Mr.
Silver:
I
personally had zero issues with Crystal Skull
Mr.
Amethyst:
It
wasn't as bad as most people make it seem
Mr.
Brown:
Yes
it was a good one
Mr.
Silver:
It
just wasn't “bad” like the fanboys want to claim.
Mr.
Amethyst:
Well,
that
Mr.
Silver:
People
are so fixated on the stupid fridge scene
“Nuking
the fridge”
Bull
Shit
These
are the SAME people who have no trouble with falling out of a plane
in a life raft and surviving an alpine plunge.
These
are the ones comfortable with Indy NOT getting caught stowing away
inside a WWII submarine which has no hiding places, on a cruise of a week or two.
These
are the fans who accept mine car chases on tracks NO ONE would EVER
build if they even could.
The
infamous fridge actually made more sense than all...ALLLLLLLL...of
those.
"Aliens?!?
That's STUPID! But the Hand of God...twice...and the Hindu pantheon
are fine. That's good adventure!"
Mr.
Blue:
Kinda
like the same people that hate Jar Jar Binks but are OK with the
Ewoks
Mr.
Amethyst:
LOL
Mr.
Silver:
Yeah.
Though I was sure Binks was a Sith lord, not an ogrish teddy bear.
Mr.
Brown:
Also
taking down a plane with birds
No
wait that was actually plausible
But
seeing Connery running at birds with an umbrella? That was a awesome
scene.
Mr.
Amethyst:
^
Laughed
so hard at that
Mr.
Blue:
The
Charlemagne he quoted wasn't Charlemagne, apparently
Wasn't
anyone.. invented for the script
I
think the Connery / Ford dynamic is hard to beat
That
could've turned out a lot of different ways, but it was pretty much
perfect.
The
way they 'introduced' his dad, was it a secret as to who was going to
play his dad leading up to the release?
Because
it was kind of an unveiling. Like... “Look everyone! it's Sean
Connery!”
Mr.
Silver:
I
can't think of anything very messed up in that one.
I
mean, you can't shoot the tail off a biplane with the gunner rig,
but...
Mr.
Brown:
Well
did they have a gunner rig
that
could swivel?
Mr.
Silver:
The
planes? Definitely
Mr.
Blue:
The
ending is a little weird I guess, with the knight just kinda hanging
out and then them destroying the tomb/
So
he's just sitting in there for 1000 years?
Mr.
Silver:
I'm
a feeble Arthurian Grail scholar, but I am one. And...
Immortality
is a bitch
He
was flawed and wouldn't admit it.
If
he'd reached the perfection required, he would have simply died,
complete, like Galahad, and been assumed into Heaven
But
he didn't.
He
and his brothers took it upon themselves to keep the faith and guard
the grail...and even the other two left him.
Mr.
Blue:
So
when he dies... nobody's guarding it?
Mr.
Silver:
Nope
Mr.
Blue:
Who
sets all those traps back up after someone goes through?
I
assume he was maintaining them... oiling wheels... re-tying strings
Mr.
Silver:
Those
were works of man. It never need them.
God
took the grail back, to move it to where it needed to be next
Same
as always
I
assume the old knight died within a minute or two and went to a glorious reward, but he served no purpose but as a champion of faith.
Mr.
Blue:
Also..
I've heard this explained but did Indy & his dad become immortal
then?
Or
do you have to constantly drink from the cup to stay immortal?
Did
it just kinda heal their wounds at that point in time?
Mr.
Brown:
You
have to stay there to be immortal, other wise it can only heal you.
Mr.
Blue:
Got
it
Mr.
Brown:
Like
how the cup cannot cross the seal
Mr.
Blue:
Yeah
So
to be immortal you have to keep coming back or stay there
Mr.
Brown:
Yeah
Mr.
Blue:
Or
excavate the seal and bring it with you. LOL
Mr.
Brown:
I'm
sure one sip is OK, but you gotta stay and basically be the guardian
to live on.
Mr.
Blue:
But
why even have it there then?
Since
nobody had been there in 1000 years and nobody was going back
Mr.
Brown:
Cause
God is funny like that
LOL
Honestly
though, I always thought “Why would God leave the power in the cup
unless
it was meant for somebody?”
Mr.
Blue:
It
was meant to heal Dr Jones, but he was only shot in the first place
because the grail existed.
Mr. Brown:
Sick
sick minds
LOL
Mr.
Blue:
But
it's good. I don't have any major problems with that.
Mr.
Silver:
Honest
analysis as an amateur Grail scholar?
You
are correct.
God
left it for His last true seeker - Indy's dad
Indy
was a worthy enough seeker to get it. Only his dad understood
it.
Though
Jones Sr. wanted it until he had his experience, and then he knew he
didn't need it anymore.
It
was useless to the Nazis...it would destroy anyone unworthy of it
through their baser sins.
Greed.
Fear of death.
Even
Indy had to be talked down by his dad.
Whoever
they consulted with on that whole mystique knew what they were
talking about or read good stuff.
Mr.
Blue:
Monkey
king, Japanese pirates, a Nazi with a mechanical arm, Leni
Reifenstahl
Mr.
Silver:
This
is quite the stack of plot ideas...
Mr.
Blue:
The
monkey king sounds cool... but in Africa? no
Mr.
Silver:
Monkey
king's staff...that'd be a good one to go after.
My
bid was for the Cauldron of Life though.
Mr.
Brown:
They
could go looking for the Fountain of Youth
Mr.
Silver:
Bravo!
Problem
with the Fountain of Youth is transportation.
Meanwhile,
you can boil all kinds of dead Nazis/Soviets in a cauldron right on
the battlefield
Mr. Brown:
Wait!
Indy could find the Ark. Not the little one.
LOL
Mr.
Silver:
"Raiders
of the Really Big Boat"
Mr.
Brown:
“Raiders
of that Other Ark Noah Made”
Mr.
Silver:
(Belloc
to Indy in a tavern in Turkey) "Do you realize what the Ark is?
It's a charter! It's a boat for going fishing with God!"
(Indy)
"You want to go fishing with God? (pulls gun) Let's give
Him some bait...right now."
Mr.
Silver:
Ever
find an anvil?
Mr.
Amethyst:
I
have my small one still, seems to be working for the time being
Mr.
Silver:
Well
that's good then
Mr.
Amethyst:
Its
OK
Mr.
Silver:
"I
can make tiny armor and weapons...little horseshoes...wee fire
irons."
Mr.
Amethyst:
"For
the stealth units"
Mr.
Silver:
I
always enjoy the image of a smith trying to make a hammer, tongs and
anvil without a hammer, tongs, and anvil.
"Uhhh..."
Mr.
Amethyst:
Right!
lol
Mr.
Silver:
It's
like the old creation myths where the thing that is being created by
a god had to already be there.
Mr.
Amethyst:
So
I guess this is like Minecraft...
Mr.
Silver:
"And
the great THOOM dove deep into the water until he found some mud, and
swam back and made the land from the mud. And then took water
and made the sea..."
(listener)
"Uh...excuse me. Where did the water that-"
(audience)
"SHHHH!!!!!"
(listener) "And if there was mud, then didn't that mean th-"
(audience)
"SHHHH!!!!!"
