The title of Indy 4! "Indiana Jones and...
 

the Kindgom of the Crystal Skull!"

Leaked during the VMA's.

Source

:)

Hmmm... not particulary catchy, is it?

Ugh, absolute worst of the potential titles.


I have such incredibly low expectations for this film. I am a rabid fan of the original, and didn't much like the sequels. I'm mostly looking forward to this movie for the opportunity to make an ebay killing on some of the terrific Raiders of the Lost Ark movie memorabilia I have ... and secondarily for the return of Karen Allen's character.


Meh.



ETA: Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the great film titles of all time.

No, but I do think it uses up all of the letters available for movie titles next year. Everybody else will have to make due with numbers and punctuation.

Look for a big screen adaptation of 61* and 4400 as well as remakes of Warren Beatty's $, -30- starring Jack Webb, and Angelina Jolie replacing Bo Derek in a new 10.

This poster is interesting. Is that the crate the ark was put in? It looks kina like it has burns on it. Hmmm...


And I don't know what to think about this pic. Harrison's looking oooold. :D

Sounds like a VMK game..............

Strange, that looks more like George Harrison's son than Harrison Ford's (Indiana Jones') sone driving the bike. Shia is making such a weird face, it doesn't even look like him!

He looks much older but the film is supposed to take place 20 years after
Indiana Jones And The Last Cruisade.

The title needs work !

Indiana Jones And The Lost Kingdom sounds better. :)

That's deffinitely not the choice I would have picked out of the list of potentials I saw weeks ago.

Speaking of the VMA's....

Do you think she was drunk, high or both?

Indiana Jones and the Quest for Spielberg's Sanity?

"God villing, ve'll all meet again in Spaceballs 2: Da Search for More Money."




Harrison Ford is old. :(

You know, I'm one who generally thinks that people get over-defensive about the issue of women's body image in the media (not that I deny that it's an issue, just that there's a lot of crying wolf that makes it hard to be honest about the difference between proudly being an attractive person vs. inappropriately defining a woman solely by her looks), but this even pissed me off...

"most unforgivable"?!? Are you freaking serious? How disgusting is that? First off, she's not even that out of shape, for crying out loud. But more importantly, while she certainly invited the opportunity to make it an issue by coming out in underwear and bra, "most unforgivable"?!?! There's a lovely message. "It would have been alright for her to be a total burnout and squander the few talents she did genuinely have, if only she had remained hot!"

Jerks.

That said, her performance was horrible. I've never liked her music, but I'd never argue against her ability to put on a show. Watching that video was just tragic.

Umm, and the Indy title sucks too.

That's Shia LaBeouf on the motorcycle with Ford? Looks like Brendan Fraser's younger, very similar looking, brother.

Interesting that you would interpret that as a dig on her appearance. I was referring to her stumbling and lack of focus. Being able to stand up straight does not have a lot to do with being hot or not. I sincerely doubt she would have been able to pass a field sobriety test and I think it's unfortunate when anyone's job is compromised by substance abuse.

No, no, I'm sorry. That post was formatted all wrong. I was referring solely to the AP quote, just quoted you as context. I knew you were talking only about her performance.

Well, isn't that pretty horrible. Darn it.

Who is the "she" you're talking about? I'm pulling an NA here, I haven't got a clue as to who you're talking about, or, even, what VMA stands for.

Dang, I just messed that post up royally, meant to give a link. Britney at the VMA's

Her performance was horrible - but for someone who had 2 kids in the past 3 years she looks great.

Oh.

I think I've officially reached middle-aged with this one. Gossip news, gossip news on formerly actual news outlets, performers I don't care about, music I don't care about, awards shows for things I don't care about. I'm so close to get off my lawning it's not funny.

Indiana Jones and the Quest for Cash. You go, Harrison, I'd still marry you.

I will now only refer to the film as "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Geyser Fuzzy Water".

And, Britney is still alive?

One thing about Britney that I have to give her credit for (even with her quick slide to infamy as opposed to famy) is how long she has lasted. Pretty much from her first big splash everybody has been saying "she's still alive?"

Unlike most musical acts I have a very clear memory of when I first heard of her since it was at the very first online Disney fan gathering I went to back in 1999 and people were already saying it then (and theorizing on whether she had had a boob job).

The other big "they'll never last" group at the same time was The Spice Girls (though I think they were a bit) . Compared to them, Britney has been immortal.

Ahh, about them: They ain't dead just yet....

Indiana Jones and the quest for Britney's Talent.

Sadly, he fails... :(

So you are not a regular reader of TMZ?

its not his fault. she has it so well hidden now even SHE couldnt find it

Crystal Skull?

I can't wait to see Indy meet the giant aliens!

