The Fakeness
Spoiler whiner alert (read no further): Residents of mine shafts and deep caves haven't heard about the third-act alien visitation angle in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but most sentient beings are on to this. I didn't realize until this morning that this MacGuffin element is based on reality, as 12 crystal skulls of an alleged ancient Mayan or Aztec origins actually exist. The unfortunate aspect, according to John Lichfield's 4.19 Independent article, is that they're fakes.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 19, 2008 at 8:45 AM
comment #1
The Winchester
says ...
Falsehoods?!?! In a movie?!?!?!? Why must Hollywood continually shatter my hopes and dreams?!?!?!
DAMN YOU HOLLYWOOD!!!
Posted by The Winchester
at April 19, 2008 9:57 AM
comment #2
Howlingman
says ...
Lucas and Spielberg have RAPED MY CHILDHOOD!
I don't know what world they're living in, but the Indiana Jones films I grew up with adhered to gritty documentary realism! I was planning to see Indy 4 a good dozen times. Now they won't get more than eleven out of me! BASTARDS!
Posted by Howlingman
at April 19, 2008 10:19 AM
comment #3
nemo
says ...
I bought one of these babies the last time I spent a layover in the Denver airport. Just 12 bucks each at Archeological Fakes R Us.
Posted by nemo
at April 19, 2008 10:37 AM
comment #4
CinemaPhreek
says ...
"Spoiler whiner alert"
The translations of that reads "Old Media Pig-headed Prissiness."
Posted by CinemaPhreek
at April 19, 2008 10:42 AM
comment #5
Mumbleboy
says ...
I would love if the skulls Indy is looking for ends up being fakes too. All that adventure and death over a nick nack from Spencer gifts.
Posted by Mumbleboy
at April 19, 2008 11:57 AM
comment #6
BlueRaymondBabbit
says ...
The Lost Ark is fake, the Shankara Stones are fake, and the Holy Grail? Fake as well. I figure seeing a Space Monkey Skull with magic powers won't shake my enjoyment of an Indiana Jones film.
Posted by BlueRaymondBabbit
at April 19, 2008 12:36 PM
comment #7
Higgy Hackford
says ...
thanks for the snide-ass warning.
Posted by Higgy Hackford
at April 19, 2008 1:24 PM
comment #8
Dan Revill
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A whole lot of people in the Judeo-Christian tradition may disagree on the Ark being fake...as for the Holy Grail, that even most Christians would be willing to concede is a pipe dream.
Posted by Dan Revill
at April 19, 2008 5:27 PM
comment #9
MovieBob
says ...
Technically speaking, as a concept the Crystal Skulls in question ARE as 'real' as the Ark and Grail: It's a 'real legend' derrived from spiritual tradition, believed by believers to exist but no physical specimen yet uncovered.
The "fake" Mayan Crystal Skulls were a hoax, but the hook is that they didn't START the legend, it existed in Native/Mezo-American folklore long before, and the hoax was piggybacking off of that.
Posted by MovieBob
at April 19, 2008 11:32 PM