Sounds a bit more of a Harry Potter type of title, but still - can't wait to see it!

Anybody else been patiently waiting for years and years for the return of this franchise to the big screen? Young Indiana DVD's being released at long last too.

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It sounds very exciting, though. I was in New Haven back in June when they were filming a few scenes and I saw them covering up modern signs on the streets.
I may not be Indy, but I have heard of Crystal Skulls before. They are made of solid crystal, uncannily lifelike and were believed to be Mayan, but microscopic investigation has shown that they are all fakes, made with 19th century techniques. However, in Indy's time this was not known, so I presume they will be Mayan in the movie. Either that, or the plot will be about him proving them fake a few decades early.
Oh, but you want the woo-woo junk: museum custodians in the 60's refused to clean anything in a room containg a Crystal Skull as they said they had seen it's eyes glow and creepy fog in the room and stuff like that. Supposedly, they wouldn't work near it unless it was covered with a black velvet cloth.
For more, unmuseum.com has some good stuff.

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Guess someone wanted to recycle the props from Billy Zane's "Phantom" movie.

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I ain't excited. Given Hollywood's batting average for sequels, my expectations are pretty low. Does Indy go on this adventure with his grandchildren?

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I don't know, given the computer graphics we have these days we could probably revive Han Solo too.

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Seeing this, I pictured an old Indy carefully removing a crystal skull from a booby-trapped cave, and simultaneously replacing it with his false teeth so the sudden reduction in weight doesn't set off the booby trap. Of course it does and he's scrambling out with his cane, using the cane to retrieve his hat at the last moment.

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I had my money on the following title (from this thread):
"Indiana Jones and the Golden Ponds Retirement Community of Doom"

The crystal skull title might be a little better. might be.

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When is the new movie supposed to take place, the '50s? No more evil Nazis to be the antagonists.

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Depends, if they set it in Brazil......

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That was still original footage though, as was the conversation with Jabba, I was meaning more in line with the CGI character replacements used in films like Spiderman3, LotRs and SW: RotS

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I understand it's set in 1957. Hoardes of evil goosestepping Nazis are indeed Spielberg's staple baddies, but I daresay something else can fit the bill here. Unless, of course, and as PhantomWolf says above, it's set in South America.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

I heard something about ET, but it could be just unethical rivals like in National Treasure. No comments on my blub about real crystal skulls?
If it is set in 1957, we should all pettition Spielberg to put in some reference to Sputnik. Nothing much, just maybe a headline on a newspaper in the background or on a radio that gets turned off when a character walks in the room.

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"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song

Teaser Poster, courtesy of Starwars.com.
Star Wars rocks!

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Rovers forever! - ToSeek
"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song

Sure---Did you do the examinations?

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No, but the Smithsonian did a few years back. It was in Archeology magazine.

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Rovers forever! - ToSeek
"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song

Far be it from you, along with a certain other member, to provide links to your blanket statements. Hardly enough to state all crystal skulls are fake.

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Sorry. The Osborne Book of Archeology said that. From now on, I will stop writing the words of others.

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Rovers forever! - ToSeek
"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song