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

[innerSpaceman]

What a let-down, then, that the power turned out to be you can live forever if you just stay inside this tiny room of a cave in the middle of nowhere.

Since that "rule" was never stated, I prefer to think that Indiana Jones cannot be hurt or killed except by extraordinary means, and so he can survive a nuclear flying refrigerator ride. But, er, since he crossed the seal ... he ages at an alarming rate. By the 70's, he will be a living skeleton.


They don't say how Professor Henry Sr. died, so I'll just imagine he was shot through the heart with a cannon ball at close range and thus could not survive even though equally immortal. Just to be sure, they cremated his remains.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

What a let-down, then, that the power turned out to be you can live forever if you just stay inside this tiny room of a cave in the middle of nowhere.

Since that "rule" was never stated, I prefer to think that Indiana Jones cannot be hurt or killed except by extraordinary means, and so he can survive a nuclear flying refrigerator ride. But, er, since he crossed the seal ... he ages at an alarming rate. By the 70's, he will be a living skeleton.


They don't say how Professor Henry Sr. died, so I'll just imagine he was shot through the heart with a cannon ball at close range and thus could not survive even though equally immortal. Just to be sure, they cremated his remains.

I heart you so!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Hrmm, actually, they rather explicitly said that wasn't the case. When Indy confronted Elsa about being a Nazi she said, "Are you kidding, they just want to find the grail for bragging rights. I want it for the immortality!"

I found a script and I thought maybe you were referring to the exchange at the book burning, but it's not there...I dont' remember her saying this.

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I found a script and I thought maybe you were referring to the exchange at the book burning, but it's not there...I dont' remember her saying this.

Yeah... it was Donovan who said:
"Nazis?!-Is that the limit of your vision?! The Nazis want towrite themselves into the Graillegend and take on the world.Well, they're welcome. But I wantthe Grail itself. The cup thatgives everlasting life.Hitler can have the world, buthe can't take it with him. I'mgoing to be drinking my own healthwhen he's gone the way of theDodo."

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by mousepod

Yeah... it was Donovan who said:
"Nazis?!-Is that the limit of your vision?! The Nazis want towrite themselves into the Graillegend and take on the world.Well, they're welcome. But I wantthe Grail itself. The cup thatgives everlasting life.Hitler can have the world, buthe can't take it with him. I'mgoing to be drinking my own healthwhen he's gone the way of theDodo."

I loved a lot of the dialog in that film and only recently read on Wiki that Tom Stoppard provided uncredited rewrites of the script.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

What a let-down, then, that the power turned out to be you can live forever if you just stay inside this tiny room of a cave in the middle of nowhere.

Since that "rule" was never stated, I prefer to think that Indiana Jones cannot be hurt or killed except by extraordinary means, and so he can survive a nuclear flying refrigerator ride. But, er, since he crossed the seal ... he ages at an alarming rate. By the 70's, he will be a living skeleton.


They don't say how Professor Henry Sr. died, so I'll just imagine he was shot through the heart with a cannon ball at close range and thus could not survive even though equally immortal. Just to be sure, they cremated his remains.-

But it was stated.

Originally Posted by Grail Knight

You have chosen wisely. But the
Grail cannot pass beyond the
Great Seal. That is the boundary
and the price of immortality.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Grail Knight
You have chosen wisely. But the
Grail cannot pass beyond the
Great Seal. That is the boundary
and the price of immortality.

That's clear enough for me.
That is the boundary of immortality. That is the price of immortality.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I know she said it, though I was paraphrasing, I don't recall the exact quote.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I know she said it, though I was paraphrasing, I don't recall the exact quote.

This scene?
Elsa: I believe in the Grail, not the Swastika.
Indiana Jones: You stood up to be counted with the enemies of everything the Grail stands for. Who gives a damn what you believe?
Elsa: You do.

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Elsa: Don't look at me like that. We both wanted the Grail. I would have done anything to get it. You would have done the same.
Indiana Jones: I'm sorry you think so.

And the elder Jones later said this about her:
Professor Henry Jones: Elsa never really believed in the grail. She thought she'd found a prize.
Indiana Jones: And what did you find, Dad?
Professor Henry Jones: Me? Illumination.

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, then how does Indy survive, without a scratch I might add, being nuclear-blast blown in a household refrigerator, with a crash landing of 7 bounces?


AHA! He can't! The Grail Knight was WRONG!!!