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Originally Posted by Wiglaf  Why then use the Indiana Jones character? |
You really need to ask that question? ($$$$$$$)
But to take your point further, why haven't there been more films in this genre?
When the first film was released I thought it was so refreshing. I loved those old films such as
King Solomons Mines and
She. I guess even
King Kong. And the first five minutes of the film with those set piece action scenes - entering mine, rolling ball, escape, aeroplane - was fantastic.
However, while after
Star Wars the science fiction film got completely re-invented by Hollywood, after
Indiana Jones nothing comparable happened. Maybe there were a few films, but thinking hard I can only think of
Congo and
Sahara.
Edit: I've just thought of some more:
National Treasure and the sequel also out in 2008,
National Treasure: Book of Secrets