Indiana Jones fans are torn but mostly down on the newest name for the fourth installment of the legendary trilogy as leaked by Shia LaBeouf (God, that name...) at the MTV VMAs this week.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sounds a lot like another popular franchise we've seen around lately (Harry Potter and the Whozit's Whatzit ring a bell?)
Sure, Indy did it first (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) but we've been inundated with Potter lately (much to our enjoyment) so it's on everyone's mind and heavily associated with children's literature and film.
We also like the frontrunner in the Indy name game as picked by fans: Indiana Jones and the City of Gods. It just sounds more epic and less object-based. But we like us an Indy flick and so if we must take the "Crystal Skull", then take it we shall.
So far, we like the idea of Beowulf himself, Ray Winstone, joining the cast but we're less enthusiastic about Cate Blanchett and Even Stevens' own, aforementioned LaBeouf. We'll miss Connery, of course. We dig the idea of Karen Allen reprising her amazing role as Marion Ravenwood though. Great name.
All said, we can't wait for the film, dumb title or not.
PS. This is an awesome photo.
1 comment:
Seems like too much stuff in that title. I totally agree that "Crystal Skull" sounds fantasy instead of a more adventureous name. They probably should have gone with City of Gods instead. Or Kingdom of God. Or the Kingdom of the Skull. Something like that.
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