re: Chris Pratt as Indiana Jones

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I've said for awhile they need to go the James Bond route and just have a different Indy every few films.

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Huh...I'm polar opposite on this one.

I agree wholeheartedly with superhero roles...recast Batman/Superman/Thor/Cap don't retell the origin story and move along. I'm with you there.

But I really do think Indiana Jones IS Harrison Ford. He's not a fictional character that people read about before they saw him on screen like Bond or the heroes. Characters that at one point people had imagined in their heads before they first saw an actual person in the role.

I don't think you can slap a leather jacket and hat on a guy and hand him a whip and you get Indy. I wish it were that easy, I just don't think you can do it.

I like Pratt a lot, but I also don't see him for that either.

ETA: I've never and will never see the 4th movie people claim were made.

I'm not suggesting they make anymore with Ford. Unfortunately that ship sailed in the early 90's when they did not follow up Last Crusade. Sucks, but that window closed back then.

I really do think there are some characters that can not be separated from the actor...Indy is at the top of that list for me, and it seems for others as well.