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[RRS]

Originally Posted by Dave

...20 years ago with a younger Harrison Ford...

Originally Posted by Japo

Ford is 70 effing years old.

What's worse than old Ford, is that Lucas (who has his greedy sweaty hands on the franchise) and Spielberg have gone old and mad, thus unable to make proper Indy movie anymore, even if we had cloned 30something Harrison.

New blood?

Then show me an example of a good Indy-like movie to prove someone has what-it-takes to do it. All we got were pathetic mutations such as Tomb Rider (and mind that I did enjoy the game) or National Treasure (I'm not even going to mention cheaper ones made-for-TV or that German series about librarian etc.).
The closest thing in Indy style (I'm not talking only about 1930s, but also cinematography, music, pace, everything) was Rocketeer, but that was again, 20 years ago!
Laugh it up that I'm ranting like Eagle of Fire, but provide an example someone still can do it the old style.

Originally Posted by Japo

Plenty of different actors have played 007 and it's not a bad thing, it doesn't really get in the way of people identifying the character.

Really? Because for me each time he is completely different. Like he's just a concept, not a person. What's common it's that he's always a rich jerk.

[DarthHelmet86]

Indiana Jones was not the norm for that time either, it was a re-imaging of the serial movie shorts that used to be played in theatres from the early movie days. Kinda like a TV show it would have a small run time and only be part of a story, but with high action to keep people entertained even if they hadn't seen the others.

To be fair I wouldn't even want anyone else ever making this kind of movie again, mainly due to looking back on it the movies aren't that good. They have poor stories and all end with Deus Ex Machina solving the problem (The Ark kills all the bad guys, the army saves Indy and the Grail just happens to fall down the crack...and just happens to pass the magic line for that crack to appear) and well the characters just aren't that likeable either.

[Karterian]

I'd like to see Full Throttle as a movie. That would really be cool. On second thought i'd like to see Sam & Max Live Action Movie with a real dog and a real rabbit. oh, well... Yes, Full throttle it is.

As for Indy 4, with no Harrison Ford, there is no indy and he is too old for an other movie i guess.

[Lulu_Jane]

I'm going for Loom. But I know it would be terrible. Has there ever been an objectively good video game to film made?

[DarthHelmet86]

Mortal Kombat. While not the greatest movie ever it did amazing things with the games idea. So amazing that some of it ended up in the games, like Kano being Aussie. It also took the characters changed them a bit to give them character growth over the movie and changed the story a bit to give it the same.

[WhiteZombie]

Indiana Jones for me, but not with Harrison Ford. As for a replacement, after watching Firefly (way too shortlived series) and seeing Nathan Fillion play Mal Reynolds (I think a much better Han Solo, tha Han himself), I always thought that he would be good for the role of the famous Archaeologist.

[Mighty Midget]

Indy with no Harrison Ford?

As for me, not an easy choice. Seems the only games I can remember on that list are the MI games. As someone else said though, it would have to be more than solid to be worth it: Monkey Island the SitCom is a horrifying idea.

[RRS]

Originally Posted by Lulu_Jane

Has there ever been an objectively good video game to film made?

Passable at best (Max Payne?), usually from bad to terrible.

Speaking of Max Payne, why hadn't they use the recurring theme music? Can you name a movie made after a game which re-used in-game musical motifs? Such an easy way to trick the audience "hey, it's just like the game you loved!" and they always fail to use it!

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by Japo

These are all adventures, next time we should make a poll with the same question about non adventures. I was thinking about X-COM, Star Control, The Elder Scrolls, Gateway (adventures)... And yes, Flashback of course.

Far as X-Com goes, you should have a look at the fake trailer on this guy's channel. Some of the other game-related trailers he's got there are fairly neat too.

Speaking of Max Payne, why hadn't they use the recurring theme music? Can you name a movie made after a game which re-used in-game musical motifs? Such an easy way to trick the audience "hey, it's just like the game you loved!" and they always fail to use it!

Far as game adaptations go, the anime based on Power Dolls used slight variants of in-game tunes. Works very well during the introduction.

[Japo]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

Far as X-Com goes, you should have a look at the fake trailer on this guy's channel.

Not bad at all!