recency bias, but it feels like more dreck is being released now than ever before. Things like Velma, Picard, Discovery, Rings of Power. The amount of high cost shit. I don't recall there being a time where there were so many misses from big budget stuff.
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It makes the success of Top Gun: Maverick all the more surprising. How on Earth did that movie get made in today's climate? I'm glad it did, but Jesus Christ.
 
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