At least there will be (1) decent casting and (2) better direction of the actors since Speilberg will be involved. I cringe at the thought of this movie being as bad as Star Wars Episodes I and II.
      My sentiment exactly!       Since buying my first DVD player in October 2000 (I now have two DVD players, not including both my Playstation 2 and the DVD/CD ROM drive in my PC), I have not watched a pre-recorded VCR tape for over two years... until now.       I just popped my Widescreen Indiana Jones VHS tapes into the VCR (one at a time, of course ), and oh man what a dropoff in visual and audio quality compared to DVD! And I suspect that the quality of the tapes hasn't gotten any worse than it was before... it's just that I've gotten so used to the digital quality of DVD's to the point of perhaps taking it for granted.       It's unfathomable that one of the greatest film series in cinematic history hasn't even made it to DVD yet (the same holds true for the original Star Wars trilogy) - there are so many worse films out there that have long ago made the jump to DVD!       Mr. Lucas, are you listening? -G
Mr Lucas never listens. He tends to do things his own way no matter how ridiculous it seems. Such as never hiring an editor for those ghastly cinema scripts that he writes. Of course, with his success, how can one argue?
Goodsport, I think you're a great guy and all and have numerous times gone on record as stating that I wish you'd come join us over in BSSMville as I think we'd get along great. So I mean this with nothing but care and concern like one would have for a brother when I say: Your somewhat-more-than-obsessive compulsion with all things Indian Jones is starting to scare me. Concerned, Amerifolklegend.
       Harrison Ford actually played a small part as a school principal in E.T. which was eventually cut out.        I'm not sure if his scene was reinstated in the 20th Anniversary Edition of the film, though. -G
       It'll be interesting to see if Lucas will have as much involvement in the next Indiana Jones film as he's had in the last two Star Wars prequels.        Things may not be so bad, though, as while Lucas directed the Star Wars prequels, Spielberg will be directing Indiana Jones 4... and from I've seen of Spielberg's recent work like Minority Report, Indy IV should be in good hands. -G
       Don't you mean Native American Jones? Or do you mean the Jones from India?        -G
stole my thunder, DAMN! I woulda taken the 3.5hr drive south just to catch it the link doesn't work, so I'll never get a 2nd chance of seeing it.
      On the Friday, June 13, 2003 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Harrison Ford was the first guest (Kelly Clarkson and John Pizzarelli followed him).       Although Ford was there mainly to promote his recent film Hollywood Homicide, the first several minutes had Conan and Harrison conversing (and joking, of course) quite heavily about Indy IV: that filming is due to start next summer (while Lucas and Spielberg apparently have the script finished, Ford still needs to read it), how he would need to relearn the skill of using the whip that he had learned (and since forgotten) during the filming of the other Indy movies, how he joked that the sherpa that was helping the "stairclimber" reach the top of the stairs (that episode's running gag) would be in the film as well, and other stuff as well.       Of course, the other bits with Harrison were also pretty funny (like how much more effective his "angry face" is than Conan O'Brien's "angry face").       This was the first time that Harrison Ford had spoken so affirmatively about Indy IV on a TV talk-show. In recent appearances like on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (again, promoting Hollywood Homicide), the subject of Indy IV never even came up, while in earlier appearances (including an appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last July) Harrison seemed to uncomfortably skirt any talk of Indy IV when the host brought it up.       It was both a great sign that Indy IV is scheduled to happen in the near-future, as well as Harrison Ford's funnest appearance on a TV talk-show in the last few years. I just hope that it's not too late for him to reprise the Indiana Jones role effectively... -G