Does anyone think Indians Jones 5 will be anything but him passing the torch to a woman? Honestly not sure why they didn’t do the franchise like James Bond and have another actor take over the role.
Also Tomb Raider was essentially a female version but I guess she would be problematic now due to being attractive. I know I saw that from critics who praised the more current Tomb Raider because it didn’t “sexualize” which I guess means that they are mad that men appreciate an attractive woman.
Yes, you can interpret it that way if you like, but to me, it was a definite "passing of the torch" movie. Sr passed the torch to Jr, even if Jr was an established character.
You could say the same thing about my example. Harrison Fords son in the latest movie is "an established" character. Jr could pass the torch to him, even though he's an established character.