Harrison Ford | Karavansara

So, the big news seems to be there will be a new Indiana Jones movie, the fifth¹.
And this is big news because apparently we will get Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, and Steven Spielberg at the helm.
Now, a lot of the fans I heard are damn sure this movie will suck.

It will be worse than that Crystal Skulls thing!

… they say.

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But I’m not sure.
There are ways to make a good, solid, entertaining action fantasy pulp movie featuring a 73 years old man as the main character.
Granted, it needs some work.
But if you would please follow this link, Mr Spielberg –> Continue reading →

24 August 2014
by Davide Mana Leave a comment

Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones

Raiders of the Lost Ark with Tom Selleck as Indy and Sean Young as Marion?
Now that’s something I’d like to see – much as I love the first Indiana Jones movie as it is, the alternative is intriguing.
It would have been different.
Worse?
I can’t say.

Sure it’s good to play with what-might-have-beens…
And here’s a very very short snippet of Selleck and Young during their screen test.

and, considering that I can’t let you go with just 37 seconds of media, here’s Selleck telling his version of the famous “he turned down Indiana Jones” story…

8 December 2013
by Davide Mana 2 Comments

Raiders from 1981

PBS on Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981.
The overall quality is very low, but the content is gold.
Just what I needed upon learmning that the Cult of the Rat God just acquired the rights to the Indiana Jones franchise (shudder).