And I hope the trend continues. Not to the detriment of live action films — I love cinema — but as 3-D animation improves to the point of being (almost) real I won’t complain if we see more fully animated films. I sure would like to see The Duke in a western again, or a “younger” Harrison Ford as Indiana! (But only if the story is as good as Raiders.)
Raiders will always be “better” than an animated version because it largely used older special effects techniques and has the capacity to hit those Ray Harryhausen moments.
An animated version might be as perenial as Shrek, but it won’t replace box office faces.
But Raiders was largely built on nostalgia for adventure serials and WWII lore.
A contemporary superhero film isn’t locked into that.
I’d love to see a series of movies about what Indy did during WWII.