So this one's based on the attraction at Tokyo Disney Seas?

I heard it was based on "The Third Man On The Mountain"

No, that's Brokeback Mountain. He fell down the mountain and broke his crown, I mean Crystal Skull.

OKay, I just watched Britney's performance on MTV's website. Yikes. It was not good. Boring song, lifeless Britney just walking around on stage barely dancing, camera kept its distance for a lot of the performance... Ugh.
Yes, she looks great for someone who's had 2 kids... but the whole thing was blahsville.

That's what really got me about the nimrods harping on her supposed out-of-shapeness. It's not like there was a shortage of material from the performance alone. Just totally unnecessary to call her fat.

Wow. Now THAT was a trainwreck!
She had trouble lip synching her own song, her fake nails kept falling off, she stumbled a couple times, ...i mean....GEEZ Britney, go to rehearsal!!

She's not fat but she's definitely not as lean as she used to be. It was quite noticable when she bent or leaned over a certain way and there was a roll of fat or a beer gut hanging out.

Worst of all, the song was so dull. No amount of choreography or skimpy costumes can fix that.

Speaking of Indiana Jones 4..... ;)

OMG! A woman with some fat! Crime scene!

I'm not sure why this is even discussion worthy except for th fact that they programmed something so dull into an awards show.

If the woman wants to prance around in underwear that's fine by me. I just prefer the underwear fit her, rather than it squeezing her body & oozing her flesh over the sides.

Says the gay man.

Gay man = fashion sense.

I rest my case :)

Oops, she did it again !

WRN: NOT SAFE FOR WORK

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QIRStYDayPw

What Britney's routine should have looked like - choreographed by her old choreographer...

Life under the blanket
 

Britney does have her defenders.

Warning! Contains some adult language

Ya! We now have a thread about Britniana Jones 4! :D

"Britniana Jones and the dance tempo of doom"

Current Score:

Posts about Indiana Jones 4: 22
Posts about Britney: 25

(Posts referencing both were scored to each)

You asked your boyfriend.

A question about looking fat.

Ummm, yeah OK.



Note:

Dear Kevy, please count this as a "Britney" post. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Moonliner, Professional thread derailer.

Woman: "Does this dress make me look fat?"
Man: "No. The fact that you are fat makes you look fat."

Um, what are you saying? Have you ever seen Ally? She's not even remotely overweight. I would imagine that asking her boyfriend anything about "fat" would be akin to asking him about, I dunno, what color the sky is. That is, that it had nothing to do with any implications about Ally herself.

Is it just me or has fat been in the board's collective consciousness lately? And not in a particularly nice way. Dear fat, Steven Hawking on your mom, mocking a normal-looking body on an abnormally famous woman...

A) No I have never had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Ally.

B) The original question was not about Ally, the question was about Ms. Spears

C) My response had nothing to do with weight, it had to do with the age old issue of men getting in trouble anytime they touch the subject of weight no matter how they answer.

D) Thank you for providing emphases for my point by supplying an extra example of 'C'.

No need for condescension, thanks.

All I was trying to assert was that I don't question the validity of her boyfriend's answer. Not only because I highly doubt Ally's boyfriend would imagine she were subconsciously asking about herself, but also-- hell, I find Spears more attractive with more curves. And I'm sure I'm not alone.

Well, besides the fact that I'm gay ... I don't find Spears attractive in any of her permutations. She's a talentless hack, and I have zero interest in this brohaha about her lame comeback attempt that flopped.


Yeah, there's not nearly as much to say about the stupid title of the decades-too-late Indiana Jones movie .... but someone please start a Brittany thread so I can avoid all this sickening faux-entertainment talk. :p

I said this in a PM, but I wanted to further clarify here that I didn't intend that first reply as an attack on Moonliner; I just intended to disagree that what he said applies to Ally's situation.

The second paragraph of my statement was a general statement about what I've been observing here recently. I am overweight (though keeping a balance of self-esteem and caring for my health is something I work very hard to do.) I feel very strongly about the word being used as an insult, and it always seems weird to me when, looking at a person who has a large number of faults or flaws, "fat" is the first one to be criticized. To me, it's not the worst thing to be. On the scale of things that truly matter to me, it's ignorance or cruelty or any number of other things that rank as a "worst offense." Or, in the case of Spears-- I just don't understand why being less-toned would be more of a target than coking herself up beyond reason?

I still maintain that a Y'er asking an XY'er about the subject of looks and/or weight will typically get in reply whatever is perceived to be the expected answer. If that happens to also be the empirical truth so much the better but you are still going to get the expected answer in a plurality of cases. In short, I was generalizing about this issue while also taking the opportunity to put a little shot across Ally's bow just for the fun of it. She can spank me later for it if she wants to.

