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I did not like the last Indiana movie. I don't think they should make a new one unless they are going to return to the old format of Indie finding lost (human) treasures and not things from other worlds. I didn't like the Indie-E.T. hybrid. The Indie getting back with that woman in the blink of an eye was plain weird and I didn't think too much of little Indie either, although he didn't have much to work with.

This is my first ever post on a forum – EVER!

Welcome Kirsty! (try registering rather than posting as a guess it might make the process less painful in future)

I do think we need to remember how unbelievable the first 3 Indy films were at times too to correctly judge indy 4. I know Onlion agrees with you on the fridge scene Wilson, however it really wasn't the first ridiculous scene in an indy film:

- 'spirits' flying out of the arc of the covenant and killing everybody (almost) – this kind of religious gesture is quite a leap of faith!

- Indy is put under a mind controling trance by drinking some blood potion – again, quite a niche bellief but perhaps the most possible out of these.

- the mine cart run! however fun and awesome that scene is we have to surly believe it is only luck that lets them live? (the same luck involved in surviving a nuclear blast in a fridge?)

- We see a 600+year old _living_ Medievill Knight protecting the Holy Grail

- They find the Holy Grail that somehow instantly heals Indy's mate (Henry?) from certain, shot in the chest, death

This is all ignoring the fact that Indy is just a flipping Lecturer at an American University who has a penchant for Archeology!

Not that i think any of the above are bad, i just think that the fridge scene was actually quite in keeping with the series of getting progressively more bizarre and actually more and more lucky! I think this is one point to why people love Indy, he is probably the luckiest guy on the planet that seemingly has more lives than a cat while maintaining a bit of chivalry while hes at it! He often substitutes skill for brute force or a bit of madcap comic 'falling over' to get out of tight spots.

I'm with you Kirsty in that i would prefer to have Indy looking for more traditional artifacts than supernatural ones! And perhaps that woman was thrown back in a bit quick, it just seemed like they needed to protect the longevity of the franchise with the introduction of the 'new' indy. I suppose it is a money making business after all, maybe they could have used a little more subtlety!

Moon