00:01.89 kinkella Hello and welcome back to the pseudo archeology podcast episode 122 and I am your host Dr Andrew can Kella I'm talking about Indiana Jones and the ah. 00:19.13 kinkella Last crusade I also wanted to say Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail um in indian jones the last crusade so you know what do I what do I think of this movie overall dude I I love this movie who everyone likes this movie who doesn't like this movie come on now. 00:38.35 kinkella There's always the never ending battle of which is better indiana jones won or Indiana Jones 3 I would argue Indiana Jones won but I can totally see this argument for um holy Grail right? I see I did it last crusade. For India Johnson last persade. Um, there are some iconic moments. The addition of Sean Connery is like genius he adds so much to kind of the franchise and the feel and the depth. It's kind of like. Like in star wars. It's like adding Yoda you know it's like expanding this world in that way. Just great. Um, and just Sean Conry's voice. You know I mean when he says this is not archeology. It's a race against evil you're like. Yeah, and am I too proud to ah, not use that when I'm talking to my students and they ask me like oh sorry are we doing archeology and I'm like this is not archeology. It's a rain against evil. And I do the Sean Connery like I'm going to do that have I done that course I've done that because students need to know man that it's a race against evil great quote. Um. 02:14.60 kinkella There's so many other aspects of it too. The the little nice little heartwarming moments I think are great and the ending man is just I can't you know what's funny. Um I talked last time that I watched. Ah, Indiana Jones 5 with my daughter 1 of the other things she had said about indian jones 5 when we were talking she she brought this up. You know she was like dad. You know we did just watch indian jones 5 but um, there's already an end to this franchise. And it's called the last crusade and I'm like yeah like once you've ended a movie this strong it is hard to go back and be like just kidding. You know this is. Is I don't know is this the best movie ending of all time the running off into the sunset and and you literally you're like they're off on another adventure you know and it's like in these there and solas there a hot dude. It's It's so damn good. It's so good I remember in the theater too even thinking that going like what an ending you know and just watching it. Ah. 03:47.32 kinkella In terms of the archeology side of it. You know we we know I'm not going to go over every archeological fallacy in this or something because it just I trust you I trust my audience I trust you you know you know that? ah. Whom isn't going to be that pristine and that we just rip through it looking for a clue or whatever you know you're you guys? No um in terms of the holy Grail itself though like do I think. That will ever find the holy grail or something like that and the answer is unfortunately no no way I would love it if they did love it like it would just be the most awesome thing ever I I want that one but but I don't put any stock in it. There. There are other. Things in archeology that I always hope for that I kind of hold a candle out for you know? Um, but they have a chance this got no chance you know and there's even a decent possibility that never existed at all. You know what? I mean. So. 04:54.70 kinkella In terms of modern archeology looking for something like this. Just just forget it man don't bother and I know I sound like such a killjoy and and I like being positive and excited about archeology. But when it comes to something this specific. It's just not going to happen and. You know, just finding stuff just finding anything from the time of Jesus ah in that part of the world. Be it jerusalem or yeah, that kind of that. Those areas have been so heavily built on built on again and again and again and 1 more time and so many things have been reused and recycled and thrown out and destroyed you just you're just not going to find and and I do have to say you guys whenever stuff I see stuff online like who knew. Artifacts found in Jerusalem or wherever you know, ah sort of a biblical archeology type thing. What they actually find to me is usually so pretty damn lame. Not in terms of it's obviously from the time which is great but. Trying to relate stuff like that that to the bible is basically impossible and I I don't like it when the media's like could be the you know the cup of Jesus. It's like no it couldn't and it's not and don't. 06:22.35 kinkella Try and sell that to people I think there was a box this might have been the better part of 10 years we ever so but was found and I think it's it literally had like Jc on it or something and they're like it's Jesus Christ's box. It's like. God no, it's not you know, but I can see through that stuff. But um, even people who are fairly knowledgeable knowledgeable about this stuff I understand if you can't I understand if it's weird I understand if you think there's something to it I do blame the media for that stuff. You know they go over the top. So obviously in terms of actually finding the holy goril is not going to happen. But even though we'll never find a holy grail is it good for the movie. Oh hell yeah, it's great. You know I think it's even in terms of kind of the Mcguffin I think it's better than the ark I think the holy grail is probably the. My favorite Mcguffin of all of them in Indiana Jones I think it just I think it just were killer but you know as we talk about the movie and analyze it and obviously it's a strong movie. It only has a couple real. 07:38.79 kinkella Low bits which are mostly stuff like the cgi plane where the you know the wings break off and it skids through the tunnel. It's so stupid. But um, barring that it's it's strong I I like it a lot but I do have to say every time I see it I think much more to that. Moment in my life where I was sitting there again looking at the audience and it was weird I was like these are all just I didn't necessarily know these people but I was like these just people from my hometown I want to get away from these people. You know and I wonder if you guys I hope you guys have had moments like that moments when you were younger moments when you were like you know what? I'm going to go do something cool. You know I hope just think about it was there a time and in our. Best moments we have several times like this in life several of those moments man. It's what makes life would live in right? those those steps it was like those mental moments where you're like I'm ready to take this next step and it's gonna be great right? I just think of them and I just. Happen to have one in a dark theater right? at the end of Indiana Jones and with that I'll talk to you guys next time.