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

[€uroMeinke]

Perhaps the aliens can return in Indy 5 to reveal themselves as what they truly are - inter-dimensional grave robbers stealing the treasures of Earth and the third dimension.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Perhaps the aliens can return in Indy 5 to reveal themselves as what they truly are - inter-dimensional grave robbers stealing the treasures of Earth and the third dimension.

Not quite but there is a short story in last month's Asimov's that is vaguely along those lines.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

And I think the Nazis in Raiders were shown to be bigger baddies because they were prone to torture Marion Ravenwood. I guess, by extension, that reminded audiences of what butchers the Nazis were.

This point reminds me of all the stuff in Crusade that alluded to Nazi evil, such as the book burning (which was not only shown, but mentioned by both Henry Jr. and Sr.), and the part where they try to buy off the ruler of the made-up nation where the grail is hidden using gold trinkets "donated by some of Germany's finest families", ie Jews. Both of those bits gave me the shudders as a kid, and was plenty to remind me that this wasn't just about chasing an artifact, but about true evil getting some serious power.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

and was plenty to remind me that this wasn't just about chasing an artifact, but about true evil getting some serious power.

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!"