arrison Ford Talks About Indy 5
This time last year I would have been thrilled about any announcements about a new Indiana Jones movie. After all, the first three films are legitimate action classics (yes, even Temple Of Doom) and the talent involved with the franchise is always capable of producing something special. But then Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull was released and was so terrible that I would rather scoop out my own eyes with a rusty spoon than sit through another franchise-killing entry in the series. The project proved that George Lucas has officially fallen off the deep end and no longer has any sense about what it takes to create a memorable film. I was hoping that it would be an unceremonious conclusion to the series, but after bringing in over $700 million worldwide, that’s clearly not going to happen.

It's crazy but great. George is in think mode right now.

Lucas has been mentioning a desire to keep beating the dead Indy horse ever since Crystal Bullshit’s release and now it’s starting to look more and more like it will actually happen. During a recent interview with the L.A. Times Harrison Ford said that a new movie is “automatic, really, we did well with the last one and with that having done well and been a positive experience, it's not surprising that some people want to do it again." Ugh…not what I wanted to hear, Harrison.

He also mentioned that Lucas already has a plan for a new entry, saying "" Apparently pitting Indiana Jones against psychic Russians and flying saucers wasn’t “crazy,” so who knows what crap Lucas has planned now. Maybe Indy will take on Bigfoot or the Boogeyman this time. That would be about as believable. It’s a shame that the new Indiana Jones movie made so much money off of pure audience nostalgia. It made everyone involved this that they actually made a good movie and now we’re all going to have to suffer through another. Let’s all just agree to skip the next movie now and hope that George Lucas gets the message. That man is craaaaazy.



Murray Talks More About Ghostbusters 3
With one major franchise of the 80s ruined, we move on to the next one. Children of the 80s everywhere have a special place in the heart for Ghostbusters and studio executives know that there’s money to be made from those precious memories. We recently reported that the franchise is looking to be revived and has the unlikely support of Bill Murray. Murray was always against continuing the series and has been vocally frustrated about Ghostbusters 2 since its release. The fact that he wants to be involved is a good sign, even if the move doesn’t strike me as a particularly good idea. Murray’s been doing press for his new film City Of Ember lately and has been talking up a storm about the new Ghostbusters movie at the same time. In a recent interview he had the following to say about the franchise:

"We did a sequel, and it was sort of rather unsatisfying for me, because the first one to me was the goods. It was the real thing. And the sequel, you know, was ... it was a few years later. There was an idea pitched. And it was like, well, they got us all together in a room. We just laughed for a couple of hours. And then they said, 'What if we did another one? So they had this idea, but it didn't turn out to be the idea when I arrived on the set. They'd written a whole different movie than the one [initially discussed]. And the special-effects guys got it and got their hands on it. And it was just not the same movie. There were a few great scenes in it, but it wasn't the same movie. So there's never been an interest in a third Ghostbusters because the second one was kind of disappointing ... for me, anyway."

Murray has a good grasp of what was wrong with Ghostbusters 2, so if a third movie does get made, hopefully he’ll try to ensure that the same mistakes don’t happen again. I won’t deny that I’m against a third movie, but if the original talent is on board and fully committed to making a memorable franchise capper rather than a money-grabbing crapper, it could be good. Only time will tell. I just hope that Murray and co. don’t shit all over my childhood memories like George Lucas has done twice now. I can’t take that kind of heartache again.