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If you think Hopper is great in this then you may wanna' check out his turn in Blue Velvet. You'll forget about Speed immediately after experiencing that villainous turn that was nominated for an Oscar.
I too saw FYEO after Raiders in '81 and will never forget the letdown of the fresh action of Raiders vs. FYEO, which recycled most of its stunts from earlier Bond films where they were done more memorably for the most part.
But they are different heroes, really. Indy is grittier and less glamorous, but a lot would be hard-pressed not to be amused by the Bond-like turn at the beginning of Temple of Doom. Sure, I'd rather be Bond, but Indy wouldn't be too shabby either.
Indy was fun and flashy and creative and scary-- it was the the 30s serial-type film they were going for... But-
John McClane, a NY city cop who's essentially trying to save his marriage (emotional stakes), as he comes up against a gang of sophisticated killers/thieves (physical stakes).
I love both. I do. I love 'em to bits. Both are iconic and game changers.
But I will, just barely, but always, take Mclane and his emotional and physical stakes over the serial/comic Indy Jones.
Please be gentle as you crucify me.
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I would say that Die Hard has sunk lower as a franchise more than Indiana Jones. It would not be hard to make as many movies about Indy 007 style, as there's always an adventure in a artifact.
But as a franchise, both of them pretty much jumped the shark. Sad, but their original legacy will ring through, and, their first three, to me are similar:
DH -- AWESOME/ ROTLA -- AWESOME
DH2-- ah entertaining/ TTOD-- ah entertaining... I wouldn't kick these two out of bed for eating crackers...
DH3-- FLIPPING GREAT/ TLC-- FLIPPING GREAT... both of them so much fun; different than the original, BUT, harkening back to what made the originals so great to begin with!!!
Thanks, @peter!
Michael Bay is neither critically acclaimed, nor is he a writer director. Leaving him with only one of the points.
Great article on why it would be a good idea to kill craig's bond
I agree, that's what I've been thinking. Between this and (believe it or not), the Screenrant articles, I'm feeling what their saying is the best thing for James Bond's future.
, There needs to be a director in place do they actually have a vision to work from.
That Deadline article said 60 days, didn't it? 60 days starting from when?
@BT3366 I assure you no wind-up here. I know that SPEED is basically DIE HARD on a bus but damn if it isn’t the most spectacular DIE HARD ripoff ever made! It actually gives DIE HARD a run for its money. Same with AIR FORCE ONE which is also one of my all-time favorite movies, and again it’s basically DIE HARD on a plane.
Now if you REALLY want to be shocked I’m also a huge fan of Chuck Norris’ THE DELTA FORCE. I kid you not! If the choice was between watching RAIDERS and DELTA I’d rather watch DELTA. You can’t deny how epic that Alan Silvestri score is!
Ok, I’ll leave now. I’ve probably shocked quite a few folks lol.
The only two Bond to ever reach five entries were Connery and Moore, I based on that I'd hazard a guess and say Bond 25 will be half FYEO and half YOLT.
Now it's obvious you are just trolling but I will reply anyway. How on Earth is Bay a critically acclaimed director OR a writer? Metacritic ratings of the last 5 Bay movies: 42, 45, 32, 48, 27. Metacritic ratings of the last 5 Nolan movies: 82, 74, 78, 74, 94. As for Bay being a writer-director, he has ZERO writing credits.
Yes, hopefully something with the majesty of YOLT and the groundedness of FYEO.
On June 20, 2017 Lucasfilm announced that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller left the Han Solo movie. [1] Two days later they announced that they have a new director. [2]
Just sayin'...
Those 60 days is just Deadline speculating. I say if the director won't be announced within two weeks, they will either delay or entirely cancel the film and start from scratch.
Ok, is that 2 weeks from today, or 2 weeks from the "Gone Boyle Gone" announcement?
Actually, Ron Howard and Joe Johnston were both being looked at by Lucasfilm much earlier. The initial plan was that one of them would come and assist with Lord and Miller with the last part of shooting and the scheduled reshoots. Lord and Miller didn't like that idea and were later removed from the film.
Pus the situation was different. If a director gets hired now for B25 they'd have 3-4 months to prep. With Solo a director had perhaps a week or two to prep a film that had already been mostly shot.
The best comparable to the current situation would be Ant-Man.
Edgar Wright left that film on 23 May 2014 with filming to commence a few weeks later for a July 2015 release:
https://variety.com/2014/film/news/edgar-wright-exits-marvels-ant-man-as-director-1201190458/
Filming was later pushed back but the release date didn't move. On May 31st 2014 Adam McKay was announced as being in talks before dropping out:
https://variety.com/2014/film/news/adam-mckay-to-replace-edgar-wright-as-ant-man-director-1201199467/
On the 7th June 2014, Peyton Reed was eventually announced as the director:
https://variety.com/2014/film/news/peyton-reed-to-direct-ant-man-1201215672/
The film than began production on the 1st August 2014:
https://variety.com/2017/film/news/marvel-production-ant-man-and-the-wasp-paul-rudd-1202512530/
They were also in the middle of the shoot so I imagine, when they canned Lord and Miller it was planned and they knew and had spoken with and knew that Ron Howard was ready to go.
That's your opinion but I think you'd struggle to find many that would say FYEO gets anywhere near Raiders.
John Glen fair enough he's contributed admirably to the series but topping Spielberg at the top of his game with one of the best blockbuster screenplays of all time.
If you'd have said OHMSS I might have been able to take you seriously.
I've been a Bond fan for over 4 decades and I couldn't seriously claim any of the entries have reached that level of film making.
In the cannon of blockbuster cinema Jaws and Raiders are pretty much untouchable you only have to look at their legacy and impact and to say they compare to a fair to middling Bond entry is frankly laughable.
History more than shows this.
Actually on second thought let’s forget about willow entirely