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Episode 157: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (from the Patreon Vault)

Beyond the Screenplay

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The Seriousness of Alien Death

I think what also ultimately is when you get to the final act, it doesn't feel like there's any meaning happening. Also they've just clearly died 800 times but somehow didn't. There's no reason to do what they really have to do with that. So I feel like that's on top of all the other cultural problems. Well, yeah. The themes. And it's interesting because, you know, as we talked about in The Last Crusade, part of why that works so well is because the hunt for the object is the hunt for your father. But it's all so completely separate.

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