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[The Occupant]

Of my choices, Samand Max got a short lived and quite good televison series, Monkey Island got Pirates of the Carrabean, so that leaves Loom. *shivver* That would be epic, in the true sense of the word.
A fantastic and rich world, I would love to see that as a good movie.

[Japo]

Well, nobody's forcing Ford to play Indiana again. I remember we talked here in these forums about who should be the next Indiana, even before the Crystal Skull was released. Someone said Dennis Quaid at the time, and I thought it was a good idea. I'm sure there are plenty of candidates. Ford is 70 effing years old.

Plenty of different actors have played 007 and it's not a bad thing, it doesn't really get in the way of people identifying the character. From seeing the Crystal Skull, I'm not sure if the producers might be thinking about having Indiana retire in the fiction and have the character what's-his-name played by Shia what's-his-name be his successor. At any rate that movie was a flop.

I don't want movies about the adventures of Indiana's younger successor, I want Indiana. I do want the Indiana franchise to be dragged on forever just like 007, what's wrong about that? Surely everybody wants more Indiana movies.

Originally Posted by The Occupant

Monkey Island got Pirates of the Caribbean

What, how is that even a sentence with meaning, or did you just put some words together at random?

[RRS]

Originally Posted by Dave

...20 years ago with a younger Harrison Ford...

Originally Posted by Japo

Ford is 70 effing years old.

What's worse than old Ford, is that Lucas (who has his greedy sweaty hands on the franchise) and Spielberg have gone old and mad, thus unable to make proper Indy movie anymore, even if we had cloned 30something Harrison.

New blood?

Then show me an example of a good Indy-like movie to prove someone has what-it-takes to do it. All we got were pathetic mutations such as Tomb Rider (and mind that I did enjoy the game) or National Treasure (I'm not even going to mention cheaper ones made-for-TV or that German series about librarian etc.).
The closest thing in Indy style (I'm not talking only about 1930s, but also cinematography, music, pace, everything) was Rocketeer, but that was again, 20 years ago!
Laugh it up that I'm ranting like Eagle of Fire, but provide an example someone still can do it the old style.

Originally Posted by Japo

Plenty of different actors have played 007 and it's not a bad thing, it doesn't really get in the way of people identifying the character.

Really? Because for me each time he is completely different. Like he's just a concept, not a person. What's common it's that he's always a rich jerk.

[DarthHelmet86]

Indiana Jones was not the norm for that time either, it was a re-imaging of the serial movie shorts that used to be played in theatres from the early movie days. Kinda like a TV show it would have a small run time and only be part of a story, but with high action to keep people entertained even if they hadn't seen the others.

To be fair I wouldn't even want anyone else ever making this kind of movie again, mainly due to looking back on it the movies aren't that good. They have poor stories and all end with Deus Ex Machina solving the problem (The Ark kills all the bad guys, the army saves Indy and the Grail just happens to fall down the crack...and just happens to pass the magic line for that crack to appear) and well the characters just aren't that likeable either.

[DarthHelmet86]

Mortal Kombat. While not the greatest movie ever it did amazing things with the games idea. So amazing that some of it ended up in the games, like Kano being Aussie. It also took the characters changed them a bit to give them character growth over the movie and changed the story a bit to give it the same.

[WhiteZombie]

Indiana Jones for me, but not with Harrison Ford. As for a replacement, after watching Firefly (way too shortlived series) and seeing Nathan Fillion play Mal Reynolds (I think a much better Han Solo, tha Han himself), I always thought that he would be good for the role of the famous Archaeologist.

[Mighty Midget]

Indy with no Harrison Ford?

As for me, not an easy choice. Seems the only games I can remember on that list are the MI games. As someone else said though, it would have to be more than solid to be worth it: Monkey Island the SitCom is a horrifying idea.

[Pex]

None of above.

I wonder what a movie based on Pool of Radiance or some other game from the Golden Box (or golden something else) would be like? Or maybe even Baldur's Gate? It would definitely be better than either of two Dungeons and Dragons movies (or both of them for that matter).

[RRS]

Originally Posted by Pex

two Dungeons and Dragons movies

Argh! The images in my head! (read: I can't stand those movies)

Of course BG is a decent movie material, when done properly. For said D&D movies they had access to varied and rich book material - yet they still failed.

Honestly, I'm more convinced it's more about who will make such adaptation and not the inspiration itself. Where are the Spielbergs of XXI century?

[Capo]

Yes, Silent Hill is a pretty good movie.