The Six Titles of 'Indiana Jones 4'
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Or perhaps they should just call it Indiana Jones and the Six Different Titles. A scooper sent Slashfilm a list of the latest Motion Pictures Association of America Title Registration Report. In moron terms, that's basically a list of all the movie titles each studio registers. And guess who just registered six different Indiana Jones-related titles? Yup, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Brace yourselves folks, because there's a very good chance the fourth installment in the Indiana Jones franchise will wind up using one of the following titles:
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Indiana Jones and the City of Gods -- This has been the long-rumored working title for the film, and the one most of us thought would be used. Out of the remaining five, it's also the title I dig the most.
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Indiana Jones and the Destroyer of Worlds -- What in God's name? Okay, this one sounds more like a Fantastic Four flick than an Indiana Jones movie. Unless, for some odd reason, Jones and the gang hook up with Galactus at some point. Perhaps? Nah.
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Indiana Jones and the Fourth Corner of the Earth -- Too confusing. I'm not crazy about bringing the entire planet into the grand scheme of things; it sounds too large and fantastic for an Indy film.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -- Not a bad title, but for some reason I think of He-Man when I read it. It's also a bit all over the place -- there's a crystal, a kingdom, a skull; I need an aspirin.
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Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Gold -- No. No. 1987. It's been done. Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold. Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone -- does it ring a bell? And was I the only one addicted to watching that film? The "lost white race." I loved it!
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Indiana Jones and the Quest for the Covenant -- Ah, and here's where those "full circle" rumors come into play. If you listen to some, Indy might be searching once again for the Ark of the Covenant in this film -- coupled with the Karen Allen reunion, some feel Spielberg and Lucas might want to return to familiar territory. It would also mark the first time Indy went on a "quest." Righteous. But I still like the first title the best.
So, out of those six, which title would you like Indy to go with?
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8-11-2007 @ 11:19AM
Christopher Campbell said...
Of course, I prefer the alien origin thing of City of Gods, but then again I recently decided that this idea isn't consistent with the Biblical texts of the Indiana Jones series.
As for the full circle idea, I believe it's been confirmed that the crate on the teaser poster and website (http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html) is the same crate at the end of Raiders.
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8-11-2007 @ 11:20AM
RP said...
I'd take a bit of one and a bit of the other and go with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Gods.
Kingdom just sounds that bit more grandiose.
But then, if the film is a about an actual CITY of gods, it probably wouldn't fly :)
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8-11-2007 @ 11:31AM
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8-11-2007 @ 12:42PM
zencat said...
City of Gods, Fourth Corner, and Quest all work for me.
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8-11-2007 @ 2:26PM
Joseph Land said...
Indiana Jones and the Quest for the Lost Covenant of the Kingdom of Gods in the Fourth Corner of Worlds
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8-11-2007 @ 2:55PM
Jonathan Lapper said...
How about "Indiana Jones and the Excuse to Make More Money"? It's got a nice ring to it.
Or considering how long after the first movies it is appearring how about, "Indiana Jones and the Lost AARP Card"?
Jonathan "Rogue Monk" Lapper
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8-11-2007 @ 4:25PM
KN said...
Geriatric Jones and the quest to full fill 85 year old male fetish of scoring with a 20 year Barbie bimbo.
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8-11-2007 @ 11:28PM
Paul NIcholson said...
You all have it wrong. The last one is going to be it, because the rest are clearly just Stargate references. It is the only one that doesn't belong.
Stargate SG-1: The City of the Gods is the title of a book.
Recurring Stargate character, Linea, was nick-named "Destroyer of Worlds"
Fourth Corner of the Earth... ok, so that's not a Stargate reference...but it's lame. So i'm throwing it out.
Two Stargate episodes featured an artifact known as The Crystal Skull, including one episode with that title
"Lost City" was the name of the two-part season-ending episode during season 7
Just sayin...
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8-11-2007 @ 11:38PM
Joseph Land said...
Yeah....
And you think that the people behind Stargate thought those up all by themselves? That they weren't influenced by anything? Say various mythologies, artifacts and legends?
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8-11-2007 @ 11:42PM
Josh Schwartz said...
I think that Indi is going to use the ark of the covenant to communicate with the gods. Thats why they have the picture of the ark box on the website!
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8-12-2007 @ 1:35AM
Kyle said...
I like all of them, but I'm used to City Of The Gods so I like that the most.
The Crystal Skull title gives away the plot, well somewhat. Look up the crystal skulls on Wikipedia. They are real artifacts that are just weird and are supposed to give amazing power to whoever holds them all. I just think they are interesting carvings, to each his own I guess.
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8-12-2007 @ 4:01AM
Anonymette said...
Just FYI, because nobody has mentioned it, based on when this movie's supposed to take place, "destroyer of worlds" probably refers to Robert Oppenheimer, who is reported to have said at the time of the Trinity test, "I am become Death, destroyer of Worlds." If he actually said this (nobody's completely sure), he was mistranslating the Bhagavad Gita.
Maybe -- juuust maybe -- that's where Stargate got it, too.
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8-12-2007 @ 10:02AM
Josh Schwartz said...
This is all probobaly a big hoax with the six titles and the box on the website. Spielberg is leaning us one way and then the movie will be about something totally different!
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8-13-2007 @ 4:46PM
Zach Isso said...
Am I the only one interested in the rest of this report that doesn't have to do with Indiana Jones?
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8-13-2007 @ 8:44PM
Ralph said...
Indiana Jones and the Unnamed JJ Abrams Project
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9-09-2007 @ 11:48PM
Andrew White said...
Shia just confirmed on the VMAs that it will be Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....ugh, what a shame, this has Lucas written all over it!
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