With a new Indiana Jones sequel out in theaters, roryhasopinions looks back at some of the unproduced Indy sequel scripts and how (more than anything else) they highlight Steven Spielberg's abilities. IndianaJones
, the Commies are hunting one of the Mayan’s crystal skulls, taking Indy from a ‘50s U.S. packed with federal agents to South America, where he’s reunited with Marion Ravenwood and an old colleague, Professor Oxley, who has been driven mad by the skull’s power. There they fight flesh-eating ants, fall down waterfalls, and discover an alien spacecraft in the climax.
What’s different then? There’s no Mutt, no Cate Blanchett Russian baddie; instead, there’re about two dozen extra characters. Ray Winstone’s treacherous mercenary is replaced by a Russian defector who’s really a Soviet spy, but the Ruskies are only one contingent of the story’s antagonistic force. There’s Marion’s new husband, a Hungarian treasure-hunter who’sa Soviet spy, and the President of Peru with his militia. There’s also a singular Nazi in there somewhere.
Those who prefer Darabont’s script are likely just happy Mutt isn’t in it, but it still packs all the ridiculousness ofonwards. Henry Sr. makes an appearance, now living with his son but even more of a curmudgeon, and there are different but equally pointed references to the original trilogy, including a re-do of the fertility idol swap fromThe back half ofcatches a lot of flak for being too, well, fake.
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