I’ve found it humorous that because of Indiana Jones 4, there is a new saying out of hollywood, “Nuke The Fridge”.
Its a variation on “Jump the Shark”. “Nuke the Fridge” is to describe the destruction of a popular movie series/saga by a bad sequel.
The reality of this Southpark slam...is that after Indiana Jones I...it was practically impossible to carry it to the next level. The second episode was a dismal piece of trash for a script...with just a bunch of action scenes added. The third episode carried itself with a decent script but it simply wasn’t the character of the original. There are few movies which really excel in follow-on activity...which I might rank the Matrix series as the only one that met a better script and a better movie each time.