The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I couldn’t resist. The poster for the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has just been released. The Indiana Jones series has single-handedly romanticised the person of the archaeologist - so much so that it’s not hard to hear an Indiana Jones-related quip anytime I introduce myself as an archaeologist (the other half of the time, it’s about dinosaurs…). Although, in real life we know the Nazis in the film were probably better archaeologists because they actually took measurements.
Speaking of Nazis - none of those in the new film. It’s going to be set in the 1950s during the cold war, and so the bad guys in this film will be the Soviets. The archaeological setting is in South America.
Hmm… one can wish they would do an Indy film with Southeast Asia as a backdrop, no?
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- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- The Adventures of Indiana Jones - The Complete DVD Movie Collection (Full Screen Edition)
- Indiana Jones Wool Felt Hat
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December 11th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Another archaeologist/Indy-fanboy here from http://maitreya.lasterra.nl , can’t wait for this film to be released!
…although Temple of Doom will always be the best…Asia, whoohoo.
D
December 11th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
oh yeah, that’s right! i forgot that TOD was in India! hahaha
December 11th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
And in Shanghai…and a bit of Raiders was set in Nepal….altough the last two exemples didn’t have anything to do with archaeology, but it’s nice nonetheless.