Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

The new movie's title. Discuss.

Also, this crystal skull?

this crystal skull?

Touché.

Didn't that legend originate in the movie House II?

Having looked up the plot of that movie, I think my brain has shrunk.

OMFG! TRAILERZ!

my most recent journal entry:

Wait till you see the 4th one...it's up there with Troll 2

and get this, there never was a 'House 3'

Some of the effects looked a bit ropey to me when I first watched it... but then I watched the high res version, and it looked much better. Why did you think they're out of place, Cash? It's bound to have some CGI, which is fine by me if it's done well. Badly done computer effects are so jarring.

I really enjoyed the trailer, but I don't know how representative it is of the whole film - there's not much sense of the plot, and some notable cast members are absent (or as good as)... But Indy looks good, and I think there's every reason to be optimistic.

Because the Indiana Jones movies were always plot driven...and special effects...while extraordinary in their day...were secondary. They weren't a neceaasry part of the movie.

But the trailer is designed to quickly draw audiences with short attention spans. Hence all the explosions. The effects didn't do anything to make me nervous about the movie. They haven't gone to ridiculous Star Wars-esque CGI. I'll be seeing it. I think it will be a solid movie and won't rape the good memories I have. And that's after sitting through three shitty Star Wars movie and the god awful Transformers movie.

As soon as the theme started to play I was yelling "fuck yeah!"

Welcome to 1999, George Lucas will lube you up now.

Welcome to 1999; George Lucas will lube you up now.

While The Dark Knight, Hellboy 2, and Iron Man all take priority this summer, this trailer still makes me fucking excited.

I wouldn't worry about it unless the finished film is absolutely swamped in over the top computer effects.. which is a possibility, I suppose, with Lucas involved. But I'm sure I read a while back how keen Spielberg was to keep the real, physical look of stunts and effects as far as possible.

And off the top of my head, I can remember some dodgy visual effects (or at least they look dodgy now) that weren't particularly integral to the plot in Last Crusade, and that film survived pretty well.

i got fucking hard as soon as he picked up the fedora and the theme started playing. and then i giggled like a little schoolgirl.

that part with the bullwhip swing missing was classic.

and it's nice to see the henchmen still know to pause so Indy can get off a one-liner before he "WHAP! POW"s 'em.

opening night must see.

It can be seen in half an hour.

I will be going after work tomorrow.

Can't wait.

I might go this weekend.

I read some stuff about it and I'm concerned. I'll still probably see it, though.

fucking rrrowr.

(except for melty-face nazi guy)

i loved the movie, even though it was a little heavy with the CGI (sometimes distractingly so). the first 20 minutes had me worried, and there were bits throughout where i felt like animals were used not only as cute garnish but unnecessary plot devices, but then it really picked up. i'll probably go see it again before the end of the weekend.