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Wow. You dis Dr. Jones. Shocking. Takes some balls to do that.
I don't even think we are watching the same films. To suggest he is asexual or impotent is way out there. The guy is sex in a leather jacket and fedora. Hell, I'd sleep with him and I don't swing that way. Given that the original three (I'd like to forget the latest instalment thank you) were meant as homage to films from the 30s and 40s, the hero is going to be represented differently. I suppose you would suggest that Humphrey Bogart was impotent and asexual because he never has sex on screen, or seems to be ignoring the ladies. Far from it.
Jones sleeps with all three of the ladies, most explicitly with the Nazi in the third one.
As for scowling and anti-social... I don't even know where to start. I suppose you might have preferred Alan Alda to play Indiana Jones. Jones is a man on a mission but he is on the right side of things and has a heart. Why would he befriend Short Round or Sallah or Marcus if he was heartless? Why would he bother to help Willie at all? Why return the Sankara stone to the village? His motivations are not sinister.
Is he gruff and abrupt? Sure. Does he warm up over time? Yep.
I suppose if you don't like Harrison Ford, you are already behind the eight ball on this but really... the character you've described is nothing like the one up on the screen.
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