Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [use spoiler tags, please]

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Alex

I would have loved to see this exhibited to a greater degree, but after the first 20 minutes did "50's paranoia" ever get even a nod? And same for the red scare. Other than having a Russian accent, there was nothing Russian or Communist about the threat and since the movie quickly moved away from anything resembling modern culture there was no Red Scare stuff either.

First let me say, the cat anology... omg.. funny.

I wonder how much of this plot line is on the cutting room floor.
Since we knew why she wanted the crystal skull, yet much of the WHY we had to glean ourselves.
It wasnt laid out. Now, what I would think is that even had they TOLD us straight out, it wouldnt have moved the story along. hence, cut it out, and let us see the Tarzan scene.

What I want to know, was there a REASON we saw the ark?