Indiana Jones IV Gets a TItle
by Daniel Swensen on Sep.10, 2007, under Movie News, Movies
Well, it’s official. According to Sci-Fi Wire, Dark Horizons, and the official site itself, the title of the fourth Indy movie is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Internet fans the world over are already expressing their carefully pre-loaded outrage, perhaps disappointed that the title wasn’t Indiana Jones and the Wildly Overused Old-Age Joke like they’d secretly been hoping all along.
Despite my personal misgivings about Indy IV — or, indeed, any movie with Shia LeBoeuf in it — I’m not bothered at all by the title. I definitely heard worse in terms of speculation, and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull evokes the kind of classic, purple, pulp-adventure feel that made Indy famous in the first place. A cool title, Marion Ravenwood coming back — I may get really excited about this if I’m not careful.
September 10th, 2007 on 2:28 pm
I also like the title! And Cate Blanchett. So I’m entirely thrilled!
September 10th, 2007 on 2:41 pm
I’m a little upset that I spent all that money securing indianajonesandthecursedgeritol.com and now it’s worthless.
And I agree with Matt, Cate is a definite selling point.
September 10th, 2007 on 3:37 pm
This will be the Highlander 2 of the Indiana Jones movies.
September 10th, 2007 on 3:40 pm
Whoa! Such a comment from Mr. I-Like-Everything? Holy shit!
September 10th, 2007 on 6:38 pm
I was just about to post this on LJ when I thought I’d check to see if you already had it. Of course you did.
I’ll be there when it opens, even if it sucks more than a 6 hour version of Ghost Rider.
September 11th, 2007 on 7:56 am
Magoo, I’ll hold you personally responsible when the 6-hour Son of Ghost Rider, starring Shia LeBoeuf, is released next summer.
September 13th, 2007 on 3:15 pm
I’ll see it, but I won’t be happy about it. The title is too much like part two, and not enough like parts one and three. Does it have something to do with 1 and 3 being about Judeo-Christian artifacts or just artifacts that people have heard of and therefore “care” a bit about? I don’t know, but that’s what I’ve always felt. I have no idea what The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is.
September 13th, 2007 on 4:50 pm
“I’ll see it, but I won’t be happy about it.”
And that’s why movies like these these keep getting made…
“;)”