Once we finally accepted that Indiana Jones 4 was going to happen the speculation over the plot began. Inevitably the “passing of the torch” thing came up with the inclusion of Jones son, as well as putting the movie closer to the 50s as so much time has gone by.
Now SlashFilm has a lead on the plot and it raises some concern.
According to a scooper named Belloq, the opening action scene of the film will pit Dr. Jones against Russians agents in Area 51. Area 51?! The disbanded Frank Darabont draft had a similar opening and involved Indiana and Aliens from outer space.
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But wait, there is more – Shia LaBeouf’s character is a leather jacket and jean wearing, motorcycle riding greaser. This can;t be true, Can it? And it gets even worse (although I didn’t believe it could be possible. According to the scooper “Indy and Shia will be thrown together in this adventure but will not learn they’re related until a pivotal action scene.”
Now to have Indiana fighting against Aliens is mostly implied here. The scooper states that he is fighting Russians AT Area51.
Alien Conspiracy is often discarded as saying the top secret military base is a testing ground for secret technologies, not aliens. Perhaps Indy will be discovering this first hand. Its the Nazi’s that he is throwing down with here.
But honestly, would aliens be so bad? We can accept the Ark of the Covenant can melt Nazis, and cultists with human sacrifices over Sacred stones, and the very Holy Grail itself can exist, but aliens is just unreal?
As for Jones’ son, played by Shia, I can really see him dressed up in that style, which will ground the time frame nicely with the pop culture reference. I also like that Jones will not be aware that this new character is his son until a really inopportune moment.
