Ford looks great! I never had any doubts that he would fit back into the role again. But showing this pic ain't the reason I'm making this post. I'm here 'cuz I'm completely fed-up with this "age-ism" nonsense.
Just about everywhere that I've seen this photo or otherwise heard about the next Indiana Jones movie being talked about, I see where he's referred to as "Old Indy". Look people, he is not "Old Indy". He is an older Indiana Jones... just like you and I are gradually getting older... but other than being old-er, what differentiates this Indy from the one we first saw in Raiders of the Lost Ark? Yeah, older, maybe a little wiser, more developed as a person (as experience is supposed to do for anyone) but this doesn't make him somehow less of a person. Fercryingoutloud, didn't anyone see George Hall's portrayal of 93-year old Indy in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles? Even that on up in years, Indy is doing stuff like sliding down stair railings and driving fast cars and is still hot with the chicks. That was the very same Indy that we've seen and will see again at younger stages of life: the years have changed him a little, but this is still the same guy.
It's like this: we get older. None of us can escape that. But we don't get "old" unless we really want to be. If we really believe the world when it tells us that we are "old". And Indiana Jones is a character who will never get old.
That said, I am definitely looking forward to seeing Harrison Ford as the older Indiana Jones come next May.
I agree with everything you say here, Chris.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, nice response to the Vermont secessionist LTE today.
--Anarcho-capitalist
He's FREAKING OLD!!!!
ReplyDeleteHe's more of an ancient artifact than the ones he searches for.
Sean Connery is so freaking old, he couldn't even get his tired bones moving enough to show up in this geriatric-fest down what-might-had-been lane.
This is almost as bad as Stalone making Rocky 1,000,000. Of course, I hope it is as good as Rocky Balboa (it wasn't that bad considering...)