May 19-More Movies Nobody Would Make!
Yesterday, I gave you a couple of my grand ideas for new movies based on established characters- and, fortunately (or, is that unfortunately for YOU?) the well has not run dry- try this idea on for size…
“Indiana Jones and the Grecian Formula of Hermes”- this one
would’ve been made between “Last Crusade” and the upcoming “Crystal Skull”-in this one, Indy is lured to Greece to search for a legendary artifact- a small vessel that holds the
“Secret Potion of Hermes”- supposedly a gift to mankind from the messenger god of the Ancients with wondrous powers. Rumors of its actual existence have surfaced at the same time that whispers of the appearance of the legendary Medusa-one of the Gorgon sisters, who was transformed by a goddess into a horrid being with snakes for hair, whose very look could turn anyone into stone! Indy doesn’t believe there’s any proof of Medusa really existing, but has found enough factual evidence of the potion to make the trip to Athens. Once there, he again meets his old sidekick Short Round, who is now a teenager who works with an exporter in “procuring” artifacts- maybe not always legally. This dismays Indy, and he thinks he has convinced Short Round to give up his evil ways- when he gets news that Short Round has been discovered dead- his body seemingly turned to stone! Indy finds that it is indeed Medusa-not just a legend, but a reality- who guards the potion of Hermes in a location suspected of being the actual Mount Olympus. Indy remembers her hair- “snakes! Why does it always have to be snakes?” he whines. Nevertheless, Indy infiltrates, avoiding various traps to face-Medusa! Indy decides the only way to avoid seeing her- and turning to stone- would be to put on a blindfold, and rely only on his sense of hearing and touch! He manages to barely escape Medusa- and grabs for the vessel with Herme’s potion- only to spill it-and, as Medusa looks at the spilled droplets- they reflect her face- and, as she sees her own image- she turns to stone! The explanation? The potion is actually the silver reflective liquid element Mercury (the name the Romans gave Hermes in their mythology!) Plus- we now know how the phrase “grecian formula” got involved with hair…except… uh…it turned
Medusa’s hair gray (as in stone), rather than colored away the gray. Hmm…slight story problem…we’ll fix it in rewrite…
In any event, after reading my ideas-is there any doubt about why nobody has made these epics?
“Indiana Jones and the Grecian Formula of Hermes”- this one
would’ve been made between “Last Crusade” and the upcoming “Crystal Skull”-in this one, Indy is lured to Greece to search for a legendary artifact- a small vessel that holds the
“Secret Potion of Hermes”- supposedly a gift to mankind from the messenger god of the Ancients with wondrous powers. Rumors of its actual existence have surfaced at the same time that whispers of the appearance of the legendary Medusa-one of the Gorgon sisters, who was transformed by a goddess into a horrid being with snakes for hair, whose very look could turn anyone into stone! Indy doesn’t believe there’s any proof of Medusa really existing, but has found enough factual evidence of the potion to make the trip to Athens. Once there, he again meets his old sidekick Short Round, who is now a teenager who works with an exporter in “procuring” artifacts- maybe not always legally. This dismays Indy, and he thinks he has convinced Short Round to give up his evil ways- when he gets news that Short Round has been discovered dead- his body seemingly turned to stone! Indy finds that it is indeed Medusa-not just a legend, but a reality- who guards the potion of Hermes in a location suspected of being the actual Mount Olympus. Indy remembers her hair- “snakes! Why does it always have to be snakes?” he whines. Nevertheless, Indy infiltrates, avoiding various traps to face-Medusa! Indy decides the only way to avoid seeing her- and turning to stone- would be to put on a blindfold, and rely only on his sense of hearing and touch! He manages to barely escape Medusa- and grabs for the vessel with Herme’s potion- only to spill it-and, as Medusa looks at the spilled droplets- they reflect her face- and, as she sees her own image- she turns to stone! The explanation? The potion is actually the silver reflective liquid element Mercury (the name the Romans gave Hermes in their mythology!) Plus- we now know how the phrase “grecian formula” got involved with hair…except… uh…it turned
Medusa’s hair gray (as in stone), rather than colored away the gray. Hmm…slight story problem…we’ll fix it in rewrite…
In any event, after reading my ideas-is there any doubt about why nobody has made these epics?
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