What? Not even in that skin tight red jumpsuit thingy? Damn, I guess you are gay. :)

True, but only if we grant Britney the dignity of being a real human being as opposed to the cartoonish sex fantasy she has presented herself as to make millions.

I may be wrong, but I don't necessarily read the criticism as "Ha, look, a fat girl," but that she's conning the public by showing up (relatively) out of shape. If Britney were an athlete, which, in a way, she is, and she behaved badly, many people would come to her defense saying that her personal life is her own business and all that matters is if she shows up in shape and makes plays. Even the beloved Muhammad Ali caught sh** for showing up out of shape and coasting to decisions he did not earn.

I can't help but think of things I'd dispise more than being fat. There are many. I'd rather be fat than have grey hair, for example. I'd rather be fat than a be a drunk. I'd rather be fat and happy than skinny and miserable. The list is endless.

A snappy comeback that I have been dying to use should the opportunity present itself and somebody calls me "fat":

That may so, but I can go on a diet. Whereas you are stuck with that face the rest of your life.

I came up with this after being teased mercilessly about my weight in my youth. Sadly, I didn't come up with this response until I was older :(

(Is it still a "snappy" comeback if you have had it floating around in your head for a long time?)

Hmm. I've actually been working on a bit of prose that might be relevant. It's not completed, but the time seems right for an open mic airing.

I used to think I was fat because I could never find the size jeans I wear. Then it dawned on me. The reason the racks are full of size 0s and 1s and none of my size, is because people are buying up my size. DUH! I have a personal goal that I am on my way to. It won't drastically lower the size jeans I wear - since I have hips. And once I accepted that 1) the racks are stacked with the tiny sizes because very few people are that tiny and 2) I will never go much smaller than I am now size wise because of my hips, a whole new world opened up.

I don't kid myself that I can't find clothes my size because so many American men are so similarly small, my size is being snapped up before I get there.

Um, there's simply not as "big" a market for small men's clothes, so the few the stores stock are gone before I get there.



As for "fat" being less of a fault than cruelty or greed ... sure, that's true. But neither of those is visible. Try being UGLY. You may get less insults after grade school (and not only because it takes the Kevys of the world decades to come up with a snappy reply) ... but try and operate in the world and see how much good looks make for smoother sailing.

It's a lame fact that physical attributes are immediately noticed and often criticized ... while really awful inner attributes that spread misery and gloom go unnoticed by all but the folks unfortunate enough to really know such terrible people.

I think these are false dichotomies.

For me, whether the subject is food or money, I don't like feeling out of control. I don't like the realization that we've spent so much money at the supermarket or eating out or on books that planning a vacation or some large purchase seems prohibitive. Workwise I don't like realizing that my options are limited because I spent too much money messengering things that I could have mailed with a little better planning.

In terms of food and health, I guess the question becomes what is the standard? It eats at me when I drive past the San Francisco marina and recall that I used to run the beautiful run from Fort Mason to the Golden Gate Bridge and back on a regular basis but that for want of discipline I lack even the sense memory of the body that used to do that. My goals now are more modest: a mile or two a day with the dog.

Right now I'm back on track diet-and-exercise-wise. When I hit my goal, I'll write a book.

You'd think that body issues in the Indy thread would be about Harrison' Ford's AGE. Did I mention he's freakin' old? And how sad that makes me? Can I just watch Empire Strikes Back over and over and drool over long-gone HF hotness?

I am not sure if this was aimed at me or not - but I'll bite. I'm not kidding myself when I go to the store and can't find my favorite cut/style of jeans in my size. It is because there are so many women my size out there that it's not uncommon for sizes to be out. But I am an average sized woman. A few pounds to lose, not fat, not thin. But like I said. I could lose all the weight in the world and my hips would remain the same.

In the stores, but not online, where I can find more options in my size. But when it comes to clearance, usually the 0s and 1s are the ones that are left, while the more "average" sizes are the ones sold out long ago.

Oh great so now we're going to star with the age bashing?

"Freaking old", "How sad that makes me".

Hey age happens, it's a beautiful part of nature.

Harrison Ford was very sexy until he left his wife for Calista. Then he got an earring and just started looking old. Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart are very sexy. I still have a thing for Fred Dryer too.

But me crushing on these guys is nothing new. Now where is Ally and she can vouch for me.

oh, BTD ... my story was not aimed at you, merely prompted by your post.




And much as I HATED Temple of Doom, that was Harrison at his Hottest.

You beat me to it. :p

I guess they're using the "Temple of the crystal skull" at Disney Sea as one of the sets.

Maybe the skull will blow smoke rings at Indy ! :D

I didn't hate Temple of Doom... but Harrison was damn fine in that movie!