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There’s a great song in the background. Belle and Sebastian’s Funny Little Frog, which reminds me of what a modern interpretation on mid-late 60s pop music might sound like. At least the chord structure and instrumentation is the same. A fun little band.

Anyway, I just got back from seeing the 19-years-in-the-making Indiana Jones sequel, entitled Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Honestly, I was pretty impressed. While there were some clearly cheesy scenes, it was such a faithful reinterpretation of the classic Indiana Jones character and style. Very fun film.

And is it just me, or has there been a huge amount of much delayed sequels in the past few years or so. Star Wars (Episodes I – III), Die Hard, Rocky, and Rambo are just a few of the many old films which have been re-imagined for today’s new generation. The question is….are these films actually reaching a new generation, or do they simply appeal to us old cronies (“did I actually just call myself an old crony???”).

I was curious about this and so I asked my 2^nd period class today how many of them planned to go see the new Indiana Jones film this weekend. Zero hands raised. I then asked how many had seen any of the previous Indiana Jones films. Four hands. I then proceeded to tell them that 15 years from now, teenagers will be just as doubtful about the “old” Spiderman films as they are about anything George Lucas is unable to grab their attention with.

Anyway, it’s a long weekend (and a short week next week, which is doubly short because I’ll be doing a school visit next Friday) so I’m about to sign off and go to bed to get some sleep in before the action starts.