the reviews are coming in

What about he kid part, Which one is better Mutt williams or the 13 year old girl character ?

In Darabont's script there is no kid, no Mutt, no girl. Just Indy, Marion (who's married to a rival archaeologist) and an an ex-friend/Russian spy.

perhaps it got rejected because of the toned down alien-part, but perhaps also because Lucas realised that without a kid, they couldn't start milking the Indiana Jones cow further?

No, it was because of the toned down aliens. Lucas wanted a 50's sci-fi flick.

sssssht, I'm bashing lucas for being greedy 😛

And? Did it work?

he should get his head bashed, yes... did I succeed... no, what do you expect from a belgian? 😉

A Belgian eh?

yes, it is even in my profile...

I noticed. Where about in Belgium?

That just reminded me: go see "In Bruges" if you get a chance.
Really dark comedy, but set out there and is excellent with a few Stellas.

and ignore Collin Farell saying it's a shitty town 😛

Indeed.

"Its a like its from a fairy tale."

😛

(Looks for Coke fuelled racist midget, erm.. dwarf, to Karate chop)

Originally posted by Jovan
and ignore Collin Farell saying it's a shitty town 😛

I thought that was the best bit. 😉

I haven't seen it actually, but I heard that part of the movie on some show

'Tis a really dark laugh. ✅

Hohoho?

More like.......weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....splat.

That bit was messed up. Only in a comedy as dark as that could that guy still have even a short conversation after that drop.

Originally posted by queeq
Wow... Darabont's script is around on the internet. And I just read it... There are quiet a few elements the same, but it's rather a different story. The Alien element is reduced overall in te film, the ending is like the one in the film now. No Mutt, no Indy's son. But it does ahve a much more complex enemy pallete: it includes Russians, the Peruvian president and army, an ex-nazi and the American government fater Jones on suspicion of being a Russian spy. And there, sides change quite a bit. So the action is more dynamic and focused much more on finding the City of the Gods. The skull serves much more as a McGuffin than in KOTCS. The humor's great.

Even the snake bit has a nice twist: Indy's overcome his fear of snakes until he get swallwed by a huge snake (animals are a lot bigger around the City of the GOds, including ants), he cuts himself free. Later he's afarid again of snakes, screaming when he sees the tiniest snake in his tent.

I think Darabont got it better than Koepp to be frank. But hey...

I think I know why Lucas didn't like it: no Area 51, less aliens (except at the beginning). But the action is better, Oxley's role is much smaller (he's in a cage and used by a rival archeaologist to find the City of the Gods).

This honestly sounds way more interesting than KOTCS...

It does.
But then staying in on a saturday night to do the dishes, vacuum and sorting through that pile of old tv guides you want really to throw away is too...
And my kitchen's fridge remains un-nuked.